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.-V. - THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, APRIL" 21,; 1916. J, FOREST CAMPING ' SITES OFFERED AT NOMINAL RENTALS Act of Congress Makes It Possible for Summer Out . ings at Reasonable Figure. MINIMUM IS SET AT $10 Yarmlttaas Hut Agra to Xp lr em la Occupied la a Kaat u& 'Orderly Condition. . An act of congress having opened the national forests of the country as places for recreation and pleasure, summer home .'and . permanent camp sites are now available - to the public for nominal rentals. . .-, Calif ornians last year took advan tage of the privilege in great numbers, - soma 700 'term occupancy permits be ing Issued for the Angeles forest alone. Not many permits have been Issued to Oregonlans ' or Washlngtonians as yet, however.. - Under the act the forest service is empowered to allow occupancy of lands for any period not exceeding five years, no on person to have more than five acres. . For ordinary summer-home use, how ever, the allotments are usually much less, than five acres, one acre or less being- found to,ruffice. Permits are given with the understanding that cer tain improvements are to be made. Minimum Charge S10. Nominal annual rentals are asked to cover administration of the lands, the minimum being $10 for summer-home permits. Occupancy permits are granted sub ject to the rules of the department of agriculture covering national forests, the permittee agreeing jto keep the premises in a neat and orderly condi tion, to make improvements within a reasonable time and In accordance with plans and specifications filed with the forest officers, when required, and ap proved by them. -jf, The service stipulates other reason able requirements and permits sublet ting and asslamlnsr of oermits. ('Persons who desire to secure a Bum mer home or permanent 'camp site should make application to the supert 'visor of the forest in which they de- sire to -build a. home or camp, stating the location of the lands desired, the use to which they are to b put, and the approximate cost of improvements planned. Districts Are Hamed. Permits may be procured in any of me nauunai loresis save wnere isnaa are subject to entry under the home' stead law or where it can be seen that they will be used In a short time for public or quasi-public purposes. ,M-st available for summer home purposes to Portlanders is Still creek jiear Welches in Clackamas county. Still creek lev... in- the Oregon national forest. Klamath lake and the McKen efe country are also said to be suitable for summer homes. In Washington, Spirit lake, near Mt. St. Helens, and Bird Creek Meadow, near Mount Adams, and lakes Quinault and Chelan : offer desirable locations for permanent camps. - Under certain conditions term decu pancy permits are also granted - for summer hotels within the national for ests. , - - COUNTY COURT NEWS The commissioners referred the re port from the consulting engineer of the Interstate bridge relative to the construction of Pier 27 and damage to the Derby street trestle to the -Interstate Bridge commission.' : Kmll Wahl, Falrview, Or., was al lowed $400 indemnity - for 32 cows slaughtered because of tubercular in fection. ; j Superintendent of bridges and fer ries was Instructed to proceed with re pairs Co Kenton trestle charging the cost to the Standard American Dredg ing company. - The following proposals presented to the board by. the superintendent of bridges and ferries for repairs to the Kenton trestle were placed on- file: Portland Bridge Building company, $1883; Cowlitz Bridge company. $3370 and Jacobsen Construction company, $1450. The recommendation of the resident engineer of the Interstate Bridge for payment of .Estimate No. 11, contract No. In favor of the Pacific Bridge company, was adopted. A warrant -for $8.50, subject to the approval of the county judge, was or dered drawn on the county treasurer as . filing fee that a guardian might be appointed Marie Sharer, a minor. The request of J. O. onvill, super-' intendent of bureau of parks, to break 8000 yards of' rock at Kelly Butte was granted. The county auditor at the request of T. M. Hurlburt, sheriff, Tas authorized to, audit a sum not to exceed $1600 to cover expense for distribution of elec tion supplies. The P. I, & P. company was re quested to Install a transformer and meter In camp No. 1, road department, on Base Line road. Upon the recommendation of the roadmaster And purchasing agent the bid of the Hodson-Feenaughty com pany, for a No. 3 Austin Gyratory crusher for $126? was accepted. Bequest of G. L. Oman, representing property owners of Ryan Place addi tion, for an approach to Capitol. high war, was referred to the roadmaster. A communication from B, H. Thomp-' son relative to Improvement on fits land near Base Una road was referred to the roadmaster.. . "W. E. Charlton's letter requesting the belt on the Burlington ferry which belongs to him was referred to the su perintendent of bridges and ferries. The request of "W. T. Hume for use of a hall In the court house as a meet ing place for the Veterans of Foreign Wars", wag taken under consideration. Ashland Hotel Improved. - Ashland, Or., April 21. The Hotel Oregon opens this week after being closed for six weeks, during which re