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THE SUNDAY OREGONIA'. PORTLAND. SEPTE3IBER 16. 1917.
SPRUCE SUPPLY IS
PLEDGED TO NATION
Loggers and Manufacturers of
Two States Organize Bu-
. reau to Aid Allies.
MILLS AND CAMPS RESUME
War Emcrjencjr Council Also Holds
fcesslon at Centralla,. When Out
put and Kindred Questions
Are Discussed in Detail.
CEXTRALIA, Wash.. Sept. 15. (Spe-
cial.) Fifty spruce loggers and manJ-
facturers of ..Washington and Oregon
attended a meeting n Centralis today.
at which the -organization .of the a.r-
craft spruce production bureau was
completed with the appointment of the
following- executive committee of five.
7 Howard Jayne. of Raymona, ctialrmani
-" O. M. Weatherwax, of Aberdeen, Dwight
Merrill, of Seattle; W. P. O'Brien, of
Astoria, and Thomas Watts, of Brigh
"1 ton. Or.
- The bureau is the organization
through which the Government, apeak.
, ing through E. T. Allen, of Portland,
-- representative of the Aircraft Produc
!TT lion Board, reaches the spruce indua
try. Its membership is composed of
manufacturers of the two states, and
" with the completion of the organiza
tion it is now in a position to supply
airplane lumber.
. . At the meeting this afternoon the
.members pledged their entire output of
'"spruce during the next 12 months to
:the Covernment and her allies. Th
--'..mills represented have orders and ship
Jv;.ping instructions from airplane -ac-r-
-s tories in the United States, Italy,
y' France and Great Britain.
T It was reported at the meeting today
that the mills and camps on Grays Har
!"bor and Willapa Harbor are sigain
operating and that normal conditions
are expected within 30 days.
X- Prior to the meeting of the bureau.
- a meeting was held by the ar emir,
gency spruce council, of whi-:h George
S. Long, of Taeoma. is chairman. Ques
tions of an adequate spruce log supply,
. production and kindred subjects were
discussed in detail and the same ques
tiona were taken up by the spruce bu
reau. following its organization.
The meetings were held in the Elks'
clubrooms, J. P. Keating, of Portland.
secretary and manager of the spruce
bureau, acting: as ' secretary at both
"meetings.
Mnrsivan. Turkey. Miss Gage was well
known throughout the Northweathav
Ing been for some time National Y. W.
C. A. field executive for this district.
Previous to taking up Y. W. C. A.
work Miss Gage was a missionary
worker in Turkey, and feeling that
that was the real work to which she
was called, she returned a few years
ago to Turkey and took charge of a
girls' school.
The troublesome times during the
past few years in that country brought
unspeakable experiences to this de
voted worker, who loyally and cour
ageously stood by the girls of her
school, risking her own life in her ef
fort to protect them from experiences
worse than death that did come to
many of them.
Word from Miss Gage a short time
ago said that 2000 sick soldiers were on
the premises near where they lived,
and that there had been every kind of
contagious disease, "but we have es
caped them all." she said.
The news of her death brought no
particulars as to the cause of it. but
it is presumed that she fell a victim
to some of the diseases of which she
spoke in her letter.
IL L DAY RESIGNS
Governor Alexander Criticised
by Defense Councilman.
POLITICAL BREACH SEEN
FORT TROOPS TO T
COAST ARTILLERY HAS HARD WIN
TER SCHEDULE.
b PRIMA D01A T0 SING
Personnel Will be Divided Into Mine
Companies, National Guard and
Other Recslai Companies.
FORT STEVENS. Or., Sept. 15. (Spe
cial.) A new schedule of training is
being prepared at Fort Stevens, to go
into effect September 17. In accordance
with general orders of the coast defenses.-
Just sent out, the proposed
schedule will be a strenuous one, and
will mean that the troops at Fort Stev
ens and other Columbia rtiver ions
will receive some Intensive training
this Fall that will develop the men
physically and soon put them into real
fighting trim.
