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THE DIORXIXG OREGONIANW: WEDNESDAY. FET5KUATIY 22, 1922
GOMMISSIONHUNTS
DATA ABOUT TAXES
Meetings to Be Hejd All Over
0 ' State in March.
SUGGESTIONS ARE ASKED
Sessions Will Be Held in Baker
March 13, La Grande 1-1, l'eii
dlcton 15, The Dalles 16.
TA X
NVlOSTHiATION COM-
J .MIJl.SIO.X.
-' 'The c i in In I s s I o n will go
t a-field to seek first-hand infor
J niation mid solicit suggestions.
J ' for remedies. , .
t Decision made not to.investi-.,:
sate educational phase . otrax '
, problem. . v 4
t ItejH property pays 85. 2 pen J
J cejit of 1021 taxes, and personal f
property 14.8 per cent, " ; "
l - Preliminary survey of; tic-?
f timber situation, as affecting a
T the taxation problem, is . rer J
I ceived. ' -'
iHsposilion expressed "about"
f lifihrening up on, the 6 per cent t
; limitation. JVIetho,d to prevent J
the limitation being circum- i
Invented will be sought. tv . I
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To gather first-hand information, of
lax conditions, the state tax inves
tigation commission will swing arounu
the state in March, holding public
hearings in many communities. -''The
commission will urge the attendance
Ui - tllPSJA lllDotilliru nf tha nminlv
courts, -assessors, taxpayers' leagues
ami all others interested in the prob
lem, and will ask for suggested rem
edies. .
Hearings will he held "iVTBakt-r on
March 13; J.a Grande, March H; Pen
dleton, March .15; The Dalles, March
.10. Astoria probably will be reached
March 17. .Later the commission will
go into the principal towns of the
Willamette valley. ' -
To determine the taxable wealth,
what the tax burden should be and
-what course to recommend so that
the tax burden will not be felt so
Ki'v iji riy, is iie poncy wnicn me com
mission agreed at yesterday's meet
ing to cling to. A suggestion was
made that the commission investigate
the Oregon . .Agricultural college and
the University of Oregon to ascertain
if saving could be effected in those
institutions of higher learning, but
on motion of Henry . K. Reed this
plan was indefinitely postponed, as
such an investigation would lead log
ically to many others and probably
pet nowhere. However, the commis
sion expects to take up later the
matter of charging fees to students
as a source of revenue.
Grange for Income Tax.
Information was given the commis
fiion yesterday that the state grange
has appointed a committee , with spe
cific instruction to prepare and sub
mit at the November election a state
income tax. The commission itBelf
is uorking- on a state income tax
and plaits recommending such a rev
enue producer in its report. The
commission was of the opinion that
its duty is not to initiate an income
tax, but to prepare one and recom
m?iid it (to the legislature under
authority of the act creating the com
mission. There are a few points an
rii income tax which the Commission
has not agreed on, such, as whether
it should be a flat rate or a grad
uated tax, and what- the amount of
exemption should be. . .
At this time- the commission 'Ex
pects an income tax to carry half of
the state .tax burden and not all of
it The commission reiterates its de
termination that it does not intend
devising a means of raising more
money so that .more money can be
spent, but it wants to find a method
of making intangibles, which now
escape paying taxes, bear their, pro-'
AsscKKed Valuation 1.00i04,107.
The total assessed value of prop
erty in Oregon is 11,020,804,197, ac
cording to a study submitted by John
G. Schroeder. Under the definition
. real property, as defined in Oregon
- laws, carried 80.2 per cent of the tax
burden In 1921, and personal property,
as defined by the Oregon statutes,
14,8 per cent. '
l lie ciabincaiiun mm assessed
value of the real and personal prop
erty, presented in the study, follow:
f Tillable land $254.78.8U9
70.157,184
82,997,388
33.145.158
Non-tillable ".
Improvement on deeded lands
- Town and city lota...
Imp'ts on town-city lots......
f Bailroad apportioned value...
ITloti.,. una ut rv i-nmnanioa
205,116.985
101.382.650
84.308.595
29,545,011
. 1.001,723
'' 7.5U4.876
TeleRraph companies
Telephone companies ...... '. .
Total .........( $871.039, .V)
Personal Property- '
Imp'ts on unpatented lands. ...$ 1.328.425
Jtailways under construction... 1.4."6.9S5
Kteamboats, sailboats, etc. 36.345,312
AId.se. .stock-in trade ' 51,-5",657
Money, .notes and accounts 20,193,371
Shares of stock..:. 16,38tt,90
Hotel and office furniture 3,517,275
Horses and mules 8.765.699
Cattle 16.996.558
Sheep and goats 6,507,241
Swine . 572.976
Doks 't 141.385
Miscellaneous "....J 876,467
Sleeping companies '.' 1 469,404
. Kxpress companies 231,296
Refrigerator car companies.... 196,653
Total 150,7 15.833
Total assessed val. of state. $1,020,804,197
Bond Retirement Vp.
Resolutions recommending that In
future bond issues provision be made
at the time of the isue for a tax to
take care of the retirement of the
bonds or that the bonds be issued
in definite serial form so as to take
care of the amortization were adopted
at the close of yesterday afternoon's
session of the state tax" investiga
tion commission. ' If, -
Members of the commission de
clared that this was an important
subject because in a great many
cases bond issues were allowed to
run with practically no provision for
retiring them when due. The. case of
various port districts in the state was
raised and figures were presented to
nhow that ports, exclusive of the Port
of Portland, had bonded indebtedness
jkjfgregating $7,200,000, with a sink
ing fund of but $11,000 present.. .
