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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1921)
TTTE STTXDAY OREGOXTAN, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 11, 1921 ' 2 EX-SERVICE MEN TO BEPROTECTED Soldier Colonization Schemes Strongly Opposed. RAW LAND TOO INSECURE land, bought the five-acre Taylor tract four miles southeast of Chehalls, on the Pacific highway, and will en gage extensively In the chicken busi ness. Chester Twining, who is employed at Llttell, bought the three and one half acres at historic Claquato, for merly known as the John Miles home, the, price, being )2l0. The Ocean Beach highway will be paved the coming spring along one side of this tract. W. E. Brown sold his fine home at Vader and 47 acres adjoining to John T. Smith of Chehalls. T. E. Verner of Chehalls bought two acres on the Pacific highway west of Centralia two miles. Legion Officials and State Will Co operate In Placing Capable Men Where They Can Make Good. Opposition to soldier colonlzat.'jn schemes on raw Oregon lands, there by taking advantage of the loan fea ture of the state bonus act. as voiced by Colonel George A. White at the realty boarrt meeting Friday, meets with the approval of Edward J Elv ers, state adjutant of the American Legion. Yesterday Jay Upton, Crook county member of the state legisla ture, and Kred Hoelscher, commander of Prinevllle post of the legion, were In Portland to confer on means fcr placing capable ex-service men on farms, and the views of Colonel White were approved. "Promoters who think they see In this loan act a chance to pawn off raw lands are doomed to disappoint ment," said Elvers, who, in addition to being Btate adjutant of the legion. Is also a member of the land com mittee. "The state land committee will not approve of any plan that does not contain every possible ele ment of success. Of course we re alize that each case will call for in dividual treatment, and for that rea son we are asking that the men in terested in getting farms write, stating the full details of their cases, so that we can know how much money they have, their training and potential possibilities. Every appli cation will be considered separately, and the human element will be gauged, as well as land values, In making the appraisal." Promoter' Schemes Decried. "Indiscriminate settlement schemes should not be encouraged," said Upton. "The men who want to take up land should be able to feel that the state is behind them, and that their comrades are ready to give thorn the best assistance In their power. It is all very well for men who sit at roll-top desks to say 'go on the land.' but in practice it Is a different matter. Farming Is no cinch. The man should have some natural aptitude or ability and a cer tain amount of trarnlng would not be amlBS. The right man on the right land is an asst to the state that Is of nearly Incalculable value. The state must be secured in ample value for the 3000 loan and only those fully able to make good should be allowed to take a chance." Fred Hoelschcr, who Is president of the Ochoco Irrigation district as well as commander of Prinevllle post of the legion, and ts a city-bred man who has made good on the farm, stated that the legion and Prinevllle citizens were ready to do their utmost In assisting the service-man-farmer. "Crook county was the first dljtrlct to volunteer co-operation In this mat ter," Hoelscher said, "and we TS ready to take care of any man who has the proper training or ability. In our district there is raw land, land partially Irrigated, grazing and stock territory and fully Irrigated lands. The latter Is mostly In crop, has been farmed for years, and It is not neces sary for any man to go on. uncleared, raw land. AdvlBory Committee Appointed. "The Prinevllle legion post has al ready arranged for an advisory com mittee of two legion men and thres residents of the city to assist possible settlors.. None of these men, all of whom are familiar with conditions, will be interested in or have any land for sale. It will not matter what amount of capital the possible set tlers may have, we will arrange in some way to rare for them." Elvers pointed out that a large number of farmer boys enlisted in the army and that many of them would like to get back on the land, under the proper conditions. "Crook county seems to be ready to meal us more than half way in this work, he said, "but we have received several other offers of assistance and vacant lands that may be approved. In O. A. C. there are 490 ex-service men taking federal vocational training courses In agriculture and the ma jority of them will be ready to go on the land this coming year. These men are entitled to some considera tion and we will try and place them. There are many others fully as well trained, and any man interested in the farm land proposition can write state headquarters of the legion In Portland for further Information or W. B. Tucker, Prinevllle, county agriculturist. If they wish special In formation of the central Oregon lands." HEPPNER POST TO BUILD Extensive Programme Planned for Winter to Raise