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THE SUNDAY OliEGOXIANY PORTLAND, JULY- 18, 1920 CRATER LAKE HOTEL IS Concessions Will Not Be Given Up, Is Declaration. U. S. CONTRACTS CLAIMED Alfred Parkharst Avers He Will Stand Pat Despite Statement of National Park Director. OPERATOR FRM I Ml krzU I I ill Hi A L4 v . ill it Kvtifi MEDFORD, Or.. July 17. (Special.) Alfred Parkhurst, president and manager of the Crater Lake company, which holds the concessions at Crater Lake, and -who explained con ditions at the lake today at an In formal luncheon with leading: Med ford business men, will stand pat and will not give up his concessions in srpite of the order of Stephen Mather, director of national parks. In an Interview later Mr. Park hurst said: "The main hotel and Anna Spring: eftti p hotel are open and 'have been all the time with a full crew of em ployes and able to give first-class accommodations up to the limit of their capacity. Despite the statement cf Mr. Mather griven out at Portland this week, that in his recent visit to the lake he had given me notice that I must give up my concessions within two weeks, I am in full charge and expect to be the rest of the season. I have contracts for these conces sions with the government. "At no time has Alexander Sparrow, superintendent of Crater National park, been placed in charge of the betel accommodations, or In part charge by Mr. Mather, but I am re ce'ving as I always have received the usual friendly and informal co-opera- "Also the report that almost the entire staff of my employes quit early this week is erroneous. The entire trouble was stirred up by a steward who,' after he had been dis charged, tried to lnduco the entire s'.aff to Quit, but only nine did so. Their places have been filled and thirds are running smoothly. "The steward also was an agitator. Be told Mr. Mather a lot of erroneous Information about me and hotel con ditions. Instead of having fed 400 or more people at the take on July 4, as related by Mr. Mather and the steward, the truth is that only 124 were fed and they were well taken care of." ROUTES TO BE DISCUSSED City Wants Loop to Parallel Bull Run Pipe Line. At tire meeting of the state highway commission Tuesday engineering re ports will be submitted on various proposed routes of the Mount Hood loop between the Multnomah county line and Zig Zag. City officials are particularly anx ious to have the commission select a route which will run along the Bull Run pipe line. Chairman Benson has repeatedly declared he wants the shortest and cheapest road. All three members of the commis sion have been over the proposed routes personally, and have read the recommendation of State Highway engineer Nunn. A delegation is expected from Clackamas county, for after leaving the Multnomah line the loop section will be within the confines of Clack amas. The Clackamas people, or some of them, want the location to go through Sandy and follow the pres ent road. Bids are called, to be opened Tues day, for grading 11.2 miles on the Kugene-Florence road, this being the low" pass route which has been in controversy for a couple of years. Bids are 'also called for grading and rocking 7.6 miles on the McMinnville Tillamook highway, from the Yamhill county line to Butler's store, and bids are called for graveling 14.8 miles of the Columbia highway across Sher man county. 1 -LEGGED SWIMMER WINS Veteran of World War Leads Field of 2 00 Contestants. SARATOGA SPRINGS. Harold B. Garhardt of this city, a veteran of the world war, who lost a leg in France, exhibited his disregard for his physi cal handicap by finishing ninth with 200 contestants in the annual mile cross current swimming contest In Uetroit recently. Garhart swims en tirely with his arms. Dancers Demand Judgment. Judgment on claims totaling more than 3500 is sought by June Hamil ton Rhodes, to whom they have been Assigned by Ruth St. Denis, from the Western Musical Bureau, Inc. Lau rence A. Lambert, Frederick C. Heilig and Charles E. McCulloch, for alleged breach of contract with the Ruth St. Denis dancers involving a five weeks' tour. CoDviieht 1920 Hart Schaflaer & Marx You'll take off your hat to us when you see the Hart Schaffner & Marx all-wool suits we're offering in this special sale. Regular $60 and $65 stylish suits Reduced to $50 Another special group of Qt