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THE .SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 11, 1933 7
CITY OF VERNONIA SEEMS .
TO HAVE BRIGHT FUTURE
Columbia' County Town Appears Logical Distribution Center for
Products From Surrounding Country.
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
Y yERNONIA may be called a new
l old town or an old new town,
for it is a town that was
really rounded by the establishment
of a email country store more than
4 7 year ago. At least C. W. Mellinger
went to Vernonla 47 years ago and
the store was then doing business.
Thi etore was on Rock creek, a
short distance above the presem.
bridge that crosses that stream
about one-half mile north of its
confluence with the Nehalem river.
This etore did not last very long
and then the father of C. W. Mel
linger opened a store practically on
a part of the present townsite. At
that time there were a good many
ranchers in that part of Columbia
county, but the country was mostly
covered with timber and brush. Th
Mellinger store did not laat long,
and then Mr. McNutt of Cornelius
took in a stock of goods from his
Cornelius store. " This old store
building is still standing and U oc
cupied as a residence. - McNutt car
ried a good stock and kept it well
replenished by hauling goods from
Cornelius.
Townsite Is Flatted.
Soon after McNutt came the
townsite was platted by Joseph van
Blainicon. This was in 1831, 31
years ago. The little town took on
a new growth and a newspaper was
started, the Nehalem Journal, by
Byron & Braden. Their old office
building is still standing near the
west bank of Rock creek and &
short block from the bridge. The
place is owned and occupied by L.
B. Stuart as a drug store, but it
has been worked over several times.
It did not prove a bonanza for
Bynon and Braden, and they only
lasted a year or so. They sold the
plant and good will to Van Dyke
and Davison, who changed the name
to the Sentinel.
This was in 1893. The Sentinel
soon suspended and the plant was
moved away, thus ending the his
tory of newspapers for Vernonia up
to the present. But somebody will
soon drop into a good thing by
starting a weekly there with a
good job outfit attached. It is the
best location I kn(W of in the north
west ,
Town Is incorporated.
" About the time the Sentinel
started the towi was incorporated
and there was a good deal of rail
road talk. Ther were a good many
ranchers in the vicinity and at the
1SP1 election there were 400 votes
polled there. And, remember, the
women then had no vote. (At th".
recent primary election .171 votes
were cast there.) .
Perhaps that ,is enough ancient
history to give about Vernonia. I
was invited to go over there re
cently and write something about
the town. As the crow flies it is
about 30 miles from Portland to
Vernonia, and upon inquiry I found
the best route to reach there was
via the Tillamook branch to Tim
ber, then 11 miles by auto.
And just a word about Timber.
It Is one of the most Important sta
tions on the Tillamook line and a
very large amount of mail, freight
and parcel post business is done
there, the most of which originates
or enua ai vernonia. you can get
from Vernonia to Portland by leav.
ing at C:30 A. M.. 8:20 A. M. or
10 A. M.
Auto Line Operating.
C. A. Mills has a lot of autos car
rying passengers and freight back
and forth. Of course you can get
there or away from there by wagon
or auto via Buxton, and there is a
fairly good road from Portland to
Astoria, on which Vernonia is about
the half-way point.
When the pioneers first eettled in
the limits of the present townsite
they had a prophetic vision. The
only trouble with their vision was
that they overlooked about as
many mishaps as could hold a town
back. But the location, at the con
fluence of the Nehalem and Rock
creek, was ideal, for it was in the
midst of one of the greatest timber
sections in Oregon and with Vern
onia as about the only channel
through which it could be brought
out
Logging; Road Approaching:.
I think the first railroad that
headed for the Vernonia country
was a logging road from Scap
poose, and that road will soon be in
the Immediate vicinity of the town.
It must go that way, according to
the stream flows of the section.
Then the United railway that built
1922 GARB HAS NO PLACE IN
OREGON TRAIL PAGEANT
Citizens of Baker Dress Like Pioneers of 52 and Shop "Windows Give
Way to Log Cabin Effects Preparatory to Celebration.
BAKER, Or., June 11. (Special.)
When a stranger enters Ba
ker today he finds his dress out
of place. Instead of the modern
apparel he wears he 6ees thousands
of persons clothed in a garb he may
never have seen before, if he be a
younger man, but if the visitor has
reached a ripe old age he recognizes
the dress as that of his mother or
father or perhaps his own.
Most of Baker's citizens are
dressed in the attire of "62. They are
anticipating an event, July 4 the
Old Oregon Trail and Pioneer pag
eant and to have the proper spirit
manifest before that time they have
chosen to emulate their elders in
the dress of their time. Business
house fronts are changed. Rough
hewn boards with a small opening
for light have replaced the modern
display windows. Some are covered
with log planks. Occasionally
small demonstration is made when
an ox team hitched to a covered
wagon is paraded about the "streets.
fcvery effort is being made to imbue
in the residents of Baker the spirit
or tneir celebration, a month before
the pageant scenes and features are
displayed to the several thousand
visitors that are expected here
July 4.
