Morning Oregonian., July 13, 1921, Page 6, Image 6

THE MOirSTXG OREGOXIAX, WEDXESDAT, JtJT.Y 13, 1D21
GOVERflEfJT BACKS
EXPORT OF COTTON
JVar Finance Corporation
; Aids Southern Planters.
SERVICE IS BEHIND1 PLAN
(Federal Agencies to Promote Trade
I Give Financial Interests Hint
to Support Industries.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
, . Copyright by the New Tor Evening Post,
Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 12.
. (Special.) All those agencies of the
government which are concerned with
..the state of business believe that the
- worst of the depression has been
passed.- Secretary Hoover of the de
:partment of commerce said today
V'We have already turned the corner.'
Departments of the g-overnment to
""Which this is a matter of primary con
i cern believe that what is now most
; necessary is initiative on the part of
individual business men.
Probably the most energetic of the
i government departments engaged in
helping business is the war finance
-corporation. Its direct function is the
, . facilitating of export trade by sup-
plying credit under proper conditions.
, Like every Institution the degree of
' its efficiency is determined largely by
I the personalities of the individuals
,-wno direct it.
. . Stimulation of Trade Aided.
" The war finance corporation could
i. fulfill the requirements of the statute
; which created it by merely sitting
.. still behind the counter of the treas-
ury and maintaining a readiness to
advance money to properly equipped
. applicants. But It is the belief of the
war finance corporation that what is
most needed is energy and initiative
' on the part of individual business
1. men, and the directors of the corpora
tion are not content with waiting for
J. applications for loans but regard it as
a -part of their function to stimulate
initiative on the part of business men
trand bankers in those sections of the
country where business is most de
r pressed.
For example, one day last week the
, 'war finance corporation advanced
r 15.000,000 to a co-operative associa
tion at Memphis, Tenn., which has on
its hands some 220,000 bales of long
Z staple cotton. The purpose of this
.advance is to supply to the owners of
1 the cotton such funds as they need in
J: the immediate present so that they
will not be under pressure to sell
, 'their cotton at any price they can get
:.for it.
X Cotton Reaches Loneit Level.
J" Fundamentally the purpose is to
let the European consumers of this
J.' kind of cotton see that the growers of
'-it are protected financially and cannot
"be made to accept lower prices. The
!! desired psychological effect should be
to make the European spinners real
i.ize that cotton has reached its lowest
J price and thereby stimulate buying on
their part.
Having taken xnis step, mo wn
" finance corporation, with an Initiative
. characteristic of it but infrequent in
government institutions, sent a re
! markable telegram to the Federal In
' ternational Banking company of New
', Orleans. This banking company was
organiied last winter in the south
J; under the Edge law through sab-
ecriptions from 1400 southern bank-
ers and other subscribers for the pur-
pose of promoting the financing of
the export trade. The telegram from
" the war finance corporation to these
southern bankers read:
you no doubt have seen tne an
nouncement that the war finance cor
' poration has agreed to make an ad-
... Vance oi ao.uuu.uuu to tne staple jot
ton Co-operative association of Mem
Z't phis to assist in financing cotton to
T, export within a year. This loan is con
. sidered absolutely safe business and
helpful in promoting the orderly mar
, . keting of the crop in territory in
vrhinh thia nnltnn le prntfn
Bankers Told to Get Buy.
"In View of the fact that your com
r pany was formed by southern inter
ests to assist in the orderly marketing
- of cotton to foreign buyers, will it
" not be possible for you, acting In con
junction with other banking lnstitu-
LlUILSs, IU WUIK OUt piH.Il, UHing eXISI-
. ing export organizations or forming
new export corporations for the puf
pose, so that the resources of the war
rinance corporation may be availed
of in approximately the same way
that has proved practicable in con
nection with transaction Just an
nounced?" "The war finance corporation au
thorizes me to say that It stands ready
to assist in financing such reasonable
amounts of cotton on a sound busi
ness basis under any proper plan by
which the war finance corporation
may ha definitely assured that the
amount of its advances will be repaid
through the export of cotton within
a year."
