TIIE STTNDAT " OUEGONIAX, PORTLAND, JUXE 1, 1919.
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REPRESENTATIVES OF AL KADER TEMPLE, NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE. WHO WILL PRESENT
INVITATION TO IMPERIAL COUNCIL FOR 1920 SESSION TO ACCEPT PORTLAND HOSPITALITY.
ence he bad while over there, is a big
joke.
You can shoot anything you want
in Germany." he said. "AH you have to
SEEK BIG GATHERING
do is to get a "beater and anybody
who happens to be straying around
loose will do for that. He will run
all over the mountain yelling until
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the deer come down the hilL All the
1920 Shrine Conclave Asked
L for Portland Oasis.
WEST UNITES IN PLEADING
Special Train Carries Delegates of
; ; Northwest to Indianapolis for
Chief Effort.
; : Tuesday morning a splendid special
; train -will leave Portland manned from
; cab to rear platform with men entitled
; to -wear the emblem of the Mystic
I Shrine, bearing the Oregon delegates
; to the Indianapolis session of the im
; serial council. Nobles of the Mystic
' Shrine. Representatives of Hillah tem
" lle, Ashland, and of Al Kader temple,
; Including the famous Arab Patrol, Be
; douin band, chanters and harem dancers,
; "will make up the personnel, headed by
i Potentate W. J. Hofraann. Judge
Z George W. Stapleton will present be
I fore the Imperial council the claims of
- Portland for the 1920 session. Mayor
" George I Baker will invite the council
Ion behalf of the city of Portland. H.
; T. Hutchinson, representative to the
' imperial council sessions committee,
;will be a. pillar of strength In the fight.
; - The train will be composed of eight
". cars when it departs from Portland
land will pick up five additional Pull
'xnans at Tacoma and Seattle.
- Al Kader temple has supplemented
;ts invitation to the temples of Shrine
;dom throughout the breadth of the
land with a unique and impressive
campaign of publicity, accentuated by
, the interest in the Pacific coast of
'.every delegate or member who has par
ticipated in any of the pilgrimages to
;the sessions held at this side of the
continent-
.. Portland Idea Born 1015.
lJt was when the imperial council
!met In Seattle in 1915 that Potentate
'.Hofmann originated the idea of invit
ing the ceremonial session to select
;Portland for its session in 1919 or 1920.
-Intervention of the war last year made
it apparent that the session of this
lyear would be only the necessary busi
ness meeting of the imperial council,
'.and it was then decided that Portland
;should ask for the privilege of the first
spectacular session of the hosts of the
scimitar and crescent after the end of
the war. Thus the foundation was
.laid for the effort that is now being
;put forth to secure the official deci
sion. The contest for the 1920 ceremonial
session is no sham fight. New Orleans
"came into the limelight with dash and
vigor and is ambitious to have the
.Shriners go there next year, and it is a
:battle royal between the Rose City and
;the Cre3cent City. Conservative dele
gates from eastern cities were inclined
-to favor the south because the cost for
Zrfcilroad travel would be less than to
jnake the transcontinental trip.
; Then Al Kader temple accomplished
-that which it was believed was beyond
"possibility: through the efforts of Sen
ator McNary the United States railroad
"administration granted a reduced rate
-lor the imperial council session at In
dianapolis and gave assurance that it
-would be granted next year for the
ceremonial session.
; Al Kader Wins Rates.
Z That is one Jewel In the fez of Al
-Kader that should have weight in the
final decision. Furthermore, Edward
'.Cbambers, director of traffic of the
lailroad administration, certified over
:his signature that the rate was ob
tained by Al Kader temple. Appeals
of the eastern potentates had been in
vain, but Senator McNary, acting on
behalf of Portland, succeeded where
others failed.
New Orleans is nearer Indianapolis
than Portland by about 1700 miles, and
therefore at very much less expense
the southern city can make a demon
stration of numbers. It is reported
Iiere that New Orleans will send 1000
Jnembers headed by a mounted patrol
tf 100 on black steeds, a marching pa
trol of 100, and a herd of 25 camels
that will be used in a demonstrative
parade to visualize the splendor with
"which the southern delegates propose
, to entertain.
