THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1915.
PARADE TO BE CHIEF
FEATURE OF CELILO
GRANGE COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATES PAVING
ICDMCCT C AVDCO Q -
MAI dENS REPRESENT CITIES
WIFE, GRAN DM OTHER AT AGE OF 33 YEARS
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APPOINTED TO JOB OF
. HIGHWAY EfiGlh'EEO
Former Instructor at 0. A. C.
Selected to Superintend
Work on Rex-Tigardvilie.
CELEBRATION IN CITY
TYPES IN WASHINGTON
Report Expecfed : to i Be Made
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Tentatitve Program Arranged
at - Meeting of the. Com
at Meeting of the General
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Committee
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SOUTH PARKWAY REVIEW
Oovernor WUhycoinbe, Kayo
Alba
vul O. O. Colt Wfll Hake
Addresses.
.Tentative pB0gra.m for the local par'
- ticlpatlon in the Celllo celebration next
: Thursday afternoon has been .formu-
lated by the committee on parade and
' reception of fe-aeets, appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce. . j
The chief feature of the program
, will be a large parade of military and
civic organizations which will meet
the fleet on its arrival from the upper
river. After marching - through the
: " principal streets the parade will be re
viewed at the South Parkway. - formal
addresses of welcome will also be
' made here by Mayor f Albee, Governor
. Withycombe and Q, C. Colt, temporary
president of the1 Chamber of Commerce,
- Preceding the parade all the craft in
the river will meet the river steamers
In the lower harbor.
Those participating In the land pa-
.." rade will be the police, firemen. Grand
Army of the Republic. National Guard.
uniwa BtMeg troops from Vancouver,
civic societies' and school children.
Adjutant General George A. White,
O. NV Q., will be grand marshal of the
parade. Colonel C McUuthiin win
have charge of the military division.
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Li vision. Charles F. Berg of th mfscel
, laneoua jorganizationo, Roy W. Kesl of
me leaerai division, including United
States government officials, and Rob-
. erx iironn ot the school children's dl
vision. . . .. i
Organizations desiring to take part
, rifled their desires are requested to
communicate with George L. Baker,
general chairman of the committee. '
Goldendale Hans
; Y Elaborate Program
. Klickitat County Tow Charters the
teaner ; Joseph -KeUog-gv to Attend
. CeiU Canal Dedication. '
' Goldendale. Wash.JJay 1. Formal
plans for the part that Goldendale and
the Klickitat valley will take in the
; dedication of the Celllo canal and
f open river celebration at Big Eddy
next Wednesday have been completed
, y the. committees In charge at Gol
dendale under the direction of Nel
. son B. - Brooks. Goldendale citizens
have chartered the steamer Jnnh
.i Kellogg ot Portland, which will leave
"Mary hi II at noon $fay 5 and take the
; Klickitat people to Big Eddy, return
, Ing i to Marybm in the evening. . The
" steamer has a passenger limit of 325
.land &!. tickets have been" reserved for
.S, people from Btckleton, In . eastern
n.XlloMtat.- Among the oldttmers from
eastern4JClickltat who will attend are:
' Charles Flower, Dr. A. F. Brockraan,
jFrank iWa:f Dad) Sanders, J. b. Carter,
;jerge Mcvreay, -jonn, McCredy, Le
gend McTredy, Chris Larsen, Will G.
. Faulkner and Dick Bdcklev. In addi
tion to the excursion crowd probably
.-as maiy more will go to The Dalles
.iiu rug- naay oy , private conveyance
-ine fleets coming down the , rrver
from : Lewlston will be at. Maryhill
eariy on Wednesday morning. At Gol
dendale .an address of welcome will
be made by Mr. Brooks, a Goldendale
attorney and banker.
Miaar Adrla- Bonebrake. . a native of
Klickitat, daughter of Dr. Allen Rone-
orxe, a . pioneer juiciutst pnyslclan,
has ben selected by the committee
as the Official repre8entativeof Gol
dendale and' the Klickitat valley m
the ceremonies at Big " Eddy. The
committee has extended special invi
tations to Mrs. Susie BUrgen, widow
or John Burgen, a pioneer stockman
f the-Klickitat valley; Mrs. Jane O.