Funds. HEPPNER, Or.. Dec. 10. (Special.) At a recent meeting of Heppner post, American Legion, the following were elected officers for the coming term: Captain James F. Cook, post commander; Forbes Grimbo, vice commander; Paul Garamell, adjutant; Walter Moore, treasurer. It was an nounced that the legion will take the role of Santa Claus to the children of Heppner and vicinity by putting on a community Christmas tree on Christmas evening. The legion has also planned an ex tensive programme for the winter months, consisting of a aeries of athr letlc events, dances, etc. The pro ceeds of these affairs will go Into the post building fund. The legion plans to erect a community building next summer which will be designed to serve the needs not only of the members of the legion, but of the people of the entire community as -well. ACREAGE MARKET ACTIVE Lewis County Farm Lands Bring ood Prices In Sales. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Dec. 10 (Spe cial.) Considerably activity locally and in other portions of Lewis county is noted recently In real estate. The largest deal reported is the sale of the 100-acre farm of S. H. Thompson, located on Cowlitz prairie, the consid eration being 116,000. Isaac Bruce of Doty was the purchaser. The land has a frontage on one side of the Cowlitz river, while the paved Pa cific highway passes along the op posite side. Earl Shearer of Chehalls bought the Anton Drohlshagen farm near Handle. In the Big Bottom country, the consideration being private. J. Oleics, recently from New Eng- IS BLOW PAY CUT HELD TO SHERIFF'S OFFICE Impaired Efficiency Believed Sure to Result. DEPUTIES HAVE RECORDS PORTLAND, ASTORIA & PACIFIC LINK BRINGS $2,500,000. Great Northern and Northern Pa cific Interests' Deal Announced. Road Is to Be Completed. ST. PAUL, Dec. 10. Purchase of the Portland. Astoria & Pacific road in Oregon by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific interests was an nounced here today. The price was approximately 2,500,000. The Joint purchase means that the Oregon road will be pushed to com pletion, so as to give a quick outlet for the shipment of lumber. The Portland, Astoria & Pacific was started by the Oregon American Lum ber company. This company has been bought by Charles S Keith interests of Kansas City, but the railroad was to be completed by the former own ers. The Northern Pacific and tfee Great Northern now will do this. The new line connects with the United Railways at Banks and will be extended to Vernonla, at which point It Is probable that the large Interior sawmill or tne iveiin inter ests will be located. The Great Northern and Northern Pacific, also through their control of the Spokane. Portland & Seattle road, will be able to participate in the great lumber development of northwest Oregon. STREET OPENING DELAYED Delinquent Property Taxes Hold Up Improvements. Opening of Delay street so as to give the St. Johns river road exten sion a direct Inlet Into Larrabee street and thence to the Broadway bridge, and which will require the demolition of three business buildings, may not be accomplished until next spring. The total assessment for this project Is $34,900, and the bulk of this has been paid in, but there are a number of parcels of land within the district that are delinquent, and it Is probable the city will have to proceed in the usual form and sell these tracts for the delinquencies. When these for malities have been completed the actual transfer of title for the lands needed for the street opening will be made to the city. Four, parcels of land are directly Involved in this street opening. The owners of record are: Mrs. B. M. Schlegel and Mrs. M. A. Strahan. 5000 square feet, for which they were al lowed 11700; T. C. Tenneson, 6000 square feet, for which $10,500 was allowed; A. 8. Benson, 3382 square feet, for which $4600 was allowed, and the heirs of the Henry Weinhard estate. 2437 square feet, for which they were allowed $2800. One of the buildings to be razed Is a three-story brick structure and the others arc frame buildings. CHURCH TO BE ENLARGED Bethel African Methodists Plan $15,000 Improvement. Construction is to begin early spring on the auditorium of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church, McMillen avenue and LArrahee streets, according to announcement made yes terday by the pastor. Rev. A. R. Fox. The building will be built on the brick basement story, built in 1916. and since used for church services. The entire structure will be of brick and the main auditorium wll seat 700 peaple. Its estimated cost is about $15.0'00. The basement story was erected at a cost of about $6000. Fifty members of the Whitney Boys' chorus. In charge of Professor Whitney, are to have charge of the services tonight at Bethel church, and the public is invited to attend. Four Trained Crime Investigators and Six Tried-Out Motorcycle Officers Are Affected. " BT JERROLD OWEN. Four trained crime investigators and six efficient motorcycle officers comprise the active members of the criminal division of Sheriff Hurl burt's office wbo are directly affected by the reduction of salaries voted by the tax supervision and conservation commission. With this small but mo bile force, the sheriffs office has played a large part in the suppression of crime In Multnomah county. Scarcely a week passes that one or more do not risk their lives in line of duty. Regular hours are unknown. After an eight-hour-day shift it is a frequent occurrence for deputies to be called on night duty, necessitating a vigil through early morning hours. Murderous criminals and dangerous maniacs constantly are being arrested by deputy sheriffs. Two deputies have paid with their lives the price of bravery and fidelity to duty since November. 