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BEN. FRENCH'S
WORDS TELL
"is f
Was-Present at Hooge Be
tween 2 and 3 o'CIock on
this Day," He Writes of
Battle of Ypres.
BRITISH LEARN CRISIS
5 MONTHS AFTERWARD
Bifitish Army Corps Held,
Defeated Four German
Corps, Is Claim.
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Wlghtahlrt Oounoil of British
Xisaders. ' v-
The .most picturesque war
council "known-, to history took
place during the battle of Mons
last August. Commander in
Chief Sir John French, General
Sir. Douglas Hale and General
Sir Horace Smith Dprrien were
Awakened with the news that
the English forces were gravely
threatened by the Germans.
Gathered' about their maps In' -jje-
their night clothes, they planned
put new movements for the 3fc
English. ;
I In the morning as the Eng-
llshmen again took up their re-
treat, from Mons, Sir John
French all at once broke out
Into a hearty laugh. 4
"Whatdo you see that's fun- -Xt-
pyr demanded Sir Douglas
Haig.
"I was only thinking how
Tunny that nightshirt council
would look in a history book,"
replied French.
: I '
By William G. Shepherd, United
P Press Staff Correspondent.
JUmdon, March 11. (By mall to
York)"I was present at Hooge
between 2 and 3 o'clock on this day."
These 13 words will ring down
through the ages in English history.
Their were written by Sir John French
his official report of the battle of
Ypres on October 31. ,
It has taken the English people five
months to learn what a gigantic crisis
the History of the, empire lies be
hind this phrase. There were 60 short
minute that climaxed . twp
da of terrific fighting. Each day
nas been seen a battle that was his-
!io in Its intensity. The Germans
taken Antwerp and were swinging
n toward the English channel and
toil
frj
er.
wi
lng
Cl
on
of
apb
with
Aw
Fi
nadi
laded on Pace Thirteen. Column Two)
Submarines Sink
2 Steamers, Both
i Owned by British
Hyndford Torpedoed and Sunk in
Channel; jiluejacket Struck,
! Gjc to Bottom.
London, March 19. The sinking of
two more British steamers by German
submarines wafc announced by the ad
miralty this afternoon.
jlt'was declared that the (jjlasgow
steamer Hyndford was torpedoed and
sunk in the channel last Tuesday, and
that the Cardiff steamer Bluejacket,
en route from jthe Argentine Republic
to! London with a cargo of grin, was
sent to the bottom by a Gernjan tor
pedo last nigh. "I
iThe ciew of the Bluejacket took to
two boats and started for shore in the
darkness. One reached New Haven,
but the other iad not yet reappeared.
Llfesavers arej searching for ljt.
Southern Pacific!
Chiefs
Visti Oregon
William Sproule, President,- and Juliw
; Xrattschnltti Beacn Euffne Tills
Evening on Inspection Trip.
: William Sproule, president, and
Julius Kruttsqhnitt, chief of
nance oft the Southern Pacific,
mainte-
wlll ar
ITALY IS READY
TO
Foreig
Tak
Trea
Aus
REPUDIATE
i Minister Sonnino Is
ng Steps to Break Up
ties With Germany and
na, Is Rome Dispatch.
WOULJD FORCE AUSTRIA
Td CONCEDE DEMANDS
Step Would Make Ifaly Free
Ageht, Able to Negotiate
With Either Side.
ernowitz Fought
For by Two Armies
Oraat Battle Between Russians and
ustrlanJi fox Possession of Capital
Bnkowlna Z Under Way.
ucharest, March 19. Dispatches
border towns today declare a
f battle for possession of Czerno-
ft, capital of Bukowina, is develop-
The Austrians advanced from the
and attempted to deliver an attack
the Russians massed in the vicinity
Sadagora. ' Warned of the enemy's
roach.; the Russians met the attack
determination, and repulsed the
trlans with loss.
rive In Eugene this evening ofa a trip
of Inspection jof their lines. Tomor
row they will inspect their new C003
Bay line, builjt west from Eugene to
Mapleton. j !
John M. Sj:ott, . general passenger
agent, and H. A. Hinshaw, general
freight agent of the Southern! Pacific
lines in Oregon, went to Eugene this
morning to mfeet Messrs. Sproule and
Kruttschnitt, nd accompany them on
their inspection of the new line.
