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THE SUNDAY OR EGO XI AX, POUTULND. AUGUST 15, 1915.
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COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Aug. 14.
Special.) Cottage Grove In 18S1
was the rudest kind of a back
woods arttlemenl with nothing: more
modern than a few frame bouses and
bulletin l.j rail a town. A picture
taken In its Infancy shows the now
prosperous city to hare been little
burger than one or two blocks of Its
present suburb.
In remarkable contrast Is a modern
picture of the city showing a busy
metropolitan businesa district. , The
old Cottase Grore was on the west
side of the present-day city. Many
or the bulldtnica of the pioneer days
'still are standing. In 1IM. when the
plonker picture waa taken, the district
shown in the modern picture was a
wheat field.
Klenins; Girl Is Arretrl.
riTTSIH R';. Ta.. Aub;. 8 The
Well-bur-. W. Va.. police have notified
the Pittsburg- secret service operstlves'
of the arre.it there of Angelina Capo-
drama, a (red IS. dauehter of Domtniro
t'apodrama. of T1S Wylle avenue. The
rlrl ran away- with an Italian, whose
name could not be ascertained by the
police. The man had been a boarder
at the Capodrama residence for a few
days. The a-irt. according to her par
ents, had threatened to run away and
sret marriea.
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IMPORTANCE TO CITY OF
PARK GRANT IS SHOWN
E. T. Mische Explains Where Interest of Portland Lies in Setting Aside
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BY C T. MI3CHE.
THE selling aside of 14.00 acre of
land along the Columbia River for
lark purposes will be an excellent
deed.
The act has significance to the cltl
ens of Tortiand and may therefore
be interesting to discuss.
Forester Graves. In control of the
National forest land affected, is re
ported as xavorlng the proposal, and
alter a brief pas.tage of time necessary
for the essentia! routine of official en
actment I he tract will be available.
Efforts to Initiate similar action to
that now contemplated were made offi
cially In the city last year, but resulted
In a fiasco. The Chamber of Com
merce's efforts sem destined to accom
plish something. Bui I Is thus far only
a beglnalng. l-et It be hoped that It
will be followed to a proper conclu
sion. As a demonstration of what a city's
commercial body can do. it Is notable: It
la one of the altogether too few In
stances of a general representative
MEMBERS OF AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION AND FRIENDS ON PICNIC AT BONNEVILLE DURING CONVENTION WEEK IN PORTLAND AUGUST 2-6
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body doing what would otherwise prob
ably be left undone, not because of
the lack of Individual Interest or a
want of ample merit In the project
Itself, but merely because the Individ
ual cannot exert sufficient Influence
' because what Is everybody's busi
ness Is nobody's.
Cosssaerelal Valae Held Seeoadary.
The Intent Is to dedicate such a por
tion of the Oregon National forest con
tiguous to the Columbia River High
way as Is Immediately affected, as a
park reservation meaning thereby
that the recreational phase shall hence
forth be considered paramount In Its
administration, or In other words, that
the scenic and exerciso features will
receive preference over the commer-1
cial Interests of Its limber value.
The rugged declivities clothed with
forest and the lack of convenient facil
ities would causa limbering to be fol
lowed at a comparatively high cost,
vvelopment for lumbering has been
long postponed and would probably
be far distant on account of tha quan
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tity and quality of the timber existing
wholly apart from any consideration
of Its being more valuable for another
purpose.
Transferring the tract from forest
to park purposes i' in keeping with
the Federal Government's policy of util
izing forest lands for the purposes to
which they best lend -themselves. It
serves a peculiar commentary upon
those who choose to belittle the Plnchot
Idea of conservation. Conservation was
never Intended to thwart local develop
itiftit
It nrovided for reserving all Gov
emment' owned land under an easily
workable acheme of setting It aside by
Presidential proclamation. After It has
been surveyed and classified the Gov
ernment has shown not only a willing
ness, but enthusiasm, for usage by the
people. Ho far as we are aware, no
hlKh Government official has varied
from that Intent or failed to prove his
sympathy with it by successive and
consistent official acts.