The Old Oregon, trail saw the in
.'lux of easterners that in time made
up the great northwest. Its winding
way starts from Independence. Mo..
and extends generally to the Wil
lamette valley. It saw the different
expeditions that started from Mis
sissippi river and still further east
ern points wina ineir way across
the "Great American desert" some
accompusning tneir task, some
reaching their designation, but more
falling in every particular and each
lacing unknown hardships and
deaths by plague or attack. It saw
the mad rush of the prospector to
western gold fields, a notable one in
1849 to California, lesser ones to the
.placer fields in Baker county and
eastern Oregon, but it is to com
memorate the greatest migration of
all one in which 300,000 persons
came to the Willamette valley and
other western localities that the
Old Oregon Trail and Pioneer Pag
eant la dedioatedk the emigration, of
1863.
Th pLaa of the pageant is first fo
from, the Columbia Just below Linn
ton, and of course down the river
from Portland. This road got into
trouble with the Linnton people
and it Was torn up from Portland io
Linnton. But it was the sale of
this road to the Spokane, Portland
& Seattle and the disposal of a tract
of 27,000 acres of timber lying most
ly in Clatsop county that finally
began to make the Vernonia dreams
look like realities, and at present
it is the building of the railroads
and the projects of cut-up mills at
Vernonia. that makes the future
look so bright.
. Hailroad Is Graded.
The railroad is. practically all
graded and the steel will be there
very soqn. The ties are in the
ground. The tent houses, each lOx
20. feet in size, have been construct
ed in the town (SO of them) and a
20-acre site cleared for them in the
big tract. The owner and operator
of this tract is a big lumber con
cern of Kansas City, the Central
Coal & Coke company. The work is
being done by the Utah Construction
company. The main office is in the
Teon building in Portland, W. H.
McGregor, represeentative.
One of the big mills will undoubt
edly be at Vernonia, where the com
pany has bought a 93-acre plant
But the railroad will also haul logs
for the Inman-Poulsen company and
for several other owners.. Indeed,
this road will be the outlet for some
of the finest bodies of timber in the
state
Town Considered Model.
In many ways Vernonia is, to my
way of. thinking, a model little
town. Its population is probably
750, but it seems to be growing
very rapidly, for it is a fourth-class
postoffice, but the two last quarters
has run over the limit. The present
quarter and another one will almost
surely put it in the third class. And
the Vernonia people are readers;
in fact, most of the settlers are also,
for in the way from Timber the
stage driver . threw off 16 Orego
nians and took more than 100 into
the town.
The town is divided from east to
west by Rock creek, which flows
to the south into the Nehalem river.
And, by the way, from Timber to
Vernonia the road crosses the Ne
halem five times. This river rises
in a big spring about seven miles
west of Timber and winds nearly
all over Columbia and Clatsop coun
ties, finally to flow into the ocean
at the town of Nehalem, in Tilla
mook county.
Five Hotels In Town.
' The main street of Vernonia has
several cross streets and business
houses in all of them. There are in
the town five hotels and all said to
be good ones. I stopped at the Ne
halem hotel, G. C. Mellinger, pro
prietor, and I found it a mighty
good place to stop; good clean
rooms and beds and fine cooking.
There are in the town 61 busi
ness houses, 51 potential advertisers
for the coming newspaper proprie
tor and 51 Job customers. As it is
now the printers of Buxton, St.
Helens, Rainier, Portland and As
toria do their job work. (I know of
25 newspaper offices in Oregon and
Washington any one of which could
profitably move to Vernonia.)
There are all sorts of stores, ga
rages and offices. The big school
has 200 in the lower grades and 50
in the high school-. Three school
trucks bring the scholars in from
four or five neighboring districts
that have no high school. Vernonia
is the center of learning for a big
area, as well as the center of busi
ness. Bank Opened Up.
About a year ago a bank was
started. It has a nice building. Its
capital is 10,000, deposits $56,
612.19; W. O. Galoway, president;
W. L. Hall, vice-president; H. E.
McGraw, cashier, and Peter Berg
man, H. E. McGraw, William L.
Moore, Louis Siegert and W. O. Gal
oway, directors. t
C. D. White is the mayor of the
town and C. A. Mills, R. M. Hall, L.
Siegert and J. W. Rose, councilmen,
and B. F. Lane, recorder.
The Vernonia chamber of com
merce is always ready to send ap
plicants plats of property and all
other information about the town.
This is a real live body of the best
citizens. Ask for information about
dairying, fruit raising, farming,
sawmilling, mining and berry grow
ing. D. W. Keasey is president and
J. W. Rose, B. F. Lane, H. E. Mc
Graw and C. A. Mills, directors.
