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6 TITE jrORXING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY. MAKCn 29, 1922 (HI IN BELFAST IS BOMBED AT FIRE Several Blazes Break Qut in Various Districts. NEW TERROR IS FOUGHT of Each Faction Accuses Other Starting Flames In Big Jam Factory. BELFAST, March 28. (By the ociated Press.) Several fires broke out in different parts of the city early this morning;. A bomb was thrown into a crowd watching; the burning cf a lam factory in Unity street, and three persons were wounded. Firemen from all the fire stations In Belfast were busy throughout the night combating this new terror of nocturnal incendiarism and although iires were continually breaking- out they were able to cave a considerable amount of the property. Among the buildings burned were a store in Ann street, a flour mill in York street and sv shop in Kent street, all or wmcn were In the central area. The jam factory was situated In Unity street, which is Inhabited by large numbers ef each faction. Each faction accus ed the other of starting the fire, and Jo was in the midst of this hubbub that the bomb was thrown. CRAIG ANSWERS COIililNS Premier of Ulster Declares That He Has Honorahly Kept Word. BELFAST, March 28. (By the As sociated Press.) Sir James Craig, nremier of Ulster, speaking in the northern parliament this afternoon in utrer to the statement issued by Michael Collins, head of the provis ional government, yesterday said: -I would have made no statement at this stag but for the serlou charere madd by Mr. Collins which may convey the impression that have not honorably kept my word. I will not deviate one inch from the policy I have pursued from the be ginning. The premier denied that he had done nothing for the expelled work ers of Belfast. He said loyalist work ers had admitted the principle of re instating: Catholics when trade had revived, but there were 67,000 men unemployed. "The whole aspect has changed,' he said, "since the revelation of pred atory attacks being- attempted upon the Ulster area. I cannot go on with the agreement when-such an inter pretation is placed upon it. Mr. Col lins is not big enough to stick to his signature." Sir James vigorously repudiated the charges that the Belfast Protest ants were conducting a pogrom against the Catholics as Catholics. "The Orange institution is partic ularly charged with being at the bot torn of the pogrom, said the premier. "I am an Orangeman myself and can say the whole organization is built upon one simple statement 'Civil and religious freedom for all, members with briei addresses and an informal comedy skit. Mr. Corbett recalled his visit to Portland In 1889, when he came here from San Francisco for a bout with the late David Campbell. The ex champion told the Kiwanians that th secret of his health lay In his daily programme of living, which includes drinking several glasses of hot wate before meals, plenty of walking an calisthenics, and avoidance of white bread and coffee in his diet. President Iceland appointed a com mittee, composed of Dr. D. H. Band Dr. J. a. Swenson and Edgar Stip to represent the Kiwanis club at th meeting called by Mayor Baker for April 10 for the purpose of organiz ing a local chapter of the White Cross society, which is devoted to fighting narcotic traffic Jay tiroo, R. A. Ward and George A. Lovejoy were appointed a commit tee to make arrangements for auto. mobile transportation of club mem bers to The Dalles April 8, when Th Dalles Kiwanis club will be presented with a charter. sovEnNon bone m-w AIiASKAX EXECUTIVE DUE HERE , FRIDAY NIGHT. BLIND REBELS DEFIANT THREE INSURGENTS REMAIN AT STATE INSTITUTION. Superintendent Myers Will Not Oast Inmates Unless Board of Control Directs. Two of the Insurgents at the Ore con Employment Institution for the Blind, 424 East Burnside street, have taken their departure, but three- Charles Bishop, O. M. Johnson and C, B. West are still at the institution and have given no indication to Superintendent Myers that they have any Intention of leaving. Mr. Myers said yesterday that the Situation is entirely in the hands of the state board of control, and- that he will take no action unless he receives explicit orders from the board, directing his course. The last to leave the institution was Sylvester Mayer, who is staying with friends in Portland. The special committee appointed to investigate Bites for the permanent buildings is devoting time each day to the preliminary inspection of the more than a dozen sites offered. It expects to be In a position soon to make its recommendations to the state board, as action is desired as speedily as possible, so that plans for the buildings may be made and the work can be begun this season. The institution has a lease on its present quarters that will run until May of next year, but It is the hope of the management that by