1 Cltyn Interest Is Defined.
The orogrsmme. when executed, will
transfer all that land under control of
the Government from the extreme west
erly to the extreme easterly end of
the north portion of the reservation.
Its Immediate effect will be to preclude
homesteading. logging-off operations,
and It will give assurance that It will
be treated sympathetically with the
park rather than the . lumbering in
terest. In itself It does not complete the
programme of park Interests; there are
still various homesteads that mls;ht be
utilized prejudicially to the park Idea.
The security Is that such uses cannot
be extended by homestead right Ire re -after
secured from the Government.
Portland Is only casually interested
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K3UKKXT 8PECIAIIT8 AD OTHERS GATHERED O.N
n part of the proposed transfer that
at the westerly end.
Beginning -at a point about a mile
beyond Dodson and extending for a
distance of approximately nine miles to
Hermann Creek, the city's interest
would be suitably defined. The portion
of about ten miles beyond, to about
Viento. where the forest reserve ends, is
not a Portland programme so much as
one of the Federal Government. It Is
useful mainly for through traffic along
the Columbia River, but until the city
does Its share It has a temporary use
of serving the local community in mak
ing the circuit via Hood River and
either Elk Creek Gas or the route
around the south side of Mount Hood.
Either of there circuits would re
quire a travel of about 250 miles and
would desirably have two days aliened
to it.
Portland's principal Interest is a
shorter circuit branching off of the
Columbia Highway at Hermanns
Creek.
That region embraced from the river
on the north to the crest line of the
Columbia . watershed, at the north edge
of the plateau on the south, and ex
tending from I-atouiell Falls to Her
manns Creek-is the principal Interest
of the city; branches of and connec
tions -with any development routes
within that region should 'anticipate
the route to and around Mount Hood.
Herein lies the real Interest of the
city In any route that the Govern
ment projects through the Elk Creek
pass or around the south side of Mount
Hood.
As yet the onjy acquirement of pri
vate ownership is that embodied In
the tract Mr. Benson recently pre
sented to the city, and known as Ben
son Park.
Not until the falls, gorges and es-1
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sentlal. topographic features of the
bluffs . along with proper protection
rlphts along the -river flats are pub
licly owned will the city's interest be
suitably safeguarded.
Whatever the Federal Government
undertakes now in the way of a park
reservation it can be assumed that it
will maintain 't henceforth. "Later It
can be reasonably assured that -It will
extend its park area to include some
of the mountain . lakes and streams
and certain areas of vegetation and to
pographic features. Increased use and
time will fqree necesary extensions
as a means of protection and for con
sistent use of the property.
In many reepects the entering wedge
has occurred when the initial transfer
Is made. It Is analogous to the Gov
ermental acts of creating National
monuments. No fear need arise as to
the Government misusing or alienating
the property from the best use that
can be made of it - for park purposes.
Portland's interests are to see that
it does not allow National acts to blind
it In doing its share. Fulfillment of
the park programme in that region
can only be accomplished by Joint city
ana f ederal action; eacn is compie
mentary to the other and neither ob
viates the need of the other acting.
Whether the acquirement is best
made at a single stroke or over a pe
rlod of years, whether by taking title
or merely an easement of the land
whether the enactment of laws wil
tend to render needless the impera
tiveness of ownership are all phases
It is not necessary now to discuss in
touching upon the sort and adequacy
of control the city jhould exercise in
ine province.
Opposing Contentions Ignored.
Tills park programme aligns us with
a class including New York and Den
ver. The propelling motive is muc
the same in each case, but the method
of approach Is quite different, par
ticularly in that both of the other two
cities paid out large sums of money
for the lands.
A principal interest in this communl
cation is to call attention to the bear
ing any park scheme, when it shall
have been worked out to Its final state
of development, will have upon the
Bull Run reserve.
No attempt Is made to weigh the
merits of the opposing contention
about the protection of the watershed
protecting Portland s water supply. I
is warranted that a careful, adequate
and competent Investigation be made
of .the entire problem and the com
munity be informed of the issue in
volved.
