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TJTK SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 23. 1921
MATE SLAYS W Ft
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
McMinnville Woman's Body
Stays Upright in Chair.
: DOMESTIC LIFE STORMY
IS. lllrksoii, Who Took Woman by
Surprise, Thought Fatally
Wounded ; Threats Asserted.
Mc.VIINWILLE, Or.. Dec. 24. (Spe
" cial.) While Mrs. Effle Hickson sat
at a table about 2 o'clock this after-
jion, pencil In hand, to begin a letter
'. on note paper before her, R. Hickson,
tier husband, stepped into the room
silently with an automatic pistol in
. hin hand and fired a bullet from
: lehind his victim, which entered the
head Just back of the right ear. The
" woman died instantly.
Hickson then turned the weapon
v upon himself and fired another bulle
Into his own head from behind the
If-ft ear. Thu hullet fore !ts course
through Hlckson's head, ripping; part
of tho scalp off and coming: out of
' the forehead above the left eye. He
i lell to the floor at the feet of "the
wife he had murdered, whose body
remained upright in the chair in the
" Identical position the woman took at
tho table, with hand poised to start
Hie letter and pencil held ready to
write.
I.lttle Girl Calls for Help.
Tho shooting- took place In the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. Bloom, where Mrs,
- Hickson was employed as a servant
The Blooms' little daughter Sadie
rushed out of the house when the
first shot was fired, screaming; for
- help. V. J. Stater, a local real estate
dealer, heard her cries and rushed
to the scene. Just then a second
. shot the one that wounded Hick-
- ten rang out.
"There is shooting; in the house."
the little girl cried, whereupon Mr.
stater and another pedestrian, whose
name was not learned, ran Inside.
They found Mrs. Hickson. rigid In
r death, sitting where she had been
" slain and blood flowing; from the
wound. At her feet was Hickson.
weltering in his own blood, but
conscious.
By this time a crowd had (fathered
I at the Bloom residence and a few
minutes later Sheriff Henderson and
Coroner Herring: reached the scene.
The sheriff asked Hickson about the
shooting and he said his wife broke
up his happy home with his divorced
wife and he shot and killed ner on
'. account of this, shooting; himself
' afterward with the Intention of corn-
' mltting suicide. The coroner removed
; Mrs. Hickson's body to tho morgue
and Hickson was taken to the hospi
- tal, where he still was conscious at
, a late nour lunigm, uui ine uutwo
said probably fatally wounded.
- Mrs. Hickson was Effie Etherton
- of Ballston. Or., and her divorced
" hn.k.n1 tit a a rha.laa TTI a h A a 1 tu nf
Ballston, and it was there, it is said.
to cast off their present martial
niluiniii'iiD anil ncu. A 3 unci a
were divorced at McMinnville on
, October 28 last, and the Hlcksons at
; Dallas on October 31. On November
6 Hickson and Mrs. Fisher were
n.Ul nf 1rMnnnillT.. Wiall .tllPn.
" lng Immediately to McMinnville,
where Hickson obtained employment
on the construction of the new na-
. tional guard armory being; built here
ine snort Domestic me 01 hick-
son and the woman he killed was
turbulent. Immediately following the
Vancouver wed ling- there were re-
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i ii ftr-ptti ttLiuu Ruvui lcii u.;o ogu,
Hickson retaining his Job on the
armory and Mrs. Hickson procuring;
employment in the Bloom home. Mrs.
Hickson Is said to have repented her
marriage la Hickson the day follow
ing the wedding- and attempted to
. commit . suicide -by taking- carbolic
acid. Hickson constantly accused her
of breaking- up his former home and
the woman retaliating: by charging
him with inducing- her to leave her
ex-husband for him.
Threat to Kill Asserted.
At the hospital Hickson told the
sheriff that Mrs. Hickson had threat
ened to kill him repeatedly and that
she always carried a revolver with
which to execute her threat. Airs.
Hickson, it is learned, denied to Mc
Minnville acquaintances that she ever
had threatened her husband, but often
expressed fear that Hickson would
kill her.
Investigation showed that Hickson
planned deliberately to slay his wife,
waiting until Mr. and Mrs. Bloom
both were absent from the house and
finally, at the opportune time, steal
ing into the house through a rear
door and creeping upon his wife from
behind. Hickson says that Mrs. Hick
son had not the slightest warning of
her impending doom, and this seemed
to be corroborated by the posture of
the body at the table.
