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THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 29, 1922
S1MBHICK
BRIDGE
IPO
NEW BRIDGE SPANNING COLUMBIA RIVER BETWEEN KENNEWICK AND PASCO.
$485,000 Span Built by Pri
vate Pontributions.
LENGTH IS 3000 FEET
12,000 People Gather at Dedica
tion Exercises to Hear Ad
dresses; Day Perfect.
PASCO, "Wash.. Oct. 28. (Special.)
On March 15, 1921, the turning or
the first earth for the Benton
Franklin bridge which npw spans
the Columbia river between Pasco
and Kennewick took place. Herman
Warden, mayor of Pasco, had .the
honor of wielding the ehovel which
marked the beginning of the struc
ture. On October 7, 1922, the bridge
was opened for traffic and on Sat
urday, October 21, it was dedicated
with imposing ceremonies. From the
time the parade started from the
Kennewick side until Its return
previous to the dedicatory exercises
1837 cars crossed.
There were 12,000 persons in thej
erowa max gaxnerea iu witness
realization of the dream of years,
which marked the removal of the
last natural barrier between the far
east and the golden west. " In the
words of W. J. Coyle,. lieutenant
governor, who christened the struc
ture: "Today there Is no east, no
west, no north, no south in the state
of Washington. The last natural
barrier has been, lifted and the spirit
of progress marches on unhampered
and unshackled.
Project Is Praised.
"You have shown the way, and
the hordes of tourists to come will
pay you a revenue far and above the
cost of the present undertaking."
The day was & perfect one. Early
In the morning the cars from dis
tant points began to roll in and soon
th gaily decorated streets were
crowded with people eager to pay
tribute to the genius of co-operation
which had made this great en
terprise possible. For be 'it known
that this bridge was bu'lt entirely by
popular subscription, not a bondjbe
Ing' issued or a cent of tax levied.
Its management is in the hands of
a board of trustees, of which J. M.
Crawford of Walla Walla is presi
dent and T. O. Webster of the same
city is secretary. Other members
of the board are W. F. Crowe, Walla
Walla; R. E. Pratt. Kennewick; Al
len H. Reynolds, Walla Walla; D. C.
Eaton, Waitsburg; Ben Grote, Walla
Walla, and Harry de Muth, Pasco.
Span 3000 Feet Long.
The length of the bridge, includ
ing approaches, is 3000 feet. The
length of the steel work is 1408 feet.
The longest span is 432 feet from
pier to pier. One thousand tons of
steel and 6200 yards of concrete
were used in its construction. The
bridge has a clearance of 54 feet.
The celebration proper started
with the official luncheon given at
the high school auditorium on the
Pasco side, where 600 guests were
served. Then came the parade, cross
ing the bridge from the Kennewick
side and made up of numerous floats
and cars clad in many colors. Three
bands furnished music for the
marchers, the Walla Walla High
school band being given the plac?
of honor at the head of the proces
sion, with the Pasco and Kennewick
organizations following. The glee
club from Seattle also assisted In
making melody wtih its original
songs. Arriving at the stand on
Clarke street, Char'.es G. Huber pre
sented the bridge cn behalf of the
builders and John M. Crawford on
behalf of the owners. The address
ol acceptance was then del'vered by
W. J. Coyle, leutenant-governor,
after which H. O. Cooley snoke of
"The Connecting Link of the Yel
lowstone Trail."
Cost la S4S3.0OO.
The procession was then reformed
and proceeded to the bridge over
extremely high water, and at the
present time the floor is 75 feet
above the water line. The extreme
height of. the structure, from the
foundation of the midstream pier to
the top of the steel work, is 185
feet.
It was bu'lt by the Union Bridge
company of Seattle at a cost of
J485.000. On Thursday, October 5.
within a few minutes after the last
plank had been laid, Secretary T. O
Webster drove his automobile over
the new structure. With him were
Charles G. Huger, general manager
of the Union Bridge company; P. J.