that time the blind folk may be moved into tbeir permanent home. Efforts to Ket additional room in the Imme diate vicinity of the .present institu tion so far have been unsuccessful. Superintendent Myers said that there is a waiting list for admittance to the institution, but that no more can be accommodated until additional room is found, or the persons ordered to leave are removed. FISH PLANTING PLANNED Big and Bear Creeks Likely to Get Young Chinook Salmon. ASTORIA, Or., March 28. (Special.) R. E. Clanton, state supervisor of fish hatcheries, is here to look after the improvement of the grounds at the Klaskanlne river hatchery. "At that hatchery we have about 3.000.000 silverside eggs," said Mr. Clanton, "and we shall soon send a quantity of steelheads eggs to this plant. "In the feeding ponds at the Klas kanlne hatchery we have approxi mately 4.500,000 young Chlnooks. A portion of those fish will be released there next fall, and while it is not definitely decided, we probably will take part of them to Big creek and Bear creek to be released, and there is a possibility some may be taken as ' far up-stream as Tanner creek to be turned out." KIWANIS HOST TO ACTORS 'Gentleman Jim" Corbett Tells His Secret of Health. "Gentleman J i m" Corbett, ex heavyweight champion of the world, and Billy B. Van, popular comedian, who are headliners of the Orpheum show, were guests of the Kiwanis club at Its weekly luncheon meeting yesterday and entertained the club Committee Is to Greet Visitor Special Entertainment Is Being Arranged. Scott C. Bon, governor of Alaska is scheduled to arrive in Portland Friday night Governor Bone is re turning- to Alaska from a trip to Washington. D. C. He will be accom panied to Portland by Colonel Fred crick W. Mears. A committee . of ex-reidents of Alaska, representing the Alaska so ciety, as well as state, county and city officials, will meet the distin guished visitor here. On Saturday liovernor none win be taken on a trip over the Columbia highway and that night he will oe the honor guest at & banquet to be given by the Alaska society at the Chamber of Commerce. By coincidence, the meeting Sat urday night will be the annual one of the Portland Alaska society. It Is planned to begin- an informal recep tion for Governor Bone at 6 ociock. Dinner will be served at :30 P. M. Governor Olcott will deliver the address of welcome. Colonel J. J. Crossley will be toastmaster. The in vocation will be delivered by Rev. Thomas Jenkins. Other speakers will be: Governor Bone. Mayor Baker, H. B. Van Duzer, president of the Port-" land Chamber of Commerce; Colonel Mears, Fred Lockley, R. L. Glisan. J. F. Hopkins, A. R. Heilig and N. K. Hatch. A quartet from the Pacific university will sing. The members of the reception com mittee are:. Bruno Mauro, Colonel Crossley. E. H. Collis, W. P. Sinnott. Mrs. Josephine M. Stott, Mrs. Edith T. Weatherred. A. R. Heilig, J. F. Hopkins, Mrs. F. W. Swanson and Mrs. J. J. Cotter. ALASKA SYSTEM CRITICISED Red Tapeism Has Rnn Wild, Says Governor Bone. CHICAGO, March 28. Alaska's greatest need today is a simplified and centralized system of administra tion, Governor Scott C. Bone of Alaska said tonight in an address be fore the Hamilton club. Asserting that its affairs today are administered largely through govern mental bureaus operating under sev eral departments at Washington, Governor Bone continued: "The system is unbusiness-Iike, un workable and chaotic. Red tapeism has run wfld in Alaska. The present administration is determined to im prove the situation." Alaska, with territory one-fifth the size of the United States, with 100,000 square miles suitable for agricultural development, a coast line of about 30,000 miles and a possession of the United States for 65 years, Is the least known of all American territory, he said. The territory, he said, is no more uninhabitable than the northern sec tion of the United States and he pre dicted that its vast resources would soon be realized. The biggest devel opment, Governor Bone said, was the recent completion of the Alaska rail road, 467 miles long, which he said is already furnishing the necessities to the interior at one-half their for. mer cost. In closing he emphasized that capital Is-essential to the terri tory"s development and urged that it be made easier for both capital and people to secure a foothold in Alaska. NEW YORK WOMEN AG1 MAY SMOKE Ordinance, Not Passed, Pu in Force by Mistake. SITUATION IS MYSTERY No One Seems to Know How MeaS' ore Got to Desk of Mayor, Who Signed It. NEW TORK, March 28. Police Commissioner Enrlght today lifted the, ban on smoking by women in public as suddenly as he clamped it down last night when he learned that Alderman McGuinness anti-smoking ordinance had never been passed by the board of aldermen or signed by Mayor Hylan. Aldermanic records were studied by officials, eager to determine