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THE , OREGON DAILY 1 JOURNAL PORTLAND, TUESDAY, OCTOBER ltf. 1816. 32 mmmm- E driving the flamea closer to tb pra fcerve. Cheap Lime Committee Named. Corvallls. Or., Oct. 10. At tha quar terly meeting of the board of re gents of the O. A. C, held Saturday last, the following committee was ap pointed to cooperate with the move ment for cheap lime: President W. J. Kerr of the O. A. C. and Regent Waldo, Spence and Moore. Tha col lege is taking an active part In the PORTUND A at ate-wide search for a Gypsy band, encamped here a snort time- ago was Instituted today, following the finding of the body of Rudolph Masquedo, 6 years old. In 8a n Lean dro bay. The boy was last seen alive Saturday afternoon riding In a buggy with a dark-fiklnned man. It la not known whether the lad was murdered or dr&yvned accidentally. PORTLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT GIVES LESSONS IN FIRE PREVENTION AND LIFE SAVING ; FIRE PREVENTION DAY imCIIIARWAY IT HOOD SLOPE, Frequently by the Grain. From the Kansas City Journal. "Now they say they can weigh the conscience." "By the ounce?" "1 imagine by the scruple." work to secure cheap lime. Gypsy Band Suspected. Oakland, C&l., Oct. 10. (U. P.) Fire Drills, Safety Meetings, .School Talks and Parade Are Carried Out, Blaze at Present No Serious Menace to Water Source, Says Bureau Head, OBSERVES TIMBER FIR RAGES ON i f - . : . " 1 . , prryr v , t -rr 'rTTs l jl J, .ft s v" , . : I ,?: i '? k ti'-'r - kV2 Jz $s -Jj&siCi I - JJ ' owxr ---- - -M MO NEAR CMY WATERSHED 'PARADE IS A BIG FEATURE Klfk lefcool and Orad Itndrata Pror Biff Attraction of Array of ExMMti In Z.1b. Ftr Prevention Pay came to climax In Portland with a field day for firemen at Sixth and Pin streets and th largest public safety parade ver aeon In Portland, yesterday after noon, and a maun meeting for "Safety First" at the. Chamber of Commerce In the evenlnfr. At Sixth and Pine excltlnjr and keen ly contested struggles between rival hose, engine and aerial companies thrilled a bg crowd." The fire prevention parade was fed by a platoon of polire accompanied by the police band. Fire Chief B. F. iMwrll led the parade mounted. 8tat county, city and Hfhool officials rode In automobiles, with the members of the publlr safety commission. - Jefferson Klffh Feature. Jefferson high School, for two years winner of the safely commission cup for excellence In fire drills, attracted much attention with yelln and ban nered slogans. A unique parade entry was the fire brigade of Washington high, which stood a close second to Jefferson In the recent fire drill contest. Lincoln high school made a good showing and the industriously oper ated siren of the machine occupied by Lincoln students, drew . observa tion from everything else while they were passing. Iadd school, winner of the Jaeger trophy for the best fire drill In gram mar schools, was represented. Volunteers In Llm. VoUmteer fire companies with en tries were St. Helens, Corvallls, Tre mont, Woodstock, W'oodburn and Tll lamook. A handsome entry of the parade was the float of the Parent-Teacher association, and the most unusual was the six-mule supply wagon of th United Sta.tes forest service, driven by Ranger Albert Welsendanger, loaded with all sorts of paraphernalia for fighting forest fires, and fol lowed by the pack and saddle animals used by the rangers on the moun tain trails. Many trucks and automobiles en tered by business houses bore such banners as: "I knew three careless men. The first Is dead. i The second Is poor. The third Is reformed. Bully for the last man." Officers of the Progressive Business Men's club and the Portland Building Owners' association rode in automobiles. AUTHOR OF 'STORIES NJWJ Fire startlngnear Truman's on the west elope of Mount Hood Is burning 1 Its way through the timber toward the Bull Run watershed, according to re- , porta received by L. S. Kaiser, su lerlntendent of the city water bureau. 1 The fire Is along the south edge of the Bull Run reserve. I Superintendent Kaiser says that from the report he has received he does not believe the watershed is In any serious danger from the fire. The , area over which the fire is sweeping has been partially burned over before. Should the fire reach the timber of the uBll Run watershed men will be sent at once to fight the blare. Farm ers and others fought the forest fire yesterday. Fire Menacing Olympia Forest Port Angeles. Wash., Oct. 10. (P. N. 8.1 Fire today on a six-mile front menaces the Olympic national forest. Forest Ranger Chris Morgenroth. who Is In charge of the district, declared that unless skilled fire fighters were set to work at once, the forest would