The Sunday Oregonian., January 15, 1922, Section One, Image 8

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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TORTLAXD, JANUARY 13, 1922
!! L M PAYERS
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puna mm uuiciwiac Hi
sessed Pay $764,400.
Y ALIENS INCLUDED
EAGLE FALLS PICTURE WINS PRIZE FOR BOY SCOUT.
A
n Treasurer lleports
ey Received From 501,386.
411,601 Cast Ballots.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 14. (Spe
.Hit YV I f . th. riAi.l3iatlnii that thft
jK'.Jtaic had resulted In the payment
vinreas ot thousands or aouars
by those who had not here-
tenajice
the
Bab-
itate treasurer, today issued the
wing statement after compila-
of collection figures in bis of
Contributed to the mainten
Lie government, namely
J nd transient, Clifford L.
'The total number of persons pay
ig the poll tax in the state Is sur
risingly large in that it is far above
b. vote cast at the last general elec
iori and even in advance of the reg
stratjon. There were but 414,691 votes
ast in the Btate, according to the
turns' received from the counties
nrmseives, yet 501,368 persons paid
oil tax. This is an excess of 86,677
ver the total vote, and when it is
emembered that fully 15 per cent of
hose who cast ballots did not pay
ecause of the age exemption of BO
ears, the rtcord of collection is re-
narkable.
$704,400 In Collected.
Fifteen per cent of the total vote
i-ould he 62.203 and this added to
he 86,677 excess would make a grand
otal of 148.880 who paid the tax but
; lied to or could not vote. In round
umbers that means that the state
f Washington collected for the gen
ral purposes of government $764,400
rom a source where but little if
ny re.vnue had been derived before,
nd col.ejted only 95 from each per-
-nrust, of course, be taken into
(deration that the registration
s larger than the total vote, but
is very unlikely that the number
retrUitered and did not vote
ould reach anyway near the total
f those over 50 years of age who
vere exempt from payment.
"Take Xing county, for instance,
f 5 had been collected from every
eglstered voter, numbering 143,214,
he amount would have been $716,
70, whereas they actually collected
721,165. Deducting 15 per cent, ex-
mpt because of age, it will be found
t 22,500 non-voters paid poll tax
that county alone, a total in money
$112,500.
Manj Aliens Pay.
onslder Grays Harbor county,
because of the logging and
r Industry, there are known to
ny aliens. The total number
otes cast was 12.322, yet 20,029
'ii'll tax. More than 7707 non-
not taking into consideration
t.
ere but six counties in the
1 ,i , 1 1 -...11
ithan they had votes. These
J'ltlrii were agricultural counties
vnia fixed population, with the
.In alone of Kitsap, and these
ountle were short by only a few
ollars. Investigation shows that the
junties mentioned, Asotin, Benton,
erry. Island, Kitsap and San Juan,
at almost the total registered vote.
educt those who voted but were ex-
I mpt and it Is doubtful if there was
r single county that did not collect
Irom a greater number of persons
W1- their total vote.
Sljnb million dollars of the poll tax
B UBoH t n Tci r t ri A ay ha a at nrn t I 1
00,000 that was voted for the pay-
lent of the veterans compensation
onds, and $1,000,000 of the poll taj
ill still be needed for that purpose.
.ot only did this save a long wait
ntll the next legislature before the
1 oney could be appropriated and the
onus paid, but it saved in interest
) the state by cash payment a sum
Hat pirobably would have equaled the
2,000. 100 principal. The payment of
ne soldiers' compensation will, there
ore, lake up the first year's collec-
o of the poll tax."
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GLOVER CLARK AND SCEXIC VIEW HE ENTERED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC
CONTEST.
An unusually fine picture of Eagle falls, located about seven miles up
Eagle Creek canyon, taken by Glover Clark of troop 49 ot the Boy Scouts,
took first prize in the kodak contest of the Scouts which closed recently.
Albert Anderson, one of the scoutmasters, who !s greatly Interested in ama
teur photography, offered a $10 kodak or $10 worth of kodak supplies to the
Scout who submitted the best picture, and Glover walked off with the honors,
the picture hav'ng been taken by him last summer while he was on his way
to the Boy Scout camp at the foot of Mount Chinidere.
The Judges, R. Bruce Horsfall, G. M. Weister and W. E. Grace, have given
honorable mention for good work submitted to Walter Dennis. Peter Sullivan,
Harold Beldin, Clarence Parsons, Roland Fontana, Richard Karrington, John
Kluge and Day Foster.
