TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 24, 1917.
STATE ROAD
BANKS TQGQNTINUE
AID TQ BOfiD BUYERS
of Astoria, is registered at the Im
perial. C. S. Battler is a Canadian visitor at
the Multnomah, from Vancouver, B. C.
J. AV. Lightman. of San Francl.oco,
was a Saturday arrival at the Cor
nelius. At the TCashincrton are W. S. Farr.
Mrs. Farr, and daughter, ol Condon,
Oregon. .
M. T. CConnell. a prominent logger
of Winlock, Wash, is In town at the
Oregon.
V. J. Noonan, of Tacoma. is regis
tered at the Multnomah while attend
ing the golf tourney.
Mrs. A. N. Marlon, of Seattle, 's visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. L. K. Hodges, at
5U4 East Ankeny street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Pigott. of Seat
tle, are registered at the Multnomah
HETZEL CALLED TO
EASTERN COLLEGE
NOTABLE BEAUTIES WILL APPEAR HERE IN
"THE BOOMERANG," AT HEILIG FOR WEEK
Martha Hedman and Ruth Shepley Make First Appearance on Pacific Coast Miss Hedman Will Appear in
Own Playhouse in Strundberg Plays This Winter.
GOING AHEAD tlOW
Three Important StretGhes of
Highway to Be Paved
Immediately.
Savings for Prospective Pay
ments Will Carry 3y2 Per
Cent Interest if Applied.
0. A. C. Professor Accepts
Presidency of Agricultural
College of New Hampshire.
MUCH GRADING TO BE DONE
REFUND ALSO IS PROVIDED
OREGON SERVICE IS 8 YEARS
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State Highway Commission Outlines
Plans for Summer and Calls
for - Bids; Sale of Bonds
Xot to Be Awaited.
nans of the State Highway Commis
sion for Immediate paving of three im
portant stretches of highway, and the
grading of two other sections, were an
nounced yesterday by Chairman S. Ben
son. Paving- operations on the roads desig
nated are to be started as soon as sat
isfactory bids are received. It is the
intention to complete the hard surfac
ing provided for in this first allotment
of funds, $100,000 being appropriated
for each of the three highway stretches
designated by early this Fall if possi
ble. Three Roads Mot Important.
Tn Umatilla County, as much of the
important highway from Pendleton to
Walla Walla is to be paved- as can be
done for $100,000. This work had been
agreed on by the Commission some time
ago, and bids are now being- asked.
In Washington County, the long-notorious
Rex-Tigard road, a part of the
Pacific Highway, is to receive first at
tention. Starting at the Multnomah
County line, several miles of this road
will be hard surfaced.
In Clatsop County, paving operations
will be started from Astoria west on
the Astoria end of the Columbia River
Highway. Work for this year is lim
ited to $100,000.
Grading to Be Done In Douglas.
In addition to this paving work, Mr.
Senson announced, the Commission has'
agreed to proceed with the grading of
the Pacific Highway through Douglas
County and other impassable places
along the highway, to make it passable
for through traflic with as little delay
as possible: and it has been agreed
also to finish the grading from Astoria
to The Dalles on the Columbia River
Highway.
The cost of the Douglas County work
is estimated at $500,000. of which $300,
000 will be put. up. by the state and
$200,000 by the county. The state's
$300,000 is not to come from the $6,000.
000 road bond issue recently voted, but
from the $1,800,000 in bonds made avail
able by the Bean-Barrett bill passed
by the last Legislature to match an
equal amount to be expended by the
I'ederal Government under the Shackle
ford act.
As the Douglas County highway
comes under the classification of "post
road," Federal aid funds will be avail
able to help in the work of improv
ing it.
Work Mill Await Bond Issue.
