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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1916)
16 RURAL CREDIT BANK IS Advocates of Portland Institu tution Are Told What Will Govern Decision. SPOKANE IS COMPETITOR Hearing. Set for Thursday, When Rates of Interest, Demand for Loans on Land and Other Queries to Be Answered. Portland's campaign for one of the Federal Government's 12 rural credits banks was outlined yesterday by a Chamber of Commerce committee In conference with Frank R. Wilson, chief of the division of information of the newly-created farm loan board. Mr. Wilson arrived in Portland yes terday afternoon in advance of the farm loan commissioners who will con duct a hearing in Portland next Thurs day. Members of the commission, or board, are: William . McAdoo, Secre tary of the Treasury, and. ex-officio chairman: CJeorge W. Norris, Charles E. Lobdell. W. S. A. Smith and Herbert Quick. W. W. Flanagan is the secre tary. Mr. McAdoo did not start West with the commission, being detained at home by the illness of his wife, but may Join the party in Portland, said Mr. Wilson. Portland has an excellent oppor tunity of getting the bank for this district. Its most active competitor is Spokane, which city is conducting a well-organized campaign. Sacramento, also Is in the field but it is probable that Sacramento will not be brought into competition with Portland, because California and Oregon may be in sepa rate districts. Farmers Needs Prevail. The committee In charge of Port land's campaign consists of J. D. Brown. president of the Farmers' Union; C. E. Spence, master of the State Grange, and Professor Hector MacPherson, of the Oregon Agricultu ral College. They will introduce a number of witnesses, who will tell why they think Portland should have a rural credits bank. The principal factors in determining the location of a bank, said Mr. Wilson, are the needs of the farmers in the community for cheap loans and the adaptability of the city to serve the rural districts. Each bank must be Incorporated for $750,000. and the Government offers to subscribe for any or all of the capital stock in each district. If the people don't subscribe the money the Govern ment will. While a city that has sub bccISx&I a substantial share of the cap ital might be favored over a city that m&iie no large subscription, Mr. Wilson Informed the Portland representatives yesterday that the size of the subscrip tion Is not an important consideration. Rate of Interest Feature. Mr. Wilson Inquired particularly re garding the prevailing average rate of interest for farm loans. He was in formed that the rate is about 8 per cent. He suggested that some of the farmers who have been paying these excessive rates would be excellent wit nesses. Members of the Chamber who con ferred with him yesterday were O. M. Clark, chairman; Judge Thomas C. Burke. C. C. Chapman. Mark Woodruff and others. The Chamber has invited farmers throughout the Northwest to attend the' hearing on Thursday for the pur pose of impressing upon the commis sion their needs for a bank in Portland, and to be called upon as witnesses if necessary. The railroads will co-operate in bringing the farmers to Port land W. D. Skinner, traffic manager of the North Bank Road, informed the committee yesterday that farmers liv--ing along the line and its subsidiaries will be encouraged to come to Portland. Grangers Will Attend. Representatives of various typical Northwestern industries will give tes timony. Among those who will be in vited are: Carl Haberlack, represent ing the cheese manufacturers of Tilla mook; C. L. Hawley, stockman of Mc Coy; "Farmer" C. L. Smith, of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, and various others. Presidents of various local granges throughout Oregon and Washington also will be here. Governor Withycombe and T. B. !Kay, State Treasurer, will be among the im portant witnesses. "The idea is to give the board the farmers' viewpoint," said Mr. Wilson. "We also would like to hear from bankers and farm mortgage operators who will not give biased testimony. We have found many bankers who, at first, were opposed to the new system, but their broader conception has caused them, later, to favor it. They have learned that adequate farm loans will aid in an intelligent development of the country, which will populate the land, create new business and expand the opportunities for the banks." Demand to Be Considered. The ability of the community to absorb the bonds that will be issued by the new system also may be an im portant factor in determining the banks' location, said Mr. Wilson. In the opinion of the Chamber committee the Portland district will afford an excellent market for these securities. Mr. Wilson, who is a young man formerly engaged in the newspaper business, is thoroughly informed on the new law and on the subject of rural credits generally. He will be the guest of C. C. Chapman on a trip over the Columbia River Highway this morning. He will leave this afternoon for Sacramento. The Farm Loan Board will arrive here on Thursdaymorning and will be gin its hearing in the Federal building at 9 o'clock. A public luncheon prob ably will be arranged for the members at noon. If they finish their work in time they will be taken over the High way in the evening, with dinner at one of the hotels along the road. They will leave Thursday night for Cali fornia. 