Caldwell to Enter
Commissioner Race
..L !
i !
Chairman of City Civil Service Com
mission in Announcement Says Pur
pose Xs Best Work In Best! Way.
Georare W. Caldwell, chairman of the
citv civli , service commission, an
nounced today that he had definitely
decided to enter the race for city com
missioner. . Two commissioners and a
city auditor are to be elected tne xirst
Monday in JUne.
"My objecti will be to do ;the best
work possible! for the city In an eco
nomical way" sala Mr. caiawell.
"Frnm mv ciDerlenca in mv Dresent
TioKitlon I feel that I am well posted
in regard to jthe business of the city
and what is if equired."
Mail Form U. S. to
Germany Is Robbed
Letters Containing1 Money for German
and Austrian Blatlves Trout Amer
icana Secured by Italian Bandits.
Rome, March 19. It was announced
today that al train carrying a large
quantity of j mail from the United
States for Ajjstria and Germany was
robbed en ropte to Naples last night.
The robbers ;are believed to; have ob
tained a large amount of money from
the letters. i
Governor Zayas Is
Slain With Children
- t
Bnler of Santo Domingo and Two Chil
dren Are assassinated by Political
Enemies Steamer Brings the Hews.
New TorkJ March 19. News of the
assassination! of Governor Zayas, of
Santo Dominlgo, and two of his chil
dren was brjought here today by the
steamer Iroqiiois. The murderers were
the governor' political enemies.
wid;
REIGN LEGION COOK AND ORDERLIES BURY
DEAD EVERY MORNING AFTER ITHE BIG SOUP
KETTLES ARE BOILING FOR
Phil Racier, American, With ; French A
Soldiers in the Trenches I Learn to
With indifference; His Sohsations
NOONDAY
MEA
L
'ollowlng I the second article of Pbll Ha
of San Franrisciv who bas been serving
h the foreign lpclon of the French army.)
By Phil Rader.
I Written for the United Press.
(Copyrighted, 1915, by the United Press
.1 Association.)
London. March 2. At least one
American .flag that I know of has
flqwn in the great war.
My comrades and I, in the French
foreign legion, went .to war under its
folds and aa we marched out of Paris
abrjut the middle of October and start
ed jon our 150 mile tramp to the front,
th s French cheered the Stars and
Stripes with huge delight. When Ouida
wrote "Under Two Flags" she was
teUing of my regiment, the famous old
French foreign' legion in which every
"miiin fights under the French flag and
- caijries in his heart the thoughts of his
"onto country's .banner.-
if the 1500 men I started out with,
onliy 385 were alive February 1. There
ar s strange men in the foreign legion;
mi n whose lives have been twisted in
; on way or another; men with pasts;
miih with dark secrets; men who want
to die but who have stopped at suicide.:
You never ask a man in the French
forieign legion Who he really is. ' I
- j Intended to Join Plying- Corps,
d had joined the foreign legion be-
caiise X had , been told that, if I got
in.the French ffying corps, which I
-wished to do, I must first become a
-member of the legion. J didn't intend
tolto to the trenches but the first thing
my, Tells How the
Look 'Upon Death
Under Fire,
When
Rome
to denoii
with A
to repoij
Minister
is reported
step, th
alternata
sired
facing
on the
Most
the pu
tions
near.
forts of
ambassador,
cede
Minister
tlations
war.
admit
do not
pudLatlfig
aibility,
that suth
as a de
iy
and, as
position
in the
tageously,
would
(frnfted Press Leased Wire.)
March 19. Italy i& preparing
nee her triple alliance' treaties.
ustria and Germanyj, according
ts from various sources today
of Foreign Affairs Sonnino
to be preparing to take this
us presenting Austria with the
ve of ceding to Italy the de-
provinces along the Adriatic or
Italy's participation in the war
ide of the allies.
of the newspapers today warn
that a crisis in th reia-
bjetween Italy and I Austria is
he Messagero declares the ef-
rnce von Bueiqw, German
to persuade Austria to
have failed, and that
Sonnino is entraeed In mrn.
which may nlunei Italv int.i
Government officials privately
the situation Is ferrave. They
deny that an announcement rc-
the triple alliance is a pos
it is pointed out, however,
an act must not be construed
finUe step toward War. It mere-
iiaiy a iree agent.
territory.
such, she would bd
to negotiate witbJ
present conflict more advan
Gri
ece May Yet Join
lot with the
an official
Londbn, March 19. That Greece
may yel decide to cast her
allies fwas indicated in
statement received here tcjday. it de
nies that there has been any disagree
ment ok'er the country's neutrality In
the new Greek cabinet.
government contlnm
The
in a better
both sides
Allies.
es to' study
the external situation," says the state
ment. "It will establish ijts policy on
a soliai and sure basis, which will en
able it to obtain ' precise
the evpnt Greece ' decides
her neutrality -
"No reports of' dissensions
Gounaius cabinet have been received.
