The Sunday Oregonian., February 13, 1921, Section One, Page 9, Image 9

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ROAD IDEA EVOLVED
Immense Coast Highway Dis
trict Proposed.
SEVEN COUNTIES INVOLVED
Belief Is That Timber Could Be
Made to Pay for Road, All
Interests Benefiting.
STATE HOUSE, Salem. Or.. Feb. 12.
(Special.) With a unique plan of
financing so that it will not impinge
on the t per cent road bond limit, the
l.aosevelt highway bill probably will
'be reported out. by the senate roads
committee tomorrow morning. This
measure, which Has caused more or
lf-ys trouble during the session, has
been sleeping in the committee since
It was recalled from the house after
jtassing the eenate.
Not until last night, when a few
hrewd minds got together in Sen
ttor Hall's room in the Hotel Marion,
was there much hope of the measure
leavinjr the committee. As a result i
of an exchange of Ideas, a tentative
schemn'for financing the Roosevelt
highway was sketched out. and by
midnight the high points were agreed
en. Todav in Portland the amend
ments to the bill were being drafted.
end if the plan looks good Senator
Hall will h ready to shoot Monday
Briefly, the idea is to create a road
district and from the taxes of this
road district Day for the Roosevelt
highway. This avoids the necessity
r.r navinsr for the cost ot the road
nt of bond money provided from
automobile licenses.
Tlmbermen Would Pay.
As the motorists pay for the high
ways, because they receive tne most
hr refit, the new idea is that the tim
ber owners should pay for the Koose
.,it hii-hivav- of which they will be
h. crratoKt heneficiaries.
The road district would embrace the
west slope ot the Coast range anu
consist of Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln,
Lane, lmuglas. Coos and Curry coun
ties. This proposed immense road
district is chiefly timber land and
much of the timber is now overripe
and should be marketed. There are
no adequate means of getting the
timber out, and it is impossible to
finance a railroad along the coast at
this time. Although the taxes of the
proposed road district would come
mainly from the timber, there are also
a couple of railroads which would
have to help. '
Among other things in the general
plan, it is proposed that the Roose
velt highway bo not less than 20 feet
in width, built of reinforced concrete
not less than eight inches thick, and
that all of th bridges be built of
timber. f
Road Cost Estimated.
"While the details of calculation
have not been worked out, it is
roughly estimated that the road
would cost about J20.000.000, or pos
sibly Jj.000,000 more than that sum.
That the financing plan should
make a popular appeal is the belief
of the men who conceived the Idea.
Th. road district is now almost
-wholly timber. When this timber is
laws Amending: section 9926. Oreyon laws,
relating to "recording to detective deed.
H. B. 343, by Gordon of Multnomah
Providing for collection of toils of the in
terstate bridge by the governor, and de
claring an emergency.
H. B. 344. by Hurd Amending section
7114, Oregon law relating to condemna
tion of landa or water rights by the Ore
gon state fisli commiasion.
H. B. 343. by SIcFarland Amending
section S5ti4. Oregon laws, relating to li
censes for the practice of eAentistry.
H. B. 346, by Joint roads and highway
committee Authorizing and empowering
tne state ' highway commission to con
struct or pave streets or cities or towns
and providing for payment or costs thereoi
Bills passed by the .house today:
S. B. 1H7, by committee on fishing in
fiuetriea Providing for a commercial fish
eries code.
H. B. 196. by Hunter Amending sec
tion 005, Oregon laws, regulating state
banks. .
H. B. 328. by committee on Judiciary
Regulating the price of Oregon supreme
court reports anu providing for the print
ing thereof.
H. B. 113, by 'committee on insurance
Establishing the office of state fire mar
shal. H. B. 141, by committee on labor and
Industry Amending certain sections of the
workman's compensation law.
H. B. 139, by Gallagher Amending see
tionf 9381. 3S2. 83S4 and 9490, Oregon
laws, regarding stock running at large.
IDAHO SCHOOL WINS
SENATE
i Biennial Fight on Albion State
Normal Is Lost.
Fees for Attorney Referred.
STATIC HOUSE, SalertvOr.. Feb. 12.