R. M. Hail, treasurer; and Lester
Sheeley, secretary. ' I
have the setting as nearly as possi-
u.e aiiae to tne district and commu
nity in- '52.
Naturally, the dress of the partici
pants and hosts is but a part of the
event. Nevertheless it i a mnt
important part, and on May 28 last
the executive committee of the
paxeant aDDe&rpii h.rnr. .,. ..!..
commissioners and presented an "or-
umance regulating attire of -Baker
citizens "between the ages of 16
and- 90" from June 1 to July 5. The
documen was given its first read
me, iue compulsory element thus
entered in and it was not before
several DrominAnt m,a- a
- ... ".civiwMiia a.uu
others had been handcuffed, jailed
and fined, besides being made to don
Vi-wri uicsn. Tnnr a mom,.,.. P
the citizens realized the spirit of
...o naa spread like .wild
fire. . -
It was decided to elect a mayor
for "Grizzly Gulch," as he Baiter
valley was known in those days, for
the period preceding the pageant,
and at once two candidates were
prominent. The election, to be held
Monday. June 12, has brought out a
lot of "horse-play," but it is all in
fun. One candidate, Dollar BlU Ellis,
claims he is the biggest man by vir
tue of an unusually high felt hat and
boots. The other, "Mississippi River"
Kear, sports broadcloth garments, a
plug hat and a big bogus diamond.
Perpetuation of Trail Object.
To perpetuate the Old Oregon tra'l,
an organization in ho tnm . ,,
"Old Oregon Trail association," was
lormea in naKer in ft'fhiiifi.v
"Walter E. Meacham as its'hRaA
Cities generally from Portland to
Idaho and Utah points either were
represented pr expressed Interest in
the movement
Since thai time points in Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and
Wyoming nave neen visited to ex
plain the purpose of the organiza
tion and to solicit their Jillnnnpt
which, in most cases, readily was
given. Executives of the three
states east of Oregon, through which
the trail passes, each have expressed
approval of the plan to have those
state highways which approximate
the Old Oregon trail designated as
such, even should it Involve chang
ing the present title.
Although the pageant is to be held
is Baker, naturally it is felt that it
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OREGON TOURIST AD INFORMATION BUREAU CONTRACTS FOR ERECTION OF SIX OREGON . SIGNS.
Six immense signboards to be located at strategic points in various western states will advertise the scenic
beauties of Oregon, to the traveling public. .
TheOregon tourist and information bureau, with headquarters in this
outdoor advertising company on the coast for the erection of the signs,
Wonderland. m
The ie:ns. which will be painted
feet long. The signs will be located at strategic points in California, Utah, Washington" and Idaho. A sign on
the most traveled road n the vicinity of Los Angeles will show Crater lake in all its grandeur; one near San
Francisco will show the Oregon caves and their magnificent mystery; a sign on the Lincoln highway east of
Salt Lake will illustrate beautiful Wallowa lake, in eastern Oregon; a sign on the highway east of Pocatello,
Idaho, will illustrate the grandeur of the Wallowa and Blue mountains, "the American "Alps"; a sign on. the
Yellowstone trail east of Spokane will attract the attention of the westbound tourist to the magnificence of the
Columbia river highway, and another sign, on the Yellowstone trail east of Walla Walla will illustrate in heroic
size the beauties of snow-capped Mount Hood.
The managing committee of the
scenic marvels of Oregon, thus carrying out the broad principle inaugurated when the bureau was organized to
give every portion of the state impartial treatment.
The bureau has had printed for the 1322 season for free distribution 125,000 maps of the road system of
Oregon. In addition, road maps of California, Washington and Idaho are available for tourists. Large quantities
of the out-state maps have been distributed in the respective states, all
tour Oregon. Sectional maps of this state are also available.
The bureau has already this season mailed out several thousand files
quirers. - . '
In compliance with its policy to render 100 per cent service to me tourist, tne managing commiuse naa
authorized the establishment for the summer season of five branch bureaus. These branch bureaus, wmch win
be located at Medford, Klamath Falls, Bend. Ontario and Pendleton, will be equipped with maps and road infor
mation. The representatives at each point will be thoroughly informed on all matters of interest to the tourist,
and most impartial service will be rendered the traveling public. . . . - .
The bureau is working in close co-operation with a number of national highway organizations and with the
automobile clubs of the Pacific coast and with automobile camp grounds. Last season the Portland office of the
Oregon tourist and information bureau furnished information to between 80OT and 9000 persons who called at
the office and mailed out 6000 files' of literature to inquirers. :
is as much a pageant of each city
that borders on the Old Oregon trail
in every state.
Wild Daya to Be Lived Again.
Consequently a representation -is
expected from a majority of those
cities and in such expectations the
affair is expected to be otie of large
scope.