The spirit of thi message could be
condensed Into three words. "Please
get busy." and it is apparent from
recent utterances of Secretary Hoover
of the department of commerce that
the same slogan represents his notion
also of what is now most needed.
STREET BIDS ARE OPENED
One on Contract and One on Cost
Plus Basis at Oregon City.
OREGON- CITY. Or., July 12. (Spe
cial.) Bids for the improvement of
Seventh street were opened Tuesday.
The improvement calls for the laying
cf 32B0 square yards of concrete.
Two bids were submitted, one upon
a cost-plus basis and the other upon
a contract basis. The latter bid was
that of the W. D. Andrews Contract
ing company of Portland, quoting
SI. 40 a yard, or a total of M564. The
cement is to be furnished by the city,
which will raise the total cost to
J2.60 a yard, according to Charles
Kelly, recorder.
The other bid was that of J. H.
Moffatt of this city, whose price was
15 cents a yard, the tity to furnish
all labor and material. Mr; Moffatt
proposed to furnish the small tools
for fhe work and take charge of the
supervision.
The street committee will make its
commendation to the council Fri
sty night.
POLICE TEST FLEET FEET
Patrolman Cordes Fastest in Race
to Catoli Escaped- Prisoners.
Almost on the dot of 11 A. M. a
little man broke around the corner
of the police station and headed north
on Second street. He ran like a
streak.
Pistol shots rang out: Frightened
Chinese scurried up stairways; shop
doors slammed.
The little mas doubled down Pine
to First. Half way between Ash and
Afikeny bullets began to whistle
past him. He threw up' his hands
and surrendered to Patrolman Cordes.
He gave the name of Arthur Straub.
aged 24. He had broken away from
Inspectors Collins and Coleman at
the door of the police station. He
had been detained on suspicion when
the officers found him in a north
end establishment a few mlnutea be'
fore.
- Patrolman Cordes again dlstln
guished himself in the afternoon.
Ervie Hutchinson, police court
habitue, charged with the possession
of cocaine, slipped down the side of
the courtroom to the entrance. He
raced down the stairs. Cordes, on
duty at the information deBk down
stairs, vaulted over '.he counter and
took up the pursuit.
Irvie dodged behind a parked auto
mobile. The first of his pursuers
passed him by, but Cordes had seen
him stop. . He collared the crest
fallen fugitive.
TROUSSEAU NEARLY LOST
PORTLAND GIRL'S TRrXK IS
RUSHED OUT TO SKA.
Ml S9 Violet Brown, on Way to Ma-
; nila to Be Married, Regains
i Precious Wearing Apparel.
Pretty Violet Brown, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, of 718
East Seventieth street, who sailed
away for the Philippines a few days
ago, came within an ace of having no
Hamilton Photo.
Mlsa Violet Bronn,
trousseau when the ship Talyo Maru
cleared from the Meiggs wharf at
faan Francisco and steamed out to
ward tho Golden Gate, leaving her
precious trunk behind.
Miss Brown was on her way to Ma
nila to be married as soon as she
lands to John Emery Hopkins, 'man
ager of his uncle's large business
concern, a Manila rope factory.
Through the failure of the transfer
man to deliver the trunk at the
wharf the lovely satin wedding gown,
the veil and all the danity gowns and
accessories were left behind and the
bride-elect was in despair, but
through the co-operation of the wire
less operator and a taxicab that
broke all speed laws, and the quick
action of the gallant Captain Harry
Mayo of the launch Active, the trunk
was hoisted aboard just as the steam
ship was opposite Fort Point and the
trousseau was safe and sound arid
ready for the wedding in far-away
Manila.
Miss Brown was one of the Com
munity Service girls who did a vast
amount of patriotic, work during the
war, and while she was on a recep
tion committee at the Multnomah
hotel at a ball she met Lieutenant
Hopkins, back from France and en
route to Manila. It was love at first
sight and the wedding to be is the
sequel. Miss Brown was with the
O.-W. R. & N. company and was
highly regarded by her fellow work
ers and many friends, who are await
ing news of her arrival and wedding.
