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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1921)
15 THE SUXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. MAT 15, 1921 TAX SUPERVISION I LAW IS CRITICISED Details Sard to Add Burden to ' Taxpayers. ANOTHER "OREGONIAN SPECIAL" TRUCK SERVICE ESTABLISHED. CITY OFFICIALS ROUSED All Cost Items for 18 Months Mast Be ; Listed, ' and Benefits of Measure Are Doubted. Three members of the city council yesterday directed a verbal barrage on the legislative law enacted at the last session of the state legislature creating the tax supervision and con servation commission in Multnomah county. This law, which provides that all budgets of tax levying bodies In Multnomah county must be filed with the commission on or before October 1, and gives to the commis sion the power to reduce the amounts sought by the members of tax levy ing bodies, was declared to be a farce "This law is not worth a pinch of snurr," declared Commissioner Blgre low. "I think that the man who wrote it should be proud of his off sprang. And I know who that man was, too." Original Estimates Required. At the time of the filing of the budget estimates every municipal corporation, the law reads, shall file also the original estimate sheets cf ary officer or department of any municipal corporation from which the budget estimates have been com piled. Such original sheets must show in parallel columns the unit costs of the three years next preced ing the current year, the detailed expenditures of the last one of the ea!d three preceding years, and t"e budget allowances and six months' expenditures of the current year. City Auditor Funk Informed the council that if the law was to be complied with, and tie city officials r5 not immune from the state law, It would be necessary for each depart ment immediately to begin the work of comiiling the lists of detailed ex penditures for the entire last year and 'he lirst six months of the pres ent flical year. Only Added Expense Expected. 'AIl the law will do Is add to the burden of the taxpayers." opined City Commissioner Pier. "Its provisions are absurd and can result in nothing but added expense." "'I wonder how three men are going to wade through detailed accounts of expenditures of the tax-levying bodies of. Multnomah county and reach any sane conclusion," offered Commissioner Barbur, the last of the trio of city officials whose ire was aroused when Mr. Funk and S. Grutze. chief deputy, informed the council that it would be necessary to begin the work of compiling the data t-b filed with the tax commission. The law. am one other things, pro vides that each tax-levying body in Multnomah county must file in writ lng a budget containing every par ticular Item or proposeo. expeiiuituic. Every Item to Be Detailed. -According to the Interpretation placed on this section by Deputy City Attorney Latourette, It will be neces nrv for the city officials to list e-ery item o rraterlal, and the cost thereof, purchased by the city in the last 18 months. Mayor.Baker took the position that the law had been enacted by a large vote and that the city officials mignt well buckle down and follow the re quirements outlined in the law. Incidentally, Mayor Baker and City Commissioner Mann were the only two city officials who did not oppose the passage of this law when it was under discussion at Salem. Commis sioners Barbur, Bigelow and Pier, to aithcr with Mr Holman, appeared in opposition to the bill and spoke at length before the Joint committee when the bill was under discussion. The tax supervision and conserva tion law was presented to the legis lature by Representative Herbert Gordon at the request of civic organi zations of Portland, who are anxious to- see a curb placed on the ever-increasing taxes. The law, which was 1 .rwn as hoass bill Jfo. 9. weiit through both branches of the state liflslature. ora-.tically witnout oppo sition, there having been but two or three votes of the total 90 votes cast against It. Commission Is Provided. The law provides for the appoint ment of a commission of three mem bers, who are given full power to re duce any proposed expenditures con tained in the budgets of the tax-levying bodies deemed unnecessary and excessive. The detailed Items called for In the law are required In order that the members of the commission might make an intelligent study of the budgets submitted to them and the ' onslaught made upon the bill by three members of the eity council is consid ered to be only a continuation of the fight they waged against the bill last January. One of the best examples of the need of a law of this kind, however, is the East Thirteenth-street sewer system, constructed by the bureau of mainte nance under