TTTT SUNDAY OltEGOXlAS, IOIlTLATST, f EBETJART 5, 1022 LEG1 POSTS ilTE affairs of the American Legion since J that the church' would be more ad OREGON ILLITERACY its organization in Portland. Under vantageonsly located at a point far ther north in the district. To this end they have decided to sell the lots the administration of Henry Boyd he the beautiful new shop of served as vice-commander. He is em ployed as traffic manager of Olds, Wortman & King. He has many purchased at East Eighteenth and ; JO FIGHT JAPANESE DRUG DISTRIBUTION Knapp streets, and have purchased a tract 100 by 100 feet at East Eigh teenth and Bybee streets, on which FALLS I 10 YEARS friends In Portland, particularly among the members of the American Legion. Miss Johnson also is well known in Portland. She recently returned from San Francisco where she spent two months. The couple will leave this after noon for a two-weeks' honeymoon at Lake Louise. Canada. the new church edifice will be erect ed. Work on the structure is ex pected to begin about March 1. The congregation will use the -Sellwood Tl Y! and iOio -OLd Strong Campaign to Be Con Aid to Officers in Capturing Vendors Pledged. Community house for Its meetings until the new church Is completed. The edifice will coat from $20,000 to Percentage Placed at 1.4 Per ducted in Central Oregon. Cent in Report. $2i,000. It was said. COMMERCE BODY ACTIVE Aberdeen's Chamber Report Show Achievement in 1931. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) The annual report of the Aber- NO 01 HURT III WRECK men's furnishers and hatters 380 Washington St. s. w. cor, west park (formerly 331 Washington st.) GRAVE MENACE IS SEEN CUSTOMERS SEIZE LIQUOR GILLIAMS' RECORD BEST XOTJTH STEALING RIDE OWES LIFE TO POLICE. sSx-Scrrtce Men Warned of Specn Rom Runners of Vancouver Plan People Declared Aware of Educa lators and Locators Who Place Settlers on Poor Land. to Form Association to Pro tect Goods on Boats. tional Benefits and Schools Functioning Properly. Portland Yontli Taken From Train KOTFTO BAB1TOXK TO AP PEAR 1 PORTLAKa at The Dalles Which Later Left Tracks Near Celllo. icliol ; REDMOND. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Five. American Legion posts in cen tral Oregon took action last night emphatically to oppose the coloniza Hon of Japanese on irrigated farm lands in the Deschutea valley. Op position la to be exerted through central org anliatlon. consisting of two reDresentatives from each local organization. ; The decision was reached here at a conference of legionnaires reoresent- ing the posts at Madras. Prinevilla, Bnd. Sisters and Redmond. An Im mediate necessity for action wi de clared because of efforts of specula tors who are said to be endeavoring to settle Japanese on Ochoco project lands near Prlneville. All local posts will be asked to name council mem bers, ao that the first meeting of this ' central organization may be held at Redmond within a few days. The legion representatives declared tli at the movement now centering at Prlneville la the initial step of Japanese plan to establish Asiatics on lands in Jefferson and Deschutes counties. George Sh'ma, so-called Japanese "potato king" of California, la a stockholder of a company which now owna 17.000 acre of land in these two counties. Bpecefcea Are Emphatic. - The meeting was marked by em phatic speeches by prominent mem bers from every central Oregon legion post. Among the epeakers were M. W. Sklpworth. city attorney of Prlneville; Frank Prince of the Rhevlln-Hlxon Lumber company of Bend; John Dobry, commander of the Crook county legion; W. T. McNulty. commander of the Sisters post; Fred Hoelscher, member of the board of directora of the Ochoco Irrigation district; C. W. Woodruff, resident en gineer at Prlneville for the state highway commission, and Mayor J. F. Bosch. W. J. Smith, postmaster of Redmond and commander of the Ray Johnson post, waa chairman. It la not known as yet what action the central board will take to check the threatened Invasion. If the plan suggested by Mr. Dobry. who is . prominent In the anti-Japanese movement. Is followed, expression of strong sentiment against colonization will be made and given wide pub licity. An active educational campaign to be Inaugurated by each of the five Interested posts was proposed by Mr. Sklpworth. "Education is a good idea, but it is a fact that some of the most notable reforms