The ceremony will be at -the home of
Mr.. Hopkins' uncle, John Pickett, one
of the prominent residents of the
Island.
HOTEL MAY BE ENLARGED
Simon Benson Plans Addition to
Columbia Gorge Hostelry.
So popular has the Columbia Gorge
hotel become that Simon Benson is
preparing to build a wing which will
provide 69 more rooms. The opening
of the hostelry was held June 18, and
since that time it has been running
at capacity. The building, which is a
handsome three-story one, of con
crete and stucco and covered with
red tile, was constructed at a cost of
approximately $300,000. It has 48
rooms fully equipped with a bath in
connection with each room. The hotel
also haB its own water power.
The site of the structure is within
a mile of the city limits of Hood
River, on the highway, on the verge
of the Columbia River canyon, where
Wah-Guin-Guin falls of Phelps creek
leap 125 feet over the canyon's edge.
Henry Thiele, the manager, was in
town yesterday and made the 'an
nouncement of the proposed wing.
Farmer Says Elk Are Pest.
ALBANY, Or., July 12. (Special.)
That a band of elk insists on bed
ding in a grain field on a mountain
ranch near Elkhorn Is the report
biught to Albany by W. S. Risley,
who has returned from a trip to the
Silver King mine in that vicinity. He
says that J. Meyers, a farmer living
on the little north fork of the
North Santiam river, asserted that
he has had to sleep in his wheat
field to keep the elk out. Meyers said
that there are two small bands of
elk making their headquarters in that
vicinity. One band consists of nine
head and the other of five.
Boys Escape State School.
SALEM. Or., July 12.- (Special.)
While the shop foreman was away
on an errand, Loren Travis, 17, Paul
Engle, 17. and Hampton Hartwig, 16,
escaped from the state training school
here this afternoon. Toung Travis
was committed to the school from
Milwaukie as an automobile thief
and house breaker. Engle and Hart
wig are good boys according to the
superintendent of the school, and un
til today had giVen the .attendants no
trouble.
Bank Resources Decrease;
TILLAMOOK," Or., July 12. (Spe
cial.) The ' statements ot the two
local banks showed a small decrease,
in funds from the previous reports,
which amounted to $1,946,989.98. The
statement for the First National bank
was $1,063,444.53 and the Tillamook
County bank $SS3,545.40.
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RESOURCES OF FOOD
Products Now Unmarketable
Given for Relief.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Apples' and Potatoes From Yakima
Promised if Arrangements to
Pay Freiffbt Are Made.
With the aim of feeding Portland's
needy this winter through the utili
zation as far as possible of latent
food resources now tributary to this
city which are undeveloped or per
mitted to go to waste, the emergency
relief committee accomplished perma
nent' organization yesterday, with
Mayor Baker as chairman.
Promise of a carload' of small ap
ples, such as have been allowed to rot
in the past, from Yakima, If arrange
ments can be made locally to pay the
freight, was made to the committee
by Ce de Vere Fairchild, fruit grower
of that district. A shipment of pota
toes which have been found unmar
ketable In the past because of their
size also was promised under similar
conditions.
R. S. Howard, representing Gresham
Interests pledged the use of dehydra
tion plants to be operated at cost for
the accumulation of foodstuffs which
.may be made- during the summer for
use in the fall and winter. J. Grif
fith, owner of a dehydrating plant
with capacity of two tons of dried
fruit a day, offered his plant at cost.
Jfeedy at Home First.
In making care of the needy, Port
land naturally will favor those of this
city, that there may be no influx
from other states, and Mayor Baker
announced that he would suggest that
Seattle, San Francisco and other coast
cities adopt plans similar to those
begun in Portland for handling the
situation this coming winter.
Marshall N. Dana was named chair
man of the executive committee and
will have active charge Of much of
the work.
