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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1921-
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MOUNT ST. HELENS
OPENINjG OF CONGRESS
TO LIVEN UP SOCIETY
McNARY WILL BOOST
MEMORIAL PARK PLAN
T
13-CENT MILK QUART
' HEAVES UP CINDERS
DRIFTS OF BLACK. DUST FOL
SOUGHT AS STANDARD
GOES TO PRISON
if
IIS, DIB
COIIFQI MOUDAY
G11S
HATRED
BANK
PRESIDEN
TERMINAL
PUNS
THREATENS WOHLD
PUT UP TO CITY
s '
Railroads -File Map for
$2,000,000 Project. .
WASHLVGTOX BALL FOR CHLVA . TRAXSFER OF OLD POSTOFFICE
DISTniBUTOR-PRODUCERS TR1'
TO FORM ORGANIZATION.
LOW HEAVY STORM.
RELIEF IS BIG AFFAIR. " I TO BE URGED.
Workers Suddenly Yield
and Conference Is Set.
PEACE DECLARED NEARER
Premier Makes New Proposa
to Men and Prospects for
t Settlement . Improve.
LABOR RAPS ITS LEADERS
Sank and File . Disgruntled
Over Threat to Call Walk
out Without Ballot.
I.OXDOX, April 9. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The coat mine strike,
tvhich threatens to carry with it a
etrike of the railway men and trans
port workers, seems to be in a fair
way of settlement through nego
tiation.
After ail-day conferences and
Interviews, when it was supposed
that all efforts to move the miners
fcad proved ineffectual, it was sud
denly announced that the miners
Jiad yielded and that a conference
with the coal owners had been
arranged for Monday.
Notices were sent to the mining
districts urging abstention from
action that would interfere with
measures for the safety of the mines.
The only explanation available as
to what induced the miners to assent
to steps assuring the safety of .the
mines is the statement of Frank
Hodges, secretary of the miners'
union, that 'the conference was
arranged unconditionally."
Reasons Not Explained.
Why the rumors that the govern
ment is willing that the wage ques
tion should be adjusted on a national
basis may be held to explain the
chango In the situation is unknown.
If, as Mr. Hodges suggested, ' the
government and mine owners have
agreed to an unconditional confer
ence, that woftld be sufficient to
induce the miners to yield the
pumping point. In any case, the
unexpected agreement gives the live
liest - hope that a country-wide
struggle will be averted.
Arthur Henderson, labor leader,
although not personally concerned
in today's meeting with Premier
Uoyd George, tonight was confident
that there will be no general strike
Tuesday.
The executive committee of the
triple alliance after a conference
with the premier issued this state
ment tonight:
"It has been agreed that the
government summon a conference of
representatives of the miner's fed
eration and the coal owners Monday
and the miners' federation shall
issue notices to the federations'
branches, urging miners to abstain
from action, interfering with meas
ures necessary for insuring the
safety of the mines or necessitating
tiie use of force by the government."
Hope for Peace Revives.
J. II. Thomas, secretary of the
National Union of Railwaymen, said
the statement was the result of
negotiations between the railway-
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Trapper Reports Volcanic Disturb
ance, When Skies Darken and
Xond Rumblings Are Heard
KELSO, Wash, April S. (Special.)
Stories of a volcanic disturbance on
Mount St. Helens on the afternoon
of March IS, when the skies suddenly
darkened and heavy rumblings were
heard, were brought to Kelso today
by 'Mr. and Mrs. Claude Crumb, who
have made their headquarters at the
foot of Mount St. Helens, where Mr.
Crumb has been engaged in trapping.
Mr. and Mrs. Crumb said that while
they were In their cabin the after,
noon of March 18 there was a ter
rific electrical storm, accompanied by
heavy rumblings. As the skies light
ened toward evening, they said, they
thought nothing unusual bad bap
pened.
Three days later, however, while
Mr. and Mis. Crumb were visiting
their traps, they said they found the
north and northeast slopes of Mount
St. Helens covered with black, cinder-
like dust and that drifts of cinders
appeared in ravines. A heavy storm
the following day obliterated the cin
ders.
Mr. Crumb added that the snow at
the lake level yesterday was eight
feet deep and that it had been un
usually heavy all winter. '
MAN RATED DEAD, ALIVE
Woman Who Believed Herself War
Widow Hears From Husband.
