" vm X."nQ. 45 PORTLAND OREGON, SUNDAY MOANING,- FEBRUARY 15, 1914. ! " - ' PRICEVFIVE CENTS' lL- . : ! '. : '. . ! '' - " - , , . , ..- .,,,..,,..,,., . STATE WIY SELF RESPECT IRRIGATION POPULAR DEATH CLAIMS SEN. AUGUSTUS 0. BACON 1 1 IS WHAT 1 WANT, SEEN IN BRITISH FOR TOLLS GORE'S 1 : : T . .... I : : - -A ACT a fl all. hflftlltfrt-iniltlsTW n 1 ULltK UK N U Vt . - i i , I . I I I II II II II I, nil 1 1 11 II II 1 1 II all II lln IIU11 I I i 1111 II. . I I I I IJ I R H II CU Hit 1 STAND ANSWER If Her-Merchant Ships Have Same Standing as Ours, Then Her Warships Are Al so Entitled to Same Terms. TEAL BELIEVES ACTION FOR REPEAL UNLIKELY He Predicts Completion 1 of North Jetty Work Inside of Three Years. (Washing-ton Bureau of The Journal.) Washington, Feb. 14. After a care ful survey of the situation here. J. N. Teal of Portland Is convinced there la no Immediate likelihood of a Panama tolls repealing' bill passing; congress. "From my observation and what I bare learned," said he, "I doubt very much IX this question in going to be pressed very strongly in the Immediate future. As a matter of fact I think publlo opinion is growing stronger against it all the time. It is perfectly manifest that it Is not the question of domestic tolls on American ships that Is controlling Great Britain's',, action because they are not affected by it in any way. Therefore It Is gradually dawning upon the American people that Great Britain is actuated by some other motive than simply tolls some stronger motive even than railroad in fluence, as it is apparent that neither domestic tolls nor railroad Influence controls Great Britain, then it must be something of a very vital nature which may affect the use of the canal by this country In a far more potent way than by tolls. Sights of War Vessels. 'In other words if tliey are able to secure a construction by our congress that the treaty gives them exactly the same rights as it does us on vohsels of commerce, jhere being no distinction hi the treaty between nel of war and commerce, both of which are mentioned In the same vnti-nce and in the same way, it is apparent they will claim at once that their vebsvitj of war have like rights with- our own. Once it Is admitted ihat thtlr .construction othe treaty is comet, there is Mo'.llmlt to the de mand that would be fnade and that we WjyiM ave to admit: It Is this feel 'ftig of oncaled motive that the people nnve mat is beginQing to have its effect tin congress." - keet On Dredge Matter. Keifardins- the final meeting which Messrs. Teal and A. II. Averill had (oday with the army engineers in ref erence to a new dredge for the Col umbia bat. Mr. Teal said: "The meeting was entirely satls factory. The-nglneers again affirmed their position as not being opposed to dredging. "Am opinion seems to have gained ground, based upon a statement made y," , " J, Y f, , J if:; v;l a mm WW I III mm fc.J' "V i' I I Blind Senator, Sued by Wo man in Damage Suit, Brings Out His Replies to Alleged Compromise Offers PUBLIC SENTIMENT IS STRONGLY FOR SENATOR Answered Mrs. Bond: "Mil- Irons for Defense, Not One Cent for Tribute." Photograph copyright by International News Service. The late Senator Bacon of Georgia. CITIZENS GIVE VIEWS ON THE SELECTION 0F: THE AUDITORIUM SITE Opinions Differ as Between East and West Side and Referendum-Plan. ' DEATH OF SENATOR IS LOSS' TO BACON NATIONAL COUNCILS Concluded em I'ge fire. Column Four) Late Georgia, Solon JWas. Au thority on Foreign Affairs; President Voices Eulogy. ALL BUT 11 BANKS JOIN Washington, Feb. 14. Oregon had 81 national banks at the clojte of busi ness today and 73 applications to Join the federal reserve association have been received. Next Saturday will be the final day for filing applications. Following reports which were cir culated yesterday that the referendum would be invoked should the clly coun cil pass an ordinance placing the audi torium on the east side, a number of prominent ! east and west side resi dents last night expressed their views in regard to the site and the proposal referendum. The council Friday, ry the vote of Mayor Albee and Commis sioners Daly and Bigelow, decided that