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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, ,DECE3rBER 22, 1918.
PORT DEVELOPMENT
OF COLUMBIA URGED
Improvements Suggested for
City and River Mouth.
BIG PROGRAMME ADVOCATED
II. II. Ward Points to Hampton
Koadb as Example of YVliat Could
Bo Done for Shipping Here.
- "If the Columbia River roadstead
would come into its own and assume
Its rightful place as one of the great
harbors of the world, it must be done
by developing its greatest strategic
points regardless of their particular
geographic location on the river," said
H. H. Ward recently in an address
before the Portland Realty Board on
"The Unused Columbia River Port
land's Problem."
"This would include modern facilities
at Portland," he said, "for such types
of chips as will come up the river, to
Portland; and also the development of
great terminals at the mouth of the
river for big liners which, will not
come up the river. All of this suggested
Improvement is on fresh water, with
all the advantages of a fresh water har
bor. today is at the most critical period in
Its history. Will Portland grasp ' the I
opportunity now before her, and,' united
with other ports on the river, make
possible a great Port of Columbia, or
will sha insist on all vessels coming up
the river, at loss of time and expense,
thereby forcing ships and commerce to
other harbors? To successfully meet
the competition of San Francisco Bay
and Pugret' Sound, Portland and the Co
lumbia River must furnish equal privi
leges at tidewater for the large liners,
which will not come up the river. .
Coaxing Fails to Land Shlpa.
"No amount of coaxing will bring
ships to the Columbia River unless it
is to their financial advantage to do
so, in preference to competitive ports."
Mr. Ward called attention to the fact
, that the Government had spent $30,000,
000 on Columbia River improvements,
a.id that the total navigable mileage on
the Columbia,. .Willamette . and Snake
rivers made possible by these improve
ments is approximately 1000 miles.
"The' above expenditures and dis
tances would give the impression of a
vast commerce and the movement of an
enormous tonnage of freight," he said,
"but in-reality probably no large river
In America has in recent years lost its
volume of trade as has the Columbia."
The speaker then quoted figures to
show that while ; Portland led Seattle
and Puget Sound in shipping in 1890,
the balance of trade had shifted to Se
attle, until in 1917 Portland's trade
total was $9,533,360 and the Sound's
$513,665,977. .
Kiver Month Logical Place.
"The logical place for the develop
ment of heavy shipping of the speed
type on the Columbia River is at its
mouth," eald Mr. Ward. . "On this the
ory Hamburg, Bremen, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, London and other- tip-river
points were created. Hamburg has her
Cuxhaven, Bremen " her Bremerhavgn,
Baltimore her Hampton Roads, Phila
delphia her Wilmington, London her
Thames mouth, and even New York has
her Long Island terminals. Some of
the smaller ships will always make the
upper river ports, but the big liners
will stop at tidewater ports."
As an example of what port develop
ment of the Columbia-River as a port
would do for the Columbia River Val
ley and Portland, Mr. Ward pointed to
.Hampton Roads as almost identically
the same kind of a roadstead.
Plan Includes Willamette.
"Here is the greatest undeveloped
opportunity in the Pacific Northwest."
he said, "the upbuilding of great port
terminals at the mouth of the Colum
bia River, to be used in conjunction
with those on the Willamette River.
"In view of all the facts in the case
and of the failures of the past and pres
ent, it certainly will do no harm for
the people and interests of Portland,
Astoria, the Columbia River country
and Oregon to give serious thought to
me esxa nsnment of a Port of Colui
bia or Columbia River Corporation, by
the cities of Portland and Astoria and
all other Columbia River and Oregon
Interests working in co-operation for
toe solution of Portlands problem and
Astoria's problem, which, after all, is
the problem of the entire Columbia
River and of Oregon.
TR.UST COMPANIES EXPANDFNG
Resources for Fiscal Year Just
Closed Total $9,380,886,051.
J. P. Daly, Portland representative for
the United States Mortgage & Trust
Company, of New York, has just re
ceived a copy of the last edition of
"Trust Companies of the United States.
which Is the 16th annual publication
or the Eastern company.
"In presenting the 1918 edition at
tention is directed to the statistics of
the growth and influence of these In
BAKER STOCK COMPANY WILL PRESENT PLAY OF
b . ."-&..t'-i:T
"The Spoilers," created from Rex
holiday attraction.
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"The Spoilers." with its vitality of northern life. Is particularly Interesting to many Portlanders, especially those
who know persons who went to the Tukon country. The plot centers around the Midas mine controversy in which a
number of Portland men were involved. Cherry Malotte, heroine of "The Spoilersi la Bald to act th part' of a wom-.n
stitutions for the fiscal ..ear Just
closed, during: which trunt company
renourccs reached a total of $D.;i!sO.