Al Kader will present in support of
the claims to being host next year the
guarantee of an entertainment fund of
$100,000; the united support for Port
land of all the temples of the Pacific
-' coast and Inter-mountain region from
' "Mexico to Vancouver and Victoria,
British Columbia, and eastward to Cal
...gary. Every day of the convention
there will be distributed among the
delegates at Indianapolis 10.000 Port
land roses, sent daily from here in
cold storage, and during the parades a
rose-decorated automobile will bear a
beautiful little girl who will scatter
Portland roses along the streets of the
-Indiana capital
Portland Folk Busy.
The dining room of the Claypool
"ctel has been engaged as Portland
headquarters half of it has and the
other half was reserved for the regu
' lar trade of patrons, nearly all of
whom will be Shriners during the June
days that the session is to be held. It
is also the headquarters hotel of the
imperial council.
- Every Shrine temple in North Amer
ica has received an invitation from
Governor Olcott of Oregon to come to
Portland in 192U. Every delegate to
the imperial council has received a per
sonal invitation from Mayor Baker and
from Recorder Hugh J. Boyd have gone
the official invitations of Al Kader
temple to the recorders and potentates
. of temples everywhere. As the special
trains that simultaneously leave Port
land and San Francisco for the imperial
council sessions speed eastward, they
'will gather additional delegations from
tho oases that are situated along the
routes to the mecca of 1919.
"When the train starts east from Se
attle it will bear the delegates from
- British Columbia, together with those
from Tacoma and Seattle. A stop of a
half-day will be made at Spokane,
where the delegates from Calgary will
join the party, also those from Boise,
and speeding eastward there will be
accessions from Butte and Helena, and
another reception will take place at
Fargo. Arriving at Chicago there will
be a conclave of the representatives of
27 temples, united as one body for the
campaign at Indianapolis to gain the
laurel wieath of victory for Portland.
Pilgrimage Costs $26,000.
'"Whether Al Kader wins or loses in
the effort, there will have been In
curred an expenditure of $26,000 in the
pilgrimage to Indi-mapolis. Not one
'".'.tent will have been drawn from the
fund raised for entertainment of the
'".. visitors in 1920, nor will it be except
for the purpose for which it was sub
- -scribed. The cost of the effort to se
cure the ceremonial session is being
paid out of the accumulated funds in
the treasury of Al Kader.
"Your unique campaign has won me
ever; you can count on our whole dele
pation." was the message received from
one delegate from an eastern temple.
Another sent this dispatch: "Your
. persistency and originality indicates
hew you will entertain us. I am for
you.
'I have been a member for 20 years
knd attended nearly &U of the imperril
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council sessions," says another pioneer,
"and I never saw anything to compare
with the campaign Portland is making.
You deser-e to win."
Motley Flint, vice-president of the
Los Angeles Trust company and an
enthusiastic pilgrim to the welcome
shade of the date-palm and refreshment
of the oasis of the Mystic Shrine, says:
"I have gone to six sessions of the
council, and it surpasses anything that
has come to my attention. Should never
expect to see any temple elsewhere
than on the Pacific coast equal the
unique record that Al Kader has made i
in its fight for the 1320 session."
Many Friends Made
George Simon, president of the Pa
cific Bridge company, who has been in
the middle west for some time, writes
that five Ohio temples are solidly for
Portland. Texas has promised its vote
for Portland and Canada has joined
with the Pacific coast states in placing
its votes in the hands of the Portland
committee handed to the Rose City on
a silver platter, so to speak.
And when the trains reach Indianap
olis, say boy! There will be a parade
that will wake the Railroad City to
a realization that the Rose City has
come with the charm of music and
fragrance of petals to pay its homage
at the behest cf the imperial potentate.
Houris of the harem, impersonated
by Robert Krohn, S. G. Noles. Bert Far
rell. Ted Wood. George Mettler and
Eouis Centro. will dance their way
into the graces and delight of the coun
cil session. And the chanters will do
their part under the leadership of No
ble E. E. Mcculloch. But upon Al lea
der's Arab Patrol will devolve a great
measure of responsibility for the show
ing that will be made at Indianapolis,
and under the direction of their cap
tain. Noble William Davis, there is no
one who doubts that they will shed
luster on their banner and their jewels
will shine with greater brilliance after
the Journey across new desert routes
and visiting the shrines of other cities.