At present there is no charity rate
On the railroads for transportation of
food supplies, but an attempt will be
rcade to have one established.
County Commissioner Holman was
chosen vice-chairman of the organiza
tion and A. R. Gephart secretary. Ac
tive committees appointed by Mayor
Baker were:
Raw Products) P. O. Powell, secretary
Of the state farm bureau, chairman: S.
B. Hall. Multnomah county agriculturist :
"Parmes" Bmith, O.-W. R. & N.. Kri-
culturlst E. E. Faville. chairman of the
agricultural committee of tho Chamber of
Commerce; State Representative H. A.
Lewis, farmer of Gresham j C. E. Spence,
master of the state grange, and Arthur M-
Geary, attorney.
Employment Body Chosen.
Employment A. W. Jones, superinten
dent of the municipal employment bureau,
ehairman: Jay R. Coffey, executive secre
tary of- American Lesion; Otto Hartwig,
president or state .f ederation or Labor.;
Mrs. C. J. Othus, president of Housewives
council, and N.'F. Johnson, employment
manager tor the 3Iultnomah Lumber &
Box company.
Transportation H. E. Lounsbnrv. aren-
eral freight agent for O.-W. R. & N".,
ehairman: W. D. Skinnef. general traffic
manager for Spokane. Portland & Seattle;
H. A. Hinshaw, general freight asrent for
Southern Pacific lines In Oregon; F. D.
Hunt, traffic manager for Portland Rail
way. Light & Power company, and F. W.
Vogler and F. M. Leaston-Smith. repre
senting automobile and auto-truck in
terests. Publicity W. S. ICIrknatriolt nr.lH..t
of Portland Ad club, chairman: o. T.
Hoge, Arthur L. Crookham. Horace E.
Thomas and E. W. Jorgenson.
-Manuiacturing County Commissioner
Rutleen, chairman: R. 8. Hnrri ..j
Jay R. Coffey.
TODD LOSES COURT ACTION
Small 'Judgment Given Plaintiffs
in Marion County Suit.
SALEM. Or., July 12. (Special.)
A jury in the circuit court, after nine
hours' deliberation, early today re
turned a verdict awarding a Judg
ment of 1.66 to each of the 16 plain
tiffs in the action brought against
John W. Todd to recover approxi
mately $9000 alleged to have been ob
tained by the defendant through mis
representations in connection with
timber land locations. The julgment
totaled $299.70.
The case was on trial here for more
than 10 days and 50 witnesses were
examined.
Mr. Todd formerly was superintend
ent of the Salem public schools, but
for the . last few months has resided
on a ranch near Vancouver, Wash. He
is now under federal Indictment
charged with using the mails to de
fraud In connection with locating in
vestors on government lands.
MOTION WILL BE REFERRED
Judge Belt Will Xot Hear Case In
volving Pacific Highway.
SALEM. Or., July 12. (Special.)
J. iw. uevers, attorney for the state
highway department, today received
word from Portland that Judge Belt
would be unable to hear the motion
of the state highway department to
make more specific the complaint
filed by certain citizens of Independ
ence who would halt further improve
ment of various sections of the west
side Pacific highway.
Attorneys for the opposing factions
pronatuy will stipulate to argue the
motion before another Judge, accord
ing to Mr. Devers.
It was charged in the complaint
that the county court of Polk county
had no legal authority to designate
certain sections of the west side Pa
cific highway as market roads and
that the county exceeded the indebted
ness allowed by law.
COUNCIL TO MEET SOON
Cpper Silesia n Question Promises
to Be Chief Topic.
PARIS. July 12. fBy the Associated
Press.) The allied supreme council
probably will meet toward the end
of this month, either in Boulogne or
in Paris, it was announced today by
the French foreign office.
The Upper Silesian question will be
uppermost in the discussions, and it
is expected Bthat Great Britain may
bring up the question of the evacua
tion of Duesseldorff, Duisburg and
Ruhrort as recognition of the dispo
sition of the present German govern
ment to carry out the terms of the
Versailles treaty.