O'Brien, construction superintend-
r iiu, anu captain w. f. Gray, Pasco's
"grand old man." Captain Gray's
acquaintance with the Columbia
river dates back to his barefoot days
and he has figured prominently in
many epoch-making' events in the
great river valley. In 1884 he was
pilot of the old Frederick K. Bill
ings, the Northern Pacific railway
transfer boat, when t made its first
trip across the rivor where the new
bridge now spans it.
Thousands Hear Addresses.
On the day of celebration he was
privileged to sit with many distin
guished guests and listen while
speakers told of the enterprise that
had made another of his dreams
come" true.
Lieutenant-Governor Coyle for
mally dedicated the structure by
baptizing it with pure Columbia
river water. Arriving at Kenne
wick, where many thousands more
had gathered from the counties west
of the Columbia, Representative
John W. Summers spoke on "Our
National Highways" and James Al
len gave an address on "Highway
Building." -
Four hundred attended tHe offi
cial banquet in the First Methodist
.church, which marked the close of
the exercises for the day. A. R.
Gardner,, editor of the Kennewick
Courier-Reporter, was toastmaster.
Frank Waterhouse, president of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, was
the chief Knenlror ua
"The Golden Rivet," and pleaded for
uriueo action Dy bcth .sides of the
state. He said Seattle had awakened
to the importance of state develop
ment as never before and was will
ing to do its part toward furthering
any worthy effort.
Other speakers were W. J. Coyle
O. C. Soots of Takima, J. G. Kelly
ed tor of the Walla Walla Bulletin
Fred Wolf of Newport and L,. R
Dolby of Spokane.
S. & H. green stamps for cash.
Holman Fuel Co., coal and wood.
Broadway 6363. 660-21. Adv.
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SEAHLE ROW BREWING
MORAIi EIaEMEXT IS AGAIXST
MAYOR'S ACTION".
Large Group of Citizens Dislike
Policy of Opening Down
town Dance Halls.
MAIX SPAJf OF STRUCTURE OPENED OCTOBER 21.
$2 91,152 EXPENDED IX UMA
TILLA COUXTT.
Old Oregon Trail Project Is One
of Biggest Undertakings Tet
to Be Completed.
PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) A total of $291,152.57 has
been expended in Umatilla county
from January to October for road
building, according to Lee Shannon,
county roadmaster. There is yet
to be expended $234,234.23. There
has been $65,892.10 spent from the
general roacKfund, with a total of
$54,107.90 still on hand, which
amount is for general maintenance
of bridges, county roads and other
similar road work.
One b'g project is that of the old
Oregon trail between Dead Man's
pass and Kamela, 12 miles, to be
graded and surfaced, with much of
the work already done.
For the market road fund, the tax
total, Including the state contribu
tion, was $131,879.90, and the expen
ditures to date have been $72,872.75.
Market road projects under con
struction are the Pine creek road,
east of Weston; four miles of grad
ing on East Birch creek road, south
east of Pilot Rock; 3Vi miles, of
grading and surfacing on the Bar
rett road west of Freewater; Pen-dleton-De
Spain? gulch road, 3.9
miles of grading and surfacing, and
the McKay road, west of Stanfield,
two miles of grading and surfac'ng.
Market roads completed are 4.8
m'les of grading and surfacing on
the Butter creek h'ghway, south
west of Echo; 3.5 miles of grading
and surfacing on the Echo-Stage
gulch highway, west of Echo; 2.1
miles of grading arid jsurfacing on
the East Side highway, east of Mil
ton, and 1.5 miles of grading and
surfacing on the Crockett road, east
of Freewater.
Road projects under way on bond
money are the Oregon-Washington
highway. Pilot RocK-Vinson section
of 14 miles; Pendleton-Cold Springs
highway, "16 miles of grading and
surfacing. The unexpended balance
of bond money in the county Janu
ary,. 1922, was $24S,606.90t of which
amount $128,997.76 has been ex
pended. Many special' road districts have
been created in the county to se
cure road development, and more
than $13,000 has been spent by them
this year.
