''1 V:: v y'Y Y; : o-t'Cr.v .-.i - V Y- - - I k v- .- V I,,'., "..- ! '. i o IV (. -.;. f - ";'.' : . - . -'A - . . -1 ! r X THE SUM) AT OltEGONIAN. PORTLAND, JUNE 6, 1920 ES 111 STATE PLANNED Legislative Committee ( to Gather Information. ; BLANKET BILL PROPOSED ATI Pay of Officials From State Officers to County Included in 1 Comprehensive Surrey. Because many official salaries are out of Joint with the abnormal times, and here and there resignations by officials because they cannot lire on their pay. a special legislative com mittee met in Portland yesterday toj gather Information on -which. to base a Wanket salary bill for introduction In the 1921 session of the state legis lature. The committee consists of Senator John Bell of Lane, Senator W. W. Strayer of Baker, Representa tive E. W. Haines of Washington, E. P. Dodd of Umatilla, and H. C Wheeler of Lane. . All official salaries, from those of 'State officers, down to the lowest county officers, will be Included in the comprehensive and state -wide snrrey. The five members of the committee will divide fRe counties, each makins a personal Investigation, and the result of the information will be digested probably in October or November, and a schedule of salaries prepared. Interview o Be Made. The salaries of state officials will be left until December, when the en tire committee will go to Salem. Multnomah county will be dealt with Independently of other counties for the reason that the population, wealth and volume of business in Multnomah places it beyond comparison with any other Oregon county. In gathering data, the legislators win Interview county commissioners, circuit Judges, district attorneys, county clerks, sheriffs and euch other county officials as they can find, and entslde of official circles they will discuss with leading citizens what the latter consider about the right com pensation for the various offices. By pursuing this system, the committee-, men expect to have detailed informa tion on every office in every county, and when this mass of statistics is analyzed an attempt will be made to make salaries adequate and uniform. There is a wide range In salaries tor the same office. For Instance, county Judges are paid $400 a year, in Wheeler county to $2000 a year in Douglas and Tillamook counties. County clerks range from $1000 a year In Ctrrry to $4500 In Multnomah; sheriffs range from $1200 In Curry to $4500 In Multnomah and $4000 In Harney; county treasurers from $250 a year In Wheeler to $2500 In Mult- - nomah; assessors from $4 a day In . Wheeler to $4500 In Multnomah; county recorders from $1200 in Ben ton, Linn and Washington, to $1600 In Yamhill; county school superin tendents from $400 a year In Wheeler and Curry to $2500 a year In Mult nomah; district attorneys run from $600 to $4000. Sheriffs to Be Pitied. Senator Strayer said that some Sheriffs go Into office well fixed and go out 'broke. He favored some pro gramme of giving sheriffs fees In civil cases. Senator Bell said that i county clerks accumulate 'velvet" by charging for transcripts audi cer- ', tified copies of documents, the clerk pocketing the fee, although the work -. Is done "by county employes on county time. There Is no complaint over the i sheriff's compensation in certain counties, while in others the sheriff . Is more to be pitied than envied, and . the same situation holds true of some ' of the county treasurers. Members of the committee thought It strange that circuit judges in Mult 't nomah receive $5000 a year, while . outside Judges are paid $4000, yet the $4000-a-year Judges are frequently called 4o Portland to do the work of the $5000-a-ycar Jurists. A circuit ' Judge is in an awkward position, the committee opined, for while in office ; the judge cannot practice his profes- sion, and if he remains on the bench too long he loses his practice and ; has a tough time starting over again when he is no longer a judge. The legislative investigators will - start on their travels some time dur ing the summer. from lumber and maritime Interests, J and their Interest In these Industries i is keenly aroused In their visit here. The delegates come from Washington, J Alaska and Mexico, three being mari ners sailing out of Mazatlan. A distinguishing mark, of the visi tors is their physique of the true Norseman type. Hoquiam's streets now seem peopled Iby scores of rein carnated vikings. In their number is Thor Tjelkmar. aged in years, but sailing the seas with the