YAKIMA. Wash., April 9. After
mourning for two years for her hue
band. S. R. Cutler, reported by the
United States war department as hav
ing died in France, his wife, a tele
phone operator here, today received a
a message from him at Minneapolis
saying that he was alive and leav
ing at once for this city.
Mrs. Cutler last saw her husband
three years ago in Los Angeles, when
he left for Camp Lewis. She believes
that, due to shell shock or other in
jury, he lost knowledge of his 4den-
tity, which also was unknown to the
war department. "
Mrs. Cutler has received from the
government Insurance on her hus
band's life for the last two years.
No particulars were given in the mes
sage. , . .
FLEEING MAN IS WOUNDED
Sheriff Shoots Coos County. Resi
dent; Finds Liquor on Premises.
MARSHFIELD, Or'., April . (Spe
cial.) Carl Webber of Delmar was
shot through one leg and injured in
the other by a bullet from Sheriff Ed
Ellingsen'g revolver when he failed
to bait while running away from a
possa of" officers who were search
ing in the vicinity for licuor. Web
ber was taken to Coquille hospital
for medical treatment. The officers
found a gallon of liquor on the prem
ises from which Webber was fleeing.
, Two other men were arrested last
night by the officers near Coqulrfe
and were caught running moonshine
from a still. Two gallons' of liquor
were obtained at the L. P. Branstetter
ranch, where the men were operating
a still. .
SHIPPING PLAN CHANGED
Farm Bureau to Save $50 a Car
in Marketing. .
MEDFORD, Or, April 9. (Special.)
The farm bureau co-operative ex
changes of Jackson. Josephine and
Douglas counties, through their re
spective managers Roland Flaherty
of Medford, C. N. Cully of Grants Pass
and C. E. Banning of Roseburg as
the result of a conference just con
cluded here byi the managers will
hereafter handle shipments of live
stock to' market together, sending
only one man from here to handle
the simultaneous shipments from each
exchange.
This method, with other shipping
improvements planned, including the
manner of marking hogs, will result
in the saving of .950 to a car, the
managers stated.
3wk . J
New Penalties Merely Fan
Growing Flame.
DISTRUST OF FRANCE GROWS
Concessions by Both Nations
Held Only Solution.
U. S. ATTITUDE IS SCANNED
Maximilian Harden Says America
Has Right to Demand Voice
In Settling Reparation.
BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN,
Germany' foremost publicist, bpeciai
wireless unpaid to -no
(Copyright. 1921. by The Oregonlan.)
BERLIN. April 9. (Special 1 by
wireless.) Distrust and hatred . are
racing furiously between France and
Germany. . Never during the time oi
the war was haired toward me
French so marked in Germany as
now, in the third year of peace.
The sanctions, and the notification
and expectation of new punishments
tend only to fan the hatred ol uer-
many.
This is a condition which cannot
exist. It paralyzes the whole of Eu
rope. It menaces not only the eco
nomic situation but perhaps even the
peace of the white .world.
What can be done against it? Ger
many must acknowledge her obliga
tions more definitely toward France.
nd France must learn to know what
is possible and what Is not.
lalted States Attitude Is Cite.
In the midst of all this, between
heavily padded reports regarding
local communistic plots of all kinds
and Hungarian rhapsodies about ex-
King Charles' automobile ride for
throne, the news bursts forth that
the United Sta'es is willing to take
np the reparations . question on the
ne hand and will Insist that the al
lies respect her rights tn yap ana an
other German possessions to be dis
posed of under the treaty of Ver
sailles.
. Immediately nine-tenth;, of every
thing that filled the newspapers until
then was forgotten and for the first
time the stock exchange ,, registered
"fair weather."
Genuu Are Aroaset.
Americans living in Germany, who
do not feel high prices much because
of the increased value of the dollar,
were proudly conscious that however
softly their country might speak, Eu
rope would listen with bated breath.
However, as far as Germany is con
cerned, orly slightest suggestion
of good will can be recorded. '.
' Germans talk- about American ."in
tervention," but this' is as foolish as
the tactics and clumsy assertion' that
American ' diplomatic representatives
were the ones to take the initiative
in the recent exchange of notes' be
tween the German foreign minister
and the American secretary of state.
Washington statesmen surely will not
charge to the debt account of Ger
many these bad manners left over
from the kaiser's time.'
