The Sunday Oregonian., May 20, 1917, Section One, Page 12, Image 12

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ROAD BOND DEBATE
HELD AT ESTACADA
Jay Bowerman, Before Crowd
of 250, Opposes Mr. Spence
and H. C. Stephens.
OPPOSITION MET SQUARELY
Burden of Argument by Master of
State Grange Is Based on Gen
eral Opposition to Issuing
Bonds of Any Kind.
Invading a supposedly unfriendly dis
trict. Jay Bowerman, before an audience
of 250 voters at Estacada Friday "nigrht,
debated with C. E. Spence, master of
the State Grange, and H. C. Stephens,
State Representative from Clackamas
County, on the proposed road-band
issue.
The burden of the argument by Mr.
Spence was based on bis general oppo
sition to the issuing' of bonds for any
purpose! He insisted that all funds for
'building' roads and other public im
provements should be raised by direct
taxation.
He argued that the state should bear
the expense of grading, draining and
rock-crushing roads throughout the
elate and allow the counties to hard
eurface the same as they were finan
cially able to perform the work.
Aside from being opposed to issuing
bonds for any purpose, Mr. Spence ob
jected to the proposed road-bond bill
for the reason that the life of the hard
eurface roads, he alleged, would not
survive the 25-year period within which
the bonds were to be redeemed; that
the average life of hard-surfaced roads
was from 10 to 15 years, awhile the pro
posed road bonds were to run for 25
years.
Illustrations of Wear Given. -
Mr. Bowerman called attention to the
pavement on Fifth street in Portland,
which was laid 15 years ago, had sus
tained much of the heavy traffic and
was today in a most serviceable condi
tion, with every indication that it
would last 15 or 20 years longer.
Replying to the contention of Mr.
Spence that road- building and all other
public improvements should be paid
from a direct tax, Mr. Bowerman in
sisted that taxes already are burden
some. He defended the plan of issu
ing bonds in lieu of increasing an al
ready oppressive tax levy by pointing
out that it was a practical method of
deriving immediate benefits by capital
izing a revenue already provided by
statute.
He called to the attention of the
audience the fact that the increased
automobile license and the quarter-mill
etate road tax, which are already pro
vided by law, will have to be paid any
way, regardless of whether or not the
bonds are approved; that the only ques
tion Involved in the $6,000,000 bond bill
was whether or not this revenue shall
be used as a basis for issuing bonds
and proceed with a practical plan of
road building that will insure results
as opposed to the method now in prac
tice of scattering the same amount of
money over the different counties with
out gaining results commensurate with
the expenditures.
Figures on Couta Quoted.
Quoting figures, Mr. Bowerman
showed that Clackamas County, under
the existing quarter-jnill state road tax
in the four years that law has been in
effect, has paid J31.640.28 into the state
highway fund and in return has re
ceived only $1169.
In 191$ the automobile licenses paid
in Clackamas County amounted to $4008.
Having been doubled by an act of the
last Legislature, the automobile licenses
from the same county this year will ag
gregate more than $8000, which, with
$7885. raised from the quarter-mill
state road tax, makes & total of ap
proximately $16,000 annually.
Mr. Stephens, who spoke against the
road bonds and any other plan of build
ing roads except by Increasing taxes,
admitted that he was obliged to walk
three miles over a muddy road be
cause it was Impassable for his ma
chine, In order to attend the meeting.
W. R. RAYL IS ARRESTED
"Warrant Served at Condon on
Charge of Non-Support.
W. R. Rayl, former proprietor of
a freak candy store on Washington
street, between Broadway and Sixth
street, was arrested at Condon, Or.,
yesterday on a warrant charging non
suport. Issued by Deputy Attorney
Dempsey.
Advices that the arrest had been
made were received by Deputy Sheriff
Beckman from Sheriff Lillie, of Gilliam
County.
The complaint against Rayl Is made
by his wife, Doris Rayl.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Rayl, they were married In San Fran
cisco about two years .ago. About a
year ago Rayl is aUeged to have left
her on the pretext of traveling for
some concern. Later she learned ha
was in Portland and followed him hers.
Sha says that her husband has con
tributed less than $50 for her sup
port since he left her.
- Rayl was brought into the limelight
several months ago when ha was ar
rested at an apartment' ho use. where
his wifa declared he was living with
two other women.
TEACHERS ARE IN DEMAND
Summer School at Normal Expects
Large Attendance.
OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Mon
mouth. Or.,f May 19. (Special.) Ac
cording to information received here the
entrance of a large number of school
teachers Into the Army this summer
may swell the demand for women
teachers. Plans are being made to pro
vide class room for the largest num
ber of women and girls that ever at
tended the summer session. It is esti
mated that school teaching will become
much more attractive for women when
the fall semester opens.
. The demand for grada teachers Is ex
pected not to be cut down, as the' pupils
are below the age limit of the draft
and many are too young to be used for
outside work.
Concert at Sandy Enjoyed.
SANDY, Or.. May 19. (Special. The
concert given In Shelley's Hall Satur
day . evening. May 12. by Miss HaTH
Boardman and Professor C H. Chap
man, of Portland, was well attended,
and proved a treat to the music-lovers
of Sandy and vicinity. The numbers
rendered were beautiful and highly
appreciated. Professor Chapman is a
well-known teacher of violin and piano
in Portland and a former instructor
In musio at Pacific University of For
est Grove. Miss Boardman is a piano
iMcncr oi x-oruana ana also has a
class In Sayy
"MUD TAX" MAKES IT NECESSARY FOR FOUR
TEAMS TO DO HAULING OF SINGLE TRUCK
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ter Roads Evident in District Where Little Highway
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The road between tha little town of
Blachley, in Western Lane County, and
Junction City, Or., is a good example
of the economic wastefulness of the
"mud tax" for roads that taxpayers
in many Oregon communities are pay
ing. Blachley is the trading point for a
very rich and productive valley called
the Lake' Creek Valley, supporting
about 100 families. Because of its iso
lation the valley is given over largely
to dairying, and its chief products are
cream, butter and cheese.
Mr. Slayter, the storekeeper, carries
a large stock of general merchandise,
which he is obliged to "tote" by wagon
from Junction City over the Coast
Range mountains, a distance of about
25 miles.
Hauling the products of Blachley out
to Junction City and hauling in sup
plies from there is a most difficult Job,
however, for the heavy wagons sink
hub deep in the mud over miles and
miles of the dirt road. The mud is not
confined to a few stretches, but is the
prevailing condition.
The people of this community have
for years voted upon themselves a spe
cial road tax of 10 mills to improve
their roads. Tet the only return they
get out' of It is a continuation of its
almost impassable condition. It Is a
good example of the Inutility of a
"mud tax."
"This road Is typical of many others!
BRITISH PLAN MEETING
EMPIRE DAT TO BE OBSERVED 1
-WITH PROGRAMME.
Best Vocal and Instrumental Talent
In City Obtained for Satnr
' day Entertainment.
Some of the best vocal and Instru
mental talent of the city has been en
listed by the British societies for the
celebration of Empire day, to be held
at the Lincoln High School auditorium
next Saturday evening.
An address will be delivered by Dan.
J. Malarkey on 'United for Democracy,"
Sladame Lucie Valalr, Who Will Appear
at Empire Day Celebration .Next Sat
urday NiKbt.
and the speaker can tell at first hand
of tha great effort which is being made
by Britain. The entertainment will be
gin promptly at 8 o'clock. The proceeds
will be donated to tha British Red
Cross. The programme follows:
Part I Overture, orchastra, William Wal
lace Graham, conductor introductory re
marks. P. Chappell Browne, president Brit
ish Benevolent Society; vocal, (a) "SI tu
Maimals" (Danxa), b) "Spirit Flower"
(Campbell-Tipton), e) "To a Wild Rose"
(MacDowW), Madame Lucie Valalr. Lowell
Patton accompanist, accompanied by Jorg
Fasting- in ' his esthetic dance Inter
pretation. BaRplpe selections, pipes. J. K.
MacDonald. Walter Loch and David Gray;
vocal, George Wllber Reed; dance. "In
cense," Miss Katharine Laldlaw; selections,
II Selections, orchestra; address.
"United tor Democracy," Dan J. Malarkey;
vocal, "Spring Serenade" (Gilbert). Mrs.
Jane Burns Albert; Instrumental, medita
tion "Thais" (Massenet), Miss Helen Har
per, violin, and Miss Jean Harper, piano;
dance "Amaryllis," j, Kaiharlnj Laid-
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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN.. PORTLAND.
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in the state." commented State High
way Commissioner Adams. "With a
good road between Blachley and Junc
tion City, one auto truck could trans
port all products and bring In provi
sions in half a day, where four teams,
12 large, horses and two days' time of
four drivers now are required:
law; vocal, "Two Grenadiers" (Schumann),
Robert lyovell Wilson: selections, orchestra.
"God Sa the Kins." "Star-Span sled Ban
ner," Miss Van Dyke, accompanist.
RD
CROSS WORK AIDED
Extension Service of University Ac
' cepted for War Service.