the truth about the ordinance which was placed In effect last night by the police de partment Although the ordinance was signed by Mayor Hylan last week, the man ner in which it reached his desk is a mystery. Its author. Alderman Mc Guinness, didn't know it had passed, and other members of the board de clared they were certain it had been buried in the legislative graveyard and forgotten The mystery developed after the police department, pursuant to an or. der issued by Commissioner Enright, had visited public amusement places in Greenwich village, Harlem, the Bronx and along Broadway and had informed managers and proprietors they were subject to a fine and 1m prisonment if they permitted women to smoke in their establishments. Joke Played on Mayer. It wasn't a joke, exactly, but It ap peared somebody had played a prac tical joke on the mayor and there was an inclination on the part of fem inine smokers to laugh. In the first place, they said, they could not understand the ordinance. Under its provisions only the pro prietors of restaurants and cabarets would be subject to punishment if women smoked in their establish ments. So far as known there was nothing in the measure that would prevent a woman from smoking as he walked down the street. Daniel W. F. McCoy, an employe In the city clerk's office, was led forth sackcloth and ashes, as official goat," for an error that had set pro and even anti-smoking women on the warpath from the Battery to the far reaches of Harlem. McCoy Tries to Explain. McCoy, it was explained, was charged with clipping the official city record for resolutions . and ordi nances that have been adopted and pproved by the mayor, and sending them along to the proper officials for enforcement. He was still trying to explain how the anti-smoking bill was sent along oday when City Clerk Cruise rallied to his support with a broadside erainst Commissioner Enright's staff for failing to examine the purported ordinance carefully . enough to see that it was not properly stamped and ndorsed. News that it was all a mistake came like a reprieve irom me gal lows to proprietors of scores of places where gratification of milady's passion for the soothing weed was the luncheon of the Rotarv club at the Benson hotel yesterday noon. The election will be held April 11, the date of the annual business meeting being deferred for one week in order that it will not Interfere with the district convention to be held in Van couver, B. C. Those nominated at yesterday's meeting included: J. Roy, Ellison, George C. Mason, William Montgom ery, Frank Heitkemper, Robert Stew ard, W. W. Gordon, William F. Prier, Frank R. Kerr, Thomas Hart, Robert A. Cook, Charlie D. Kennedy. Lin wood Cornell, W. O. Munsell, H. C. jawing- and C. G. Bruntsch. Of the trustees to be chosen six will be for two-year terms and one for a one-year term. It was announced that a special train will leave for the district con vention at Vancouver Sunday morn ing. JIM TAKES LfSCUM CASE TRIAL OF PHYSICIAN ENDED IN DRUG PROSECUTION. Reliability of Chinese Witness for Government Attacked by Defense Attorney. : . Dr. Charles Liscum's trial on a charge of illicit trafficking in nar cotics ended late yesterday afternoon and the jury, not having reached a verdict at 5 o'clock, was directed it might return a sealed verdict in the event of a decision having been reached at any time during the night. For the defense, Henry S. West- brook, in his argument to the jury. attacked the character and reliability of the government's star witness, Ah John, Chinese detective, now himself serving time at McNeil island prison for violation of the Harrison - anti- narcotics law. The attorney grilled the Chinese as being unworthy of be lief, adverting to evidence In the case to the effect that he had vio lated his trust and had, while in the employ of the authorities to enforce the narcotic laws, twice broken the law and is now serving a prison term as punishment. - A. F. Flegel Jr., assistant United States attorney, In closing for the government, declared that either five persons had committed perjury in or der to railroad the defendant, Lis cum, to the penitentiary, or else Dr. Liscum himself had committed per jury in the effort to save himself from the consequences of his acts. In the morning Ah John was put through a cross-examination that failed to shake his testimony as given at court sessions Monday. After the government closed its case the de fense put on ten character witnesses who testified to the good conduct of Dr. Liscum and his reputable stand- He will be tried by the govern ment next on a charge of violation of the Volstead act. CITY BLAMES MILK FOR SORE THROATS Pleasant View Dairy Said to Have Started Epidemic. 