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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1921)
TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, POItTL. iJtt. MARCH 27, 1921 ' SCaPPOOSE MAKES L M ON SPEEDERS EHSTERN MEN TD BE SHQWNOPPORTUWITY DEPENDENTS HANDICAPPED BY AFFLICTIONS BECOME USEFUL WORKERS IN COMMUNITY Seventeen Men and Women, Charges of Public Welfare Bureau, Labor Dafly in Factory Established by Organization to Salvage Discarded Articles and Make Them Marketable. Fewer Drivers "Step on 'Er Drive for Settlers Coming in River Town Now. Summer Planned. "Storeful of Dame Fashion's Latest Productions" FEBRUARY FINES $300 RAILROADS TO CO-OPERATE laitnougn jjJmU for Autoista Is Comprehensive Programme Now Raised to 2 0 Miles In City, TraXIlc Cop SUU -Works. Being Worked Out by State Chamber of Commerce. --..'I .'I . 1 1 v J " 3 with -? average of over . .n-t nl conviction per day, the town of i-uoppoose, on tne lower Columbi river highway. ja brlnclno- tho ...... month of it crusade amlnut sncoH ing to a highly successful tormina uon ana la sttlJ going strong. Fines i'T me montn. of February brought 300 Into tho city exchequer, while win easily top the 200 mark. But in the city of Portland are a considerable number of motorists who see rod every time the nam of the Jiiue tonmbla river town la men tloned. They were numbered among inoBe present Before the Scappoose ny recoraer and police judge at various- times, and are strenuously contending they -were not exceeding: Tne speed limit at the time of arrest , and are even hinting: that the Scap- poos anti-speeding: camDaicrn la iimt another means of bringing- In a little .revenue for the benefit of the city irom me outside. New Code Compiled With. ot even Scappoose Is swinging aek to normalcy, and last week the city council in solemn session re pealed tne ordinance that has been on tne city books since late In Jan uary making: 16 miles per hour the speed limit within the city boundaries ana raised the limit to 20 miles. The tig: signs placed along the Columbia highway at the approaches to Scap poose have been changed to read 20 miles instead of 15. The action was taken, it was said by officials of the Hcappoose city government, to' con form with the general rule along the highway and also to conform to the new automobile code which goes into eirect in May. Although Scappoose lias raised its limit . by five miles per hour that js the only concession made, and the motorcycle policeman who has been patroling the highway through the town since February 1 for eight hours every day is still at work and will continue to safeguard the lives of Scappoosians, the city fathers say. Captured Motorists Protest. Scappoose has made itself famous during the last two months as a re suit of its anti-speeding campaign. and much complaint has been regis tered on the part of those who claimed they were not traveling over the prescribed limit when arrested. One motorist even protested stoutly that he was looking for a place to park his car when the motorcycle policeman "pinched" him. The Oregon Automotive Dealers' association and a number of other organizations have passed resolutions condemning im proper arrests because of the bad Impression which such action would give to motor tourists from outside the state who might fall into the hands of the officer. Scappoose. however, denies that any arrests were made of motorists trav eling under the legal limit. Fatal Accident Arooitt Tews. The whole thing started because Scappoose was the scene of a number of serious accidents, including one in which a little girl was killed," ex plained C F. Oathcart, city recorder and police judge. "We determined that something must be done to safe guard our lives and property from the speeders, and so late in January an ordinance lowering the limit to 15 miles per hour within the- town boundaries was passed. We hired a motorcycle man and lie went to' work on February 1. "Although we et the limit at 15 miles per hour, we notified the offi cers not to arrest any motorists un less they were erceeding 20 miles an hour, and since the campaign started the officer has not arrested anyone actually groins under 23 miles per hour. "The only difference between us and all the rest of these towns,1 he concluded, "is that we post the speed limits and then get a man to enforce tho law, while the other towns Just pass an ordinance and then go away and forget it." Ho Commlsslom