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OLN COUNTY LEADE OFFICIAL PAPER LARGEST CIRCULATION COUNTY LINCOLN COUNTY VOLUME 30 LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER, TOLEDO, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1922. NO. 37 COUNTY UNIT PLAN ; If "Nv System Would Do No Mora It Will sit I A a lit lifiua IZa tut To! B A H nnnnrt m the Tax Burden and Opportun ities for Children. ' System Is Not New But Has proven Pino buccess in Many States; Many Districts Over burdened With School Taxes. I 'read in the Llnccln County Leader an article, written by reader of the paper but his name was not given, which stated that the vounty unit plan is a new fangled Jilaa. This writer' advised to keep shy aad vote NO. I wish to state, without crltc ism, that the less we know about any thing the more we are against ti. This is not a new plan. It hat boen working for the past eighteen or twen ty years ln some or all of the follow ing named states: Delaware, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary land. New Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee. Utah, Arizona, Arkansas, California,' Ceeorgia. Ohio, Mississippi South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Mon tana, Oregon and- Washington. In the f.rst ten named it Is working in the en tire state, the others have it only In some of the counties. Whore it has been tried, they hare not gone fcack 'o the older system. Tho two Iprwl'ne fMtliren of this plan ' is equal, taxation ano EQUAL OPHUKTUKITIKS f UU TUB. CHILDREN. The hiring of teachers,! the upkeep of the building and equip , nients, the levying the school tax and the business in general will be done by the board of I' ve. Of course thh umted States Senator R. M. Stan dard of five will be advised by 'ho leld and State Senator J. S. Smith Jocal boards as to the deeds' and arrjve4 jn Toledo Tuesday from New- l.n. ThM rtU if not all cases, their wishes will be 0M ntnn e.uvbM. Under the present district organiza- tions, our taxes are very unjust and unsettled. For instance, in district No. 10 known as the Stanton ist. 'he special levy last year (1921) was tnree ana iour-ieuin uih;h. mm jrow Dv W. K. Patterson, district super (1922) t will bo about ten m'.i.s. in Tlgor for the U. S. S. P. C, in order I the Waldport district No .12, l?t yew that he might personally see the abso the special levy was four mills. This late necessity for the deepening o! the' year it will be about 20 mills. I have yBqUna rjver in order that ocean I njt figured all the special levies but Ire;ghters can come here far h-ulmg j many others will bo similar. Some and unioading cargoes, the apropria-1 will be less than last year Irot yet tl0p tor tnlB project having besn und-1 ti.pv would b" too high. With the er consideration for some time. COUNTY UNIT PLAN working in the Senator Is Pleased. county the tax which would lane tne place of the special levie.s would pe ebout four mills, it should be a little io lit r in leps. and every one in the county piedgea himself to do everything in his would pay it, making the taxes for power to pass the bill for the dredging school purposes equal. ( the rive'- channel when it. comes up It has been said that, this measure for reconslderation in congress, is a pchool teachers' plan. I dont Tne Benator was the dinner guest of "know of any teachers working against the mIII men Bt which several prorain lt, but here are the names of arfew ent cltizens of Toledo were present, who are favoring it, that are not senat0r Stanfield left on noon train leacners, junge james, jav uuuu, -. M. Warren, Ira Wade, J. W. Parrish, S. W. Scovllle, Dr. Carter, Geo. Schenck, Guy Roberts, Geo. McClns liey, Tom Hawkins, Ben Jones, R. A. Arnold Ed. Stocker, L. H. Payne, M. Simpson, Carl Gilden?leeve, W. R. Tindall and others too numerous to mention. I might say, the doctors, the lawyers, the merchants, the busi ness men in general are supporting the measure. I know of a few, per haps a dozen and there may be more who say they will vote no on the Unit Plan. This should be remembered "by ev ery 'axnayer in the county. If the "Unit Plan carries there w'fll not be a specnl levy in 41ie county but all will pay the same which will be equal to ebout 4 mill levy. That is to say we ure all paving two and a half mills now and bv adding four mills more making a total of 6 12 m ils we will have money enough to run the s"hools. R. P. GOIN, County