The personnel at each of the forts
will be divided Into three groups, as
follows: a, mine companies; b, other
regular companies; c, National Guard
companies.
Each will receive special training ap
propriate for it. The daily schedule
will be divided into five periods. On
Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays the
following subjects will be taken up
Calisthenics. IS minutes dally; march-
ing exercises, small arms firing, care
and use of individual pack, military
courtesies and ceremonies, guard duty,
athletics, manual of saber and pistol,
lectures by company officers, artillery
and mine training, first aid, signaling,
physical training, preparation for field
service, infantry drill, practice marches.
Thursday afternoon will be reserved
for athletic games and contests. Sat
urday morning is the regular weekly
inspection. Thursday night will be re
served for "night" drill.
It is intended to hold several classes
in trench warfare, war game schools,
etc.
Inclement weather will not interfere
with these prescribed drills.
Bearing on Democratic Politics In
Idabo Is Expected Because of
Statement That Recommen
dations Are Ignored.
BOISE. Idaho. Sept. IS. (Special.)
The resignation of Harry L. Day, mil
lionaire mining man of the Coeur
'Alenes, as chairman of the Idaho
State Council of efense and as a
member of tnat organization. has
caused unusual speculation in Boise.
While Mr. Day gives as his main rea
son for resigning his personal ousi-
ess. he expresses his disappointment
over the tact the council is vested with
no real authority, has no funds with
which to work, while e says its rec
ommendations have been persistently
ignored by Governor Alexander.
Here the resignation is taken to in-
icate - that a wide split, politically,
as occurred between Mr. Day and the
tate s chief executive, which win
ave a future Bearing on Democratic
politics.
The coeur a Alene mine owner is tne
second member of the council who has
esigned. The other one was A. L,
.aird. a prominent lumberman of the
North. It is generally accepted here
that both resignations are the out-
ome of a difference between the mem
bers of the council and the Governor
over the duties of each.
The resignations of both Mr. Day
nd Mr. Laird will be accepted by the
Governor, it was learned.
DR.
ALMA WEBSTER POWELL
BE AT STATE PAIR.
In
Celebrated Soprano to -Participate
-AmericnaScandiBavlait and
' Reformation Festivals. '
SALEM. Or., Sept. 15. (Special.)
Announcement was made today by
A. H. Lea, secretary of the State Fair
Board, that the opening day of the
State Fair will be preceded by an
American-Scandinavian patriotic fest
ival and also Reformation festival,
participated in by Dr. Alma Webster
Powell, the celebrated prima donna, of
New York, on Sunday. September 23.
Negotiations for the two festivals were
completed with the State Fair Board
, today by Professor J. O. Hall, of WilT
lamette University, and director in
- charge of both programmes.
Two programmes will be given in
.-.the afternoon and Dr. Alma Webster
Powell will sing at both festivals. The
United Scandinavian Singers, of Port-
land, consisting of 75 voices, will also
',' give selections. Attorney G. B. Skula
son, of Portland, will be the orator of
; the day at the American-Scandinavian
- patriotic festival. The Rev. J. 8. Kose-
land, of Sllverton, who was for 26
T years the general secretary of the
- United Swedish Lutheran Church of
",, America, will deliver the address at the
Reformation festival.
, The plan is to run special trains
from Portland and also Willamette
i Valley points for the two festivals and
negotiations are now under way with
the railroad companies by the commit
7 tee in charge to this end.
r Following the two programmes there
will be a social gathering; and basket
. lunch in the large tent. Both pro.
erammes will be given In the large
. ; granaaiana. -
. Consul A. O. BJelland. of Portland. Is
- chairman of the programme committee.
and the Swedish and Danish Consuls
i are honorary chairmen.
Bull Snake Is Mascot of
Aberdeen Soldiers.
