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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1915)
PLAN UP VIEWS OF NEW MACHINE WHICH SOLVES CITY'S BIG PROBLEM . . .nvn"r tt't a T.r A rn RDSEBUPiG QUELLS MARSHFIELD DEDICATED Event Marks Successful Accomplishment of Task Undertaken in 1907 by 36 Women, Members of Progress Club, and Few Others. 13 1.W. W. RIOTERS Bonds Guaranteed by State or Machine Bought to Save Re Nation Proposed. laying Many Miles of Sewer. Mob Forms When Local So cialist Is Arrested With Soapbox Orator. NEED'OF BILL IS BROACHED CLOGS ARE CLEANED OUT Jones Measure, Now Before Con gress, Goes Only One-Third of Way, Arguea J. H. Wilson. In Suggesting Stale Legislation. PRISONERS FILL TWO JAILS Speaker Denouncing nag and Abus ing Prominent Men of City, Po ' lice Tate Hand Crowd Yells and Dozen More Are Seized- I ROSE BURG, Or.. Jan. 16. (Special.) The accommodations of the city and county jails were taxed to their ca pacity tonight as a result of a near riot in the business district following the arrest of an I. W. W. speaker on a charge of using profane language on the streets. Upon the arrival of 25 Industrial Workers of the World here one of their number mounted a soapbox at a busy corner and started to expound the doc trine of the unemployed. In addition to abusing the flag and flaying capital ists he referred to men of prominence in abusive terms. The police were sum moned and the speaker was knocked from the box and arrested. George Church, a prominent mer chant and Socialist of the city, who is said to have interfered with the arrest, also was seized. Many Industrial Work ers and several hundred citizens fol lowed Mr. Church and the orator as they were taken to the city jaiL For a half hour the air rang with yells, and it was with difficulty that the po lice avoided further trouble. Aftsr exhausting all efforts to quiet the crowd of sympathizers, the police called the Sheriff and his deputies, and a dozen of the Industrial Workers were locked In the county Jail. " At a late hour tonight crowds stood In front of the jails expecting further trouble. Mr. Church said he was arrested without provocation. He engaged coun sel and threatened to bring suit against the city for false arreBt. The spokesman for the Industrial Workers refused to divulge his name, but said he lived in Portland. A tele cram was sent to Portland by an In dustrial Worker following the trouble inviting the unemployed men to come to Iloseburg and enforce their doctrine of freo street-speaking. Precautions have been taken to prevent an I. W. W. invasion here. OREGON ON WAY TO CANAL Battleship lieaves Puget Sound Navy. Yard on First Leg of Trip. SEATTLE, Jan. 18. The battleship Oregon, refitted and repaired until, her officers say, she Is in even better trim than when she made her cruise around the Horn to participate in the destruc tion of the Spanish fleet at Santiago, railed today from the Puget Sound Navy Yard on the first leg of her voy age to the Panama Canal. The Oregon will call at San Francisco on her way nuth to take aboard stores and coal. From San Francisco the Oregon will proceed to San Diego, to honor the Panama-California Exposition and re ceive more explicit orders concerning Hie part she is to play in the naval celebration at the canal. Besides Com mander Reeves. traptain rreaenca llamsey. of the Marine Corps, and sev eral enlisted men who were aboard the Oregon in 1898. sailed with her today. SHERIFF SHOOTS AT HOBO One of Two Suspected of Burglary Captured Near Chclialis. CHEHALIS. Wash, Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) About noon today Sheriff Foster captured one man- and dis armed him, and then fired a load of buckshot from a shotgun at a second man at a hobo holdout a mile south of Chehalls. The latter drew a re volver on. the Sheriff when ordered to halt, and darted behind a tree just as the Sheriff fired. It Is believed the ' man was wounded in the leg. Sheriff Foster brought his prisoner to the County Jail at Chehalis and started in pursuit of the other man. The two are suspected of burglarizing the home of Dr. Bogart at Centralia last night. Two rifles and other plun der taken from the Bogart home were . ii-ecovered by Sheriff Foster. The " roads south of here are being guarded and it is hoped to effect the capture of the man who escaped. 