Both Hickson and his wife were
well known in Ballston, their respec
tive families residing near that town.
Each was 39 years old.
MERRY CHRISTMAS IS CRY
(Continued From First Page.)
Army was constrained to admit that
its long list had been checked off and
cared for, to the last name. Such an
admission from such a source clearly
proves that there were more benefac
tors than beneficiaries, and that any
number of purses were closed with
reluctance.
The city that never grew up. In
common with its sister cities, will
spend today as it should be spent,
conforming to its best traditions, and
yielding not one of them. Broad ly
speaking. It will stay at home, with)
fir in the fireplace, and holly on the
chandelier, and a plump bird brown
ing In the oven. It will hang above
the lintel, or at other strategic points,
sprays of Oregon mistletoe that lately
clung to the gaunt old oak along the
river. However proper she may be,
or prim, or demure, the girl who ven
tures beneath this mystic symbol of
the yule will pay the traditional toll.
The children will sprawl about the
floor, with never a care for the par
lor rug, and plot head-on collisions,
and munch candy, and crack nuts, and
construct such engineering projects
as belittle the Woolworth building,
and over the household will rest a
tolerance that is by no means af
fected. And a whole lot of people who have
been going around, as everyone
knows, professing a cynical disdain
for Christmas, and dourly terming It
a defunct Issue, will be surprised dur
ing rhe day with a mist in the eyes
and a catch in the throat, and a per
sonal conviction that there's no fool
like an old one. Wherefore, to all
and sundry, that It may be made
unanimous, they will give ungrudg
ingly the shibboleth of the yule, th
password that never falls:
"Merry Christmas!"
Schools Usher Jn Yule.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash., Dec. ' 21.
(.Spuciai.) The . Rldgefield schools
yesterday afternoon closed for one
week for Christmas vacation. Pro
grammes by the various grades were
given In the high school auditorium
this afternoon and were well attended
j by the public. School, will bu resumed
I Monday, January 2.
KOSEBt'KG FEEDS XEEDY FOLK
More Than 100 Families Receive
Yule Boxes, From Elks.
ItOSEBURG. Or., Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) The associated charities com
mlttee today distributed more tha
100 boxes containing food supplies,
clothing, toys and other articles to a
many needy families throughout th
county. Distribution of the article
was made by auto-trucks, which
reached practically ever section o
the county relieving cases of need
and destitution. Instead of the lodges
end churches carrying on separat
charity work this year and duplicat
lng their efforts, an association was
formed and a committee appointed to
locate all cases of need. Funds wer
then pooled and several hundred dol
lars' worth of goods purchased. It 1
thought that every needy case has
been reached.
In addition to this work, the local
Elks' lodge tonight sponsored a pub
lie Christmas tree from which gifts
of candy were ' distributed to more
than 300 children of the city. The
Douglas county-' band assisted in this
celebration and gave a concert pre
ceding the handing out of the gifts.
The Christmas spirit is being car
rled out by programmes in nearly all
of the churches and lodges of the
city, .while many granges throughout
the county are sponsoring community
programmes for the week end.
HUNCE
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ST. HELENS POOR TO GET HELP
Churches of City Give Trees for
Children of Needy.
ST. HELENS, Or., Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) The Christmas season is being
celebrated in; usual style in St. Helens.
Santa Is not overlooking the poor
and needy. The ladies' society of the
Congregational church gave a Christ
mas entertainment Thursday night
and distributed gifts to the several
hundred children present.
The guild of the Episcopal church
had a Christmas tree Friday night
and gifts were distributed to the
many children present. The Metho
dist church held Its Christmas enter
tainment Saturday night. Public of
flees will be closed Monday and the
several mills will not operate on that
day.
CHRISTMAS
CAROLS
Vocal Music on Streets Feature of
Evening at Walla Walla. -
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 24.
(Special.) Singing of Christmas
carols in the streets of the city
marked Christmas eve in Walla Walla.
From f o'clock until late this eve
ning songs were beard. School chil
dren sang In the downtown districts
from & to 7 o'clock and in the eve
nlng older people, chiefly from the
churches, sang through the residence
districts. m
A decorated Christmas tree was
drawn through the streets on a sled
pulled by a tractor and a truck car
ried an organ and the children.