Dora Hope to Take Vletor Over
Two Hattlera to Battle Front In
France. .
GRANDSIRE GIVES DEGREE
Dispensation Granted to Make
Francis Yoran Master Mason.
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 15. (Special.)
The degree of Master Mason was con
ferred upon Francis Toran, before his
departure to join the colors last night,
by his grandfather, a. M. Yoran, past
grand master of Oregon. His father,
George O. Yoran, a member of Eugene
lodge and a Spanish-American War
veteran, was present.
By special dispensation degrees lead
ing to Master Mason were conferred
without waiting for the regulation time
between them, in view of his hastened
departure for the Navy. He will be as
sistant paymaster, assigned to the bat
tleshlp Oregon.
Mr. Yoran was of the class of 1918
at the University of Oregon, and a Phi
Gamma Delta.
COLLEGE ENTRANTS KNOWN
Hood River High School Sends Out
Small Percentage.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Sept. 15. (Spe
cial.) Only 25 per cent of the 12 boy
of the 117 graduating classes of th
Hood River High School will attend
college the coming year, and so far as
known only one of the 24 girls. Mis
Frances Castner. daughter of Mrs,
Charles H. Castner, president of th
Oregon State Federation of Women
Club., will enter the Oregon Agricul
tural College.
N'eal Nunamaker, class valedictorian,
will enter the University of Califor
nia. Floyd Wright will attend Whit
man College, and Chaffer Newto
plans on entering the University of
Oreiton. Six of the 1917 graduate
Sidney Carnlne. Arthur Loftus. Kar
von der Ahe. Leon Bentley. Clifford
McDonald and Alfred Thomsen are in
the Nation s service.
BLACKBERRIES PAY WEL
Lebanon Cannery Kept Busy c
Crop Once Thought Nuisance.
HIS HEARS PLEA
PRIEST GETS APPEAL FROM HIS
BROTHER IN BELGIUM.
FEOP1
Marshall 8S0
West Park. Near Washincton
NO ADVANCE A?SK
ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 15. (Spe
cial.) Company G. if allowed to
do so, may take a mascot to France
; that will raise the head on the hair of
the allies as well as upon those of the
Tiu tons. It's a bullsnake.
The snake, according to a letter re
ceived here, has been a pet with a
company outpost in the Cascades, One
- of the boys saw the bullsnake in deadly
- combat with a rattler. It killed the
; rattler and a few minutes later killed
another. The soldiers thought it was
' some snake and captured it. The boys
I have named him Bull Durham and have
; had some trouble keeping the officers
from shooting him on inspection days.
LEBANON. Or., Sept. 15. (Special.)
The Lebanon cannery is running full
time canning Evergreen blackberries.
and is able to take care of all the ber
ries offered. These berries, which grow
to profusion along the rivers of Eastern
Linn County and on the uplands aDout
Lacomb, and which a few years ago
were considered a pest, are now one
of the most profitable berries in the
market. Where they grow wild the
berries are hard to pick owing to the
density of the vines and being hard
to get at.
Many persons are cultivating and
training the vines, and where this is
don they produce in abundance.
i c FISHING FOUND PROFITABLE
- Hood River Operator Sells 1 7 Tons
' - oT Salmon to Canners.
; HOOD RIVER. Or., Sept. 15. (Spe
, , cial.) Local fishermen are now en
1 - gaged in one of the most profitable
seasons in the history of the mid.
' Columbia. Ed Wright, a trap fleher
! man. sold 17 tons of salmon to can-
t Hera yesterday. Cecil Holman.. who
operates a trap several miles to the
i - west of the mouth of Hood River
! 'sold four tons to canners.
! , Both fishermen are selling large
quantities of salmon to housewives of
I " both town and valley, who are can-
nina- the product. Fish canners this
' ' week have exhausted the local supply
- Of pint glass Jars:
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; i.MISS FRANCES GAGE DEAD
; Former Y. AV. C. A. Kxecntlve Has
i ;'. Terrible Experience In Turkey.