67 BRITONS OFF TO FIGHT Two Contingents, Bound for Lon don, Arrive at Vancouver. VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 16. Two contingents of fighting men bound for l.oiidon to Join the British army reached Vancouver today. The Makura carried 38 Englishmen who have passed years in the South Sea Islands or in some cases natives of British possessions In the South Seas and born of British parents. Some of the men were wealthy. The party is paying Its own expenses. Nino other men came by the Glenroy from Honolulu, where they were signed on as members of the crew and worked their way to this port. They say there are now live German vessels in terned at Honolulu. As the Makura passed out of that port the nine stood on her deck and sang Tipperary" as they passed the Germans. Port of Toledo Elects Orricers. TOLEDO. Or.. Jan. 16. (Special.) The Port of Toledo held Its annual meeting this week. The following Com missioners were sworn in: R. S- Van Cleve. Ira Wlshart and C. B. Crosno. Those who remained in office from last year are: William Scarth and A. T. Peterson. William Scarth was elected president. Ira. Wishart vice president and C. B. Crosno secretary. A. T. Peterson was re-elected Treas urer. Grand Army Coiuimndcr Buried. .IiBANY. Or., Jan. IS. (Special.) Tile funeral of John Francis Wafer, commander of McPherson Post. Grand Army of the Republic, of this citj-. who died at lils home In North Albany Wednesday night, was held this after noon at the Fortmiller chapel. Rev. y. II. Geselbracht. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this city, con ducted the services. Portland Folk Visit Hot Lake. unT UKS. Or.. Jsn. 1. (Special.) Amonz the Portland folk visiting at JTot Lake are: W. C. Fellows. H. C. Oliver. Arnold Levi. M. V. Hoswell, J. . Rober and James n. jucuune. , f "l?p-wJ '11 pj mIJ'- ft fi'ltyf&fm' w lPp ossle-' Attachment, ShoTclns; Wah Oot Sewer. Lower-W India Machine Through Sewer at Rate AID EDITOR, IS ADVISE SENDING IX KEWS COURTESY TO DISTRICT, SAYS MR. ALLEN. Teaeber of Jonrnallsm 1'rsea People to Get Behind Home Paper and Make It Agency In Helping Commnsitr. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.) "It is not enough for a live community that advertising should be correctly used to stimulate business and to pro mote general prosperity. The home newspaper is a social and intellectual thing as w.elI"M a medium of business. One cannotS5rve the community bet ter than by seeing that interesting ttems get to the editor. The editor is no mind reader: call him up and tell him. To do so Is the neighborly thing, the kindly thing a courtesy not to the publisher alone but to everyone in the district who might be interested in your little item." Whenever Eric W. Allen, head of the department of journalism at the Uni versity of Oregon, speaks in a town he urges the citizens to get behind their home paper in both a business and a news way on the ground that the news, paper ran be made a wonderful agency for building up a community. By a "successful community" Mr. Allen means not merely the community whose business men are prospering, and whose laborers are- all at work, but the com munity that is a real social and intel lectual center. He looks to the home paper as the most powerful means within reach of bringing about this kind of "success." "if you can once get all your people into the way of voluntarily pouring these interesting scraps of news Into . . ..1.1.. .. ! ,tir V nil Will Add 1 III - LUC "ccnij l,ul J mensely to the general friendliness of the community, says mr. jureu. will be helping to make your town mo 1. 1 .1 r nln.a whAT-A nMDlA Want - tO stay and to which former residents will want to come DacK. "So try to get ideas Into tne paper. n.:. 