11 Timber Tax Proposed.
Iii connection with the discussion
o? the port indebtedness, kthe ques
tion of whether a tax on timber as
cut In those districts would not be
a good means of taking care of those
bonds was raised by Chairman Day.
C. S. Chapman of the commission ex
pressed belief that this would not be
necessary, inasmuch as the timber
was being cut too slowly. No de
cision was reached.
That the adoption of an income tax
for the state would be injurious to
. the investment of outside capital in
Oregon was the prediction made by
Leslie M. Scott, who participated in
the discussion on invitation of Chair
man Day. Mr. Scott pointed out that
the great advances in development in
the state during the past had been
through the medluni.of outside cap
ital. ' -
"We are still" inviting outside
capital to come inf he said. "But
why should they come he"re if they
are compelled to pay an income tax?"
.Alternative Is Suggested.
Mr. Scott suggested that as an al
ternativethe expensesof the state be
cut down. He said that he would be
gin upon the University of Oregon
and the Oregon Agricultural college
by providing that -students pay tui
tion in those schools.. ' --
Coe A. MeKonna announced that he
also did not believe that theobliga
tion of the state in educational mat
ters went so far as to provide free
education to the extent that it was
how being furnlihed. ' He declared,
however, that real property needs re
lief from the present burden and the
income tax was the only . solution
which had jet seemed feasible.
Walter SI. Pierce"eclared the state
should provide education for the stu
dents of the state .from the primary
grades all the. way- tfirough if this
government is ta live as an institu
tion. '
Kxtenxion Work 1n"rget.
He expressed the belief, however,
that some, of Jhe exterisioh.work of
the state educational institutions
might be done away with. He also
estimated that by cutting down in
various ways, the expense of running
the state government might be; re
duced from $9,000,000; to $8,000,900:
Chairman Day contended that with
out the income tax there were many
people who contributed nothing to the
support of the state governments
- That the'.general property tax on
mature timber be continued, consider
ation being given to -the burden which
suck property can bear, was recom
mended by C. S. Chapman in a report
given to-the commission.
J11 the case of cut-over or burned
ovef land, where reforestation is In
progress, Mr. Chapman suggested that
there should be a nominal- yearly tax
on the land and a final yield, or de
ferred tax. payable at the time the
timber was cut. This, he said, would
enable the property owner to take
care of the greatest porfion o the
burden of taxation at the time he was
getting the return' from his invest
ment. Mr. Chapman said that it was. ap
parent that if a general property tax
was levied on such property, the first
year's growth of timber would be
taxed year after year,, whereas this
was not true of any other crop.
Th levying of a general property
tax 'On cut-over land, Mr. Chapman
declared was a detriment to efforts
to reforest., . :'- -
He said that the ideal" tax on ma
ture timber land-was also the one
suggested for the cot.over land but
said that at present- that . wou'ld re
quire too . greata. revolution in the
presenf system. .-'. ' '
ROAD SOUTH OF BEND BAD
Silver Lake Singe Unable to Go Be-
. yond Summit Station.
' BEND, Of.,". Feb. 21. (Special.)
Conditions on. the roads south of
Bend 'are the-jworat in :many years as
the result of Sunday's 'snowstorm,
L. J. Harriman', driver of the Silver
Ijake stage, reported after an event
ful trip which began Sunday morning
and ended at 4 o'clock, this morning
when Harriman returned to Bend.
The stage was only ableJo go as far
as Summit Station, half the distance
between Bend and Silve'r Lake, but
Mr. Harriman hoped to be able to'
reach Fremont when he left here this
afternoon.
Snow is 18 inches deep at Lapine,
and deepens from that point to the
summit, being from four to eight feet
in many places. Mall is being taken
from Summit Station- to Fort Rock in
sleighs. Snow on. the high desert,
east of Bend,- is driving jack rabbits
by the hundreds to- deserted home
steaders' cabins. r
LEGION "POST. TO" VISIT
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Vancouver War . Veterans to Help
Reorganize County Branches.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Fb. 21.
(Special.) Members of Smith-Rey
nolds post American Legion, will visil
a number of the smaller posts in the
county, to. assist in reorganization
where needed.' A joint meeting will
be held with ' the post in Ridgefield
Thursday evening. Legionnaires leave
the- American " Legion, community
building at 0:45 .o'clock and go by
automobiles. A'similar jaunt Will be
taken "fo the post In Camac on the
evening of February 28.
.The .Portland post will be guests of
the- local'', post Monday evening,
March' 6. '',".' .
Dr. J.- B.v Blair was apppinted to
represent the' post at the Associated
.Charities at-! a ""meeting- to be held
February 28.' ' ,' , ,- -. ;
W. C. -i". UNIONS FORMED
Women of Clackamas Station and
.-Ulmlstone Organized.
OREGOJ? 'CiTV. of.,' Feb. 4$. (Spe
cial). Mrs. E. B. Andrews of this
city, state organize- of the,-W. C. T:
U.,'irganized a union at Clackamas
stafion on Tuesday tfternooi. and
today organized one at Gladston'.
The Clackamas union was formed
at th hcraf .ot Mre. Sarchet. Mrs:
Mary. J. xiook' was chosen president;
Mrs. -xLulu ""'Cavender, vice-president;
Mrs. ' G-,' - C. Robertson, secretary,, and
Mrs. Dora jHerrfngton, treasurer.
The Gladstone meeting was at the
home of 4 Charles Moran. Mrs.