Golden, . widow .of John J. 1 Golden,
I founder of the town of Goldendale.
and Thomas Jenkins, a pioneer boat-
4 man of the upper Columbia, who claims
the ; distinction of being the oldest
1 living white Settler or the Klickitat
valley, to attend , the ; ceremonies as
honored sruests.
f Gladys Wilkius to
I Represent Eugene
Katlve!"3anghtr Chosen as Sponsor
1 ' for McKenxle lve at Celllo Caul
Celsbratiom - , v Vv
i z Eugtne, Or., May 1. Miss Gladys
J Wllkjlns daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
.M. Wilklns,. will be -the official repre
'aentative tit thA Runnfl f!nmmirrU!
f club at the exercises marking the open
iinj or me jjaues-tjeuio, canal at Big
JKddy May. 5. .
Miss Wilklns will break' a bottle
of water from tha McKenaJs river into
rthacanal at the time of the opening.
V" Miss Wllkins is the grand-daughter
;of the late Mitchell. Wilklns, a pioneer
lof 1847. -Her parents were bom in
.Lane county, as was Miss Wilklns.
, j She la a freshman &t the : University
y,ot Oregon and is exceedingly- popular
among her associates. '
l Seas:d to Be Beprtsented '
Seaside, Or., May 1 Dad Stewart
i will represent the Seaside Commercial
?club at the opening of , the Celllo ca
sual. - Mr. Stewart wiU take with him
. Jthe Seaside and Cannon Beach, dia
;pkiy, tha property of the Seaside Com-
-merclal club, and consisting mostly
of pictures.
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This is the time of all
time for the JJ. S. A.
to make vast strides.
Let's all get busy.
Buy-It-Now
TH dvettisem yon read their
ad in The Journal. . It helps you
and helps ns.
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Above -Miss :w.n Handley of Astoria. Below, left to right Miss
Adrla Bonebrake of Goldendale and Miss Lydia La Rue of Wood
" land, Wasb. ; : . - - - " a';'r ' '"N " : 1. ':
Preparing, to Mark
ine siate division
Pred VT. Budolf WiU xead Party Prom
Grants Pasa to Xt-Xocate Boundary
Between Oregon and California.
Grants Pass, OrMay 1, Fred W,
Rudolf, at jthe head'of a party of sur
veyors. Ha in Grants Pass assembling
an outfit and will leave the first Of
the week for the Siskiyou range to
mark out ; the boundary line between
Oregon and California. Mr. -Rudolf
has been engaged in. the state line sur
vey for the last two years, relocating
the survey made under the supervision
of Colonel Major In 1867-9. In a sum
ber of Instances the line has been
found' to vary, somewhat from the gen
erally accepted location .and 'Oregon
and California, have each gained and
lost some territory. The changes tn
the line have been for the most part
in -the mountain wilds, however, where
the change In acreage was of no mo
ment. ; , .
The party will mark the line :with
iron posts, starting at the coast line
just north of Crescent City. In addi
tion to the Iron posts, a strip six feet
wide will be' brushed out and evrv
tree for a distance of 33 feet each side
of the line will be biased. Mr. Ru
dolph brought several of his assistants
here from Portland with him, and has
employed other assistants in this
vicinity. There will be 17 men in the
party and the work will require all
summer and probably a part of next
iau as wen.. -
Josephine Slines'Sklnpinir.
V Grants Pass, Or., May l.The Ker-'
by Queen mine, owned by' Salem men,
is shipping ore to the ; Kennett. Cal..
smelter. Thla is exceptional, in that
the ore has to be hauled by team 40
miles to reach the rallroai
then Is shipped 150 wiles by rail. The
ore carries rood values In
addition to the U tod 15 per cent of
copper. The Queen of Bronx a nnnth..
mine In the Illinois valley district.