Give. H. W, Weigle, the motorcycle offi cer who keeps his eagle eye on Scap poose's highway, was a temporary motorcycle officer in Portland for about two monthsand for seven months was motorcycle officer of Columbia county. Hints that Weigle was re ceiving a commission on all he could 'catch" were strongly denied by the Scappoose city fathers. Weigle, it was said, la given a straight salary of $150 per month and is furnished his machine, gas and oil . . , February was a good month for the Scappoose speed "cop,"' and 34 motorists were haled before Judge Cathcart. Fines ranging from J 5 to S15 were Imposed to the total of J300. In March, up to the 25th of the month, 25 arrests had been made and the city exchequer was swelled hy 195. Al though the city council has raised the speed limit to 20 miles per hour, it is declared the campaign against speeding is far from over and the eagle eye of the speed "cop" will con tinue to hover over the town. POrSON WEEK APRIL 3-9 Lane County Fanners to Urge War on Gray Digger Squirrels. EUGENE, Or., March 26. (Special.) April 8 to 9 has been proclaimed "poison week" among Lane county, fanners, when war will be waged on irr aaulrrel. Poisoned 'barley will be available for several thousand larmers. - - The campaign against these animals will be carried on not only during that week but also until they are exterminated or their ranks so badly depleted that the damage done by them will be negligible. The work will be under the direction of Ifa P. "Whitney, county agricultural - eg-ent. HAVE TOTJ HEARD GODOWSKY PLAT THIS WEEK? Come and listen to his three great piano records. THE WITCHES' DANCE, RUSTLE OF SPRING, MARCH MILITAIRE. THE BRUNSWICK RECORD, KNABB WAREROOMS. AT LiPHAII, WOLFE & CO. SCESB AT RDISTRIAL DEPARTMENTS WORKSHOP, WHICH HAS BE Seventeen men and women. 13 of whom were dependent handicapped cases being cared for by the Public Welfare bureau, now are employed by the new industrial department of the bureau at its factory, corner Thir teenth and Johnson streets, in clean ing, pressing and repairing men's and women's clothing, mending shoes, re lining stoves and refrigerators, recan ing chairs, refinishing and mending furniture, and weighing and separat ing papers, magazines and . rags, for which they are paid a nominal sum. The plan for capitalizing the waste and the unemployment of the city by means of salvaging discarded articles of all kinds, the work of putting them into useable shape being done by the needy and handicapped, took form about six weeks ago, when the in tensive drive for every possible kind WOMAN MAILCARRIER PLIES 30-MILE ROUTE, RAIN OR SHINE Mrs. Edith Wambaugh of Oregon City Route 2, Said to Be One of State's Most Courageous Wojnen. REGOX CITY, Or., March 26. I (Special.) Mrs. Edith Warn baugh, mail carrier of Oregon City route 2, covering a. distance each morning of 30 miles, and who de livers mail to 200 patrons, is declared to be one of the most courageous women of Oregon. Although born in the east, where she has resided most of her life, and coming to Oregon 10 ears ago, she Is a typical western woman. Leaving her little home at Red- land, Or., at an early hour each morn- ng, she comes to this city to sort the mail for her patrons - and is ready by 9 o'clook to start on hex 30-mlle trip. Through mnd and rain she drives her auto each day. In many places the mud is axle-deep, especially in the Redland section, where the roads are almost impassable in places. Be fore reaching the mire the driver fastens the chains to the wheels. One day recently the chains were lost in the mud. Aware that the chains were one, Mrs. Wambaugh brought her car to a stop walked back for some distance, and there the chains were found just peeping from one of the largest of the mudholes. Mrs. Wam baugh waded in, pulled them out, washed them off 4n a nearby stream, replaced them and resumed her ourney. Fine Farm Passed. After leaving the Redland country, Mrs. Wambaugh goes into the Viola section and later into the Logan country. Here she passes fine farms stretching out over hundreds of acres ith attractive and substantial houses and barns. One of the places which attracts attention before leaving up per Redland is a little shack built by hree brothers, Orville, Fay and J. McClure, all of whom were in the service during the war. Having heard much of the western coast they left their Boston home and purchased a tract of 40 acres, heavily wooded with giant fins. There were