School Superintendent. MARRIED MEN PROVE EQUAL OF SINGLE MEN AT FOOTBALL The fact that a man is married does hot take away Tils fighting qualities iQo,w rtomnnatmtort Snndi. af. ternoon when a bunch of "single birds" concocked the. idea that they would like to "romp on" the poor married men ot the city in a gridiron battle at the fair grounds. The mar ried men immediately accepted the challenge and they were soon on their way to the battle grounds where after an hour of "wallering in the mud" V, ,V. tnamm amaiira itnrinf on tol tha score standing to 6, "in favor" of the married men. The members ot the teams were as foTlowB: Married men Kit iCarson, Bunny Service. Geo. Andrews, Nets Ander son, Clyde McMillan, Kenneth McCau- ley'Arthus Wiade, "Fat" Coles, Wm. ! Volk, Clarence Holverson, Larry Al- tree. Single Men Raleigh Taylor,. Owen Hart, Terrance Gather, ' Louie Bain, Geo. Freeman, Bus Graham, Clare Altree, Alee Thompilon, Chris Bred tedt, 'Buteh" Lytle, Royal Dunn. it Is rumored that "Louie" was the only star of the game and. It IB re ported, that ha admits It, w, -we "pre sume be waa. HIGH SCHOOL HAS ( NEW TEACHER IN COMMERCIAL DEPT. A. Buedahl, formerly a teacher In the la Grande high school, came here last Thursday to take charge of the or.ido high scIko! fommerciul d. partment. Mr. B-.i'Hlahl In partkul arly well qualified for his work both In experience end training. He is a graduate of the university of Chicago and has taken special work at tho DBUKUtJ-nrujnei fuDiutoo vuncjc in Portland and also at the Greeg school In Chicago. During the few days he has been here be has already won the respect and esteem of the students. o MOTHER OF MR. SHAWE DIES AT PORTLAND m-o. t.1Kv H. Shawe. mother of Victor Shawe. superlntendont 0f the Iand October 28, 1922, at the ripe a?e of 7 years. She is survived by four cnuaren, rars. iuc ib nicnaruson, mea8urei the committee Is proceeding soundness of the republican at'ltude. Mra. L. C. Logan, both of Portland; H. with plans or tho 15 year QrBgon de- That the most important reason for Bruce Shawe of Corvallis and Vic- velopment p,, 0f wnich the 1927 x- the building and maintenance of an tor Shawe of Toledo, all of whom were poslion t0 De the central feature. American merchant marine is related at her bedside when the end car-e The fir8t Btap wlu ba thB startlng to the national defense, was the first The funeral was he.d in Portland of a campaign nf publicity through esaerton of the speaker. He recalled at lo a m. Monday morning which the attractions, resources and the fact that during the Spanlsh-Amer- Mrs. Shawe visited at the home of opportunities of all sections of Oregon can war we were dependent upon for Mr. end Mrs. Shawe here this sum- ho f.pth tnB nHnniB in oil ien transports for the carryini: of our mer. Expresses Surprise at Magni- tude of Local Concern and Possibilities; Will Fight for Harbor Appropriation. port where tey were the principal Bpeakers at a meeting held at the v. l. J . I rrL uexLCii resort muuuay uvuiuuk. iuo of tne Pacific Spruce mill during their .,av i the county seat sfintnr Stanfield wan invited here to m8spect the Pacific Spruce mill Senator Stanfield expressed surprise at magnitude of the Pacific Spruno .... . . . t i j nnrnnritlnn'i nndertaklne here and to continue his speaking schedule. KfcBfcrAna MIMU uuu SENATOR IEID LIllLliinillLU IILIIL . AT SPRUCE MILL FELLOWS ENTERTAIN AT' 'toundin- Dubllc exnloitatlon that HALLOWE'EN PARTY stounamK Puw,c exploitation mat n rnni .ha8 Deen dBCioged ln the history of n , , , jj lAmerica. Tulsd8av de,eXWwhe"n the Odd Pel I The disclosure comes in the form whXhnnVei? mEe.' documenUry report by the treas - gathered in tho hall for a "Hallowe'en, Party." According to those, who had the pleasure to attend the affair was one of the most successful social events of the season. An elaborate array ot amusements appropriata with the season had been arranged for the entertainment. Dancing, eats, i .in j snnnb" .fnrto. "kept the crowd in the best of Bpirits . throughout the evening. A GOOD EXAMPLE Editorial it, till. Usiib nf h Leader at least1 to this issue ot tne reader at least ttLthe facthat it wl Be Closed lllaotat fL.if ,nnwn,nf the boys who suffered and died that the cause they went to fight for in the late -world war might be upheld. It's a good example, we hadn't thought about it ourselves, but THE LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER, will) follow suit, and be closed all day follow suit, and be closed al. AxmlRtlne dav. "Lest We Forget" "Then came an order to charge, Over we went, and at 'em. "Don't ask mo to say what a fellow thinks in a hell like that. I, for one, didn't think. I worked like a ma-! chine. The only sane thing J can ; mmnmher thinking was. 