Bedouin Band to Charm.
Al Kader Bedouin band, under the
leadership of Frank Lucas, director,
will discourse music that hath charms
to soothe the sheiks of the desert and
to suggest to the denizens of distant
mosques a desire to Journey to the
evergreen oasis of Portland. Having
tasted of the refreshing waters that
lubblo from the far Pacific temple
founts, the air? that are dear to the
hearts of the faithful will Inspire them
to journey again toward the setting
run. At Spokane. Fargo, and at other
stops en route the band will lead the
r.orthwest representatives in their pa
rades. Ellis Lewis Garretson, Imperial chief
labban, a member of Afifi Temple, Ta
cc ma. will be the guest of honor on the
Al Kader special train. And. by the
way, it will be the last word In train
appointment, from locomotive to ob
servation, car platform the special
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train do luxe of the railroad adminis
tration control that has gone from the
Pacific coast. It will bear represent
atives of the following temples of the
Mystic S'nrjne: Al Kader, Portland;
Hillah. Ashland: Afifi. Tacoma; Nile,
Seattle; Gizeh. Victoria, B. C; El Katif.
Spokane: El KoraJi. Boise; Calam. Lew
ifaton, Idaho; Bagdad, Butte. Mont.; Al
geria, Helena. Mont.; El Zagal. Fargo,
N. D.; Kem, Grand Forks, N.. D. ; Al
Zahar, Clgary, B. C, and Wa-Wa, Re
prina. Sask.
SHERIDAN WILL CELEBRATE
July 4 to Be Observed With Parade
and Soldiers Reception.
SHERIDAN, Or.. May 31. The mayor
of the city and the city council have
decided to hold a Fourth of July cele
bration and are now working on plans
which will make It one of the most
memorable occasions in the history of
the town.
A reception will be held in honor of
the returned solllera and sailors from
every branch ot the service from Sheri
dan and vicinity and a parade will be
held. Fireworks will be a main feature
of the celebration and preparations are
being made for a night exhibition.
Prominent speakers from various
Oregon cities will be present. The girls'
band of Sheridan, which is rapidly be
coming famous throughout the state.
.will play- darins-the entire, day, - 1
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Sea Lion Charley on His
Way to Rose Festival.
Old Salt Likes Portland, bnt Is Dead
Set Against "Land Sharks."
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EWPORT. Or., May 24. (Special.)
Sea Lion Charley is arranging
to attend the Victory Rose Festival in
Portland, though he is afraid of the
high prices.
"I was In Portland getting my blink
ers tested last year." he said, "and
dropped anchor at the Imperial hotel
instead of following the channel down
to Burnside street.
"In the morning I put down a dollar
and waited for my change. The land
shark behind the bar said: The price
Is $2; please pay the cashier.' I al
most turned turtle at the price and
told him I had only occupied my bunk
an hour, but it made no difference.
"It was too swell for me. A pirate
in uniform grabbed my duffle-bag and
I steered over to the cigar stand. I
looked through the glass case and a
dude shifted about some papers so
that I could see everything, horning
in with a remark that he kept only
the best brands. I told him to show
mo where he kept Jolly Tar plug to
bacco and he admitted he was out of It.
"After that I asked the pirate where
there was a coffee house, and he told
me where there was a good one not
too high toned on the water front.
That night I got a bed for four-bits
on Burnside street, which was better
than any bunk a sailor ever found In
a forecastle.
"I think I'll look up Captain Hardy
when I sail and see If he can't rec
ommend a good place to hang my ham
mock. He seems to have had some
experience back In the days when sea
faring men didn't scrub down decks
in dress suits and have to Play a
piano to get a berth on a ship the good
old days when it was the hornpipe
and not the tango that made deep
water men watch their step."
JOSEPH PATTERSON.
Hunting: on German Estate
Joke, Says Soldier.
Killing Deer on ex-Crown Prince's
Preserves Is Toe Easy.
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NIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
May 24. (Special) Kent Wilson,
a member of the 1918 class In the uni
versity and one of the men of the
361st ambulance company, who re
turned to the campus recently, says
I hunting on the estate of the former
(.crown- iiflaca -tit ermany an expert
hunter has to do is to sit down and
shoot what comes by. We got 11 deer.
