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Till? SUNDAY OREGOyiAy, rORTLAXD. AUGUST 28, 1921 J-t STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER, WHO WANTS SPEED AND CHI BUDGETS HELD LOADS OF TRUCKS REGULATED. DOWH TO UTMOST Tax Conservation Commis sion Begets Economy. TAB ON TRUCK LOADS V v Columbia Highway Declared Facing .Destruction. PAVING IS HELD' CRACKING One and One-Half Per Cent of Traffic Is Alleged to Be Break ing Laws on Speed, Weight. The vast amount of money that has been expended by Oregon taxpayers for paved highways has been wasted unless efforts are made to regulate the speed and loads of heavy trucks, according to John B. Yeon, state high ways commissioner. "One and' one-half per cent of the traffic over the highways 's violating the law. destroying the paving and rendering a burden upon, the taxpay ers that in time will increase tremen dously." said Mr. Yeon yesterday. "In stead of a beautiful Columbia river highway, in time, all we will have will be a mass of junk, that will have to be paved anew. Highway, -once broken, cannot be repaired but must be repaved. "When the highways of the state were.constructed it was little thought that in time huge trucks carrying freight and passengers would cause so much damage. Leading highway ex perts from all parts of the United States are now experimenting in an effort to discover some form of paving that will withstand, the heavy loads. Highway tout Is Cited. "The paved highways of Oregon cost approximately $24,000 a mile. Penn sylvania estimates that the highway intended to withstand heavy loads and speed that will be laid will cost $48,000. It would cost Oregon Just as much to lay the same type of pave ment. Should we spend that much money for the benefit of 1 per cent of the population?" When Oregon's first bond issue of $6,000,000 was voted, according to Mr Yeon, it was expected that the issue would build approximately 600 miles of paved highway. The commission in attempting to carry out this pro gramme constructed highways that have proved inadequate for the heavy traffic that has developed. A heavier paving has been placed on the roads this year, but it is still unable to withstand the loads of heavy trucks. A recent survey of the roads devel oped that traffic was as follows 3.7 per cent horse drawn, 1.2 per cent motorcycles. 72.8 per cent cars with Oregon licenses, 14.5 per cent pas senger cars with licenses from other states, 4.6 per cent light duty trucks and 3.2 per cent trucks of 1.5 tons and over. Lr Ik Declared "Violated. A law passed at the last session of the legislature prohibits trucks with a load exceeding 16.500 pounds to oper ate faster than 12 miles an hour and no truck is allowed on the highways with a load of more than 22,000 pounds. "Many of those heavily loaded trucks are paying no attention to the law," said Mr. Yeon. "They drive along at great speed and break and crush the foundation of the road. In a short time the road becomes a ruin and the entire taxpaying public is as sessed because of the law infractions by a few, who as a rule are not tax payers. "California recently found that the trucks were damaging her highways to such an extent that steps had to be taken to provide a remedy. Now freighters are required to use trailers and thereby put the weight on eight wheels that has been carried on four. "I am puzzled to see why merchants will patronize freight trucks when there are river steamers and railways running parallel. The merchant who is doing this today is no doubt saving some money in freight charges, but he is shouldering not only upon himself but his community a tax burden that is unjust. With Slow Speed, Life la Long. "The Columbia river highway would last forever if trucks would lower their speed and loads. Horse-drawn vehicles do not do damage and the pleasure car has hardly any effect rT v i :: II I OFFICIALS ARE CAUTIOUS J OH a. rEO V. Fhoto by rvavlea.' II STATE SilREEOHS GATHER SCALPEL EXPERTS TO TJSL-L HOW-TO KEEP HEALTHY. Programme of Oregon Section Clinical Congress Includes Widely Known Persons. The opening session of the second annual convention of the Oregon sec tion, clinical congress of American College of Surgeons, will be held to morrow morning in Multnomah hotel, with leading surgeons from all parts of the state and a number of speakers from eastern points in attendance. The purpose of the congress, according to