1917. For such service the county pro--poses to pay two of the men $150 and eight of'them $125 a month during 1922, compared with a salary sched ule in the Portland police bureau ranging from $145 a month and over time pay for uniformed officers to $175 for city inspectors. For two years past, under a special ruling of the district attorney's office, the county has been paying one deputy $175. another $165 and the others $146. . Recent Exploits Recalled. Most recent of the exploits of these men which have gained local atten tion was the detection and arrest of the six persons who participated in the holdup and robbery at the Lib erty theater. November 7. The White House road bandits were captured by deputy sheriffs. It was the sheriff's office which cleared up the mystery, of the killing of Harry Pawluk and engineered the arrest of the mur derer, John Bruno, in Seattle. Through the work of the sheriff's deputies, Jeff Boydston, who attempted to slay a former sweetheart, Mabel Baker, and her husband, was apprehended In Montana, and C. Howard Childs. one of the two men who successfully escaped from the Multnomah county Jail, was located in Georgia after a four-year search. These are cases of the past year which come to mind. Several of the deputies are veterans who recall the efficient work of Bob Phillips and his assistant in unraveling the mys tery of the slaying of Ben Ristman and Mrs. Helen Jennings by Bennett Thompson, and many other notorious crlmlal cases. Roy Kendall, one of the deputies deputy; Clarence A. Beckman, office deputy; August C. Schlrmer and Roy Kendall, criminal deputies; Motor cycle Deputies Mollenhour and La mont, and Rodney Hurlburt. driver of the emergency automobile of the sheriff's office, were the men who laid the trap for the White House road bandits. For 12 consecutive nights these men lay In wait for the holdup pair until midnight before their plans were successful. And all were on duty at 8 o'clock every morning dur ing that period. That Is but one example of overtime but not extra pay work required of the sheriffs men. Casualties In Sheriff Hurlburt's of fice have been: Bob Phillips, killed by an Insane man, November 20, 1917; Frank Twombley, killed by Cyril Llard, November 22, 1918; "Buck" Phillips, special deputy, killed by Dan Casey and partner, June 14, 1921; Harry Taylor, knifed in nine places by an Insane man In 1919; and Roy Kendall, shot in the wrist September 4, 192i. Though not affected by the pay cuts, as their salaries of $6 a work ing day are pafd from the fines of prohibition violators, two deputies who should be classed with the crim inal Investigators are Joseph H. Bee man and E. R. Wolfe. Since March 1, 1921, when Beeman first went on duty as special prohibition enforce ment deputy, more than $16,000 has enriched the county coffers from bootleggers' fines alone. Many Moonshiners Fined. In much of the moonshine squad's work the other criminal deputies as sist. To date this month . fines of moonshiners arrested have totalled $1250. During the summer months the mo torcycle men are on duty for 12 to 16 hours a day. These deputies are: Lamont. Mollenhour, Charles Wilson, B. H. Bailey. P. V. Rexford and E. E. Bert. Christofferson, as chief criminal deputy, has been receiving $175 a month for two years. The reduction in his case will bring his salary down to $156, much less than is paid for such work by city, federal or private bodies. Beckman as office deputy has received $165 and is reduced to $150. All the others have been getting $145 and are cut to $125. Ed Dettrick, Jailer at Kelly Butte, and George Jackson, county Jailer, are executives employed by the sheriff's office whose pay is cut from $145 to $125. The pay slash also affects the deputies In the field division, which Includes process servers, etc.. and those working in the tax division of the sheriffs office. Sheriff Hurlburt's only hope In maintaining an efficient criminal division is that the special legisla tive session will authorize salaries on a par with other law enforcing bodies RHODES COURSE PICKED TOM P. BROCKVVAY TO STUDY HISTORY AT OXFORD. Preparatory Work at Reed College to Be Taken Up After End of Present Semester. Tom. P. Brockway of Portland, who was selected following a recent ex amination in this city to be Rhodes scholar at Oxtord from Oregon, has submitted his resignation as Instruc tor of English at Corvallis and will take un work immediately in nrciiara- slated for $125 a month after Janu- tion for his entrance to the English .. - ,- i i .... . - i ; . , ., .