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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 6, 1917.
IE IS
GREAT UNDERTAKING
H. A. Rands, Oregon City En
gineer, Returns From Ar
duous Alaskan Trip.
PLANS FOR BIG SPAN MADE
Conditions In Northern District
Reported to lie Good, With
Wages High and Business
at Its Height.
OREGON CITT, Or., May 5. H. A.
- Rands, engineer of this city, who left
here on New Year's day for Alaska,
where he was summoned by the Rail
road Commission to make test borings
for the Government railroad bridge
l spanning the Tanana River, returned to
Oregon City Thursday night, after mak
ing the necessary tests.
The bridge, which is to be con
structed of steel, will be located at
Kenana, about 60 miles from Fairbanks.
Great care must be made in designing
and constructing this bridge, owing to
the condition of the river in the early
Spring when the ice commences to
Tnelt. During the making of the borings
the river was frozen, the thermometer
ranging at that place during part of
January and up to February from 40
to 50 degrees below zero. The bridge
will Bpan the river for about 1000 feet.
Last year there were 700 men em
ployed in constructing the railroad on
the Nenana division, and the number
for the coming Summer will no doubt
double that number. The railroad now
under construction is to extend from
Seward to Fairbanks, a distance of 450
miles.
Trip Made By Sled.
Sailing from Seattle, Wash., January
.1, on the steamer Spokane, Mr. Rands
started for Cordova, a distance of 1500
miles. Arriving at that point he took
the inland trip along the Copper River
& Northwestern Railroad to Chitina,
a distance of 130 miles. From Chitina
he made the trip to Fairbanks, a dis-
'"tance of 329 miles, by horse and sleigh,
the horses being changed twice daily
while en route to Fairbanks. Much of
this trip was through a wild and un
settled country, but Mr. Rands enjoyed
the novelty of such a trip. Roadhouses
are built along the road leading to
Fairbanks, averaging one to every 15
miles. This stage line is operated by
the Northern Commercial Company.
From Fairbanks to Nenana the trip
was made by dogsleds. This was a dis-
tance of 60 miles. The driver and Mr.
Rands "took turns" in driving the
dogs. Mr. Rands says that although
they made excellent time the team
taking his sled was not as active as
some of the team's in that section of
the country, but the animals were well
trained.
The Government has purchased the
railroad line at Seward, this railroad
line having been constructed several
years ago, and this road is to be re
built in many places and giatly im
proved and extended to Nenana and on
to Fairbanks, the terminus.
Anchorage Dranlng Many.
Anchorage is the new town of Alaska
that is drawing many people to that
" country,' this being located about 110
miles nearer the coal fields than
Seward, and promises to be the great
shipping point for that product about
eight months of the year. The remain
ing months this port will be closed
. by ice, and the coal will have to be
transferred by train to be shipped from
Seward. Anchorage at the present. time
is the liveliest town in Alaska.
Everywhere Mr. Rands visited in
Alaska he was known as "The man
from the city -where they make the
Kood woolen clothing." Many of the
prospectors are wearing the clothing
manufactured here by the Oregon City
Manufacturing Company, and among
those priding himself on wearing Ore
Ron City macklnaws is Commissioner
Thomas Riggs. Jr., of the Government
railroad- of Alaska.
Mr. Rands says that there is plenty
f work for men in Alaska this Sum
mer, and that the wages are good. New
headquarters are being erected by the
Railroad Commission for the comfort
of tne employes and board may be se
cured from $1.25 per day.
3 FIRE TOWERS ORDERED
Torest Reserve Stations to Be rut on
Southern Oregon Heights.
MEDFORD, Or., May 5. (Special.)
A forest fire observation post 10,000
feet above the sea will be a new fea
ture of the fire-fighting department
of the United States Forest Service in
Southern Oregon this year. Forest Su
pervisor Martin Erickson announced
Thursday that the Government would
establish three new observation towers,
one on the peak of Mount McLoughlin,
one on Hustler Peak and one on Windy
Peak. The towers will be built by the
Government and shipped to Medford
knocked down, each tower weighing
7000 pounds. . '
, From the summit of Mount McLough
lin, the highest peak' in Southern Ore
gon, it is estimated that a fire 75 miles
away may be detected.