Genua Mistakes Cltel. '
It would have been better if noth
ing of the trans-oceanic discussion
had ' become public as this cannot
be helped now, and as France's point
doubtlessly has been effectively taken
care of in the United States by her
best speaker, Rene Viviani, It must
be shown, more Impartially than is
the cutom in official memoranda,
how the Germans view this import
ant afair. s
' Honest persons cannot deny three
principal . German mistakes. , This
first was that instead of working out
in the 3C months since the war a
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CARTOONIST PERRY
UftKS T?QUX GRK;s
; Jy pg jp
Mrs. ' Thomas Walsh's Dance Also
Is. Real Function at Capital
President and Wife Entertain.
" . ' BY BETTY BAXTER. '
(Copyright, 1921, by The Oregonlan.)
WASHINGTON, D. C April 9.
(Special.) Although the spring, so
cial season 'has been a gay one, so
ciety really gets under way in earnest
with the coming to town of congress
tomorrow. Already the new and old
members and their friends and fami
lies are here. The city is fairly
buzzing.
The charity ball for the benefit of
the Chinese fund was one of the func
tions this week in which real social
Washington took a prominent part.
Of course the charity ball was not
the only affair of size of the week.
There was Mrs. Thomas Walsh's dance
tonight, also the recently organized
Washington Cotillion club's first
party Monday rfight at the New Wil
lard hotel. . '
The Cotillion parry included the
vice-president and Mrs. Cooiidge and
many prominent residents from Bal
timore, Philadelphia and New York.
The party was formed by permanent
capital residents, while a limited num
ber of diplomats and officials with
temporary residence in Washington
were taken In as associate members.
The diplomatic and residential set
(Concluded on page 18, column I.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum, 7s degree
minimum, 6S; cloudy.
TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds.
1 Departments.
Automobiles. Section 6.
Music. Section 4, page 6.
Books. Section 0, page 3.
Schools. -Section 3, page 7.
Editorial. Section 3, page 8.
Dramatic. Section 4, page
Churches. Section 3, page 6.
Moving picture news. Section 4, pane 4.
Cbem and checkers. . Section 3, page lz.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
' page 5.
Wemen'a Features.
Society. Section 1, page 2.
Fashions. Section 3, page 4.
Auction bridge. Section 4,' page 7.
Women's activities. Section 3. page 10.
Miss Tinale's column. Section 5. page 5.
Child welsare colunra. Section 5. page 8.
Madama fiichet's column. Section 5,
page 4. '
Mukclal Features.
Benson student) take up printing. Sec
tion 3, page 111. '.
Stories about prominent -i"9rtiar.drs. Sec
tion 3, page 11. V
Albany community house unites farmers
and merchants. Section 3, page l
Forest rangers devise plans to light tires.
Section 3. page
James M. Montague feature. Section 3,
- . page 12. - .
George -Ade fable. Section 4, page 5.
Oklahoma congresswoinan gets loads of
mall. Section 4; page J.
Abused dresses, mean health. Magazine
seetlon, page 1.
The kaiser's Suppressed letters. Magazine
section, page -'.
Intimate diary of Margot Asqulth. Mag a
sine section, page 3. .
News of world as seen by camera. Maga
zine section, page 4.
"The Mother." fiction feature. Magazine
section, page 5.
Days of sail made hardy race.-. Magazine
section, page 6.
What will society do next? Magazine
section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons. "Among Ls Mortals.
Magazine section, page 8.
Home tullding and decorating. Section 5,
page 1.
Oregon set fast pace in war preparations.
Section a, page 2.
Darling's! cartoons on topics of the day.
Section , page S.
Foreign.
Peace In coal strike seems nearer. Section
1, page 1.
Queen of England takes a flyer "in trade."
Section 1, page .
Japan's "Tdress gets story of Corean's as
sassination, section l, page xu.
Peace OTworld declared still distant. Sec
tion 1, page 8.
America expected to join lit conference.
Section 1. page 9. .
Germany's hatred threatens world. Sec
tion. 1, page 1.-
Unbiased arbitration of Indemnity declared
needed. Section 1, page 10.
Domestic. '
Roy .Harris held on open charge In Elwell
murder case. Section 1, page IS.
Action of Tennessee governor- on suffrage
amendment upheld by supreme court.