10,000 BASSARE PLANTED Oswego Lake Is Stocked by State Kish Commission. A truck-load of bass minnows, com prising 10.000 fi.-.h in all, were planted in Oswego Lake yesterday by the State Fish and Game Commission. It is anticipated that within the next few years this work will result in greatly improved fishing in that sec tion. The fish were caught by the com mission at various points down the river below Portland. They were car ried in milk cans to the lake, there being 40 cans of fish aboard the tru ck. Dr. E. C. McFarland, president of the Multnomah Anglers Club, went out with the truck-load of fish, and saw them planted. ADV SER VISITOR I It s 1 n m mx IF H y ,gT - li IS rv , n:: . . :-ki- - - ..VI- i : - -t ( 1 Workmen Engnjted in Laying the Concrete Base for tbe Paving on the Bridge. 2 View of the lOOO-f oot ' Brldsre Arrow Onion Slouch Forming? a Part Proper. 3 K. I Howard, of KlMu City, Consulting EoKinen. 4 Laying Bitullthle 1'avinjr on the Urrgon Sloaara. Bridge. 6 Operation of Machine Ztaila on tbe Bridge Proper. MUCH LUMBER HELD Car Shortage Halts Movement of Orders Received. PLANTS MAY SHUT DOWN Orders Increase 12,617,405 Feet Over AVeek Before, Xot Includ ing That Placed by Two Rail roads for Material for Cars. Increasing business during: the last few weeks enabled the lumber mills of Oregon and Washington to produce their normal output; the shortage of cars along the lines of the Southern Pacific in Western Oregon resulted in serious loss of business actually moved. Last week was the first period in many months during which the mills MEMBERS OF FEDERAL FARM StajautnK Chaxlea K. Lobaell, Herbert XI Jkj3S5s;SS!?T5':- " "" - ' ' I I I I J.IIIUI II "i ' ' II II 1 It . jM jpi ill tW,mii,i 1 WW" TT" ?-p1 ot ' If 111 i , iTr $ h Y :S'rr( f if ' V y " v : ! If ' if a W fJfc.J-l . - 1 1 ' - - I v;- ) If k i ' ' iV- f THE STJXDAY - OR ' VIEWS SHOWING PROGRESS OF WORK Ti V".ff were enabled to operate to their full capacity, but the shipments were 13.53 per cent below the production, owing to the car shortage. If the shortage persists it is probable that many mills will be forced to close, in which event the production record will suffer pro portionately. Compilations completed yesterday by the West Coast Lumbermen's Associa tion show that orders at 116 mills in the two states Increased 12,617,405 feet over the report of 112 mills for the previous week. Railroad Orders for Cars. This does not include 5,000,000 feet of car material placed yesterday by the Burlington; or about 1.786.000 feet placed within the past few days by the Great Northern. This business will not appear in the trade summary until next report is made. Actual production was 69,969,336 feet as against a normal production of 70,058,614 feet, actual production being merely 89,278 feet below normal. Orders are below normal production 6.22 per cent, or 4,360.809 feet. Orders are below actual production 6.10 per cents, or 4,271.531 feet. Shipments were below normal pro duction 9,552,907 feet, or 13.64 per cent, and below actual production 9,463,629 feet, or 13.53 per cent. Orders Exceed Shipments. Orders for the week exceeded ship ments 7.90 per cent, or 5.192,098 feet. This is the first time in many weeks that the order column has exceeded that which represents delivery. In the rail trade new business for the week LOAN BOARD WHO WILL CONDUCT . HEARING IN PORTLAND ON THURSDAY. Qniolc and W. W. Flanaaan, Secretar y. G. McAdoo and W. S. A. Smith. EGO XT AX. - PORTLAND, - ON PORTLAND-VANCOUVER INTERSTATE BRIDGE AND APPROACH. x, ', iM M '? 2 3k s m f " 7 f , tJ-- . I t - f ',1(1 amounted to 2223 carloads, or approxi mately 55,575,000 feet. Shipments by rail amounted to 2009 cars, or 50,225,000 feet. New orders for rail delivery ex ceeded shipments by rail 5,350,000 feet, or 8.98 per cent. In the cargo trade new business for export delivery amounted to only 2,156,000 feet and in the Coastwise do mestic trade 7,966,805 feet. Shipments by water amounted to 4,035,979 feet in the Coastwise trade and 1,668,000 feet in the export trade. Southern Pine Demand Gains. The Southern pine situation continues very encouraging with both orders and shipments greatly in excess of produc tion, which at Southern mills is still more than 10 per cent below normal. Orders in yellow pine for the week exceeded production by 24,221,614 feet, or 26.92 per cent. Shipments exceeded production by 13,873,662 feet, or 15.42 per cent. The Increase in orders in yellow pine over the previous week was 10,347,952 feet, or 2.37 per cent. New business represented 114,202,684 feet, or 5783 carloads. Thirty-one Inland Bmpire mills re port orders 38.95 per cent below pro duction and 28.62 per cent below ship ments, which in turn are 14.46 per cent below production. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our thanks to our many friends for their kindness and beautiful floral offerings in the sick ness and death of our loved one. (Signed) Mr. and Mrs. Robert Funston Adv. and Family. Seated George W. Norrla, William SEPTEMBER - 3.- 1916. BRIDGE NEAR READY Approaches of Structure Are Soon to Be Paved. DAMAGE TO FILL REPAIRED Last Fonr Spans Are Set Up and Waiting to Bo ' Placed Com pletion Before End of Oc tober Is Anticipated. With all but four spans in. and with those spans set up, painted and ready for placing, the Interstate bridge, which is to span the Columbia River, Joining Portland and Vancouver, is now nearing completion. E. E. Howard, of Kansas City, con sulting engineer of the Bridge Commis sion, who made an inspection of the structure Friday, estimated that the bridge will be completed, with the ex ception of the hard surfacing of the approaches, by the end of October. The hard surfacing also will be well under way by that time, as bids for that work arc to be opened on September 19. The date of the final completion of the .bridge will of necessity depend largely on the weather conditions pre vailing, this Fall. As a consequence, nothing definite relative to setting a time fo a formal opening celebration has yet been done, although the Bridge Commission is planning on such an event, and has invited commercial and similar organiation to particioate. Draw Span Goea In LaKt. It is possible that three of the four remaining spans will be put in this month. That depends greatly, how ever, on the progress of the finishing work on other sections of the bridge and approach. The fourth span, how ever, will not be put in until the ma chinery for lifting the draw span has been installed and ts in operation, thereby permitting the free passage of vessels. This lift span will be in operation by the last of this month, according to present indications. The north tower at the end of this span has been com pleted, and the south tower is in course of construction. The weights, which will be used in raising the draw, will be of 600 tons each. The work of putting in the concrete base for the paving on the flooring of tje bridge also is nearing comple tion. The concrete now is laid on all but one of the six spans on the Oregon side, and the work has been started on the three spans now in on the Washington side. The work of paint ing the spans 'a progressing rapidly. Slottffh Brlda-e Xearlr Ready. V. Hen completed, the bridge will consist of 13 spans, including the draw span, and. with the approach, will be the longest highway bridge in the world. It is said. The Oregon Slough bridge. 1050 feet long, which forms a part of the ap proach, is now almost completed, there remaining but the laying of the paving across it and the painting of the steel work. The paving work on this bridge was started Friday, and it is expected to be completed in a few days, a spe cial grade of bitulithic being used. Two coats of paint will be put upon the dteel work of the bridge. This bridge, which consists of 10 spans, is of the Approach to the Bridare laed In Laylnr ravine About tne in itself a large structure, although it naturally loses by . comparison with the main bridge. The smaller bridge across Columbia Slough will be put in probably next month. The flood waters did consider able damage to the concrete facing wall on the fill there, by undermining it and causing it to cave in, with the result that most of this will have to be replaced. This will be done shortly, and the bridge work will then be un dertaken. Approximately 10.000 yards of mate rial were lost by the sinking of the fill between Oregon Slough and the Columbia River during the time the water was high. This however, has been replaced, and the fill is now prac tically up to grade its entire length, and ready for the work of paving to begin. Mr. Howard expressed himself as highly pleased with the success which had followed the work on the fill. Ho declared it to be remarkable that the flood waters had not damaged the fill to a greater" extent. The fill is now solid and well packed, and by the next high water season it is anticipated will be in condition to withstand anv flood. The time limit on all contracts now let will expire by the end of October. None of the contractors, however, an ticipate any difficulty in completing their work by that time. LETTER-WRITER IS FINED Man Tays $500 for Mailing Obscene Matter. Willard Brown, indicted on a charge of cending obscene matter through the mails, pleaded guilty in Federal Court yesterday and was fined 1500. Brown, who was a superintendent on some reclamation construction work at Hermiston. was charged with writ ing improper matter to a married woman whom he knew. The husband of the woman discovered some of the letters and brought the charges. A minimum weekly ware of for ex perienceii women and frlrla employed In re