Annie Bntier jvas elected president;
Mrs. Charles 'Moran, vice-president;
Mrs. Qrant (5lds, , secretary; Mrs, T.
E. Gatvlti -treasurer. ' . t
Miss Frances Iiitscher Buried. '
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DAYTON,- Or., Feb. 21.-MSpecial.)
The body of Miss Frances Litscher,
who died Sanday afternoon from the
effects of poison taken with sui
cidal intent Friday night, was buried
in the Oddfellows': cemetery here this
afternoon; -The body was removed
from Salem Sunday to McMinnville,
where a service for relatives was con
ducted this 'afternoon by Rev. M. A.
Marcy, formerly the Methodist pastor
here. ; Another, brief service was held
at the cemetery. Mis Litscher was
the youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lfen Litscher. Surviving her are
the father and mother, a brother in
Tillamook and a brother and sister in
Portland. : V -
Episcopal Convocation Ends.
SALEM, Or:, JFe. 21. (Special.)
The semi-annual , convocation of the
Episcopal church, central diocese of
Oregon, closed i her today. Bishop
wajter x sumner dl .Portland pre-sid-etl.
Included among the speakers
'.were "William yhitefield of Portland,
I Bishop Sumner,. "Mrs. Wilson Johnson
of Porttend, Rey. H.'D. Chambers of
Salem, . Arehdeacon' J. C. Black of
Portland .and Dean Jennings. The
convocation .was-the first ever held
during the current church year.
' Tax ltecjuction Club .Organized.
SALEM. Or.,' Feb- ?1- (Special.) A
branch of the so-called Oregon Tax
Reduction Club was organized at Sil
verton last night" with a membership
of 105. J. L. Stalker was elected
presid'ent. Frank Bowers, secretary,
and John Porter, treasurer. The or
ganization flayed the .present admin
istration for extravagance and urged
resubmission of the educational mill
age bills- to the people.
S SALES TJIX URGED
RETAIL CLOTHIEUS OF OllKGOX
FAVOR PRESIDENT'S PLA.V.; ,
Annua State Convention Closes
' and Association . Will Meet
' Next Year in. Portland. -
SALEM, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.)
The Oregon Retail Ciotiiiers- associa
tion, at its annual state convention
held- here today,, elected B. 12. Bow
man of Portland president of the or
ganization for the ensuing year.
Henry Harth of Roseburg was elected
vice-president; J. Deo McClain of Al
bany, secretary, and Gus KUhn of
Portland, treasurer. The directors
are D. E. Wheeler, McMinnville; H. H.
Sichel, Portland;' R. M. Williams, The
Dalles; Charles BeJhd, Pendleton; S. T.
Richardson, Medford, and W. T. Wade,
Eugene.
The next convention-of the associa"
tion will be held in Portland. A reso
lution waa adopted urging the Wash
ington retail clothiers to join in the
1923 convention. . , -
The sales tax recently proposed by
President Harding as a means of pro
viding- a soldiers' bonus was discussed.
This tax appeared to meet with favor
among the clothiers. It was declared
by the speakers, however, that the
tax should cover many lines of en
deayor so. that no hardships would, be
worked, ln.ny particular field. -
The cpnvention went on record fa
voring a- national truth-ln-fabric
law.'something similar ter that now in
fprce in the state of Washington.
The. convention closed tonight with
a dinner. The speakers were R. E.
Bigeiow of Seattle-fcnd Professor N.
LH. Cornish of.-- Oregon Agricultural
college. ' Mr. Bigeiow' js a director of
the .national? association.
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MRS. BUSWELL DIVORCED
Decree' Grains Alimony"' '-of $3tToo
v ' Cash and $ 15,. Monthly.
Mrs. Helen SengfelderBuswll was
granted a divorce by Circuit Judge
Evans yesterday from W'alker A, Bus
well, son 4of F. V,' BusweH,'head 6f
the Buswell Lumber company of
Portland. The decree carried with it
alimony consisting' of a cash .pay
ment of, $3000 and $175 a month. At
torney fees of $700 v.ere allowed.
Charges of cruel and inhuman treat
ment, consisting of numerous quarrels
extending over a number of years,
were made by the wife. Buswell' con.
tested the suit. The wife said she
had left her husband because of his
cruelty, -that he virtually drove her
from his home. He declarcdj she left
of her own accord.
Mrs. Buswell's f.omplaint was filed
last June. Temporary alimony of
$l,ri0 has been paid since tha-t time.
The, Buswells were married in Spo
kane June 26, 1918.
Obituary.
. Christian 31. Hemrich. '
1-uneral services will ber held from
the 1' in ley chapel at. 2:3,0 o'clock this
afternoon for Christian M. -'Hemrich,
who died Monday at'
the family home, 730
Woodward avenue,
following an illness
of several days of
pneumonia. "Burial
will be tin River
view cemetery.
- Mr. Hemrich was
46 .years - old and
had' ben. employed
by William Gadsby
& Sons for the'-past
22 years. He was
head of the sales
department at the
time of his death.
He leaves a widow and a daughter,
Gertrude. He was a member of'the
Woodmen of the World.
James Jbsepli O'Sullivan.
' Ja"aies ' Joseph O'Sullivan, 50, died
yesterday morning at Emanuel hos
pital. The body is at the. East Side
Funeral Directors, 414 East Alder
street. Funeral arrangements have
not been completed. Mr. O'Sullivan
had been in the United States 31 years,
and for many years was a resident of
Oregon and an engineer. He was
the husband of Mrs. Emma E. O'Sulli
van, matron at the Multnomah county
farm. Besides the widow, he leaves
three sons and two daughters Dennis
O'Sullivan and Mrs. Al Hanson of
Portland; Mrs. "Lloyd Hutchinson of
Heppner, Or., and John, and Thomas
O'Sullivan of -Hoising'ton, Kan.