the direction of City Commissioner Barbur. where the city expended J120.000 and will probably spend J5000 additional before the eewer is completed, when the entire project could have been built by pri vate contract for $93,000. Farther Example Cited. Another example of the need of a check of municipal expenditures comes with the Morse-street sewer, which the city started to construct. After approximately $5000 had been spent on this projec by the city Mr. Barbur concluded that the city could not finish the job without losing a large sum of money. He asked the c uncil to e. se for bd j an 1 u ht-n the bids were received they were too high. Mr. Barbur now asks that the bids be rejected. It is believed that the $5000 spent by the city must come from the general fund, as it is be lieved that the sum cannot be as sessed to the residents within the Horse-street sewer district. ' ' 11 DE ' I'll I '"'So X w''"-y- V Use ''' " t 4. t r CLY EXPRESS SERVICE.! The lw Stttar I ' ... fWkt eMftYATOChn! IPC -fetti 1 I II K I lid i- e . a. SPEEDY MOTOR TRANSPORT WHICH RUSHES FINAL EDITION OF THE OREGONIAN TO READERS IN HOOD RIVER, THE DALLES AND UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER CITIES. TRUCKS CARRY LATE NEWS OREGOXIAX SPECIAIi SERVES UPPER COLrUSIBIA CITIES. Final Edition of Xewspaper Put Into Hands of Subscribers at Breakfast Table. An "Oreronian Special" truck serv Ice from Portland to The Dalles and way points was established yester day, and hereafter will be a regular feature of the newspaper s delivery system. By means of the new serv ice readers of The Oregonian In cas cade Locks, Mosler, Hood River, The Dalles and other upper uoiumDia river cities and districts will re ceive the-last ' edition of the paper. the "city edition," in time for early morning breakfast perusal. The initial run in the new service was made in the early morning hours. The speedy "Oregonian Special" truck left the Oregonian building shortly after 2 o'clock and arrived In Ihe Dalles at 6:20 A. M. Hood River was passed at 4:45 o'clock, and the news papers for the Hood River valley deposited with the agent there. The service adds the cities along the upper Columbia river highway to the li6t of those served with the last edition of The Oregonian, the edition which contains complete late night dispatches on all the world news and all the latest Oregon and Portland news. A similar service has been maintained for some time on two other routes, one up the Wil lamette to Salem and the other down the Columbia to Astoria and Seaside. Because of the existing train sched ules, it had been necessary for The Oregonian to send to Hood River and The Dalles the earlier, editions of the paper. The special truck service now makes it possible to place the final edition of the paper In the hands of the readers In those cities by 7:15 o'clock in the morning. With the Associated Press and the special leased wire dispatches which serve The Oregonian, this new truck service means that all the news of the world will be in the hands of the readers within a very few hours from the time the news is published. The trucks are provided by F. S. Cook of the Clyde Transfer company under contract with The Oregonian. Duplex" trucks are In use on the run. Slocum & Donnerberg are the rep resentatives of the newspaper at Hood River, A. S. Bradley at The Dalles. John Elder at Mosler, and Cecil Henderson at Cascade Locks. REED SETS T CEREMONIES FOR R. SCHOLE TO BE HELD JUXE 9. of publio kindergartens also was fa vored. The convention members voted to start work for the near-east relie immediately and went on record as favoring the supplying of more and adequate equipment for the 'fc'tdte school for the blind. A resolution that Oregon-made goods be bought preference to others wherever possi ble carried. The censoring of moving pictures shown to school children by a committee composed of seven women and three men was voted. The convention favored passage of the Owens-Adair bill and the women jury bill. FOUR HOMES ARE ROBBED Clothing, Jewels and Food Are Taken From Mrs. M. H. Ross. Clothing, Jewelry, household fur nishings and edibles valued at $300 were stolen from the home of Mrs. M. H. Ross by prowlers who ran sacked the dwelling Friday night dur ing the absence of the family. The burglary was reported yesterday to the police detective bureau. From the home of Ben Abrahams, 210 East Fifty-fifth street, burglars procured a pistol and a quantity nf jewelry, it was reported to the police. Entrance was gained by use of a pass key. Boys are believed to be responsible for the burglary of the J. McCracken warehouse. East Twenty-second and Reed streets, some time Friday night Baseball paraphernalia comprised a major part of the loot. A quantity ot