'WE MUST I STOP THEM! We must smash those gray-green walls! I guess every man; felt the same way. Then Heinle wavered, then broke, and we drove on.'' "Ifwas a tidy trimming for the Germans worth all that it cost. Stag - goring, yes hut it was the Job we had been sent to do and we qouldn't.but won out and landed n pound fall those who had sent us." Fellow clttzeirs: That 1b a brief 1 story of THEIR Job-wrltten on a memory leaf of more than a million I Yankee doughboys. , Our Job is to never forget a sacred trust a per- ...... 1 knn.M n ln,orln,n Vr.lltl wtlA .iiri iwm to make nosslble a step forward tor 'world democracy. Let Close In Honor of the Day. . STATE HAS GREAT . OPPORTUNITY TO REAP BIG HARDEST Oregon Will Reap Greatest Pros- perity in History Providing' State Votes to Let Portland Finance World Exposition. The general committee In charge of i the 1927 exposition campaign express-' Washington, OcL 29 (Special Cor es strong confidence that the paople of restondeuce-'-l am a democrat, but r r hv i lwiri-irrh Btit.lv rtf rliitt en hi nrt lino the state will cast a good majority vote November 7 lor the constitutional amendment to peimlt Portland to levy sidy," exclaimed former Senator Geo. the exposition tax in that city and thus E. Chamberlain, of Oregon, in an iid Inauguralion of a new era of develop- dress before the City Club of Washing ment for Oregon. ton a few days ago. And he support- I'ooiinir ,at-io n thnt thn vnrrilpt nf eri hla vinwH hv a. mnvinrAntz axrav of tn9 Totera wln bo fayorable for the Darts of the United States. This ad- ivertising campaign will have for Us purpose the attraction to Oregon of more tourists travel and mere nctual . settlers, farmers and investors so that , Oregon's resources now lying dormant to a large decree may be developed, The Invitation will be extended to v slt e gn flags ana employed ny me unit Oregon either before, during or after ed States government. If those auxll the exposition. arlcs had deserted the fleet abroad, it "I believe the people of Oroeon real- could not have returned home. At the izo that this state now has an oppor- beginning of our participation ln the tunity to start a well founded develop- war in Europe, we wore dependent ment movement," says Mayor Baker, upon foreign 'ships or commandeered who heads the exposition committee foreign ships for transportation of our and I believe they will do their part men and supplies. by granting Portland permission to hold the 1927 exposition. In Portland the situation looks very favorable for a big majority in favor of the exposl- tion tax measure." "If the people of Oregon are in earn- est n their desire for some general move for state development, the ex- lti0 meaBure will be carried by ' vhoimin mainritv w.ni thu because this is our one hope for the immediate lulure ' U. S. GOVERNMENT DECLARES PEOPLE 'HELD UP' III PRIDE . ... . , Mnance Committee OT Senate i Drac In to SunHaht Evidence r A , c , of Astounding Exploitation by Big City Merchants- .. . Written specially for the LEADE'K By Edward Percy Howard. not envy Great Britain her predomln The committee on finance of the ance i woria commerce. But we TTnAfl C4afaa Qannta Vin a flint AmtrtraA I ntn thB ...-Heht nM.nm nf th most "jy uiauo tuu ru . senate comml tee a report - 4 J8 detal1 the prices at which 122 productaand there are more, to come-re purchased abroad and the amazing prices at which these arae Icles are sold when they are ' deposed of to the people of America by New York and other big cl'.y store- r ! ... .,v, ,j, ,, i. Vu i .-7 "j k hhe big cit'es has reached the point; ,yona a question mat proiiiepnng in of onen scandnl. M u ... . . lne exploitation ot tne American hnllaQ , an OB t. ,,, i be bollef- ne ance at the Provides a omPlete explana- itlon for the high cost of living, which. summed up undoubtedly Is the result ;Qf flagrant and unconiclonsble dis- (Continued on page 8) vr.-. ,.ir u,. . . Mnc YOl HALL ANDS bid oALmOlM JIM alLtl Herald Hall, 11-year-old son of Dr. en Mrs. Ernest H. Hall of Toledo, is feeling rather chesty because of a little stunt be "pulled" the. other day. Herald was a member of a fishing party on the SileU last week composed of Mr .and Mrs. Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McCluskey, Mrs. F. N Hayden and Mr. Chas. Gomoke. He was quietly fishing in a 'HI hole when all at once be tried to pull in nis line and it "stuck." He thought he jhad snagged a log, but soon changed , his mind when bis line shot out into ! the stream "a mUe a minute." Young Hall wag put to the test of ' his life "Chinook" salmon. It is reported the river went down three inches when the fish left tbe water, Mr. Gomoke, a recent arrival in Toledo, was Gumrounded at the amount of fish caught and says ha milVaw ftW MTirYl ftllhlfl' 111 all hlfl Ufa. The party landed 110 speckled bean- jttas, and none ot them were under 10 'inches ln length. CKA1BERLAIN SEES NEED U. S. MARINE ays, Though a Domocrat, op- position oy nis rarty to onip Subsidy bill Is Wrong Atti tudei America Needs Own Ships. conv.nced me ti;at my party is wrong i ,ls opposition to a shipping sub facts and arguments that show the men and supplies across the Pacific, and also asserted that when President Roosevelt sent the American fleet around the world, the battleships could not have gone even as far as Honolulu without the aid of colliers and supply ships operated under for- Discussing the subject from the standpoint oi imancea senator Chamberlain said that in the last 100 years we have expended only & billion 'dollars on the improvement of rivers and harbors p-s aids to our commerce, while ln the same time we have paid foreign shins twenty eight billion dol- lars to carry our foreign com vnt "there are some neoDle wr to carry our lareign commerce, yet "there are some people who w.ll condemn congress for extravagance in river and harbor appropriations." His exposure of the greater expenditures of American money for - the- epport of foreign ships was greeted with hearty applause. As another means or illustrating tne unsoundness of employing foreign ships to carry our goods, he said that in the past seven years we have palo out $8,000,000,000 for the carrying of our foreign commerce a um nearly equal to the debts fore.gn countries owe us, I Senator Chamberlain expressed the kindliest feeling toward the British 'nonnin nnd said that the test of blood ,,,onahiD oueM to make Impossible any war between them and the peo- - - - . - pie of the Ulnted States, but this is on wn we ghould hesitate to 'adopt plans that will insure the carry- I ine of the major portion of American 'commerce in American ships. "We do inot aspire to carry the major portion !of the commerce of the world. We do .VinnM asnlra trv onrrv A TTI A InT Tor- tion of that part of world commerce ,that ,l0WB ln Rnd out onr ow" Tha wfl are ,n no danger of iapproachlng Great Britain's position in world commerce he indicated by saying that our effective merchant 'ahips have a .-cwrymg capacly only about 22 per cent of that of the ships that sail under the Brltisn nag. Statistics were presented showing the lower cost of operating ships und er German, Japanese and other for eign flags, and the assertion was made that unless the United States is willing to retire entirely from the seas and leave the carrying of hor goods to her competitors, this coun try muBt either go down to the foreign standard of wages and living or must thn nolir.v of aid in u our shipping by some sort of subsidy. Ho insisted Itnat tne policy oi pruiounuu wium ! i i 1 : J . n. Inrii.afiHan hub un upp" 'aericulture. manufacturing, etc., muat also be extended to the merchant ma- rine, which he averted Is one ot the Imost important of all. WANTED 100 MEN Nov. 6th, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ot Toledo Methodist Epscopal church to give $1.00 each on repairing cliurch and parsonage. Admission free, $1 to get out. We are spondlng $500 on repairing will you help $1.00 worth? The fine spirit In which the business men and friends ot the church have subscribed makes it pos sible to do the work, yet we need $100 to finish, this gives you a chance to contribute if you have not been solicited. The basement Is to be fitted np for Sunday school purposes. Let the narent of children attending send or bring $1.00 to make a suitable place tor to hold the Sunday school. Church and parsonage are dretsea up ii' a new coat of paint, new foun dation under church and repairs in general, that improves wonderfully. Lets all pull together to promote good citizenship and give