announcements that have been made, is to discuss methods for the preser vation of DUblic health. The programme of the sessions fol lows: Monday, 8 A. M. to 12 noon Clinics and riomnnxtrations at St. Vincent' hosplta Portland eye, ear, nose and throat hoa- 2:30 P. M. Hospital conference. Tea garden, mezzanine floor. Multnomah hotel. Andrew C. Smith, M. D.. Fortlana. pre siding, chairman. Oregon state section, Clinical Conereas of the American Col- leeft of Sunceons. "Summary of Work In Hospital standardization by the Ameri can College of Surgeons." Franklin H. Mar tin. M. Becretary-general, American College of Surgeons; "The Surveyor's Work In the Standardization of Hospitals." Thad- deus B. Allen. Chicago. American College of Surgecns; The Soul or Hospital btana ardizatlon." Reverend C. B. Mouliner, S. J., president Catholic Hospital association; "What Canada Is Doing in the Standardi zation of Hospitals," Malcolm T. Mac Bachern, M. D., general superintendent. Vancouver general hospital; "Experience With the Standardization Programme of the American College of Surgeons, from the Surgeons Standpoint." Robert C. Coffey, M. L)., Portland: "Experience With the Standardization Programme of the Ameri can College of Surgeons, from the Hospi- pital Superintendent's Standpoint." the Rev erend Axel M. Green, superintendent, Bmanuel hospital. Portland. General dis cussion: The Rt. Rev. Walter Taylor Sum ner, D. D.. bishop of Oregon; J. Earl Else, M. D.. Portland; John Osborn Polak, M. D., Brooklyn. ' 8 P. M. Public meeting. Couch school auditorium. Andrew C. Smith. M. D.. Port land, presiding. "The American College of Surgeons," Franklin H. Martin, M. B.. Chi cago, secretary-general, American College of Surgeons; "What the Public Can Do to Reduce the Dangers of Cancer, Allen B. Kanavel, M. D., professor of surgery, Northwestern University Medical school Chicago: "What Can Be Accomplished by Routine Pre-Natal Care," John Osborn Po lak, M. D., !ong Island college hospital, Brooklyn: "The Community's Interest in Hospitals," Father C. B. Moullnier. S. J., president. Catholic Hospital association. Tuesday, 8 A. M., to 10 A. M. Clinics at Portland surgical hospital; 10 A. M. to 12 noon, clinics at Good Samaritan hospital 8 A. M. to 12 noon, clinics at Portland eye ear. nose and throat hospital; 2:30 P. M., scientific meeting, tea garden, mezzanine floor, Multnomah hotel, Andrew C. Smith, M. D., Portland, presiding. "Organization for Better Surgery." Franklin' H. Martin. M. D., Chicago; "Surgical Experience and Studies In Trigeminal Neuralgia." Allen B. Kanavel, M. D., Chicago;- "Forced La bor Its Present Status," John Osborn Po lak, M. D., Brooklyn, ' Business Men Plan Junket. BAKER, Of, Aug. 27. (Special.) Mans are in the process of forma lion for a trip of Bajcer business men to Eagle and Pine valleys. The date for the motor excursion has not been fixed but it has been indicated that September 1 and 8 are the dates generally favored. The mining dis trict of Coritucopia will be included in the itinerary and it is expected that this section of the visit will be of unusual interest as the Cornucopl mining camps are held to be fore most in Oregon. Expense Estimates for 1922, Soon to Be Filed, Will Be Submitted to Ttnthless Pruning. within the. next week or ten days all departments of the city of Port- land will have proposed estimates of expense for the year 1922 prepared and filed with City Auditor Funk. While many of the estimates have I been practically completed, none has been officially filed, as yet. The bu reau of fire -yesterday gave' out ten tative figures relating to salaries for 1922. which in covering all depart ments of the bureau totaled $846,760, an amount which is practically the same as that allowed for 1921. In preparing tentative estimates for supplies and maintenance, officials of the fire bureau have reached a figure of 168,000, which does not Include the purchase of any fire equipment with the exception of some hose. It is al most certain that the council will decide to include some new equipment to bring the fire bureau up to a proper standard and give Portland taxpayers adequate protection, and it is possible that the equipment and supplies item in the budget when finally prepared ! will be somewhere between iSo.OOO and J90.000. Ii-Mfti II -r tin Increases 'Asked. In reviewing the uncompleted fig-1 ures prepared as estimates oi ex- i pense in 1922 for the