Section 1. page 16.
Prompt government action necessary to
save railroads from ruin. . Section 1,
page 8.
World worse off In 1S48 than now. Sec
tion 1, page 11.
MAKES LITTLE CARTOONS ILLUSTRATING SOME NEWS PHASES.
-(sews TtLtn)
Bill Turning Building and Grounds
Over to City to Be Intro
duced Tomorrow.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. D. C, April 9. Senator
McNary will offer in the senate Mon
day a bill to turn the old Portland
postoffice building and grounds over
to the city of Portland to be convert
ed into a public park as a memorial
to the soldiers of the world war. The
bill appropriates $250,000 for the pur
chase of a new sUe for a federal
courthouse.
Senator Jones will . reintroduce
Monday the bill known as the China
trade act, which is being urged by
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
ar.d other commercial organizations
on the coast.
The postoffice department an
nounced today the acceptance of a pro
posal submitted by Cooiidge' & Mc-
Lane, bankers, for the lease of new
postoffice quarters at SUverton, Or.
Representative McArthur as been
advised by tha. bureau of yards and
docks of the navy department that
deeds of transfer for the Tongue
i'oint naval base site have been sub
mitted to the department of Justice
and that formal approval of the de
partment Is expected within a few
(Concluded on page 18, column 2.)
Natlanal.
Republican and democratic caucuses pre
pare for house organization. Section 1,
page 6.
Western congressmen will confer over Jap
anese problem. Section 1, page 2.
McXary to urge transfer of old postoffice
and grounds to city. Section 1, page 1.
Opening of congress to liven up capital
society. Section 1, page 1.
Co-operative plan' is sweeping nation. Sec
tion 1, page 10.
Mr. Harding guest at Gridiron club dinner.
Section .1, page 4.
Dam 500 feet high to curb Colorado. Sec-
- lion 1, page 3. "
Pacific Northwest.
President of defunct Jacksonville bap It is
sentenced. . Section 1- page 1. V.
Trapper reports volcanic disturbance on
Mount St. Helens. Section 1, page X.
McMinnv"le Home phone economical sys
tem, section 1. page 13.
1921 bridges in Oregon to cost 1,05,200.
section x, page 4.
Fraud In weights reduced in Oregon. Sec-
Lion page a.
Senator Gooding urges Idaho to fight for
lower ireignt rates. Section 1. page .
University of Oregon students win high
grades. Section 1, page 2.
Reduced cargo rate has no effect on Brit
ish Columbia lumber market. Section
1, page 20..
8Mrts.
Pacific Coast League results: San Fran
cisco a, Portland 4; Los Angeles 6, Se
attle 4; Salt Lake 8, Oakland S; Sacra
mento 5, Vernon 4. Section 2, page 1.
Dempsey-Carpentler battle to be July 2 in
xsew jersey, section 2, page 2.
Two stellar bouts on Friday night's card.
section z, page 3.
California oarsmen outrace Washington.
Section 2, page 3.
Big league season to open Wednesday.
section page 4.
Americans strong in golf conquest. Section
, page .
r a tier's base swipe amusing Incident in
Daseoau. section 2. page 24.
Stanford loses first ball game of 1021 ser
ies wan California. Section 2. page 24,
Plnkston, San Francisco, wins fancy div
ing Honors. Section 1, page. 18.
Commercial and Marine.
California demand may clean up surplus
oi potatoes in Oregon. Section 1,
page zi.
Chicago wheat higher, owing to forecast
ot xreezlng weather. Section 1, page 21.
Ralls and industrial stocks are under
pressure. Section 1, page SI.
Financial world concerned about outcome
of labor crisis in England. Section 1,
pago 21.
Winners are picked in marine contest. Sec
tion 1, page 20.
Lower wages for salmon fishermen Inper-
ative, packers say. Section 1, page 20.
. Portland and Vkinlty.
Movement started for' establishment here
ot world s greatest rose garden. Sec
tion 1, page 11.
Big Easter freeze in east means millions
to coast states. Section 1. page 14.
Community chest drive to continue. Sec
tion 1, page 10.
Railroads submit terminal plans to city.
section l. page l.-
13-cent milk quart sought as standard.
Section 1, page 1. --
Red Cross clean-up week proclaimed. Sec
tion 1, page 14.