Ony three of them had horns. If there
were any game laws we never heard
of them. I got a wild boar. too. We
couldn't use all we killed, so we took
the game down to the American hos
pital at Trier."
Wilson also went down to the ex
kaiser's old home, Stolfeltz-on-the
Rhine. The place, he says, was then
occupied by an American . colonel. "It
wasn't a castle, but a rather modern
affair of cement." Wilson said. "The
'estates' there are funny things; we
would call them hills. The nobility
kept them for hunting preserves, but
the Germans aren't allowed to carry
any ammunition now, as they can't
even hunt any more."
Wilson says the French shops made
him think of an American junk shop.
"They are all crowded along crooked
streets," he says, "and each store
seems to carry a little of everything.
They are different in Paris, which is
much more modern than the average
French city. The French circuses are
a 'circus' all right. They have a clown,
a couple of monkeys, a hand organ and
bear. These, put into a small tent,
are called a circus. No one goes but
the children.
Wilson expects to re-enter the unl
versity next year. His home Is In Ore
gon City.
FbrtlandYMCA
Nan Oversea '.
BY V. A. ELIOT.
Letter No. 32.
LE MANS, France. I gave the Ore
gon movies, the war spruce, the
Rose Festival and three of Finleys
ature reels at the big "Y. D." hut In
Jacobins square as an afternoon enter
tainment. The room was well dark
ened and the pictures were clear. All
the personnel of the hut were there, as
well as a goodly number of the boys,
and they were all delighted and gave
the pictures lots of commendation. My
interest, of the afternoon, centered la
the man in charge of the room who was
Sergeant F. w. Triska of Burns. Or.
Sergeant Triska was connected with
the biological survey in Oregon and
was Finley's assistant In photograph
ing these very films I had shown of the
Malheur and Klamath lakes.
We got some chocolate and cookies
and sat in a corner visiting for an hour
or more, about the birds, old Oregon,
and the little wife who is waiting for
him back home In Burns. He showed
me a letter xrom 1. vv . nelson ox the
Biological Survey at Washington of
fering him a position with the survey
on his return, and urging his accept
ance, sergeant i risKa came over with
Company H, 363d infantry, 91st di
vision, leaving Camp Lewis on June 26
nd landing In France on July 26. He
was In the Argonne fight, going over
the top September 26, and after four
days' hard fighting was wounded In the
left arm and gassed and was in the
hospital 26 days. Before going into the
Argonne he was in the reserve at St.
Mihiel and the Voges front. After leav
ing the hospital she was transferred to
the classification camp at Le Mans. He
could not connect with his division for
the sailing so he was put in charge of
the soldiers detail at "Y. D." hut. The
sergeant is looking splendidly well and
fit.
Colored Blen See Pictures.
At the colored hut at "Overhaul
camp" I gave the bird pictures and
movies to over 200 colored men. This
hut is in charge of two intelligent look
ing colored women. V hen I had fin
ished here I went over to "Camp Etat,"
where Taylor was speaking, and there
1 met two Oregon lads.
Private W. J. Jones from Portland
and Salem was glad to see us. He said
he expected to be home the latter part
of June. He is connected with the
"R. R- camp" and has been all over
France in transportation work. His
home In Portland Is 732 Mississippi
avenue. Private Glenn Roberts of
Woodburn. Or., has two sisters living
at 1008 Lnlon avenue, Portland. Rob
erts came over with the 318th engin
eers in the 6th division. I also met
Private Wright B. Reynolds of Walla
Walla, who came over with the 157th
Infantry, 40th division, landing in
France August S, 1918. All three of
these boys send greetings to the home
folks and want them told that they are
In excellent condition and feeling
great.
I gave the Oregon movies as part of
a double header" programme at Le
Suze to a hut filled with 200 or more
men. Gorden J. Taylor followed with
Ufcd," while I went about a mile be
yond to another hut, where I gave the
reels again to about 200 M. P's.
"X" Man la Decorated.
My former "boss." Walter H. Evans,
the head of the "Y" educational de
partment in Paris, has just been dec
orated with the croix de guerre for
heroic conduct under fire. Many of us
did not know that Mr. Evans had had
thrilling war experiences as a Y. M.