(.Special.) Payment of $6500 to
C. B. McConneil 9 attorney's fees
for services in the suit which was
fought between the state of Oregon
and the Pacific . Livestock company
will be considered by the Joint sen
ate and house ways and means com
mittee. The house today refused to
pass a bill offered by Representative
Gallagher of Malheur county, provid
ing for the payment, without a re
port from the ways and means com
mittee.
NORTHERN SENATORS AID
Plea for Economy Does Xot Meet
With Favor From Friends of
Education In Legislature.
LINCOLN POINTS -"WAT
ALJj IRGED TO COXSCLT LIFE
OF MARTYRED PRESIDENT.
George A. White, Adjutant-General
of Oregon, Addresses Sa
lem Gathering.
removed the counties will have lost an
asset and the "hills will do covered
with stumps, but they will have the
Roosevelt highway. On the - other
hand, the timber owners will have
this road to enable them to get their
tiroduct to the ports. That is' why
the fathers of the plan favor a heav
llv-constructed concrete road which
ill hold up under the weight of log-
c-inir trucks.
As the timber is logged off the plan
calls for a fee of about 50 cents or $1
a thousand feet, which, or course,
would have to be paid by the ulti
mate consumer of lumber, presum
ably in the eastern market.
Idea Ambitious One.
Just how this scheme of financing
Is to be whipped into workable shape
In such short time as Remains of the
present session is not known. The
authors are not quite certain them
selves, but in a general way they
hope to have the programme shaped
up so that it can come out of the
senate roads committee as an amend
ment to the Roosevelt highway bilL
It may be deemed necessary to refer
the whole proposition to the people,
for the idea is so daring that the
legislature may htsitate to take defi
nite action on it on such short notice.
If ttie present theory is reduced to
amendment form and gets before the
legislature, the timber owners and
the railroads will sit up and take
notice. It is said that the timber in
the proposed rdd district is in the
hands of comparatively few men and
that the majority of those are not
even residents of Oregon.
MUCH STIL1 TO BE. DONE
f Continu-rt From Kirst Paiy. )
week. A new Roosevelt highway bill
is expected Monday and there will be
a measure authorizing the governor
to appoint a commission to probe fur
ther into the question of new sources
c revenue.
The measure taking the collection
of tolls out of the hands of the Mult
nomah county commissioners and in
vesting this work with the governor
will be advanced to third reading with
expedition. There is strong sentiment
for the bill and it will probably be
passed. The measure creating a hydro-electric
commission is almost cer
tain to be defeated, for it places un
limited power in a commission au
thorized to spend millions of dollars.
The measure is considered a atep
toward government ownership.
More Sprr-4 la Ordered.
More speed is the order of President
Ritner and Speaker Bean and there
has been a noticeable acceleration in
the machinery of the legislature in
the past week. When the senate and
house assemble Monday forenoon the
calendar -will be filled with bills
ready for third reading and scores of
other measures are rapidly attaining
the same position in the order of busi
ness. There are six working days left in
which a tremendous amount of labor
must be performed. The session will
have to adjourn sine die next Satur
day night or early Sunday morning,
irrespective of Hie condition of the
desk, because it would be next to im
possible to get a quorum back after
that period. The presiding officers
feel confident that they will get
through on time, but it will be a hard,
grinding week.
SALEM. Or, Feb. 12. (Special.)
Every American citizen should con
sult the life of Abraham Lincoln at
least once each year in order that
they may better understand their
country and tne ideals for which Lin
coln fought, George A. White, adjutant-general
of Oregon, told enthusi
astic Salem residents at Lincoln day
memorial exercises at the armory here
today.
"Abraham Lincoln embodied In his
humble life the ideals, aspirations
and course of conduct of a new race
of men," he said. "His was not merelv
the moral and political leadership of
a generation; it was the living ex
position of a course of conduct that
will persist so s long as the sacred
principles of freedom, equality and
honesty shall persist as the founda
tion of this land of ours.
What is right? That was the acid
test which Abraham Lincoln put to
every problem of his day. fc'ot what
is expedient, not what is popular, not
what will meet the spirit of com
promise and further, his own polir
ical purposes, but what is right. And
"u hen by mature process he had
reached his decision, with malice
towards none, with charity for all and
with firmness In' the right, as God
gave it to him to see the right.