HUAL DRIVE BEGUN
CENTRALLY LKGIOX OKGAX-
1ZES WASHINGTON CAMPAIGN.
OFFICIALS SWORN IN
apavine and Toledo Get
Change of Administrations.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan. 14.
Ipecial.) II. J. Maury, mayor, and
eorga JMllott, Milton Donaldson,
: :obcrt Bunting, F. F. Curtis and T.
(i.- Jurin, councllmen, Wlnlock's re
tnrly elected city officials, took
(eir oaths of office Tuesday night,
ie first official act of the new
kiyor was to appoint Victor Fliflet
yclcrk an 4 Dr. II. It. Marsh health
' A Coulson, Harry Parkinson and
f Weaver, councllmen, 'and C. A.
fi. treasurer, took their oaths of
.'e at Napavlne Tuesday night, fol
UnR which Ray T. Evans, mayor,
..idunced the appointment of E. V.
fOuhion as police judge and G, E.
'arks as clerk and marshal.
Toledo's newly elected officials, I.
'V. Shultx and F. C Mehl, councll
men. and Mrs. O. M. T.nvtnn I,..,.
jirer, were sworn In Tuesday night.
' Napavlne Post Asks Charter.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 11.
Special.) An application for a
hartor was forwarded to the state
leadquarters of the American Legion
hi week, by the Edward McDonough
'Oft of Napavlne, after the post had
ompleted its organization. A con
tltutlon and by-laws were adopted
nd the following officers elected:
L. Absher, commander; Earl
(ufhes, vice-commander; G. E. Parks,
.djutant and finance officer; Earnest
iuglies, historian; E. P. Todd, chap
lain, and Lloyd Hart, aergeant-at-vrmi.
Koad Deeds Are Delivered.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan. 14.
Special.) Deeds to right-of-way for
nev route of the Pacific highway
(trough Toledo recently were turned
er to the state by Toledo council.
d mas for grading tha new road.
mile in length, will be opened by
state highway committee on Feb-
y 28. It Is expected that the
way will be paved through To-
thls year. Bids also will be
w vii rcuruary ior graaing
of the Pacific highway in the
i Creek district south of To-
Pacific Northwest Is Requested to
Aid In Movement to Honor
Armistice Day Martyrs.
PUGET SOUND A'REAU, Seattle,
Jan. 14. When Franklin D'Olier, then
national commander of the American
Legion, paid an official visit to the
Pacific northwest early in 1921, he
Included In all his speeches the dec
laration that the city of Centralia,
in this state, was looked upon as a
national shrine by all members of
the legion.
The Centralia Memorial association.
organization of which was recently
announced, has begun its work In
the' determination that the national
shrine shall be a fitting one, and that
the long-cherished plans of erecting
an enduring memorial in honor of
the service men who were killed in
Centralia on Armistice day, 1919, shall
be put through to early realization.
The 1921 national convention of the
American legion appropriated $10,000
for the building at Centralia of a
memorial arch, or the entrance to a
memorial building, on the condition
that not less than $150,000 In all be
spent for the purpose and that the
work be finished within 18 mouths
from November 1, 1921.
The patriotic people of the Pacific
northwest, arid more especially of the
state of Washington, are now called
upon to meet the proposal of the
legion and to help in- erecting at
Centralia a memorial building that
will give full expression to the spirit
of the undertaking.
The new lath plant in south Kelso
of the Kelso Manufacturing com
pany, of which C. C. Bashor, cashier
of the First National bank, and A. L.
Bashor are the principals, is ready
for operation and the equipment was
tried out today. The company will
specialize in manufacturing lath and
handle stock. It will cut 40,000 lath
daily, and employs about 12 men.
Grain Charges Reduced.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 14. The
M. C. Donaldson Warehouse company
of Pomeroy was ordered recently to
reduce Its grain handling -charges
from $1.25 to $1.00 a ton and a re
handling charge was eliminated by
the department of public works. The
order came as a result of complaints
from farmers followed by a hearing.
The J. O. Long Warehouse company
at Pomeroy and the Kennctt Ware
house company at Zumwalt have also
been before the department for hear
ing and orders affecting them are ex
pected soon.
Teaching Applications Numerous.