were made possible only by the use of means other than peace ful. t waa suggested by Mayor Hoach. Central Caaacll Aathorls. . . . . jC ... . ,, A. motion maae ny i;. w. csskidv and seconded by O. B. Hardy of the Redmond post, authorized the forma tion of the central council. An amendment was offered by Prank Prince, providing that the ap pointees to be named by the execu tive board of the varloua organiza tions be made permanent members of a central Oregon central council and empowered to act on all subjects of general interest. This amendment was accepted. "We know the result of Japanese colonization In California and the trouble that state ia having w'tb Asiatics." said W. T. McNuIty. Sisters post commander. "We do not Want a duplication of that situation in central Oregon or any part of Oregon. Our answer should be emphatic." Speaking on the duty of legion posits to prevent ex-service men from being cheated on land purchases under the soldier state-loan law, Fred Hoelscher told of what la known as the "Prtneville plan" and recom mended Its adoption by other central Oregon posts. A committee of five men. who have no property to sell, two legion members and three busi ness men who know land values, are now serving at Prlneville. he said. The committee men ask every pros pective purchaser to consult them before signing final papers. Prlne ville land . "values" have dropped since the committee waa named, he said. Mr. Ersklne stated that the legion must take rather a middle course on settlement of central Oregon reclama tion lands. At one extreme, he aald, was the propaganda spread by Port land and Willamette valley realty dealers to the effect that loans could not be floated on Irrigation district lands where the district was bonded. At the other, he said, waa the local apecuiator, who would settle ex. aarvice men on lands at prices upon which a reasonable return on the In vestment could cot be expected. I Relmald Werrenratau Few singers have had as broad an experience in the field of song recital as Reinald Wer renrath. the famous baritone, who will appear In concert at the Heilig theater February 21 under the direction of Steers & Coman. Although his years as a pub lic singer are comparatively few, he has sung up and down the length and breadth of the country, giving as many as a hundred concerts in a season. Werrenrath has long been the most ardent champion of the American composer and of songs in English, and this without sacrificing in any way his at tention and belief In the classics of Germany, Italy and France. deen chamber of commerce, aa sub mitted at the annual meeting last night by Secretary Morris, enumer ates the following accomplishments for the year: Successful protesting .twice, of the United States shipping board's order banning Grays Harbor as a port of call for shipping board vessels; or ganization of Jersay and Holstein breeders associations; formation of the Grays Harbor County Egg asso ciation, with central depot here; boosting for the proposed Humptulips cheese factory, which now appears certainty; clearing away a part of he obstacles which are now retard- ng the Grays Harbor-Wlllapa harbor highway project; conferences between he trade committee and repre' sentatlve workingmen, resulting In learer light being shed upon exist- ng merchandising problems; support ent Aberdeen community service, and id rendered towards securing a state appropriation for the Aberdeen ar mory. Veteran Chicled Wedded Life; Now Benedict. Mlaa Hraa Johaaoaj Bride ef Frank M. Moorr. ei-V lee-CommaBder mt Legion Poet. TTtttAXK M. MOORS, former Ttce--L7 commander of Portland post of the American Legion. Is no longer a alrgle man. Yesterday afternoon a dart from Cupid's bow. sped a number of years ago when he met Miss Rena Johnson, Salmon street, won Its mark and the couple were married ia the chambers of Judge Martin Hawkins In the courthouse at o'clock. Mr. Moore for a number of years rias taken pride In the fact that he was a single man. He has chlded lus beat friends and companions when they have "fallen" for matri mony. All this time, however, he has harbored a secret ambition to be msr- I ned and bad been courting Miss Johnson. Yesterday noon he appeared at the American Legion quarters for lunch eon, as Is his custom. Tn through with this sirnrle life." h declared to Wilbur Henderson, a -friend. "I'm going to be married this afternoon. Won't