Is also - to ship this summer. This
mine shipped last year, employing-motor
trucks and teams to haul the ore
to the railroad, v. Teamsters mat.
charge of $10 per ton for hauling the
ore. ' though this - rate was out to
wtia me aavent or tne trucks. : Ar- i
rangements 1 are being made to load,
ore cars at ; WildervHle, at the end
of the municipal railway, which will 1
cut off. 10 miles of the haul bv tA&m i
There are- a number-of producing cop
per mines fn the Illinois valley, the
best of the ore being hauled out by
wagon and the rest kept on the dumps
awaiting the coming of the railroad,
' Will Open Courthouse Bids. . '
Grants Pass. Or.. Mar 1. On
Wednesday, May 5. the county court
of Josephine; county is to open bids
for the construction of the proposed
new $80,000 courthouse. - The building
is' to occupy the site of ''the present
courthouse on North sixth strnet. th
old one to be moved to a. temporary lo
cation. For the purpose Of cre&tlnar
the building : fund a special levy of
l. miUs was made. This will raise
$21,000 per. year till the cost of the
courthouse is liquidated. About a dozen
Portland builders and contractors are
figuring upon the construction of the
courthouse and f lively competition la
the bidding is expected.
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S. K, Grbwley Wasl
Pioneer of Polk
Hatlve of masonrl, Se Came West in
'1862 and Spent Some Tim la Travel
. on the Paclflo Coast.
iDallas, Or., May l.-In the death of
S. Kl Crowley, at his home at Oak
Grove, Polk county lost another of Its
early pioneers. He was born in Mis
souri in 1833. the son of John Crow
ley, one of the first white settlers of
nortnwest Missouri, tie crossed the
plains In 1852 and traveled extensively
along the Pacific coast, spending some
time In- the California- mines, and bad
part in the Indian troubles of the early
days, lie settled In Polk county in
1855 on a farm near Oak Grove, where
he has since resided. In 1856 he was
married to Miss Hannah j R. FulKer
son and to them several children were
born, the following of whom fare still
living: . MPs. Mary V FaWk, Oak
Grove; Dr.l James M. Crowley. Port
land; S. Holt Crowley, Rickreall; Man-
son CrowleA Airlie; Mrs. Effle Craven.
California; Airs, ora 1. -vvaiKer. rort
land, and : Mrs. Ada B... Pewtnerer,
Crowley, Or. . -
Taxes Are Half 'In. j
Dallas, Or., May 1. At the close of
business April 30, County Treasurer F.
J. Holman, of Polk county, had col
lected more than $208,000, of the 1914
tax rolls, pr approximately 56 per cent
of the total. h
Mrs. Mary Snow, aged 75 years. Is
confined to her home in this city with
a broken hip, resulting , from a fall
while walking in her yard a few days
ago. m
Lorain e Pugh has purchased from
the McNary heirs of Salem 47 acres of
land in Polk county on the Salem-
Dallas road, paying $6300 cash for the
same. . 1 .' v .t
Club Boys Beet Seed. .
v Dallas, Or., May l.The Dallas Com
mercial club has purchased a Quantity
of sugar beet 1 seed, which ' It Is 1 dis
tributing free to all farmers who will
plant :it... t .;' r -. ; . ; ; 7 :j . '
A new steam laundry, the second one
in Dallas, has Just been Installed ; by
uugnes fc maimer and will commence
operations Monday. ; i .
The county court ' has contracted
with the Star Transfer company of this
city to oil 100 miles of - country road
this spring, A strip 12 feet wide is
to be oiled and approximately 1000
gallons to be applied.
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Left to right 9eorge .L.. Baker, general chairman parade and reception committee; General George L;
White, Roy Wl KesI, secretary . parade committee; Charles F. .Berg, Colonel Clenard r McLaughlin,
Arthur II. Brown. (Four center photos by Cnthertb) - - .
A special commlfTee of the perma
nent general committee of the granges
of Multnomah county; appointed to
represent the farmers' interests in re
gard to all propositions for road im
provements In this county Is today
making an Inspection tour o'f the roads
In the vicinity of - Tacoma to; see for
Itself various types of paving. , Tes-
terday the committee Inspected roads
In the vicinity of Cfcehalls. The spe
cial committee expects to return to
Portland tonight and report at a meet
ing- of the general committee, to he
held In a short - time, probably! at' Cen
tral library. When the grange will state
its attitude toward 'what it believes to
be x the. proper type of paring for this
county. - . V
, : John Sleret. . of Multnomah grange,
at Orient; J. w. Towpsend. of Fair
view grange; H. A. Darnall, of Lents
grange. Ail members of the general
t'ommlttee, and President H. A. Iewis,
of -the Multnomah County Fair associa
tion, representing the - Russell vllle
grange, members of - the general com
mittee,' are the :; committee : members
Who went to Chehalis . vesterdav. ; J.