It is ajssumed that the ministry is in.
accord j with. JClng Constantine in desir
ing pece.'
promises in
to abandon
in the
The
sensioii caused the belief that the min
isters
neutra
tofore,
official denial of
cabinet dis
may not be so much in favor of
ity as has been indicated here-
I knew we were under way with our
American flig flying over us, bound
for the front.
My arran jements for entering the
flying corps had gone glimmering and
here I was, only an ordinary private,
carrying a rifle and a pack weighing
96 pounds. We marqhed fof six days,
10 hours a day, for 40 minutes at a
stretch, with five minute rests. At
last we reabhed a little town which,
tfcy told us was three miles from the
trenches. We had been al aglow to
get Into the fighting. . v j
"It'll be just our luck to :be held in
reserve. "We won't. go to tne trenches
for a long time." "I hope they get us
into the fighting right awaj-."
Ordered Into the Trenches.
We - had nade these remarks hun
dreds of times during our long march.
An orderly came . up to the position
whre we were .standing! and said:
"We are to go directly to the
trenches." It was like a douse of
cold water. Wasn't this jijjst a little
bit too sudden? We thought;
.Then a tjerrific chatting; broke out
among us. Every man was trying to
prove how leady he was. Men always
do that in a pinch I found. Jokes
were made in unnatural tones. Loud
laughTs .wdre high pitched. Men
slapped oth rs on the back boisterous
ly. I didn't know that all these, things
were unfailing signs that fear was
tugging at our hearts. , I had hun
dreds of chances In the days to come
to study myself and other ;men In the
t Concluded ou I'nge Ten, Colpma Two)
Gambling Is Made
Legal by Nevada
Legislature Passes Disguised Bill Per
mitting- Stud Poker snd Other Caxd
Game Excepting Percentage Ones.
Carson City, Nev., March 19. Nearly
all forms of gambling were legalized
by the! legislature in the closing hours
of th session which adjourned sine
die early today. i
The J so-called g&mbling bill, which
was qereated yesterday, was revived
at the) eleventh hour under the guise
of a substitute for an entirely differ
ent mfeasure, and passed j both houses
this niornlng. It permiti stud poker,
whist, panguingue and five hundred
and other card garnet, excepting per
centage games. Games conducted by
"the dealer" and gambling house per-
entage system remain as felonies.
It is not known whether Governor
Boyle j will sign the measure.
BULLETINS
ApLS. WiiTEES ACCUSES
ZTeW York, March 19. A coroner's
jury returned a formal verdict hers to
day accusing Mrs. Ids Snlf fen waiters
of responsibility for the death of hex
two children, whom she ! gave bichlo
ride if mercury several .months ago,
after taxing some of the poison her
self, r
Kn. Walters alleged that Lorly El
ton Bogers, ths father off her children,
was About to leave her and return to
his legal wife, who Is a sister of Pro
fessor Old dings of Columbia univer
sity. She decided to kill herself and
children, hut the attempt in her own
cass jwas a' failure. She has been in
custody since the poisoning.
' BAKERS II.D1CTED.
Toledo, Ohio, March. 19. Five biff
baking concerns and four Individuals
were I indicted nsrs today tinder the
state ! anti-tmst law on charges of At
tempted restraint of trad in raising
th Srice of bread toi 6 1 cents a loaf.
The persons Indicted are Onstav Lay,
manager of the General Baking; 'com
pany
Al&tthew Seyfang, president of the Sey-
Attacking Fleet
Sunk
in Dardanelles
French Battleship Is
' t t it I at at st i
Bouvet, Struck bg a Turkish Mine, Is
at
was finished in 2898. She had a displacement
Normally the crew nnnbered 630 men. The Bouvet cost ija.
of two 13-lnch guns, to, lO-inch, eight 6-inch and eight 3.9
bhe bad a speed of 18 Jcnots an h6nr.