114,1a fnw it i"i Tl ! in O. While. nine a, iiLiiw ... Don't let the editor do all the thinking for tne town. 11 you iiuunaii you start others to thinking, and you raise by just so much the general level of intelligence. "Encourage the home paper to De a I - MAlnl mnii i w t 1 1 Afftl !1 1 CAflter uuaiuvao. ouv. ... " of the community. It will richly re pay." BIG NORMAL SCHOOL AIM Largest Attendance in History Is x Slogan for 1915. MONMOUTH. Or.. Jan. 16. (Special.) Th largest attendance in the history of the institution is the slogan of the Oregon Normal School for the Summer session of 1915. Already a targe num f teachers have expressed inten tions of attending from all counties of Oregon. . Plans for the short session will be completed soon. The Summer .i-hiuil session eclipsed all former rec ords last year, when the enrollment reached a total oiiii. KEEP NAVAL MILITIA, PLEA Secretary Daniels I'rges GoTernor Against Rumored Abolition. .' ctitiu n.- .Tun US (Srjejcial.) Stating that he had been informed that the Senate military affairs committee Hoir the Wntcr I Thrown S i to ArraDtcement Whicb Draes Cleanine of Ten Feet a Minute. of Oregon contemplated the abolish ment of the Oregon Naval Militia, bec retary of the Navy Daniels in a wire to Governor Withycombe today urged that that branch of the militia be re tained. -He said: Have been informed Senate military committee of Oregon contemplates the abolition of Naval Militia of Oregon. Earnestly recommend that Naval Mili tia -be continued and that Legislature be urged to make ample appropriation for Its support. Experience has shown that states making appropriations lor Naval Mllitlasupport have relatively more efficient organizations than those stages not making sufficient appropria tions, iieuienant 011111.11, iiispeiiiui instructor Oregon Naval Militia, is au thorized to appear before the faenate military, committee." MILL WASTE IS TESTED EXPERTS . FROM PORTLAND VIEW EFFECT ON CLACKAMAS ROADS. Engineer . Experiments Inspected to Determine Value as Compared to Oil on City Streets. ( ivt H-no v rTTV nr .Tan. 1G. .'Spe cial.) If the experiments now being conducted by County Road Engineer Hobson with waste from the local pa per mills prove it to be adaptable as ... r- 4n a11 Iln.llunxl m n v Ha. cide to use It exclusively on streets ana roaas. street department spent Tuesday in Oregon City with Mr. Hobson, learn ing the merits or tne noma, jseiore leaving for Portland they said they be lieved the waste equal in value to oil. A week ago Mr. Hobson applied the liquid to a stretch of 80 feet of road in the city limits of West Linn and to- j . . ; ;!.- eiAt.h nroa trna tpil The two Portland men with Mr. Hobson thoroughly examined mese seciiono. Mr. Hobson is mailing ms nipen tn loam the true value of the liquid in Oregon. In the East, where it is marketed extensively. It has been found a success, and a number of states have adopted it. It can De usea as a binder instead of oil or water, or it can be applied directly to the surface iu nnm nl atavl ma fl Multnomah County and the City of Portland used last year aimosi i.uuu.vuu gallons of oiL The waste from the mill . n n ,ka r-nn fl h in thA same Dro it P1JC1 1"- - . - , portion as oil. and according to Mr. Hobson nas a oener encv m the elements together. GOVERNOR'S NEPHEW WEDS John Withycombe, Jr., and Miss Ilda Jones, of tabish Meadows, United. SALEM, Or- Jan. 16. (Special.) viu Ilda Jones became the bride of John Withycombe, Jr., at the country hiima of her Barents. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Jones, of Labish Meadows, today at noon. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Withycombe of Port land, and'a nephew of the Governor. Rev. T. D. Yarns, of Salem, officiated. Mrs A. N. Cannon, of Salem, was ma- iron nf .honor and Robert Withycombe, son of the Governor, was best man. Governor Withycombe was one of the guests. The bridal couple left for Gearhart-hv-the-Sea. They will be at home in Corvallis after February 1, where Mr. Withycombe J9 engageo, w otuuness. Water Power Operates Revolving Blades and Stream Flushes Waste by Sleans of Hose Attached Through Manhole. Reconstruction of .many miles of sewer mains In Portland which for some time seemed imperative because of the pipes