our children the best chance possible. J. D. CAIN, rif.;-- Pastor. Dr. F. W. Kellogg, Byo Bpedalht, ;wUl be at the Lincoln room Novera- Iber 8. J, and 4. WILLAMETTE COLLEGE ! REPRESENTATIVE HERE j ON BUSINESS MISSION Clarence D. Smith, representing the Willamette University at Salem, Ore., is in Toledo this week seeking pledg- ! es for support In the University's I forward movement to raise $1,250,000 In Its constituent territory. A mil i lion dollars of this money is for the I endowment; fifty thousand or more for a new gymnasium; two hundred thousand for expenses and other obli-j cation. The movement has been rcuthorlzod by tho uosir or trustees of Willamette University, by the Ore gon Conference and approved by the Laymen's association of the Oregon I j Conference. All pledges for this j forward movement are on a 6 year i basis. TOLEDO MAKING RAPID STRIDES IN POPULATION Toledo in the year 1920 only had during the present administration a little better than 700 people living than she has received before in 20 within its border, according to the years" stated Senator R. M. Stanfield government scensus taken during that fit a meetng held in Newport Monday year. Today, according to a scensus evening. "Your Republican represen Just completed by tlie Toledo Cham- tatives, aided by the cooperation of ber of Commerce, we are boasting a our Republican state government, has population of better than 16B0 peoplo. been enabled to secure rocommenda Some gain in less than two years. tious for appropriations of $5,000,000 Tho local chamber made the recent 'or rivers and harbors, $7,000,000 for survey for use by the State Chamber roads and highways, $6,600,000 for of Commerce, according to Peter agricultural loans and $250,000 for the Frederick, secretary of the local or- ganiEaton. VOTERS WILL STOP BY ;is in order' now to gain great thiugs for Oregon Let's keep it so." Most Interesting Campaign in ' Senator Stanfield spoke at length n Li! IT iai"ii on the achievements of the national Oregon S History Will Come administration and ended hTs address to End When People Exer- with un appeal to the voters of the cise Right of Suffrage. state to keep Ben Olcott in office, "the man who he a given Oregon the .,,,., , . . best business administration In the The political fight in Oregon which history ot the state." is now raging at its fullert capacity , Senator Smith Speaks, will come to on end Tuesday, Nov- state Senator j. s. Smith of Coos ember 7, when the poople of the state C0Unty followed Senator Stanfield mi cast their ballots at the respective ti,e platform and confined his re polilng places. marks to the defense of Governor Mr. Oclott Beems to be tho favor- olcott He In this locality for governor and , am not here thig evening for It is predicted at the capital that the purpose of making a political he will be elected by a largo majority Bpeech " Senator Smith stated, "but I oyZL Walter Pierce of LaGrande. am hera merely to defend a friend The fight oyer the Compulsory Pub- asainBt some of the outrageous mis llc school bill Is also a hot one, the statements that have been made, t proponents of the bill claiming that am not making a fight for tho Catholc the public school Is the "melting pot" church because, in fact, I am an 'old of American democracy while its op- jme' Presbyterian. It has been charg ponents claim that the Btato has no ed that Governor Olcott Is a Catholic right to take away from parents the alld umt thfi greater portion of his freedom of sending their children to appointments are Catholic men and private or public schools. The law wome wUeni the truth of the matter if passed will compel all children to lB tnnt he has made only nine Catholic ailond ?ob lc Bcnoola frora tne Bea appointments during his term of of of 8 to 18 years. flee. The Catholics represent 15 per Electing a sheriff end the adoption Cent of the population ot the state of of the county unit plan are the only Oregon and their proportionate share county issues that are causing much of appointments, according to the num discussion In Lincoln county, but it is ber aiade by the governor, would have expected that those favoring the new Deen 46. The statement tliKt Mr. 01 school system are in the majority. M. cott S a Catholic is another 'line of omipsuu bhbiiih io u me iavorne lor the office of sheriff but the support ers of G. H. Horsfall for the same of fice seem to think thore Is little doubt of his election. The polls will be open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. 