various city de- 1 partments one xinda that almost witn out exception little more is request ed than was allowed in 1921. when an arbitrary 10 per cent reduction was- made by the budget committee. City officials are taking extreme care in the preparation or the esti mates, for they all know well that when these are finally agreed upon and approved by the budget commit tee the figures must go under close scrutiny by members of the tax su pervision and conservation commla sJon. Some city officials, who refuse to be quoted in the press, claim that the ap pointment' of this commission will be of tremendous aid to the city. Such officials hold that the investigation by a non-interested body will show that the city officials have been prun ing expenses beyond reason and will lift much unjust criticism from the shoulders of such city officials. Tax Commission Inspires Caution. At all events, the very existence of the. tax commission, while not wel corned by the majority of the city officials, or even employes, is certain to cause extreme-caution in the prepa ration of estimates. Not only will cau tion be the guide, but, in- addition, any item which city officials feel. can be dispensed with wilt be eliminated, for the majority of the city officials are striving so to prepare their budgets that not one cut can be made by the tax commission. in other words, city officials gen erally are not prone to criticise su pervision, and the main effort in pre paring estimates ror expenditures in 1922 is to prune-them to such an ex tent that the public will be informed that the city officials, and not the tax commission, have held down the outlay of money to the utmost. OREGON LURES MANY TOURISTS WHO WILL MAKE HOMES HERE Seventy-three Motorists Register at Portland Auto Camp Iowa Family Travels Far Two Young Women tjuit Jobs to Hit Long Iran. COLEMAN IS EXONERATED BC.KE'.'ESS CHARGES AGiATXST DOETEOITVE FAIL. Police Chief Recommends Veteran Sleutb and Lieutenant Bay Be Reprimanded for Quarrel. BY ADDISON BENNETT. ,mn th. Mrhw.v, k,,, .k. M mHEEE werei73 autos registered ' n - - wub iic vnueis ui I - i these must help pay for a damage that is caused by a few." The state highways are of a 16-foot width, sufficient for two vehicles to pass comfortably. As a result, with the constant traffic all vehicles keep well to the sides of the road. This being the case, heavily loaded vehicles moving at a rate above the speed limit crowd out and break the sides of the paving, according to Mr. Teon. "Just now logs are being hauled over the highways and are causing great damage," continued Mr. Yeon. ''Some of them are 60 and 70 feet in length and are so loaded as to balance on the rear axle. This places the en tire weight on two wheels and results in the paving foundation being cracked and broken. "It is not the purpose of the high Way commission to start a campaign to drive the trucks from the roads. They have a right upon the highways as long as they are carrying freight with a weight not in excess of the limitations of the law, and maintain a speed of not more than 12 miles an hour, but they have no right to in flict an injury upon the highways that are the pride of the state and have been constructed through the taxation of all the people. "As conditions are the' people of Multnomah county would be unwilling to be assessed to construct another Columbia river highway, but it will have to be rebuilded as will all other highways unless some method, be ar rived at whereby the trucks can be regulated." I at the grounds Friday hailing from 20 states. The number from eaoh of the several states was: Cali fornia. 15; Washington, 14; Oregon. 14; Idaho and Illinois, each 4; Minne sota. Michigan, Montana, Ohio. Massa chusetts, Nebraska and Indiana, each 2; Colorado, Missouri, Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Wisconsin. Kansas, Texas and Utah, each 1. The largest number of passengers in any one of the arriving cars was 9. . From Blair county, Nebraska, come David E. Hart, Mrs. Hart and three sons, Arthur, Walter and Leroy. Camped with them is a brother, Ezra V. Hart, and his wife, daughter, Gladys, and a son, Clinton, the latter famliv cominsr from Montgomery county, Iowa. The Harts are .retired farmers. They are going from here to Salem to visit some old Nebraska neighbors named Ekstrand, and from there down to Coos Bay to meet cousin. Mrs. Will Hart, a widow, who resides at