J."SiJohnscn,- master, of Evening Star
and j : Multnomah county - Pomona
granges, chairman of the general com
mittee, joined them at , Tacoma this
morning. R. P. Ramussen, Of Cor
bett grenge, Is also a member of the
special committee.
Actual 'Inspection of paving ' types
follows a number of addresses deliv
ered before - various ' granges recently
in support of certain types and' the
oretical study of the worth of the dif
ferent types by the committee. The
general committee consists : of " three
members of Pomona grange and three
members of each of the 10 granges of
the county, appointed by Master John
son in response to a resolution passed
by Pomona grange. r
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CELILO CANAL IS
NEW HOPE OF
THE UPPER RIVER
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river transportation and as a regulator
of railroad rates.
vi - massed His Birthplace. t
farm land bureau, who is one of the
passengers, was much interested In the
passage by Umatilla. He was born on
a Jjoat passing the place 41 years ago.
No .towns of the west have better
railroad service than Pasco and Kenne-
wick, twin cities of the upper Co
lumbia. . '
None have better apparent opportun
ity for growth, -If the extent of pro
ducing country and transportation fa
cilities have anything to " do ? with
growth. :
How much river business these cen
ters wju furnish In the beginning Is
problematical, but they should witness
a new, factor in rate making on ths
bpenr river, that they never , have cal
culated on before, and when river busi
ness is built up -with big barge-like
steamers as carriers, Pasco and Ken
newick are surely at the cross-roads.
The Columbia river is navigable on.
up for a hundred miles. The Snake
rivei-s navigability does not end with
Lewiston. c Boats at favorable seasons
can go up the Clearwater river, and
on np to the Snake about to Pitts
burg landing. Columbia river naviga
tion at the present Is ended by Priest
Kapias so rar as wo. are concerned,
and today I have heard it said that
millions of dollars of eastern capital
will be Invested in power development
for irrigation pumping and industry at
the site of these falls;
V I 1 Wallttla Will Colabrata, .
Toward, evening the ITndine passed
Wallula, the site of, old Fort Walla
Walla. There will be quite a celebra
tion at Wallula next Tuesday after
noon, with trains from; -Walla '-Walla,
Today I was shown the probable route
of the hard surface road that will be
built to connect the thriving city of
Walla Walla and the country round
about with their new transportation
artery, the open river. -
jThis 1 a voyage of discovery. We
are seeing the inland empire from the
Celilo canal viewpoint, i' The cabin -of.
our boat is filled with talk of the new
population that will begin to come,
the enhancement of actual land values,
the building of cities, the inaugurating
of boat lines, the happenings of 60
years to come, over and over again are
predicted, and while this easy confi
dent discussion of what is to be is
going on, let me also1 give Journal
readers a little picture of the actuali
ties of this trip.- .
TJTadlne Brakes Becord.
In I860, th Colonel Wright, ' com
manded by Captain White,- ascended
the upper; Columbia from Devchutes,
passing over Umatilla, John Day and
Homily rapids, the first steamboat ta
accomplish such a feat. Our boat did
all these things today, and something
never done bfor. It was the first
steamboat ever to reach the upper
river from tidewater. -
The Colonel Wright found a vacant
river and; shores without -noDuiatlon.
save for the Indians who raced the
boat along the Snake. .
We also have found a vacant- river
since we left Portland. The Undine
has not passed a single steamboat. At
The Dalles, the State of Washington
was tied to the "wharf. That was the
only other steamboat we have seen
and now nearing Pasco, what Is to '
be seenT A wide upper river, a tre
mendous upper country reaching be
yond the power of eye to measure, ai
TO BE PORTLAND FEATURE
Left 0 right Mrs. E. E. Hatter; grandchild; Mrs. Stone Henry
One of the youngest grandmothers
In the state "is Mrs. B. Hatter, of
$344 Eighty-fourth street,' southeast.
at Gray's Crossing. Mrs. Hatter is a
grandmother at the age of. 33. AHer
daughter, Ida; wife of Sture Henry
Johnson, , of 8234 Kighty-fiftlr atreet.
single steamer puffing sturdily up
stream our excursion boat.