the auditorium should be placed come where between Oregon street and Broadway near Union avenue. Many of the east side and west sido residents Interviewed are decidedly op posed to the east side site, especially where proposed, although a few busi- about him fjlt assumed that his con- B.v rhp Interna Honul JJetr Service.) Washington! Feb. 14. United States Senator Augustus Bacon, of Georgia, died today after a brief illness with kidney trouble. The announcement of Senator Bacon's death! was made In the senate at 2:45 o'clock, during the executive session, by .Senator Overman. The sen ate promptly adjourned on receipt of Senator Bajcon had been confined to the hospital about two weeks. During that time hej had continually shown a high temperature until yesterday, when it dropped to normal. This was taken as a favorable sign and today those (TVv (hp Intiriititlonnl News SwtIc.) Oklahoma City, Okla.. Feb. 14. Six hundred persons, all that could get in the room which is the scene of the Gore-Bond trial, applauded with hands and feet at every bit of testimony given today, which favored the blind senator, in defending the suit for $50,000, brought against him by Mrs Minnie E. Bond. Convinced by the undisputed evl dence brought out by the defense that faenator Gore is a victim or a con splracy the people of Oklahoma City have undergone a great revulsion of feeling over the matter. But few were seen tonight who did not be lieve Gore would come out victorious In the trial of the suit. Rumors that criminal charges of conspiracy would follow on the heels of the suit, wen the -rounds. It is understood if any action is taken Senator Gore him. self would be the prime mover. Contest Over Telegram. From 3:30 o'clock this afternoon until court adjourned at 5:30 o'clock a bitter debate as to the admission of certain letters and telegrams, sent by Gore, in answer to offers of com promise in the case, was staged be tween the opposing counsel. W. M. Bonner, vice president of the State National bank of this city, testified he had made overtures to Gore the instance of persons on the other side of the case. When instructed to read Senator Gore's replies to these overtures, Morton Rutherford of counsel for Mrs. Bood objected vigorously. "These answers should go down in history," A. C. ' Cruce of counsel for Senator Gore Baid. "They are re markable documents and show the spirit of the man. They are the key note of the -whole Incident, showing Gore's beliefs and convictions In the whole case." letters' Substance Given. After an hour's debate. Judge Clark permitted Bonner to tell the substance of the messages without reading the actual telegrams. Bonner testified that Kirby Flta- patrick, state title attorney in the land office, had come to him with this proposition: "If Senator Gore will appoint Thad- deu Robertson, first assistant United States attorney for the western dis trict, he, and I will see that our It ft' lllL f llljl? -T7'i1flfA''M 'ill M Important Legislation Passed and AdvancedT Position Is Taken, by Delegates for Aid of Settlers on Lands. THOMSON, OF STAN FIELD, is elected President Governor West; Scores Three Members of the Desert Land Board. OREGON SHIPPERS TO BENEFIT BY EXPRESS !E CHAR REDUCTIONS ness men oi me east side who ex pressed themselves, are in favor of the site near Holaday Park. . Mayor Albee- and Commissioners (Concluded on Page Six. Column One) TODAY'S SUNDAY JOURNAL Consists of SECTION ONE TWELVE PAGES. 1. 2. 6. nry of Panama Tolla Situation. Toatlmony Varum Senator Uore. Orfon Irrlsatton Conor? I. Ended. Hronlnr Baoon of Oeorgla Dtea. I'nblle Oiiinlon on Proposed Auditorium Kit. Zapatiataa Enter Mexico C'ltJ. Wllwin L'nten Moderate Appropriation. Attocner Garland Held for Trial. Rnwtlutiona Enacted at Irrigation Con-m-eaa. Conatmction Irrigation Policy Followed. New I. E. & E. Service Announced. Hcljoola to Build position Furniture, sixteenth Annlrersory of Maine's Oe atriirtluii. "Salmon Day" to Be Celebrated Worch 1.1. Increnae Shown in Tat CllectioHg. 7. 9. 10-11. 12. Human Ronrbud Parade Planned. KHBtern states storm Swept. r?.?i. Kx-Policeuian Charged with Burglary.