50 JUNIORS WELL DRILLED
Hood River Lads Take Long Hikes
and Attend Church. '
HOOF) RIVER. Or.. May 5. (Special.)
Captained by Teddy Hackett, a young
Hood. River High School lad, the 50
.Junior Home Guard boys of this city
are developing into a well-drilled unit.
Some of the boys, who meet every
Thursday night for : instruction, are
just entering their teens. Local Na
t ional Guard officers have taken an in
terest in helping the boys out with the
manual of arms.
Each Saturday, from 10 until 2
o'clock, the boys make a long and ar
duous hike, taking their luncheons
with them. At 3 o'clock each Sunday
afternoon the boys attend chapel at the
First Baptist Church.
Cowlitz Papers Change Hands.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. May 6.
(Special.) Three of Cowlitz County's
newspapers have changed hands with
in a week. The Cowlitz County Advo
cate for many years owned by the late
G. F. "McClane and later by Mrs. Nellie
I. McClane, was sold this week to John
W. Phillips, of Kelso, for many years
a successful newspaper man. The In
dependent, also of this city, formerly
owned by Mrs. Ella W. Fletcher, has
been taken over by D. D. Imus, former
ly connected with the Kalama Bulletin.
Kite Imus last week sold the Kalama
Bulletin, which was founded by him
"S years ago, to a company headed by
Millard Gore, an attorney of Kalama.
TANANA
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WILLAMINA teachers and pupils participate in may day
EXERCISES.
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INDIANS SEEK FUNDS
Coast Tribes Claim $12,000,
000 From Government.
TREATY OF 1855 REVIVED
New Chief Is Elected and Agent Is
Empowered, to Present Subject to
Congress Meeting Held at
Scene of Original Pact.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. May 6. (Spe
cial.) On the same spot where the
Treaty of Empire was signed and
sealed August 30, 1855. between the
United States Government and the
Coast Indians. Including the Coos,
Umpqua and Siuslaw tribes, the rem
nants of those aborigines met at Em
pire in the old Pioneer Hotel, a relio
of better days, last Monday night and
sat in council to consider affairs of
vital interest to the large gathering
of surviving full-blood and mixed
blood descendants.
The council of last Monday was
called to provide a chief for the In
dians of the tribes mentioned, the last
recognized chief, Bob Burns, who was
a Coos, having died five or six years
ago. Until the attempt by George
Wasson, .a Coos descendant and a
graduate of Carlisle, to secure for the
coastal tribes a settlement of their
claims, there had been no apparent
reason for a chief, for the tribes were
scattered, dead and without concentra
tion. When the Treaty of Empire was
dug from the dusty tomes of the Con
gressional Library and Department of
the Interior, Congressmen who were
fair-minded toward Indian claims,
recognized the Justness of the appeal
and ordered an investigation, which.
to be presented in legal form, de
manded the election of a chief and
credentials from the three tribes who
were signatories to the treaty.
Tribes Are Represented.
The attendance at the council was
about 75, and they came from near
by and isolated districts, where, under
the necessity of making a living, th
men and women without a country had
drifted. The gathering was fully rep
resentative and members from the
three tribes were at the council. Al
though the main point at issue was the
question of providing funds for con
tinuing the quest in Congress, the
Indians, though poor and hard pressed.
showed the spirit of their forefathers
when the Government, after 20 years
of neglect of the tribes, sent a special
agent to their last Government "cor
ral" at Yachata to sign another treaty
and again stood for what they be
lieved was right. They guaranteed
money for the work and for the best
Indian claim .attorney to be procured.