To allow its best interests to be
sacrificed by vague individual opinions,
no matter how well Intentioned and
public-spirited they may strive to be.
is to risk diverting an asset oi ere
mendous value from the city.
It is idle to assume we will secure
what roughly belongs to us without
effort on our part. Individual and
community enterprise has its own re
ward. How can it be intelligently or
wisely, directed if we refuse to study
the rjoints at issue?
The Bull Run reserve includes lands
miles beyond the watershed of Bull
Run Lake. All is covered with live
forest. The exact boundaries were de
fined probably by the same methods
that actuated the reserving oi pun
lie lands for forest preserves; namely,
to take in enough to be sure that all
that is wanted Is included. Any ex
cess can be adjusted after later and de
tailed investigation.
With the Increasing use of Mount
Hood, the development of roads and
Increase of population the mountains
and forests are annually being resort
ed to by more people. until that oc
curred few people were interested In
whether or not the water supply was
protected by the Bull Run reserve or
the entire Cascade Mountain range
Now that It is gradually becoming
more generally interesting and recur-
ringly. so what are the facts?
Bull Rna Lands' Bars Are Up.
The Forest Service, as also the City
of Portland, maintain forest guards to
protect the Bull Run forest. The gen
eral public are prohibited from enter
ing the Bull Run lands. Between uuii
Run Lake and Mount Hood Is a lowest
pass (about 3500 feet elevation), which
offers the best and shortest routes be
tween Portland and the country east
and beween the Columbia drive and
Mount Hood, say a distance of 26
miles.
Its use permits of a short route, fine
gradient and lessens to the minimum
the objections of mountain travel, such
as wind sweep, deep snow blocking the
route for month on end. Next to the
Columbia Highway it is the logical
means of passage through the Cascade
Range in traveling from Portland
easterly.
The Forest Service has endeavored
to construct a road over this route, but
was opposed by the city, the .alleged
reasons being that it increased the lire
hazard, that the water shed could not
be effectively protected.
The charge in Itself is an earnest of
the seriousness involved.
Does a danger exist? If so. what is
necessary to overcome it; Is it wise to
encourage, or assent to Introduction
of the elements of danger for the ben
efits accruing? What are the benefits?
Can they be secured In no other way?
Isn't it desirable to sit tight and leave
well enough alone? Can a refusal to
face the Issue lead us Into greater or
lesser security?
The danger to the Bull Run reserve
Is sanitary and Are risks. Sanitary
phases, are not considered Important,
because they are easily controlled. Fire
presents the main danger.
KfFlrlrncy Built I p la System.
With a well-organized corps of for
est rangers, a system of telephones and
signals and flre-flghting apparatus, a
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ONMOUTH, Or., Aug 14. (Special.)
Six of 123 graduates in. the
1915 class of the Oregon Normal
School will teach in Polk County schools
during the coming year. Late in the
second semester, while the standard
normal school course yet remained un
completed, positions were sought by
the six students in this county, as
most of the number live in sections
not far distant. Some will teach in
schools where years before they re
ceived instruction.
Problems confronting Oregon rural
schools have been studied carefully
during the last year of the course,. and
the students are familiar with the op
eration of Polk County's many systems
introduced within the last three years.
To keep the boys and girls on the
farms has been the aim of the plans
for years, and the normal graduates
have prepared to aid in the "stay-on-
fire can gain little headway before it
is extinguished. Comparison between
the present Are-fighting facilities and
that extant when Bull Run was made
a reserve is about as great as an old-
time bucket brigade and our present
modern fire-fighting equipment.
Trails and roads well maintained
supplement the other equipment in
fire fighting, hence a road is a safe
guard raher than a danger.
Dangers of fire in green timber am
exceedingly small and with the exist
ing organization in control it will be
rendered less so with advancing time.
Fires will and do start, but the con
trol exercised is such that they cannot
and do not gain much headway. To say
that there is as much danger of a seri
ous forest fore occurring as there is
of burning a city firehouse sheltering
an entire company of firemen woulu
be exaggeration, but the difference is
not so very much more.