It is planned, and most of the
details already are completed, to
have .each expedition portrayed, one
by one, in the order of their coming.
Teams of oxen, mixed teams, prai
rie schooners. Concord coaches and
the various types of conveyances
may be expected to be seen. Ordi
nary scenes, stage robberies or In
dian massacres are some of the
scenes that are to be depicted. The
advent of the scout,' priest, prospec
tor, farmer things secular or reli
gious all are anticipated in the or
der of the day. The magnitude of
outfit, garb and personal necessities
to portray the movements and lives
of emigrants is apparent. Such have
the people of Baker undertaken, but
they want the thousands of others
"on the Old Oregon trail" to know
of their project and to attend.
That the event has been given
official i-ecognition 4s evidenced by
the fact that the governors of Ore
gon. Idaho, Utah and Wyoming have
promised to be in Baker July 4
either in person or by representa
tive. Their lead has been followed
by civic and fraternal organizations
of these and other communities.
Kara Meeker to Attend.
There is one personage that the
pageant committee expects to be as
much a center of interest as" any
other. , He is Ezra Meeker, now of
Seattle, Wash., a pioneer of '52, and
who in 1906 retraced the route with
an ox team, marking the route which
he traverse 60 years before. He
went to Washington, D. C, "to
honor the intrepid " pioneers who
made and ' saved the Old Oregon
country for American rule," and ob
tained from the late Theodore
Roosevelt, then president, support
'in ge-tting governmental recognition
of the trail. Mr. Meeker has prom
ised to be in Baker a week ahead of
time to aid in arranging exacting
details. -
Each day until July 4 visitors may
expect to find the people of Baker
in '62 attire, the women in calico,
poke bonnets and some with hoop
skirts. The men, soft hats and shirts,
corduroy trousers or overalls. In
fact, most , men are in the garb of
their station as such would require
in that day. The ministers, th mer
chants, the professional men, each
are in their day's apparel. As' such
they anticipate welcoming the many
visitors July 4 in Baker "on the
Old Oregon trail."
The Oregonian publishes practi
cally all of the want ads printed in
the other three Portland papers, in
addition to thousands of exclusive
advertisements not printed In any
other local paper.
TO ADVERTISE OREGON'S SCENIC WONDERS
1hg Scenie Wonderland
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in the highest style of the sign painter's art, will be ten feet high and 50
bureau contemplates changing the signs
Salem Power Plant Get
Bigger Engines.
Six Hundred Horsepower Machine
Goes to Melting Pot.
THE Portland Railway, Lignt
Power company is "scrapping"
a 600 horsepower steam engine only
16 years' old, says the Salem States
man. ' The . upright compound
marine-type engine. 600 horse
power, with its connected multi
polar generator, is going to . the
melting pot down to the last scrap.
It is already being broken up, and
is being carted off to the Salem Iron
works to be remelted. It was a
powerful machine, and of the best
of its kind when it was installed.
Two huge horizontal Corliss en
gines, each of 350 horsepower, are
being dismantled, though they will
not be destroyed; they go to the
second-hand man as excellent ma
chines for' those who happen to
need that size of factory unit. One
of these has a huge flywheel, 16
feet in diameter, fo Belt drive. The
other has a rope-driven flywheel 18
feet across. This latter engine was
installed 30 years ago; ,the other
is comparatively new It is only 20
years old. But they are good for
half a century. - They are discarded
here only to make way for larger
units.
; The three big engines, that total
1300 horsepower, are to be replaced
by a single Allis-Chalmers steam
turbine, 3300 horsepower. This will
be the last word in efficient power
production. - - , .
Lincoln County Gets Road Funds.
As a result of a conference, be
tween Lincoln county officers, the
state highway commissioner and
federal officials, decision - was
reached to construct this year the
Neskowin-Salmon river forest road
project in- - Tillamook connty
through the forest reserve to
Devil's lake in Lincoln county and
next year to continue the road
from Devil's lake, to the crossing
of the Siletz river. This will give
an all-year highway between To
ledo, Newport and Tillamook city.
This project is to cost $500,000, Lin
coln county to pay $120,000 and the
remainder to be paid by the state
and the federal government. It
also decided to construct this year
the section of Alsea highway from
Tidewater to Walport to cost $150,
000, county, state, federal govern
ment each to .pay $50,000.
bland Sold Jo Japanese.
The Albany Herald reports that
12 Japanese ' families are soon tc
move to Kiger's island where they
have purchased 100 acres of land.
It is the Intention of the Japanese
to use the land as truck farms and
to market their products In Albany
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city, has contracted with the largest
which will depict "Oregon the Scenic
in a few months to illustrate other
carrying the appeal to the tourist to
of Oregon literature to eastern In-,
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and Corvaliis. Considerable feeling
exists among North Albany garden
ers over the sale as they claim the
low standard of living of the orien
tals will affect the prices of garden
produce. There are two Kiger isl
ands in the Willamette .river, one
between Albany and Qorvallis and
the other above Corvaliis. It is the
latter island that is reported to have
been sold. .