The organisation was completed at
the council of this week by the selec
tion of Jimmy Johnson, of Reedsport,,
WAR SURGEON WILL LECTURE
The hospitals of the great war as h
search service on the western front wll
Matson's address at the Broadway Th
of the American Red Cross, to which th
"Impressions of the War, Drawn F
Front." the first-hand experiences of o
leal Corps as a Lieutenant under Dr.
gruesome detail and will be lllustrat
Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie is president o
Red Cross.
The Portland chapter, estimates Dr.
during the coming year for local servio
relief. The proceeds of Monday night'
that cause. y .
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WILLAMINA, Or.. May 6. (Special.)
Students and teachers of the Wllla
mlna school participated In May-day
exercises that Included an interesting
programme in the classrooms and
dances out-of-doors. Several hundred
persons watched the performances of
the children. Nearly the entire after
noon wag devoted to the festivities.
a Coos and Umpqua. as chief of the
tribesmen. George Wasson was re
quested to become the leader, but, being
only a half-blood descendant, declined,
believing a true Indian should hold the
honor.
Power of Attorney Given.
A committee was appointed for the
purpose of drafting a contract with
Mr. Wasson, however, proclaiming him
attorney in fact of the tribes and giv
ing him full power to represent the
descendants at Washington. The com
mittee who conferred the powers are
all of full blood save one exception
Thomas Wasson, of Marshfleld. The
others are Charles Macey, Reedsport,
an Umpqua; Frank Drew, of Florence,
a Coos; William Dick, of Florence, a
Siuslaw; Peter Jordan, of Lakeside, a
Coos.
Among the pure-blood representa
tives at the council were: Jimmy John
son, Reedsport; Lottie Jackson, North
Bend; Charles Macey, Reedsport; Lottie
Miller, Reedsport; Richard John, North
Bend; William Dick. Florence; Alice
Johnson, North Bend: Harry Reed,
Florence; Annie Baker, Jim Burns,
George Burns, Empire; William Moody,
Haynes Inlet; Jim Buchanan, Siuslaw
River.
Among the most Influential Indians
who is interested in seeing his rela
tives and old-time neighbors obtain
their rights is Jeff Harney, of the Sius
law district, a man with means and a
true hope for success of the attempt to
gain, the Indians' rights. He was 111
and unable to attend the council, but
sent assurances of his approval of the
prbceeedlngs.
The claims set up by the three tribes
represent something over J 12,000,01)0
and the preliminaries have been so well
forwarded that there is a good pros
pect of settlement within the next two
years.
WILLIAM HUGHES IS DEAD
Funeral of Stockman WW Bo Held
Tomorrow at Hcppner.
William Hughes, prominent stock
man of Heppner, Or., died at his home
In Portland, 474 Tlllamok street, yes
terday morning at 8 o'clock following
an illness of several months. The fu
neral will be held tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock at Heppner.
Mr. Hughes was 67 years old, and
had been a resident of Oregon since
1878, having come to the United States
from Ireland. Besides his widow he
leaves four children. Dr. W. G. Hughes,
of Milton. Or.; Percy Hughes, of Hepp
ner; Mrs. William Whitfield and. Miss
Helena Hughes, of Portland.
The body is in charge of Holman's
Undertaking Company.
FOR BENEFIT OF RED CROSS.
e saw them in his ten months of re
1 afford the theme of Dr. Ralph C.
eater Monday night under the auspices
e proceeds will be devoted,
rom Observations Along the Western
ne who served in the Royal Army Med-
Slr Almroth Wright, will be free from
ed with lantern slides.
f the Portland chapter of the American
Mackenzie, will require at least $50,000
e and for furnishing military and civil
address will be devoted entirely to
LEGAL FUND SOUGHT
Governor Calls for Meeting of
Emergency Board.
$3000 ALLOWANCE ASKED
Question of Further Prosecution of
' Alleged Fraud by Pacific Live
stock Company la In
volved in Issue.