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eugene,
May 19. (Special.) As a result of his
special trip to San Francisco to confer
with John L. Clymen,- director of tha
Paciflo jurisdiction of tha American
Red Cross, Director Earl Kllpa-rlck, of
tha university extension divisicn, an
nounced today that tha entire division
has been turned over to the Red Cross
and will be used by the Government
relief agency as organization and In
formation center for all war activities
in the state of Oregon for tha duration
of tha war.
Mr. Kllpatrlck was specially ap
pointed by President P. L. Campbell to
make this trip and was duly authorized
to offer tha whole of tha extension di
vision for war service. Including offi
ces and office force, local centers, reg
ular publications and traveling and
resident Instructors and lecturers.
CLACKAMAS CROPS GAIN
Increase of 10 Per Cent Over Last
Year In Tilled Area Reported.
OREGON CITT. Or.. May 19. (Spe
cial.) There has been an Increase of
about 10 per cent in the area of culti
vated land In Clackamas County during
the past year. If tha first 150 reports
of Clackamas County farmers in the
agricultural defense movement may be
taken as a guide. These reports, filed
with T. D. Case and E. B. Fitts. dis
trict representatives in tha movement
to centralize agricultural resources, are
coming in much more rapidly and with
mora accurate Information than had
been expected.
Preliminary meetings were held In
many Granges last Saturday and blank
forms distributed to tha farmers.
SOUTH BEND GETS MILL
Plant Will Start as Soon as Ma
chinery Is Installed.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. May 19. (Spe
cial.) The Tubbs Mill Company, of the
South Bend district, has machinery in
transit for a mill to be placed on tha
Leonard property on tha Cowlitz, Che
halls & Cascade line out from this city.
Foundations for the mill ara -under way
and operations will be begun as soon
as possible.
George Robinson, of this city, has a
contract with the Canadian Paciflo for
cedar poles and fir piling. Mr. Robin
son will get these from the land where
the Chehalis Mill Company expects to
log, which is also on the line of the
Cowlitz, Chehalis & Cascade out of this
Pit,
for Lake Creek Store
"Work Is Done.
-Need for Bet-
"Is It any wonder that a resident of
tnis community writes: 'I am sending
you four pictures of Mr. Slayter's
freight teams, showing you why we
are working for the road via Triangle
Lake. Wo are doing all we can for the
bond Issue. Let me know of any good
roads news. Yours for good roads.' "
BENSON ASKS INQUIRY
HIGH WAT COMMISSIONER DENIES
SEIKO I!T PAVING TRUST.
Offer of S10,0O for Aay Proof of
Complicity Renewed to Womaa
Who Makes Charges,
111 reply to a statement appearing
In the Bend Bulletin, quoting Mrs.
Knsor Wigmora of Corvallis, a mem
ber of the Farmers' Union, as declar
ing that 8. Benson, chairman of tha
State Highway Commission, was "con
nected with the paving trust," Mr.
Benson has written her a letter ask
ing her to Investigate before she re
peats any mora such statements.
Apparently tha facts brought out by
the 110,000 libel suit brought by Mr.
Benson against a Lebanon writer who
linked his noma with the paving trust
have not reached all parts of tha
state.
In his letter to Mrs. Wigmora Mr.
Benson says:
r Mr"-,,.Enor "Wlgmore, .Care Farmers Union.
Corvallis. Or, Dear Madam: Tou are quot
ed In the Bend Bulletin of May 10 aa having
said In a public speech that I was connected
with the paving trust, and therefore that my
appointment as a memBer of the State High
way Commission -was Immoral.
If you are an honest woman you will not
wish to make or repeat falsa statements for
the purpose of defeating the road bond meas
ure, or or any other purpose. I therefore
respectfully request that ,you Immediately In
vestigate the facta concerning this statement
before you repeat It, and If you have made
such investigation that you make publlo the
results of It and the sources of your au
thority. As a matter of fact the statement
Is absolutely and unqualifiedly false, and in
this connection I renew an offer previously
made to pay (10,000 to any person who can
produce proof of any connection, past or
present, between myself and any paving
trust, corporation, or contractor, and for the
purpose of making such Investigation I freely
offer to any responsible person every means
and facility at my command.
I await your answer with much Interest,
and. In view of yonr strong lnststenoa upon
the morals of the matter, I commend to you
for immediate use the ancient and sacred
morality enjoined by the commandment
which forbids us to bear false witness
against our neighbor.
Tours very truly.
(Signed) a BENSON. -
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FARM LOANS EXPECTED
Federal Bank Appraiser Inspects
Molalla Tracts.