Completion of the grading of the
Columbia River Highway from Astoria
to The Dalles, which is estimated to
cost $500, 000, will come out of the
$6,000,000 road bond issue. Of this issue
the Commission is authorized and plans
to sell $1,000,000 this year. The $300,
000 to be expended in paving operations
will also come out of this $1,000,000,
leaving $200,000 not as yet apportioned.
The Commission will let contracts for
the paving and grading projects con
templated with the provision that bonds
are to be accepted by the contractors
in payment. The highway bonds pay
4 per cent interest, and are not subject
to income tax.
Bonds Mar Be Sold.
Should It develop before the con
tracts are let, however, that the mar
ket for bonds has improved to an ex
tent that will enable the sale of the
bonds at a premium, this undoubtedly
Mould be done and business with the
contractors put back on a cash basis.
Of the announced intention of the
Highway Commission to proceed with
the grading of the Pacific Highway
'through Douglas County, and V finish
the grading of the Columbia Itiver
Highway, Mr. Benson said:
"These two projects are considered
of greatest importance to the state and
will serve the largest number of peo
ple. With these two problems out of
the way, the Highway Commission will
take up other road matters throughout
the state.
'Some contracts for hard surfacing
vlll be let at once in different parts
of the state and the work will be
pushed as fast as labor conditions and
times will permit."
ATTACK ON GIRL IS CHARGE
D. S. Wright, Street Peddler, Once
Texas Attorney, Is Arrested.
Accused of an attempted criminal as
sault on a 9-year-old girl, D. S. Wright,
who says he was at one time District
Attorney in Northern Texas and a
prominent member of the Texas bar,
was arrested yesterday.
Wright, according to his own story,
has descended from a prominent Texas
attorney and prosecutor to a street
peddler, and for several months has
been peddling pickles on the streets of
this city. He lived near Third and
Jefferson streets.
Wright says he has a daughter and
son-in-law who are fairly well to do
and who live in Portland. He made
every effort to keep his arrest from
being made public. He Is a man of
about 50 years and appears to be well
educated, although his personal appear
ance shows that rtune has not smiled
on him of late years.
COMPANY C HAS CHAPLAIN
Trlvate N'orcne, Theological Student,
Will Conduct Services Today.
Members of Company C. Third Ore
iron Infantry, will hold a church serv
ice this afternoon at the company
quarters in Kast St. Johns. The serv
ice will be conducted and the sermon
preached by a private soldier of the
company. Edwin H. Norene, who was
a theological student before he enlisted.
Company C is on outpost duty and
Is separated so far from the rest of
the regiment that 'it has missed the
regular Sunday church services.
Promptly at 4 o'clock this afternoon,
the trumpeters will blow "church call"
and the company -will assemble for
its own religious service.
In Trivate Norene. members of Com
pany a believe they have the only
company chaplain in the Army. They
will be pleased to have the public at
tend their services. Take St. Johns
car to Columbia boulevard and walk
east.
Phone your want ads to The Orego
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THE cast of players which David
Belasco will bring to the Heilig
Theater for a week's engagement
beginning tonight in "The Boomerang"
is said to be notable, not only for their
all-round excellence in the roles they
portray, but the feminine contingent,
especially, is remarkable for its num
ber of starry-eyed Belasco beauties.
This cast is famed in that it possesses
more beautiful women than any play
that has been sent out of New York in
recent years.
Two of the bright luminaries in the
constellation are Martha Hedman and
Ruth Bhepley. Miss Hedman is a
charming young Scandinavian blonde
who is making her first appearance
this season in the Coast cities. Five
years ago she could not speak a word
DRAFT QUOTA IS CUT
Oregon to Receive Credit for
4115 Men in Guard.
WASHINGTON IS AUTHORITY
Number of Men to Be Required of
State in First Call, However, Has
Not Vet Been Determined 5
Counties Give 2 00 Recruits.
In the drawings next -month for the
state's first quota of troops to be fur
nished under the selective conscription
act, Oregon will receive credit for 4116
men now serving in the Oregon Na
tional Guard.