SALEM. Or.. May 5. (Special.) Attorney-General
Brown today made for
mal request that Secretary of State Ol-
cott call together the Emergency Board,
following the authorization of the State
Land Board that such request be made,
to ascertain whether a deficiency ap
propriation of more than $3000 will be
granted to make further investigations
Into the proposition of continuing pros
ecuslon of the Pacific Livestock Com
pany's land-fraud case.
The Attorney-General also asks Sec
retary Olcott to notify C. B. McConnell.
of Burns, of the time of such meeting
and supplement it with an invitation
that he be present.
In filing the request at Attorney
General also filed a statement. Identi
cal with the statement which was filed
with the Land Board at the request of
the Governor and also identical with
the statement of facts which the Attorney-General
presented to the Legis
lature. The Attorney-General says, in his
letter to Mr. OlJbtt that "In 1915 the
Legislature appropriated $10,000 'for
the payment of the expenses of litiga
tion and contingent expenses connected
therewith, adcrulng in civil cases where
not otherwise provided for and includ
ing the estimated expenses of
witnesses, court costs, traveling, pro
curing evidence and expenses of every
kind In the prosecution of the Hyde
Benson cases and in the prosecution of
the litigation arising out of land frauds
in Harney and Grant counties.' Of this
amount, $3536.48 remain unexpended
and I am asking that the emergency
board authorize the expenditure of a
sura of money equal to this unexpended
balance."
The date of the emergency board
meeting has been set for May 28, at
which time, beside Mr; McConnell and
the Attorney-General, it is expected
that representatives of the Pacific
Livestock Company will be present to
give their side of the case.
GHAMPOEG M CANVAS
FRENCH CANADIAN, ARTIST BUSY
ON HISTORIC SCENE.
Party of Maiinai Find Painter Who
Hai Been Workinx 18 Months
. en Picture.
Somewhere near Champoeg, Or., one
Monsieur Gegoux, a French Canadian
artist, is bending all his efforts toward
the completion of a large painting
depicting the famous convention - of
early settlers at Champoeg, when Ore
gon was saved to the United States.
His retreat was discovered by a party
of Mazamas, who unwittingly made a
wrong turn in the road, with the re
sult that they chanced upon the paint
er's little cottage where he had worked
at the picture for 18 months, and where
he expects to labor for three months
more before he will be able to call it
complete.
The picture represents a group of
the leading men of Oregon at the time
and, according to those who saw it,
has been carefully worked out with
reference to accurate treatment of de
tail. M. Gegoux has consulted Messrs.
Himes and D'Arcy, of the Oregon His
torical Society, in his efforts to get ac
curate representations of the costumes
of the times. ,
Until the picture Is finished the artldt
does not wish it to be seen, and it was
only by the exercise of considerable
diplomacy that the Mazamas were per
mitted to see it. At his request they
have kept his exact whereabouts a
secret.
CATHOLIC ORDER MEETS
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO IN
ITIATE 5 CANDIDATES TODAY.
Three Decree Will Be Conferred at
Cathedral Ball State Convention
Opens Tomorrow.
Preliminary to the annual state con
vention of the Knights of Columbus,
which convenes in -Portland tomorrow,
the local council will initiate a class
of 75 candidates in the three degrees
today at Cathedral Hall, Seventeenth
and Couch streets. The members and
council will attend mass at the
Cathedral at 9:45 o'clock and at 11
o'clock the first degree will be ex
emplified. At -:30 o'clock the second
degree will be put on and the thlru
degree will follow.
At 7 o'clock tonight a banquet will
be served at the Portland Hotel, with
knights and their ladles attending.
Covers are being placed for 500. There
will be a music programme ty Miss
Adel M. Barnlckel, soloist, accom
panied by Mrs. Bernlce Warren: Wal
ter A. Bacon, violinist, accompanied by
Mrs. Warren; Mrs. Cathiren Frederlch,
soloist, accompanied by Miss Ethel
Mahoney; Miss Alice Genevieve Smith,
harpist; Hartridge Whlpp, baritone so
loist, accompanied by Leonora Fisher
Whlpp, and Dr. Emil Ennman, pianist.