Mrs. Margaret Siebels.' "
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Sie
bels. who died at the family residence,
546 East Sixth street, February 19,
was held yesterday afternoon at 4he
conservatory chapel of the East Side
Funeral Directors and at the grave in
Mount Scott Park cemetery by the
Sisters of Hermann, of which order
she had long- been: a member. Mrs
Siebels was in her.' 73d year and had
livtd 34 years in Oregon. Besides the
widower, Jjfeorge H.-fciiebels, sb leaves
IoJir sons B. K. .and George Siebels
of Portland, William Siebeis ;of Spo
kane' and Hugo Siebels of Seattle. v
1 . ; Evefyn Ma.ud Proctor. '
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Evelyn Maud Prqctor, daughter o
Mr. and Mrs. J. Proctor, died at the
family residence, 703 Spokane avenue,
Monday, at the age of 6 years and 10
fnonfhs. Besides her mother and
father, she leaves three sisters, Mrs.
Frank Lamb of Spokane, Wash., Mrs.
Shirley Locke and Bernice Proctor of
.Portland ; three brothers, Percy Proc
tor of New York, Cecil Proctw and
Douglas Proctor 6f Portland. ' -
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Mrs. Stella' "Roach. J, '
ILWACO,' Wash., Feb. 21 (Special.)
Mrs. Stella Roach, wife of. John
Roach, died Monday afternoon at the
family residence on Sand Ridge, after
an attack of epilepsy, leaving a 'wid
ower and four young children. The
eldest child is 9 years of age, the
youngest a babyof 7 months. The
Roach, family have lived here about
two years. Interment will be Wednes
day In the Ilwaco cemetery. .
.: "Emily Olive Clark. '; T;
Emily Olive Clark, 37 years ofd,
wife of Roland L. Clark, died of scar
let fever at the isolation hospital yes
terday morning at 7:30. Burial was
made'in the Rose City -cemetery in
the afternoon. Mrs. Clark was quar
antined at the hospital on Febrfcry
15 Three of her four children. Wood:
son, Robert and Prosser Clark, also
contracted the disease, but all recov
ered , i -
Thomas AUman. '
Thomas Allman, pioneer civil en
gineer, who died at Cathlamet Sunday,
will be buried at Hillsboro this after
noon with services at 2 P. M., accord
ing to advices received by relatives
in this city. Mr. Allman, who was 67
years old at the time of his death had
been a resident of Oregon for many
years and was particularly Vwell
known in Washington county. -'
: Marion andPanl Samson. " -.
CANBT, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.)
Canby was largely represented at the
funeral services for Marion Samson I
' iri.i'nt .1
and his ojily son, Paul Samson, of
Needy, held at the Rock Creek church
this afternoon at 2 o'clock; Inter
ment was in Rock Creek cemetery.
Champoeg Lodge No. 27, Masonic, had
charge of the services for both men.
The Oddfellows and the Kirk Rebekah
lodge of this city also were repre
sented. Mr. Samson and his son died
in Portland, the son contracting in
fluenza while jut the bedside of "his
father in a Portland hospital. He died
Saturday, the father dying the fol
lowing day of organic trouble.
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P. II. Allnian.
ASTORIA. Or Fe6. 6l.-r-(Special.)
P. H. Allmau. a pioneer of the Wil
lamette valley, died Sunday evening
arMiis home in Cathlaiuef, Wash. Mr.
AUman was a native of Boston, Mass.,
72 years old, and came to Oregon
with hiat parents when . a child. He
resided at Hillsboro forimany years,
but during the-last quarter of a cen
tury hal made his home at CathlameL
where he was county 'engineer, a po
sition Jie held at trie time of his
deatlv.-' Mr. AUman married at San
Francisco., Elizabeth Roberts Wolfe
of Boston, who survives him. He also
left one dariglitcr, Mrs. H. H. Mott of
Astoria;- V '
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Edward Watson McDaniel.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 8l.(Special.)
Funeral services for' Edward Watson
McDaniel were held yesterday - Rev.
J. C Spencer of the Methodist chur,ch
officiating. The body was taken to
Lebanon for burial in - .the Masonic
cemetery there. Mr. McDaniel jjied
Sunday following, an illness Of, two
weeks, attributed to appendieitis". He
was born at Jacksonville, Or,, June 2.
1885. He came to Linn ftunfyiwith
his parents while eight years. -of age
and recently wa"a fariier 'near-Tangent.;
In 1994 he married Miss Clara
Preston. He iseurviveijLby Ms widow,
two sons, two brothers and three sis
ters. - .. " . '-,;; '
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W. K. Brown,
- AMITX, Or, Feb. 21.r Special.)
W. R. Brown of this city died, in the
McMinnville hospital lastsFriday eve
ning at the age of 84 years 7 months
and 13 days. Funeral services were
held at the Christian church in Amity,
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, con
ducted by Rev. M. B. Parounagian,
aastor of the Methodist church. Mr.
Brown was born in New Brunswick,
July 4, 1837. He came to Amity in
1S66 and had made his home here ever
sincei His widow and. four sops survive.-
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Margaret "Yvonne Howard.
OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) The funeral services of -Margaret
Yvonne Howard, 3-inonths-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis E.
Howard of Willamette, were held to
day" from the Lutheran church. Rev.