OREGON COW SETS MARK
Lad's Little Pauline Gives 15,9 9 6
' Pounds of Milk in Year.
SALEM. Or., July 12. (Special.)
Laos uuie i-auime jersey, owned
by S. J. McKee of Independence, pr6
duced 15.99s pounds of milk and 34
pound of butterfat in a year's of
ficial test, according to information
received here today from the Ameri
can Jersey Cattle club.
This places her second In Rer class
as a junior four-year-old. the cham
pion of this class being Old Man's
Darling II, also an Oregon Jersey
cow, which produced 984 pounds of
butterfat in one year's test.
Another Oregon Jersey cow has
just completed three good records.
She is Miss Inez, a Jersey, bred,
owned and tested by W. A. Forrest of
McMinnville. On her last record she
produced 16.042 pounds of milk
yielding 833.33 pounds of butterfat.
This record was begun at five yers
of age.
RAIL OFFICIALS HGCUSED
PLIGHT OF CARRIERS LAID TO
rXEFFICIEXCY.
Master of Pennsylvania State
Grange Makes Charges of Pay
rolls Being Padded.
WASHINGTON, Di Ci July 12.
High freight rates and the plight of
carriers were attributed today to in
efficiency of railroad executives by
John A. McSparron, master of the
Pennsyvania state grange, appearing
before the congressional Joint com
mission on agriculture.
"Common men" would have been
shot during the war for aiding the
enemy, he said, if they had done
"some of the things some railroad
executives did.'
"At my home," he said, "there was
a division of the Pennsylvania rail
road where they had 15 section hands
before the war and put on 50 the
minute the government took controL
The railroad officials used to take
the extra hands out in the woods
and hide them when federal inspec
tors came along. I watched them
build up a $700 payroll extra at a
watering tank, put on 16 car cleaners
at a station where there were not 16
cars a day, and hire five men to
Watch one bridge and two superin
tendents for one side-track freight
yard."
Representative Reavls, repu-bican,
Nebraska, said the fault might lie in
the government railroad administra
tion and labor agreements. .
"Mr. M"cAdoo had to use the rail
road officials who were on the Job,"
McSparron retorted.
WATER BOND BIDS LOW
Sew Offers Are Less Than Those
Rejected Two Months Ago.
Although members of the city coun
cil refused 80.62 for an issue of $200,
000 of 4 per cent water bonds two
months ago, they will probably be
forced to sell the bonds at 77.41 and
78.042, which comprise the highest
bids opened yesterday at the city hall.
The National City company of New
York was the highest bidders at
78.042 and the next highest bid was
made by Eldredge & Co. of New York
at 77.41. Submitted through the
Northwestern National bank.
The bids yesterday were the lowest
submitted for Water bonds, according
to City Commissioner Mann. Inasmuch
as the majority of municipal bonds
now bear from ili to S per cent It is
probable that the low offerings for
the water bonds are because such
bonds, under charter limitations, can
bear only 4 per cent interest. j
HAYING WAGES FIXED
Gilliam County Farmers Adopt
Schedule for Workers.
CONDON, Or., July 12. (Special.)
At a meeting of the farmers of Gil
liam county, held in the courthouse,
the following wage scale was adopted
for the coming harvest: Haying, $2 a
day; box drivers, $3; loaders, $3.50;
stackers, $3.60; header punchers, $5;
spike pitch, $3.50; cook for heading
crew, $3; cook for heading and thresh
ing. $4; hoedowns, $3; sack sewers,
$4.50; forkers, $6 to $7; separator
tender. $6; eackjig, $3 to $4; engineer,
$5; roustabout, $3; sack buck, $1.25 the
100 sacks; straw buck, $4; combine
drivers. $4 to $i; threshing charges,
25 cents a sack; heading, the acre, $2,
and combining the acre, $3 to $4.
It was expected that harvest would
begin in the Condon neighborhood in
about a week. L. E. Fowler presided
at the meeting, with Fred Weise act
ing as secretary.