C regular $45 and $50 suits at. . . . vPtCV Saml Rosenblatt & Go. a. The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Fifth at Alder . Gasco Building DAIRYMEN SUBMIT COSTS PRODUCTION EXPENSE VARIES JlOXTHLY, SAYS SIR. SHROCK. Salmon Run Is Light. ST. HELENS, Or.. July 17. (Spe cial.) Fish buyers and fishermen re port the run of salmon as very light. They attribute this to the fact that the stage of water In the Columbia river is high and has been so for more than a month. A number of fishermen have put away their ' gear until the run of salmon improves. Leagne' Organization Manager Says Formulas Worked Out Dur ing War Are Used. Bases of computing cost price of producing milk delivered to Portland by the Oregon Dairymen's Co-operative league were released for publica tion yesterday by M. S. Shrock. or ganization manager of the league. During the present milk contro versy much discussion has been de voted to the manner in which the cost of milk production is computed. Mr. Shrock said yesterday that the league utilizes the Pearson and War ren formulas. Both of these formulas were worked out during the war, one by Prof. F. A. Pearson of the University of Illinois, and the other by Prof. F. G. "Warren of the University of New York, and are said to have been reached after careful Inquiry into the cost of con ducting dairies. Under the Pearson formula the ap proximate yearly cost is ascertained bv anDlylng current prices 10 me 101 lowing? amount of feed and labor and adding 25.6 per cent to the value thus obtained for each 100 pounds of milk: Grain, lbs. 25 Silage, lb. 140 Hay. lbs 36 Other roughage, lbs. 29 Labor, houra ......2.36 Grain, 85 lbs. at $60 ton $1.05 Silage, 140 lbs. at $8 ton 56 Hay. 36 lbs. at $24 ton 432 Other roughage. 29 lbs. $12 ton 174 Hours labor, 2.36, at 50 cents 1.180 has advertised for bids for the pav ing of portions of St. Helens and Oak streets In St. Helens so as to join the paved streets with the county highway to the depot. The county road runs along the streets mentioned and several blocks intervene between the paved streets and the highway. When the paving of this is com pleted there will be hard surface from the down-town district to the depot lVj miles. The cost of the proposed improvement will be about $7000, it is estimated. WEEK G1VENMAN TOWED C. W. ROWE MUST LEAVE GIRL ALOXE AS ALTERNATIVE. Taken from the Great Stage Success "Old Lady 31" is one of the most exquis ite and beautiful pictures ever present ed It's a screen classic It -is scream' ingly funny in places, but tuck a tear in your handkerchief you'll need both and you won't be ashamed of it, either MISS KENNEDY AT THE ORGAN Rainier Chautauqua Closes. RAINIER, Or., July 17. (Special.) The Ellison White Chautauqua closed a week's entertainment here today. It is likely that Rainier will not sign up for another, as this is the fifth season the company has been here and each time there has been a deficit for the guarantos to face. This year it will amount to about. $450. The entertainment, how ever, was first-class. Logger's Foot Badly Cut. Frank Klhart, formerly of Marsh field, who has been working for the Eufaula Logging company for some time at a camp 30 miles from Castle Rock, Wash., was brought to Port land yesterday with a severe cut in his foot, the result of an accident. He was taken to Good Samaritan hospital. Mother Complains Daughter Enter tains, Dressed In' Nightie, Under Peach Tree. Judge Rossman gave Charles H. Rowe a week toy make up his mind whether he would marry pretty Mrs. Mabel Parker, 86 North Fifteenth street. In case be decided not to marry her, the judge told him he must make up his mind to leave her en tirely alone. Rowe. was arrested on complaint of the girl's mother, Mrs. May Parks, who declared he was without visible means of support and charged him with vagrancy. She declared that her daughter was giving him money from her wages earned working in a pickle factory. v Mrs. Parks also declared her daugh ter, dressed only la a nightie, had entertained Rowe on one occasion be neath a peach tree in the back yard. She said Rowe was continually bang ing around. Deportees to Leave Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash., July 17. Thirty alleged members of the Union of Russian Workers, whose deportation to Russia Jias been ordered by the department of labor as a result of federal raids here January 19 last, will leave Seattle within the next few days for New York, It was learned today. New Road Being Cleared Up. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 17. (Spe cial.) A crew of four men is being kept busy by the maintenance de partment of the state highway com mission in clearing up the new eix mtle stretch of Columbia highway be tween here and Mosier. Legion to Campaign for Home. HOOD RIVER, Or, July 17. (Spe cial.) The local post of the American Legion has decided to Inaugurate an early campaign for a building fund for a permanent home. The structure will also include a clubroom for the Grand Army post and for all patri otic organizations. The proposed cam paign for funds throughout the county has received general Indorse ment of citizens. Miss Grace E. Frysinger of Wash ington, D. C, assistant to Miss Flor ence E. Ward, in charge of extension work for 33 northern and western states, will deliver a series of lec tures, beginning Monday, before the extension . methods class at the college. ' Rain Damages Hay Little. iT.niHV rii- .Tiilv 17 fPnerlal.1 - Except in a few Isolated instances,! hay in this part of the valley autfered but little damage from the recent rain, according to all reports. The hay. In most cases, has dried out nicely and, while it Is discolored, suf fered practically no damage. There was a great quantity of hay down and in the fields when the rain bepan, and had the rains continued considerable damage would have resulted. Series of Lectures Announced. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL- ' LEGE. Corvallls. July 17. (Special.) Butter Output Increases. CENT R ALIA, Wash., July 17. (Spe cial.) According to Andrew John son, superintendent of the Win lock Co-operative Creamery, the but ter output of the plant this month . will exceed the recVird made in June, when SI. 000 pounds were manufac tured. The June output exceeded that of June, 1919 by 5000 pounds. Alleged Annoyer Is 'Arrested. Frank Seberg of the Coast hotel was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct after he was said to have annoyed women and girls who passed. He will have a hearing in the munici pal court tomorrow. V Poisoning of Chickens Reported. Patrolman Cash reported yester day that a number of chickens be longing to a family at 833 Mallory avenue had been poisoned. He said that carbolic acid or some similar poison had been used. Rainier to See Sweet Peas. RAINIER, Or.. Jury 17. (Special.) Rainier will have Its sixth annual sweet pea show on Saturday, July 24. The event is under the auspices of the Congregational Ladies' Aid so . $3.3U6 To estimate the overhead cost, the table takes 25.6 per cent of the above total, which gives .869 cents a hun dred pounds of milk. Overhead ..........$ .869 Total yearly farm coat July coat Is 84.8 per cent of. yearly cost or Transportation Caring for surplusage $4,265 8.616 .30 $4,136 It was explained by Mr. Shrock that the cost of producing milk each month varies, and that although a yearly basis is reached through the Pearson or Warren formula, each month's cost Is computed separately. The Warren formula is reached on the same basis as the Pearson for mula, with the exception that addi tional feed is used, and the total cost is $4,251 a hundred weight for the nroduction cost. The league is demanding $3.60 a hundredweight for milk, explaining that although the actual cost of pro duction is greater than is asked, the difference is absorbed by the dairy men through the failure of fixing costs on depreciation of stock, salary to dairyman and his wife, and other charges which would be included in the average business. Highway Link to Be PaTed. ST. HELENS. Or.. July 17. (Spe cial.). The Columbia county court 'lllliiiiii)i,iiilltiiiiiilliiiiiiilliiiiiiiii;iiiiiii)iliiililililllllHlllillilllllll Gifts That Last The Perfect Diamond Queen of Gems "AN you conceive of a gift more eagerly welcomed than the gift of a diamond? Could you buy something for yourself more pleasing, or which would more surely main tain its intrinsic value? We think not! Our stocks of fine Diamonds afford pleasurable choice. Exceptional fa cilities permit us to quote exceptional prices. We would like to show you our gems. ARONSON'S Washington at Broadway. 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