SS6.051, or $422,374,214 more than a year
ago,' reads the preface of the volume.
"It is a satisfaction to record a 'arge
accession to the membership of the
Fcreral reserve sstem from the ranks
of the trust companies, it being worthy
of note that of the total resources
above shown over SO per cent are held
by companies now included in the system."
NEW BUILDINGS ARK PLANNED
Brick Structure 66x100 Feet Will
House Steam Laundry. .
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 21. (Special.)
With building restrictions in force dur
ing the 'war now removed, plans for
new buildings in Albany already are
being considered. Plans are being pre
pared for a new brick building to be
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER EN ROUTE TO
PARIS.
M 1m . Helen Lucii.
Miss Helen Lucas sailed from .
New York December 2 on the
steamship Balmoral Castle for
Kngland, en route to Paris, where
she will serve in the business
women's unit of the Y. M. C. A.
Miss Lucas was a teacher at Jef
ferson High School for several
years and was prominent. In the
Red Cross and liberty loan drives
conducted In the schools.
erected by J. W. Cusick & Co., on the
north side of First street, between Ells
worth and Lyon streets. The proposed
structure will be a one-story brick
building 66 by 100 feet and probably
will be occupied by the Albany Steam
Laundry.' The' building 'formerly used
by this laundry was burned last Sum
mer and since then the plant has been
operated In conjunction with that of
the Magnolia Steam Laundry.
Merrill Man Acquires Ranch.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Dec. 21.-1-(Special.)
Guy Merrill, a well-known
resident of the Merrill section, has pur-
chasedffethe J. A. Brown 100-acre ranch
in that locality for -$10,000.
The. ranch, is highly improved and
has the reputation . of. -being one of
the -most productive of any in the
county. Among its other assets Is a
fine orchard.' Mr.' Merrill traded in his
town property on the deal. He takes
immediate possession and will operate
the ranch himself-
GIRLS SELF - SUPPORTING
CO-EDS AT CORVALLIS DO VARI
OUS KINDS OF WORK.
3800 Hours of Work, Valued
$1140, Shown for 'Pres
ent Semester. '
at
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Dec 21. (Special.)
Self-support, either partial or, entire; Is
practised by many girls of O. A. C.
Through an employment bureau con
ducted under the direction of Mrs. Mary
E. Fawcett, dean of women, the work
is secured for the co-eds who do many
kinds of service to help pay their way
through college. Since so many boys
were absent in service or in the S. A.
T. C. here, girls were called upon to do
more stenographic and clerical work
than ever before. In addition to house
work and other tpyes of work which
they have always done.
The report for this semester shows
than more than half a hundred girls
were engaged in doing work by the
hour. Estimated at 30 cents per hour,
the girls have earned $1140 and have
done 3800 hours of work.
Mrs. Fawcett l.s now busy arranging
the return of the women to the two
large dormitories, Waldo and Cauthorn,
which have been used as barracks for
the soldiers. All furniture used In the
small halls of residence, which belongs
to the dormitories, and that in storage
Is being assembled and will be taken
back for the use of the girls.
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SCENE FROM "THE SPOILERS."
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SUPPORT PROMISED
TO HOME CAMPAIGN
Mayor Baker Appoints Addi
tional Committees.
MANY STRUCTURES NEEDED
Effort Will Be Made to Increase
Portland's Paine as City
of Home Owners.
There are assurances that the "Own-
Your.-Home" campaign under the aus
pices, of the Portland housing commit
tee, headed by the. Mayor, will receive
support from all commercial, industrial
and professional Interests in the city.
Mayor Baker says that In hia ap
pointment of additional committees he
was actuated by a desire to call into
service prominent men and women of
the city, representing every field of
activity, and to create a great com
munity movement
The campaign management is outlin
ing plans , to carry through one of the
snappiest and most energetic campaigns
ever undertaken, here. Fred H. Strong,
chairman of the finance committee, is
confident that liberal financial support
will be given to the movement. R. 1?.
Powers, one of the active supporters
of the Government's programme to pro
vide housing facilities for the indus
trial .classes, fostered by the Portland
housing committee, has consented to
continue in connection with the en
larged organization, and in connection
with - the- maagement of the present
campaign. Together with J. L. Hart
man, banker, who will act as treasurer
of the campaign funds, and Paul C.
Murphy, he will be a member or the
managerial committee.
' Skotheim Named Secretary.
O. H. Skotheim, who has just finished
a membership campaign for the Inter
state- Realty Association, has been se
cured asgecretary and will be chairman
of the coTiimittee on campaign publicity
and methods of campaign work. The
campaign management will have offices
in the. new bungalow at. the corner of
Fourth and Stark streets.