Prune Crop in Lane to Be Good.
Lane county's strawberry crop Is
very good this year and the prune
crop will be tremendous, judging
from present indications, J. O. Holt,
manager of the Eugene Fruit Grow
ers association, tells a correspond
ent of the Capital Journal. The can
nery of the loal association is
working on strawberries, goose
berries are arriving at the plant in
small quantities and rhubarb is
being canned. The cherry crop in
Lane county, like that in other por
tions of the Willamette valley, will
be quite short this year, said Mr.
Holt,--- but would not venture . to
guess as to the cause of it. "I give
it up," he declared. "I cannot figure
it out. There have been no frosts
and but little cold rain." . .
Hillsboro to Puna Filiating Debt,
The Hillsbora Independent says
the city council will call a special
election for Monday, July 31, to vote
upon the question of issuing refund
ing bonds to take up outstanding
bonded and warrant indebtedness.
At the same time a charter amend
ment providing for calling bonds
for payment at the city's option will
be 'presented. The exact amount of
the bond issue had not been deter
mined, but the ordinances have been
passed in blank and amounts will
be filled in before the formal elec
tion notices are posted.
24 Evaporator Stoves Ordered.
A large fruit company doing busi
ness in southern Oregon has ordered
24 of the largest size fruit evapo
rator stoves made by the Salem
iron works for delivery as fast as
they can be made and shipped. The
stoves are built of cast iron, 6 feet
long and 30 inches square, and
weigh 1650 pounds each. They have
a capacity for six fruit tunnels to
each stove unit. The company .is
preparing to place them out
through southern Oregon. More
dryers are being built this year than
for several years past, says the
Salem Statesman - -
Berries Drag . on Markets.
A Dallas, Or., correspondent of
the Salem Statesman says straw
berries are a drug on the Dallas
markets. The warm weather of last
week ripened the berries fast and
the first of this week they began
to appear on the local markets.
Three boxes are offered for 25 cents,
which is exceedingly cheap for ber
ries at this time of the season, -j A
large number of prune men have
planted among their young prune
trees and these have begun to pro-
1
duce this year, making the quantity
for marketing far in excess that of
past years. i
The La Creole - Canning company
will begin - canning . strawberries
next Monday and will operate until
the close of the season. .-
Grants Paaa Bex Factory Starts.
The box factory at Grants Pass
owned by I. A. Robie started up
Monday for the summer with a shift
of 33 men. Mr. Robie tells the Ore
gon Observer that he has plenty of
orders to keep him busy, and as
soon as the new lumber begins com
ing in he expects to increase the
number of men. The mill at pres
ent is working on orchard boxes and
will start later on shipping boxes
for cannery stock. The orders at
present are all from Oregon, al-
though a number of California con
cerns have attempted to place or
ders. Mr. Robie Intends to supply
the local demand before, taking out
side orders.
Oregon Packing Company Open.
Fruit canning operations have be
gun at the. Oregon Packing com
pany plant in Salem. About 100 em
ployes on strawberries and goose
berries gave the new equipment the
first testihg. Much new machinery
has been installed, mostly from the
Anderson - Barngrover company of
c. Tftoo' A new cherrv and straw
berry grader has been installed. The
whole plant has been gone over- and
new equipment added. Much work
ing room has been secured by a re
arrangement -of the machines and
the capacity has been increasea pe-
tween 25 and 50 per cent, -mree
hundred hands will be employed
during the season. ,
Sontk Inlet Mine Starts Work.
a mA-or mininr comnany on South
Inlet in- Coos county, is busy open
lnn i.n'a hlc crrAVAi deposit on the
John B. Anderson place, says the
Southwestern- Oregon uany news.
A- steam shovel gang handled by
Captain Leo Metson is removing the
surface dirt, and a crusher test has
been made. The deposit is oi great
depth. There is plenty of water to
handle the wasnings ana every mms
Innlrs mnaf nromislnr. PeOPle Who
have seen the operations declare
the company is going to mane a
winning.
River Barred to Fishermen.
The" Clackamas river above Caze-
dero will be barred to anglers most
of the summer. This is on account
of the danger from blasting which
is beine done by the portiana Kan-
Way, Light & Power company in
building its road from tne river io
Oak Grove, where its new power
plant is to be loeateo. xnree Hun
dred men are already at work
on' the project Eastern Clackamas
News.
Josephine County Fair Dated.
