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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1922)
THE MORNING OREGON' IAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY" 11 1923 TIL OF f Iufur, eovfcrlny the appropriation of mater from FIT teen-mll. creek for irrics .ion of five acres in Wasco county, at a rut of $300. By J. A. Freeman A Son of Portland, covering the appropriation of ratr ftom an unnamod tributary of Molalls, rlv-r for developing power for' Irrigation and domestic purpose in Clackamas couaty. By 8. O. Hamblin of Hood Kiver. cover Ins; the appropriation of one second-foot from .overflow ater from Coa springs, for power development and Irrigation of a small tract In Hood River county, at a cost of X41IO. By Smith Bros, of Glendal. covering the appropriation of water from Cow creek for irrigation of lands In Douglas ca'Jnty. By Bud Knltrley and J. R. Hills of Lowell, covering the use of water from Noisy creek, tributary to middle for of WU'amette river, for log pond and for flumlng lumber purposes. In Lane c-juniy. By O. R. Averill of Ths Dalles, cover ing the appropriation of water from Mill creek for Irrigation of 11 acres iu Va-o county, at a cost $1000. By Abigail Ripley Smith of Central Point, Jackson county, for Irrigation of a smalt tract and for domestic use. This development will cost approximately $oKI. 'PORT ready for logging operations, with the Multnomah Box A Lumber com pany beginning to open up the vast spruce tract on the north, which re cently was purchased from the spruce, corporation, together with the rail road, and with several other minor manufacturing concerns looking for available deep-water locations, activ ity is encouraging. The harbor im provements have progressed to such an extent that there was 23 feet on the bar at low water at the last re port. The four directors elected for the ensuing year are George Wilcox, A. L. Thomas, Dr. J. A. Forbes and O. C. Presley. Major Gjedsted of the1 adjutant general's office, Salem, spoke of the needs and. benefits of the coast ar tillery company stationed here, ask ing for co-operation and support of the company by the citizens, which were pledged. , LUMBER THE- GROWS 4 2 PER CENT OF NEW BUSINESS IS FOR WATER DELIVERY. ing January J manufactured s,l!7, 169 feet of lumber, sold 48.434.919 fet and shipped 59,174,397 feet," eald the report. "Production was t$ per cent below normal: new business was .27 per cent below production, and shipments 10 per cent below production. . "Fot-ty-two per cent of all new business taken during the week was accepted for future water delivery. This amounted to 20.234,919 fct. of which 9.395,917 feet will move coast wise and intercoastal, and 10.S39.002 feet will move overseas. New busi ness for delivery by rail totaled 940 cars. "Forty per cent of the week's ship ments moved by water, totaling J3. 744,397 feet, of which 15.560.53S feet moved coastwise , and intercoastal, and 8,193.862 feet export. The rail movement for the week was 1181 cars. "The unshipped balance In the do mestic cargo trade totaled 93.634.943 feet, and in the export trade 101.883, 327 feet. In the rail trade the un shipped balance amounted to 3955 ABBUCKLE JURY SHORT PANEL EXHAUSTED; MORE VENIREMEN CALLED The defense used three peremptory challenges during the day and the state one. ' The latter trow holds thre and the defense seven. The 65 mem bers of the panel In Judge Marn,l Loudorback's court were exhausted at noon. The bailiff wns directed to summon 31 from another department and olKht of these wcro examined this afternoon. Howard Spreckcls, son of Rudolph Spreckela and nephew of John D. Spreckcls, was ono of those tempo rarily passed and ho wss still In ihe box. It was thought that the Jury could not be obtained before Monday COMM UNITS' CXUB 1VATS PLANS FOR CIVIC DEVELOPMENT. Business Outlook Declared Good and Better and More Roads Are Urged Upon Citizens. West Coast Lumbermen's Associa tion Issues Weekly Report of Activities. The rapid growth of the movement of lumber from the Pacific northwest by water was shown by the weekly re view of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, issued yesterday. The report declared that 42 per cent of all new business received for the week ending January T was for water de livery. In -addition 40 per cent of the week's shipments moved by water. "One hundred and thirty-three mills reporting to West Coast Lumber men's association for the week end Last of Temporary Jurors Four Times Eliminated by Chal lenges of Defense. Nan Johnson Accused of In voluntary Manslaughter. NEWPORT, Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) The Newport Community club held its first annual meeting in the clBb roomi last Wednesday night. During the dinner, which preceeded the busi ness session, a "iooking-ahead" pro gramme of short talks on the busi ness outlook, the future needs of the city, the development of the county, getting more commerce for Yaquina bay and more and better roads was given. The business outlook is much better. With the south side railroad getting SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. With 11 temporary passed Jurors in the box the third day's sessions In the man slaughter trial of Roscoe (Fatty) Ar buckle were concluded tonight after the panel of another department of the superior court had to be requisi tioned to supply additional venire men. Four times during the day the required 12 temporary Jurors were obtained, only to -have one ot the number eliminated by peremptory challenges. , Slontesano to Make Display. MONTBSANO, Wash., Jan. 13 (Special.) Montesano will bo repre sented at the Washington Manufac turers' Educational Exhibit in Aber deen next week by displays of Grays Harbor county eggs and canm-il products of the Montesano rai'kins company. The club women of tlie city, headed by Mrs. F. L. Carr, are preparing the exhibit. DEFENDANT NEAR TEARS Gill, 22, Bites Iilps in Telling ot Accident In Which Boy of 8 . Years AVas Killed. Every large city has one newspaper which, by universal consent, is the Want-Ad medium of the community. In Portland It's The Oregonlam AUTOIST IS BEGUM Pretty. 