Auto dealers plan exhibit of pictures. Sec
tion 1, page 13.
Routes of seven highways within city to be
designated. Section L page 13.
Home of luxury recalled by cell inmate.
Section 1. page 16.
Johnson Gets Indetermi
nateTerm of 10 Years.
QUICK SENTENCE SURPRISE
Jacksonville Official Off to
, Penitently.
GUILTY PLEA IS ENTERED
C. ll. Owen,, Declared to Be Mas
ter Mind in Failure, Returned'
to Medford for Trial.
MEDFORD. Or.. April 9. (Special.)
William H. Johnson, ex-president
and cashier of the Bank of Jackson
ville, today received an indeterminate
sentence of ten years when he pleaded
guilty to four of the 30 indictments
against him. ,
Another surprise was sprung when
Johnson, in custody of Deputy Sher
iff McMahon, drove up to the depot
just before the northbound train de
parted and the two started to the
penitentiary at Salem, where Johnson
tomorrow will begin serving his sen
tence.
The other outstanding event today
in the progress of the hearing of the
Jacksonville cases was the return to
Medford of C. H. Owen, .who was ar
rested in Salt Lake City about a week
ago.
Oiwi Declared Benefited.
Owen was said by the prosecution
to have benefited greatly by the fail
ure of the bank.
It had been supposed that Johnson
would be kept here as a witness at
least until the Owen and other re
maining cases had been tried. John
son was bidden good-bye by his wife
and two young sons at Jacksonville.
Only Johnson, the county prosecu
tor and the court and sheriff office
attaches knew of the swift and unex
pected action that marked the day.
Sentence Is C expected.
Johnson was sentenced ofl one of
the four indictments to which he
pleaded guilty, the rett being held in
abeyance. It was known generally
that he would plead guilty but it was
supposed the leading figure in the
financial crash would not be sen
tenced before the May term of court.
, When sentence was pronounced the
court made no comment, neither did
Johnson. "I knew I had it coming to
me and was prepared for It," he told
friends afterward. When the last
term of court was over Johnson,
wearied of county jail life and the
strain of testifying in criminal and
civil actions, expressed a desire to be
gin serving his sentence. He recently
recovered from a siege of influenza.
' Net-Guilty Plea Chanced.
Johnson entered court with his
lawyer, Herbert K. Hanna, and
changed his plea of not guilty to
guilty on the four indictments against
him. County prosecutor Moore was
in court to represent the state. It
was evidently the intention of John
son to avoid a large crowd being
present when he was sentenced.
The indictment under which he
was sentenced charged that Ire made
a false repor'. of the bank's condi
tion to the state banking superin
tendent. The other indictments to which he
pleaded guilty were as follows: For
certifying a check for a customer
when there was no funds in the bank:
for publ'shlng false reports of the
bank's condition; for receiving de
posits knowing the bank ttbe in
solvent. '
Rest Are Ramifications.
The rest of 30 indictmen's were
ramifications of these four charges.
The Bank of Jacksonville failed in
1 Concluded on Puge 2, Column 1.)
Dairymen's League May Cut Price
s on Product Sold llirousU
Grocery Stores,
An effort has been inaugurated to
organize the milk producers-distributors,
who supply more than half of
the milk consumers In Portland, ac
cording to reports yesterday. The ef
fort thus far has been successful.
The purpose behind the move was
to bring about a uniform price of'l3
cents a quart for milk distributed by
the producers, a price which the distributor-producers
declared was the
lowest possible at this period of the
year for high-grade milk. .
Prices ranging from 13 to IS cents
a quart . have been charged by the
producer-distributors. Various prices
ranging from 11 to 14 cents have been
charged by the milk distributors.
There was declared to be some pos
sibility that the officials of the Ore
gon Dairymen's league would make
another cut in the price of its milk
distributed through grocery stores.
bringing such milk to a retail basis
of 10 cents a quart.
The stimulated consumption of milk
caused by the reduction of price, ac
cording to the league officials, has
resulted In the shippient of far mora
milk to Portland than has been re
corded in several years, and the pos
sible reduction to 10 cents would be,
if made. Tor the purpose of absorbing
thls-alditional surplus.
Albert S. Hall, general manager of
the league, stated yesterday that thj
sale of the league's milk through gro
cery sto es was on the Increase.