And let us entrench our hearts
today with that acid test of our citi
zenship, to make it a basic part of
our citizenship, in all our dealing as
citizens as even it was the very foun
dation of the citizenship or-Abraham
Lincoln, and even as it laid at the
foundation of the citizenship of that
other great American.
" "It has been said of Abraham Lin
coln that his l'fa was this history of
the people of his generation. It has
been said that the p-lse of 20.0O0.U00
people beat in his heart and that his
tongue articulated his thoughts.
"And when our leaders grfat or
small do not reflect these American
fundamentals of service which were
characterictic of Lincoln, then we and
not they are responsible and "we may
know that there cxist3 a sluggish
conscience.
'Sluggish conscience begets lax
citizenship. Lax citizenship provides
a breeding ground for incompetency,
extravagance and viciousncss in pub
lic affairs.
"There has come to us out of the
dark months lately passed a new
and virile national spirit, fused in
the white heat of a great crisis out of
mutual sacrifices as a people. We
have before us a duty of circum
stances to keep alive that new na
tional spirit. We have a duty and we
must hold to it to give to our coun
try in the struggles of peace some
small measure ot that loyal and active
interest in Its affairs and spirit of
sacrifice which we gave to our coun
try in its supreme disaster.
'It is well that from time tp time
in gauging the quality of oyz citizen
ship that we compare it with the
standards that have been set by Lin
coln, ana we snouia go iunnor ana
measure by those standards those who
are our leaders, and were we to find
that they fail to share throughout all
those standards of honesty, native
capacity and courage, then we may
know that we have been derelicts In
om; duties as citizens, and that we
have before i r.n immediate duty to
repudiate them." '
AUTO DEALERS FIGHT TAX
PROPOSED LICENSE LAW WILL
MEET OPPOSITION.
IIOCSE HAS FIVE NEW BILLS
cix' Measures Pass
Gordon's Bridge
During Day.
Act Up.
STATE HOCSE, Salem, Or., Feb. 11
(Special.) The following bills were
introduced in the house today:
H. B. 31-, by committee on revision of I
Local Association to Send Group
to Salem to File Protest
Against Bill.
Automobile truck owners are pen
alized for protecting the- highways,
urder the terms of the proposed new
license tax law, according to the leg
lslative committee of the Automobile
Dealers'- association of Portland,
which will register a protest before
the legislature Monday.
The proposed schedule for passenger
machines was very satisfactory to the
dealers' representatives, who met in
the office of M. O. Wilkins yesterday
afternoon, but all expressed a prefer
ence for the present tonnage basis in
taxing automobile trucks, even though
rates are Increased substantially,
rather than a schedule based on width
of tires. j,
The new automobile law, house
bil; 339, comes up for final hearing
at 4 o'clock .Monday, and representa
tives of the local association are ex
pected to attend. A second meeting
of the legislative 'cemmittee of the
dealers will be held at noon tomorrow
to finish work xot completed last
night. Among those present yester
day were; H. M. Covey. A. H. Brown,
H. W. Roberts, Charles C. Irwin, Harry
Hayes and W. R. Delay.
The dealers may suggest an amend
ment to the proposed law, providing
that on county highways pedestrians
bo required by law to walk to the
left of the roads, always facing
traffic.
Phone your want ads to The Ore-
Ionian. Main 7070, Automatic 660-95.
BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 12. (Special.)
The senate emphatically refused to
day by a vote of 22 to 16 to abolisn
the state normal school' at Albion, in
Cassia county, thereby settling a. con
troversy that arises biennially, and
upon which much pending legislation
hinges.
Ther act. it is believed "in legisla
tive circles here tonight, clearly indi
cates that from now on no effort will
be made to attack other state institu
tions, but that they will be liberally
taken care of instead. It is said to
mean that the fight against the state
board of education in an effort to
abolish the office of commissioner of
education will be smothered in the
upper house. It was the north that
saved the Albion normal. That is
conceded. And the north is vitally
interested in its own normal and in
the state university. For 11 years the
Albion fight has been launched before
the. legislature. The effort to. wipe
out that Institution this . session
failed as miserably as it has failed
every other time the issue has
come up. I
DI!I Ably Championed.