modelling operations, costing, approxi mately $20,000 -have been carried out. Now the owners, the Ashland Hotel company, are calling for bids on the construction of a two story annex, 147 by 40 feet, to be built at once. Invalid's Pension Raised. Lebanon, Or., April 21. Ezra Cather, a well-known Civil war veteran, who has been in a helpless condition for the past two years, has been granted by the government an Increase In his pension, which now amounts to $50 a month. He has been a resident of Lebanon for many years. COMPULSION -IS HELD; UP UNTIL RECRUITING . ' IS BELOW STANDARD Compromise May Postpone Conscription Indefinitely,1 Ex pect toAdopt Plan. London, April 21. (I. K. S.) The political crisis Is over. Following a two hour, conference of the cabinet announcement was made that a decision in regard to the re cruiting problem has been arrived at. King George, who closely foll6wed the progress of recent events, was Im mediately notified of the passing of the ..crisis. The compromise arrived at provides that although the government hali not now-adept general conscription. It shall take powers - to -adopt it when the figures of men enrolled in the army fall below the 'Standard per month required by the army council for the rest of the year. ; This may mean in practice that in two or three months' time there will be compulsion for unattested married men, for the army council is makinar a demand for 50,000 men In, the first month and 15.000 a week tn the months following up to the end of the year. It depends on the additions coming to the army from other sources, and If the number of deferred men coming in shortly lis as large as some have esti mated, compulsion may be further postDoned. The government's proposals will be submitted to both bouses at the secret session to be held Tuesday. There is no doubt that they Will be adopted. Reports Paper Business Active. Louis Bloch of San Francisco, gen eral manager of the Crown Willamette Paper company, who is a Portland vis itor, reports that the paper business Is flourishing. Greatest difficulty In the manufacture of paper today, he states, Is to procure dyes and chemicals. Garland Goes South. Lebanon, Or., April 21. State Sen ator S. M. Garland of this city left Monday for Knoxville, Tenn., on legal business. Before returning he will visit New Tork and Washington. TheMlsses X. and Marian Gordon of Vancouver, B. C, . are guests at the Carlton. - Birth Control Talk Brings Jail Sentence Sauna Goldman, A a arch 1st. Gives Her Choice of 9100 Fine or 15 Bays in JaU Takes the tatter. . ' , ; , New Tork,.ApriI 21. (U. P.) Emma Goldman,-the anarchist, was sentenced yesterday to pay $100 fine or spend IS days in the workhouse. On the tes timony of two policemen she was con victed In special sessions court of vio lating prohibitions against the dissem ination of information concerning birth control inethods. T - Rising In court. Miss Goldman dra matically refused to pay the fine and accepted imprisonment on Blackwell's Island. Policemen said that they heard her lecture In a hall before a crowd in which many sootety women were prominent. They called her statements "obscene." Miss Goldman ' conducted her own trial and testified . that she was "a trained nurse and that she gave poor women Information that any wealthy woman could obtain from her doctor. Northwest Drought . Is Affecting Juneau Grand , Jury , Beporta Xany Undesir ables Save Come Trom Oregon and Washington Knee States Went Dry. Juneau, April 21. (U. P.) Return ing several secret Indictments the federal grand jury has adjourned a 22 days' session here today. The jurors called attention to an "unbelievable" amount of crime uind vice going unpunished for want-ot a special department of investigation. Many undesirables. It was pointed out, have come here since Washington and Oregon went dry, and the jury reported that liquor investigations revealed as tonishing conditions. AUSTRIA REP0R1) IS READY TO ACCEPT AN OFFER TO QUIT ALLY Hungary, Especially, Said to Be Prepared to Strike Out On Her Own Account." 1 " REFUGEES BRING REPORTS Austrian Premier's Visit -to Berlin Is , nlterp rated as Connected With 3js-( -elble negotiations for eaee. CONSIDER MT OTTVM OH YOITB BSNTAX. WOBX Go to cny dental office In Port land, get their prices and advice and then come to me and learn .my prices ana wnat J. can do for you. Examina tion free, I give my personal attention to all work. DR H. BY NEWTON, Manager.,-- Plates $5.00 Gold Crowns.... 3.60 Gold Fillings.... 1.00 Bridge Work.... ..BO Painless Extracfn .60 Boston Dentists ' SS6H .Wash. St. Bet. 4tn and 6th. J :: 1 V.? 4 " Buying As We Do for Our Chain of 116 Stores Enables Us to Undersell Easfo Site mf Meml V Easter Sunday is recognized as the one day of the year to dre"5s up in your best. Have you the right" suit ? 