KABER CASE NEAR FINISH
Alleged Murderess to Take Stand in
Own Behalf Today.
CLEVELAND, July 12. Eva Cath
erine Kaber wiii take the witness
stand in her own behalf tomorrow to
combat the state's contention that
she planned the murder of her hus
band, Daniel F. Kaber, according to
announcement this evening by Francis
V. Poulson, her attorney.
Mrs. Kaber. it was said, will be
followed on the stand by alienists,
who will testify as to her mental
condition. Insanity is Mrs. Kaber's
principal defense.
Prosecutor Stanton said that
whether the state will introduce
testimony to refute that of alienists
depends entirely upon the prominence
of the alienists and the testimony
they give. Should there be no re
buttal, Mr. Stanton said, he expected
all evidence to be in by tomorrow
evening and the case given to the
jury some time Thursday.
LIQUOR PERMIT NEEDED
All Foreign Shipments, Without
Permission, to Be Seized.
WASHINGTON. D. C, July 12. All
cargoes of intoxicating liquor shipped
into this country from foreign coun
tries without a prohibition permit
have been ordered seized and. forfeit
ed; George W. Ashworth. chief of the
treasury customs division, announced
today.
Attorney-General Daugherty today
explained that his opinion applied
to -all intoxicating liquors entering
this country without a permit, includ
ing beverages contained in bars on
board foreign passenger libers. Should
the treasury department, however, ask
for a separate opinion on the specific
question, he added, the request would
be granted.
CANNERS BID FOR LOGANS
Salem Operators Raise Pric Of.
fered for Berries.
SALEM, Or., July 12 (Special.)
Local canneries today raised : their
offers for loganberries from 2 3& cents
to 3 cents a pound. Slow ripening of
the berries, coupled with the over
estimated volume of the crop were
given as reasons for the advance in
price. It was aid today that the
loganberry production for the season
has reached Us eal -:
ROfQ PROPOSALS SOUGHT
CONTRACTS TO BE AWARDED
AT MEETUTG JCIT S8.
Eleven Counties Interested in Im
provementsSeveral Bridges
Included in Lot.
SALEM, Or., July 1. (Special.)
Bids for the construction and im
provement of approximately 50 miles
of roads and building- of several
Wldjjes will be considered at a spe
cial meeting- of the stats highway
commission to be held in Portland
July 2S. Announcement of the meet
ing was made by the state highway
depaftmeht her today.
The several projects, together1 with
Ae counties in which they are lo
cated follow:
Clackamas county IaciflJ highway.
Tryon creek. Sucker creek and Molalla
river bridges. Paving; bridge floors bitu
minous pavement.
Clatsop county Coast highway. Miles
crossing-Ski panon section, grading and
macadam. 2.9 miles shoulder rocking.
4000 cubic yards surfacing material, 1.3
miles of grading and macadam, 30OO cubic
yaros surfacing, ttuOO cubic yards excava
tion.
Deschutes counter DalleS-Callfornla high
way, Allen ranch-Klamath county line sec
tion. 17.3 miles clearing and grading of
which 10.7 miles is grader work, balance
6.6 miles 40.500 cubic yards excavation.
Lake county Lakeview-LaPine highway,
Chandlers station to Chewaucan Narrows
section and approaches to Paisley bridge
Its 8 miles grading, 66,400 cubic yards ex
cavation. Lincoln county Corvallls - Newport
highway, Chitwood-Toledo section, 10.6
miles grading, .145,000 cubic yards ex
cavation.
Linn county Pacific highway, Shedd
Halsey section. 7.S miles paving.
Tillamook county Coast highway, "Wil
son river-Hlverdale section, 1.5 miles grav
eling. 3400 cubic yards surfacing.
Wheeler countv John Dar hlrhwav.
Cummings hill-Fossil section, 2.7 miles of
grading and macadam, 8O00 cubic yards
sunacintj, Zif.ouu cubic yards excavation.