Addresses will be made by A. A.
Smith, past grand knight. Baker Coun
cil, on "Citizenship"; Thomas Brown,
grand knight. Cherry City Council, Sa
lem, on "Knighthood in the Willamette
Clamped to Any Row
boat in Two .Minutes.
EVINRUDE MOTOR CO.
Wholesale and Retail. Northwest Distributing Branch Office.
211 Morrison SU, Portland, Or.
Valley"; P. J. Gallagher, grand knight.
Ontario Council, Ontario, on "Knight
hood In Eastern Oregon"; A. G. Bag
ley, supreme agent. New Haven, Conn.,
on "Columblanlsm"; Frand J. Loner
Kan, district deputy, Portland, on
"Fraternalism"; John G." Mullen, grand
knight. Coos Council, North Bend, on
"Knighthood in Coos Bay"; and W. A.
Barrett, state deputy, Albany, on "The
Good of the Order."
The programme will close with the
singing of the "Star Spangled Banner"
by the assemblage, led by Mrs. Whlpp.
THEODORE BUCKMAN DIES
Early Resident of Oregon Passed
Later Years in Washington.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 6. (Spe
cial.) Theodore Buckman. who came to
Oregon in 1868 from his former home In
Indiana, crossing the Isthmus of
Panama, died suddenly at the home of
his daughter in beattle last night.
When he came to Oregon he settled at
Can by. In 1874 he moved to Clarke
County, securing a farm near this city
on which he lived until recently.
He was 72 years of age. He leaves
three daughters Mrs. J. A. Roane, of
Seattle, and Mrs. A. M. Condit and Mrs.
Earl Carson, of this city.
The funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The body will
be laid to rest beside that of his wife,
who died in 1911, in the Vancouver City
Cemetery.
DEAD CHILD'S FATHER SUES
Astoria Auto Truck Owners Named in
$10,000 Damage Case.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 6. (Special.)
Jehu Barnes filed a ault in the Circuit
Court today against Edward Lundholm
and Frank F. Seaborg, doing business
as the Seaborg Transfer Company, to
recover $10,000 damages for the death
of the plaintiff's daughter, Lena May
Barnes. The child was fatally Injured
on the evening of April 18 by being
struck by a delivery car driven by the
defendant Seaborg, while the child was
at play on Bond street, near the corner
of First.
Negligence on the part of the defend
ant is charged in that he "had no
lights burning on his machine, was
running at a. reckless speed, unreason
ably close to the curb of the sidewalk,
and without a horn."
BODY IS 0NWAY EAST
Late Mrs. Cordelia Martin to Be
Buried at Minneapolis.
OREGON CITY. Or May 5. The
body of Mrs. Cordelia Martin, widow
of the late R. L. Martin, was sent to
day to Minneapolis. Minn., for burial
and was accompanied by Mrs. Martin's
son, A. L. Martin, of Long Beach. Cal..
who arrived Tuesday evening. The
funeral services were conducted on
Wednesday afternoon. Rev. J. R. Lands
borough, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, officiating.
Mrs. Martin died on Monday evening
of last week, .her drain being due to
a fall received V .o weeks previous.
She was 85 years old and had been
making her home with her grand
daughter, Mrs. W. W. -Munger, of this
city.
CHEHALIS H0LSTEIN IS HIGH
Princess- Buttercup Gives 2 082
Pounds of Milk in April.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. May 5. (Spe
cial.) B. C. Wright, tester for the Che
halis District Cow Testing Association,
has just turned In the report of the
association for Aprik The average
production for the month was 731
pounds of milk and 28.8 pounds of but
ter fat, at a cost of $8.84. which is low,
owing to Inferior feed and cold weather.
Princess Buttercup, a Holstein owned
by F. M. Svinth, ranked highest on the
list with 2082 pounds of milk. 3.77 per
eent fat and 78.491 butterfat. Only 51
cows produced over 40 pounds of but
terfat in April. - N
Clatskanie Class to Give Play.