PRIXEVILLE HAS BIG TREE
Candy, Nuts and Fruit Supplied to
All Children In City.
PRINEVILLE. Or., Dec. 24 (Spe
cial.) The children of Prlneville had
big community Christmas tree this
year. It was strung with colored
eleorio lights and the soliciting com
mittee met with success in getting
enough candy, nu-ts and fruit for
every youngster in town. Christmas
carols were sung by the school chll
dren.
Rldgefield Celebrates Christmas.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash., Dec. 24.
(Special.) An audience that filled the
capacity of the Rldgefield Community
church was present Thursday night
when the Sunday school gave its
Christmas programme. Packed
churches last night marked the pres
entation of Yuletlde programmes by
the Sunday schools of the Nazarene
and Methodist Episcopal churches.
Tonight at the Pioneer school house
the Pioneer community center held its
tree and programme while the Bethel
Methodist Episcopal church (German),
few miles southeast of here, gave
its Christmas programme.
Church School to Entertain.
The church school of St. John's Me
morial Episcopal church, Sellwood,
will have its regular Christmas serv
ice at 10 o'clock this morning, with
Christmas carols and hymns and a
short service for the children. The
Christmas party for the school and
the chidren of the Church of Our Sa
vior will be held in the parish house
next Friday night, when the children
will place In a manger gifts for or
phans In Armenia. Dancing will follow.
Bend Merchants Have Big Trade.
BEND, Or., Deo. 24. (Special.)
At the close of Christmas shopping
here tonlgnt, lie net merchants re
ported the greatest volume of pur
chases In three years. The total paid,
however, was smaller, due to the
lowering of prices. With the ground
covered with six inches of snow, and
the mercury close to zero, ideal Christ
mas weather prevailed.
BALK ON 'SUB' CUTS
Effort to Compromise Diver
Controversy Fails.
AMERICANS BIT DUBIOUS
Britain's Position In Favor of Com
plete Suppression of Submer
sibles Is Made Plain.
DEPOSITORS SUE BANK
Return of Last Day Cash, Placed
in Envelopes, Sought.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) The suit threatened by last
day depositors of the defunct Scandi
navian American bank of this city
has been filed in court.
Fifteen claimants are joined In the
action which is brought in the name
of the Washington Shoe Manufactur-
ng company and directed against the
bank and John P. Duke, state super
visor of banking. The claims aggre
gate $19,500. It is alleged that bank
officials, knowing the Insolvent con
dition of their Institution on June 30,
accepted deposits, but instead of en
tering them upon the books in the
regular manner placed each sum in
an envelope marked with the name of
he depositor and put them all In the
bank's vault. Supervisor Duke re
fuses to sun nder these envelopes.
Plaintiffs and their counsel expect
Ralph S. Stacy, president, and James
F. Lane, vice-president of the bank
before its failure, to testify that It
was agreed to return these deposits
If the bank failed to open for busi
ness on July 1. ,
Sellwood Exhibit Planned.
A movement has been started In
the Sellwood community to bring the
artists of that district together In a
publlo exhibition of their work for
several days some time during Janu
ary. Kenneth Brown, 1646East Thir
teenth street, has proposed to throw
open the Sellwood studio to the pub
lic for such an exhibition, and Is re
questing artists Interested to com
municate with him, as it is desired to
make the exhibit as representative
as possible of that ntlre section of
Portland.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 24. (By
the Associated Press.) An American
effort to compromise the submarine
controversy failed of immediate suc
cess today before the arms conference
naval committee, when Japan refused
to depart from the "6-5-3" ratio pro
portion of submersibles for her fleet.
and French action was deferred pend
ing advices from Paris.
When the committee adjourned
after four hours' debate to meet again
next Tuesday some members of the
American group appeared discouraged
over the prospect for an early agree
ment on submarines, although nego
tiations are to continue.
The American compromise plan.
presented after the British effort for
complete suppression of submarines
had been shelved, proposed 60,00O-ton
limitations for Great Britain and the
United States Instead of the original
American figure of 90,000 tons each.
nd virtually a status quo for the
other three powers.
The British delegation, failing to
obtain favorable action on suppres
sion of submarines, accepted the new
American reduction scheme. The
French group indicated that It would
be unacceptable, but - deferred full
answer pending Paris advices. Japan
flatly held out for the full 54,000 tons
in submarines under' the original
American "five-five-three" ratio plan.