tools also were taken. L. F. Kenworthy complained that hotel sneak thief had gained entrance to his room in the Taylor hotel by use of a pass key and had stolen his clothes, an overcoat and $5 in cash. Landslide Causes Suit. B. O. Case, owner of property at the southwest corner of Fourteenth and Hall streets, filed suit In the circuit court yesterday against Mary W. York and others. Mr. Case de manded $13,044.55 damages, which he declared his property suffered as the result of a landslide from property belonging to the defendants. He de clared that the property of the de fendants was graded in preparation for building purposes and that the result was thd landslide. Aronson, Reaches Paris. I. Aronson, local jeweler, accom panied by Mrs. AYonson, has arrived at Paris, on an extended tour which will include southern France. Italy and other parts of Europe, accord ing to a cablegram received yester day by R. H. Rueff, manager of the local store. Mr. Aronson will visit the diamond market and investigate general business conditions in Europe, according to Mr. Rueff. RANCHER MAY VISIT ROY FARMER OF SOUTH DAKOTA OBTALXS COURT ORDER. William F. "IVelner, Who Lost Hard Fight for Possession, Allowed to See Child. William F. Wellner, who made a sensational but losing fight in local courts IS months ago for the posses sion of his 6-year-old son, whom he never had seen until he came to Port land, asked Presiding Circuit Judge Kavanaugh yesterday for permission to visit the child. Wellner, who hails from Kimball, S. D., is reputed to be a prosperous rancher of that district. That the motive bringing Wellner to Portland was not love for his boy but a desire to disturb the child's ma ternal grandparents, to whom was awarded his care, was the contention of Guy C. H. Corliss, attorney who op posed the request. Judge Kavanaugh said Wellner might visit his boy be tween the hours of 9 and 5 o'clock j today, but only in the presence of the grandmother and a bailiff of the court. The child was given by the court to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Larson, grandparents, after hearing the de tails of alleged brutal treatment by Wellner of his wife, which drove the young woman from him before the birth of the boy and caused her to bring a divorce action. She died In Portland and on hearing of her death Wellner began the litigation In which he sought control of their son. Though said to be worth at least $25,000, Wellner never has paid $1800 due for the support of his child. At torney Corliss told the court. JOHN DAY HIGHWAY MEETS W TH FAVOR Commissioner Yeon Enthuses Over Proposed Road Work. COMPLETION IS URGED EDITOR NOWPfJUCE CHIEF Mayor of Boise Appoints E. F. McDermott, Xewspaper Man. BOISE, Idaho, May 14. (Special.) Boise's new chief of police is a news paper man, E. F. McDermott. .Mayor Sherman found on investigating the long list of applications presented to him that, while many of them were worthy, all had strong opposition. Wishing to select someone against whom no fight could oe made, yet a man trained- in dealing with the pub lic, he decided to pick a newspaper man. McDermott was city editor of a Boise newspaper. He was offered the position, accepted, was sworn in and now is directing the police depart ment's affairs. He came to Boise about a year ago from Pocatello and has worked on a number of news papers in various parts of the country. Representatives of Regents, Fac ulty, Alumni and Student Body to Speak. Miss Elva Humason. Miss Elva Humason, former well lcnown Portland woman, and a sister of Ivan Humason of this city, died recently at Los Angeles after an ill ness of mors than five years. The body will be cremated at Los Angeles tomorrow and the remains will be shipped later to her childhood home art The Dalles for burial. Miss Hu mason was born at The Dalles 47 years ago. She received her scholas tic education in the public schools of The Dalles and Portland. Later she studied at the Annie Wright semi nary at Tacoma and the Holland In stitute. Virginia. She also stutf!d abrwa fr six years with some of the best artists of Europe and the orient. Besides her brother in this city. Miss Humason ts survived by two sisters. Miss Labilla Humason and Mrs, Sarah H. Waldo of Los Angeles. Announcement was made yesterday that the formal Inauguration of President Richard Frederick Scholz of Reed college will take place in the college chapel on the afternoon of June 9. Dr. Scholz took over the duties of the office on April 1, fol lowing his resignation from the chair of ancient history at the University of Washington. The programme is as follows: Processional: invocation. Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner; singing of "Fair Reed:" induction, James Bre mer Kerr, president of Reed board of regents: acceptance. Dr. Scholz: ad dress of congratulation. President Henry Suzzallo of University of Wash ington: address of welcome on part of citizens of Portland, Abbott Low Mills, president of First National bank; addresses of welcome by rep resentatives of the faculty, of tlie student body, of the alumni; inaugu ral address. President Richard Fred erick Scholz; benediction. Dr. Thomas Lamh Eliot; recessional. Following the programme In the chapel, an informal reception will be held in the Anna Mann cottage for the guests of honor. The committee arranging the event includes Mrs. Elliott R. Corbett, Forrest Fisher and E. B. MacN'aughton of the"re gents; Miss Bertha Kedzie Young, dean of women; Dr. Frank Loxley Griffin and Dr. A. A. Knowlton. late administrative heads of the college; and Miss Ruth B. Compton, Miss Ruth Crellin, and Charles L. Gray of the faculty committee on commencement arrangements. DOUGLAS CITIZENS REMEMBER JACK PEL1WS GOOD DEEDS "Diamond in Rough," Say Friends of Veteran Livestock Man and Public Benefactor Who Died in Roseburg Recently. Old Oregon Trail Declared Also to Be an Important Traffic Artery to East. Completion of the John Day high way and the Old Oregon trail is the desire of John B. 'Yeon, state high way commissioner, who returned home yesterday from eastern and cen tral Oregon. "I come back more convinced than ever that the main trunk roads should be built first," said he. Prior to the time the commission ers made the trip W. B. Barratt go ing all the way and R. A. Booth oart of the Journey there was little en thusiasm among the officials to lo cate and push the John Day highway eastward of Prairie City. The Blue mountains present engineering diffi culties and call for costly construc tion. .Now, however, Mr. Yeon de clared the John Day highway must be built. He sale, that evetually the natural road from the eastern edge of the state to Portland will be the John Day highway. Highway Thought Important. "This highway." rnnfpssnil Mr Yeon, "is of gitater importance than I had imagined before making the inp. ine scenery is wonderful, the highway opens up an empire which now lacks transportation, and it is the shortest road to the east. Thora is a lot of fine grading already done on mis highway and a good start has been made. The John Day high way simply will have to be completed. "Then there is the Old Oregon trail, from Ontario to- Pendleton. where it connects with the Columbia river highway. This is a great traf- nc artery, do you know that even now, in May, there have been 1500 people waiting for the snow to dis appear from the gap in the Blue mountains near Cabbage hill, be tween ll uranae and Pendleton, so they can get through? All along the uia uregon trail the highway is un der construction or under contract. Portland to Benefit. "When these trunk lines arA com pleted. the Ole Oregon trail and the John Day highway, with the Pacific highway now open, and The Dalles California under way, all leading to i-uriiana wen, say, Portland s future will be Immense. If taxpayers would only take a run around the state in a machine and see the roaMs which have been built and those under con tract they would never kick at the money spent on highways. "Nothing will Impress strangers traveling from the east more than when they arrive in Oregon and look at the country around Ontario and Vale. It is a rich country, fertile and green. Irrigate and you are sure of a crop, as sure as the clock ticks. There is no better land anywhere In the country than Dead Ox flat, where the soil Is many feet deep. Put water cn the land in eastern Oregon and you can't have a failure. Boat Is Used. "We traveled by boat, on horseback and stage, on the John Day highway. Contracts have been let for bridges, but the structures have not been completed. But when that highway is finished! "East of the Cascades the people understand roads. They know what a 5 per cent grade means and curva ture. A few years ago they were content with a trail, but now they want the very best standards: they want roads to go straight through alfalfa fields, and they appreciate good construction." The trip of the commissioners was one of inspection. The officials looked over possible locations and studied the country. They did not commit mem selves to any programme or any croject. although they met county officials and groups of people everywhere. The commissioners sug gested that all propositions be reduced to writing ana suDmmea to me com mission at the . next meeting this month. already scores of troops are "work ing out" their members for partici pation In some ot the events that make up the programme. In the hope of carrying off high honors and Inci dentally the silver trophy on which is