-William Kraxberger, pastor, officiat
ed. The services wer attended by
more than 100 people. Interment was
in the Mountain View cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Landi. V
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OREGON-CITY, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Mary Landi, wife of Sam
uel Landi, died at the Good-Samaritan
hospital in Portland this morning.
Mrs. Landi arrived in Oregon City two
months ago from Italy and was mar
ried to Mr. Landi, a well-known farm
er Residing near Stafford.
CONVENTION MARCH 10, 11
General Contractors Arrange for
Meeting in Portland.
Members of the Portland chapter,
Pacific Northwest Association of Gen
eral Contractors', arranged plans for
the annual convention of this section
at a dinner held last night in the
Multnomah hotel. Tfie convention is
to be held in Portland March 10 'and
11. Meetings are to be held in the
Multnomah hotel..
' The association is national in its
character and is composed only of
general contractors who finance and
direct work. There are 120 members
of the northwest group,, which in
cludes Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
part of Montana. Oregon has 60 mem
bers. Natt McDougall is president of
the local chapter.
C. J. Cook is to be chairman of .the
convention to be , held here next
month. "There are to be sub-commit
tees named to -mak complete ar
rangements for the guests wlio are ta
be here. It is expected that there. will
be"about.300 visitors.
REALTY AGENT FINED $50
John B. Goddard Pays for Party
Held in Business Office. "
John B, Goddard, rear estate agent,
was fined- $30 in police ourt yester
day as the sequel 'o a) party which he
staged on the night, of January 31' in
his office in the Couch' building, witi
Miss Mary-Brown a stenographer, as
his only guest. , Judge- Rossman de
creed a $25 fine for disorderly eop
duct and an additional 25 penalty
for having liquor in his possession.
The police broke" into the office
and found Goddard and the 'girl, ac
cording t) the coun testimony bf ar
resting officers who raided the office
after other, tenai-fs of the building
had Complained. . - ',;'.'
ThOj name, Mary Brown, was said
by poliee o "be. tictitious.-. Goddard,
according to the police, is now on pa
role from a sentence, of three to 20
years for an allegedf criminal attaqk
oi a 15-year-old girl. '
Many Pujls Sick at MarshHeld:
MARSHFIELD, Or,, Feb.' 21. (Spe
cial.) C. A. Howard, superintendent
of the. Marshfield. schools, stated that
54 students of the high school were
absent Monday part or-all of the day,
because of illness, largely flu. Three
teachers are down with' the prevail
ing sickness, which the fetate board of
health orders must be treated as flu.
Friends' Church Dedicated.
SALEM, Or., FebT "21. (Special.)
The new Highland ' Friends . church,
erected at a cost of approximately
$10,000, was formally" dedicated last
night. Herbert Hoover, secretary of
commerce, is a member al this church
and' contributed liberally of his funds
for the erection . of the new building.
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Vancouver Has Employment Office,
' TANCOUVER, . IWash., Feb. 21.
(Special.) An employment office has
been established by' the city council
in'the office of the city clerk, Robert
E. Brady, in the United States Bank
buildings basement. "The plan -is for
persons in need of rnen or women fo.
work to telephone" to Mr,,- Brady, No.
488, and tell what is wanted.
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B. Gfteedy Better.
' TIGARD, -Or., Feb. 21. Special.)
B.. G.. Leedy, wl lately went to
Rochester for an operation on his
eyes , at the Mayo- sanitarium, is on
the way to recovery...
'. ; ; , .. .' ' ,.'-' ;
! ' .Mill Opens tip. ' V
KALAMA. Wash 'Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) The-Columbia shingle mill was
started again yesterday morning
after being shut down since the first
cold snap.
' Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad.
Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad.
11
STOCK
MARKET IMPROVES
Bullish Appearance " Is Im
parted to Dealings.
UNDERTONE IS GOOD
Transactions Approximate Million
Shares Many Stocks Easily
Surpass Previous Kecords.
BY MONITOR,
(Cops-right by Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Published by Arrangement.)' .
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. (Special.)
In view of the approaching holiday,
today's stock market gave an im
pressive exhibition of activity and
strength. Transactions approximated
1,000,000 shares,, the undertone ofHhe
general list -was decidedly' f irm. while
the" display of strength by the Bpec-"
uiative tavontes imparted a bullish
appearance to thb whole market. "
Many stocks easily surpassed their
previous high records for the year,
and the most encouraging . feature
was represented by v the fact that
these performances were recorded by
issues of accredited merit instead of
specialities that were being put
through their best market paces.
In this number were United States
Steel. Baldwin, General Electric,
American , Locomotive, Studebaker,
American Woolen. American Car &
Foundry and Sears Roebuck.
The whole market was the broadest
and most active that .has been seen
In several weeks. '' Industrials led the
advance, but the rails also shared in
the upward movement. Rock' Island
went to within a fraction of its high
point of two years ago. Among the
high-priced issues, Canadian Pacific,
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
were easily the features.
There was little news In circula
tion, but most of it was of a favor
able character. The new hisrh level
for sterling was greeted with sat
isfaction by the speculative element.
There is also a feeling through the
street' mat the legislation for the
soldiers' bonus has received its
quietus for the present as a result of
tne opposition from the solid busi
ness interests of the country..
commodities were inclined to be
somewhat reactionary although this
tendency may have been caused chief
ly by pre-holiday profit-taking. The
hear future of cotton will be deter
mined by March deliveries on Thurs
day. , , '
The weekly review of the Iron Age
reports better buying of steel prod
ucts and a higher rate of mill opera
tions. The increased activity is in
terpreted as a response to necessity
buying and recent railroad purchases.