Union countv Old Ore eon trail, ohe 30-
foot reinforced concrete scan over "Wolf
creek, two miles north of North Powder
and one 8 xl2 x24' reinforced concrete cul
vert over Jimmy creek three miles north
of North Powder, ISO cubic yards con
crete, . 14,800 pounds reinforcing steel, 290
cubic yards excavatiort.
Wallowa county La Grande-Joseph high
way, Wallowa canyon-Lostine section,
seven small timber trestle bridges totaling
250 lineal feet. La Grande-Joseph high
way, Enterprise-Joeph section, L"ri miles
south of Enterprise, seven lfl feet frame
trestle spans over Prairie creek. Concrete
155 cubic yards, reinforcing steel 3!)00
pounds trestte superstructure, 140 lineal
ieet or -lumoer and timber 8 MFBM, ex
cat'ation, 330 cubic yards.
Washington county Tualatin -alley high'
way. Forest Grove-Gaston section, three-
quarter mile south of Forest Grove. Repairs
lu ciisuDf Driuge. removing aeck, re
modeling piers, painting steel. Lumber
and timber, 17 MFBM.
LEGION FIGHTS FOR LAND
Inundation or Klamath Ivake Dis
trict Is Opposed.
The American Legion of Oregon
has launched a fight to prevent per
manent inundation of land in the up
per Klamath lake district. Resolu
tions were adopted at the recent state
convention when the matter was
brought up by Klamath post. It Is held
that the land is valuable for agricul
tural purposes and is subject to the
soldier preferential settlement rierht
and entry for settlement and devel
opment by ex-service men.
The matter has been taken up with
the national legislative committee of
the lesion, Oregon senators and rep
resentatives, the secretary of the in
terior and Governor Olcott. The in
undation would be caused by the pro
posed dam across Link fiver to be
built by the California-Oregon Power
company, according to the complaint
of the legion.
The legion Is also making efforts
to have funds appropriated by the
government for reclamation and irri
gation of the Klamath project.
Restraining Order Dissolved.
KALAMA, Wash., July 12. (Spe
cial.) The order restraining diking
commissioners Of district No. 1 from
issuing bonds to pay for repairing
the dihe to be used as a highway,
asked by George Gunnary and others,
has been dissolved.
Suspect Held at EI Centre
EL. CENTRO, Cal.. July 12. J. F.
Murphy and J. H. 'Williams were ar
rested here tonight on request of El
Paso authorities in connection with
the killing of an engineer on a train
near El Paso a few days ago. x
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. July-12 Maximum tem
perature. 70 deRrees; minimum, 53 deRrees.
River reading, ft A. M., 13 8 feet; chuntce in
lust 24 hours. O S foot fall. Total rainfall
(5 P. M. to 5 P. M ). none: total rainfall
since September 1, 1H20, 4.n5 Inches; nor
mal rainfall since September 1. 44.23
Inches; excess of rainfall since September
1. 11120. 1.7a inches. Sunrise. 4 82 A SI ;
sunset, 8:01 P. M. .Total sunshine July 12.
10 hours 25 tnlnutes; possible sunshine.
15 hours 211 minutes. Moonrise Wednes
day. 2:-' P. M ; moonset Thursday. 12:44
A. M. Barometer (reduced to sea level)
at 5 P. M.. 30.02 inches. Relative humid
ity at 5 A. M., 84 per cent; at noon. 4
er cent; at 5 P, X;, 48 per uent.
THB -WEATHER.
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NWICloudy
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Calgary .... I 36!
Chicago.
DenVer
DeS Moines.
NW!Pt. cloudy
S IPt. cloudy
Eureka .... I 50
-NW Clear
SB Clear
Galveston .
Helena I 5tf
Pt. cloudy
Juneaut
Cloudy
Pt. cloudy
Kansas Cftyl
Los Amreles.
clear
Marshf leld
Med ford . .
Minneapolis
NWIClear
SW
Clear
Clear
Cloudy
New Orleans1
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SW
NW
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North Head.
Phoenix ...
Pocatello ..
Portland ...
Roseburg
Sacrajnento
St. Louis....