North Bend. The Harts are having a wonderful time, they all say, Even their dog, Schneider, has a well fed. nrosDerous and happy look. They don't care whether school keeps or not, and the high cost of liv ing cuts no ice with them. Ezra and his outfit came down from Iowa and they started from their home at David, near Holdridge. Neb., going up through Colorado, where they tarried a week visiting friends at Steamboat SDrings. and then by easy stages over the Rockies- to Salt Lake to visit other friends for a week or so. rAVllMU JUd IS F IN SHED Place down about Los Angeles an I they will return to their farms alon in anrlu .Tuna next vftar. The Harts Be are typical high-grade farmers, who have accumulated a competency ana know how to spend a few thousand to the best advantage by . taking themselves and children on a wonder ful trip. Port Arthur, Tex., where Mr. Maul holds a responsible position as treas urer of the Gulf Refining company. In another machine from the same place ome the father and mother of Mr. Maul, J. C. Maul and wife. They left their gulf home on the 26th of May and have traveled 2514 miles. They say, all of them, that they have met up with no sight as pleasing as our Columbia river highway, placing it ahead of any and all of the Yellow stone Park sights. Section of Hood River to Opened This Week. HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) The newly completed stretch of concrete paving laid in the Odell district by the United Construction company of Portland will be opened to traffic Tuesday. The new paving, laid at the end of about a quarter mile link placed last year, is approxi mately half a mile. long. Approxi mately three-quarters of a mile of concrete paving laid in the Pine Grove district this summer by. the Portland contractors was opened three weeks ago. Both sections of concrete surfacing were placed on county highways lead ing to fruit shipping warehouses in two of the valley's heaviest producing sections. From the beautiful city of Roch e&ier,- N. Y., we have at the camp Fred loung ana ramny, tneir auto bear ng the high number 560166. The fam lly, aside from father and mother, consists of a lovely maiden, Jeannette, aged 14, who told me about the won derful time they have had during their trip of 4719 miles, which began June lt. Mr. Young is a sheet metal manu facturer and worker and expects to locate in Southern California. "It is wonderful, more than wonderful.1 said Mr. Young, "what fine people one meets on a trip of this kind. One gets acquainted, with many travelers and soon there is built up a coterie of friends. We do not meet every night around the same campflre, we may miss one another several days: but we do meet again and again, and warm friendship springs up. es, there seem to be none but fine people on these auto tours. Did you ever hear of the "two little maids who went to school"? They are at the auto camp from SDrinsr- field, Mass., and, they are out taking lessons in the school of life, along the road of life. At their old home they held positions in the fine Springfield public- library, then the wanderlust bug gripped them and they asked a vacation, which they could not get. So they quit and hit the trail, a won derful trail it is, they say, for they have been treated by their fellow pas sengers so handsomely that they al most believe there are nothing but ladies and gentlemen and fine boys and gins traveling this wonderful trail. They have traveled since leaving Springfield. June 16, 5254 miles, and have had not even a little bit of trou ble. Their names? I forgot to men- RAILROAD AND SAWMILL Located on the OLYMPIC PENINSULA STATE OF WASHINGTON ' by the - United States Spruce Production Corporation A Government Ajrennx Orjranized under Art of Con-" ,rt m entitled "An Art making; appropriation,- for tho I up port of tho Army etc. Approved July 9, 1918. J " ft l lllllllg gjJgBeTAL Q (r 11 J vlvrnAtt Ik BJtr t n ""-fgSjTK;" . cost pier co ftMwjrr cotjplsttd tjt gbaoc Pfiarcrto lincs The United States Spruce Production Corporation reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Subject to prior sale, sealed bids will be received at the office of the United States Spruce Production Corporation, Couch Building-, Portland; Oregon, up to 12:00 noon, November 1, 1921; and then publicly opened, FOR PURCHASE OF SPRUCE PRODUCTION CORPORATION RAILROAD NO.l, CLALLAM COUNTY, WASHINGTON, AND THE SPRUCE