C A. secretary with the Foyer du
Soldat. According to the citation it
was on May 27, 1918. at Chemin-des-
Dames, when Mr. Evans' hut was de
stroyed by shellfire that he stuck to
his post during all the fierce fighting,
helping, the wounded and "giving to all
a fine example of endurance and good
numor.
I have just had a long walk up the
river Sarthe. The day was ideal, the
country beautiful and the birds were
out In full force. In an hour I had
added five new birds to my list, the
linnet, greenfinch, lesser whitethroat
warbler and the famous European cue
koo which I both saw and heard. The
air was full of beautiful swifts and
swallows and the black-capped warb
lers and whitethroats were singing
everywnere.
MEN NOT TOO BUSY TO VOTE
Hood River County Conducts Pre
election Campaign.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. May 31. (Spe
cial. ) Hood River county is conduct
ing a pre-election campaign to secure
a 100 per cent attendance at the polls
Tuesday. A. J. Derby and E. O. Blan
char, respectively chairmen of commit
tees on the Roosevelt highway bill and
the reconstruction measures on the
ballot, are confident of an overwhelm
ing favorable vote, but some feared the
busy spraying season may result in
a light turnout.
"Busy? Sure, but well take time
to vote." has been made the battle-
cry in the election campaign.
Graduating Class Large.
WALLACE, Idaho, May 31. (Special.)
ne wauace nign school will gradu
ate 22 students on June 6. This is the
largest graduating class in the history
of the school. The four students grad
uating with the highest interscholastic
honors are Robert Cummins, Agnes Ma
honey, Dorothy Walker and Merrial
Atkins.
Woodland Soldier Home.
WOODLAND, Wash.. May 31. (Spe
cial.) Among the recent arrivals from
overseas duty is Edward Erlckson who
went across on August 11, 1918, with the
157th Infantry. 40th division, but who
was transferred to the 77th division in
September. He was In the Argonne
drive for 22 days, and went over the top
i three tunes. jricKson was uninjured.
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BY ALBERT RADDIN SWEETSER.
Department of Botany, University of Oregon.
Buttercups.
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NIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
May SI. (Special.) This ever
present, much-loved and gener
ally overlooked flower, while display
ing wide variation in plant form re
tains a uniformity of flower structure
that locates it at once. In eastern Ore
gon it is a humble plant prone on the
ground and making a carpet of gold,
west of the mountains it stands erect
with uplifted head in fields and by
roadsides, its leaves rough and divid
ed like a hand. But it is in the low.
wet ground that they flourish and it
this that gives meaning to their
scientific name. Ranunculus, or little
frog. To the casual passerby all but
tercups look alike, but closer observa
tion shows marked variation In leaf
structure and plant habit, and in one
species a distinct reddish or brownish
coloration on the outside of the petals.
These all have five yellow petals.
numerous pollen-bearing stamens at
tached to the head of the flower stalk.
and in the center several distinct sim
ple pistils each containing a single egg
which will ripen into a seed. These
pistils, or egg cases, enlarge and re
main on the plant as a clump of pods
after all the rest of the flower has
fallen.
It is possible that many may have no
ticed In slowly moving streams, in
sloughs and ponds, a water plant whose
leaves with their thread-like divisions
form waving masses, often covering
the bed, but that they were really wa
ter buttercups is probably known to
but few (Fig. 1). Some species of wa
ter buttercup always remain submerged
and their white flowers bloom beneath
the water, but the sort shown in the
figure has more than a passing inter
est, for it exemplifies in a striking
manner an important biological law of
the life struggle. It will be noted that
while most of Its structure and flow
ers are beneath the water that there
comes a time when the branches lift
themselves above the surface and bloom
in the air. It will also be observed
that the submerged leaves are cut Into
numerous thread-like divisions, while
the emerged leaves have a blade simi
lar to the typical aerial structures.
What is the purpose of all this?