Italy Accepts Conditionally.
Italy accepted the compromise plan,
conditioned on a submarine tonnage
parity with France, the Italian dele-
SUNG gates contending that 31.500 tons
woul dbe the correct limitation for
both France'and Italy.
The French delegation indicated
that it would not oppose parity with
Italy in submarines as well as capi-
I ships, but withheld approval of
any tonnage limitation of less than
the 90,000-ton figure suggested by
French experts. Under a status quo
France would have about 42,000 tons
in submersibles.
The American group made it plain
that while it had great sympathy for
the British viewpoint in opposing all
submarine warfare, it was inclined to
agree with the American advisory
committee that submarines were a
legitimate weapon. It said the matter
had been discussed with President
Harding and that the willingness of
he American government to proceed
at some future date toward an Inter
national discussion of suhmarine war
fare on a wider basis than the present
conference affords had been indicated.
It was also indicated that the Amer
ican delegation would bring into the
conference later a resolution con
demning in formal fashion for the
lve powers such use of . submarines
as was made by Germany during the
world war.
Britain Position Clear.
Before the British proposal was
shelved, which was done tacitly and
without comment or formal action,
Arthur J. Balfour made a final plea
for the British case against under
water craft. At the same time he
placed formally on the records of the
conference a concise statement of
British views on this point and urged
hat a world conference be called
later again to take up the question.
To induce agreement, the American.
delegation again ' offered as in the
capital Rhip proposal, to make the
greatest sacrifice In tonnage. Ameci-
an figures show a present submarine
trength of 95,000 tons for the United
States and S2.000 torus for Great
Britain. Under the compromise plan
he United States thus would scrap
35.000 tons and the British 23.000. The
effect of the American -Brit lh agree
ment today, had it been ratified by
the other three powerai, would have
been a net reduction of nearly SO, 000
ons in the world's suhmarine ton-
acre.
The American compromise plan ap
peared to have been, aimed at meeting
half way the desires of each power
in submarine tonnage limitation. It
was an attempt to solve the contro
versy that had arisen in the naval
committee with Great Britain and
France in direct opposition and poles
part in their views as to the impor
tance of submarines in warfare.
New Element Injected.
The British desire to reduce sub
marine tonnage would have been met
In a large degree on the one hand
nder the American plan, while on
he other the French desire to In-
rease submarine tonnage and the
rench submarine ratio as compared
to Great Britain and America, also
would have been met in approxi
mately the same degree.
Action in Japan in refusing to
swerve from the line of the 5-5-8
ratio injected a wholly new element
Into controversy and that and ulti
mate French decision on the com
promise proposal constitute the point
of departure for the resumption of
negotiations on Tuesday.
Under the American compromise
plan, the submarine ratio would be, in
rcund figures: Great Britain 6, United
States 6, France 4, Japan 3 and Italy 2.
The Italian proposal for parity with
France at 31.600 tons would change
this to approximately a 6-6-3-3-3 dis
tribution, while if the Japanese built
up from their present strength to
54.000 tons, as ' they suggest, they
would have almost an equality with
the reduced American and British
suhmarine flotillas.
Neither American nor British expert
naval opinion would accept such an
apportionment.
Present Strength Shown.
American figures on the present
submarine strength of the five pow
ers are:
"United States, 95,000 tons; Great
Britain, 82,000 tons. France, 42,000
tons; Japan, 32.000 tons and Italy 22,
OOOtons. In connection with the Ital
ian desire to accept only equal sub
marine tonnage with France, it was
stated that Italy would prefer to have
France scale down her submarine
rieet 20,000 tons to equal the present
Italian fleet, but if that could not be
done Italy would demand the right to
build up to the French 42,000-ton ag
gregate. The 81,600 tons for both
was a compromise proposal.
On the basis of capiat strength, as
already accepted, France would have
a submarine tonnage Of about 80,000
tons as against 90,000 each for the
United States and Great Britain. The
new American plan, however, would
permit France to have 42,000 tons as
against 60,000 each for th United
States and Great Britain.