Shores -are now - high - like battle
ments, with figures like blanketed In
dians watching Jus. Now low like
bathing . beaches. Occasionally geese
beat upward on frightened wings In
the distance. A jet of steam, a train.
The whistle ' sounds occasionally. A
friendly hello is isent acrongf the wa
ters i to the Infrequent little habita
tions. - ThUre are; no signals to inter
change with " other boats, no beacons,
no nlght-llghts to chart river traffic.
The chart must be in the brain of the
skillful close-lipped man at the wheel.
There is a wide upper , river of many
turns, "mile after mile without pause,"
few visible signs of develonment. no
busy water side cities. :
f Conntry Yet to Bo Pound. -
Would you say a country in the mak
ing? Is it not! rather a country men
have yet to f ind or are Just f lndine
for development, trade and commerce.
For centuries r it r was a closed river.
closed by the rapids and falls. Now
an open river.) ooened by canals and
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Clearly tb future . Will this vacant
river be throng- with carriers? -Will
irrigation and ; the plow dismiss the
sagebrush forever? Will cities really
be. built? j - - . .
Will the prophet, wha foretells, do
wisely- if n 8:k -within our present
purposes? i j i
Pacific "U'' and'
; Puget Sound Tie
! Pacific University, Forest Grove, Or.,
May 1. In. the Intercollegiate debate
held at Pacific university; Friday eve
nlng; with the College of Puget Sound
Of Tacoma, . Wash.i the local -team, com
posed of "E. M-.Livingston' and Newton
McCoy, won by a two to one decision.
The Puget Sound debaters were- War
ren Rees and .Tejril Newbyl . The
Pacific men upheld the affirmative
of the question: "Resolve, That the
Initiative and - referendum should be
incorporated into the statutes of . the
various states." The Oregon system
of direct legislation was brought for
cibly to the front, pro and eon, with
the view of its i further 1 adoption
throughout the .United States. 'After
the debate a reception was hetd at
Herrick hall to the judges .and visit
ing debaters. The Judges were: Pro
fessor J. Sherman Wallace, McMlnn
Ville college, McMinnyille; C O. Ma
rietta, Xincoln : high school, Portland,
and A. F. Flegel, Portland. .
I In the, debate held at Tacoma on
the same evening fth Pacific team,
composed of James: Rasmusen and: El
bert ? Taylor,, representing the negative
side of the same qeustlon, lost to the
Puget Sound debaters, Paul Granlund
and Helgey Anderson, by a similar de
cision. This leaves a tie in honors
between , the two 'schools for this year.
LAst year's honors were also divided.
So that It Will probably ' take the re
newal of thla year's contract to really
settle the championship in forensic re'
latlons between, the two schools. ' ,
Some Fruit in
Lane Is Ruined
, Eugene. Or., May 1. -Reports from
various parts of Lane county Indicate
heavy damage done by Friday night's
frost in some parts, while in others
there was little damage. '
JFog that came uo before sunrise
Saturdtiy morning was the means of
saving much' of the fruit from de
struction, aituougn, in some sections
there was no fog and the damage
was considerable. ? . .
One prominent farmer says peaches.
cnemes and strawberries are practical
ly ruined about Irving, a few miles
north of Eugene. Tender vegetables
were badly nipped.! Minimum temper
ature' in Eugene last night was 23
degrees. ,
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southeast, gave, birth to a son April
11. Mrs. Johnson is 15 years of age
Mr. Johnson, a .native of Sweden,
stopped giving driving lessons to a
prospective purchaser at tha North
western Auto company long enough on
June 23 last to get married at Van
Old Man Unable
Mo , Go to Court
W. BV Olllard; 71, So Badly Beaten
- tTp That Xt reared for a Tim That
He Would J1. .
Albany, Or., May I. Becaue his
condition would not permit his- appear
ance, owing, to the severe beating he
received at the hands of his s.epson,
Henry - Weaver, Thursday, the case
against W. H. Gillard, ftged 71, brought
by his Wife, from whom he has sepa
rated, to 1 place him under bonds to
keep the peace, on a charge that-he had
threatened her life, was. continued be
fore Justice Swan this morning until
9 o'clock Monday morning. I
Glllard's ; condition yesterday was
serious, j and fears rtor his recovery
were entertained. A -slight change for
the better was noticed this morning,
but not enough to warrant- his getting
up. ...