-' New Portland Playhouse Planned. i Winning Lincoln Kssavs. '! Public Pelender Plan. Successful. Proposed Uallrood " 1'nmerger Con demned. Vancouver Avenue Ured as Bridge Ap proach. Astoria to Be Oreat Seaport. Tennis Finals at Coronado. Newa of the Pacific Northwest. Chamberlain Would ITnbottle Alaska. j dition had grown no worse. immediate cause of Senator Bacotfs death is believed to have been acuteTpyolitis. The inflamation of the Kianeys was lrst revealed by an X-ray. Dauffttter Was With Him. Mrs. W. B. Sparks of Macon, Georgia. daughter of-Senator Bacon, was at the Bedside wnen the end came. John T, tsoireutelletej also of Macon private secretary to the senator, -was in the room wita',khe attending physicians and a nurse. I Senator Bacon was con scious untilthe last . After, conferring with members of Senator Bacon's family the senate de cided upon a public funeral in the chamber of "the senate. iThis.will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. It will be attended by the house of representatives, the president of the United States, the members of his (Concluded co Page Six,- Column Four) Companies-j Rate Matters Will Be Treated as One Con cern After Readjustment. (Concluded on Page Seven, Column Five) SECTION TWO EIGHT PAGES: ag.. 1. a. s. 4. 6. -P af . J. D. W. Campbell'i Interesting Career. Eaalty and Building New of ' the Waek. Summary of IMS Timber Cut. Editorial. City Mew in Brief. Plana for Child Welfare Week. Page. 6. Market and Financial Newa. New Municipal Emergency Hospital. Beattle Sews Letter. . " Jackson County's Highway Plans. Good Roads Progress. Lopez Is Located in Hills at Billings Kan Answa: rested in g His Description Ar. cntana, Escaped and Is Governor Declares Child Welfare Day Tuesday, February 17, Set Aside to Further the Cause of Education and Training Throughout State. Salem, Or., Feb. 14. Governor "Wes.t issued a proclamation tonight naming Tuesday as Child Welfare Day. His proclamation says: 1 "The success "of a nation's achieve ments, as well as the Individual hap piness and welfare of its citizens, is Jeopardized or assured according to the training and instruction given the chil dren. "Inasmuch as future prosperity de pends so largely upon the foundation now being prepared upon the educa tion given the boys and girls and the influences which surround their child hood the National Congress of Moth ers has asked that Tuesday, February 17, 1914, be set aside as a day for national observance that the import ance of this matter may be more im pressively called to the attention of those whose example and, teachings today are exerting so potent' an ln- j f luence upon, -the coming generation. J "Now, therefore, in view of the fore- authority in me vested, I Oswald West, governor, do hereby set apart and proclaim Tuesday, February 17th, as Child Welfare Day." SECTION THREE TWELVE PAGES. Nw from the McCrcdie 'inop. Frank Purcell Relates Ueintnlacences. Joluieon Believe item - Tricked. Mrs. Constance Meyer IitHciiases Swim ming. Oregon Trap Hhnoter Make Record. Hummer BaRebitU Subject of Contro versy. Wolff nesla-na Bt for Title. or the Chemi Plater. Coacbes Divided on New Football Rule. Page. I 4. 6-11. 12. i'ltzsimmona Would Come Back. Tommy Burns' Career. Bv Ripley. Triple Murder of Japanese Investigated Ir. Mary A. Thompson Celebrates 88tK Mirmnsy. Warblngton Newa Letter. ConfegHlons of a Mexican Filibuster. Clasalfted Advertisements. Marine Newa. ' Page. 1. I. S. SECTION FOUR EIGHT PAGES. Page. How at largeHeavily Armed. Billings, ajioht., Feb. 14. Ralph Lo pez, the Mexican bandit who killed six men before taking refuge in the Bing ham, mine, "Utah, and whose subsequent escape has baffled a continent, is be lieved by officers of two states tonight to be hioing in tne hills near Billings. Heavily armed, a man tallying exactly I to the description or Lopez, was arrest ed late Friday night at Lovell, ' Wyo. He escaped, and started north toward Billings. Wilson and Bryan Gridiron Absentees week's Appointment a Possibility. Theatrical News and Gosip. Hews of he Movies. Sailors Tlnd Welcome in This Port. Automobile Hews of the Week. 5, 6. 7. 