60 CASES ARE REPORTED Officials of Plant Said to Have Caused Disease Exonerated by City Authorities. SCHOOL METING TONIGHT INTEREST CENTERS ON PRO POSED ECONOMY CUTS. Elimination of Manual Training, Domestic Science, Music, Art, Swimming, Etc., Topic. Interest in the meeting of the school board tonight will center on the school directors' consideration of the proposed elimination of certain school courses and activities in the elementary schools in the interests of economy. mi I n....tln ,' ,.1 , . ,J I, , i, j XJItJ UUUioca ill yucouwu iiiiwuc revenues. Fashionable smoTe shop's manual training domestic science, for women had sprung up in Fifth avenue, Broadway and otner advanced centers, while Greenwich Village had come to depend almost ' exclusively on smoke rings to produce an atmo Dhere of Bohemianism since the passing of the "cup that cheers." CHICAGO ORDINANCE DRAFTED GALLI CURCI TO APPEAR Famous Singer Will Sing Tonight at Public Auditorium. Portland music lovers will get their second treat of the season tomorrow night when Amelita Galli-Curcl famed eoivggster, will appear In con cert at the auditorium under the di rection of Steers & Coman. Galli-Curci's programme for the concert was announced by the man agement yesterday; It follows: L'tmonr do mot XVth Century French Quel ruscelletto (old Italian) Paradisi Comma autrefois, from "Pecheurs de... Perles" Bizet Echo Sons (with flute) Bishop Nult d'etoile. Debussy Tarantella Rossini Chanson Indoue (Song- of India) ........ Rimaky-iLorsakof f Aaslo -. Ardltl Mme. Galll-Curci. Romance .Gaubert Autumn Leaves A' whirl Samuels Mme. Berenpmer. A Widow Bird Sat Mourning Treharne Pierrot ...Samuels Vale (Farewell)....... Russell Shadow Song, from "Dlnorah" (with flute) Meyerbeer mme. uaiii-curcL GRAND JURY FREES TWO Other Alleged Offenders Under In vestigation at Bend. BEND. Or., March 28. (Special.) Three cases were before the Des chutes county grand jury today. George Stillwell, charged with com plicity in the murder of R. H. Krug, was freed on a not true bill. A not rue bill on the complaint against J. S. Spencer, pullman porter, charged with the theft of $200 from Charles Carroll, local realtor, was returned esterday. Witnesses were called this morning in the case of B. M. Kelsay, held on a harge of larceny by bailee, and in the case of George Stillwell, said to have signed a confession following his arrest for alleged complicity In the Krug murder, of Sisters. Investi gation of charges against Robert Stevens, accused of attacking four Bend women and girls, was on this afternoon. Judges Change Places. VANCOUVER, "Wash., March 28. (Special.) Judge Hewen of the su perior court of Pacific county of South Bend, wash., has exchanged benches with Judge Simpson of the superior court of Clarke county this week. Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad. Measure Is to Be Presented to City Council Today. CHICAGO, March 28. An ordinance to prohibit women from smoking in public places has been drafted by Al derman Lyle for presentation to the city council tomorrow, the alderman announced today. He declared few women smoke, but that those who do set a bad example to the young. DISTILLER HAS 2 STILLS RALPH ALMETEK IN BUSINESS ON WHOLESALE SCALE. 'I've Wife and Three Children to Support," Judge Is Told, but Fine Levied Is $500. Ralph Almeter was in the mooni shina business on, a wholesale scale, two stills being in operation at full blast and two others being- in- reserve when the upper floor of his home at 109S Water street, South Portland, was raided by deputy sheriffs yester day afternoon. The liquor was being double-dis- tllledi As fast as one outfit made the liquor it was put through the second. One still was of 40-gallon capacity, the other of 25-gallon. The two etills which were not set up but which were ready to assemble were each of 15-.ga.llon capacity. "I've a wife and three children, to support, judge," Almeter told District Judge Bell when haled into court. but the fine levied was 5500. Deputy Sheriffs Schirmer, Christof- ferson, Beeman, Wolfe and Kendall made the raid. Twenty-seven 50-gal-lon barrels of prune mash and 15 gal lons of finished product were found. ARTHUR MARSH CANDIDATE Douglas County Man Out for Re publican Nomination. SAXjEM, Or., March 28. (Special.) Arthur Marsh of Looking Glass, has filed with the secretary of state, dec laration of his candidacy for the re publican nomination for representa tive from the fourth district, compris- ng Douglas county. Mr. Marsh's platform promises 'whole-hearted service for construc tive legislation and efficient admin istration of state affairs. Mr. Marsh served in the legislature during the last session and was a member of several Important commit tees. 7 ROTARIANS NOMINATED Vacancies on Board of Trustees of Organization to Be Filled. Nominations for seven vacancies on the board of trustees were made at music, art, swimming, aauit instruc tion, orchestra and band work and short commercial courses. If the board should decide to abandon