Withdraws
The Bouvet was one of the oldest warships of the French navy. Her keel was laid Jn 1893 and she
or la.zua tons, iter length over all was 401 feet.
Lost
Toward Tenedos
,500,000.
guns, as
Her armament consisted
well as 4 torpedo tubes.
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British Torpedo Boat I Reported Sank by Berlin, and Brit
Battleship irresistible Said to
Action, With Another Badly Dimaged by Shells.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Berlin, by- Wireless td
March 19. The French
Bouvet was sunk at 6:1 p. m.
day, as the result of striking
while bombarding the
forts, according to dispatches
Constantinople this afternoon.
An English torpedoboat is declared
to have been sunk by a shell from one
of the forts.
The British battleship Irresistible
was Put out of action, the dispatch
declared, while another battleship was
badly damaged
London,
battleship
yester-
a mine
Dardanelles
from
BOUVET SINKS AFTEF)
BEING HIT BY SHEllLS
FROM TURKISH FiORTS
Have Bden Put Out
the forts reply,
Constantinople, "Via Berlin, March 19
It was officially announced
day that the French battleship
has been sunk.
The government's statement
ed that the Bouvet 'was
the Dardanelles.
It declared the Anglo-Frenih fleet
steamed into close range of the forts,
hurling, shells at intervals of lsa than
one every minute. .-So effectively did
MISSING WITNESS OF
FIRING SHINGLE MILL
Hugh Priest Says Bums on
here to-
Bouvet
Indi cat-
sunk Inside
the- statement, says,
sh
of
that Several warships were badly crip
pled and withdrew from the battle.
The Bouvet, struck by several shells.
suddenly listed and sank. Immediate
ly "thi( fleet withdraw and disappeared
in th ! direction of Tenedos island!
Ru nors were current today thaf the
allies may abandon the attempt to
force the strait as the result of the
latest reverse.
This admiralty also announced I that
Turk sh warships have bombarded the
Russian torpedoboat base at Thpodo
sia, i:i the Crimea setting fire to inany
build ngs and damaging several war
craft This is the first confirmation
of previous reports that the Turkish
fleet had withdrawn from the Darda
nelles and is now operating iri the
Black sea. Onlyf a part of the fleet
participated in this maneuver,
Hands Happened
McDaniels Confessed,
While
fang
Baking company, and Harry Pal
lia, pre aidant ol the Homi Baking com
pany
HXS. AJTOLE ACQUITTED
Bridgeport, Conn., March 19, "Not
guilty," was the verdict of the Jury
which heard the evidence in the trial
of Mrs. Helen M. Angle, jaccused of ths
murder of Waldo Ballon,, a wealthy
clubman and city alderman, in Stanford
last oxen nar. The jury jwas out a lit
tle mors than one hour.
Chal-les McDaniels, the state's miss
ing star witness, was directly! accused
this morning by Hugh Pripst and
Thomas Patterson, now on .rial on
arson charges before Circuit Judge
Davis, with Betting fires in the L. B.
Menefee Lumber company's shingle
mill at University Park, February 16.
Yesterday Harry Harris, aj wltnes
for the state, testified that Glenn
Hoover, attorney for the Shinjgleweav
ers' union, who came from Seattle to
aid A. Walter Lafferty, ex-ongress-rnan,
in the defense of the twb prison
ers, spirited McDaniels awiy from
Portland prior to the trial. St far this
testimony has not been disputed?
Priest testified that a few
after the fires were set McDaniels
admitted to -him arid Patterson that
he had set the mill on fire
them a short distance from
along Willamette boulevard and there
Two Batteries Reduced
London, March 19. Dispatches
from Athens todiy announced that the
guns or tne Anglo-French fleet last
night reducsd two Turkish batteries
guarding the Dardanelles, after two
hour bombardment. Some of the war
ships were slightly damaged.
Thle admiralty refused to continent
on Constantinople dispatches assert
ing, that tbFirench battleship,. Bouvet
naa pen sunk. Jn the strait.