CLATSK ANIE, Or., May 5. (Special.)
The senior class of the local school
will present "Farm Folks," a comedy
drama play to be given at the Colum
bia Theater, on May 19. The cast is
made up from the best members of the
Dramatic Society of the school.
Germans Report Captures, Too.
BERLIN, via London, May 6. French
troops penetrated German positions
COZY
DAIRY
LUNCH
823 Washlna-tea St.
Near Sixth
CHOICE STEAKS
T-Bone 40c, Tenderloin 80c.
Small Club 25c Small Sirloin 16c.
Select Roast Beef or Baked
Sugar Ham. 15c
Rich Waffles or Hoteak.es at all
hoars xOe
Delicious
Coffee.
Pies. Pas
tries and
ALL SHORT OR
DERS ANY TIME
POPULAR PRICES
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
BUSINESS
IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY
FOR SALE
Established over 60 years. Can sat
isfy anyone interested that this Is
an exceptional opportunity. Will re
quire about $30,000 to handle propo
sition. Dealings direct with owners.
Address BD-381, Oregonlan.
EVINRUDE
ENGINES
For Row Boats, Canoes and Motor Boats
OVER 80,000 SOLD
IN USE BY 24 GOVERNMENTS
In Use by Over 4000 Fishermen.
In Use by U. S. War Department.
In Use by U. S. Lighthouse Service.
Largest Manufacturers of Rowboat Motors
in the World. Ask for Catalogue No. 10.
F. G. Epton, Mgr.
Dp
The American Red Cross
Portland Chapter
Takes pleasure in announcing the
First Public Appearance of
Dr. Ralph C. Matson
Who has just returned from France, after ten
months of activity with the
Research Laboratory Staff of
Sir Elworth Wright
IN A LECTURE
At the Broadway Theater
Monday Night, May 7 at 8: 1 5
Subject
'impressions of the - European War"
Drawn from service with the British Armies
in France.
No Grewsome Pictures Will Be Shown
Admission 50c
Entire proceeds to be donated to the American
Red Cross, Portland Chapter.
Attention, Volunteer Workers!
-- The Portland Chapter
American Red Cross
will start work in all branches
Monday Morning, 10 o'Clock
Auditorium, Eighth Floor
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
east of Neuvllle yesterday, but were
subsequently driven out, the War Of
t ice announces. The Cermans captured
di Ball-Bearing fcCT,
Ball-Beau ino
LAWN
MOWERS
run easier
Hcut better W Jm
Year in and year out
the "GREAT AMERICAN" will stay sharp
and do first-class work.
The highly tempered tool-steel blades con
stantly sharpen themselves against a lip
edged straight knife, thereby saving the an
nual expense of regrinding bills so necessary
with ordinary lawn mowers.
The "GREAT AMERICAN" shears the grass
"clean as a whistle" and makes the task of
grass cutting an easy one.
The experiences of many of our oldest cus
tomers justify our claims that the "GREAT
AMERICAN" will last for years and give
satisfaction to the user.
We carry in stock the largest and most com
plete variety of Lawn Mowers in the city
at prices to suit every pocketbook.
Call in and let us show you our offerings.
Planting Time-
A fittle sunshine
brought out the -"city farmers" by the hun
dreds and as a result HOES, RAKES and
SPADES have been going out at a lively
' rate. If you have not bought yours yet,
remember that we have everything required
in the garden tool line.
Poultry Netting
Cut leifgths in widths from 12 inches to 72
inches or in full rolls of 150 feet.
GARDEN TROWELS, GRASS SHEARS,
LAWN MOWER SHARPENERS,
GARDEN HOSE.
Honeyman Hardware Co.
FOURTH AT ALDER
. PORTLAND'S LARGEST HARDWARE STORE.
500 French. The number of British
prisoners, the statement says, has been
Increased to 1!25.
during the past week has
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