8 ' , 2 1 - mmm " Ir 7JSTrL IU VI It ' jr ... r i isil We do more than advertise "Greatest Values for the Least Money" we deliver them, and in doing so we. keep faith with the public, to whom our printed statements must appeal. This .is a Store' of Service to the public, not only for today or tomor row, but for all todays and to morrows. That's why our Rothes are designed to ap peal on a different basis than price alone. Call and inspect them $15, $20 $25 Boys Easter Suits $5 Up C) (0 .0 Easter Styles for Women Open a Charge Account Credit is superior to cash arid deserves higher consid- eration, because 'money,- has only a fixed power while the power of credit is unlim-i ited. It's the duty of every man and woman to establish a credit.. Our credit system is at. your service ; free of -charge." - Open - an account today. r 0 ;" ,; - KHaye you the right Suit Coat, Dres orother articles jyl, wearing apparel suitable for this day? It isn't alto gether necessary to procure them' for this day alone, but it is the proper time to commence wearing your spring ' clothes,-. and there is a patented an4 satisfied feeling in -having, them to .wear 4on ; Easter - Sunday. Prices $15.00 and up. . ri " v' , , Open Saturday . Evenings'' Until 10 : 428 WASHINGTON ' t 0 0 0 0 a Q 0 a a o w 0. a o: p a 0 By Liklre Beaumont. Special to th International News Serrlca acd London Daily Telegraph. -v Milan, APril 21. CI. N. S.) I have received reports of : conditions ' in Vienna which indicate an 'inclination on the. part of influential government circles . to attempt one more to break loose zxom Germany and recover free dom or action for Austria and greater Independence for Hungary. Refugees who come here via Switzerland, con firm that among' the better classes that peace 1s Imminent and that nego tiations will begin In a month or two. The visit of Bron Burlan, Austrian premier, to Berlin Is interpreted, by all as connected with the forthcoming pejice negotiation. He was received by. the emperor and gave him an ac count of his conversations with Im perial Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl-weg, which, it is officially stated, were on political subjects. The Hungarians of the old inde pendence school tire becoming' alarmed and. with a certain, percentage of in fluential Austrian, are becoming con vinced - that.:1 Austria . wasVuredor driven Into the war by false represen tation from Germany. .Berlin then dangled the mirage of extension Into the Balkans before the eyes of the Austro-Hungarlan . politicians, : while now their object seems to have merely been -Germany, Fan-Germanism and ultimately to annex Austria : to the German empire. . Count Tissa. the Hungarian premier, resisting this, tendency, realised that the Hungarian aspirations of Inde pendence can never be realized if Ger many has her way. ' - . . . Austria-Hungary, especially , s Hun-, gary, threatens to strike out for her self independently of Berlin and make peace on honorable terms. She is fully convinced there Is nothing more to be gained by continuance ot the war. . When writins er mlllnr on advertisers oleaae mention The Joornal. Ad AUTO IS PLATED IN GOLD-THE. MINE COST ABOUr S25,000 Studebaker Gold Chassis Is .Shown to Admiring Crowds in Portland. . Portland automobile circles C were treated to a novelty yesterday which attracted several 5 thousand to 1 the showrooms of the Oregon Motor Car company, where Is being displayed the 128.600 Studebaker gold chassis. : - -This beautiful piece of the gold smith's art arrived in Portland at noon and was escorted through the streets by a following of more- than 60 own ers of Studebaker cars. .Heading the cavalcade and mounted on a true It was the glistening car, the logical suc cessor to tha chariot of gold whicli seemed to be the sensation of the age of Jupiter and his family. In every detail, the car Is Identical with the chassis of any , Studebaker Six, but every part, inside the' motor and out every screw, every bolt, is plated with gold. With It is II. V. Basse tt, from the educational department of the etude baker corporation. Mr, Bassett tells in detail how every part of the- chariot la made, the trying Intricacies of the steel mill which must be gone through to build a ear which will do what the motor owner demands. ' The chassis will be there today and tomorrow. " One of the newer vaouutm bottles can be taken entirely apart for cleansing. In a hurry? Call a Yellow Taxi! Dispatchers ready, day or night, to start a Yellow cab on the way to you. Yellow Cabs are swift, safe, luxurious. The powerful Fiat motors take them anywfiere. But the prices are cut 60 per cent and more. The minimum rate has been reduced to 20c for the first one-third mile and 10c for each additional one -third mile. Four passengers ride as cheaply as one. Our meter registers only when you enter the cab. v . NOW, you can afford the convenience of a Taxi! Our prices are cash only. That's why we can afford to put them so low. " w,. M - ' - - III iii-iii.in i in., " Ihese Dress up Clothes for Bovs are always greatly admire A k. TT JT ft? fmm mm mmm m mm tmmm mmm am mm mm mmm T1H&T, Norfolk lopcoatrj $3.95 to $6 Wash Hcit5,5otioii.5o Second floor m, ,,, IWWIIHWMI .WiWiMaUMi'.'. 13' The Superb (ipmi Fw,M:i.:M MJl Now on LiApUMllUU 1UUUC1 Sale at ( 3C 1 T&ft&opU Is the SupreMe ' Pkyer-PiancJ. Achievement ' the Standard ; of the World. The finest models of 59 nbw on display and cost only - Ti T2 Actual Photograph of One of, the Special Expos it ion Models on , Display at the P. P. I. E. -A Superior in every; respect to the finest player pianos usually priced $1050, $1 100, and . evex .more. -r 1 , -. These Exposition JVlodels Are Also Supplied With . 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