MONTESANO, Waah., Jan. 14
Special.) Despite the fact that
there are no vacancies in the teach
ing staffs of a the county's rural
schools, applications for teaching po
sitions continue to pile up at the
county superintendient's office. Miss
Geneva Johnson, ruperintendent, has
a stack of applications two feet high
with no prospects of being able to
place the would-be teachers. Since
the opening of school last fall there
have been less than six changes in the
rural schools.
KcIho Lath Mill Operating.
KETXO. Wh.. Jan. 14. (Special.)
County Examinations Imperative.
MONTESANO, Wash., Jan. 14.
(Special.) Hoquiam and Aberdeen
eighth grade-pupils must take the
county-wide examinations January
19 and 20. This is the first year that
school districts of the first class have
been required to take these tests on
the same haflis with the mral schools.
Cow Thief Fined $100.
.AMA, Wash., Jan. 14. (Spe-
-John Hawks, resident of th
a river district and owner of
le Portland property, was fined
nd costs for the larceny of a
rom the Wright brothers, alao
in that vicinity. Hawks Is to
the damages out of court aa
jthra aoe flu
Fourth Clearance Sale
In 21 Years
i4 OFF
As we are about to enlarge our premises and in order to make
room for new merchandise we have for a limited time reduced
in price every ready-for-wear suit and Burberry Coat in our
stock twsnty-five per cent,
$30 Ready-for-Wear Suits, now 37.50
$65 Ready-for-Wear Suits, now 48.75
$75 Ready-for-Wear Suits, now 56.25
$75 Golf Suits (coat, knickers, trousers) , now 56.25
Burberry Coats
$43.00 Now 33.75
$52.50 Now 39.40
$63.00 Now 48.75
$70.00 Now 52.50
$72.50 -Now 54.40
$75.00 Now 56.25
$80.00 Now 60.00
$82.50 Now 61.90
$85.00 Now 63.75
K. S.Ervin& Co., Ltd.
Established 1901.
General English Tailors and Suits Ready for Use
Second Floor Selling Bldg.
Sixth and Alder Streets
MILLS ID LOGGERS
L
DEAD
DDK
PI
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Camps Threaten to Stay
Down Till Market Stiffens.
INCREASE IS RESENTED
Lumbermen Declare They Cannot
Resume Until Log Costs Reach
More Reasonable Level.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 14. (Spe
cial.) Averaging' up th lumber in
dustry in British Columbia for the
past three weeks, the only deduction
to be obtained is that loggrers and
lumbermen are standing with locked
home, each waiting: for the other to
pull back a litbie so a better hold can
be obtained and the vantage pressed.
Lopsrers assert that they have no
intention of opening- their camps until
the end of January or the middle of
February, and even then they will
not open unless the lumber market is
stronur enough, to sustain log at
about $12. 17 and 25, with about J2S
for flooring: logs. At the present time
log's are quoted in thia market at 10,
flS and $24, but th price the fore
part of this week at which busines
was actually done was 10, $15 and
$22. Large logging concerns claim
they can get $10, $16 and $24 from
lumber mills on Puget sound and that
is the price at which logs are now
being exported. on scows to Seattle,
Everett and Belllngham.
Three-fourth of Mills Closed.
Lumbermen contend that they will
not resume operations in the saw
mills until the price of logs is more
within the limit of Reasonable relations-hip
to the price of lumber. Nu
merous mills ailed, through extrem-e
cold weather in December, to clean
up their 192.1 business, with tha re
sult that they have orders hanging
over their heads at pricea too low
to warrant them paying th preoent
day price of logs to fill these orders.
Log pricea advanced before they
were ready and it Is doubtful if these
orders will ba filled until the log
market recedea.
Abc-ut 75 per cent of the sawmills
are closed at the present time and
others are threatening to shut down
unless the price of logs drops next
week. As this is almost an Impossi
bility und-er the shortage that exists
In good booms, lumber brokers are
finding it difficult to even quote on
requirementa In foreign markets.
Foreign Pricea Firm.
At tha present time foreign lumber
prlee-s are strong and few orders are
being placed. Following the price
list of Washington and Oregon, Brit
ish Columbia also quoted $32 for Jap
squares of large dimension, Canadian
funds, but the Japanese market
would not stand the pressure and no
business has been placed at that fig
ure. The only market that is placing or
dera in any quantities worth mention
ing is the Atlantic seaboard with ita
customary 500.000-foot, orders, aggre
gating 3,000,000 fee-t placed here alnca
December 27. The class of lumber
going to the Atlantic coast is not the
aame grade that goes foreign and
some of the yards have considerable
of this lumber ready to move.