engraved each year the number of the trbop having the highest total number of points. One of the events is first aid to the injured, which Is conducted under the direction of nhvsicians. The Portland chapter of the American Red Crossl last year presented to the scouts a large wooden shield on which are mounted a number of small shields, and each year the number of the win ning troop is engraved on one of the small shields. Another event of In terest will be the presentation of first-class and merit badges to sev eral scouts. The programme of events follows: Bugle, drum and fife contest; pres entation of American flags; knot tying relay; crab race; semaphore signaling; horse and rider; presenta tion of first-class and merit badges; fire by friction and water boiling; international Morse; rolling race; first aid to the injured: skinning the snake; wall scaling; O'Grady game; archery contest; troop stunts. WEEK FOR SAVING PUN PCBUO SCHOOLS WILL HOLD 2 CONSERVATION- DRIVES. Pupils Will Be Taught How to Aid Needy by Collecting Cast-Off Articles for Renovation. Conservation week will, hereafter, be observed twice during each school year at Thanksgiving and at Easter br the Portland public schools, an oraer to this effect having been issued by the school board. The observance will be in co-operation with the pub. In: welfare bureau, the first week set aside for this purpose being May 23 to 28. The object of conservation week will be to teach the children to be helpful to the crippled, the handi capped and others of Portland's less fortunate, and at the same time give the children an opportunity to per form a definite service iwithout ex pense, and to help the public welfare bureau, which Is caring for most of Portland's needy families, including hundreds of school children. During conservation week the pu pils will be taught lessons in con servation and thrift by being shown how articles that are often waatoj may be turned into employment and training for the handicapped and re lief for the needy. Parents will on asked to help the children collect white paper, rags, used clothing, etc.. that have accumulated in their clos ets, attics and basements, and see that they are taken to-the nearest school house. The activities of conservation week will not be confined to the children. Ail throughout the city will be asked for discarded articles for the indus trial department of the public welfare bureau. Articles most needed inclJde clothing, furniture, dishes, kitchen utensils, stoves, sewing machines, washing machines, pictures, musical instruments, office equipment, bric-a-brac, rags, newspapers, magazines, books, old tires, sacks, tools and met als of all kinds, buckets, cans and umbrellas. . Employment has been given a score or more of disabled or partially handi capped men and women in reclaiming the articles contributed. Ail the work Is Your Automobile Engine Sick? Da the Cylinders Pnms Ollf Do the Cylinders Need Re-brlnf Are Your Spark Tinas Dirty f Has Tour Engine Lt lis Power I Here Is the Remedy: Use Zelnicker Ever-Tyte Piston Rings. Three-piece, entirely differ ent. Not a step, not a miter, Ever-Tyte. Less wear on your cylinder wall than any other piston ring. 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Literature upon request. tion of periodicals In this city, Se attle, Tacoma and other places, and his headquarters are at 143 Grand avenue, this city. "The Anderson system stands for the. ten commandments, the golden rule, and the constitution of the United States," said Captain Ander son last night. "We stand also for the observance of law and' order. There Is too much literature of the I. W. W. order offered without charge along our streets. Wherever logging men meet we aim to offset that kind of literature, and ask that all good fIH7ns rnnflniiA tn fill nur hnxps. o- is done by these people, who. unable I cated outside churches, halls, etc.. the east. He predicted that there will be as many tourists as ever tills sea son and gave It es his opinion that park-to-park travel will be heavy, lit said the west had been well "sold'' throughout the east and that the na tional parks could get their full share of business during the 1921 season. to hold a regular Job, would be public charges, except for' this Industry. The articles made ready for use are on sale at the retail store, 212 Third street, and are being eagerly bought by people of limited means. y T HEADQUARTERS OP DIVISION WANTED BY PORTLAND. Association of x-Offlcers Asks Washington to Recognize Ad vantages of Proposal. INFANCY BIL1 INDORSED State Parent-Teacher Association Favors Kindergartens. PENDLETON. Or, May 14. (Spe cial.) Resolutions were adopted at the closing session of the 16th annual State Parent-Teacher association