22-year-old Nan Johnson bit her lips to keep from crying yes terday as witnesses in the circuit court related the manner in which she drove her automobile which enuffed out the life of Donald Foster, aged 8, when it leaped the curbing at Mississlpplavenue and , Shaver street October 17, knocking down two women and two boys. Sliss Johnson faces a charge of involuntary man slaughter. Fifteen witnesses were called yes terday by Maurice K. Crumpacker, deputy district attorney handling the prosecution. A few more state's wit nesses will be called Monday, follow ing which the defense will begin its case. Dan Powers ana rann owupo represented Miss Johnson. Important witnesses for the prose cution yesterday were Frederick Sil versparre, motorman of a Mississippi avenue car. and V. P. Lecuyer, motor man of a Shaver-street car. Auto Going Fast, SHversparre was about 200 feet north of the intersection of Missis sippi and Shaver when he saw an automobile, in which two women were riding, flash by his car. His attention attracted by the speed, which was between 25 and 30 miles un hour, he asserted, and the knowl rdge that a Shaver-street car was i!ue to cross the Intersection at that moment, he stopped the car. opened the door and looked back just in time to see the machine leap the curbing and crash into a building, scattering pedestrians. . Iecuyer said that his car was about half-way across the intersection when the automobile driven ,by Miss Johnson shot in front, running over his fender, bouncing over the curb and ending up against the wall ot a real. estate office on the corner. He saw it strike the boy and carry the lad into the wall. Sperd of Auto Etlmrd. Other witnesses told of seeing the tragedy, the speed of the machine being judged between 20 and 35 miles an hour. Mrs. Kleanor Nelson, who was struck by the hurtling automo bile, testified to being hit, but said she never knew what hit her until afterward. Jurors picked to try the case were John L. Ziegler. William A. Sidwell, Kills McLean, Henry C. Howe, John Kckholm. William K. Seachrest. Emil Oehring, Max Breall. S. B. Allen, M. R. McCauley, Lloyd M. Roberts and M. It. Parelius. PORTLAND INTERESTS DECIDE OX INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITS. CHURCH TARGET TEMPORARY INJUNCTION TO STOP BUILDING AVON. Residents Charge Congregational Edifice Violates Restrictions of Residential District. A suit was Instituted in the circuit court yesterday by residents of Ala meda Park to restrain the Congrega tional followers from continuing with the erectfon of a church building at Kuat Thirty-first and Mason streets, which has been one-fourth completed. Edith D. Morrison, as plaintiff in the action filed by Attorney Charles C. Hindman yesterday, contends on her own behalf and ior others in like situation that the restrictions of the high-class residential district of Ala meda Park are being violated In the building of the church structure. A temporary restraining order prevent-, ing further work on the building was granted by Presiding Circuit Judge Tucker yesterday and a hearing on tha question of making the order per manent was set for next week, the exact day tp be yet determined. The litigation was started some time ago when the Congregational Building society became the owner of two other lots In Alameda Park on which a church structure was planned. The presence of building restrictions was made known at that time and work ceased. Wllfully-or otherwise, the Alameda Land company, a co-defendant In the suit of Mrs. Morrison, gave a deed on November 23, 1920. to block "C" of Alameda Park to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kolfson without noting thereon the building restrictions applying throughout the district until March 1, 1929, it is claimed in the complaint filed. This deed was sold to the Con gregational Building society on De cember 19, 1921. BROOM . PLANT MOVES National Manufacturing Company to Get Into New Home Today. The National Broom Manufacturing company, which filed articles of in corporation during the week, with (. h. Neyre. C. J. Cummings and Bertha R. Stromset as incorporators and with capital stock placed at $25,000, today will move its equipment from the old factory, 93 Union avenue, to its new location, Kast Thirtieth street and Sandy boulevard. This is being combined with the equipment of the Portland Broom company, which the nttv incorporation has pur chased. It has taken a lease on the property for 12 years. The consolidation gives the Na tional company what is eald to be the largest and best-equipped, factory on the Pacific coast, and It will have a producing capacity of 300 brooms a day. About 50 persons will be em ployed. MINERS ASK WATER RIGHT Platinum Association Intends to Extend Operations. SALEM, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) Tha Co-operative Platinum assocla tion, with headquarters in Grants Pass, has filed application with the state engineer to appropriate 60 sec-orrd-feet of water from Rough and Ready creek, tributary to the Illi nois river, for placer mining pur poses. This company Intends to build one and one-half miles of ditch and pipe line and to enlarge their present