This announcement, under authority
from the War Department, was made
yesterday by Adjutant-General White.
What the state's quota will be on the
first draft nobody here knows as yet,
for the figures have not been an
nounced. Whatever it is, however, at
least 4115 will be subtracted from it
as credit for National Guard troops.
The number of men to be credited to
the state against the draft will really
be higher than 4115. That figure rep
resents the number of men serving in
all branches of the Oregon National
Guard, including the Third Oregon In
fantry, on June 22.
Allocation Is Prepared.
Credit Is to be given for all addi
tional men who may be enlisted be
tween now and June 30, as well as for
all Oregon men serving in National
Guard regiments In other states.
The total number of men In the Ore
gon National Guard, including the
Third Oregon, when the totals were
made out for June 22 was 4210. Of this
number, however. 95 were residents of
other states and will be credited to the
quotas of those states, leaving a net
total of Oregon men serving in the
Oregon Guard of 4115.
For several days, under directions to
Governor Withycombe from the War
Department. General White has been
preparing the allocation, as it is called,
by counties, of the National Guard
troops credited to Oregon. That is,
the number of men from each county
of the state serving In the Oregon
Guard is credited to that county against
the quota that will be required of it on
the first draft.
Five Cntle Have No Reerutt.
Five counties of the state haven't a
man serving In the National Guard.
They are: Deschutes. Grant, Lake, Sher
man and Wallowa counties.
Following is a table given out by
General White yesterday showing the
number of men in the National Guard
to be credited to each county in the
state when the draft is made
County. Men. I County.
Men.
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Baker lljLIncoln
Benton .SJ.iV
l-lai kma 12U Malheur
Clatsop 88' Marlon .
rniiimhli 9, Morrow
Coos 90iMultnomah
74
Crook
31 City of Portland ..172
Curry
Deschutes -.
Dougrtas ....
fliltiani ....
tirant . .
Hartley ....
Hood River
Jackaon ...
Jefferson ..
Josephine ..
Klamath ...
Lake
Lane
21 Polk
167
O Sherman . .
142 Tillamook .
4'7matllla ..
0 t'nion
! Wallowa ..
71 i Wasco
. 230Washlna;toQ
1! Wheeler ..
BTamhlll ...
O
114
73
73
O
13
96
147
Ol Total 4113
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Idaho Boys Alleged Slackers.
OROF1KO, Tdcho-. June 23. (Spe
cial.) King Moore, son of Charles E.
Moore, and H. Berg, have been arrested
on Berg's homestead on the charge of
having failed to register for the war
draft on June 5. It is stated the young
men have been in hiding on the home
stead. They were arraigned, before
of English, while today her knowledge
of the English language is well-nigh
perfect, with just a suspicion of a for
eign accent which now and then makes
itself apparent, but which, in itself,
is an additional charm. Her first ap
pearance in an English-speaking part
was in the American production of
"The Attack," which Charles Frohman
produced several years ago with John
Mason in the leading role. After its
run in this country, she played the
same role in the London production of
the play, which was put on by Sir
George Alexander at the St. James The
ater. She is rated one of the most
beautiful women on the American
stage, and at the conclusion of her en
gagement with "The Boomerang" in
tends to appear in a repertoire of the
Strindberg plays at her own New York
playhouse, which is now being built
United States Commissioner Merrill and
held to the Federal Court in bond of
$1000 each, which bond was furnished.
EXPRESSMAN GIVES HIS ALL
Grimy Workman Cheerfully Buys
Rose for Red Cross.
He was an express driver, grimy of
hands and uncouth in appearance. He
w-as hurrying his tired horses along the
wholesale district near the close ol tne
day when two sprightly girls with wav
ing arms halted his progress.
With huge bouquets of roses the girls
edged up close to the wagon and said:
"Won't you buy a bouquet of roses
for the Red Cross?"