Aside from their contention for
suppression of submarines as a world
policy, the British delegates have In
dicated that If submarines were to be
retained they would urge reduction In
retained tonnage, from the original ;
American plan. They have suggested
to.uuu insieaa ox u,uuu tuns as me
figure they thought about right for
Great Britain and the United States.
The American compromise meets the
British just half way on this conten
tion, by proposing to cut American
and British strength in submarines
from 90,000 to 60,000 tons.
Net Result Redaction.
In the same way, the 42.000-ton
figure for France may be compared
with the desire of the French experts
for 90.000 tons and is also apparently
an effort to meet half way the French
desire to increase submarine tonno.
as it would meet half way the British
desire to reduce.
Another feature of the American
compromise that stands out Is that
while it proposes a middle of the road
course as to both British desires to
reduce and French desires to increase
submarines, the net result for the
five -powers would be a substantial
reduction in their aggregate tonnage,
as Great Britain and the United
States combined would scrap nearly
60,000 tons in submersibles.
What eventually will be done with
the British abolition proposal was
not apparent tonight, but the sugges
tion for creation by the conference
of a continuing commission to study
the whole submarine question seemed
to be gaining considerable favor.
If It did not recommend total abol
ishment, such a commission would be
expected to make recommendations
for restriction of submarine warfare
in such a way as to prevent recur
rence of the submarine horrors of the
world war.
It may be found feasible to csmibine
the commission plan with the project
for a world conference, in which case
the report of the investigating body
would -become the basis of discussion
when the next international meeting
Is called.
PLAN IS TO CONVERT
ROAD
NTO TRIBUTE
Seattle to Tacoma Highway
Is Selected.
CITY TO BE CONTRACTED
Mayor of Chehalis Proposes Bold
Stroke to Effect Economy.
CHEHALIS, Wash, Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) During the period of contrac
tion that has been under way in the
United States for a year and a half
every line of business has been seri
ously affected. Mayor Long of Che
halis plans to apply the principle to
the city limits of Chehalis. He an
nounced today that at the next meet
ing of the city commission the prelim
inaries will be gone through to de
crease the Chehalis city limits a dis
tance of 900 feet from north to south.
East Market street is the portion par
ticularly affected and if the plan car
ries when the people vote on It it Is
figured that the city can save $7600.
It is planned to repave east Market
street, owing to the fact that the
warrenite laid ten years since has
gone bad and is a car wrecker for the
public. The portion it is proposed to
vote out of the city limits has but
two dwellings and much of it Is hill
side property of such nature that the
street assessments originally were
never paid thereon. If the plan works
out the state will be called on to pave
the stretch of 900 feet in question, this
being a portion of the Pacific highway.
TREES TO BE PLANTED
Each Elm 'to Be Dedicated to Some I
Dead Service Man Club
Back of Project.
ORAL WILL IS SET ASIDE
Washington State Supreme Court
Rules Agreement Is Void.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Dec. 24 (Spe
cial.) An oral will In which Lewis
county property worth 680,000 was
at stake, has Just been set aside by
the Washington supreme court, which
in effect holds that no such will can
stand the test in this state.
The case involved the property of
the late A. J, Herren, a well-known
Cowlitz prairie farmer. Mr. Herren's
widow. Mrs. Jane Herren, and her
three children will divide half of the
estate. A widow of one of the de
ceased sons of A. J. Herren, Mrs. Ben
Herren, claimed that he had left her
all his estate under an oral agree
ment. Under the new decision she
gets 309 acres of Cowlits prairie
land, the property formerly being
part of the holdings of the historic
Hudson's Bay company. Mrs. A. J.
Herren and the other heirs are award
ed $9000 in bonds.
Rush Made for Licenses.
CH'DHALIS. Wash., Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) The dearth of marriage licenses
issued at Chehalis of late was made
up for yesterday when the Lewis
county auditor's force was kept work
ing overiime 10 supply mo LnntKmsa
rush. Licenses were issued as fol
lows: Harry T. Carson and Anna M.
Shortlldge, both of Centralia; Purl
Thomas, Aloha, and Agnes Damits,
Klaber; B. E. Loom is and C. Lahtala,
both of Oakvllle; Walter H. Phillips
and Mary While, both of Chehalis;
John G. Poole and G. Waters, both of
Centralia; Carl D. Bailey and Marie
Bremgartner, both of Winlock; Den
nis P. Webber. Olympla. and Frances
E. Johnston, Tacoma; Richard Teitzel,
Bucoda, and Marie Hughes, Mendota;
Wilburn K. Coleman and Lucy F.