PRISONER ACCUSES SHEERNESS ARSENALS
i i ....-
ARE BOMBARDED BY
GERMAN AEROPLANES
Bri
HOOD RIVER WINS ITS
FIGHT. FOR HIGHWAY
AT MITCHELL'S
POINT
Two Members of
Promise Work
Commission
Which Sen
ator Day Tried to Bloc
(Salem Bnrran of Tb Journal.)
19. The state
Salem, Or., March
nignway commission will build the
Mitchell Point link Of the Columbia
Highway, as promised, the residents of
Hood River county, despite the efforts
of Senator I. N. Day,1 of Portland, to
have the commission abandon the plan.
This was the development today at
a conference of W. jL. Clark, repre
senting the Hood River - Commercial
club, and Leslie Butler, a' leading bank
er of Hood River, with the commis
sion. Secretary of State blcott and State
Treasurer Kay, two of the three mem
bes of the commission, assured the
visitors that they would carry oui the
plan to make the proposed improve
ment. Governor Withycombe was in
Portland. .1.
"We want the state to go ahead and
carry out its agreement,''5 said Mr.
Clark, at the conference. "We voted
a bond Issue last summer to construct
(CbnchidMi on Pace Fla. Colnmn Onal)
Armed Vessel of
Germans Was Sunk
jiten i eacners
Pag Withheld by
California Board
Two Canadian Women, , Teachers
in II igli" Schools, - Cannot Com pel
Trustees, to -Pay Salaries , pue.; j
Sacramento',"" Cal., March --Al";
thougn Edward P.lryatt.stats! super
intendent !bf 'public instruction -states
that alien teachers have no right to
teach school in California, he says that
in cases where alien ; teachers .have
not been, dismissed by school trustees
they are entitled to their pay for the
time they: have 'worked.' ' . J .
: The question arose when tw Cana
dian teachers, one .'employed j in ; the
Mendocino, high school and oni in'the
tJklah high school, advised Hyatt that
the trustees -were- holding back . their L
salaries for. the past month. : .
"The trustees -cannot- ' be - forced -to
pay the teachers," says. -Hyatt, "hut
I do not believe 'anyone jwould Criticise
the trustees If they do pay them.;Theri
are' -hundreds of -alien; teachers .'now.
einploy.ed- and . if they-.do"not c.cnij.i'ripe
t. teach, the. school -termwlll be badly
disrupted. - - -
FIRST D RAFTOK NOTE r
OF PROTEST IS. GIVEN
TO PRESIDENT WILSON
tedi
EXPLAINS
ncmraTc CDnpi
ULULI IIU I IIUIII
BEST OF ROADS
Roadmaster Pbihts .Out Won--derful
Results f Obtained in
.Vicinity of.! Other, Cities : by
i Hard-Surf aced: Highways. :
ALL CLASSES, HE SAYS,
: f i WILL SHARE PROFITS
Protest Wilt Say British De
mand About Food
ments Is Impossible
Ship-
JConelnded on Vuge Two, Coluniji Two.)
minutes
and led
the mill
Japanese Told II
Backs Her
Bolicy
Newspapers Tell People This Country
Is in Full Accord Witb Japan in Ear
Demands Upon China.
Tokio, March' 19. The
people were assured by Tqkio news-
naners today that the United States
is in full accord with Japan
latest demands upon China.
In substantiation of.Amerj
port of Japan's attitude, an
with Premier Okuma is published, m
which he is quoted as saVing that
both the United States and England
appreciate Japan's interest, ih Chinese
affairs.
i Si
ish
evening
I
thisj
aero
arsenals at
Thames river.
on
Naval Base
hames River Object qf an
Aerial Attack, Says Berlin.
the
(United Prs Leased Wire.)
Berlin, by Wireless to Satville,'
March 1:9. Press dispatches
assert that German
planes have bombarded British
Sheeraess
on
the
tCon-
Na-
Offlcers of British Cruiser Oram a
firm Sinking of Armed Liner
varra Off Argentina ta Wovamber
Valparaiso, j March 19. Officers of
the British Auxiliary cruiser. Orama
today confirmed the report previously
published in Kngland that the Orama
on November 11 sank the armed
man liner Navarra off the Argentine
coast. i
Tho Orama was with the " British
cruisers Kent and Glasgow -when thoy
sank the German..cru,iser Dresden -sister
ship of - the Emden,off the Juan
Fernandez islands last ."Sunday. -The
Orama took to Valparaiso a 'n limber of
Germans wounded in j that engagement.