Work has been started already
on the Josephine county fair, to be
held at Grants Pass September 19
22, according to F. S. Ireland, who
was elected manager of the fair at
the last meeting of the Pomona
grange. Mr. Ireland tells the
Grants Pass Observer that he ex
pects to give a good, live fair, and
one which will be clean in every
respect.
Big Cedar Timber Being Cut.
Cedar timbers for use in con
structing bridges and culverts on
the new highway between Port Or-
ford and Myers creek will be se
cured at Pistol - river, there being
a body of white cedar in that lo
cality. The timber will be cut en
tirely by -hand and it is expected a
camp will be ' established at that
point in the near future.
School Districts Combine.
The proposition of consolidating
school district No. 5, which lies on
the west side of the river, with
Jerry's Flat, district No. 21, in
Curry county, carried at the last
election. The consolidated districts
have a total assessed valuation of
$99,000, No. 5 having been a small
district, with an assessed valua
tion ' of $26,000.--Gold Beach Re
porter. s .
FERRY CONNECTS ROADS
Eleven Miles of Gravel Highway
Is Eliminated by Boat.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 10.
(Special.) The chamber of com
merce has issued a statement call
ing attention to the new ferry serv
ice between Rainier and Kelso, con
necting the lower Columbia river
highway with the Pacific highway
on the Washington side, which is
proving very popular, as it elim
inates 11 miles of gravel highway
between Kalama and Kelso.
Beginning this coming Sunday
hourly service will be provided,
both from Rainier and Kelso, with
capacity for 35 machines. Until
Sunday the ferry leaves - Rainier
every two hours from 7, A. M. to 11
P. M.; from Kelso every two hours
from 6 A. M. to 10 P. M. Until the
detours between La Center and
Kalama, on the Pacific highway
north of Vancouver, are eliminated,
motorists going north should make
use of ferry service, says the state
ment. FOREST FIRE CHECKED
preen Timber . and Logged-Off
Land Burned East of Kelso.
KELSO. Wash., June 10. (Spe
cial.) The forest fire which has
been ' burning in green timber
owned by the Weyerhaeuser Timber
company in the vicinity of the big
dam on the Coweeman, 25 miles
east of Kelso, was checked last
night by a heavy fail of rain. This
fire has - raged on the divide be
tween the Coweeman and Mulhol
land'for several days, burning over
600 acres of green timber, much of
which was killed and considerably
damaged by the flames. The fire
also burned over . 2000' acres of
logged-over lands.
Officers believe it was set by
settlers in order to improve the
grazing for cattle, but that the dry
weather caused it to spread into
the green timber. It is in an iso
lated sectirfn and it Is doubtful If
the damaged timber caii be logged
in time to save It from serious
injury.
DEE-SAWMILL TO OPEN
Snowdrifts Still Fonnd in Oregon
r Lumber Company Camp. ' -
HOOD RIVER, Or., June 10.
(Special.) The Dee plant of the
Oregon Lumber company, operation
of which has been delayed this year
because of - damage to a logging
road last November during the
heavy sleet storm, will start tha
season's run Monday. The concern
will employ about 175 men in the
plant and the logging camps pn the
upper west fork of Hood river. -
Heavy snowdrifts are still en
countered in the highland fir for
ests, where the logging camp is
located. - The lumber tract being
logged Is in the Oregon national
forest. The stumpage of the area
was purchased by the lumber con
cern several years ago. , -
Phone your want ads to The Ore
gonian. Main 7070. Automatic 560-95.
JUDGE BALLINGER IS UPHELD
IN CABINET OFFICE DISPUTE
Retiring Assistant Secretary of Interior During Wilson Adminis
tration Sides With Dead Seattlean in Controversy With Pinchot.
PTJGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, i
Wash.,. June 10. Alexander T. I
Vogelsang of San Francisco'
was assistant secretary of the In-,
terior department under the admin
istrations of Woodrow Wilson. His
several years of service made him
familiar not only with the daily
duties of the office, but with the
history of the department and the
precedents established in' the course
of earlier administrations.
Mr. Vogelsang retired from the of
fice In 1921 with the incoming of
Secretary Fafl. Within the month
thereafter he wrote a letter to
Richard A. -Ballinger of Seattle, who
had been secretary of the interior
for a time under President Taft. The
letter was wholly voluntary. . There
was no personal acquaintance be
tween Mr. Vogelsang and Judge
Ballinger, and the. letter came as
a surprise to the ex-secretary.
In this letter Mr. Voeelsane- de
clared his firm belief that a great
wrong had been done Judge Ballin
ger in the controversy which re-
suitea m his quitting the cabinet
Mr. Vogelsang said that his own
researches had convinced him that
Judge Ballinger, as secretary of the
interior, had always been in the
right, ever animated by high and
patriotic purpose; and he expressed
the hope that the people of the
country would come in time to a
full undefstanding of all the facts,
as he had come to understand them.