'TT ELECTION. Little Interest Beems to bo taken by 0f gaining votes" the voters in the city election, only. pierce Reduces Taxes Upwards, one ticket being in the field. R. S. Senator Smith pointed to Mr. 01 Vancleve is the candidnte for mayor. coU-B ions record as a state official. Tom Hawkins says he will hot serve -He knows how to run the state gov if elected. His name is on the ticket ernment in a thoroughly businesslike for the council. The voting place is manner; while Pierce 'thinks' he at tlle city hall. knows. Can the people of Oregon nf- 0 ford to take a chance with him?" The PHONE RATES ARE 'senator pointed to Perce's record PUT rv rniMMIQCiriM while a member of the state senate UUI ot lUM MISSION wnere .., not on8 instance was he j , .-,, ,,, ,, 'responsible for an attempt to relieve hnnSnJ S- IS1 ? ,a n.IuJ H the taxpayers of their heavy burden, handed down by the state public ser- ,j k , b f , boca,IBe i w vice commission Monday afternoon,' member of the senate at the time, telephone rates throughout Oregon ,.". '.'"' . u.. .. "I!.:?-dU.C,e1 !.t0. 2i.prr fi.?ed to ltow the taxpayer was to fe- such period as shall be found neces - Dttmf In, iha pnmmleilnn t nKtnln In. I formation by a thorough investiga tion, on which to base a permanent ra teschedule on all classes of serv ice furnished by the Paclfc Tele phone and Telegraph company. The temporary order was signed by Newton McCoy, chairman, and T. M. Kerrigan, commissioner. The third member of tho regulatory body, H. H. Corey, wrote a dlssen- ing opinion ln which he refused to dignify these remarks (of the other wo commissioners) by calling . the same an order." The new rate schedule has been ordered to bocome effective from and after December 1, 1922. BLIND WAR VETERANS TO HOLD CONVENTION Special excursion fares from sta tions In Arizona California, Nevada, I New Mexico, Oregon and Utah to Baltimore for the benefit of delegates attending the convention of the United States Blind veterans of world war, to be held at Baltimore November 6 to 11, have been arranged by the South ern Pacific Company. of the organisation, dependent mem.mMiP o j tnr i b mn nizaron bers of their families and attendants. represent both shippers and car Ticket, will be en s4e November 1 to 5,b.SSS . with return limit Nov. 29th. , lould be ot great benefit in solving , - transportation, problems. URGES VOTERS TO 'KEEP HOUSE CLEAN' Says Re-election of Ben Olcott 0ver piBrrA i, vit,, Mnr-,.c;tu in Developing Oregon Indus tries. S. Smith Says the Only Way Pierce Knows to Reduce Tax es Is to Reduce Them Up wards; Points to Record. "Oregon has received more approp riations from the national government naval base at Tongue Pomt. In addl- tion to this Oregon was enabled to re ceive recommended appropriations for new Irrigation projects, being the only state in the entire unicn favored in this manner. Out8''0 of many other appropriations one that is of speclul interest to vou of Lincoln countv la I the fact that we have secured the re I commendation for the expenditure of $400,000 on the Yaqulna bay to com plete the project ot making this one of the finest harbors on the Pacific coast," be stated further. "Our 'house political bunk' being used by his enemies in an attempt to gain votes for Walter Pierce. "Mr. Olcott's apponents have scour ed the records in an attempt to find some flaw in his administration but without avail and in their frantic ef forts to oust him from office are us- 'tntr thn mpntlnnAtf tapHrAH In bnnea ;uul - 0 . THOUSANDS TO ATTEND PORTLAND EXPOSITION Approximately 150,000 persons are expected to attend the Pacific Inter national Livestock Expositon to he held at Portland, November 4 to 11, acrnrillnir tn announcement made bv Thn -M Snntt. General Pnssencer Amnt for the Southern Pacific Com at Portland i i,iv(tnrk breeder from the entire Pacific Coast, including points as far I nnrth an Britlah Columbia, have ar- ranged for entries at the chow and more than $76,000 will be awarded in Prizes Reduced railroad fares to the exposi tion have been granted by the South ern Pacific Company from all points on its lines ln Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. WESTERN RAILROAD MAN DIRECTOR TRAFFIC CLUB W. C. Fitch, freight claim agent for the Southern Pacific Company, has been elected a director of the Associ ated Traffic Club of America. The