vim of ripened strength at the age of 80. Ha Is master of a tiny windjammer in Arctic waters and is a striking figure with huge, white mustaches that cas cade down his breast like the tusks of a walrus. Captain Tjelkmar served in the American navy as a boatswain during the civil war on a frigate. He was mate of a f filibustering craft in the Russo-Japanese war and he served as first mate of the "Duke," a schooner that was bombed near West Hartlepool. England, by Germans early in the war. Only four of the crew of 12 got ashore. HULL LEVY If.DDRSED CIVIC LEAGTTE TAKES ACTIOS OX" SCHOOL MEASURE. WHISKY CACHED IS Mi XOT EVEN ODOR liEFT, SATS rROHIBITIOX AGENT. Aid Pledged In Campaign Sow Be ing: Carried On in Behalf of Ad ditional Funds for District. Indorsement of the three-mill levy to be voted upon at the forthcoming school election was given unanimously by the Oregon Civic league yesterday noon at the regular weekly session and luncheon of the organization at the Benson hotel. ' Resolution was adopted urging the passage of the levy and pledging the Hid of the Civic league in the campaign now being carried on in its behalf. Candidates for school directors for school district No. 1, two of whom are to be elected at this time, were given an opportunity to appear before the club, each of the candidates being allotted a few minutes to slate his platform. The following were called upon: Mrs. Francis Sherman, W. F. Woodward, J. N. Pearcy, S. A. Mur hard. Frank I. Shull, AV. A. Jones and O. M. Plummer. Mr. Jones, who with Mr. Murhard is a "labor candidate." both having been given the indorsement of union labor at the regular weekly meeting of the central labor council last Thurs day evening, declared that he had no intention of running for school di rector until after he had heard of his indorsement by the labor council. "The tender of labor support was so complimentary that I could not decline it," he said. "I know of no other group whose indorsement I would rather have than that of or ganized labor." Mrs. Sherman, who was appointed by William Howard Taft, when he was president, to aid In the administra tion of the educational system In the Philippines, outlined her position as favoring the development of the school system of Portland along the lines of highest efficiency. Other statements along the general lines of school development were made by -the other candidates, and Mr. Plum mer, who is seeking re-election, em. phasized particularly the passage of the three-mill levy. The passage of this measure, which will give funds for enlarging the city schools along lines greatly needed. Is more impor tant at this time than the matter of the election of school directors, he declared. HOTEL TO BE IMPROVED New Proprietor to Expend $15,000 in Changes at Seward. Alterations and Improvements in the Seward- hotel, to cost approxi mately $15,000. will be undertaken shortly by W. C. Culbertson. new pro prietor of the hotel, who is completing negotiations for the lease and fur nishings of the property at the corner of Tenth and Aldier streets. While the negotiations have not been com pleted all necessary steps toward the transfer have been made, an Mr. Cul bertson already has taken charge of the hotel. The purchase price of the lease and furnishings was given as $100,000. The property belongs to Gus Rosenblatt and members of the Rosenblatt family. Improvements at the Seward to be undertaken, by the new proprietor include the installation of a large ice plant and. laundry in the basement, the two plants being of sufficient capacity to serve both the Seward and the Cor. nclius. of which Mr. Culbertson also Is proprietor. Several thousand dol lars will be spent in additional fur nishings. The general policies in the manage ment of the hotel maintained by W. V. Seward until hi death and by Mrs. Seward from then until the present time will be continued, according to Mr. Culbertson. and the present hotel staff will be retained. Keeman and long, Who Went to Prinevill In Quest of Liquor, Return Empty Handed. "Not even an odor of whisky," was the laconic report of Joseph Beeman, federal prohibition agent, who re turned to Portland yesterday from ; Prinevllle, where he went In company 'l with A. L.. Long, former Portland policeman, to unearth a cache which contained more than $5000 worth of bonded whisky. When the prohibition agent arrived ! at the scene of the cache he found that some enterprising bootlegger had located the whisky