.
From the opening' to the close of
trading on the New York stock ex
change today prices advanced,' prac
tically witnout exception. There was
no news; there was not even gossip.
Buying orders flowed into the market
for all classes of stocks and in a vol
ume seen on but few days thus faT
this year. Practically, all of these or
ders originated locally,' wire houses
reporting little . active interebt from
out of - town -and local commission
houses did little business for.,publie
account. - .-
"' ' ' '
The same interests which havebeen
buyers of United. States Steel from
80 up were the largest buyers again
today, their orders being, executed at
me iop eigntn. it is the common be
lief that this is a powerful specula
tive interest which has been guiding
the market activities of a number of
speculative issues and which has not
been opposed by. so-oafled insiders in
advancing the quotation, for steel, It
is unquestionably true,.'hat this in
terest has disposed, of "many thou
sands of shares of various .spsciai
stocks. Whether ' the . steel oanTbu
liquidated should the necessity aris
at a profit is a question which th
trading element have jiot been able
to answer to their satisfaction.-.
" . .-..', - '"'-V -,
The group operating in StudehaVor
today fulfilled Its prediction of. 99 for
that stock and now has broadcast a
price slightly above, par as -the ob
jective. It is said by brokers who
r.ire oeen active in the stock that the
short interest is largeJHnow than at
tne beginning of the week. Signs of
uiairiuucion at tne close of last week
lea to selling by several profession
als qn a large scale. It is understood
that they are stop orders in consider
able ,volume just above 100 and the
poolis gunning for thworders.
Considerable stgnif i-cance " was at
tached in some quarters to the course
of the average prices for both the in
dustrials and the rails, which, today
advanced in unison to a new high
record for two years, Heretofore in
dustrials alone, or rails alone, have
advanced- into new. high ground, but
this is the first d3? that both groups
have atted together. -This is taken
by some students to iiidicate that instead-Of
the generally expected reac
tion the market may enter into a pro
longed general advance, subject only
to minor reactions. - , J
- . "... , '
Canadian Pacific was the leader in
the extent of its advance in the rail
road group today. On purahases of
onlysa few thousand shares, the price
advanced above 134, crossing Union
Pacific with little Opposition. This
stock and Union Pacific were repre
sentative of the railroad group as a
whole, practically all of these stocks
making new high records for two
years. Those firms which have been
advocating the purchase of railroad
stocks for many months now are re
ceiving some comfort for their faith.
While speculative operations are re
sponsible for the present movement,
these operations are based on a keen
insight into the generally improved
situation of the carriers.
One of the gratifying railway re
ports was that - of the Delaware,
Lackawanna .-& Western for. 1921.
This showed net income after taxes,
interests, Vrentalsr additions and bet
terments, of $19,158,403, equal to $11.32
per share on the $84,554,000 -of com
mon stock outstanding. This com
pares with $17.83 per fehare- or just
one-half the present total stock which
was outstanding In the 'previous year
Lackawanna has been bougbt.or sev
eral months, for the account of im
portant banking interests.
The statement of the Lackawanna
Steel company-tor last year was about
what the financial community had
expected. . The company reported a
net loss after taxes and charges of
$3,384,877 as compared with a net
profit of $4,294,374 in the previous
year. ' ' ' , f ' " . .
While United States Steel was ag
gressively strong, it was noticeable
that-the independent steels lagged.
Crucible at' one time today sold at
59, which is one-eighth below the
recent low. Uncertainty as to action
to be taken by directors next month
on the dividend is responsible for
liquidation in this issue. ."
Mexican Petroleum and itsassoci
ated stocks were under pressure
during the morning, the former de
clining more than five points when
Pacific
The business of the PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY is conducted without com
"petition arui under satisfactory franchises in the states of Washington Oregon and Idaho.
Net earnings for the past four years have averaged 2.25 times all bond interest.
Seventy-one per cent of the Company's plant capacity is operated hydro-clcctrically.
FOURTH AND STARK STREETS
Portland, Oregon
the digest of an address by Ralph
Arnold confirming earlier predictions
of salt water in the Mexican fields
reached the financial community.
The underlying strength of the mar
ket was shown by its failure to de
cline during the sharp break in Mexi
can, operations in this stock are so
largely professional that little out
side interest is attached to the erratic
fluctuations. ,
--.
The speculative group in Rock
Island continues its aggressive tac
tics and carried the . space for the
stock to -within a rraction of its high
of 1920. There was no news to ac
count for the -advance, but a willing
ness on the, part of the pool to take
all offerings that qarae to the mar
ket. , -
Sears-RoeBuek and. Montgomery
Ward Vere strong features. The buy
ing was larg-ely' for Chicago account,
but was said to be speculative in
character rather than for invest
ment. There is reported to be a stale
short interest in both these stocks,
which is showing some nervousness,
due in part to the continued advance
in the grain market.
'
In usually well-informed quarters
it is said that there is a bear clique
operating on a large scale in Davison
Chemical. This group is said to have
taken a short position below 55 and
is fighting ,the advance. Buy'ng, ac
cording to these sources, is for the
account of interests identified with
the company. A considerable quan
tity of stock is being withdrawn from
the market and in the event that an
announcement of an important con
tract is made, as some well-informed
people expect, at the end of the pres
ent week the short position may be
found untenable.
Buying in the rubber stocks has
been of the strongest character and
made . its appearance in volume on
publication of the unfavorable re
ports of these companies this week.
Firms which are buying the stocks
take the view that the worst that
can happen has happened and the
prices at which these stocks are
selling are speculatively attractive.