Coleman, both of Riffee; George F.
Hang. Mendota, and Cassie M. Thayer,
Centralia; Sam Moore, Centralia, and
Louise Muhs, Seattle.
General White's Daughter Wins.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 24. (Special.)
Henrietta M. White, daughter of
Adjutan-General George A. White,
was declared by a board of Judges to
be the winner today in the high school
annual literary contest. Miss White
won the first award In the high school
editorial contest a month ago, at
which time he sister Dorothy won
first place In the story contests in
the Salem grade schools. The pre
sentation of the first prise was made
a feature of home-coming exercises
at the Salem high school today.
St. Helens School Closed.
ST. HELEN'S, Or., Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) The public schools of St. Hel
ens closed for the holiday yesterday.
They will reopen on January 2. The
senior and Junior classes entertained
the high school faculty at a luncheon
at noon Friday and each grade had
appropriate Christmas exercises. The
junior clioss entertained the faculty
and the high school students at a
dance at the city hall Friday night.
New School Building; Ready.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec 24. (Spe
cial.) When school 'opens for Napa
vine high school pupils January 2,
they will assemble in tho fine new
building that recently was completed
for their use. During the holiday
period the furniture used In the old
building will be moved and such
other equipment added as has been
purchased and installed.
Juvenile Clubs Supported.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Dec 24. (Spe
cial.) Citizens -of Toledo have Indi
cated a willingness to assist R. G.
Folwer, county agent. In the organi
zation of boys' and girls' clubs in that
vicinity., A special committee to help
has been named, consisting of V. R.
Buckmaster, chairman; Thomas H.
Gray and Justls Brooks.
Woman Again Postmaster.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec. 24 (Spe
cial.) Miss Lettle Shults has been
appointed postmaster at Toledo. Miss !
Shultz at one time held this position. !
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
Wash., Dec. 24. (Special.) The hign
line road between Seattle and Tacomi
will be converted Into a memorial
highway in tribute to men who lost
their lives in the world war, according
to plans of the Seattle Garden club.
Along both sides of the road, except
for the present, those portions that
traverse heavy uncut native-grown
American elm trees are to be planted
at regular intervals, each tree to be
dedicated to some dead service man
A few of the elms have already
been planted and as the plans were
made known to the public so great in
terest was manifested that the Garden
club was Induced .to go ahead with
the work on a large scale. One thou
sand more of the trees have been
bought for January delivery and are
to be - planted next month If the
weather Is propitious. It Is the hope
of the club to have all these trees
set on one day with appropriate dedi
catory ceremonies.
Trees Are Guaranteed.
The plan of the club admits the widest
possible participation of all who may
be Interested. A family bereaved
by war, or a group of friends, may
have a tree dedicated to the memory
and In the name of one who gave his
life. A tee of $2 covers the cost of tha
tree, its planting and care to the
point where its ultimate maturity is
assured.
The trees are guaranteed to be
stout, healthy saplings, and any that
fails to thrive after planting will be
replaced. The Garden club has the
pledge of the American Forestry as
sociation that every individual, fam
ily or group sponsoring a tree will
have the names officially registered
In American Forestry, the associa
tion's publication, and that the Me
morial highway will be officially rec
ognized. Plan Has Support.
The plan has the enthusiastic sup
port of the county engineers and
highway authorities of both King and
Pierce counties, and of Hugo Winken
werder, dean of the school of for
estry, University of Washington.
The Garden club, of which Mrs.
Alexander F. McKwan is president,
has heretofore concerned Itself chiefly
with the ,beautif lcatlon of the streets
In ths city residence districts and the
encouragement of public and private
rardening. Public response to the
Memorial highway plan has been so
general that club members now feel
certain no less than 2600 individ
ually dedicated elm trees will be In
place along the roadside by next
Armistice day.-
The high line road between Seattle
and Tacoma, so-called to distinguish
It from the paved roads through the
White and Puyallup river valleys, runs
close to the shore of Puget sound and
at many points gives a sweeping view
over the water to the westward. It
Is paved through from this city to a
point on Tacoma harbor.