The system of control has been
brought to so high a state of efficiency
that ever since the telephones were in
stalled no serious outbreak has origi
nated in live timber, none that at any
time caused grave concern as to the ca
pacity to control it effectually. But
there is a danger of fire starting in an
adjoining old "burn" and spreading
to live timber.
There is such an area northeast of
the Bull Run reserve, which has been
and is a menace and will continue to
be until it is reforested, a task the
Forest Service is about to undertake.
Until It is reforested the danger to
Bull Run reserve is greater without
he proposed road than with it.
Possible fire dangers are under much
better control with the road than with
out It. If so there Is reason why a
road should exist. It is so much
easier to present opposition because
possible danger may be introduced
than it is to solve the problem of the
danger itself.
Position IJeemed Insecure.
At best this is only a temporizing.
an insecure position to attempt 'to de
fend. A solution will be effected.
therefore an outline of the problem
nd a frank addressing of oneself to
the difficulty is better than a head
strong opposition founded on untena
ble grounds.
The hreguardlng problem in Bull
Ifun reserve is neither unusual or dif
ficult and could be better done with
roads than without. It may be well
to wait the real aforestation of the
Id burn aforementioned before the I
road is constructed, but the refusal of
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TEACHERS
the-farm" movement In .Polk County.
School boards have given the Normal
graduates the advantage of an advanced,
salary with opportunities for futura
contracts and futher salary increases.
Already a large number of th Normal
trained, teachers are employed in Polk
County schools, although the largest
number of graduates go to rural schools
In Eastern Oregon, while every county
is represented. Sherman County will
have the largest delegation during tha
coming year.
The six graduates and their posi
tions in Polk County are: Edna Ayars,
of LaGrande, grade teacher. Dallas; Au
gusta Kantz. of Portland, grade teacher.
Perrydale; Ada. Farmer, of Rickreall,
grade teacher, Rickreall: Marie Smith,
of Monmouth, grade teacher, Buena
Vista; Orrie Steinberg, of Monmouth,
grade teacher. Airlie; Josigh Wills, ru
ral one-room school.
ultimate concurrence in its building:
cannot be defended upon the present
reasoning used. r
Wholly apart from any parallel or
secondary benefits resulting from road
ways, the construction of a roadway
through the forest is a wise move in
itself for general administrative pur
poses, especially as it tends to safe
guard against lire.
Among benefits of a road to Bull
Run are the conveniences it offers in
general travel across the mountain
range and the much greater usn that
would be made of the. opportunity to
use the mountain reservation for
recreation purposes; in substance it is
whether a day will be consumed en
Joying our mountain scenery or. on
account of the longer route to be trav
eled, two days will be necessary.
If there is an alternative it has yet
to be made known. To attempt to hold
inviolate and make more secure the
Bull Run possessions desired to be
safeguarded can hardly be done by the
present policy. It is only a question
of time when the cost and difficulties
must neeas give way because of break
ing under the fictitious and unscientific
manner of its conduction.
Moreover, the ' encouragement of a
route around the south side of th
mountain will tend to force the Elk
Creek route to the fore; therefore it
may be viewed as a temporary expe
dient. In any case ample assurances should
be secured from the Federal Govern
ment if a concession to build the Elk
Creek road is given and when the city's
populace' can view the consequences
with equanimity and thorough assur
ance of having its water shed better
protected.
Altogether this is excellent reason
why the principal civic organization
of the city should make a . special
study of this entire problem and be
prepared to render both co-operatively
with the city's administration and in
dependently such Intelligent-assistance
as will best serve the best Interests of
the community.
Sun Sots Barn Afire.
MADISON, N. J.; Aug 7. The'sun shin
ing recently through the panes of glas3
In the windows of the hayloft of Pat
rick Martin's barn, in Park avenue,
found a spot where the glass was
thickened, forming a lense. The rays
were concentrated on a wisp of hay.
which began to smoulder. When the
firemen arrived the barn was on fire.
rhoto by MTurkhani Studio.