This is particularly true of Kelly
f Springfield, Keystone, Lee Rubber
'& Tire, Ajax and United States Rub
ber;
SNOBBERY CHARGE MADE
President of University of Chicago
to Investigate.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21. An investiga
tion by the faculty to find out if
t-niversity of Chicago, fraternities
"are snobbish, catering only to the
rich and assuming an air of class supe
riority over non-fraternity students,"
will be launched at once, Harry Pratt
Judson. president, announced today, in
teply to a letter from the parents of
a student in'which those charges were
made.
This letter informed President Jud
won that one fraternity recently gave
a dance at which the favors cost io
and the cost for each couple was at
least $20.
The fraternities are in a- campaign
trying to outdo each other In expen
sive entertainments, the letter said,
with the result that the poor boy has
no chance
Gift Goods to Be Auctioned.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 21.
(Special.) NearVy $1000 worth of
goods and various kinds of service
will be auctioned off to the highest
bidder at , Fifth and Main streets
Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock by
W. S. Wood, of the committee from
the Community Bazaar, held here last
week.
Bend Uses Much Electricity,
i
tiEND. Or. Feb. 21. (Special.)
The largest per capita use of electric
power of any city in the United- States
is shown for ,Bend in statistics col
lected by the Bend Water, Light &
Fower company.
Angeles,
ton steel
EASTBOUND
From
Portland, Or.
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RRI KU Mar. 26
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l j New York and Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland. Oregon; .It J
fc-i Seattle and Tacoma via
II Western S. S. Co.'a 8800-
For Further Information Apply to
this ADMIRAL. L.1.VE.
101 Third Street.
Yokohama.
Tientsin ( Taku
6 8 WEST NOMENTUM.. Mar. S 8 8 WEST KADER... Mar. 27
' Shanghai, Manila, Hongkong
S S WEST.CATOTE Slar. 17 S S WEST KEATS Apr 17
for further Information regarding apace, rates, etc.. apply to TRAFFIC DEPT..
109-522 Board of Trade Bide, Portland, Oregon., or Astoria Shipping Co.. Astoria.
. . Oregon, or R. T John Co. Centra Bldg. Seattle. Wasn
Power and Light
FIRST MORTGAGE 5 GOLD
PRICED TO YIELD 6.25
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pany, fill in and mail the attached coupon today.
Blyth, Witter. & Co.
T
UT SES
WOMAN AM) NEGRO WAITER
LEAP INTO OCEAN.
Two Lives Are "Lost Within Two
Hours No Reasons Uiven
in Captain' Message.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. Mrs.
Alice M. Hills, Amberst, Mass., and
Harold Hollow ay, negro, a waiter,
Clung themselves into the sea from
the Matson liner rluckeye State within
two hours of each other, while the
steamer was approximate J- 300 miles
south of Los Angeles yesterday, ac
cording to a radio message received
today from the vessel's master, Cap
tain John T. Diggs. Captain Diggs'
message gave no reason for the sup
posed suicides.
The Buckeye State stopped when
Mrs. Hills threw herself overboard at
4:05 P. M. and a lifeboat was sent
over the side. No trace of Mrs. Hills'
body was found. Apparently the boat
had hardly gotten under way again
before Holloway leaped over the side.
Another lifeboat was launched, but he
had disappeared as completely as had
Mrs. Hills before him.
Mrs. Hills' booking was in charge
of a tourist agency, which announced
that she had made the application for
the booking in Riverside, Cal Hollo-
way shipped at Baltimore on the last
trip of the Bucket State from that
port. According to company officials
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT
pnRTLAKD. Feb. 21. Maximum tem
perature. 47 degrees; minimum, 31 degrees.
River readinB, S A. M., 4.8 leet; change
in last 24 hnurs, o. 8-foot fall. Total rain
fall (." P. M. to 5 P. M.), 0.04 inch; total
rainfall elnce September l. iujj, o.io
inches; normal rainfall since September 1.
30.26 inches; deficiency of rainfall since
September 1. 1921, 5.10 inches. Sunrise.
7:04 A. M. ; sunset 5:48 P. M. ; total sun
Shine, 4 hours 15 minutes: possible sun
shine, 10 hours 42 minutes. Moonrlse.
3 .44 A. M. ; moonset, 1:28 P. M. Barom
eter (reduced to 'sea level), 5 P. M.. 20.88
inches. Relative humidity: 5 A. M., 8!
per cent; noon, 77 per cent; 5 P. M 82
per cent.
THE) WEATHER.
Wind. I
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3 5
STATIONS.
Baker 301 311O.00IHIN Cloudy
Boise 32 400 .01 1 .. iNW Cloudy
Boston 3l( 4010. 00... SW Clear
Calgary 0 2MI.00..X Snow
Chicago 28 420.12..15 Cloudy
Denver .... 28 S8IU.0O . . S . Pt. cloudy
Des Moines. 28 4uj0.01 .. XE Cloudy
Kureka 1 44 4!i0.00 20 N Pt. cloudy
Galveston ..'62 6XI0.0U.18 E Pt. cloudy
Helena j. 12 1 2:0. 12;10 SW Snow
Juneaut ... . .-. 3G
Kansas City 38 20.00 12'S Cloudy
I.os Angeles 44 S4 0.00 lOjSW Cloudy
Marahrield . 30 SOjO.OO . . NW Pt. cloudy
Medford ... 34 j0i0.0O12N Pt. cloudy
Minneapolis 12 240.00;12NE Rain
New Orleans 58 76:0.00 . .ISE Clear
New York .. 34 44:0.00 . . SB Cloudy
North Head. 41) 42(0.04 24 NW Cloudy
Phoenix i)0 6210.06.. N Rain
Pocatello .. 84 ' saiO.02 . . SW ISnow
Portland ... 31 4710.04.. N IRain
Roseburg .. 32 4610.001. . NW Cloudy
Sacramento 44 5010.02 . . 8 Clear
St. Louis 40 72!0.0nS4'S Clear
Salt Lake... 40 50 0.06 20IS Snow
San Diego.. 46 5410 . 741 .. IS W Clear
S. Francisco 441 88O.OOI10W Clear
Seattle . 32 400. 01114, N Cloudy .