Brushing the perspiration from his
brow, the exp'ressman told them to se
lect what they thought was the pretti
est rose and he would give them all
the money he had with him.
Two pockets were rifled and he pro
duced a total of 35 cents in dimes and
nickels. It was ail he had, but it went
cheerfully and with a smile.
Seattle Burglar Is Identified.
John. Lutti, arrested with B. F. Moore
at First and Madison streets Friday
nigrht by City Detectives Goltz and
Howell, and charged with Feveral rob
beries, has been positively identified as
Fred Stolzenberjc, convicted of burglAry
in Seattle in December, 1914, and sen
tenced to perve one to 15 years in the
Monroe Reformatory. Both men will be
given a preliminary hearing Monday.
SOX OF CITV Al'DITOR TRAIN
HARD AT IIKKMKR-
Clarence S Barbar.
Clarence- S. Barbur, son of City
Auditor Barbur, is one of the
Portland young" men who went
into the Navy when the first
call was sounded. The last heard
from him by his father he waa
stationed at Bremerton.
"Here I am in working" clothes
after firing: a torpedo," he wrote
on the back of a photograph re
ceived by his father a few days
aro.
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for her by several prominent Swedish
Americans. Miss Shepley is also making her first
appearance in the Coast cities. She is
one of the fortunate few. among the
younger actresses, whose services have
been so in demand by the producing
managers, that she has never found it
necessary to seek an engagement away
from New York or the large Eastern
cities. Like Miss Hedman, she also is
famed for her beauty, being rated one
of the most talented and attractive in
genues on the stage today. She first
came into prominence as Douglas Fair
banks' leading woman in several plays
before he went into the movies, and
was selected to play her present role in
"The Boomerang" by Wirchell Smith
and David Belasco, when she was ap
pearing in the leading feminine role of
"It Pays to Advertise" at the George
M. Cohan Theater, New York.
GLASS OF JUNE IS 15
St. Vincent's Training School
Ends Successful Year.
"OMNIBUS CARITAS" MOTTO
Commencement Exercises Will Be
Held Tomorrow Evening' at 8 .
Archbishop Christie "Will De
liver Address to Women.
The class of June. 1917. of St. Vin
cent's Training- School will hold its
commencement exercises tomorrow
eveingr at 8 o'clock, from St. Vincent's
Hall, in the Training School building.
The graduates are Agnes Marie Cor
coran, of Portland; Lydia Helen Heik
en, of Ottawa, Kan.; Alma Olive Moore,
of Salem; Lydia A- C. Anderson, of Eu
gene; Mary Emma C. Weber, of Port
land; Elisabeth Self, of Camas; Emma
Tweed, of Salera; Cassie A. Holmes, of
Grass Valley; Elsie A. Foster, of
Boise; Maude Griffiths, of Hillsboro;
Emily Loeffel, of Washougal; Ellse
Margaret Nellsen. of Kalama; Mary
Helen Sullivan, of Detroit; Ella Olson,
of Minden, Neb.; and Bertha Holt, of
Brierfield, Lancashire. England..
The class motto is "Omnibus Carl
tas," (charity .to all.)
The commencement programme Itself
la as follows:
March entree, "Ave Maria, "Wooden Shoe
Dncf"; harp eolo, by Do run Dooley; violin
solo, by Agile Dooley; address to nurses, by
Dr. James Bell.
Valedictory; "When Yon Come Home.
"Good Bye." vocal selections, by Genevieve
Clancy: piano solo, by Mary Clancy; dedica
tion; cello hoIo, by Josephine Wagner; piano
hIo, by Iorah ooley; "Two Grenadiers';
"Morning Hymn," vocal selections by Benja
min Lt. ilarkee; piano solo, by Amelia Ull
mun. Distribution of diplomas and medals; ad
dress, by Rev. Archbishop Christie; chorus,
"Star-Spangled Banner." and a piano solo,
by Amelia VI l man.