con vention here today indorsing the Shephard-Towner and the Smith Towner bills. The Shephard-Towner bill provides education relating to maternity and Infancy; the Smith Towner bill creates a new position in the president's cabinet, that of secretary of education. Believing that eaoh school in Oregon should havs a parent-teacher or a similar organization, a resolution to that ef fect was 2ssed, The establishment BY W. A. PETTIT. SALEM, Or., May 14. (Special.) "A diamond in the rough." This best describes the character of J. E. Pelton. veteran southern Oregon livestock dealer, capitalist and public benefactor, who died in Roseburg a few days ago following an operation. Funeral services were held in Rose burg Monday, when all business es tablishments closed for two hours out of respect for the man who had played an important part in the civic, fra ternal and commercial progress of that city. I Jack Pelton, as he was familiarly; known to his thousands of friends in southern and central Oregon, occu pied a niche unique in human annals. With the' exception of one occasion he never sought publio office; had never been involved in factional af fairs in his own community, yet his noDularity was widespread and he was highly esteemed by all with whom he came in contact. Born on a ranch in Sams valley, near Gold Hill, of poor parents, he attended the rural schools and when a young man engaged in the livestock business. Genial in spirit, sound in husiness Judgment, honest in his deal ings and possessed of a determination I ... i 1, siipioBfnlv nvurKiniA ! . early-day obstacles and became an important factor in southern Oregon. Children Lose Friend. Jack Pelton spurned publicity, shunned the frivolous and artificial and bated shams. He stood for honor, square dealing and help for those who were unable to help themselves. In Douglas county, where Mr. Pel ton was best known, his death is mourned, and the children have lost a good friend. As the Christmas season approached Jack Pelton's thoughts al ways went back to the days when he, as a child, was little favored with the good things of life. Moved by the spirit of good fellowship, he sought out persons in financial distress and many homes were made brighter on Christmas day as a result of his ef forts. When war was declared between Germany and the United States Jack Pelton did not wait to be asked to Join the great army of financial vol unteers. Besides giving liberally of his own funds he practically aban doned private pursuits and entered the front-line trenches at home. lie ?f!sS - - J. K. Pelton. who died In Dong, las county. traveled extensively over southern Oregon, soliciting funds that the al lies might not suffer hunger. The people were moved by his appeals and every drive was a success. To Jack Pelton, in a large measure.' Douglas county owes the excellent showing made by its people in war activities. Pelton Friend of Needy. Jack Pelton never was too busy to answer the call of the needy and his work as a charity leader endeared him to unfortunates. At the time he was stricken with his last illness Mr. Pel ton was directing a drive for funds for the Salvation Army. He was a popular member of the Roseburg lodge of Elks. Jack Pelton died as he had lived, never faltering or complaining, but ready always to accept the Ditter with the sweet. His life was natural, de void of the spectacular and an in spiration to friends and associates. Besides his widow, Mr. Pelton Is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Guy Jacobs of Ashland, and two" brothers, James Pelton of Fort Klamath and Horace Pelton of Gold Hill. MILL MERGER HANGS FIRE Final Details Expected to Be Left for Stockholders Meeting. Publication of a reported merger of the Albers and Moritz Thomsen mill ing interests failed yesterday to "smoke out" additional information on the deal, and following the receipt of a partial confirmation of the report by Mr. Thomsen, It is expected that the details of the plan will be worked out at a meeting of stockholders and bankers at San Francisco this week. Directly contradictory reports of the plans under consideration have been received here Dy two or fort land's largest grain and milling con cerns. One of these reports was that Mr. Thomsen would merely finance the Albers Bros. Milling company for a time without taking any open part in the direction of its affairs or any reorganization of the company. The other report was that Mr. Thomsen would merely become president of the new corporation without taking any large amount of stock in the Albers properties. BAND- "SERENADES SICK Shrine Musicians Play Concert at Contagion Hospital. Sick ones at the contagions hos pital at Kelly Butte were pleasantly surprised early last Friday night when