you be bast raenT" With Henderson and Lillian Tan rXiaea. who was to act as bridesmaid, the couple hurried to the courthouse, purchased a license in the county clerk's office and were married by Jadge Hawkins. -"I was the fourth man in the ring." declared Henderson, after the cere mony. "I'm still single, but I've been ogpooed." Mr. Mocro has been, aotlvo ia the MILL WORKER IS KILLED JT. Llndstrom's Body Is Found Caught In Chain. RAYMOND. Wash- Feb. 4. (Spe- laL) L J. Lfndstrom, a resident of this city and an employe at the Quln- ault mill, was killed at 3:30 o clock this afternoon at that mllL He was caught In a chain that was operated by a motor and under the automatic stacker. The chain was so located that the only way be could have reached it would have been by crawl ing on his hands and knees. No one was present when the accident hap pened. When the power was turned on the chain would not work, and this led to the discovery of his body. When found his neck was between the sprocket and the chain and death must have been caused either by the breaking of his neck or by strangu lation. It waa the opinion of many that he might have committed suicide. there was no way of determining why he waa under the chain. GYM TO BE DEDICATED Chinook to Hear Several Promi nent Speakers at Exercises. ILWACO. Wash., Feb. 4. Special.) Chinook, near here, will dedicate the new gymnasium building on Feb ruary IS. Appropriate exercises will be held beginning at 10 A, M. Vis itors from the entire county and state will attend. Astoria will be repre sented. Senator A. W. Norblad will be among the speakers. Josephine C. Preston, superintend ent of public instruction, will be In attendance, in addition to a large number of Pacific county pedagogues. The school directora of the Chinook district are D. H. Belknap. Edward Gardlin and D. R. Williams, EXTRA ATTRACTION. Today and Monday at the Circle theater. Big feature programme and exclusive pictures of the late Pope Benedict and the Vatican. Adv. Rend The Oresronlan e!aifll ads. VANCOUVER. B. G, Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of nine of Van couver's principal bootleggers held this morning in the cabin of one of the boats riding near Gulls' wharf on Coal harbor here, it was decided that these men operating In the carrying of liquor would go on record as op posing the distribution of drugs in any form and would do all they could to assist the police and secret service men to capture the sellers of opium cocaine and all classes of drugs that are undermining the manhood of the North American continent. Their Intention has been conveyed indirectly to the police and. while no names have been given, considerable satisfaction is felt that while these men, in the eyes of the law, are crim inals and not entitled to the protec tion of the law, they nevertheless have the manhood to assist in the prevention of national destruction. Customers Capture Liquor. Another matter dealt with by this little meeting of rum-runners was the pirate question. It has recently been ascertained that men in Bellingham and Seattle have been ordering Scotch whisky through the Vancouver shadow" dealers and in such small quantities that it has been sent out In small boats with only one or two men aboard. The very men who or dered the liquor later put out in a boat manned by five thugs and cap tured the little boat that was to have delivered the 60 cases of ' whisky under contract. This has been done three times recently and the bootleggers, have now estab lished a representative in Seattle and one In Bellingham with 'authority to investigate all orders of this nature and report before shipment is made. Large orders will also be covered in future by an armed guard following in another boat and this guard will remain with the boat until delivery Is made and the money paid. In one in stance lately where there were 1000 cases in the shipment and only three men making delivery, the receiving boat came to the meeting place with eight men aboard and after the whisky was transferred refused to pay the money, steaming away witn notn ing but laughs ringing out across the water. . Mialmam price f0 a Case. A standing price has been agreed upon lor whisky aenverea witnin certain limit and a graded scale from there on. The minimum at the boun dary line Is $60 per case, which costs the shipper 138 here. Iso whisky Is leaving the bonded