-, wi- . .. .. university, accoraing to a letter re- Woodward Assessment $27,050. An assessment of $27,050.31 has been levied against the properties within the districts created for the Improvement of Woodward avenue, from Grand avenue to Mllwaukle street. The assessments have been opportloned and are now subject to examination, and any objections filed by December 19 will be given a hear ing before the city council. Only a little longer than a fountain pen is a portable electric radio re ceiving apparatus. ary 1, is Just regaining the use of his right hand, which was paralyzed by a bullet from a revolver in the hands of an unidentified highwayman on the night of September 4, 1921. Ken dall challenged his assailant at Twelfth and East Harrison streets a few moments after a holdup had occurred In the neighborhood and the answer was a fusillade of shots. Un armed and wounded, Kendall gave chase, but the man escaped. Kendall's Record Shown, It was Kendall who, with Lee Mol lenhour, motorcycle deputy; shot and killed Jess Izzard, alias Deckert one of the White Heuse read bandits, and .aptured Thomas H. Brown, the other holdup man, last summer. It also was Kendall who walked Into the barricaded home of John Stillman, crazed negro, last spring and nar rowly escaped death when the man who had been firing spasmodically through the windows of his house, terrorizing the neighborhood, opened fire with a shotgun. He got his man, but only after his own life had been in the balance. Kendall was receiving the salary of $125 to which it is sought to return him from $145 on December 13, 1919. when J. H. Oaynor, forger, whipped out an automatic .45-callber pistol while being taken to the county Jail. Kendall grabbed the wrist of the hand holding the pistol and the bullet flattened Itself against the marble wall of the court house corridor. Gaynor was paroled after two years In Saleun but now Is serving a 14 year sentence in Carson City, Nev.. for burglary. Lee Mollenhour and Jack Lamont. motorcycle men. narrowly escaped death a year ago In a pistol duel with "Shadow" on a lonely road east of Portland. H. Christofferson, chief criminal PORTLAND COUPLE CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING. i ceived from him yesterday by A. C Newill. member of the committee which had charge of the selection of the Rhodes scholar. Mr. Brockway has announced his Intention of taking a course in his tory at the English university. After the first of the year he intends to take up history at Reed college in preparation for this work. "I keenly appreciate the honor and the opportunity you have given me." said Mr. Brockway in his letter. "Your decision brings within the range of attainment my highest am bitions. May 1 assure you, however, that my election does not blind me to the Inadequacy of my preparation for the study of history at Oxford. 1 have submitted my resignation as instructor of English here, and after January will be at Reed college for Intensive study in history. I am de termined to become in every way fitted for the responsibility a Rhodes scholarship involves, and I promise you that I will not willingly discredit you who elected me, or Oregon, whose scholar I am to be." MISS M'BRIDE HONORED JUNIOR HUNT CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR. Multnomah Studio. MR. AND MRS. LEAKDER CHOWMNG. Fifty years of wedlock were celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. Lean der Chownlng at their home at 502 East Tioga street on Tuesday. Their home was attractively decorated with streamers of golden colored ribbon and great bouquets of yellow chrysanthemums. Their children and three of their five grandchildren enjoyed the occasion. t Mr. and Mrs. Chownlng came west in 1883. and have passed the years since that time in and near Portland. Those who were present at the celebration were: Oliver Chownlng. Julian Chownlng, Mrs. Walter Duff, Mrs. Charles Doyle, Mrs. Earl T. Tupper and Brady Chownlng, sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Chownlng. Popular Young Horsewoman Whose Riding Was Feature of Horse Show, Is Chosen President. Miss Flora Jane McBride, popular young Portland horsewoman, who distinguished herself by her riding at the night horse sow, was elected president of the Junior Hunt club, a Joint body of the Portland Hunt club, yesterday afternoon at the annual business meeting of the juniors held at the clubhouse at Garden Home. The election was preceded by a junior cross-country ride from the riding academy to Garden -Home and was followed by a dinner party. The other officers elected were: Dan Mc Donald, vice-president; Jack Mc Dougall. treasurer; Margaret Spencer, secretary, and Harvey Dick, master of hounds. Two directors elected to act with the five officers were James Grelle and Miss Margaret Ellen Douty. Miss McBride was also appointed head of a special class for riders be tween the age of 15 and 18, which fits in between the junior club and senior membership. 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