a brass band it was afterward discovered to be the Shrine band played several stirring popular airs, among them "Margie," "Siren of the Setting Sea." "Do You Ever Think of Me?" and "Mazie." The bandsmen finally gave It out that one of their number, Carl Wil liams, drummer, detained for small pox, was the particular person sere naded, but stated also that all-the sick were included. Even the bandsmen did not know until about the last of the Impromptu concert as to the Identity of the man serenaded. A telephone message was sent to each bandsman late Friday to meet at a designated -place, and that automobiles would take them out to the country where they would take part in a serenade. Requests that headquarters for the with I 91st division be established at Port land, as the most logical and strate gical location, were telegraphed yes- terday to Secretary of War Weeks. Senator McNary, Chairman Kahn of the house committee on military af fairs, and Chairman Wadsworth of the senate committee on military affairs by the Officers' Reserve Corps asso ciation of Oregon. The association Is en advocate of preparedness and seeks to enlist In its ranks every ex-officer of the Ameri can army in the state, whether or not he now holds a commission in the reserve. The 9th corps area, in which Portland is situated, will comprise, according to plans of the war depart ment, the 91st, 96th and 104th divi sions of reserve troops, with head quarters at San Francisco. In the belief that Portland is the logical headquarters for the 91st outfit every effort is being made to cause the war department to make this change in its proposal. The activities of the Reserve Officers' association will Include lecture courses of Instruction and other matters of interest. The next meeting will be held at the armory next Tuesday night. Officers are: Lyman Griswold, president: Henry C. R. Akin, vice-president: Franklin F. Korell, secretary, and Dan J. Coman, treasurer. every other day or with magazines and other periodicals after they have finished reading them. We will see that the reading matter sent us Is forwarded where K will do the most good." Heavy Tourist Travel Forecast. William McMurray, general pas senger agent of the O.-W. R. & N , returned to Portland yesterday after a trip which covered the agencies of the Union Pacific Mvstem throughout Elks Adopt Official Vniform. MARSHFIKLD. Or., May 14. (Spe cial.) In view of the state conven tion of Elks to be held in this city in August, the local lodge has adopted an official uniform. The decision Calls for a blue serge double-breasted coat, white flannel trouoers, oxford shoes and Panama hat. The Elks, st a recent regular meeting, passed a resolution declaring tn favor of hav ing a new municipal office estub llshed, for limitary Inspection of meats, milk and other perishable food. This action was taken after a committee of four, comprising lr. K. E. Straw, Norman Johnson, M. I. Bromberger and F. W. Bertram, hail made an Investigation and reported to the lodge that such action was rtewirahle. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES 1150 Steel Cots price New Gray $Q85 Wool Blnkts. 0 New Black Blankets. . . t 3 ARMY RETAIL STORE Fifth and Pine Streets, Portland, Oregon SPEED' LAWS DISREGARDED One Offender Fined, Jailed; An other's Auto Tied Up. Utter disregard of speed laws was I shown by Lee Page Oughton while burning the pavement along Milwau kle avenue, according to the testi mony of Motorcycle Patrolman Pierre, who appeared as chief witness against the speeder in police court yesterday. It was testified that Oughton was going at nearly 40 miles an hou without giving heed to traffic cross streets. Judge Rossman fined him J25 and ordered him to Jail for one day. I Harry Kinnear must forego the pleasure of using his automobile for the next 60 days. He was found guilty of speeding. The arresting of ficer said he had been going 34 miles i- an hour. Judge Rossman thought the Ull I want it your name and adrfreu so I can send too a free trial Reclaimed JO 95 Blankets Tents, 16x16 ft, Army reclaimed; 16-oz. duck, 3'2-ft$QA00 wall OU Tents, 9x9 New Navy Tents, 12-oz.$0050 4-foot wall. 6d& Reconstructed Gov ernment Harness for heavy team$C00 ing; per set. J iri 3T- Pm I II V I 1 L n irm i.rnr UUUJJ 4i CAN BE CURED Free Proof To You better cure would be to lock up Kin near's automobile for two months in stead of assessing a fine. SCOUTS TRAIN FOR RALLY Boys of Troops Work Earnestly to Capture Field Honors. The annual spring field rally of the Portland council of Boy Scouts will be held Saturday, Hay 2s, and ' company baa 6U boxae for Uu recep- LOGGERS GET LITERATURE Manager of Anderson System Tells of Its Purpose. 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