warehouse here now without the duty being paid, as bonds havo to be put up In excess of the duty if the goods nre taken away in bond, and this Is not profitable for the bootleggers, who are not able to produce a proper landing certificate. In the case of the schooner iaay Mine, this boat got away through some misunderstanding and, while the customs should have a claim of $60, 000 against the boat, the officials have doubts about being able to collect it. Since that time the bond arrange menu have been altered and Canada s now paid duty for every bottle of liquor shipped from the local ware houses. Arrangements are being made to form a bootleggers" association of the more solid boat owners who are In the trade. FARMERS' WEEK TO OPEN PRODUCERS TO MEET AT HEPP- XER TOMORROW. Poultry Raisins, Range Problems and Livestock Among Subjects to Be Discussed. HEPPNER, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Farmers and stockmen of this sec tion are awaiting with Interest the opening of agriculture week pro gramme here next Monday with i number of noted speakers and in structors present. On Monday A. H. Lea, manager of the Oregon Co-operative Grain Grow ers, will discuss the work of that organization and Professor C F. Brewster of Oregon Agricultural col lege will discuss poultry raising. Tuesdav J. C. Kuhns. supervisor of the Umatilla national forest, will dis cuss range problems. H. A. Llndgren of Corvallis and Professor Withy- comb of the Union experiment sta tion will discuss other phases of the livestock question. Wednesday will be devoted to problems of the wheat farmer with r. E. Steven of Moro experiment station and R. V. Gunn of Oregon Agricultural college as in structors. N. C Jamison and W. L. Powers are expected to be present. Sessions will be held at Lexington and lone during the same period and meetings will be held at Boardman and Irrigon on- Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The programme has been arranged by C C. Calkins, county agent, working with a committee of the Moro county farm bureau. Church Changes Building Plans. Officials of the recently chartered Moreland Community Presbyterian hurch. formerly the Spokane avenue Presbyterian church, have decided THE DALLES. Or., Feb. 4 (Spe cial.) George Babe, 19, of Portland, who was stealing a ride, owes his life to the action of a The Dalles polioe m&n In pulling him from bis position on the back end of the tender of train No. 4 Friday night. The engine, tender and baggage car wea-e wrecked at Ceiilo Friday night, and had Rabej been on the tender he would most certainly have been killed, railroad men declared tooay. After striking a rock which was rolled from a cut by the thawing ctunook wind, the engine of tram No. 4 pushed it ahead of the pilot for a distance of S00 yards to the switch at the Oregon Trunk physical con nection, where engine, tender and baggage cars were derailed. The engine and tender continued another 160 yards on the ties, tearing up the track aa they went, before leaping SO feet Into the ditch, at the south side of the track. Neither En gineer Wilson nor Fireman Williams, both of Portland, was injured, al though both stuck to their posts until the fln&l crash. The baggage car side swiped to about a 45-degreo an gle on the track, but did not go Into the ditch. A wrecker and crew from The Dalles cleared up most of the wreckage today. It was necessary to rebuild about 160 feet of track, where the engine and tender had demolished It after leaving the rails. Ail east bound trains were today routed over the westbound main line. IS GOVERNMENT EXTENSION MEN INSPECT HEALTH SXSTEM. Hygienic Methods at State School Surveyed by Visitors, Declared Great Aid to Students. OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Mon mouth. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Rep resentatives of government extension work front 11 states to the number of 40 visited the Mountain View rural center yesterday and witnessed a pHgramme showing the results of the health project which has been conducted since last October. The visitors arrived from Corvallis at 4:30 o'clock. After a brief welcome by Mrs. F. L. Coleman, project leader for the community, Mias Smith, nu trition expert of the Oregon Agri cultural college extension service, who has had supervision of the work, explained the health programme and Introduced the pupils who in the pre sentation of a unique programme left no doubt of their earnestness in form ing correct health habits. On the programme were the "Jolly ten health squad," compositions on How I Play the Game of Health." presentation of health posters made by the pupils and individual charts showing each pupil's gain by a graphical representation. Members of the extension commit tee commended the work being done. Dotn lor its effect upon the pupils and the splendid training given the student teachers of the state normal school. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Despite the substantial growth in population during the past few years. illiteracy is on the decrease in Ore gon, according to a report prepared today by J. A. Churchill, state super intendent of public Instruction. Copies of the report will be sent to all county school superintendents in the state. in 19V0. according to the reDort. there were 10.504 so-called Illiterates n Oregon, while the census for 1920 disclosed 8317 Illiterates. In 1910 the percentage of illiteracy was 1.9 per cent, while in 1920 it was 1.5 per cent. During the same period the popula tion of the state increased from 672,- 766 to 783,389. "The chief purposes of the school system Is to eliminate illiteracy." Mr. Churchill said in his report. "The tact tnat illiteracy is decreasing would Indicate that the schools are functioning properly, and that the people are fully aware of the bene fits to be derived from education. To keep ahead of ignorance the educa tional institutions must progress in common with other lines of activity. Gilliam's Record Beat, - It has been proved that illiteracy does not tend to promote good gov ernment, and on the contrary has fur nished( material for persons who would overthrow our public Institu tions. The people of Oregon should do more to encourage their schools and should give more time and thought to making their schools ef ficient if they would overcome the effects of Illiteracy. Multnomah, with the largest popu lation of any county in the state, has S935 Illiterates. Gilliam, with, only ten illiterates, has the best record of any county In the state. Statistics relating to the subject of illiteracy in Oregon follow: Total number of illiterates, 10 years old and over, 9317 ; native white illiterates, 1990; foreign born white illiterates, 6172; negro illiterates, 89; illiterate males of voting age, 6367; Illiterate females of voting age, 3548; rural illiteracy, 4316; urban illiteracy, 6-001; percentage of illiteracy in the state, 1.6. , Illiteracy Given by Counties, Illiteracy by counties, as reported by the state superintendent, follows liam 10 Yamhill 112 Crook ......... 17 Douglas V V 0, X Read The Oreeronlan classified ads. Lake Wheeler 261 Union Curry Morrow ........ 42! Tillamook ..... 4Ji Sherman T i fn I on . Wallowa ...... 461 Qrant ......... 61 Deschutea Hrney ... Lincoln ... Polk Jefferson . Hood River Jackson . . Illiteracy, HLlnn 1S5 188 28-1 Malheur 169 Coos 17 Columbia 178 Baker 179 Lane 182 Wasco 201 Klamath 27S Washington .... 202 Clackamas 33 Clatsop 400 Marlon 567 Umatilla 732 llultnomah .... 3935 701 Tl 78 861 821 97 18 recorded by cities, in Mr. Churchill's report, follows: Astoria 304ILaGrande ... Eugene ........ 411 McMinnVdUe Portland 854lMarshf leld .. Salem ......... SOTlMedford Albany ........ 27New1eni: .... Ashland 34INorth Bend . n.unr RfilOreKOn City. Bend TiPendleton 283 Grants Tass.... 27Rosebur- ...... 8 Hood River 6iTbe Dalles ..... SB Klamatn Falls. . 171 84 High School Forms Band. GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) Grants Pass high schoolhas organized a band of 16 pieces. It is hoped to increase the organization to include 25 instruments. Encyclopaedia Britannica Complete in 29 vols., latest edition $80.00" Capt Marryat's Works, 12 vols., y2 lea. . 15.00 French Classical Works, 20 vols., cloth.. 12.50 O. 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Front and Morrison Sts Main 6465, Aut. 560-41 The Interior Decorating of the M. and H. IL Sichel store was ' done by CHARLES AMMANN Wall Decorations a Specialty 287 3d St. Main 5243 TROJAN Lighting Fixtures j ; Installed by E. L. Knight & Co. 449 Washington St. Bdwy. 145 The hardwood floors in the M. and H. H. Sichel store fur nished by PORTLAND HARDWOOD FLOOR CO. Maple and Oak Hardwood Flooring 187 West Park St. Main 8428 F. J. Delano, J. F. 01sn, - Pres.-Mgr. Secy-Treas, 4 i