! 7 Friends of Miss Frances E. Gage will
- regret to learn of her recent death in
Relief League Probably Will Follow
Movement Started In City by
Father Meena.
CHEHALIS. Wash., Sept. 15 (Spe
cial.) Father Moens, a native of Bel-
ium, and who has charge of the local
Catholic Church, has just received a
letter from his brother in Antwerp,
written July 10, asking for a few dol-
ars with which to buy coal and po
tatoes. Father Moens immediately re
sponded to the appeal, and has taken
up the matter with local business men
and plans are being made to form
Chehalis Belgium Relief League here.
A meeting will be called, probably
Wednesday, and some organized plan
of relief will be adopted.
Father Moens also has received-
letter from a Belgian soldier who is
interned in Holland in which he says
that they were told there that many
mail boats were- lost during February
and March, and no doubt many letters
must have gone astray, as there were
such long intervals between the ones
he received. In his letter he said that
if there was something a fellow might
do" he might come to the States after
the war, as no one knew what the sit
uation would be when peace finally
came. Portions oi tne letter io-iiow
Twenty-three men from our native
village have been shot. Things in gen
eral are going from bad to worse. Most
all professionals are without work. It
is very hard to obtain tne necessaries
of life and even when obtainable they
are extremely high in price. Flour Is
$3.50 for two pounds. Meat and butter
cost about 13 a pound. Eggs are 10
cents to 15 cents apiece. CoaT is $35
to $55 a ton. and dry goods that we
used to get for S to 8 francs a yard
now cost from 40 to 50. and then the
amount to be gotten is limited and
given out through favors. A great
number of all ages are starving.
NORTH BEND GETS ORDER
About 5,000,000 Feet of Lumber
Contracted For by Italy.
NORTH BEND, Or., Sept. 15. (Spe
clal.i A. Castaldi. representing th
Italian srovernment, while on Coo
Bay placed an order with the North
Bend Mill Lumber Company and th
Buehner Lumber Company for a por
tion of the 25,000,000 feet of high-grade
fir lumber which Italy haa arranged
for on the Pacific Coast.
The order-was said to have been for
about 5,000.000 feet. The lumber is de
clared to be for construction of aero
planes. Added to the spruce lumber
being sawed for the Government, .this
order aids the sawmill business materially.
Woodland Man Drowned.
WOODLAND, Wash., Sept. 5. (Spe
cial.) A. W. Wallace, of Woodland,
was drowned in Lewis River yesterday
at the boom of the Lewis River Boom
& Logging Company, near the moutn
of the river. He slipped while working
on the logs In the boom and every ef
fort was made to save him, without
avail. His body was recovered by his
associates in about 15 minutes, but all
efforts at resuscitation were fruitless.
Mr. Wallace was the only surviving
son of D. ij. Wallace, a large dairy
rancher of this place, and was about
SO years old. He leaves a widow and
two children, besides his father, mother
and two sisters.
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For the Last Four Days We Had a
Packed House All the Time! Why?
MARY
FICKP
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"REBECCA OF
SUNN YBRO OK
FARM"
is here to cheer. It is simply an irresistible produc
tion better than anything produced by her hereto
fore. "The right and only "Mary" in the right play.
You will be doing yourself a good turn when you come
to see this show. ,
GHEYEHHE SENDS PARTY
SPECIAL CAU TO DHlt "r.-t-v"-
TION TO ROUND-VP.
where they lived for ' 39 years contin
uously, removing; to- this city a few
months ago. She Is survived by ner
husband and the following; children:
Mis. Sadie Eborall, of St. Joe. Or.; Will-
am E. llurdetee. of Portland: James fc..
Hurdette. of McMinnville; Samuel, who
resides on the farm, and Pearl S.. who
in the United States Army service
at San Antonio. Tex.