"The situation today reveals the fact
that the city is in actual need of several
thousand homes, which under normal
conditions would have been partly sup
plied during the past three or four
years," says Mayor Baker, "and which
now are urgently necessary in order to
create satisfactory housing facilities to
thousands of people who have come to
the city since the war began.
"Portland is known . throughout the
Nation as a city of beautiful homes and
where the conditions are exceptionally
favorable as a residential city; where
the "home makers' happiness blends
with nature's most generous contribu
tion to individual and community wel
fare.. We must. continue to spread the
fame- of Portland as the city which
thinks first of all of the welfare of its
people. This leads me to the observa
tion that there are hundreds and prob
ably 'thousands of Portland families to
day .who. are living in homes entirely
unfit from the standpoint of sanitation
and moral elements.
" Modern Dwellings Needed.
. "Overcrowding, of large families In
unsuitable homes is a social and eco
nomic crime. It is an undisputed fact
that a very high percentage of Port
land's Industrial population occupy
homes which are dangerous both to the
public health and public morals. The
solution is the construction of properly
arranged and properly ventilated
dwellings upon lands suitable for home
construction.
"Portland's industrial activities will
expand rapidly in numerous directions:
new industries will spring up and op
erations which have suffered from
recent limitations and restrictions, will
receive new incentive and attract to
themselves those who may be shifted
from the war industries. In other
words, .rortland expects not alone to
keep Its industrial population properly
and profitably employed, but will make
a strenuous endeavor to attract to it
self new Industries with a consequent
increase in population and prosperous
endeavor.
"I feel, that there Is no movement
which In a more efficient manner
would unite our people in a great ef
fort of creating and conserving con
fidence in Portland and loyalty to its
great commercial and Industrial future
than an active and energetic campaign
to build, beautify and increase Port
land homes.
"No man or woman with patriotic
Impulses can fail to enter with enthu
siasm into the purposes of our own-
your-home' campaign and render every
service possible in making it an
achievement of such magnitude that,
as a result of its final success, Port
land's name will be heard throughout
the Nation as the city which staged the
first - 'own-your-home" movement in
celebration of permanent peace for the
world."
Woodburn Masons Elect Officers.
WOODBURN, Or.. Dec. 21. (Special.)
At the annual election of Woodburn
Lodge No. 106, Ancient Free and Ac
ALASKA GOLD RUSH,.
.rn-w ,:;-. -71
i - T V K
during the days of the gold rush in '96
a
.it : : :
cepted Masons, held Monday evening,
the following were elected:
Charles H. Wakefield, worthy mas
ter: H. M. Austin, senior warden;
Hiram Overton. Junior warden; J. M.
Poorman, treasurer, and G. H. Bee be,
secretary. '
Officers appointed were:
Blaine McCord, senior deacon; R. M.
West, junior deacon; George Beach,
senior steward: Thomas Sims, junior
steward: E. E. Settlemier. marshal;
H. H. Gilbert, tyler.
Masonic Lodge No. 106, Royal Arch
Chapter No. 29, and Evergreen Chap
ter No. 41. Order Eastern Star, will
hold a joint Installation Monday night
with Worshipful Grand Master F. Wr.
Settlemier and Grand Worthy Matron
Mabel Settlemier as installing officers.
FARM MAY BE ENLARGED
Tract Is Available for Southern
Branch of O. A. C.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis. Dec. 21. (Special.)
On receipt of notice that another valu
able tract of land is available for pur
chase as an addition to the Southern
Oregon branch station farm In Douglas
County. Dean A. B. Cordley. director of
the O. A. C. Experiment btatlon. left
last night for Talent to inspect the
property. He will confer with the su
perintendent of the' branch station. Dr.
F. C. Relmer. and the members of the
County Court. In view of the value of
the branch station In solving some of
the most vital agricultural problems of
the district, the County Court passed
an appropriation of $10,000 to buy addi
tional lind. A 40-acre tract adjoining
the station farm has been favorably
considered, and It i expected that at
the coming conference final selection
of sll available tracts will be made.
Why Loweeyfe chocolates
are still scarce
CAMPAIGN IS SUCCESSFUL
INTER-STATE REALTY ASSOCIA
TION growing;
Sentiment in Favor of License Laws
in Northwest Gains Ground,
Members Report.
"The Interstate Realty Association
is just finishing the last mile or two
of one of the most Interesting and
widely-advertised membership cam
paigns ever undertaken by any or
ganization in the Pacific Northwest,"
said O. H. , Skotheim. the campaign
manager, yesterday.