operations at an estimated cost of $10,100. The proposed de velopment Is in Josephine county. Other applications filed with the state engineer today follow: i J8 the Uutur Orchard Land company Dates of Big Event Not Settled, but Probably Will Conform With Show for Buyers. At the weekly meeting of the Northwest Furniture Manufacturers' & Jobbers' association, which is the Portland unit of the Furniture Manu facturers & Jobbers' association of the Paoifio eoast, held yesterday in the Portland Chamber of Commerce, it was decided definitely that the an. nual furniture week will be held in Portland. "The date was not fixed, but that will be arranged at the meeting next week," W. E. Hansen, executive sec retary, said. "Whether it will be the same period as buyers' week, already set by the Chamber of Commerce for the second week in August, will be decided later. "One of the matters which compli cates having the' two meetings to gether Is the stand which the furni ture men have taken on dropping the refunding of fares. However, the matfer will be threshed out at the next meeting. . "As faf as having the furniture week in Portland is concerned, the bylaw3 of the manufacturers and Job bers' association fix Portland as the meeting place. Tou cannot put it toe strongly that the furniture week will be held here. "Last November, when the coast as sociation met here, Paul T. Kennedy of Seattle, vice-president of the coast association, but speaking as a Seattle representative, invited Portland fur niture men to the industrial show in Seattle, to be held in July. No action was taken." "If Tacoma. and Seattle desire to have a furniture week it Is all right with us."- H. J. Carman of the Car man Manufacturing company said. "Portland is going to have its show here. While the Portland unit has given up the exhibition furniture building on Grand avenue and East Stark, it has been decided to have exhibits in the different factories the same as the other commercial enter prises of the city duing buyers' week. "The question of the other cities having a furniture show is one that has come up in the last year. Port land is the most important furniture city on the coast. We could not give up to any other city in the matter of having the show." OIL DEPOT SITE OBTAINED Erection of $200,000 Structure to Start at Hoqniam. HOQUIAM, Wash., Jap. 13. (Spe cial.) Announcement of the purchase today of a tract of 12 lots, or two thirds of the block fronting on Myrtle street at the east city line and on the north side of the Northern Pacific railway tracks, by the First National bank acting for the Union Oil com pany of California, closes definitely the deal for the erection and main tenance here of a distributing depot by the oil company. It is said the ulti mate expenditure under present plans will be $200,000 and that work will start at once. Negotiations were begun several months ago for a location, but first a mill company objected to the site selected, and next the owners of the second site would not agree to pay for necessary street improvenfenta. The matter has all been smoothed out by Commercial club officials, and the club has agreed to pay the (1000 street assessments as they come due $200 a year. Carfare Hearing Promised. HOQUIAM, ' Wash., Jan. 13. (Spe cial. ) Information contained in a letter receivd on the harbor today indicates that the publio service com mission will come here as soon as its slate is cleared to some ''extent, and hold a public hearing relative to street car fares. The present fare is 10 cents or three for a quarter for both local and intercity rides Ho quiam and Aberdeen. It was fixed by the commission some months ago, but the local fare has caused some irri tation in both cities, and the com mission. It was learned, has heard of this irritation with the above result. Debate Results Announced. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE!. CorvalKs, Jan. 13. (Special.) Bernice Chambers of Canyon City and Alice 'Komm of Yakima, Wash-, Juniors, and Marjorie Stone of Great Falls, Mont., and Edna Hocken of Beaverton, Or., freshmen, were the two successful class teams In debate, defeating the sophomore and senior women In the interclasa contests. Junior and eenior men met, with the result that Erwln Miller of Klamath Falls and Myrton Moore of Portland were declared winners over the senior representatives. Free Car Rides Cut ff. HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) Members of the fre depart ment hereafter will be required to pay fares on Btreetcars operated by th Grays Harbor Railway & Light company, officials announced today. The sheriffs force, constables and special police also will be required to pay regular fares, except in certain cases. Policemen and. mail carriers on duty may ride free. New Chief to Be Nominated. CENTRAL! A, Wash., Jan. 13. (Special.) At next Tuesday's meet ing of the city commission. Mayor Warner will nominate Fred B. Wil cox chief of the fire department to succeed Frank Rowswell, Mr. Barner announced yesterday. If the nom ination is confirmed by the commis sion, the new chief will assume hi duties immediately. Tiie -wSioie town is talking about it ! Goats to Exterminate Thistles. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 13. (Spe- ! cial.) Jeff Bartell, former sheriff, now a rancher at Fords Prairie, thinks he has devised a way to rid his farm of the Canadian thistle. He has Just traded 100 good sheep for j 100 goats. The goats will be turned Into Kartell's tracts of bottom land in an attempt to ilfar it of the this tle and other growths. PSEN"srnMlwpsBjyEJns USMlMMMdMSL SMBI .S IS. 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