and. according to Sheriff Combs at Prineville, had been doing a rushing business with the Illegal "firewater." Evidence that many bottles of whisky of the same brand as Long had hidden had been sold 'in and around Prinevllle was found. Long took the whisky away from I L. Adcox, who was transporting a generous supply Into the state from California last summer. Long later was arrested and convicted of imper sonating a deputy United States mar ; shal. Last week. Just before he was 1 to receive his sentence. Long agreed . to turn over the hidden whisky to the government, but the eastern Ore gon bootlegger already had located the cache. "Long was absolutely on the square with me," reported Beeman upon his arrival in Portland yesterday. "I am . porUive txt the whisky was found and taken without his knowledge." Keep Oregon Going Ahead. Subscribe to the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce. This Week! Although Good Shoes are Scarce, You See Only Good Shoes Here Our stocks of stylish, dependable shoes were never so complete as now. You can rely upon being- shown here only the best all-leather footwear, and at a price which gives you your money's worth. These stocks, too, are so large and varied that your taste, whether modest or expensive, can be exactly suited. Women's White Canvas Lace Shoes $8 These are smart high shoes in the best of makes ; only the finest materials and most skilled workman ship were used in their making. We have all widths, from the narrowest to the widest. Just Received Complete Lines Laird, Schober & Co.'s Pumps for Women, in Black and Brown Leathers White Washable Kid Pumps Reasonably Priced Men's Calf or Vici Kid Lace Shoes $10 A surprising value in stylish all-leather shoes. It's a real opportunity, men, to save some dollars. 129 Tenth St., Bet. Washington and Alder S. & H. Trading Stamps - Equivalent to a Cash Discount Wt0L." I Livestock ffe ESTACADA GARAGE BURNS $40,000 FIRE IXCHJIES MA CHINES IX STOKAGE. Firemen Unable to Save Building or Cars and Tarn Attention to Adjoining Buildings. ESTACADA, Or., June 5. (Special.) Fire, which destroyed the Wilcox Bros', garage at a loss of $40,000, broke out this morning, the first seri ous blaze the town has had in several years. Several cars were burned. Loss on the machines stored and the building and equipment is partly covered by insurance. The fire is believed to have started in the -office and had gained much headway before it was discovered. Ef forts of firemen were confined to keeping the fire under control and preventing it from spreading to neighboring buildings. Mayor Bartlett, who usually stores his car in the garage, was congratu lating himself today that he had left his machine at his home the night before. Oregon's Second Greatest Industry THE SALE OF LIVESTOCK for meat purposes last year brought $45,000,000 to Oregon stock men a figure -which places livestock second in the important industries of the State. Five years ago the total sales amounted to approximately $36,000,000. This increase of $9,000,000' in five years readily indicates the important progress that is being made in the industry. OREGON IS NATURALLY ADAPTED to the raising of all classes of livestock on a large scale. Our mild winters make it possible for animals to thrive in the open during the coldest months of the year. The extensive prairies ' east of the Cascades abound in nutritious grasses and grains, and particularly valuable are the millions of acres .. of land in National Forest Reserves where sheep can be grazed for a nominal fee. t: .' - " ' THE LIVESTOCK POPULATION in the State in 1919 '-Cvahied at $103,826,000) was estimated as follows: Cattle, 296,000; swine, 762,000; sheep, 1,820,000; dairy cows, 113, 600; horses, 94,000; mules, 7000; goats, 170,000. A steadily increasing number of these animals are registered, pedi greed stock, for the Oregon farmer has learned that "scrub animals" are a poor investment. AGRICULTURAL FAIRS AND LIVESTOCK SHOWS, of which there are already twenty scheduled for this year, '' and the well-organized boys' and girls' Livestock Clubs throughout the State, are big factors in the increasing , quality of the herds. They deserve great credit for the ,work they are accomplishing. THE PORTLAND UNION STOCK YARDS are the big gest and best equipped stockyards in the Northwest. They Srovide a free, open trading place, where any man who as- animals to sell, can offer and sell them in the open V market, or employ another