8. Ideal Bead Conditions Discussed. Illustrated Newa Review. ' Mews from F ore iga Capitals. Happenings in Portland Schools. Page. 1. Heed College Hews. t-14. The Week ia Society. S. Ia the World of Music, 0. 1 Hews of Women's Clubs. SECTION FIVE EIGHT PAGES. Page. Social Service 'Activities. 7. Parent-Teacher Association Kews, I. San Francisco Kews Letter. Newt from ' University and College. SECTION SIX (MAGAZINE) TEN PAGES. Psge. 1. " ' 4. Oa the Xalama rivet Photograph by Weister. X little bit of everything from al. moat eveiywhere. Puama-Paoifio Exposition. "My Narrowest Ssoape from Death." Plana to relieve a city's unemployed. The Diplomat of Democracy. By Col. George Harvey. Bow Pendleton Capitalisea the Mel. drama. Page: 7. S. . 19. Blue Monday Through Rose - O lasses. By I. Bay Balderatoa. Menus and Beeipea for a Week, Hygiene the Watchword of the Cen tury. By Mrs. Henry Symea. Answers to Beauty Queries. Advice oa Social Customs. . .Gowns of Corded Silk Serge. For the Industrious Needlewomen. By Aaeiaiae syra. Ophelia. By Louise CI osier Hale. Wilson's Illness Nothing But a Cold Dr. Caray Orayson Coxae Out Emphat ically to Say Tbat the President Will Be at Hi1 Office Tommorrow. Washingtkn, Feb. 14.- Uneasiness in official circles that President Wilson's illness; was ) more serious than at first supposed was responsible for a state ment today! by Dr. Carey Grayson, the president's '(physician, that he would be able to return to his work on Mon day.- "The report suffering from anything cold." said SECTION SEVEN (COMIC) FOUR PAGES. without will be at that the president is Dr. Grayson. foundation. his - desk but a bad 'is utterly 'The president Monday unless some unforeseen setback occurs.' Fresldent Was HI, Secretary of State In Vtevr York So Carefully Pre pared Boasts Xiose Their Point. Washington. D. C. . Feb. 14. With quip and jest the Gridiron club cele brated its mid-winter dinner tonight, as usual the banqueters poking fun at public men and national issues and rubbing the fur of pets the wrong way more or less- Many of their most potent jests, however, lost flavor through the absence of President Wil son and Secretary of State Bryan. Both of these dignataries had accepted-invitations only to find that they could not attend at the last minute. The president is ill at the White House and Mr. Bryan pleaded that his wife had booked him up for other social engagements. At least in ' the case of Mr. Bryan that was unfortunate, for the Grid-ironers-. had : induced former chief chemist Harvey W. Wiley to make an improvised chemical analysis of beer and grape juice ' to prove beyond a doubt that grape juice was loaded for ba-r with alcohol. An innovation was inaugurated in the shape Of a modern cabaret, the actors being supplied by club mem bers. - . Salem, Oi., Feb. 14. Sweeping re ductions In express charges In the state , of Oregon will 'be effected by the state railroad commission as a result of the recent extended con ference with the express companies in Portland. In addition to the modification of the minimum charge from the inter state' rates fixed by the interstate (commerce commission, which has been j gained by the western states gener ally, uregon nas ooiainea a runner modification and adjustment - of rates to meet local commercial conditions, particularly the rates affecting ship ments between Portland and other cities of. the state. One important result will be that all express companies operating In Oregon will be treated in rate matters as one express company, so there will be a through rate hereafter between any two points' in the state, without regard to the number of lines that handle the package. It Is hoped" that the lowered rates may be put in effect on March 1. Is Second Seduction. This is the second time the Oregon commission has taken a whack at ex press rates, for in 1909, as the result of investigation into conditions at that itime, large reduction was made from the rates then in force. That was before the interstate commission had taken up the subject, and now that ' the interstate body has waded into the stream, the Oregon commis sioners have gone a little deeper. through the adjustments made at the