Salt Lake . . .
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Pt. cloudy
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Spokane ...
Tacoma
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clear
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Washington
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tA. M. today. P. M,
day.
report of preceding
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair; northwest
erly wind.
Oregon and Washington Fair; moder
Ate westerly winfts.
Fire Insurance
Offices Closed
ALL DAY THURSDAY
July 14 Account of
Annual Picnic of
Fire Insurance
Exchange
MotMiig for Moth
and
Very Little for a Penny
An old proverb but true
If you are looking for superior merchandise
at honest prices prices based on bed-rock
operating coststhen I can serve you.
My Upstairs Plan
Saves You Money
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CHURCHILL MAY GET JOB
yORMAL PRESIDENCY AVAILA
BLE, SAYS RUMOR.
12. F. Carlton of Eugene Also Men
tioned as Possible Appointee
to Monmouth Position.
SALEM. Or.. July li. (Special.)
With no definite information from
the board of regents, rumors were
current about the statehouse today
that the presidency of the state nor
mal school at Monmouth would be of
fered to J. A. Churchill, state super
intendent of public instruction.
Mr. Churchill is now in Michigan
and whether he would accept the posi
tion if it were offered to him by the
regents of the institution could not
be ascertained. Friends of the state
superintendent, however, said that
Mr. Churehill was receiving an annual
salary of J4000 year under a law
passed at the last session of the leg
islature and they did not believe he
would relinquish this office to accept
the presidency of the normal echool at
a similar salary.
It also was rumored here that if
Mr. Churchill did accept . the presi
dency of the normal. E. F. Carlton, at
present superintendent of the Eugene
schools, probably would succeed him
as state superintendent. Mr. Carleton
served as assistant state superintend
ent of schools for a number of years
and is well acquainted with the duties
of the office.
Friends of Mr. Carleton. who doubt
Have Lunch
Today
Where It Is
Cool
Cold Meats and
Potato Salad
Crisp Cold Salads
Watermelon on Ice
Delicious Ice Tea
The
BAKE-RITE No. 3
Alder St, Bet. Third and Fourth
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PORTLAND'S ORIGINAL
UPSTAIRS CLOTHIER
Upstairs, Broadway
at Alder
that Mr. Churchill would accept an
offer from Monmouth, said that Mr.
Carleton might be offered the presi
dency of the normal school. He is a
son-in-law of J. H. Ackerman, former
head of the Monmouth institution, and
was said to be one of the most effi
cient educators in Oregon. Either Mr.
Churchill or Mr. Carlton, it was said,
would be satisfactory to the regents
as successor to Mr. Ackerman.
The regents of the Monmouth nor
mal school are C. L. Btarr of Portland,
E. E. Bragg of La Grande, John S.
Coke or Marshfleld, F. J. Miller
of Albany, Cornelia Marvin, state
librarian. Salem: W. C. Bryant of
Moro, Governor Olcott. Sam A. Kozer,
secretary of state, and J. A. Churchill,
state superintendent.
General Byars Stricken.
SALEM. Or..' July 12. (Special.)
General W. H. Byars, who last week
celebrated his 82d birthday here, is
suffering from a stroke of paralysis.
His left side is affected, and he was
said to be in a serious condition.
Pliers Escape Fall Into Bay.
VANCOUVER, B. C. July 12. Lieu
tenant W. H. Brown, Canadian air
force, and Norman A. Goddard of Vic
toria, escaped injury today when a
seaplane fil into Knclih Pny here
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things taste good is
perfected in
Say it by the case from your grocer or druggist
The Clicquot Club Company, Millis, Mass., TJ. S. A.
ten s
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during a trial flight. The plane was
but slightly damaged.
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China and India, are heavy -ima-ft-ers
of silver.
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All our meat
sand- C
wiches..
LUNCH
Com
plete. 25c
Waffles or Hot Cakes, Cof- 1C.
fee and Syrup 1J
ry T7 Any style with Bread,
fee.?.?.".
Coffee.
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