BOY AUTO THIEVES FREED
Voutlis Admit Guilt and on Promise
Xot to Err Again Are Dismissed.
Two young- automobile thieves stood
before Municipal Judge Stevenson yes
terday and with bowed heads heard
Deputy District Attorney Ryan inform
the court that the crime was punish
able by a sentence of from one to five
years In the penitentiary.
It was the first time that the boys
had ever been In the strong hand of
the law and for a time they had visions
of cold steel celis and five long years
away from home and friends.
The boys admitted their-tfullt, but on
the-promise of another chance gave
the Judge thoir word of honor that
never again would they break Ihe law.
CEDAR MILLS GUARD BUSY
Company' Reorganizes and Plans to
Give Sword to Commander.
CEDAR MILLS, Or., June 13. (Spe
cial.) Company J, Oregon Reserves,
held a special assembly last night here
at the Orange Hall for reorganization.
A beautiful sword will be presented to
the company commander. Captain S. D.
Martin, veteran preacher and "soldier
of fortune," who is also bishop of the
Christian Church in Oregon.
A similar gift was purchased for
presentation to Joseph Q. Church, the
Kirst Lieutenant, who materially as
sisted the company commander In first
organising: the unit, now about 85
strong.
Regular or Irregular Installments
AV11I Be Accepted and If AVitli
drawn Will Call for Interest
at Regular 3 Per Cent Rate.
Tou won't have to wait for the next
liberty loan to be authorized before
beginning payments on your subscrip
tion, if a plan that some of the lead
ing bankers of Portland have under
consideration materializes.
Under this plan the banks will ac
cept payments from prospective pur
chasers In regular or irregular install
ments and pay Si per cent Interest on
It. provided the fund is to be applied
on the purchase of a liberty bond when
the next issue Is authorized.
If before the payments are com
pleted the depositor should need the
money for other purposes, it can be
withdrawn, with interest at the rate
of 1 per cent, which is the rate regu
larly paid on savings deposits.
C'learlnRT-If oum to Consider Plan.
The banks propose to pay the 3 per
cent rate only on deposits that are to
be applied on liberty bonds, assuming
that the next issue, like the first, will
pay that rate of interest.
The Portland Clearing-house will
consider the plan at its meeting thia
week, but whether the clearing-house
Indorses the plan or not. It is probable
that some banks will take independent
action.
A particular ar.peal is to be made to
those individuals who were unable to
subscribe to the last loan. Many men
and women were eager to subscribe at
that time but were unable to see their
way clear to completing their pay
ments. But under the suggested arrange
ments, many persons could save up $25
or $80 ipr perhaps $50 or more before
the next loan is calle-" for. With at
least half the necessary money ready
to pay down it would not be such a
bard matter to complete the payments.
Wider Distribution SouRht
In this way. tne bankers bellev;, they
could distribute the next loan among
even a larger number of people than
the last one. The Lurpose of the Gov
ernment is to get the bonds Into the
hands of the maximum number of citi
zens, so that all will have r. more direct
interest In the issues Involved In the
great war.
If, as the treasury officials propose,
the oversubscription to the last loan
will be distributed back among the
heavy subscribers, it is probable that
the new loan will be brojght out late
next Fall.
It is estimated that the $2,000,000,000
raised by the last loan soon will be ex
hausted.
The next loin probably will call for
$3,000,000,000. but whether or not It
will pay 3 or 4 per cent has not been
determined. Obviously, however, the
Government will float it for 3 If the
money market will permit.
Machinery to Be Kept Iteady.
Should it be necessary to pay 4 per
cent, all purchasers of the last loan
will be able to convert their 3V4 per
cent bonds Into 4s at par.
It la certain that the next loan can
be handled with even greater dispatch
and less inconvenience than the last
one. The bankers of the country were
not exactly prepared for the work re
quired by the recent sale, but came
squarely to the front and met the
situation more than half way. Now
they propose to keep their machinery
of organization together, so that the
next sale can be handled with even
greater facility.