all these courses after the school term ending in June, about 75 teachers, or 6 per cent of the total staff, would automatically lose their positions. The meeting room of the schoo! board in the courthouse Is expected to be crowded to overflowing, for parent-teacher associations and other community and civic bodies have protested against the proposed cuts. Community meetings to . discuss the problem of eliminating school activi ties in Question were held last night in Buckman and Fernwood schools. POLICE TELLS OF PLOT Testimony in Jjiquor Robbery Fea tures Trial at Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash., March 28. Testi mony of Carleton Parker, Seattle policeman, on whose beat a govern ment liauor warehouse was robbed here August 29 last, featured the trial here today of seven men implicated in the robbery. Parker and Charles M. Crawford, a watchman, pleaded guilty to the robbery charge last week. Parker testified that he was ap proached the ntgnt of the robbery by Curtis Brendahl and Albert L. Dickey, two of the defendants, who te-ld of their plans to rob the warehouse and asked if it could be "fixed" with him. Parker told the court he agreed to the plan and described in detail the manner in which the agreement was carried out. He testified that after sending in his 12 o'clock call ha walked away from the warehouse. which is near the patrol box, and did not return to the scene until an hour later. Crawford and John F. Van Dyke, United States customs Inspector, tes tified regarding their knowledge of the events of the night on which the liquor was taken. Van Dyke was on duty on the waterfront the night of the robbery and talked with both Parker and Crawford after the $40,000 worth of liquor had been placed in a truck and hauled away. Van Dyke's connection with the - case is solely that of a witness. An outbreak' of more than 60 cases of pharyngitis, or septic sore throat, of an extremely painful type, has been traced to the Pleasant View dairy, according to Dr. R. L. Benson, city bacteriologist, although the exact cause of the spread of the disease has not been ascertained. Officials of this dairy, which has a rating of one of the best in the city, have co-operated with the city health bureau In every way possible since a number of cases of pharyngitis were reported in families that were sup plied with milk from this dairy. Dr. D. w. Mack, chief of the milk division of the city, announced yes terday that he had detailed one of the men in his department to take charge of the dairy, and that all milk from this dairy will be brought to a boil ing point in order to kill any organ isms that might be lodged in the milk before it is delivered. Cultures to Be Taken. In addition Dr. Benson will take cultures of all employes of the dairy and any such employe or employes iouna to oe sunering irom tne in fectious disease will be required to remain in isolation until cured. The outbreak of the epdemic first came to the notice of the health bu reau Monday, when 14 cases were re ported from the Portland Heights dis trict. n.very family from which cases were reported, investigation proved, was supplied with milk from the Pleasant View dairy. While this was first believed to. be merely a coinci dence, samples of milk were taken immediately for bacteriological tests. In the meantime, reports came to the health bureau that a number of patients in the Portland Medical hos pital had become victims to the dis ease, and that this institution had been closed by the official in charge. Same Milk Used. Investigation here proved that the milk used in this hospital was sup plied by the Pleasant View Dairy. Yesterday the health bureau re ceived report of 40 cases of septic sore throat from the Martha Wash ington hotel, and again the investi gation proved that this institution received its milk supply from the Pleasant View dairy. We have not as yet concluded our tests of the milk, but the investiga tion which we have made through mathematical deduction ' proves that the source of the trouble is at the Pleasant View dairy," said Dr. Benson late yesterday. "In a case of this character the blame does not necessarily fall upon the dairy, for it is not a matter of sanitation. My investigation proves that the Pleasant View dairy is one of the most modern in the country, and that in addition the proprietors have done and are ready to continue to do all in their power to eradicate the cause of this epidemic. Milk to Be Boiled. "Dr. Abele, acting health officer, has ordened all milk from this Insti tution brought to the boiling point and this will kill absolutely any or ganisms that might exist. In aldi tion we will continue our investiga tions and very probably by noon to morrow we will have determined the cause and eliminated further danger: The spread of septic sore throat, while confined for the most part to patrons of this