recent conference. These adjustments will ; harmonize with the interstate rates, but will at the same time work decidedly to the advantage of Oregon shippers. There is greater reduction between Portland and other western Oregon points and the eastern par. of the state, for instance, than there is be tween points north and south. One reason is the greater distance for operation, another is that in the block system laid out by the interstate rcommerce commission ror the entire country, the blocks in thls latitude are longer north and south than, east and west. One of the Important things accom plished at the recent conference was the adjustment of the basing points for the various blocks to the respect ive commercial centers, so far as prac tical. The interstate commerce com mission :has ordinarily taken geo graphical centers as the basing point for the rates. This resulted In an absurd situation in the block which included Portland. The blocks do not take state lines into account, and the basing point selected for the Portland block is understood to have been ,Yacolt, Wash., as that was near the geographical center of the block. Portland Becomes Base. Through the showing made by the Oregon commission Portland now be comes the basing point for this block for the rates in Oregon. Several other modifications have been secured in the matter of rate basing points, one of the roost important, aside from Port land, being the substitution of Elgin for Enterprise In what is known as block No. 408. Tailing two extreme points in the state, here is an illustration of the benefit - derived from considering all express lines as one, in connection wtthl the lower rates to be put into effect: At present the rate from Ashland to Biggest Real Estate Deal in Months Made SCilton Jones Property on 4th St., Hear Korrlaon Sold to Win. Baid for Con sideration Said to Be About $300,000. William Reld. president of the Na tional Cold Storage & Ice Co., yester day purchased the Milton Jones four story building on the west side of i" our tli-e tree U -60 feet north of Morri son; While both parties to the transac tion declined to name the exact consid eration, it is known that the property cost Reld close to $200,000. The lot is 60x100 feet, and the building is a reenforced concrete structure, built three years ago by Jones and especially equipped for market . purposes. Fred W. Graves, music dealer, has a 10 year lease on the building at a rental that nets a little more than six per. cent on the Investment. The Jones market is to occupy the building, at the southeast BROADER MARKET IS DECLARED NEED FOR FftUIT OF NORTHWEST Expectation of New League Production Be Over 50,000 Carloads by 1920,-v ' e , - e Officers Elected By Congress.. e freslcerrt Asa . B. Thommn of Echo-Stanfleld. Umatilla e county. ' i - e Secretary Fred-W. Wallace e of Iaidlaw. Crook" county. First Vice President :J. W. e Brewer, of Redmond. ' Crook county. Second Vice Presfdent J. R. e Blackaby, Ontario, Malheur - county. e Third Vic "President W. e Lair Thompson, Lavevlew, Iako county. t Kxecutive co(Mnittee to be appointed by tlvei. president: e Executive Committee. e Frank Sloan. Chairman, Stan- e field; C. W. Mallctt, Ontario; e- W. F. Kln&j Prineville. e William Hanley. Burns; C. C. e Chapman. Portland; Guy -Rice, e Lkeview; W. R. fWalpole, Irrl- e gon. . . -1 i Legislative Committee. J. T. Hlnkl$. Cittrman, Her- e miFton; Abel Ady, KlarnAtti Falls; Walter F, Burrell, Port- e land; Vernon A. F orbes. Bend, ' M. J, Lee, Canby. k e That fruit , of the northwest must have a wider market range to care for the enormous crops to be expected in the next five years is the contention of the new Fruit Producers' Transpor tation league, which has Just per fected an organization under the joint corner or Fourth and auspices or the .Portland t namoer or Alder streets, under a lease for a term of years. vThe sale was an all cash transaction, and it is the largest deal reported in Portland business property in many months. Mr. Reid recently sold two blocks of east side river frontage to the dock commission for which he was paid $350,000. Guggenheim Favors Federal