The state affairs committee intro
duced the bill seeking abolishment,
which came before the senate on
third reading today. M. B. Yeaman
of Idaho Falls, chairman of the com
mittee, championed rhe measure in a
most able manner. He urged it be
considered on its merits alone, and
that neither Personalities nor preju
dices be Injected into the debate. He
asserted a lobby had been main
tained which had been very active
in its effort to kill the bill before
It could .be given fair and impartial
consideration.
The institution, he said, has cost
the state over a million dollars and
was not giving results. The repub
lican party he held to be committed
to a programme of economy and
should move to abolish the school.
Senator McMurray of Cassia county.
where the school is located, attacked
the measure. He charged that since
the state b ard of education was cre
ated it has been against the normal
and that if the same energy used
against it had been used in its favor
it would be one of the leading institu
tions of the state.
Paddock of Washington asserted
the state would save money if "it
would take ail of the students at the
normal, pay their railroad fare,, ex
penses and tuition and send them to
the best normal school in' the United
Slates. The average annual cost per
pupil he held to be J1S65.
Honor Paid .to .Lincoln.
The portrait of Abraham Lincoln,
draped in his country's flag, held i
place of honor in front of the speak
er's desk in the house . of representa
tives and reverent tribute was paid
by the house to his memory by sus
pending its work at the hour of 11
o'clock and listening to memorial ad
dresses.
Speaker Teter G. Johnston, after
calling the house to order for the
special order as previously announced
read i.dwin Markham s poetical de
scription of Lincoln, and on conclud
ing tha reading called upon Repre
sentative Jay M. Parrish of Ada coun
ty, who recited-Llncoln's Gettysburg
address.
Representative Donald Callahan, of
Shoshone county delivered a brief and
beautiful eulogy. He spoke of the
reverence 'due the memory of him
who bore the sadness of the nation's
civil trial upon his shoulders; of the
prodigious service he rendered the
nation, and of the ideals nourished
in the hearts of his countrymen by
his spirit. .
Primary Bill Postponed.
By common consent consideration
of the direct primary bill, scheduled
for final consideration, was post
poned until Monday. By common
consent the special order for the
afternoon, amendment to 'tbe bill
regulating sale of alcohol, was con
tinued to Monday afternoon. .
Five bills ' were passed and two
were defeated. Six were considered
in the committee of the whole house,
and when the committee arose short
ly after the noon hour, one bill was
killed - bv indefinite postponement.
Two new bills were introduced by the
committee on state affairs, the house
granting permission to suspena me
rules for the purpose, though riday
was the last day for introduction of
bills under those rules.
House bill No. 109, by severson, was
one of those passed. It is designed
to relieve the farmer by extending
th tiiAe in which he can pay his
rental on state land leases until Octo
her 1 for the present year and until
th same date for 1922. By statute,
lease of state lands are payable in
advance.
Farmer Memorial Adopted.
House joint memorial No. 4 also
was adopted. It calls upon congress
for such farmer relief as may be
possible by extending the assistance
of the federal iarm wan nans.
' House bill No. 135, indefinitely pfst-
noned on recommendation ot tne com
mittee of the whole house, would have
nroUded authority for state conven
tion of county-atdltdYs annually, .with
their traveling expenses paid by the
state. Anderson of Ada attacked tne
bill' scathingly, telling of earlier days
when sheriffs were glad to attend
state conventions at their own ex
pense. If officials ot toaay were more
cAnscientlous ana less grasping, ne
declared, part of the tax burden would
be removed.
Senate bill No. 51, by Boughton,
requiring that county cbmmissioners
sitting as county Doaras ,oi equaliza
tion shall complete their duties by
the fourth Monday In July of "each
year, was passed without a dissent
ing vote.
"Whenever a top grade, ready made suit
can be bought for $25 to $35, the boycott
t is going to collapse'!
In That Case,lfie &pg Boycott Never Even
Reached Fafiey-EreckmanV '
Obituary.
Funeral services for Robert C.