particular dairy, was noticed some weeks ago, according to Acting Health Officer Abele. In these cases, however, no particular dairy was involved. Dr. Abele yesterday stated that any person fearful of the disease could overcome any dangel through the boiling of milki "There is no need of curtailing the use of milk," declared Dr. Abele. "The cutting off of a milk supply from babies and children' would do more harm than the danger of encounter ing Infected milk. However, as a pre caution for the next few weeks, milk can be brought to the boiling point andi all organisms will be destroyed. Disastrous fires take toll In 1920, 15,219 people were burned to death and 17,641 more were ser iously injured in fires! . A hundred homes burn every day in the year, yet fifteen millions are home less largely because of housing shortage. By far the great majority of fires are "strictly preventable." You owe it to your self and your community to keep your own fire hazards down to the minimum. Any "Pacific States", agent can tell you how to reduce your risks. It's to your interest as - well as his. Fire prevention and rate reduc tion go hand in hand. "Pacific States" offers you expert Fire Pre vention Service and maximum protection. Our reserves are in the same proportion to our risks as those of the biggest companies. We're right on the ground to make prompt adjustments. When your policy expires, re new it in Pacific States, your home company! There's a Pacific States agent in every town in the Pacific Northwest. PACIFIC STATES FIRE INSURANCE Home Office: Pacific States BIdg., Eleventh and Alder Sts. Portland, Oregon Telephone: Broadway 707 Mm Iff a W . A A ll ?5 ' county jail. It was the first time Burch had seen his mother since his arrest last August. His father was with him during the first trial, which ended January 16 last with a dis agreement of the jury. The Rev. Mr. Burch said he and his wife would be in court with their son during the present trial. FIRST LAND DUES PAID on BURGH AGAIN ON TRIAL JURY PANEIi IS EXHAUSTED IN 40 MINUTES. Farmer Takes Own Life. GOLD HILL, Or., March 28. (Spe cial.) Michael Foley, 6- years old, an old-time resident and farmer of Gold Hill district, ended his life here yesterday by shooting himself through the chest with a large-bore revolver in the presence of several bystanders in one of the' local black smith shops. He was well-to-do and leaves his widow and seven children, all residing on the farm three miles southeast of Gold Hill. He became despondent due to ill health. Coroner Perl of Medford removed the body to his morgue at Medford. Tourist Park Sought. ; SALEM, Or., March 28. (Special.) The state highway commission Is ne gotiating for the purchase of an acre tract of land adjoining the Salem Dallas road in Polk county for use as a tourist camping site. The land overlooks the Willamette river, has a flowing spring, and was said to be well situated as far as conveniences are concerned. In case-the purchase is completed the park will be 'one of several to be established by the high way department. Mother and Father of Murder De fendant Reach lios Angeles and Visit Prisoner. LOS ANGELES, March 28. The second trial of Arthur Burch, charged with the murder of J. Belton Kennedy here last August, got under way this afternoon after three continuances, due to his counsel being engaged in another trial. Within 40 minutes a jury panel of 17 men and 13 women was exhausted and an adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning. There were eight men and three wom en in the jury box when the adjourn ment was taken. When Burch came into the court room this morning he was seen to smile and wink at someone occupying the spectator's seats. Bailiff Clark Keeder declared that Burch was con tinuing a flirtation commenced yes terday with what he termed "two Los Angeles flappers." Reeder escort ed the young women from the court room. Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, Burch's co-defendant, was In court this morn ing when her case was transferred to Judge Shenk s department of the su perior court. Her second trial was recently set for June 5. Burch s parents, the Key. and Mrs. W. A. Burch of Evanston, 111., arrived In Los Angeles late today and passed an hour witn tne prisoner in tne Four ex-Soldiers Meet Terms Acreage Allotted to Them. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 28. (Spe cial.) First ravments of four ex service men on the tracts allotted to them in the White Bluffs-Hanford land settlement project reached the department of conservation and de velopment today. The first to pay were Guy W. Phare of Dryad, who received first choice of tracts in the drawing held last Friday; J. H. Evett, second choice; Vigil O. Kern, third choice; and Eiward Ponsat, sixth choice. Their payments totaled 12195, Phare, Kern and Ponsat each paying 1552.50 and Evett $537.50. The remittances were made after the men had selected their tracts and had satisfied themselves that they wanted the land on the terms fixed by the department. Payments from others of the 14 in the first drawing are expected within the next few days. operating under the laws of Oregon may be accepted as Insurer of prop erty mortgaged to the state for a soldier's bonus loan, according to a legal opinion prepared here today by I. H. Van Winkle, attorney-general. The opinion was asked by Captain Harry Brumbaugh, secretary of the world war veterans' state aid commission. .Churchills Are Entertained. SALEM. Or.. March 28. (Special.) J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of schools, and Mrs. Churchill, who recently were married in Chicago, last night were guests at a dinner given by Salem ministers and their wives at the Christian church. Mr. Churchill gave an interesting address. EAT THIS FOOD IF CONSTIPATED NATURE NEEDS NO OTHER HELP Cereal Meal, the Ideal Health Food, Brines on Natural Iiowel Movements. State Acquires Nine Tractors. SALEM, Or., March 28. (Special.) The state highway department today received nine large tractors from the war department. These tractors will be used in road construction work in various parts of the state. The machines are of the caterpillar .type i and have powerful engine. Without Drugs, Exercise or Diet You Simply Eat Your Way Back to Health. Go to lied at Night for Round Sleep Without Pill or Laxa tive to Disturb You. Bonus Opinion Delivered. SALEM, Or., March 28. (Special.) A mutual f re-insurance association by pneumonia. Slacksburg Baby Is Buried. OANBY, Or, March 28. (Special.) The fourmonths-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Damm, residing near Mackeburg, was buried in the Zton cemetery here this afternoon. Fu neral services were held at the family home. The child's death was caused i In the Morninp; Nature Will Act as She Did When You Were a Kid on the Farm. Nash Leads the World in Motor Car Value Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad. TO the best of our belief) Nash leads all American motor car companies in the extent to which each car is actually of its own manu facture and produced in itt own plants. FOURS SIXES Prices range from $1175 to $2725 f. o. b. Portland : A tim 'ton cf !H-uer, thai l vrfent we arc. Three-f ourlhn of um are rontlatrd mn, women ntl children a aerloua condition due to oar many food refinement a. It fa (he food that doea ' If clrtH aatla hmm extracted t nanny neceaaary elementa that Mature Intended, to be n part of oar dally diet. All the dm a and pill In the world cannot rent ore theae vitally neceaaary' elementa to onr food and thla la why we t.IlOW VOHK, yenr by year OT BKT'J KH. C ereal lea im a arlen tif Ic health fond without druK that aiippllea the neceaanry mla alna; elementa to the food yon nre eat Inn; and .Nature doe the rent. Cereal Meul doea not deaerve too much credit It la Jnat ISatnre'a trustworthy axent. In 24 hour the bowel become normal the movenienta NATI HAL and Hlon removlna;. It taken you back to the time of your life when you never save a thouaht to villa, JaxHtivea, oil. Try t. Portland Motor Car Co. Tenth at Burnside St. o Cereal Meal, the Ideal Health Food, not only relieves conetiputlon, but KEEPS the bowels working In a normal, natural manner movements of the kind Nature intended you should have for good health. Cereal Meal is delicious, wholeinme. nutritious and is for the entire family from its oldest member to the baby old enough to take solid fond. Eat Cereal Meal and there will he no more constipation 'tht-n naturally follows relief from indtKestlnn. hmd- aches, fermentation, chronic appendi citis, dull eyes and sallow complexion, much nervousness, these symptoms and conditions, as a rule, being but secondary to constipation. Instead of taking pills. laxatives and oils drujrs that brintc bowel movements by irritation, you merely substitute Cereal Meal for the cereal you may be accustomed to eatinfr for breakfast. This is all YOU. do you need not worry you need not look for a new kind of "physic" you will not have any griping or distress you can simply forget that you ever were constipated, for Cereal Meal will return your bowel machinery to per fect working order and will not " WEAR OUT. If you reside In Portland, purrhnee a package of Cereal Meal, TODAY, of the Owl Drug Store and you will not regret your purchase, or of the Meier & Frank Co. In Oregon City, Molalla and Canby, of the Huntley-Ijraper Drugr Co. Dealers supplied by the Blumauer & Frank Drug Co.. or the Clarke-Woodward Drug Co., Portland. Many dealers in the smaller towns have not yet stocked Cereal Meal. If your dealer has none write direct to the Cereal Meal Corp., 125 Fifteenth St., Denver. Colo., for the addreM of your nearest dealer, a free booklet on constipation, prices and full particu lar. Adv.