For this purpose it is probable that
the country bankers throughout the
state will be called into Portland for
an early conference with the Portland
bankers. Plans for the next loan will
be outlined. If possible, a permanent
organization will be continued in ef
fect for the life of the war.
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
E. E. Bell, of Seattle, is at the Carl
ton. W. E. Jones, of Minneapolis, is at the
Ritz.
At the Cornelius is Jane Elton, of
Astoria. .
C. W. Louis is at the Ritz, from
Ecola. Or.
A. W. Gowan is at the Oregon from
Burns, Or.
E. M. Thurber, of Marshfield, is at
the Oregon.
IE. M. Welsh, of Idaho Falls. Idaho, is
at the Oregon.
M. J. Finlayson, of Antelope, Or, la
at the Perkins.
Irmer R. Rummell is at the Carlton
from McMlnnville.
Judge T. E. J. Duffy, of Prineville.
is at the Imperial. ,
C. K. Marshall is at the Perkins,
from Hood River.
A. K. Richardson, Sheriff, of Burns,
is at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. H.- B. Olds, of Seattle,
are at the Cornelius.
R. R. Mox, of Albany, was a recent
arrival at the Seward.
Ira L. Judd, of The Dalles, is reg
istered at the Cornelius.
Zeima K. Cook, of Seattle, is regis
tered at the Washington.
O. K. Horn and C. S. Walker are Salt
Lake visitors at the Ritz. ,
Captain E. M. Blewett, of Oakland, is
registered at the Carlton.
E. E. Kltts Is registered at the Nor
tonia from Tenino. Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. F. II. French are at the
Seward from Los Angeles.
A. B. Wills, of Fort Canby, Wash, is
registered at tthe Nortonia.
J. B. Smith and family, of Spokane,
are registered at the Carlton.
J. P. Henry, of Cottage Grove, Or.,
Is registered at the Nortonla,
A. H. Lea, of Salem, secretary of the
State Fair, is at the Imperial.
A. Anderson, a banker of G range r
ville, Idaho, is at the Seward.
Captain T. J. MacGenn. of Empire,
Or. is registered at the Perkins.
Andrew Peterson, a prominent con
tractor of Astoria, is at the Perkins.
J. M. Laughlin and Mrs. Laugh! in. of
Hood River, are at the Washington.
George W. Stangler and wife, of Pen
dleton, are registered at the Oregon.
Jack Springer, of Los Angeles, was
a Saturday arrival at the Washington.
S'P. Mitchell, a prominent business
man from Hood River, is at the Nor
tonia. Miss Annie Lund, is registered at the
Portland with three children, Kate,
Arthur. Jr.. and Eileen Byron, of Mont
clair. If. J.
Frank Tatton, a well-known banker
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atixteamloa Service, Wk Be
cornea frenldrnt of A icr (cultural
Col I esc of tw Hampshire.
for the coming tournament on the
Waverley course.
G. H. Raleigh, of the Bank of Cali
fornia, is in town from Tacoma for the
coming golf tournament. Mr. Raleigh
Is staying at the Multnomah.
- Among the Saturday afternoon ar
rivals at tthe Portland were three
prominent Army men. H. S. Route, of
Sausalito. B. E. Robson. of Berkeley,
and G. Wilford Crowell, of Sacramento.
CHICAGO. June 13. (Special.) The
following Oregonians are registered at
Chicago hotels today: From Portland
at the La Salle, H. R. Saltmarsh: at the
Blackstnne. Bert Denison; at the Sher
man, Clyde Evans.
GIRL SEEKS TO SUFFER
MRS. KM MA SMITH DEVOE PLACES
MILITANT Sl'FFRAGlSTS.
Young- Women Derlared Anxious to Be
Martyrs and Want t
G t Jail.
TACOMA. Wash.. June 23. (Special.)