WEDDING HELD ON RAFT
Crowd at Pool Watches Ceremony
and Merchaos Make Gifts.
BAKER. Or., April . (Special.)
Frank S. Barton and Grace Wickam
were married tonight on a raft in the
natatorium swimming pool as a fea
ture of the Baker Automotive show
and Merchants' exposition, Rev, E.
Temple Starkey officiating. The na
tatorium lobby and balcony were
crowded with persons, who applauded
the odd spectacle.
The newlyweds. both popular Baker
young people, will receive a number
of presents donated by local mer.
chants. These include a weaning
cake, wedding dinner, the wedding
gown, furniture, groceries and a room
with bath at a local hotel. The li
cense and the minister were likewise
donated by the merchants.
Because of the success of the ex
position and the large crowd attend
ing, the show will be extended over
Sunday.
STILL BIGGER EGG LAID
Portland and Salt Lake Hens Out
done by Ogden Bird.
OGDEN, Utah, April 9. Apparent
ly aroused by Associated Press dis
patches which announced that a hen
in Portland was laying eggs meas
uring 7 Inches in circumference and
the later statement that a Salt Lake
City woman's hen had gone the Port
land egg one-fourth inch better, a
mixed-breed blddie on the farm of
Holke Borger near here laid a single
yolk egg yesterday which measures
exactly eight inches around the tips
and six and one-half Inches around
the middle.
The hen's owner has the egg on
exhibition here.
FAIR WEATHER ON SLATE
Occabional Rains Predicted Along
'or(h Coast.
WASHINGTON, D. C. April .
Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Monday are:
Rocky mountain and plateau re
gions, fair; temperature near or above
normal.
Pacific states, normal temperature;
fair, except for occasional rains along
north coast.
TOOK AN
INTEREST tN
THS-OVENtNG Of
STREET VACATIONS ASKED
$500,000 to Be Spent as
Soon as Authority Granted.
NINTH WILL BE IMPROVED
Council Is Eipcctcd to Submit
Question of Vacations to
Voters at June Klcctlon.
FACTS RKOARDIVO roUT
LA.ND'S NKW t.MO.
TERMINAL.
Railroad officials submit
plans and file formal appllca- J
tlon with city for vacation of
streets necessary to project. I
Immediate outlay of $300,000
for first unit, trackage, round-
J house, etc.. at Guild s laVe will
.
' w " s'mwmb vi ancci vaca- 4
ttons. 4
Estimated total expenditure J
for completion of fully modern
terminal, to which all freight
entering city over railroads will
go for "breaking up" and dis
tribution, is 12.000.000.
Opening and Improving of
Ninth, from Hoyt to Pront
street, by railroads is officially
confirmed as part of plan.
Within few months Spokane.
Portland & Seattle and Great
Northern locals, including Seaside-Astoria
trains, will use
Villon station, placing all pas
senger steam service there.
In conformance with the promise
made by Carl R. Gray, president of
the. Union Pacific system, when he
was lu Portland two weeks ago, that
the railroads Interested in tho unifi
cation of the freight terminals here
would file their plans "within 30
days," maps outlining in full detail
the proposed project and a letter re
questing consideration of tho same
were submitted to the city council,
the commission of public docks and
the Port of Portland commission yes
terday. The letter was signed by J. P.
O'Brien, president of the Northern
Pacific Terminal company, of whlcli
the Union Pacific. Southern Pacific
and the Northern Pacific are tenant
members, and by L. C Oilman, vice
president of the Great Northern, and
W. F. Turner, president of the Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle railway.
The two last-named roads are Jointly
Interested with the others in eon
tracts which have Just been signed,
and which are to run for 12 years.
Project Only Large One.
So far as Is known by local railroad
officials, this terminal project, which
will require an outlay of approxi
mately (500.000 for the first unit, to
be constructed Immediately at Guild s
lake providing the voters pass fa
vorably upon the vacation of certain
streets involved, ls the only -large
piece of construction work under way
by any road In the United States at
present time. Eventually,' when the
volume of business grows as It ls ex
pected to do within tho next few
years, an additional expenditure
reaching $1, 00,000 will be necessary,
according to well-posted men.
Incident to the situation, now rap.
Idly developing, ls the announcement
that It will be but a few months be
fore the Astoria-Seaside trains of th
(Concluded on pairs 12. column 1.)
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