be destroyed. Today the forest la only fringed by the fire, but an unfavorable wind Is RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR FRUIT GROWING FIRM AT HOOD RIVER Salesman of Stock in Asso ciated Fruit Growers May Face an Investigation, THIS YEAR ILL SEE BIGGEST BLAZE SINCE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE Such, at Least, Is Prediction of Fire Marshal Stevens at the Prevention Banquet, Portland's fire fighting apparatus only one-fourth of that needed by tile city, said Fire Marshal Jay Stev ens, addressing a gathering at Cham her of Commerce dinner last night, the concluding event of Fire Preven tion day. But a handful of people were present to hear the speakers. Pictures of fires and their causes wer? thrown on a screen and made the subject of the fire marshals talk. All the j)li'tiiri-s were actual photographB of conditions existing in Portland .The speaker pred year would end loss mIi co the San Francisco earth 'quake, based on computations of losses over the I'nited States since the first of tlr- yeiir. as compared with previ ous years. Forty millions of dollars was the loss during March, 1916. over the en tire I'nited States, according to Chief Stevens. The fire marshal especially urged .chat rubbish pUes, careless Insulation and negligence in handling explo sives be changed and said that with ,tlie cause removed Portland's annual fire loss would be cut to an almost inconsequential figure. Ben II. Williams, of the University of Oregon extension bureau, addressed the audience from the viewpoint ot the state industrial accident commis - vton. OF OLD OREGON' HAD A NOTABLE CAREER George Andrew Waggoner, Who Died at Lebanon, Had Held Many Public Offices, : flood River, Or., Oct. 10. At a special session of circuit court. Judge W. Jj. Bradshaw of The Dalles, upon motion of A. J. Derby, attorney for the mi nority stockholders of the Associated Fruit Growers, Monday appointed E. N. Benson receiver of the fruit company and placed his bond at $3500. County Judge K. E. Stanton, presi dent of the corporation, resisted the motion for a receiver and said that the corporation was able to finance the marketing of the apple crop on the property, but that newspaper reports nd threatened suits had deterred him from proceeding. It was argued by Judge Derby that the corporation was Insolvent and that in view of the fact that Marquis and wife, two members of the board of di rectors, were permanently without the state, It would be impossible for the corporation to hold a legal meeting. It was also ordered by Judge Brad shaw that R. J. Jarvls, mortgagee In possession of one of the 10-acre tracts, should account to the receiver for the crop harvested from this tract. It Is reported that efforts will be made by the district attorney of Wash ington county to have extradition pa pers Issued for Mr. Marquis, now In Dakota, and who was the principal stock salesman In the deal, and have him returned to Oregon to appear for an Invest! jation of the sale of the stock. . No stock sales were made In Hood River county. Only Basement Is Open to Official The Dalles, Or., Oct. 10. District Postal Inspector Linebaugh of Port land has no place to go. Notified. by the department at Washington to move his headquarters to The Dalles. Line- icted that the present KaU.Kh camo ,neTe f,?"nd a11 romJ3 with the biggest fire the ,lew1,feea bu ,dl"K occupied. lng Contractor Tease is occupied by the I'nited States land offices. United States Registrar Woodcock protested to Washington against making changes so Linebaugh can have room. Linebaugh doesn't know what to do. The only place left for him is the basement. Top Prize-winning Jefferson high school boys marching in yester day afternoon's parade. These boys won the cup for the best fire drill in the high schools. Below, at the left Oliver J. Jeff ery jumping Into life net held by firemen; at the right, fire horses showing that there's still some horse "pep" in the fire depart ment in spite of the encroachments of the automobile truck. ceiver a few weeks ago. The com pany operates a box factory in the valley that will be kept in operation during the fruit season, and night and day crews will be kept at work to fill the orders on apple boxes. IMPERIAL A. C. BOXING Rose City Athletic Club Friday, Oct. 13 BB.OITSON - 8TTXJUTA.Sr XEUOir - MMINlf. XHOWX.TOW . CLASXG. ABB OOBBOIT . EBDZE WEST. 2 -Rattling Preliminaries -2 ASMXSSXOV 60c. I BE8XBTB9 BEATS tl.OO, $1.50, $3.00. ' County Sued for $13,400. "J. H. Wilson has brought suit gainst Multnomah county for 113,400 '. damages in the appropriation of 1.88 acres of land in making the Base Line t extension road. The land is located ' Just this aide of tha