being clogged with cement, has been made unnecessary - by the Invention of a novel sewer cleaning ma chine. One of tne machines to use In pipe of from six inches to 23 Inches was purchased by -the city last week and will be put In service at once. The machine is operated by water power. It resembles the nozzle of a length of fire hose, such as It used by firemen. A cable is extended through the sewer between manholes and Is at tached at one end to a windlass and at the other to the nozzle arrangement The nozzle Is lowered into the sewer with a heavy rubber hose attached to one end. The hose is attached to a Are hydrant. When tho water is turned on at the hydrant, it operates a set of sharp blades which revolve at the endof the nozzle , arrangement. These knives grind up all roots, rocks and even cement and hard tar In the sewers. The water spurts out at terrific force, washing the interior of the sewer as the machine moves. The nozzle Is dragged through the sewer by- the cable and the windlass. The question of cement In sewers has been a big problem In Portland. The cement gexs inio me sewci uvm blivl0 paved witn concrete anu, in umo in stances, it is said, the sewers are . 1 . - 1 I.....1 Kir kntnir 1"! u ft i H 1 1 V greauy. mijjaiicu " j " filled with the cement. The new ma chine is expected to tear all this out, leaving the sewer clean. The city pur- - ' . . I tICAfl nrhl.h 1 m cnasea ine macnine 1 " " u. " " known as the Turbine Sewer Renova ting Machine. " WORLD GIRGLERS HOME ALBANY MEN HAVE THRILLING ' - EXPERIENCES ON TRIP. Physician and Minister Make Two futile Attempts to Visit Holy Land and Travel Around Africa. ItDIKT I, Ton Ifi t 5nO-i Jl 1 1 Alter a trip arouna tne worm, on wm;ii he spent seven and one-half months and traveled approximately 60,000 miles, Dr. J. L. Hill, prominent local physician ana one 01 Aioanyo s known pioneer citizens, arrived home w.in..j.i ich Though the Euro pean war, which brought him some thrilling experiences, preveniea mm from reaching the real objective point l, ,rin th T-Tnlv land. Dr. Hill viewed many countries and enjoyed the trip. He was accompaniea on me jour ney by Rev. Elbert H. Hicks, ex-pastor . , , irt.4- i.nii rhiirch nf Albanv. VI 1 MID x ii J. ....... . When almost in signt gi raicauui 1 ' 1 . itui ttllu . - ... - - - -- . to turn back because of the outbreak r . i. ....... r, .1 wnr carried entirely u:ii VAtr- hi y Hirus wfirn tin ru around the continent of Africa, a jour ney- on which tney aia noi pian. suffered a delay of weeks. For many .1 .1 n - a lioi-TTltlll ' V (' H 1 P 1 (1 ti .1 Lll i: i uuo ... " - ' ' which adopted every precaution to avoid capture, ana inis eici icii-, while a source of delay, was a mem- After their longx voyage around Airica, me uaveicin l" . itorranean Sea in tne nope or reacmns D.i..ina fmni the ' ODOosite direc tion from their original plan, but fate Intervened again, just oeLure uw rived Turkey had aeciarea war aim th va turned DacK wnen wituiu about 60 miles of Jerusalem. . rw mil .. r, .1 wav Mr. H HKX I P 1 I Al i " tvtv 9.7 ami went to San Fran cisco, whence they sailed for the South Sea Islands. rT i. .... . ni Rnotnn ijocemDer 11 but Dr. Hill has been waiting there for 1 l. 1 Lnn-D-no-A - HTlitl 1 1 1 1 ( ' Si 1" - consiaeruiM "a.e&&w, " ---- rled because of interrupted transporta- tlon mcioent 10 me n"o " ing for this baggage Dr. Hill visited New York City, Washington, D. C and other places. - ; Ditch Company' Elects. VT.jMiTH FAT.TS. Or.. Jan. 16. rc- : i rr-ho onnnal meeting of the ' - , Van Brimmer Ditch Company was held at Merrill, or., zu mues euuiu 01 iu city, Monday. 1 ne onicers seiem.cn for the new year were E. M. -Hammond, president; Ulyae rsraaiey, irn;e-prei . ..... ThAA nrfinprs. with John Colwell and C. Bowman, form the board of directors. PIONEER OF 1851 ANSWERS LAST SUMMONS. Alexander llnmilton Spare. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.) Alexander Hamilton Spare, who died Monday at the home of W. P. Huff, was burfed Thursday. Mr. Spare was born In Ken tucky 83 years ago and in 1851 he drove by ox-team across the plains to Oregon. For some years he engaged in mining and later purchased a tract of land, part of which has been plotted into a suburb of this city. Mr. Spare was a Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar and , the committal fcervleea at the Masonic Cemetery in Cottage Grove were in charge of the Ma sonic Lodge. " jf '',,,,''''t''''1 j -lit-J- ? : -A i V ; P :: - ITIJCLUJJL NEW HOME OF COOS COUNTY BOOK HOME. f MARSturtKLU, ur., J an m. veg etal.) When a city reaches the tinnnrtJ ncp of "oolntlng With pride" to a Carnegie library Its citi zens feel they have accompusnea a superhuman task. Establishing a 11 hrnrv is no ftasv attainment, and the Marshfleld Library . Board vouches for it. The work has been done, however, and the building was dedicated Tuesday evening. The Marshfleld Library was started when the Progress Club, a woman's organization, called a meeting and 36 mAmhara Q n H nthrK contributed the nucleus for the institution. It is the Progress Club that made It possiDie ior Marshfleld to ask- the library Santa -.i .- K..i4lnc . THa jLsritation looking towards a library started in 1907 and in the interim tne loyai wo men who engineered the work, giving entertainments, soliciting subscriptions of cash and books, talking library with .... aiiH An p o tin t er in g all the rebuffs which always accompany a pub lic undertaking, succeeaea in nuuuuwu i 4uAir MnnHonnA nri In the end they gathered sufficient books and Influence to go to the Carnegie management ask for the building. The building is not what the library board expected, but they preferred to take the Carnegie managers oner oi -building allowed or. the 1910 census basis rather than wait for another cen sus. The cost of the building w,as J12.. 500, but the city expected an 18.030 structure, according to the present population. Th. llhmrv hnnrd asked the City Council for support three successive years before the request was Branieu. The library was opened to the public t..a i lam in a. rented building and was afterwards moved once, and CENTENARIAN IS HOST MICHAEL DAMPHOFFEB, 1W TES- TERDAT, RECEIVES CALLERS. Visitors Bust tn Age From TO to St and All Drink to Health of Patri arch Cake Gift ot Nana. viMfnnvKR. Wash.. Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) Michael Damphofer, who last Tuesday rounded out his first century, thA rinv receiving many callers. chiefly from old-timers and Grand Army veterans, who called upon mm in a body at 2 o'clock. Tom O Connor, wno is more iu " years old and who took his nrst glass of beer with Mr. Damphoffer 48 years u Ui. nomnhnf7r oDerated a small brewery on Sixth street here, to day brought along a tew bottles and all drank to the health of the only man in the county 100 years old. Nearly all Mr. Damphoffer's callers were between 70 and oi years ot age. S. B. Huston, .commander ef EIls- i- n A t; of this city. nuiui a " " . . presented Mr. Damphoffer with a bou quet of carnations. The sisters of St Joseph's Hospital baked a birthday cake and presented it to him. The cake not being large enough to bear 100 candles, one canaie was uscu, oiew.j ing one century. A delegation of Spanish-American War Veterans called and wished the aged warrior many happy returns of the dav. The -veterans' congratula tions read; Comrade Michsel Damphoffer un tnis nappy otcmwii ui n - -- rcrsary of your birth, ic, members of John Barlow Camp. No. B. United Spanish war Veterans, tender j-ou oir hearty and enthu siastic congratulations. AS a veLET8H Ul ji,h" ....... ... vicinity you aided courageously in aerena- me tne noraea ui m ...u. .. ... - women and children ot the Northwest. As the American (lap to the palace of the Mon tezumas and helped to bring California, New Mexico ana Arizona uuuoi " ner of civilization and progress. As a pa- . , x : .1 ... "ui unu HIH vnnr nart gallantly in the struggle to perpetuate this greac nepuunu - tjlory ID posterit-jr. ii,uum m. ""'y erased or a Mar undiramed." Your lfe has been long ana useiui, c patriotic and inspiring. ' On behalf of our fellow cltiiena and of the homes you have protected: on behalf of our mothers and grandmothers whom you