The trouble between Gillard and his
stepson was precipitated. It is alleged,
when Weaver got his mother, to leave
her husband and make her homo with
htm. In view of Glllard's alleged mis
treatment of her. Gillard resented his
wife's leaving and when he went ti
her new; residence-Weaver ordered, hira
away. iThey engaged -.In a scuffle
which resulted In Weaver using a chair
round on Glllard's head. His face was
battered t nearly beyond recognition.
Weaver was fined 360 and costs- in the
police court on a charge of assttultmd
battery.
Soon after the settlement of this
6ase Mrs. Gillard filed her charge in
the justice court.
Rooming House - Man
Indicted at Albany
Albany, Or., May I. H. F. Hasen,
proprietor of a rooming house, was
Indicted here today by the grand Jury
on a chargeF'of taking part o? a fallen
woman's earnings and wan given -until
Monday to plead. He was arrested
at 10 o'clock In the police court, after
the case brought by the city author
ities ! had been continued- until May
10. Hazen's arrest Wednesday by lty
police was the result of Information
given them by Alma Clark, who was
arrested a. few -hours before at the
rooming house. . . ;.
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Crabtree Irosecutes Offenders.
Albany; Or., May l.--Rldihg horses
through the streets of Crabtree, an un
incorporated town of Linn county of
less than 200 Inhabitants, faster than
six miles ' an . hour and using profane
language: were charges against four
young i: men living in tRat section,
hailed before Justloe Swan yesterday.
They were Roy Klnser, John Holman,
charged wlth -two. olfenses each, and
Kaldon Easton "" 'and i Cleo . Klnser,
charged with one offense each. Klnser
and Holman were charged wth riding
their horses fast and using, bad lan
guage..' Th other two were charged
with using bad language. They were
assessed fines, paid them and were re
leased.
High School Girls Organize.
Albany, Or., May 1 The young
women of the Albany high school have
formed a junior Civic Improvement
club which haa . for Its purpose the
studying of methods whereby civio Im
provement may- be accomplished, j The
formation of the club was the result
of a discussion in the civics class
coupled with a suggestion from the
Woman's Civio Improvement club.' The
girls' club will meet once a month In
the headquarters - of the senior club
at the library. Officers of the new.
club are: Miss Abbie Anderson, presi
dent; Miss Helen Myers, secretary, and
Miss Margaret iflbson treasurer. -
; Albany Wants Bell.
Albany; Or., May 1. Liberty ibell
may visit Albany. Learning tnaf the
authorities at Philadelphia had. agreed
to send the historic 'old relic to San
Francisco by way of Portland, tne local
uoromcrcu ciuo immediately tent a
telegram to the mayor of Philadelphia
asKing tnat tner neu be exhibited here.
Brothers Are - Sentenced..
' Albany, : or May . 1. Otto and
Earl Barber, brothers, arrested two
weeks t ago, were - indicted on a
charge of robbing a freight car of au
tomobile -tires. They were arraigned
this morning, pleaded guilty and were
each sentenced to one month In Jail.' .
XfW' liOdge. .".far Tangent,
Albany, Or May 1. A new Odd Fel
lows lodge will be Instituted at Tan
gent May 13. The ceremony will prob
ably take place at o'clock in the
afternoon and in t evening the de
gree teams of Halsey, Sbedd, Albany
and Corvallis will confer the degrees
on the candidates, which, it Is ex-1
I pected, : will number 80 or 40. Tan-
Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Hatter.
couver. ! The cause of Mrsj Hatter's
being a grandmother has been named
Sture Henry Jr. ' , ; . i
Mrs. Hatter was married- at the age
of 17. - She has three other children,
Charles, aged 14; Eleanor, aged 10,
and Mary, aged 7. She baa lived In
the Gray's Crossing district five years.
gent lodge will probably be the offi
cial nam of the -new organisation.
. , - Rainfall Was Less.
Albany, Or., May 1. Though 1.81
Inches of rain fell during the month
of April of last year, only 1.80 tnohes
fell during the month this year, ac
cording to records at the local weather
station. The highest temperature of
in montn was sa degrees, and the
lowest wa , S 4 degrees. ?