(CnltPd PT frasert Wlre.l
Washington, March r 19.--The l first
draft of tire American protest against
the Knglo-Frefich -blockade of Grrnany
reached President Wilson today. i-
It states that the action of the al
lies Involves a matter of fact, rather
than a matter of slaw. The corres
spondence on the', subject which has
passed between the United States and
France and England is Ignored i com
pletely, i i -
The draft declares that n matter
what assurances are conveyed to ths
United States in connection with the
limitation of the allies' war zone art
tlvity, America must regard the Brit
iph order In council as correctly stat
ing tneir atutuoe. -rnis declares un
equivocally an Intention to jlnterfere
with all commerce to and from Ger
many. . j V ,
It is unlikely that the American pro
test will be forwarded to London for
several : days. . Officials agree that
there is no apparent need for haste.
In this connection it was Officially
denied today that the president is con
sidering calling a special session of
congress for the passage of aj measure
empowering - the chief ; executive to
place an embargo on the .exportation
from the United States of certain
goods. -The president believes such an
embargo would constitute a! violation
of the neutrality of the United States,
and he does not favor it. i 1
. The fundamental proposition of the
American protest will be that the de
mand of the allies that th United
States. agree that no American goods
snail reacn Germany by shipment
througn neutral countries is absurd
ana 'impossible. . !
Princess Chimay
Sued for Divorce
New York, March 19. Gluseppi Rlc
clardl hjAs begun suit . for; divorce
against i Clara Ricclardi, formerly the
Princess Chimay. Ricclardi says his
wife is: living in. Paris wltb Aibnro
Caselato, formerly his 'chauffeur.; The
woman .was Clara Ward of Dejtroit.'she
married Prince Chimay . and I then ran
away with Rigo. the Gypsy, fiddler.
Ricciardi married her in 1904. P .
V- . ' ' 'l-.'t-.i-i-:
: Rrjp played. In -Portland. igrllls"for
some .weeks on .two occasions, hut .'the
princess did not -accompany
him .here.
Multromah Co'urity;Wiih:Vote
i-m B(Hi"tJ Tssue:fQrOfuJs:i:.
JyzL- April vHl:;-
Japanes
in her
ca's sup-
interview
"Approval" Causes styiile.
.Washington, March 19. The idea
that the - United , States approves
Japan's demands on China, as reported
In press dispatches from Toldio, caused
smiles here today among p4rson in
touch with. the administration's views.
' All government ofricials wjere silent,
but it Is an open, secret tht the de
velopmehts in the. Far East af-e regard
ed as among the gravest with which
this administration has to deal.
The general opinion in official cir
cles is that Japan has moplfied her
attitude spmewhi t asa resul
representations, but it is
unlikely that the Mikado
Coned his plan of securing
nant influence in China. .
of recent
considered
has aban-
a predomi-
i i
MOT A BOSS OUT A F1INGM ASTER v:
- - aar-"?s . . ..ii ... ii.. mi .- p. 'II
- uUhomsn- co'unty- 'will' ve,.--Aprli
Xi." on, avnnJiiau.oh l,2a,A0O ,with .
whlchto. BatTsurficJa" ImpoiCilitco'un
.ty.TQBdslTJtV'. AfUptfress Zef4r 't the
PSrqasre-utsJOlsMcp'lUCVftlVJfthn
T??on't,e VnsaarJ toKOnSster -.of
fultnomah jaunty, -.urgwd-bwAinss and
working men to gb';utand -convince
indifferent, and . the - hostile ' that the"
bonds, shouM be t01"-
"It Is the-duty of every man who
wants to see Multnomah -county ke-p
pace with progressvln road facilities
to get out . and convert at -least five
others who are'now Indifferent or op
posed,'; he said..
"Don't ' waste time trying to ' con
vert people -who are alri-ndy in favor
of good roads. You will find- them
working for the bond issue.,.
"You. business men will find It
profits you' to support the bond lue
because food roads maUe better busi
ness. "Working men should support the .
bond Issue because 80 per cent of the
cost of the rad ts for the labor that
goes into it.
Taxpayers Will Profit.