aeienaeu, auu wi bwi; -i folds you fought, we tender you our sincere returns of the day. , patriotic Instructor. COST OF ROADS IS LISTED Clackamas Spent Twice as Much In 1914 as In 1913, Says Clerk. OREGON CITT, Or, Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) Clackamas County spent almost twice as much on roads In 1914 as In 1913, and with an 8-milI tax levy for roads this year there will be a still fur ther increase In 1915. County Clerk Harrington today compiled totals. for the two years. - - The total money raised by general and special road tax in 1913 was 163, 662.10 and in 1914, 307,B9.08. Of the latter . sum $69,469.34 was raised through special district taxes and $192,342.88 through the regular road tax. In the year preceding the regular road tax brought 46,837.o ana me spe cial district taxes 152.196.80. With an 8-mill levy the 1915 road tax. excluding the special district taxes, win total about 232.000. DR. WHITE'S REMOVAL AIM Eugene Medical Association Denies , Sympathy With Council's Protest. EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 16. (Special.) p. W. Comings, Vlty xieaitu viin.ni, (backed by the health department cum- Imittee ot tne t-ny council, una nnivu ,Tor the removal of Dr. Calvla S. White, recently the books were housed In the new Carnegie buuaing. The site of the building is on one of ia hichnnt nnintH In the cltv on Market avenue. There is a basement and the library room is on the street level. There is room in the building for 20, nnn kaav hut thn nresent arrangement provides shelving for only 10,000. The basement will oe usea ior an torium, accommodating such affairs as iinir wAii with thA conduct of a library. It will seat 150 persons. There are small committee-rooms ior tne accom- j ... 1 .. r i.,kb ThA Chamlnade -1 . , v. I .I-, ll.H a nlunn and will US6 the auditorium for practice and enter tainments: the coos nay woman uu, a civic organization, will have access; the high school debating clubs of North Bend and Marshfleld are to have the use of the auditorium wnen tney "'re It. . . Tl,. Inlarln, flnlAhlTHm Of the bUlld tn. t,-,n!K. nf Cnos County woods the furniture the same. The color scheme is light golden and tne xurni ture Is mostly native oak, unstained 'nnhol Anh The present library board consists of Mrs. Henry Bengstacaen, presiaeni, wnu has been Identified with the work since Its Inception; Mrs. J. W. Bennett. Mrs. M. C. Maloney, Mrs. W. 8. Chandler and Mrs. H. S. Tower. The norar-.an is miss i:'ii..h.h Tinnliir. rrtduAta of Cornell University snd the Library School, of Albany, N. Y. The City of Marshfleld maintains a permanent tax for support of the instl Knt thA tinoH fAftls obllaated at times to enhance the fund with money obtained from entertainments. xner are many donations made during the course of a year and it is thought a substantial gift will be made in 1915, sufficient to enlarge the circulation many fold. secretary of the State Board of Health, on the grounds that he failed to sup port the City Health Officer at a time of a controversy with a Eugene physi cian several months ago. They charge that White "played politics." as ex pressed by J. K. Beytlen, chairman of the committee, when he found that the physicians of the city were opposed to Comings. 1 1,- fnmlnva rullH.H thA fl rrest Of Dr. T. W. Harris for failure to report an alleged case of contagion. Harris contended that the -health officer had wrongly diagnosed his case, and the city pnysician cauea upon tne Beers tary of the ftate Board of Health. White sustained Harris, and the com plaint against the physician was dropped. Shortly after this arratr a petition tA hA rMtv ti m-1 1 Hlirnerl bv all ex cept five of the physicians of the city, more than 25 in number, asked the removal of Dr. Comings. "He'll probably make charges of ln comptency just as we made charges of Incompetency against him," says Dr. F. M. Day. president of the Lane Coun ty jueuicai Association. i-nutning ui this nature has been done with the lrnnwlericA or consent of the Eugene Medical Association." BUILDINGS IN DEMAND STORES IN LOWER PART OF VAN COUVER BEING RENTED. With Work oa Interstate Bridge Near Tendency Shown to Get Locations Along Line of Traffic. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) With the beginning of construc tion of the Columbia River Interstate bridce uerhaps not more than six weeks away, business property in the lower part of the city on Slain and Washington, and the cross streets. Is being rented. There has Deen a greater demand for stores there than for sev eral years past. The tendency is for business to climb up Main and Washington streets. What a few years ago was the heart of the city is almost deserted, una property, however, is coming back and promises to become more valuable. Several places of business have moved In. and preparations for more to follow ar be. ing made. The vehicle traffic will go straight up Washington street after leaving the bridge. New families are coming to the city. the men expecting to work on the bridge, and business conditions are be ginning to show improvement. The question of whether or not Van couver Is to be wet or dry Is getting attention from many, but a strong ef fort probably will be made to keep the cltv wet the remainder or tnis year. The Federal Court has enjoined city and county officials from putting the local option law into effect so far as regards the brewery, but 17 saloon keepers are under arrest for remaining open after theirst of the year. The saloons are open ana aoing Dusiuess, and will be until the cases are dis posed of. LEBANON WINS AND LOSES Debating Team Beaten at Home Vlc- . . torlous at CorralUs. LEBANON, Or.. Jan. 16. (Special.) In the interscholastic high school de bate held last night the Lebanon team lost to the Albany team at home and won at Corvallis. Those debating here were: Lebanon. affirmative. Gale Loftln and Roscoe Simpson: Albany, negative. Miss Mar garet Gibson and David Wieder. The Judges were K. Berchtold and L. B. Baldwin, of tba Oregon Agricultural College, and County School Superin tendent Smith, of Salein. The Lebanon debaters at Curvallis were Russell Hall and Miss Era God frey. ; . , CORVALLIS, Or.. Jan. IS. (To turn Editor.) Referring to tho Irrigation Assembly which has Just recently met In Portland, and to the propositions oe Ing made that the Legislature shall nx some tax levy on all the property of Oregon to furnish money for Irrigation purposes. I desire to mane a iukki.h. Over one-half of the wealth of Orrgon Is west of the Cascade Mountains, whera the trouble Is to get rid of water In stead of needing more. It seems hardly right to tax lands which need no Irri gation to ralne money to Irrigate a few sections here and there which ara worthless without water, and which In comparison with the general wealth ro a negligible quantity. ii me ' value of theerld lands after they have been Irrigated at the expense of all thu taxpayers could. In some fashion, bo translated Into tne general treanur, ih.r would be more merit In an Irrl gatlon proposition of tha several kinds recently proposed. The true principle upon which to f.nnrf nv nuhllc ImDrovement. like ir rigation. Is to make that section of country benented pay tne cosi oi i" Improvement, precisely as a city makes the owners along a street ouns Droved Day for the paving or other lm provement. The United States has gone about its irrigating business In rather a slip-shod way. It put a big stum-hiina-.hiork in tha way of worthy undertakings of the same kind when it proposed to and did construct irriga tion works for arid land communities, charging no Interest for the money ad vanced to construct the same. Thera Is absolutely no way out of It. They have expended a good many millions In hard cash, charging no Interest, snd have, antered Into Innumerable con tracts with persons owning lands under these Irrigation works, allowing ths use of the money without any Intersst. The only right way In such matters Is to give such terms for the use of ths money that the lands oeneiitea cu i nav i he. Mm a with Interest. On December . 