ROAD WILL MOVE HOUSES
Work Rushed on Highway Between
Hood River and Cascade Locks.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Sept. 15. (Spe
cial.) Accompanied by County Sur
veyor A. 11. Cruikshank and Jesse Hol
man, Hood River County Road View
ers J. T. Holman and F. A. Massee yes
terday officially opened the new route
of the Columbia River Highway west
of this city to Cascade Locks.
"Work is certainly beinjc rushed be
tween Cascade Locks and Wyeth." says
Mr. Holman. "Soon four big steam
shovels will be at work.1
The new route of the highway
through Cascade Locks necessitates the
removal of a number of old river town
houses, amonic them the old "White
House," a landmark of pioneer days.
Little Ferl Bond in Hospital.
Perl Edward Bond, the lS-months'
old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bond.
4227 Seventy-sixth street southeast,
was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital
Thursday suffering with internal
trouble. The child was reported
slightly better yesterday.
Groats, or four-penny pieces, were
list coined in Great Britain in ISiS.
Road Litigation Impends.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Sept. IB. (Spe
cial.) Lttigation over the right ol
way for the Columbia River Highway
on the new survey around the. Ruth-
ton hill grade will be carried to the
Supreme Court. Joseph W. Morton
who sued the county for 110,000 dam
ages, because of alleged injuries to
his property by the construction of
the new road, has appealed from ;
adverse decision. The County Court,
on opening the road, awarded Mr. Mor
ton damages of t.
Seats Reserved for Representatives of
K.val Wild West Show'and Speelnl
Entertainment Provided.
PENDLETON. Or.. Sept. IS. (Spe
cial.) Considerable interest is aroused
here by the announcement that an en
tire Pullman car has been chartered
by business men and ranchers of
Cheyenne and that they are coming to
see the Roundup for the first time.
Cheyenne for many years haa held a
frontier exhibition, and this is the
first time that they have come offi
cially as a Cheyenne party to the
R nil nHiln
Seats have been reserved for them
for the entire three days. They will
arrive next Thursday and remain until
Sunday. Special arrangements are oe
UriA fnr their entertainment.
It was with regret that the Roundup
directors learned this morning that
Louis W. Hill, president of the Great
Northern Railroad, will not be able to
att.nri thn RounduD because of an ur-
o-.n. kii.in.su rail to New York. The
special train wnicn ne nas ""
St Paul will be here, however, in
charge of hia sons, and it Is report-
mA that there will be laU visitors in
thu TirtT.
A. Phimlster froctor. me cmu.,
m-ko ancnt two rears here at work on
Western subjects, has written m ne
will he here for the Roundup again
this year and will bring with him Al-
den Sampson, of New lorn, author.
trholar and landscape painter, sat.
rr-nrtnr im now at Lewiston. Idaho.
The same Judges who acted during
the 1S1 Round-Up have been secured
for the contests this year. They are
R. S. Dickson, of Prineville; W. M
Daughtrey, of Portland, and K. P. Mar
shall, of Pendleton.
Yamhill Pioneer Passes On.
M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Sept. 15. (Spe
cial.) Mehala Catharine Burdette. I
member of the Yamhill County Pio
neera' Association, wife of H. D. Bur
dette. died at her home in this city
on Tuesday and was buried Thursday.
She was born in Tennessee, September
?. 1855. and came with her parents
to California in 170. She was married
to Mr. Burdette at Eureka. Cal.. in
1S77. the couple at once removing to
Oregon and settling on their farm
three miles north of McMinnville,
MEN ARE AIDED IN WORK
Castlo Rock Woman's Commercial
Club Resumes Activity.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash.. Sept. 13.
(Special.) The Woman's Commercial
Club, of Castle Rock, held Its first
eeting of the club year at the homo
of Mrs. Spauldlng Monday evening.