Some sawmills have refused to
quote to Atlantic seaboard because
of the faot that buyers Insist on At
laatlo specifications being followed
in all dressed material, and provision
made in the rough for dreosing to
the one-fourth inch Instead of the
three-eighth Inch as Is customary on
this coast. But where the sawmllla
comply with the Atlantic? require
ments there Is plenty of business to
be had. -
The first Inquiry tor over a year
for western hemlock for the Atlantic
states arrived in this market this
week, calling for 2x4, 2x6 and 2x
stuff, Atlantic coast standard. As
there Is some hemlock In the imtrkut
quotations will be given on this re
quirement. Kaat Sends Ordera.
Philadelphia called for 1.200.000 feet
of car material this week and p-l-fied
considerable spruce. A New
York elevated railroad asked for
prices of 250.000 feet of 6x6 and sxH
In 8 and 12-foot lengths, presumably
for an elevated railroad or a narrow
gauge.
Two million feet of standard Syd
ney specifications lumber was placed
in this market this week with 1.000.
000 feet for loading In late February
and 1.000,000 feet for March.
Japan persists In asking for cedar
In dimensions suitable for Interior
decorating and paneled walla and
would take more than this market
could supply in three months If the
mills would cut to the specifications
fixed by the Nippon market.
Shlnglea of the 6x grade went up
from 10 to 15 cents this week and
are now quoted to the trad at about
$3.0.
Had Debt Drive Results Listed.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 14. A cam
paign to collect delinquent accounts
from firms participating in the in
dustrial insurance fund, some of them
running as far back as 1912, resulted
In the collwtlon of about one-fifth
of the total, according to Kenneth
Durham, chief of the credit bureau
of the department of labor and in
dustries. Approximately $150,000 was
out in bad accounts and $28,002. was
taken In from the following districts:
HHMngham, $1070; Seattle. J82S9; Ta-i-omi,
14.tl; bpokane, $2512; Van
couver, $14!)'i.
I'liidrntlflcd l!oly Found.
CKNTftALIA. Wah., Jan. 14.
(Kpoclal.) About 3 o'clock this morn
ing two tramps found the body of
an unidentified man near the embers
of a fire In the local railroad yards.
The man had apparently laid down
by tho fire and his clothing became
ignited. The body was burned be
yond recognition, a new pair of log
ger's shoes and two pawn tickets,
the latter found in an envelope near
the body, being the only meana of
identification. The pawn . tickets
were Issued by the Star loan office
in Seattle, but bore no name. Two
bottlea that had contained liquor
also were found.
Kahuna Legion Elect.
KALAMA. Wash.. Jan. 14. (Spe
cial.) The American legion pot
here re-elected the following offi
cers Thursday night: Dr. Hoach com
mander; Harry Cooper. vlce-oom-mandcr;
Charles Scott, finance offi
cer; A. J. Sharkey, adjutant; Jacob
Sorter, athletlo officer, and Carl Hok
gatt, sergrant at arms. The legion
has a crack baketh:ill team, which
plays St. lleU-ua Friday night.
Federal Aid Sought lor Road.
WHITK SALMON. Wash.. Jan. 14.
(Specl.il.) Federal aid Is belmr
souKht for the Improvement of tho
Hustim-Troutlako road by tho county
commiKsioners of Klickitat county,
through the forest service officials,
under the recently enacted law
whereby federal money is available
for the building of roads adjacent to
large tracts of national forest.
IxiKKor InMantly Killed.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 14.
(Special.) lieome Mutzlaff was
killed Instantly this afternoon at the
loi;ging camji of the WalvlUo Lumber
company. Ho fell from a lousing car.
end the wheels pbumiI over him.
lb iTst Show im
the. Pacific
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One hundred and fifty cars,
set in the most magnificent
display yet seen in the
northwest, tell the story of
the re-birth of. America's
standard automobiles.
New models, new makes will be
shown here, before anywhere
else on the Pacific, almost at the
time they are announced to the
world at New York and Chicago.
You can not be motor wise, you
can have no idea of how good
automobiles compare if you fail
to attend this mammoth exhibit.
MUSIC, SPECIAL FEATURES
EQUIPMENT EXHIBIT
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
ALL WEEK
NOTE Show decorated by Graduates of
the Academy of Fine Arts. Most artistic,
most lavish exposition of light and color
ever staged in Portland.
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