Baker, prominent Portland pharma
cist, were held Friday afternoon at
the J. P. Finiey parlors under the
auspices of the Oregon commandery
of the Knights Templar. Mr. Baker,
who was 42 years old, was the owner
of the Baker Drug company at Fifth
and Burnside streets. Mr. Baker was
born at Atljens, Tenn. He entered the
retail drug business In Portland 12
years ago. Mr. Baker was a member
of Imperial lodge of the Masonic or
der, (he Knights Templar and the
Elks. J-fe is survived by his widow
and mother. .
WOODLAND. Wash., Feb. 12.
(Special.) Word has been received
from California of the death of
George Barr, pioneer of Cowlitz
Fahey-Brockman's rock-bottom UPSTAIRS prices reflected trie
prevailing market conditions so faithfully that they constantly
meet every condition in price and quality that the buying public
demand at any time.
High-Grade, Beautiful ly Tailored
COAT;
SUITS
and OVER
The
Fahey-Brockman
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Low Rents Plain Stores Volume
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Eock-Bottom Market Prices Al
terations Free Fit Guaranteed.
SATISFACTION
Or Your Money Back
with some as low as $20.00 and oth
crs as high as $40, but all at Fahey
Brockman rock-bottom market prices
Greatest Vajues Yet'
i It is no exaggeration to say that never in our history did
Fahey-Brockman offer the men and young men of the Northwest
'the wonderful values we do today.
Tahey-Brockman's present UPSTAIRS prices are all the way
from $10 to $20 per garment lower T:han even Fahey-Brockman's
last Fall's UPSTAIRS prices.
New Spring Prices Plus
That meansto say that the new Spring prices youVe been
waiting for are here NOW. They are 30 to 35 lower than
last Fall's wholesale prices, plus the regular Fahey-Brockman
UPSTAIRS saving of $10 per garment.
You Need Not Wait a Day Longer Buy the Fahey-Brockman
UPSTAIRS Way NOW ' -
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Raleigh Building Sixth and Washington
rAur.YHR
1L 'ZfeOlfer J'y upstairs ana r saQ ?IQ22
county, living near here until failing
health caused him to try a change
of climate. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Catherine Barr, a daugh
ter. Mrs. George D. Barker of River
side, Cal., and a grand-daughter,
Georgia Barr of Portland.
EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.).
Harold Raymond Hartzell, an ex-
service man, died at Eugene hospital
yesterday at the age of 25 years. He
is survived by his widow, a son. Har
old Raymond Jr., a mother, Mrs. G.
Grivey, and other relatives' at Junc
tion City. He was a member of the
65th Field artillery and saw service
in France. The body will be interred
at Junction City Sunday.
LAWLES CC'REAMS BLAMED
Japanese Commander Tssues Dec
laration About Expedition.
SEOUL. Cora. General Oba, com
mander of the Japanese army in Co
res, has issued a declaration to the
Coreans residing in Hunchun and the
Chientau region, Manchuria, explain
ing the 11 reason for the expedition
against the Corean malcontents in
southern Manchuria. :
The declaration maintains that law
less elements among the Corean peo
ple have joined with Manchurian
mounted bandits and insurgents and
have attacked the imperial Japanese
consulate at Hunchun with arms and
destroyed the building. Futhermore,
they made a wanton assault on and
murdered Japanese subjects residing
in Hunchun, it Is alleged.
The declaration continues: "They
threatened to invade the imperial
Japanese territory with arms. The
Imperial Japanese government ; has
been compelled to take measures of
self-defence and has dispatched
troops for 'trie protection of the Jap
anese subjects in the region. The
Japanese government will take most
circumspect measures not to prejudice
China's prestige, which shall be strict
ly respected, and not to cause men
ace to the interests and welfare of'the
law-abiding Chinese population in the
region. The Japanese government
and army expect to attain the object
of the expedition by maintaining a
perfect harmonious operation with
the Chinese government authorities
and troops in the execution of the
measures.
"The expedition against the insur
gents is intended for removing the
menace to the welfare and happiness
of the Chinese people, who are asked
to bar this sincere intention of the
Japanese government in mind and to
assist and give facilities to the pres
ent. Japanese military operations.
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