In our acquaintanceship with the
flowers we are never to forget that
more than the mere acquisition of the
name Is the discovery of the way the
plant lives and has its being, how does
it carry out its supreme struggle, the
develonment of structures for its life
nrnn-snes to the end that it may mul
tiply and cover the earth. With this
key we may often decipher what would
otherwise be meaningless structure or
inrnniils flower form, and this wa
ter buttercup is a good illustration of
the point in question. One of the func
tina nf th leaf is to absorb a gas
necessary for the food production of
the plant and this gas occurs in less
quantity in the water than in the air,
consequently requiring more absorb
ing surface in the water leaf than the
air leaf, which is attained by the
ntimnrnu fine divisions of the former.
It is possible also that the floating
air leaves help to ouoy up ino emerg
ing flowers. Man and animals may
change their environment, but plants
are for the most part fixed In their
habitations, hence their perpetuity de-
on the workinc out of that mys
terious ability to adapt themselves to
thir nvironment and those -wnicn
-nn nil react nerslst while the others
are relentlessly destroyed. This Is what
Spencer means by "the survival of the
fittest." and illustrations are abundant
from the records of the past In the
testimony of the rocks and the bio
logical processes of present times.
Lmjrkkpnr and Columbine.
It seems a far cry from, the regular
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cup-like buttercup to larkspur and col
umbine, but it is unsafe to judge from
appearances; a man is more than the
coat he wears: so the study of the in
ternal structure ot these flowers shows
that they possess all the characteristics
of the buttercup family.
The comman name, larkspur, explains
itself and it is in this spur that the
honey is stowed away out of the reach
of any Insect save such as structurally
adapted to transfer pollen and ac
complish cross-pollination. The scien
tific name. Delphinium, has reference
to the fancied resemblance of the flow
er, when seen on the side, to a dolphin.
They vary in size, and in color are
mostly blue, a few white and one or
two in the southern part of the state
scarlet (Fig. 2).
Columbine is from the Latin for
dove, as some have imagined that the
five spurs resemble five doves with
their beaks together (Fig. 3). It Is
known scientifically as Aquilegia. from
Aquila. an eagle, likening the spurs to
those of an eagle. These also treasure
their nectar at the bottom of the spurs.
but sometimes a little hole may be
found on a spur where some robber in
sect has bored through and stolen his
sweet drlnK. -mere is out one com
mon species in the state and its tall,
slender stem, with its red flowers, is
a delight to alL If one cares to make
a comparative study he will find that
the spurs of columbines are modified
petals, while that ol tne larKspur is
a modified sepal.
Anemones, or Wind Flowers.
The resemblance of these flowers to
buttercups is more evident. The large
white-flowered three-leaved anemone
is a common inhabitant of our woods
(Fig. 4). Most of its leaves arise
from the root .except three just be
neath the flower. One looks in vain
for the two portions of the floral cov
ering, and as the parts present resem
ble petals it is taken for granted that
the calyx is wanting. As a matter of
fact it "is the petals are wanting and
the calyx consists of petal-like sepals.
The Oregon anemone is built on a
similar plan, but the flower is small
and blue and the stem leaves are each
composed of three leaflets (Fig. 6).
Anemone is from the Greek and sig
nifies wind, so that thesa are some
times known as wind flowers.
There is a plant at present occurring
abundantly in our fields which may
easily be mistaken for a buttercup, this
is the Geum or Avens (Fig. 6). It has
a yellow flower which to the casual
observer seems like the buttercup, but
a closer scrutiny reveals the fact that,
while like the buttercup, it has numer
ous stamens and simple pistils, tho
stamens are attached to the green calyx
instead of the top of the flower stem,
or receptacle. These are the character
istics of the great rose family.
EUGENE FAVORS MEASURES
Improvement of Old Military Wagon
Road to' Klamath Indorsed.
ECGEXE, Or.. May 31. (Special.)
The Eugene chamber of commerce
unanimously favors every one of the re
construction measures to be voted upon
at the special election June 3. The
chamber also voted in favor of the re
turn of the railroads of the country to
private ownership with no government
guarantee of earnings.
The question of a highway between
Lane and Klamath counties by improv
ing the old military wagon road over
the summit of the Cascades by way of
the upper Willamette was indorsed and
efforts will be made to secure the co
operation of Klamath county and the
forestry department. It is proposed to
spend t20.00 on this project this year,
JI4.000 of it to be put up by Lane
county and J6000 by Klamath in addi
tion to any sum that is available from
the forestry department, -
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