"Taxpayers, will find It pays them to
Invest in good roads. The man who
pays taxes on $1000' worth of property
will pay 18 cents a ynat "ir the first
four years on account o e bond Is
sue. Fifty.-three per cent 'ft the tax
payers in Multnomah county pay on
11000 or less. . On the other hand,
$253,000,000 of the county's 335,000,
000 assessed valuation is held by 10
per cent of the taxpayers and upon
these, you can easily . se, the greater
part of the cost will fall. But they
are willing to do all that Is asked t,
them for the sake of '.Multnomah
eounty's progress and the Improve
ment of business. , -
"The farmer will benefit most of all
from the road bond issue.
"A few years ago. In King county,
Washington, a few miles from Seattle,
there was a slow, dlsrourngpfl farming
community."' Most of the lands were
plastered with mortKages. You conic!
buy all the acreage you wanted nt J75
to $100. Nobody was mnklng money
the roads were' almost ImpnsHable. -,
One Soad Built, Zlcre rollow. '
"King county built one brick conn- '
try-road at- a cost of $28.ftOfr a mile..
Then they built more ronds of 'th"'.
same kind. King county,' of which He- "
ttle is the.county sent, hrin 110 mile
of hardnurfncert roods In a splendldlv
prosperous farming community, wlill
we have 34 Smiles of hardHurfiiced
road In Multnomah county outside of
Portland. ;
"All the farmers In JCIhg county are
doing well. Last year they went our
$1,000,000 worth of raspberries, over
$2,000,000 worth of dairy products
they sent out produce and brought' In
cash, and that Is the only way, it com
munity can prosper.'"
Mr, Yeon said he had heard' some
criticism of the Columbia h Igh way.
some question as to its economic value.
T only ' wish' each taxpayer ,' could '
see -for himself or herself.'"1 he silrl.
"The Columblo highway "opens iip-22.-OOflTafcrtfs
of splendid farming land he-
Chanjtlcleer and the Sandy rlrer; 'It
passes, through 000 ncres ct garden
land, between . Troutdale -and Portland.
It makes connection' with Hood Rrver.
The-. .Dall'e's, inteHor" OroiSon,'" T'rnter
lake, -. California," the - Inland Empire
and: Idaho. When .hardsurfsted it will
wing si.aoo.ooo of-.-tourist- cash . Into
this district every, year., is .any rea
sonable- pernon -goinjf to say -thnt such
a troad- is- not-. fwutth uhlU? ,. An.l
when; Ife Is finished it will be the most
wonderful scenlcrcnrd In the world." -
-AmosrS.f Bensoti prcsbled ; at the
uncneon,-which, was held In the'Mnlt.
nomalt hotel. Julius .1... aller.' r.r..i-
dent of ,yhy Columbia Jllghuuy ao-
laijon... jjpoxe- .Drieii. - - - ; . ;
: 10 Acres and" Late Six "
- The'-name' of - the Huwiru-'t4m.--
eclt of th- .Journal VVwit -AQ .: "
, W4iteA-4J ratatsV'31
- "WAJT Ui yr r -ci - li;u.
.tnetWJ,X'weit7yftllEi TWf- not
too.4at, -pw-t.Iy -lmtrovt34'-.. -
- - ' A-utemowies -Wanted - 73
. ;AN'T'a barsajii.fu" UM---:fuf'.calt;
'- give f uyrHeMcrkpttfm arwd'iowest
price In , rift letter:". . X ;.
" -'."' ' Psnltry and Pigeons . 37
"FOR SAI.K itO Mhorou-hbred
- Golden . I.uff ,'Xghorns; good
laying strain: 100 fuwn and white
Indian Runner ducKSi".,-.
Tor Sale Parms IT
"1B0 At'KKS Jmprovj-d, .on .splen
did road; school on land, eyrinn
water, rural mail delivery; ran
t bbO Rr'a.iD lanl adjolnlnu -from
lioverninent; the bent grain an.l
stor.k- proposition In the county;
price $00; $5'j0 down.
Aatomobiles-Accessorles 44
"IA'i'K niudei Wlnton tx," elf
Bt.arter, eletrlc lifthted, fully
enuipped, Warner Kpeionietr, new
top and new seat cover,- thor
oughly overhauled; will take Iigiit
c:ir or 'ronJter hh flrMt payment.
liberal terms on balance."
If you are eager to own a car
"with which to enjoy .-thlj, fine
weather read -the Automobile col
umn of The Journal Want Adrt
this Sunday.
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