No great amount of publicity was
given to Mr. Vogelsang's , letter
Judge Ballinger showed it to a few
of his friends, and it was mentioned
m perhaps half a dozen northwest
ern newspapers. It came to him
trom a stranger and a man of op
posing political faith, but one who
had had special opportunities for
learning the truth, and who could
have no purpose in writing other
than to Bpread. the truth. It was
very gratifying to Judge .Ballinger.
Tuesday night Judge Ballinger
died suddenly at his home in Se
attle. Occasionally during the last
two or-three years, and more fre
quently after tho- receipt of the
Vogelsang letter, he had spoken of
preparing something in the nature
of an autobiography, particularly
covering the period of his higher
public service as commissioner of
the general land office and secre
tary of the interior. Whether he
had actually begun to co-relate the
data ' in his possession is not yet
known; but it seems certain that
much that would have been valuable
for such a work was carried in his
mind to the last' and is now beyond
human reach.
No one who knew Judge Ballinger
well ever 'has questioned his per
sonal integrity or the purity cf his
motives in public office. But those
who knew him best knew also that
the sting of the injustice -hat he
felt had been done him remained
with him through the later years of
his life. He iui not a man em
bittered against all the world; but
TRAVELERS FROM OIL CITY
OF TEXAS TO LOCATE HERE
Amarilla Visitor Tells of Natural Gas Where Supplies Are Going
to Waste. '
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
LM. DEAVOUBS, wife and son,
are-from Amarillo. Tex. The
son, fierce, yesterday was
celebrating his 21st birthday. Mr.
Deavours claims that his home town
is in the largest gas and oil field
in the world, but the natural gas is
practically a waste, and the oil is
"just coming in." Quite a number
of wells are down from 2700 to 3000
feet, but few of them thus far show
enough oil to pay a dividend. Mr.
Deavours was a grocer and is on his
way to Seattle to see the Puget
sound city, but expects to make his
future home In Portland.
'
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Minium and
four small children are here from
Chicago, 111. Mr. Minium is a sales
man and came to Portland as a
sightseer, but expects to remain
here permanently.
W. L. Clifford, Mrs. Clifford and
one small son are from Twin Falls,
Idaho. Mr. Clifford is a carpenter
and intends to become' a citizen of
Portland in fact, is now.
. 1
Superintendent Keany had yes
terday several loads of "pure, fresh,
clean sawdust" placed on Kiwanis
avenue. There is more than one way
to pave a street.
'
F. Downrldg, Mrs. Downridg and
six children are from Kopalis,
Wash., which is a town on Grays
harbor. "In. season," Mr. Down-
FRENCH MILITARY BUDGET
DECLARED BELOW AVERAGE
Expenditure for 1922 Said to Have Increased by Smaller Percentage
Over 1913 Than Has Cosfof United States Army.
BT ANDRE TARDIETJ.
Former French High Commissioner
to America.
(Copyrigiit. 1922, by The Oresonian.)
PARIS, June 10. (Special by
Wireless.) Figures make
tough reading, but in these seri
ous times, especially among frtends,
the need for sound knowledge on
which to base mutual understanding
is imperative. I desire today to
discuss our financial commission,
particularly the reduction for mili
tary purposes. Our ordinary budget
for 1923 totals 23,179,000,050 francs
against 19,285,000,000 estimated re
ceipts, or a deficit of nearly 3,900,
000,000. The extraordinary budget
for pensions and reconstruction to
tals 23,084,000,000 francs. Fifty-two
per cent of the ordinary budget
represents a service of debt, and If
we continue to borrow to pay Ger
many's obligations, this enormous
proportion will grow larger.
It often is said that our army and
navy absorb the greater part of our
resources, but the truth Is that com
pared with our pre-war record, our
military increases are smaller than
other .countries, as the following
table shows; thus our military ex
penditures, Including the gendar
merie, which is really a police and
not a military force, have stead'ly
decreased since the armistice:
1913, 1,087,000,000; 1918, 26,120,
000,000;' 1920, 7,648,000,000; 1921, 6,
912,000,000; 1922, 4,910,000,000; 1923,
4,800,000,000.
In other words, compared with
19li, our military expenditures in
creased 266 per cent, whereas the
general cost of living increased
more than 300 per cent
War Expense Snown.
My next table shows how France's
military expenditures increase is
less than that of other nations, for
against France's 266 per cent in
his friends would have'thought him
less of a man than he was had he
made pretense of forgiveness for
those to whom he ascribed respon
sibility for the injustice.
The sting of all that had gone
before recently was resharpened.