Mrs. Emma Smith Devoe. organizer
and National president of the National
Council of Women Voters, who has
stumped nearly every state for equal
suffrage, was inclined to treat the
militant suffragists who made a dem
onstration at the White House gates
yesterday in the light of naughty chil
dren. "It's awfully funny." she said. "They
are going to be very much disappoint
ed if President Wilson doesn't put them
In Jail. Both Alice Paul and Lucy
Burns have pins given them for serv
ing in prison and being forcibly fed
In England. They are most anxious
to be martyrs. They are all youngj
women in the Congressional Union, of
the highest type. They are college
graduates and have rtudied conditions
in Europe at first hand. They think
we old timers' are stupid, but we have
the ballot. They have the most gen
tle, soft voices, their manners are per
fect. Trettdent Wilson himself is no
match for them when It comes to toy
ing with the delicacies of the English
language.
"The whole thing is they want a lit
tle more notice than they have been
getting. They are Jealous of the war
because it has been getting more pub
licity than they have. They probably
have done much damage to the cause,
but I don't think they are going to
keep us from the National amendment
In spite of their cunning little ways."
AUDITORIUM UNDER WAY
SEW GLADSTONE STRCCTCRE TO
SEAT SOOO PERSONS.
15,000 Booklet Are Sent to Pros
pective Attendants at Forthcom
ing; Cbantaaqaa SeMionaw
OREGON CITT. Or.. June 23. (Spe
cial.) Work is being rushed with all
possible haste on the new auditorium
at Gladstone Park, preparatory to the
Chautauqua Assembly on July 13.
Two of the 10 big arches which will
support the roof were swung into place
today, and by the latter part of next
week it is thouxht the shingling will
begin on the big structure. The five
largest arches weigh eight tons each
and are more than 100 feet long.
The building will be one of the finest
structures of its kind in the West when
completed, and will seat nearly 6000
persons. It is patterned after the
famous Mormon tabernacle, is elliptical
in shape and the roof support is all
overhead bridge work.
More than 15,000 booklets have been
mailed out to various parts of Clack
amas and Multnomah counties, and bill
posters have been at work scouring the
country during the past five days. The
book ticket sule opens Monday at the
Bank of Oregon City and GUI & Co.,
Portland, and from the many tent res
ervations already made with Secretary
Burke, a record crowd will be on band
this year.
TELEGRAPHERS ARE SHORT
Western Union Consolidates Offices
In Smaller Cities.
SALEM, Or., June 23. (Special.)
That numerous city telegraph offices
throughout the country will have to be
closed because of war conditions, which
are taking away a large number of
operators from the Western Union
service. Is the statement made in a
letter to the Public Service Commis
sion by I. R. Miller, district commercial
superintendent of that company, lo
cated at Seattle.
He writes in regard to a protest
from Tillamook against closing the
city telegraph office there and mov
ing it to the depot. Apparently similar
steps will be taken In many of the
smaller cities, as he declares that there
is a great dearth, of operators.
Work Here as Director of Kxten
slon Service Has Itutlt Vp De
partment of Great Vsefulness
to People of State.
Ralph T. Hetzel, who has been di
rector of the extension service at the
Oregon Agricultural College for the
last eight years, has accepted the presi
dency of the Agricultural College of
New Hampshire. He will assume his
new duties at once.
Mr. Hetzel was offered the place
about three weeks ago and left soon
thereafter for Concord, N. H., to con
fer with the trustees of the institution.
O. M. Plummer, who Is a close friend
of Mr. Hetzel, yesterday received a
telegram from him advising that he
had accepted the place. It Is probable
Mr. Hetzel soon will return to Oregon
and close up his personal affairs.
Mr. Hetzel has been successful to a
marked degree in making the exten
sion service of the college a depart
ment of great usefulness and -value to
the people of the state. For the last
few months he has had charge of field
work by the agricultural agents
throughout the state, co-operating wJth
the farmers to secure bigger crops to
meet the extraordinary demands of the
war.