PRODUCTION MILL, PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON, JOINTLY OR SEPARATELY. UNITED STATES SPRUCE PRODUCTION RAILROAD No. 1 1,04-ation Connects with the Milwaukee System at Disque, 17 miles west of Fort Angeles. Main line completed 36 miles to Lake Pleasant. Ilrwonrrrff Independent connection with Pufret Sound possible by con struction of miles from Disque to Port Crescent. Spurs afEKreK&tlnjr .0 miles graded for opening and developing of timber Immediately tributary, estimated, prior to the storm of lut January, at 6Vfc billion feet, consisting of 2,393.000,000 feet of Fir, 9S7.000.0O0 feet Spruce, 543.000,000 feet Cedar, 2, 813.000.000 feet Hemlock. Timber through which logging branch spurs are graded is privately held without in cumbrance by large owners. Productive logging operations physically possible within 60 days for marketing logs to Port Angeles or other . Puget Sound mills. Topography lends itself to economical logging and is fully mapped. Main line may be extended 60 miles through virgin timber, also affected to some extent by storm of January last. Numerous water power sites adjacent for large pulp or milling devel opments. Construction Seasoned, substantial roadbed: standard gauge 80-lb. rail: gravel and- rock ballast: wide clearances: E-50 structures; maxi mum 14 deg. curvature; gradients 1.25 vs. loads, 2 vs. empties; 1 summit. 3.8 miles siding installed; 3.5 miles additional sidings graded. Mam line construction involved 1,250.000 yds. grading, 860 lin. ft. tun nels, 30.000- lin. ft. piles, 800,000 F. B. M. Umber in place, 56,000 yds. ballast. UNITED STATES SPRUCE PRODUCTION MILL PORT ANGELES, WASH. in.. Chicago. W11 Pacilio coa&t Hhipptnfc Farilttle Alongside deep water Pujret Round; waukpe & St. Faul Transcontinental Hallway System, terminal rates. Mill BniUliiiff- Haviet timber construction, conforming- to accepted commercial practice, 90 completed. Machinery Individual units electrically driven; one 10 and one lt-foot band head saw; 60-inch pang; 84-inch resaws; cargo and rail overhead loading cranes; entire layout and individual machines of accepted commercial type. All unused and In storage at Vancouver, Wash. Capacity 400,000 F. B. M. per 8-hour day. Power Plant Fireproof brick building- on solid concrete foundation; Custodls stack ; refuse burner: 2400-H. p. water tube boilers ; present provision for 1500 K. "VV. turbo generator; piping and room provided for additional 2000 K. W. Ample Water Supply. Engineering Highest quality skill and design in entire Installation by recognized experts of wide technical and operating experience. Site Ample for all purposes. Ixg Pond 15 million F. B. M. storage capacity. Housing Facilities Camp buildings, modern cottages and three-story Gtt-room brick hotel, completely furnished; also considerable housing room in city. TrpMC -.f No bid for less than $1,500,000 will be accepted for both properties: no 1 railroad property; no bid for less than $500,000 will be accepted for the B1ULUINU bid for leas than $1,000,000 will be accepted for the the mill. As the above minimum amounts are considerably below the commercial and reproduction value of these properties, the Corpora- CATC tion reserves the rignt to accept any oner in excess oi me aoovv minimum amounts ior eiuier one or com vt prupcriies, and OALL n or before October 17, 1521. In the event of such offer or offers being accepted notices will be promptly mailed to all those who have applied for further Information or submitted bids. Purchaser of Railroad must agree to operate same as common carrier. Deferred payments (at 2 Interest) over period of 10 years will be allowed. AH bids must be accompanied by certified check for $25,000, made payable to the United States Spruce Production Corporation, same to be re tained as liquidated damages upon failure of bidder to complete purchase on award; but to be returned in event of rejection of bid. All bids must be made on forms and under conditions contained In the prospectus which will be supplied upon request by the United States Spruce Production Corporation. Titles to real property. Umber, maps, layout plats of mill and master index of machinery may be examined at the offices of the United States Spruce Production Corporation Couch Building - - Portland, Oregon, U. S. A. c From Mound House, Nev., come Roy H. Mitchell and his wife and baby son. Mr. Mitchell is an electrician an is keeping both eyes open for a goo location, for he does not expect to re turn tn Xpvada Thev came through Salt Lake. Yellowstone Park. Spokane, I tion them Misses Ruth Clifford and Aberdeen 'Workers to Picnic. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug. 27. (Special.) An all-day picnic at Elec tric, park, with games, dances and prizes for athletic contests, is planned for Labor day by committees of the Aberdeen Central Labor council and the Hoquiam Trades and Labor coun cil, which will superintend observance of the holiday on the. harbor. Walla Walla and down the f-reaf Co lumbia river highway, which "they claim is the finest scenery they saw. It is to be hoped that the Mitchells will find"a location to suit them In Oregon. J. A. Buckley and Mrs. Buckley are from Cleveland. O., where Mr. Buckley has bten a dealer in automobiles and supplies. They left Cleveland March 16. and have traveled since then about 6450 miles. They are looking for a location and at present seem to favor Oregon for a future home site. . George H. Maul, accompanied by Mrs. Maul and two children, Kester, a youth of 11, and Opal, a handsome lit tle rnisa of 10. are all the way from Edith Little. Tom Coleman, veteran police de tective, was exonerated completely of charges of drunkenness, made by Lieutenant Day - of the detective bureau, in a report submitted by Chief Jenkins yesterday to Mayor Baker. The chief recommends that Coleman and Day Uoth be repri manded for carrying a personal quar rel into the lobby of the Oregon hotel, wher'e loud and somewhat vitriolic language comprised the chief features of the combat. Lieutenant uay also is - recom mended for what amounts to a de motion, for the chief recommends that Day be detailed to take charge of the "missing persons" bureau. This, the chief said, was being done to avoid so much friction between the veteran police lieutenant and other members of the bureau. Numerous witnesses were called by the chief in his Investigation of charges made against Coleman by Day. All of these witnesses were cer tain that Coleman was not under the influence of liquor, as Day had charged, and they were equally cer tain that Coleman did not draw bia gun on Day. On the contrary, evidence .showed that Day had started to draw his gun on Coleman near the corner of Fifth and Oak streets, but that Coleman threatened to take it away from him and hurt him with it if he did not return it to his pocket. Testimony of physicians of the police emergency hospital testified that Coleman had been suffering from abdominal trouble of some char acter. This was sufficient, it was said, to have caused him to report off duty on account of sickness. It was testified also that Coleman did not have his gun with him on the day of his setto with Day. The public fracas between the two police detectives was the culmination of a personal feud of many months. Coleman alleged Day bad accused him repeatedly of being a grafter and that these accusations had so preyed on bis mind that he had called Day to the Oregon hotel to remonstrate with him, and to demand that he cease such accusations. Because both officers soon will be eligible to retirement on pensions. Chief Jenkins believes that a repri mand will be sufficient. governed by a board of five directors selected at large. Present school boards could be retained to look out for the general interests of the schools and would have the authority to reject any teacher selected lr ob jectionable in the neighborhood. This system would iook alter ine education of every child in the county. Even though the distance Irora scnooi might be great every facility would be provided for schooling. Pioneer Picnic to Be Held. The Society of Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers will hold a picnic at Peninsula park Saturday, Septem ber 10, for the purpose of becoming better acquainted with the descend ants of the Oregon pioneers. The reception will begin at 2:30 P. M. and a basket dinner will be served from 4:30 to 5 P. M. In case of in clement weather entertainment will be had in the community house. TRAIN SCHEDULES CUT SOUTHERN PAtTIFMC REDUCES N ORTH AXD SOUTH KTJTsS. Seed Potato Areas Inspected. Or., Aug. BEND, Or., Aug. 27. (Special.) Trii-nt insDection of potato neias in Deschutes county for seed certifica tion is complete. County Agricultur ist Jamison states. Twenty-eight out of 130 fields were accepted, or 175 acres