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
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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.
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