no buildings but a barn, covered with shooks and partly wrecked. There was a clear- ng, where once stood a little home. and the boys decided to take a por tion of the old barn to build them a temporary home. They started their task early one morning, and by aft- rnoon the house was well under way. By the following morning they were living in their house. These young men have started to cut their timber. In a few years' time they expect to have one of the best farms in the Redland country.1 Interesting Persona Met. Another interesting person, Mrs. Wambaugh meets while making this trip 19 a Mrs. Johnston, a sweet-faced Diamond Reductions at F. Friedlander Co. See in our windows tomorrow scores of diamond rings and pieces of diamond-mounted jewelry! Save on Diamond Rings $ S0D0 Diamond Rings Reduced to only $38 SO $ 75J00 Diamond Rings Reduced to only $580 $100J00 Diamond Rings Reduced to only $76JS0 All Silk Umbrellas Reduced! Splendid Bargains for Men and Women $ 9 SO Umbrellas $6j00 120 Umbrellas $725 $130 Umbrellas $7.75 . ORUAKIZATION, of article was announced bv the wel- fare bureau. The idea was at once popular and the result is that the commodious three-story warehouse is piled high with something of nearly everything, and the work of reclaim ing them has been begun. Within a short time a retail store in the down town district will be opened and there folk of small means may purchase these things at prices that will en-t able them to get the most possible! for their money. One floor is devoted to a repair shop for furniture, stoves and shoes, and this work is under the general ou)jgmidjuii ui i a. ivrau. a line iron worker was found among the dependents; another who does tin and sheet-iron work is being utilized. One of these men is a sufferer from heart trouble and cannot work hard; the little woman who lost her two eons, her only children. In the war, while another is a Mrs. R. Griffith who has resided In the Logan section since a child, and has been a member of the Logan grange for 47 years. She is a charter member of the grange, and at a recent celebration of the 47th anniversary' of the organization she was the only charter member attend ing. In the early days Mrs. Griffith was considered one of the most grace ful dancers of that section of the county. It is persons like these that Mrs. Wambaugh comes in contact with each day of her work, who make her work interesting. In making the loop to distribute the mail. Mrs. Wambaugh passes through lower and upper Logan, returning by way of the Clackamas river, it was on this part of her drive once she experienced a severe fright. She tells it thus: "It was where a runaway team nearly pitched my car over the high cliff overlooking the Clackamas river in one of the most dangerous places along the road. I heard men's voices shouting. Looking back I saw two big horses attached to a lumber wagon breaking away from their driver and coming at break-neck speed In my direction. The road was too narrow for them to pass as I was, so I drove my car close to the bank in order to save myself. I had no time to get to a wider place in the road. Instead of the horses going towards the brink of the cliff when thev reached my car, they also' kept close to the bank. The tongue of the wagon struck the rear of my ma chine, ripping a portion off the wood work, but was the means of bringing the frightened animals to a sudden stop. Both horses were thrown to the ground." Third Car Being; Used. Mrs. Wambaugh Is now using her third ear on these trips, and will be in her fourth car in June. Besides carrying the mail, Mrs Wambaugh cares for three children, and assists Mrs. May Schultz, tele phone operator of Redland, to operate the switchboard after her duties with the government are completed. Cars Kill Logging Manager. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 26. Spe cial.) Quin W. Farr, for the last six months manager of the Fredson Bros. Logging company at Shelton, was killed Thursday evening when several logging cars ran over his body. The accident occurred while Ferr was helping a crew awitch some cars. He fell under the train of cars. $14J50 Umbrellas $925 $20JOO Umbrellas 11.75 $27.00 Umbrellas 17.75 Wilcox Building 31&-312 Washington Street Between Fifth and Sixth : El ESTABLISHED BY CHARITABLE other is subject to terrific headaches, which completely incapacitate him. A man with a wooden leg is supporting ar. aged mother by mending shoes. Two deaf men, who find It impossible to hold a regular job on account of that affliction, are employed. One is a cabinet maker who served a ' five year apprenticeship in Denmark and is a master workman. Hugh Crum, social worker, who is in charge of the industry, said: "The greatest trouble we have with these men is that they want to work too hard. They are so happy to find J themselves in a place Where they are understood and where they can earn an honest dollar that they are in clined to do more than they are able to We find the reports that they were lazy and unwilling to work are absolutely untrue.' CITY LEVY QUESTIONED ASTORIA. LOT OWXERS SUE OUT PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS. ValiditT of Former Betterment Costs Involved in Actions .to Quiet Title. ASTORIA, Or., March 26. (Special.) Three suits which directly involve the validity of 30H) in street im provement assessments and indirectly affect the legality of approximately $50,000 in assessments have been filed in the circuit court against the clty'of Astoria. The actions were brought by John Martin and Edward Erickson to quiet title to certain lots. The complaints ask that the city be directed to pre sent proof of its claim against the property, but gives no inkling of what that claim is. A. W. Norblad, who represents the plaintiffs, says the actions are to set aside the sale of the plaintiffs' property to collect assessments made for the improve ment of Niagara avenue, between Eleventh and Fourteenth streets, and to cancel those assessments, which amount approximately to $3000. Two assessments are involved, one for an improvement made several years ago and which is said to have been destroyed by elides, and one completed last fall and costing over $41,000. This improvement is also al leged to have been damaged by slides. The attorney avers that the grade of the street was changed without the sanction of the plaintiffs. Community Chest Turned Down. MEDFORD, Or., March 26. In a referendum held the first of the week the community chest proposition for Medford was defeated by IS votes, according to an announcement by the chamber of commerce today. 8. ft H. green stumps for eash. Holman Fuel Co., coal and wood. Mala S6S. 660-21 Adv. A comprehensive and far-reaching programme for bringing settlers to Oregon from middle western states the coming summer was announced by the Oregon State Chamber of Com merce yesterday following an all-aft ernoon session, of the executive com mittee at the Oregon building. This plan, which has been "in the making" for several months, includes the rout ing of hundreds of homeseekers to Oregon 'in a body and a personally conducted tour by automobile over the entire state. The state chamber will devote its entire energy s.nd resources to the ta.sk of putting this plan through effectively the coming spring and summer, it was announced yesterday. Briefly, the programme adopted by the directors of the chamber is as fol lows: Early this "spring agents will be sent to canvass the middle western states, including the Dakotas, Iowa, Kansas. Nebraska, Colorado, Wyo ming, Montana and Utah, for the pur pose of interviewing prospective set tlers who are contemplating a move westward. Advices received by the state chamber within the past few months indicate that this westward movement will be on a larger scale this summer than in former years, and these advance agents will gather a large group to move to Oregon on a fixed schedule and a certain date, Roads Will Co-operate. . It is believed that a party of at least 500 prospective settlers could be grouped in this way and brought to Oregon in a body. Definite assurances have been given by the railroads that they will co-operate in every way with the proposed plan. Homeseek ers' rates, which were suspended dur ing the war, were put into effect again last Tuesday, following a conference of railroad officials at Omaha. Will iam McMurray, general passenger agent of the Union Pacific lines, tele graphed from Omaha on that date in forming the state chamber that the Union Pacific would co-operate in every way possible in the proposed pian and that the homeseekers" rates had been put into effect on the Union Pacific lines serving Oregon. Taking advantage of these rates. which permit of etop-overs at any point en route, the party of home seekers would reach Oregon at the most advantageous point. From that point a' personally-conducted tour over the entire state Dy auiumouue would begin. The