out of 1000. Indications are ex cellent in the county for a good yield of marketable potatoes. Portland andi San Francisco Are Brought Nearer Together by Revisions Effective Today, Effective today, there will be some changes in train-time on the Southern Pacific, between Portland and . San Francisco, as well as on the electric divisions; and on some of the com pany's short lines a. curtailment of service will take place as a result of lack o-f business, due In laTge part to bus line competition. The running time of the Shasta limited will be shortened by arrival Portland at 9:30 f. ai. ma Ban Francisco at 9:10 P. M.. instead of at 10 o'clock; but there will be no change from the hour of departing from both terminals, this being 4 n VI nek P. M. Thirty minutes will be clipped from the running time oi tne roriina Pi-P.f. from San Francisco, which wiW arrive here at 9:20 P. M., instead of at 9:50. The California express, leaving here now at 8:40 A. M., will leave at 9 A. M., and arrive in San Francisco at 6:50 P. M,, as now. The Oregonian will leave Portland at 1 A. M., as now, but will arrive in San Francisco at 9:50 A. M 20 min utes earlier than now. village, and after the manner of their white neighbor are combining busi ness with pleasure. Sclool Projects Pushed. KALAMA, Wash., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Work on Kalama's new schools is being pushed rapidly. Much of the frame work of the high school building has been done. School will open September 12 with the follow ing teachers: James Mount, superin tendent; Bonnie R. Gllman, domestic science; R. N. Woolford. manual training; Misses Mauryce Curry and Anita Close, high school; Mrs. Effie Phillips, eighth grade; Claud Wright seventh grade; Harriett Alexander, sixth grade; Mrs. Rose Taylor, fifth grade; Agnes Brown, fourth grade; Paulinfe Schauble, second grade, and Eva Talbot, primary. Huckleberry Patclies Mecca. WHITE SALMON, Wash., Aug. 27. (Special.) Hundreds of persons have visited the huckleberry patches west of Mount Adams. In the Dead, Horse meadows the Indians have a ree-ular W. E. Allis, Mrs. Allis and their lit tle baby daughter are from Colorado, their old home being on the plains 56 miles east of Denver. The climate there did not agree with Mrs. Allis, so "they hitched up old Dobbin," more properly speaking a Buick. and hit the trail for a better climate, which they expect to find somewhere between Roseburg and Ashland. They are farmer folk, but are not looking for a large place, for they wish to take life easy. They want, say not more than 40 acres near a good town. I told them a lot about the country down there, and I feel sure they will soon write Oregon after their names when ever they register. UNIT SYSTEM PROPOSED Crook County to Vote on Plan o,f School District Merger. PRINEVILLE, Or., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) September 5 the people of Crook county will have an opportu nity to vote for the establishing of the county unit system. Petitions were circulated some time since and this special election will decide as to the advisability of adopting this aya-tem. The plan would consolidate the 4T school districts- ox tne county Into one. In the '50s when the Lot Whitcomb plowed the Willamette IT WAS A GREAT DAY in Oregon when the first river steamer built in the Columbia basin "slid from the stocks like a meteor from heaven," as an enthusiastic news writer of that day chronicled the event. It was the day after Christmas b 1850 71 years ago. And among those who participated in the festivities attending the launching were the founders of Edward Holman & Son. A great state, a great city and a magnificent port have since been built. And through all those years Edward Holman & Son has been : directed by the same Holman family, and still is. :-i " Oregon's first RIVER STEAMER, LAUNCHED IN DECEMbtK OF 1850 AT MlLWAUKIE. Edward Holman & Son Funeral Directors Since 1854 Salmon at Third Waller Edward Holman Mrs. W alier J. Holman SjH.. - wm ' ;- - ' .v.-':' ." - '') Hall "Special' Gas Furnace The Furnace that settles your Heating- Problem. $175 Convenient Terms Hall Gas Furnace Co. Main 7065 167 PARK ST. Just South of Morrison Announcement Our lower vault is now equipped with new boxes, $3.50 and $4 per year. Par ties on reserve list and others may be accommodated now. C03IMERCE SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS 91 3d St. Est.