Automobile club house. In addition to the piece of land taken by the county, it Is alleged by ; vMr. Wilson that adjoining land was Lebanon, Or., )ct. 10. George An drew Waggoner, who died at his home in this city Saturday evening, was born October 8, 1842, in Van Buren county, Iowa. In 1852, the family Joined a caravan that crossed the plains by Ox team. The wife and mother fell a victim to the scourge of cholera that claimed thousands that year. The father and children arrived In The Dalles, Or., October 8,- 1862, and a few months later came to Linn coun ty to live on a donation land claim in the foothills near Brownsville. With the exception of 10 years spent In Idaho and Washington and later five years In Alaska, Mr. Waggoner has made his home in Linn and Benton counties. Said Many Offices. He served as state representative from Benton county In 1880 and In 1887. He served on one of the first railroad commissions, of which J. R. N. Bell was clerk, during the nineties. He served two terms as councilman of Corvallis and was known as a progres sive member of that body. In 1899, ha Joined the rush to Alas ka and soon after was made collector of customs at White Pass. In 1904 he returned to his former home in Corval lls. In 1905 he published his book Stories of Old Oregon" which pre sents In a picturesque and romantic setting scenes in the early period, of the development of Oregon. Was Twice Harried. In his early manhood, he was mar ried to Miss Ellen Scott of Walla Walla, whose death occurred near Monroe, Or., in January, 1880. To this union were born four children who are: Orval v. or san Antonio, Texas; Mrs. H. C. . Allen and George E., of Portland, and Mrs. F. L. Lilly, of Pendleton. In 1883 he married Miss Wllhelmlna Robertson, of AlbanyT who, together with their three children, survive him. The children are: Miss Laura B., of Lebanon; Harry B. of Corvallls and Walter R of San Francisco. Political Rally Tonight. At Albina Library, on Knott street, a political rally will be held tonight at 8 o'clock. Elton Watkins will speak In support of President Wilson and will contrast his record with that of Charles E. Hughes when he was governor of New York. Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden will speak in behalf of her candidacy for etate representative from Multnomah county. G. E. Hamker will speak in support of the candidacy of Judge W, N. Gatens for reelection. It is prob able that a Woodrow Wilson league win be organized. left so high above grade that the property was greatly damaged. In the assessment of damages the road viewers, J. B. Yeon, R. C. Bonser and Dorr E. Keasey fixed the amount at Jl last October. COLLARS wear longest stand laundering best. The fabric is right and the collars have exclusively Linocord Unbreakable Buttonholes CLARION 2 in. LENOX 2 In. Two heights in the new fall collar Geo. P. IDE & CO., Makers, Troy, N. Y. , Also Hikers of Ide Shirts PartlwJ Wholesale Dirtribotin Branch! 311 PINE STREET Flames flevour TJ. of Wisconsin Building Madison. Wia., Oct. 10. (I. N. S.) Fanned by a high wind, fire is destroy ing the main building of the Univer sity of Wisconsin here today. Al though the structure is of stone, the Interior has been swept try names and university officials estimate the dam age at $250,000. The entire building was virtually destroyed. Five hundred students, warned of the fire by an automatic alarm in stalled only two months ago, marched orderly to safety. Marriage Stirs Town. Marshfleld. Or., Oct 10. Arnold Me- Lay, 21 years old, and Mrs. Minnie Philbrick of Los Angeles, who have attracted much attention, were mar ried by Justice Pennock Monday after noon. McLay was recently arrested on n statutory charge made by a Beaver Hill girl. The Jury disagreed and the case must be tried again. Mrs. Philbrick, 24 years old. ia a handsome and wealthy young widow. McLay formerly lived at Beaver Htll and went from here to southern Cali fornia. When he was arrested Mrs. Phil brick sent attorneys here from Los Angeles to look after his case and at the recent trial she came and fur nished funds for his defense. n n www se3Ta.vrv-t nw i 17 u ff ks',;--' n 11 1 Reid-HodgBon Nuptials. Freewater, Or., Oct 10. The mar riage of Rich Reid of Freewater and Miss Myrtle Hodgson of Weston took place In Walla Walla last week at the parsonage by the Rev. C. E. How ard. Mr. and Mrs. Reid left for their new home In Montana. Stanley-Smith Mill Closes. Hood River, Or., Oct 10. The large sawmill of the Stanley-Smith Lumber company, at Green Point with a capa city of 160,000 .feet per day, closed Sunday afternoon for the season. The D No -smoker likes to play detective. 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