1914. a bill called tha Jones bill was Introduced In t onirm, hailing from the State of Washington, whir-h nrnvides that an Irrigation dls- trvt ran issue its bonds find the United States can guarantee ths Interest not exceeding 4 per cent thereon, the United States occasionally to Inspect the Irri gation work and see that everything Is going according 10 jiojie. The Jones Dill goes oniy a inira enough. Several stntes. Including Oregon, have adequate irrigation district laws. These laws provldo that Irrigation dls rii mnr be formed Into muntrlpsl corporations, hsvins power to tax lands Inside the districts. Then by i. ma jority vote they can Issue bonds for their district needs, men mry suunm. their proceedings, organisation, bond election, etc.. to the court having gen eral Jurisdiction, which court passes upon the sufficiency ot tne orani- Hnn and tha legality of ths Dona issua. Mind you, tho district has all power to tax Its lands to raise money, and that Is more power than any private cor noratlon ran obtain, which sounds tha death knell of Carey irrigation projects. water users' associations, etc. Now, having legislative suthorlty to form Irrigation districts, with power of taxation, either the state or the Na tion could, without any Jeopardy, guar, antee not only the Interest but the principal on theso bonds and lend Its credit to Irrigation districts making an effort to Improve their arid lands by Irrigation. There Is no danger of either tha stato or the Nation having to pay a dollar of Its own money on this sc count. provided (this rrovlso la im portant, o 1 emphasise II) that the state, through Its State Engineer or the Nation, through It" corps of Irrigation experts, of which It has many, sees to It that there Is an adequate water sup ply In the first place snd that the dis trict does not bite off more than It can masticate in the second. Irrigation bonds ought to run 40 or 50 years. Ths retirements or redemptions ought not to begin until say ten years from date of issue and then In rather small de nominations. They ought to Issus enough so the nrst several years Inter est can be helped through by ths dis trict treasury from sale of bonds for that purpose and never a dollar paid out without ths State Engineers countersign or that of the Government engineer Indorsed on the check, and sit bond money to be kept in tho stato treasury. If the state guarantees, or tha United States treasury If the Govern ment guarantees. If our legislators desire to do some thing practical, let them authorise ths state government to guarantee Irriga tion district bonds up to per cent, and If the Jones bill becomes law let the United States also guarantee ths same bonds. J. H. WILSON. SUGAR FACTORY PLANNED Interest of Farmers Near Monmouth A routed at Beet Crop Likely. MONMOUTH. Or., Jan. 1. (Special.) R. s. Bramwell. representing an Ida ho sugar beet corporation, was In this city this week arousing Interest smong farmers for the erection of a sugar factory" He said that ,160.000 capital would be furnished for such a plant If the residents of a sltb'" bMt "'f: trlct in the Willamette Valley wou d subscribe an additional KSO.OOC In "Farmers have been discussing th probable success of the beet-growing fndustry. but no conclusion has been drawn as to the opinion of the crop. Klamath Bar Assoclatlon'Klect. KI a MATH FALLS. Or.. Jan. 16--(fa"-At a recent meeting of the Klama h county Bar Association, held in this city, new officers were electee L" fol.ows:ywilson 8. Wiley. Pr?-Wy-William MT Duncan, vice-president. J. H. Carnahan. secretary, and Kenner. treasurer. A bunquet for ths near future was decided upon. Ambulance Buns Away With I'atienl CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 1 (Spe cial.) When Henry Hill. h bs attack of pnsumvnia. was being re moved to a hospital Thursday tm drawing the ambulance ran '" the business section. A bad sccld.nt was averted only because ons of the horses tcil. Topprnleh Commercial Club fc!eel. TOI'PENISH.' Wash.. Jan. 1 (Spo- (.) The new officers of ths Toppsn- lh Commercial Club re: Dr. B. 8. eYrswe.ll. president: H. H. Miller, ylce. nrsshleiU. .-.id M. U. Wlsbt. Mrcrslary. Tlie two n-v.- numbers "f H uoier lnrf board am: i. I. liuirhsad and .Gcoro M. Allou. .