Ownership Head of Smelter Trust Says Govern ment Should Operate Kailroada, Tele phone and Telegraph X.lnes. New York, Feb. 14. Daniel Guggen heim in an exclusive Interview given the International News Service today declared the United States government could successfully operate the rail roads, telephones and telegraphs. Mr. Guggenheim is "president of the American Smelting & Refining compa ny, American Smelters' Security com pany, Guggenheim Exploration compa ny, Yukou Gold company and a direc tor in several other large enterprises. "Judging from the apparent succe.s the government has attained with the parcel post," said Mr. Guggenheim, 'T believe our government will succeed In doing things in wnich foreign gov ernments have failed. "Ten years ago I did not believe the United States government could suc ceed In running the rallroadsv tele phones and telegraphs. I felt tlftU the American people could do it better than the government. Realizing that the domestic market not already touched by the product of the northwest, Tis fairly well cared for or else too far away to be reached economically by rail, the league is turning its first attention to the pos sibility of marketing fruits abroad. Something like 20,000 carloads f fruit may be expected to be harrested in the three states of Oregon, Wash ington and I1 alio this year. By 192-). when enormous acreages of orchards ' now planted but not yet in full bear ing, come into full production, it is estimated that the yield mill aggre gate CO. 000 to 80.000. carloads. Figures Beach X.arge Proportions. To appreciate this enormous pro duction, figures already compiled by the league show that 10,000 carloada would require 0 ships, each holding 3000 tonaof fruit. "-If we can bring this 10.000 car loads of fruit through Portland, it would mean that these f0 ships would have to come Into the Columbia river to be loaded aiid font through the Panama canal to the Atlantic sea board." said a member of the Joint committee last night. "If the big European steamships, of the type soon due in this city, have 1000 tons of refrigeration space each, as the first of the Royal Mail liners will have In the Cardiganshire, and .If Portland could draw to the coast 10,000 car loads of fruit, we could load th re frigeration space Of 150 of these vch rels." The league has data to snow th.it 386.000 acres of land .are planted to apple orchards in the Cliree northwest ftates and that -the total acreage 0, al'. kinds of fruits is 500,000. It is "The Oregon Irrigation congress closed Its most successful, yet most stormy, session last night. It took advanced! jpoHlt ion on the) question of state and: federal coopera tion In reclamation. It lookel at irri gation entirely fromj,he view Of the ectual settler and heartily condemned the .speculator who -lias handicapped reclamation. It passed Important leg- -IblaUve recommendations In the form of resolutions, yet . Jtr permitted per sonalities to enter Into Its delibera tions for the first t(me. GoYemor West fe.lt forced-at the morning session toj call attention O the reason the desert land board, of which he is a member by virtue of bis office, bad not taken the position v he thought It should In the matter of Joint federal iand slate effort tn reclamation. lie mentioned by name, as subject of crltlclnm.: Tom Kay, state treasurer. State En gineer John H. Lewis and Attorney General. A. M, Crawford. Crawford was not present. Lewis and Kay were. Lewis essayed a repiV at -tb morning . sesKion. Kay made appearance at the afternoon session, after William Han- ley r.aa pieacnvi ipat.itne congress con centrate Its effoftsjln behalf of the settler on irrigated lands, . -. Personalities. Creep In. "I want to, refer bfclefly to thecrlti rlsm of me ly the (ijtvernor." he said. "I am known as a Successful wooleu manufacturer, even jif. as he ay. 1 know nothing about';reclainctton. But if he has ever made'a success of any thing I do not know what It Is. At this point he was interrupted by Pres ident Thomson and; asked to refrain from personalities,: then he comludedi' "If I were permitted I could tell some things that have happened bef ore -this that would slazle with the tell ing ' ' Kay told how t manager of the Deschutes I-and company, attacked by the governor, had bien exonerated in the courts. ." 