Sitkat U4l 1..!
Spokane ... 22 30;0.00. .N'E .Snow
Tacoma ....... 44(0.02;. .jNE Cloudy
Tatoosh UI. 3S!.440.02 .. XE Cloudy
Valdezt . ..if-'S! !'-
Walla Wailai 32) 360.00 . .jW Cloudy
Washington I 42 SOjO.OO .As Pt. cloudy
Winnipeg . . -8 HjO.OO ISA Cloudy
Yakima ! IS 42iO.OO..S Pt. cloudy
tA. M. today. tP. M. report preceding day.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Rain; northerly
winds.
Oregon and Washington Rain west,
portion: mfdrat" northerly wind".
n Portland. Maine; Philadelphia, Boston,
San Francisco, Portland. Oregon;
the Panama canal.) worm Atlantic ami
vessels.
WESTBOUND
From From From
Portland. Me. Boston. Phl'.a.
r.EHIGII Feb. SS Mar. 1 Mar. 7
VVKST ISLET A.. -..Mar. 12 Mar. 15 Mar. 21
- it Minn.- ........ .. MTiTfl r. vr iuik mnr. it iff.
under refrigeration. ?
Pacific Coast A Kenta. .It
Phone Broadway 64S1.
NORTH CHINA LINE
Columbia Pacific Shipping Co.
Qlrect Freight Service "Without Transhipment
PORTLAND
TO
Kobe, Shanghai, Tsingtao,
Bar ) , Chinwangtao, Dairen
Company
BONDS
Please send me detailed earning statement of
Pacific Pr. & Lt. Co.
Name
Address
Mrs. Hills was alone, and there were
indications that she was suffering
from a nervous complaint.
The Buckeye State is on her way to
Baltimore from San Francisco on her
last trip for the Matson line. She is
to be turned over to the shipping
board upon her. arrival.
FOREST TRADES FAVORED
House Committee Reports on Bill
Presiding for Land Exchange.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. A favor
able report was made from the house
committee on public lands today on
the bill providing for a general ex
change of land3 with private owners
in national forests to permit the gov
ernment to bring all of its timber
lands into compact bodies.
Heretofore the interior and agri
cultural departments have insisted on
having congress authorize every ex
change in a special bill. Oregon,
Washington and Idaho have led all
other states in this character of bills
before congress.
Liquor Possessors Fined $100.
ALBANY. Or., Feb. 21. 'Special.)
D. B. Nichols was fined $100 and costs
today by Justice of the Peace Olllver
on a charge of having intoxicating
liquor in his possession. Nichols was
arrested on the street by Sheriff C
M Kendall.
Phone your want ads to The Ore
gonian. Main 7070. Automatic 560-05.
TRAVELERS' (HinE.
Passenger and Freight
Service to California
Throufch Sailings to San Franclaco,
Loa Angelra and San Diego.
Leave Municipal Dock No. 2, 4 P. II.
SS. Senator Feb. 25
SS. Admiral Evans - Mar. 4
SS. Senator - - - - Mar. 11
And Kvery Saturday Thereafter,
Local Service to
MAKSHHIOI.I), ElltEKA AND
SAN FUANCISCO
Admiral Rodman - Mar. 1
Every 14 Days Thereafter.
Fast Trans-Pacific Pdssen
ger and Freight Service
Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai,
Hongkong and Manila
Calling from Scuttle.
SS. Wenatchee - - - Mar. 4
SS. Bay State Mar. 18
SS. Keystone State - April 1
For full Information apply to
101 Third St., Corner Stark
Phone U.lvry. S481.
1IU LC JOIICUU
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Luxurious appointed
steamers of 21,000
tons displacement
sailing from N. Y.
S. S. Vauban
March 11
S. S. Vestris
April 1
S. S. Vandyck
(new) April 22
Special reduced rates
for Tours Round
South America. For
illustrated pamph
lets, rates, etc, ap
,ply company's office,
42 Broadway, N. Y-
Or Any Steamship or Tourist Agent or
Dorsey B. Smith. ISO Broadway. Portland.
Oregon.
LAMPCRTg HDLT LINE
Xew York Havre Paris
I.a T,orraine Mar. 4 Apr. 1
l,a Savoie Mar. It May 6 .lune 10
Paris Mar. 15 Apr.. 5 Apr. 26
France Mar. 22 Apr. 12 May 10
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Chicago ' Apr. 0 May 11 June 15
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NEW ZKALANU AND SOUTH SUA
Via Tahiti and Rnratonga. Mall and
paaavnuer service from Sttu fr'ranciaco
rrry days.
t,MO. S. 8. CO. OF MSW IKAU.U
SUto California St., Sun t- rancUco,
r local aleauiahtu and raliruaii agencies.
ASTORIA and WAY POINTS
r earner aernee, .
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Ccnitfctiuiiii Made for All Norta t ft&
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