MOLALLA. Or, May 19. (Special.)
rne nrst loan to be made by tha Land
Bank of Spogane In the state of Ore
gon will be made to tha association
organised by farmers near Molalla
William Galloway, of Salem, has lust
been appointed appraiser, and arrived
from Spokane the first of the week
and has been checking up tha appraise
ments of the property which were
turned in by the local appraising board.
There ara applications in for about
S7B.000, which probably will be doubled
by the time tha business connected
with th"j loans is completed.
MAY 20, 1917.
the laugh riot;
the hit of years
at the Peoples
-'til
The
WAR FOOD COURSE GIVEN
COLLEGE! TO TEACH PRESERVING
OF FOOD PRODUCTS.
Emergency Coarse Includes Also la.
traction In Cleaning and
Repair of Old Clothing. .
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis, May 19. (Special.) Tha
homa economics department of tha Ore
gon Agricultural College has Just for
mulated plans for special work to fit
its students for efficient service In tha
food conservation campaign.
Next Monday a two weeks course
in emergency work will begin. It will
Include practical Instruction in the
preservation of fruits, vegetables, eggs
and meats, methods of canning and
drying, prevention of waste, substitu
tions for expensive foods, planning of
low-priced meals, the making of "war
bread," tha usa of economical fats,
substitution of honey for sugar, the
usa of legumes, such aa peas and
vetch, and various other phases of
household economy.
Emergency courses la housewifery
will also be given. These courses will
consist of Instruction in methods of
cleaning and repairing old clothing
and prevention of colored clothing
from fading. Usa of cast-off clothing
in making children's clothes and re
trimming of last season's hats in sim
ple, attractive trimmings will be dem
onstrated. Red Cross garment making will ba
taken up, according to Government
patterns and specifications just re
ceived from Washington. All eight
sections of tha freshman class' will
taka this emergency work, as well
as members of the other classes.
Lectures In poultry husbandry and
vegetable gardening will also be giv
en in connection with tha emergency
courses.
Scarlet Fever Takes Two Children.
MOXMOUTH. Or, May it. (Special.)
Scarlet fever, which developed sud
denly in tha family of W. E. Duchlen. at
Salt Creek, In Northern Polk County,
has caused the death of two of the chil
dren within less than a week. The dis
ease first appeared in tha Duchlen fam
ily Thursday of last week, when George,
aged 7. came home from school 1IL Tha
lad dledtha next day. Three other chil
dren la lbs fftmjlv, became 111 suddenly
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Wednesday night
lad who put the "fist" in pacifist:
. Puflglas
Falrbainilks
With his o-svn splendid players in the first
production by his own company,
"In Again--0ut Again"
The irresistible smile works overtime and
there's a thrill for every heart-beat and a con
tinuous rapid-fire of merry surprises. It's
one of those happifying shows that chases
gloom and smothers dull care in a gale of
laughter. The greatest joy-show in months.
Shown almost everywhere in America at ad
vanced prices, except at Portland's popular
E.OPLES
Alder Street at West Park
Admission 15c, Children 5c Daily From
thereafter, and on Tuesday William,
aged 10, passed away. Tha two others
ara In a serious condition. The Salt
Creek school has been closed.
Auctioneer Found Not Guilty.
TURNER. Or., May 19. (Special.)
The case of tha State vs. W. S. Wright,
a prominent auctioneer of tha Clover
dale district, near here, for assault and
battery on tha person of P. A. Wood,
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No' More Sore. Tired, Tender Feet; No Puffed-up,
Calloused Feet or Painful Corns-Try "Tiz"
pnffed-up feet feet so tired, chafed.
" iiu " uii dj, j j i van pirair gs
get a t5-cent box of "Tli" from the
u,uB uww ant liftuacn your tor
tured feetT
"TU. makes jpor tee, flvm. with
10:30 A. M.
a prominent farmer of tha same dis
trict, over an amount of money alleged
to ba due Wood on a wheat deal, was
tried before Justice H. L. Earl tIday.
the Jury bringing In. a verdict of not
suilty.
It Is estimated that there are prob
ably 1.500.000.000 pennies and 500.000.000
5-cent pieces afloat In the United
States, or an average of 13 pennlea
and five nickels for each person.
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comfort: takes down swellings and
draws tha soreness and misery right
out of feet that chsfe, smart and burn.
-Til" Instantly stops pain in corns,
callouses and bunions. "Tlx" Is rlorlous
for tired, aching, sore feet. No more
shoe tightness no mora foot torture
Ask. tor i'Tlfc"- Oat oaij rlaA