to sell them for him. This .service has been of great help to the stock-raiser in mar " -keting his animals, approximately one-third of Oregon's ' livestock being sold through the Portland Union Stock Yards. Shipments are also received from all points in the Northwest, and some from as far distant as Southern California. , i' PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT of the year in the livestock industry of the Pacific North ; west, is the reorganization of the Pacific. International Livestock Exposition, and the erection of their permanent buildings at North Portland. These buildings, costing approximately $300,000, were made possible by donations from banks, farmers, and public-spirited citizens of the Northwest. NATURAL CONDITIONS, good marketing facilities, the -steady improvement in the quality of the animal popu lation, ana tne Keen interest shown in the agricultural fairs and stock shows, all indi cate progress in the livestock industry that assures a Greater Oregon. - VHt'-viiu.ZZ "TSIa a' .. . izi ra. X. i '. War Wealth Tax Abandoned. LONDON', June 5. The cabinet council Friday decided to abandon the idea of a tax on war wealth, which had been examined into by the cabi net and by a special committee of the house of commons. Read The Orejronlan classified ads Vikings Appear Again on Streets of Hoquiam. Tt Hundred Birsemen From Sfx States In Strange Convention. J. W. GA1M0NG TO TAKE REST General Manager Portland Flour- ins Mills Resigns. J. W. Ganong, vice-president and general manager of the Portland Flouring Mills company, tendered his resignation yesterday to M. H. Houser, president of the company, the resigna tion to take effect immediately. Mr. Ganong's health has r.ot been good for several months and his physicians advised him to take a rest imme diately. Mr. Ganong has been with the Port land Flouring Mills company since 1S85 and with his prior experience has seen nearly 10 years' service in the flour milling business. He was chair man of the milling division of the food administration for this zone, suc ceeding the late .T. B. Wilcox, and served until the food administration went out of existence at the close of the war. Mr. Houser was reluctant to accept Mr. Ganong's resignation as general manager of the flour company and he left with the good wishes of all con nected with the firm. No successor to Mr. Ganong has been appointed. Bible School to liast Three 'WeeUs. Bible classes for boys and girls will be held in the Millard avenue Pres byterian church for a three-week period beginning June 16, under the auspices of the Multnomah County Sunday School association. Miss Parker, a worker in the state Bible school, will be in charge of the course. Classes will begin at 9 o'clock in the morning and close at 11:45. Children ranging from those of the elementary age to high school students will be accepted. ' HOQUIAM. Wash., June 5. (Spe cial.) Nearly 200 Norsemen from half a dozen states have gathered in Hoquiam for the 17th annual conven tion of the Sons of Norway. Most of them will stay over for a day or two to see the harbor and the lumber camps, for the visitors are largely Louis F. Fles Kfetate $11,000. An estate valued at $11,000 was left by the late Louis F. Fies, according to the petition for probate of will filed in the circuit court by Ralph H. Bald win, son-in-law. The children, who are said to be the sole heirs, are Clif ford D. Fies, Grants Pass, Or.; Mrs. Olive Baldwin, North Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. Agnes U. West, Portland. Henry W. Hughes, Angus Campbell and John H. White wers appointed appraisers. 1A tiire tJhie Jl w M Business as well as the Younger Chap My always at rock bottom-priced SUIT include every weave and style con servative or fashion plate. Gome Up My Stairway - Save money on my specials $35 and $40 Alterations Free w mm Upstairs, Broadway at Alder Cat-ty Corner From the Pantages .in. i i ll " t JY' .- L II 11.. hibe 2- ..a C MONDAY ' . 5 r .3a To Arrange Our ooooo toe k of Ladies', Men's, Boys' and Children's v. . Y I To Be Placed on Sale Tuesday Morning 9 A. M. S This Will Be the One Bis Sale of Good, Up-to-Date Merchandise See Our Ad in Monday's Journal and Tuesday's Oregonian 4Repair Department Will Be Open Monday Wanted Experienced Shoe' Salesmen. See me here Sunday at 10 o'clock. f.. s i YYS 'TOTSYTEAR HOE CO. ? i -Y; igTOOD VS) HOE ? fc. : YY '' A. 49-5 1 4th St . , Next to Honeyman Hdwe. 19 t r v i V 4, .;. ?vYY ft