Mr. Hetzel Is a graduate of the Uni
versity .of Wisconsin. He received his
A. B. degree there in 1906. He came
to Oregon soon thereafter and has
been connected with the State Agricul
tural College ever since.
As president of the New Hampshire
Agricultural College he succeeds the
late Edward T. Fairchild, president of
the National Education Association In
1913.
The New Hampshire College, which
Is located at Durham, was established
In 1866. has 63 instructors and at the
last general college census had 6S.1
students. Its library contains 30,000
volumes.
30 TO CROSS HOT SANDS
Mystic Shriners Will Hold Cere
monial in Salon- June 3 0.
SALEM, Or., June 23. (Special.)
The programme has been practically
completed for the ceremonial of the
mystic shrine, which will be held here
on Saturday, June 30, when hundred
of Shrlners will invade Salem for the
day.
A special train ia due to arrive from
Portland at 2:45 In the afternoon. Pa
rades will be held both afternoon and
eveninjf. arrangements for those fea
tures beinpr in charge of Noble Harvey
E. Beckwlth. Noble R. E. Lee Steiner
has charpre of the entertainment.
A banquet will be served at the Ar
mory at 6 o'clock, this feature to be in
charge of Noble Fred Erixon. Noble
Wallace McCamant will speak at the
banquet, and musical selections will be
given. Noble George H. Burnett will
give an address of welcome in the
evening.
It is probable that a class of 30 will
cross the burning sands.
30 STEERS BARBECUED
Mexicans and Americans Fraternize
at San Dlcgo and Tia Juana.
SAX DIEGO. June 23. Riding In a
military and industrial parade which
took nearly an hour to pass. General
Esteban Cantu. Governor of Lower Cal
ifornia, was cheered by thousands of
San iegans today, the second day of
the Friendship Kiesta, designed to
show friendly feeling existing between
American an4 Mexican along the bor
der between California and Mexican
territory.
Tomorrow, by General Cantu's or
der, a huge free barbecue will be given
at Tia Juana, across the border, 17
miles from San Diego. About 30 steers
will be killed. Mexican games and pas
times will round out the Sunday pro
gramme. BERRY YIELD IS SMALL
Early Cool 'XVcutlier Cut -Crop, but
Prices Make Up for It.
HOOD RIVER Or.. June !S. (Special-)
Local shippers say the year's
strawberry yield will be disappointing,
because of the long-continued cool
weather of May and early June. Al
though the acreage was increased more
than 10 per cent over last year the
total of this year's yield will fall short
of last season, when S5.000 crates were
shipped.
While the early high prices received
will probably bring the total returns
above those of last year, officials of
co-operative sales agencies today re
port a bearish tendency in the market,
due. they say. to the activities of in
dependent cash buyers.
NEGRESS AIDS RED CROSS
Only Colored Woman in Hood River
County Donates.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. June 13 (Spe
cial.) When Daisy Moody, a colored
woman who is cook for a local family,
presented a. check to Secretary C. N.
Ravlln and received a membership re
ceipt in the local Chapter of the Red
Cross yesterday. Hood River County's
colored population went to the record
mark of 100' per cent Red Cross mem
bership. The servant girl is the only
colored resident of the county.
The girl, a native of Johnsonville.
Tenn.. where her father is a thrifty
farmer, was the first colored person
ever to have registered and voted in
Hood River County.
HOSPITAL STAFF RECRUITED
Nary Corps Has 5200 of 6116 Men
Desired at This Time.
WASHINGTON. June 23. Recrultin?
for the Navy Hospital Corps has pro
ceeded so rapidly that approximately
5"00 of the 6116 men wanted have al
ready been enlisted. About 2000 of
these are now in hospital training
schools, and the Department fs arrang
ing to place 300 members of the second
class in the School of Pharmacy at
Columbia University for training.