"One of the outstanding and most
beneficial results in connection with
this campaign is the creation of a
universal sentiment throughout the
territory In favor of introducing a li
cense law In every state and also in
the Canadian provinces. One of the
prominent realtors of Portland. Paul
C. Murphy, Is efficiently directing this
work for an early submission in the
next Oregon Legislature. Today we
received a letter from C. T. Cross, of
Victoria, stating that in the campaign
Just closed in Vancouver, which re
sulted In the organization of a realty
board and a large number of members
tor the Interstate Realty Association,
the projected license legislation for
registered men held the center of the
stage, and attracted favorable atten
tion froit every member of the pro
fession in that city.
"The most recent events In connec
tion with the membership campaign
huve been a series of local campnlerns
TXTE have supplied millions of packages of Lowney's
v " for our boys in Europe. A million American sailors
have helped to consume them. With the war over, those
boys won't immediately lose their candy appetites, so we
must continue to supply part of your Lowncy's Chocolates
to the boys "over there."
In the meantime, we want you to know that
1 Lowney has supplied chocolate products to all depart
ments of the Service in unequalled volume, and that
f the Lowney standard of quality required no change to
meet the Government's exacting standards.
2 This war experience has brought home a lesson on
the food value of chocolate candy. Chocolates lessen
the craving for alcohol and 6upply real energy in place
of alcohol's deceptive "feeling" of energy.
3 Uncle Sam has made chocolate and candy a part of
the official ration for overseas troops a half pound
every ten days.
4 Moderate quantities of chocolate and candy should
constitute a real and wholesome part of our national
diet. In moderate quantities they are splendid health
giving and energy-giving foods, both for adults and
children.
FINALLY: with better supply of labor and expanded facilities, we
expect that we can soon take better care of you. But, please, do not
be too impatient if the nearest Lowney agent is not fully supplied.
THE WALTER M. LOWNEY COMPANY
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Boston Montreal
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In the large cities, bringing large re
sults in new memberships for the as
sociation. One of the significant fea
tures in connection with the local cani
oaign has been the willingness on the
part of the 'most prominent realtors to
volunteer their services to the asso
ciation and spend much valuable time
in other cities and communities in
connection with- membership solicita
tion.
"The executive committee of the
Interstate Realty Association will meet
on January 24 in Spokane, Wash., at
which time complete reports on me
progress of the membership campaign
will be submitted. It is hoped that a
great many additional new members
will be secured and that the organi
zation will decide to employ a perma
nent executive secretary, who will be
instrumental In organizing realty
boards throughout the Northwest and
create individual organizations uniting
on the common Ideals of this larger
movement throughout its entire Juris
diction." PENDLETON BANK PLANNED
Portland and Spokane Capital Maj
Be Interested In Movement.
PENDLETON. Or.. Dec. 21. (Special.)
It Is understood here that there Is a
possibility of the establishment of a
third bank for Pendleton. C. E. Wailes.
a Northern Idaho banker, has been in
the city for several days and it Is un
derstood that he was here for the pur
pose of looking over the situation with
that end in. view, as the representative
of Portland and Spokane capital. It Is
said that the plans for the new bank
Include a capitalization of $250,000 and
that It is to hold a state charter and to
have Federal Reserve Bank connection.
DAIRYMEN SET MEETING
STATE BODY TO CONVEXE AT
HILXSBORO JANUARY 14.
Gathering Is Expected to Replace
Farmers' Week of Oregon Ag
ricultural College.
The 26th annual convention of the
Oregon Dairyman's Association will be
held in Hilleboro. January 14 and 15.
This meeting will be largely in the
nature of an institute. Practical farm
ers are to speak. Representatives will
attend from Eastern Oregorv from tho
Tillamook country, and from Southern
Oregon, as well as from the Willamette
Valley.
The eradication of tuberculosis will
be discussed by Dr. J. A. Kiernan. who
is In charge of tuberculosis eradica
tion for the bureau of animal Industry,
United States Department of Agricul
ture. This Important feature will in
terest a large number of dairymen and
scientific men.
Dr. B. T. Simms. of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, will give an address
on a disease known as contagious abor
tion, and there will be demonstrations
of the treatment of cows. All persons
Interested in practical farming and
dairying are invited to attend the
meeting.
S. Fine, of the Department of Dairy
Huebandry. will speak of the experi
ments conducted at the Agricultural
College. In feeding cows.
No farmers' week will be held at
Oregon Agricultural College this year.
The association gathering doubtless Is
(o take the place of that event.
WE MUST
ALL DO
OUR BEST
to make the
change from
War Work to
Peace Work as
easy as possible.
Co-operation is
the Bis Thing
need NOW.
U. S. Dept. of
Labor,
Wm. B. Wilson,
Secretary.