routing of the party tnrougn the state would be in the hands of a committee wno wouia seieci me mosi favorable itinerary, enabling pros pective settlers to investigate the wool and wheat-growing sections, ir rigated lands, fruit districts and all the agricultural and industrial resources- of the state. Farmers to Be Shown, "The nrincipal object of the trip Is to show the middle-western farmer what can be raised in Oregon," ac cording to Secretary Quayle's report, the cheapness and fertility or tne land and the potential resources of the state in general. Upon arrival In Oregon, tne party would be entertained by the various commercial organizations along the route. Advance preparations would be made tor their reception, and each community would endeavor to im press the visitor with the attractions they have to offer. 'Many settlers from the middle west have been brought to Oregon through correspondence. Hundreds are preparing to move westward with the coming of summer. By getting them together under the direction and care of representatives of the state chamber and with all arrange ments for their entertainment made in advance and a royal welcome along the route assured, it is believed that a large number of substantial citizens can be added to the state." Organisations Will Aid. Various organizations and associa tions such as the newly-formed Ore gon tourist bureau, the farm bureau, We Extend to Our Patrons Our Most Sincere Wishes for This Eastertide In thanking those who have made our great lc sale such an overwhelming success, we wish to assure Portlanders that we appre ciate their patronage and can assure them of future service and satisfaction. STOUT -LYONS DRUG CO. NORTHERS PACIFIC PHARAMACY Third and Morrison IRVINGTON PHARMACY East Flfteentk and Broadway PERKINS PHARMACY Fifth and Washington I Portland's vJrV II 1 "or 'ounS ' Exclusive Agents Vm fiwSJcAj Men, and C , for SAMPECK FatherS ? 3 ' Washington at Sixth R the Oregon State Motor association, the wool -growers' and fruit growers' associations and the directors of the 19'2 exposition are expected to par ticipate in the proposed plan. A T, Tetu. Dresident of the Oregon State Motor association, said the proj ect would be backed by his organiza tion "to the limit." Directors of the state chamber at yesterday's meeting were- Leslie But ler. Hood River: L. L. Goodrich, Eu gene; W. P. O'Brien, Astoria: Roy T. Bishop and Alfred A. Aya of Portland. Pre-AVar Rates Desired. For the purpose of attending a con ferenec at which they hope to obtain results looking toward the re-establishment of pre-war terminal rates from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast ports, W. D. Skinner and H. B. Louns berry,' traffic managers respectively of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle and the O.-W. R. & N. lines, will leave today for San Francisco. The railroads had special rates effective before the war for protection against water competition, and now wish them restored. Sunrise Prayers Planned. District sunrise prayer cervices will be held Easter morning at 7:30 o'clock in Mallory Avenue Christian, Kern Park Christian, MontaviUa Christian, First Congregational, Sun nyside Congregational, Piedmont Presbyterian and Waverley Heights Congregational churches. The meet ings will be under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor societies. Many of the churches are planning to serve Easter breakfast following the prayer service. Hi PVERYTHING new no old war babies no left-overs but a storeful of real spring merchandise. HTODAY you can make your' pur A chases with entire confidence. D RICES are moderate and we guar- antee them for the entire season and guaranteeing' them we marked our goods at the smallest margin of profit under which this or any other store anywhere ever operated. For we're not looking for much profit in this year, 1921. . len Toolsj - of the right and dependable kind in Hoes, Rakes, Spades Garden Trowels Grass Shears Pruners and Shears Garden Barrows, Etc., Etc. Great American Ball Bearing Lawn Mowers Grass Catchers Poultry Netting Cut lengths or H0NEYMAN HARDWARE CO. TWO STORES Fourth at Alder Park at Glisan AMERICAN ZENO A 'New, Snappy, Drink Just the Fruit Juice Ask for It at AH Soft Drink Stores Sold by the Glass or Gallon We Also Manufacture An Kinds of Soda Waters and Syrups Distributors for Jones Bros.' Apple Cider American Soda Works Phone East 564 225-231 Larrabee Street in full rolls 1 111