3." "I know all that 'Mr. Iay aays Is true," sald-J. H. Nolta rrom the auai--. ence. J.'K. Mqrson, head Of the Deschutes Land company, u invited to. the floor by the president. He also. made j.eiMonai attack against the governor and wac interrupted -by the" chair. "I will leave it to' the audience whether I am allowed 'to speak or not," he stormed. "If 1 am allowed to ftpht ytu will f'.nd I have sharp flaws rnd rtrorig sinews. The trouble, wu tiat wh-n the governor put R raddle on tne, and tried to ride me, I. bucked. H- couldn't rnle roe. 1 have been exonerated." J. S. IJ. Oerking, veteran or recla mation, whose Impassioned pla for the settlers on the Columbia Southern proj- 'Atv former lreiudice w hauH r,rt mv consulting of what had been don- computed that only about 15 per cent abroad, but I have been converted ani ! of this acreage Is . now in full bear- It is evident to me now that "our cov-r ing hd that not more than V per ernment will succeed In operating the railroads, telephones, telegraphs or parcel post to an extent that I never thought possible." Umatilla Town in Grip of Smallpox i Public Meetings Prohibited, Churches, Schools and Stores Are Closed Be- j cause of Eiacaae at Holdman, Sie-iiil to TTie Jonrnal.t ' Pendleton. Or., Feb. 14. The little town of Holdman, Umatilla county, and the vicinity is in rigid quarantine, established by Dr. 15. J. McFaul, county health officer, in an endeavor to. rtop the spread of smallpox, an epidemic of which has reached alarming propor tions. The Holdman schools and those in two adjourning districts have been closed, a ban bas been placed on dances, church meetings and other pub lic gatherings, and even the stores are closed. Every mail is fumigated be-' fore being delivered or sent out. The disease gained headway through schools and dances, and there are sv eral families there in which as many "as five members are sick. ((Vnx-liMleft on I'agei Four. Column Six) cent even in partial bearing. Within the next six years, all this enormous acreage will be In full production. Steps Unit Be Taken Wow. . To take care , of this, fruit men. transportation" men and dealers agree that steps must be taken at once to I find a wider market. To dispose of the frott win have to go to the onsumers or ttie woria at a lower ccst, so that the northwestern apple will be received-as staple in all quar ters of the globe where It is not now staple, just as are banaoas an4 c ranges. Bananas are grown In. Cen tral America and supplied to the v.orld in competition with the fruits ' ferown at home. The league formed to find this mar ket and a mean of transportation so j that the fruit can reach the market, has undertaken the most comprehen- j ' rive transportation study yet made in i the northwest. Walter F. BurreJX is ) cSialrman- tof the executive committee and is inaugurating the work and the other members are: W. ?.i. LaddGuy - W. Talbot, Wilbur K. Coman, S. M. ! Mears, S. B. Cobb. C. C. Colt, E. U 'Thompson and Edward Khrman. C. A. Malboeuf bas been - chosen manager. Mr. Maiboeur has spent la years in ttansportatlon and fruit marketing work in Oregon.' He , will make his (Concluded on Pace Fire. Column Household Goods .: If j-ou need anything for your house, here afe some (rcxxl chances to .buy A It is doubtful if you can find! many bargains like these. A large fiirnittir-.- store'is of-" fcring new genuine l.ra-s bed, at wholesale cost, $7.00.. , Monarch, range, practical! new. $35.0(1 . j - ' - ' . ' Five used gaslranpcs for $25; or one for $6.50.! 2 glass-top khejien cabinets at half price. jv . ' Furniture, including several mahogany piece; and an Orien tal rug. cheap by the piece. Prize Eclipse tcooK stove for $9.50. Com $22.t0. $4.50 new Malik ets for $2.95; $4.00 grad : for $2.75.. Thee are, a few of the items you will find in the Household Goods column r today. If you can appreciate real bargains, you had better rcad-tne rest ot to dayrs Journal Want Ads. v - . (Concluded on "Pare five. Column One) . ' ... . . 1 1 t