Mrs. Delos Spaulding is president ana
Mrs. Charles Dahlman secretary. This
Is a federated club, so is ideniineo
with state and county club move
ments. '
The club has maintained a library,
put in a drinking fountain and assisted
the Men's Commercial Club in plat
ting a small park.
Xapavlne Schools Open.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sept. 15. (Spe
cial.) George R. Bright, until recently
Denutv Lewis County Superintendent
Wc Are Looking for a Man
BETWEEN THE AGES OF 28 AND 45
WITH THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES: -
CHARACTER
GOOD PERSONALITY
GOOD HEALTH
' INITIATIVE AND TACT
INDUSTRY
-CONVINCINGNESS
STICKTOITIVENESS
' SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST
IF YOU ARE THE MAN, WILL ARRANGE A PERSONAL
INTERVIEW. ADDRESS IN CONFIDENCE
AE 85, OREGONIAN.
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The House
Built of
Diamonds
This store' has attained its
pre-eminence by selling: dia
monds of superior quality at
a, reasonable price.
Did you know that my pur
' chases and Bales of diamonds
exceed those of any other
house in the state ? It's a
fact. "
Whether you buy a dia
mond for use or as an invest
ment, T can save you money
on its purchase.
- Diamond Rings
Diamond-Mounted Jewelry
Unmounted Diamonds
My $50 and $100 Diamond
Rings Have No Equal
freitlt AeesnmodatloM
Without Kxtra tbirir.
Largest IMnmond Dealer In
Oregon.
334 Washington Street. Oppo
site Owl Urns; Lo.
of Schools, is Superintendent of Napa
vine Schools, which have opened a new
year with a total enrollment of 246.
The other teachers are Ueda Board
man. Mary C. Roberts, Frances Pepper
Mrs.- Alma Deskins. Angle Pierce arid
Mary Docherty. An effort will be made
to have the Napavine High School
placed on the state's four years' ac
credited list this year.
LINCOLN HAS FINE HERDS
Marked Improvement in Dairy Cat
tle Is oted.
TOLEDO. Or.. Sept. 15. (Special.)
Lincoln County is comlnr into promi
nence rapidly as a stock and dairy
county. Prior to 110 there was not a
registered animal of any kind in the
Kddyville section. Dunns; that year
S. T. Loudon & Son brought in the first
registered Jersey stock, and now there
are several fine herds of registered and
high-grade Jerseys, Helsteins and
Hereford in the Eddyvtlle section. All
this improvement of stock haa taken
place within the past seven years.' Lo
cal fairs at Eddyville and Big Elk have
had much to do with Improved farm
and stock conditions.
Lincoln County is one of the leading
counties of the state in the production
of mohair, and the fleece always brings
a premium in the market.
1'ire Costs Dairyman $3900.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. Sept. 1J.
(Special.) Contents of the dairy hoiist
of A. W. Crane, x farmer living on the
west side, were totally destroyed by
fire yesterday, entailing a loss of ap
proximately 3000. without Insurance.
The fire was caused from a spark from
the engine which was used to furnish
hot water for dairy purposes. A small
automobile, separator, engine, farming
implements and the entire contents of
the building were destroyed. The
building was of cement and fer that
reason no insurance was carried.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
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Washington State
Fair
NORTH YAKIMA
September 17-22, 1917
Show "Window for the State's Agricultural
Resources
Clearing-House for. the Livestock Industry
Big Sheep Sale Will Be Feature Throughout
the Week
Registered and Pure-Bred Animals of All
Kinds '
Child Welfare and Children's Industrial De
partment a Feature
Automobile Racing Monday
Horse Racing Five Days
New $20,000 Grandstand Completed This Year
State Industrial Exhibits From All
Institutions Shown
ite Hussar Singing Band Gives Two
Concerts Daily
Two Other Bands and Many Free Attractions
C. A. Wortham Shows Exhibit All Week
Reduced Rates on All Railroads
Frank Meredith, Secretary,
North Yakima, Wash.
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