Captain Bernard obtained data from
the crew of the Iskum concerning
ice conditions in the vicinity of
Wrangell island, and General Ash
ton believes the Teddy Bear', which
is out In connection with the
Stefansson Arctic expedition, is win
tering there. ',
The Iskum got into f(frt here
yesterday with a valuable cargo of
fox and polar bear skins and other
goods obtained in trading with the
natives ef northern Siberia and
Alaska.
OS
CAPTAIN BERNARD ALIVE
Master of Explorer Teddy Bear
Xot Lost With His Craft.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 28. One of
the important pieces of news
brought here by the trading schoon
er Iskum, back from five months
in Arctic waters, is that Captain
Bernard of the Teddy Bear is still
alive.
General James M. Ashton, one of
the owners of the Iskum, was on
the trading cruise with her, and
he says Captain Bernard visited
him on the Iskum late in August,
after it had been reported the cap
tain was lost wirh the Teddy Bear.
WAR BRIDE IS ACCUSED
Native of France Is Arrested on
Theft Charges.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) Arrested just as she was
about to board a steamer for France,
her native home, Mrs. Rosa Loeb,
formerly of Camp Lewis, will be re
turned to Tacoma to face charges
of theft in federal court.
The arrest of Mrs. Loeb hinges
around the alleged theft of a fur
coat valued at $1000 and $490 in
money from a Camp Lewis officer.
At firstsMrs. Loeb was arrested at
a Minnesota town on complaint of
Pierce crfunty officers, but extradi
tion was refused, it is said, and be
fore further proceedings could be in
stituted she was gone. The federal
authorities took a hand and a United
States commissioner held there was
no cause for detention. The voyage
was again resumed on October 13.
Mrs. Loeb is a war bride. Her
husband is still in France and she
was anxious to- return to her native
land.
MURDER CHARGE FACED
Farmer Moved to Boise Because
of Feeling Over Killing. .
BOISE. Idaho, Oct. 28.- (Special.)
D. L. Hoaglan, a farmer of Long
Valley, is in jail in Boise, .charged
with the murder of W. A. Patterson,
a neighbor. Cascade is in Valley
county. Patterson tnd Hoaglan had
words over cattle that the former
drove off the latter'g ranch. Hoag
lan had not been successful in farm
ing, having met with, repeated fail
ures. in his crops. He was despond
ent and did not like the way Pat
terson treated him.
Because feeling ran' high against
h!m following the killing, Hoaglan
was brought to Boise for safekeeping.
day session today. The records of
the Minute Women were deposited
yesterday in the Museum library of
the State Historical society as one
of the evidences of the part the
women of the state played during
the war. Delegates to the conven
tion assert that the Minute Women
constitute one of the few patriotic
war organizations that continues its
work in times of peace .
Vote X 99, Dan Kellaner for city
commissioner. Adv.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU,' Seattle,
Wash., Oct. 28. The seedlings of
another municipal scandal of size
are just now being nursed along in
Seattle until the time seems right
to set them out and let them bloom
and bear such fruit as they may.
This doesn't seem to be quite the
right time. Most of the men and
women of Seattle who give attention
to public affairs and politics are at
the moment more or less engaged
with the candidacies and issues of
the general election campaign, and
will be so engaged until after No
vember 7. For other men and wom
en of Seattle the present is a period
of continuing inquiry and investi-J
gation, and for the discreet dissemi
nation of facts and opinions.
Seattle's moral health is again at
stake, according to the belief of
many of those whoe constant effort
is for 100 per cent civic righteous
ness. The substance of this belief
is that the city isn't as clean as it
might be; it isn't as clean as the
i present city administration claims it
to be, and it isn't going to be any
cleaner under the policies that the
administration,- inaugurated last
June, has thus far pursued.