Seattle friends readily and sorrow
fully account for Judge Ballinger s
sudden death as having been due,
in no small degree, to renewed .
worrv And nprvnua ti.nsinn nv,r tho
old fight- The recent political
achievement of Gifford Pinchot, his
one-time arch enemy, could not
have been pleasing to Judge Bal
linger; but what undoubtedly af
fected him still more bitterly was
the fact that Pinchot's campaign
and nomination for governor ' of
Pennsylvania revived something of
the old intolerant spirit of the Bal
linger - Pinchot controversy, with
more or less distorted references to
that controversy in virtually every
newspaper in the United States.
Judge Ballinger was too broad-
minded particularly to begrudge
Pinchot his recent success; but the
newspaper allusions to "the ancient
fight generally showed to him thai
the years had brought no better
appreciation of what he knew to b
the facts of the case. What As
sistant Secretary Vogelsang had
learned of the truth had been
learned by but few others. There
was great bitterness In this, tor
Judge Ballinger was a supremely
sensitive man, although few war
aware of it
Seattle will miss Judge Ballinger
sorely, and in many ways. On
quitting the Taft cabinet he at once
resumed his place in the front rank
of his profession and was busied in
the practice of law up to the after
noon of the day on which he died.
On that day also he called to pay
his respects to Dr. Edwin J. Brown,
Seattle's new mayor, whose can
didacy he had supported.
Though frequently urged to do
so in his )ater years. Judge Ballin
ger never would permit his name
to he used as a candidate for any
public office. But aside from his
practice he devoted practically all
of his time to politics and public
affairs. He was an ardent and
what might be termed an old
fashioned republican to the last;'
but outside of partisan matters he
was ever ready to work with any
element or organization for what
he conceived to be the best inter
ests of the city and the state. In
all his public and quasi-public
activities he was straightforward
and outspoken, and he rubbed many
persons the wrong way. He was
the antithesis of what is popularly
known as a "smoother"; and, to con
tinue brief use of the same vocabu
lary, it was contrary to his nature
to "stall" or "sidestep."
When Judge Ballinger started for
any objective it meant success or
failure, but in either case without
deviation from the straight course
he set for himself or for any move
ment in which he accepted leader
ship. ridge Is a clam digger, and when
May comes along, a month minus
an r, he gradually gravitates down
to. the vicinity of Salem and picks
berries. For a number of years ho
has followed these dual occupations
and is now awaiting word from tha
Phez company to get to tho Salem
field p. d. q,
"
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Kerr and on
child are from the Cold Spring
neighborhood, about 20 miles from
Pendleton, where Mr. Kerr owns a
farm. With them are Clarence Shaw
and Frank Smith. The party is out
on a little vacation "between hay
and grass," and were mightily
pleased when shown by The Orego
nian that the country of nearly all
eastern Oregon and Washington lias
just had a soaking rain.
Dr. and Mrs. C M. Carr of Denver,
Colo., accompanied by John Jameav
left Denver about three weeks ago.
and are on their way to California
for a short visit.
' ,
The number of machines arriving
since May 2 had reached 757 at 11
o'clock Saturday.
.
Will L. Winslow, accompanied by
his sister, Mrs. Edgar Leavitt, ar
rived at the camp Friday night from
their home in Glendale, Cal. Mr.
Winslow is a retired Jeweler, and,
with his sister, is just out on a
sight-seeing' trip of coast cities.
They will go to Tacoma and Seattle
and then back to Glendale. They
speak in terms of high praise of our
auto camp.
crease we have the United States
increasing 340; Japan, 332; Great
Britain, 274; Italy, 372: Denmark.
ooi7, nurwaj, dda; ine JNemerianaS,
213; Switzerland, 163; Sweden, 144.
The figures really show that
France, which has enormpus re
sponsibilities for maintaining the
peace, has not increased her mili-
crease is less than the United States,
Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Den
mark, while our civil expenditures
also have been reduced.
In 1913 our civil list totaled 1,904,-
000,000 francs; 1920, 11,377,000,000;
1921, 9,938,000,000; 1922,- 7,035,000,
000; 1923, 5,799,000,000.
My final table will show that the
worm that is eating our finances is
reparations. We have spent for re
construction, pensions and occupa
tion troops in Silesia and on the
Rhine in 1918, 6,952,000,000; 1919,
15,481,000,000; 1920, 22.279,000,000;
1921, 21,423,000,000; 1922, 23,084,
000,000. Any comment would be worse
than superfluous, so I will only add,
first, we cannot greatly Increase our
taxes, which have mounted from
4,500,000,000 francs in 1913, to mora
than 20,000,000,000 In 1922; secondly,
we cannot borrow forever, for th
interest on loans already absorbs 51
per cent of our receipts.
That's why we want Germany to
pay and you would also if you were
In our place.
Camp Meeting Permit Asked
The Oregon State Holiness asso
elation has asked a permit from tho
city council to conduct a camp meet
ing at East Thirty-third and Mason
streets July 20 to 30. Commissioner
Barbur, with whose department tho
request was filed, ha recommended
that the permit be granted.