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TOLEDO HAS AEROPHONE
Wireless System Privately Owned
Proves to Be Successful.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) Toledo has a wireless tele
phone, installed at the office of the
Toledo Garage & Land company by
Messrs. Carpenter & Uhrl. The device
already is proving a convenience to
Toledoites, market reports and other
outside information being received
dally. Floyd Henrlot of Cowlitz in
stalled the outfit, which is working
successfully.
Mr. Henrlot has had a wireless tele
phone in service for more than a year
at his home.
Laborer Found Unconscious.
ABERDEEX, Wash., Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) Pete Curley, an employe of the
Aloha Lumber company, was found
unconscious In the road near the Pa
cific Beach school about 4 o'clock this
morning by the driver of a Carlisle
tage. The injured man was given
first aid at a nearby house, after
which he was taken to the Hoqulam
general hospital, where It was found
that he had suffered a fractured skull.
It was not known whether he was
thrown from an auto or whether he
was struck by an auto passing him
on the road, A bottle of moonshine
was found in one of his pockets, offi
cers stated.
POWER HOUSE COMPLETE
WALLOWA TOWNS NOW HAVE
PLENTY OF ELECTRICITY.
the pavement at the curve, on which
only heavy cars traveling slowly
could keep from sk'ddlng. one sedan
went completely into the ditch and
into five feet of water, about 9:30,
and a wrecker was called upon to lift
It out. As far as could be learned
none of the occupants of the five cars
was injured.
Chinese Fugitives Captured.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec 24. (Spe
cial.) By sliding down a rope, three
Chinese members of the crew -of the
Danish steamer Hellen, loading at
the Anderson & Mlddleton mill here.
escaped from the ship between
8 and o'clock last night, only to
be picked up a few hours later by
Aberdeen police. Two other Chinese
members of ths crew of the Hellen
escaped last week and have not been
recaptured.
Structure in Mountains Finished
Before Date Expected 1500
Horsepower Generated.
ENTERPRISE, Or.. Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) Wallowa county towns now
have all the electric power they need,
as the new plant of the Enterprise
Electric company was put in service
Thursday night, several days ahead of
the date expected. The plant is in the
Wallowa mountains, a tnile above the
lake of the same name. It generates
1500 horse power and so is the largest
single hydro-electric installation In
eastern Oregon. The wheel is driven
by water under a 1200-foot head, car
ried through high-pressure pipe from
an intake a mile from me power
house.
The stream utilized Is the outlet of
Aneroid lake, and the power house is
in the canyon of the Wallowa river at
a point where water from other
streams also can be delivered and
thus the plant enlarged to meet future
needs. The company has filings on
water sufficient to develop about 4500
horse power at this point.
Construction of the new plant was
begun last spring and has been
crowded as fast as the natural obsta
cles would permit. R. L. Forsythe,
superintendent of the company, has
been in charge of construction, and
Bert L. Sivyer, secretary and treas
urer, and L. M. Simpson, manager,
have supervised technical details and
made the purchases. The new plant
has cost about $100,000 and serves
Enterprise, Joseph, Lostlne and Wal
lowa, and the farming districts sur
rounding them.
5 Autos In Ditch.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) Five automobiles skidded into
the ditch this morning at the turn
on the Olympic highway pavement
Just east of the newly opened "High
Line," near the Grays Harbor Coun
try club. The accidents were -caused
by a layer of Ice an Inch thick over
Dredge Quits Work.
ABERnEEN.Wash.. Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) Grays Harbor port dredge,
which wh forced to dne down Tues
day because of lack of power, may
not be started again until after Jan
uary 1, port officials said today.
Most of the laborers have been re
leased, it being deemed impracticable
to hold them any longer because the
date of resuming work is Indefinite.
Shortage of logs, which in turn has
caused shortage In fuel, is given by
the power company as the reason for
turning off the dredge's power. No
relief In the situation is anticipated
before January 1, when the logging
enmps sre scheduled to start.
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There is something al this season
of the )car that creates a warmth
of gratitude.
There is something that in
stills in me a feeling of ap
preciation il is the good will
of friends and customers.
May I continue to deserve it
and extend to Jjou at the same
time mj) best wishes for a
Merry Christmas.
We wish for all
A Merry Christmas
and
A Prosperous New Year
We extend thanks and appre
ciation to those whose patron
age and kindly words are re
sponsible for our growth and ,
prosperity during 1921.
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