Opal Glazebrook
. Umatilla Champion
. .Pendleton, Or., May 1. Opal Glaze
brook. Freewater, Is the ohampton
speller of Umatilla county schools,
winning, that honor this . afternoon
when one by one all other of eighth
grade representatives succumbed to
tongue twisters which were easy for
her. Robert Faucett of Stanfleld, was
last to be spelled down by her.
In the seventh grade Faye Price of
Milton, won the championship, and
Harold Otto Of the same school, sec
ond. In the sixth Jesse Stewart and
Velma Morgan of Fern dale schools,
took honors. In the fifth Veda Wat
tenburger of Echo and Zelma OoeAma.n
of Ferndale. . In the fourth Lucinda
DelL of Athena and Lowell Baker of
Stanfleld,- and in the third? Dorothy
Koepko of Athena and. Lawrence Estes
of Helix. Over 150 pupils participated
and the contests took all day. Third
grade spelled four hours before 4 win
ner was decided, and every grade ex
hausted the spellers and words bad to
be secured from other books.
After the; Flies.
Salem. Or., May ,i. Today a city
ordinance requires fly screens for a.11
restaurants, hotels, lunch counters,
candy stores and factories, meat mar
kets and similar ..establishments.
Fruits and meats must be kept
screened from flies and other insects.
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Noah Brooks,
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"Short History of Oregon"
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"The Tourists' California"
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Salem, Or., May 1. Ernest F. Ayres,
of Corvallis. who was Instructor in
highway engineering of the O..A. C. is
1911-1812, was today named by StaU
Highway Engineer Caatlne at ten. .
glneer on the Rex-Tigardville high
way, -.According to Ayres' frlendu,
thej appointment Is due to the-personal
friendship of Governor Iwithycombe.
Kn glneer L. Oris wold, in charge ol
work in Columbia county, also handled
the Rex-Tlgardvllle Job until the bad
weather stopped It last fall.
In view of the fact that the appoint
ment Is planned to continue, when
State Engineer Lewis takes over tli
office of highway engineer, it Is re
garded as of. considerable significance
that Governor Withy combe dictated it,
"Lewis has had an Idea that he would
have a chance to name i or, at least,
pass on the appointees in the depart
ment ' f
In connection with the; extra salary
of 13000 to which Lewis will fall heir
May 22, it was persistently reported
today that Lewis would not decline
the new wage. The report has many
earmarks . of truth, although uncon
firmed by Lewis, it being explained
that he figures there will b mora
than 13000 worth of trouble Included
with the new place. .
Another Odd Prank
Of Politioal Game
Salem. Or., May l.The odd pranks
played by politics were brought -to
mind again today when J. G. Richard
son, of Portland, took a position In
the office of Corporation! Commission
er Schulderman as examiner. In
March, 1814. Richardson and C. M.
Hurlburt applied for a license to per
mit the Great Western Co-operative
Loan, company to do business- and
Commissioner Watson "refused on the
ground that the company Intended to
defraud and deceive the i public.
Beginning today, Richardson will
examine corporations to decide wheth
er they should be admitted to do bus
iness In the state.
Mrs. Ketcham Buried.
Salem, Or.," May l.The funeral of
Mrs. Anslle J. Ketohum, who died
recently, was held this afternoon from
the First Presbyterian ichurch, Rev.
H. , A. Ketchum, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, officiating. The
deceased had been a resident of Hnlm
for 18 years and during that time took
a prominent part in church work as a
Sunday school teacher and missionary
worker. Mrs. Ketchum is -survived
by her son, William Ketchum, of Sa
lem; and daughters, Mrsj Otto Wilson;
of Salem, and Mrs. Henry T. Babcock,
oj Merced, , California, j -
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, Willamette Celebrates Day.
: Salem, Or., May 1.- Willamette Uni
versity carried out Us program of
crowning a Queen of the May, I Mlos
Leila Lent, despite the unfavorable
weather today and there was a large
number of visitors on hand. The cere
monies were very interesting and in
cluded graceful folk dances by pretty
students. , - . j
Friday, May 14, Is Date.
Salem, ' Or.. May 1. Friday, May 1 4,
at 7:30 p. m., has been fixed by the
Salem board of education as the time
for opening bids forf the new-HicKlnley
school to be erected in the southern
section of the city. The cost of the
building complete will be -approxi
mately 120.000. . i
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