Mayor Brown, for many weeks at
outs with the city council majority
over questions, of city patronage
and city business, is now very much
at outs with that large and influ
ential body of citizens who are usu
ally classed together as the "moral
element." Church organizations and
women's clubs, from which the
'mayor derived a large measure of
support on the strength of his cam
paign promises last spring, have
come to look upon him with doubt.
which the mayor has done nothing
of late t relieve either by word or
act. , ...
This doubt was developed to. the
point of open expression by Mayor
Brown's attitude with reference to
the dance halls, which he permitted
to open and operate in the down
town district that used to be dis
tinguished by the word "restricted."
This section of the city is part of
Lfhe legislative district in which Mrs.
jnaua eiweeiman, a aevotea sup
porter of Mayor Brown, recently ob
tained the republican nomination
for state representative. The politi
cal Implication has been that the
dance hall privileges hinged on the
support iven Mrs. Sweetman's can
didacy. However that may be, the
opening of the dance halls appears
to have been coincidental with her
nomination. ,
SLAYER'S COUSIN LOSES
Refusal to Claim Body May Turn
$1,116 Over to State.
WALLA "WALLA, Wash., Oct. 28.
Paul Staren. Wilson Creek mur
derer, who hanged himself in his
cell at the state prison here October
14 had $1116 on deposit in Spokane
banks and this estate may revert
to the state because a cousin re
fused to claim the body, according
to prison officials today.
When no known heirs of a de
ceased person are located his estate
becomes the property of the state
and it is said that the cousin's ac
tion in refusing to claim the body
relinquished his rights; -
SYNOD TAKES 1 HCT1
presbyter'iax school bill
protest xot official.
Round Robin Resolution Signed
by Pastors Declared Killed
by Its Proponents. "
Yukon Open Season Late.
DAWSON CITY, T. T., Oct. 28.
The present is the latest open season
known on the Yukon river. The
river- has none but slush ice in it,
and the tributaries are practically
free of ice. Boats couhi run to
White Horse at this time. ' Three
large dredges working on the Yukon
expect to continue operations until
Christmas.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 28. -(Special.)
Rev. W. H. Boddy. vice-moderator
of the Presbyterylaa synod
of Oregon, eome members of which .
last summer signed a round-robin
resolution in protest asrainst tfc
compulsoury school bill, which ap
pears on the ballott at the approach
ing general election, said today thaC
the public, through various sources,
has received an erroneous impres
sion of the action of the ministers
who expressed their disapproval of
the measure. The resolution, Mr.
Boddy said, was not an action of the
synod, nor so intended. But for the
interposal of the proponents of the
resolution, however, Mr. Boddy eay,
the synod would have indorsed the
protest as an official action.
Dr. Walter Nugent, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church of
Portland, who was not present at
the meeting, is quoted as saying,
that the resolution promptly was ta
bled when it came up for action,":
said Mr. Boddy. "Dr. Nugent does
not say that it was tabled by its,
proponents, the ministers who were
sponsoring it.
"As to those who signed under a
misapprehension, it would seem that,
someone was reflecting on their in
telligence, as the resolution was
written in fairly plain English. I
have not received a copy of Dr. Nu
gent's questionnaire. As to whether.
I have changed my mind. I think
my. protests against the school,
measure, as anyone in Hood River
will confirm, have not in the least
lessened since the episode of the
signing of the resolution."
Hog Cholera Campaign On.-
PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) Active work has started in
the west end of the county to stop
the spread of hog cholera whlh is
rapidly killing much of the - prize
stock near Hermiston. H. W. Lytle,
state venterinarian, has called for
immediate vaccination of all hogs in
the affected area. Hogs of the C.
P. Adams farm, which last year took
many ribbons at the state fair,
have died, and other purebred ani
mals are fast dying. All "stockmen
of the section are active in pre
venting the spreading of t,he disease.
Minute Women Elect Officers.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 28.--Mrs.
R. C. MoCredie of Sunnyside was
elected president of the Minute
Women association of Washington
by the annual convention of the or
ganization, which finished its two-
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