tall atores Is provided hy the Masnachusetta law that went Into effect January 1. The number affected by the new taw la eatimated to be 10.fXV. Rupture Relieved with a good truss that is properly fitted. We are experts at fitting trusses and have them at $1.50 and up. The SEELEY-SPERMATIC SHIELD appliance, for which we are exclusive agents, usually closes the opening in 10 days. Satisfaction and fit guaranteed or money back. Laue-Davis Drug Co. TRUSS EXPERTS 3d and Yamhill Sts., Portland, Oregon. REED STUDENTS END LONG MOTOR TRIP Neil Malarkey and C. F. Larra- bee Arrive Here From New York City. 3499 MILES ARE COVERED Best Road in AVhole liun Is Colum bia Highway Worst Stretcb. Is Also Found In Oregon From Pendleton to Eclio. The State of Oregon furnished the best road and also the worst road en countered by Neil Malarkey. son of Dan J. Malarkey, of this city, and Charles F. Larrabee. of Bellingham, Wash., son of the late C. X. Larrabee. formerly of Portland, who reached Fortland Friday night. after a 3499-mile motor trip across the continent from New York City. The trip was made in 14 days and seven hours, and at a total cost of $340. Malarkey, who is a junior stu dent at Keed College, and Larrabee, who Is a senior at the same institution, went East to attend the Summer school course at Columbia University. New York City. "The Columbia River Highway was by far the best and most scenic road we met on the entire trip across the continent," said the two collegians en thusiastically as they discussed their trip in Mr. Larrabee's room at the Hotel Benson yesterday. "On the other hand, the road from Pendleton to Echo was about the worst that con fronted us anywhere." "Bearcat Is V'sed. The trip was made in a high-powered "bearcat" roadster, which Mr. Larrabee purchased just before leaving New York. They didn't experience a par ticle of trouble until entering Portland, via Belmont street, when a spring was broken. Curiously enough, all of their tire trouble, four punctures and a blow out, also occurred at the tail end of the Journey, between Spokane and Portland. The party was joined at Spokane by J. H. Rogers, another Reed College stu dent, who will leave this morning with Mr. Larrabee for Bellingham. Ther he will visit with his college mate until the opening of the Portland col lege. "We carried blankets and slept out once or twice, but most of our stops were made at hotels and we made no attempt at all to cook meals. The best way to make the cross-continent tour pleasantly and economically woulrt b to camp out." was Mr. Larrabee's con clusion. "1 believe I could write a compre hensive thesis on 'hash houses' and graveyards, as it seemed like we saw more of them than anything else on our trip." said Mr. Malarkey. "Although we found the residents of Montana most congenial and obliging of all, everyone we met seemed willing to tell us all they knew about the roads ahead. The trouble is they were usually wrong. Gambo Roada Bad. "We had a fine trip and enjoyed every minute along the road except on those gumbo highways between Fargo and Bismarck and in the 'bad lands' of North Dakota, where five miles an hour is the extreme limit during wet weather. Theykept us chasing the blue sky a long while looking for dry spots. North Dakota gumbo is black, oily dirt that looks very much like graphite and It is just as sticky. "The Pennsylvania highways were wonderful, every inch of the way being paved from tho time we entered the state until we had crossed it. But the Columbia Highway looked best of all to us, and we were awfully glad. too. to see Oregon's mountains again." The start was made from the Eastern metropolis after what the Summer school students styled six "sweet weeks in New York, the average day's run for the two weeks being about i50 miles. lght Stops Named. The night stops were at the follow ing cities and towns in the order named: Philadelphia. Rochester, Fort Wayne, Chicago, La Crosse. Wis.; Min neapolis. Sauk Center.' Minn.: James town, N. D.; Dickinson. N. D.; Miles City. Mont.: Big Timber, Mont.; Mis soula, Spokane, and the final night was spent on the bank of the John Day River. Oregon, the ferryman re fusing to carry them over at the time of their arrival, shortly before mid night. The trip from Spokane to Portland was the roughest of the entire trip, the young motorists say, especially those parts from the Snake River to Walla Walla, from Pendleton through Echo to The Dalles, and the road from Hood River to the Multnomah County line on the Highway. The hauling ot grain and water in these localities, they say. has made the roads rutty and dusty McXary to Spend Time Here. Chairman McNai y. of the Republican State Central Committee, who was in Portland yesterday attending a session of the Speakers Bureau, aranged be fore leaving last night to return early this week and to remain at state head quarters. In the Soiling building, the greater part of the time during the campaign. He will return to Salem only at such times as pressing business require?. A f