THE OREGON SUNDAY - JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY. 1. 1917.
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DALLAS MAN
IMIRCIAIIGENIER
Early History of Neighboring
City Recalls Period When
Hudson's 'Bay Co, Ruled.
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DR.M'LOUGHUNIN CHARGE
MURDERED
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MOHAV
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COUNTY
Tearless Taetor of Tredias; Vort Did
Moefc to Tv Way for Teaeefnl
Settlemeat of Pacific arorthwest.
J By Fred locklef.
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 20. A point
-, 4. .4. ... uin h Columbia
VI IHIJU JUl I in '
near Washougal which Is called Van
couver Point. One hundred and twenty-five
years ago Lieutenant Bnuh
ton of the British navy while explor
ing what the Indians called "the
Oreat river of the west." named this
poinU after his commander. It marked
the farthest point reached by Lieu
tenant Broughton. Lieutenant Brougta
toh made his trip up the Columbia in
the late fall of IT 9 2.
Kight years before, on October 19,
1784, . ther- wan born near Quebec a
sturdy lad named John McLoughlin
who in later years' was destined to
play an important part in the history
of the region being visited by Lieu
tenant Broughton. He it was who
selected the present site of Vancou
ver as the headquarters of the power
ful Hudson's Bay company, took the
name of Vancouver Folnt for Ms
fort and trading post and gave Van
couver its name.
The establishment of Vancouver aa
the commercial metropolis of the Pa
cific northwest takes us back to the
daya of Charles the Second of Eng
land.. On May 2, 170, Charles granted
a. charter "Kor the discovery of a new
passage into the South Sea and for
finding some trade for furs, miner
als, and ol her considerable commodl
ties' to a party of hardy sea rovers
tk.ua Bnieniureri
' When it came to choosing a name
for the company It was decided to
grant the charter in the name of
"The Governor and Company of Ad
venturers or England trading Into
Hudson Bay." So profitable was the
trade In "furs, minerals and other
considerable commodities" that event
ually there was organized a rival
trading company called the Northwest
company, with headquarters . in Mont
real. The Hudson's Bay company trapped
and traded on the' waters flowing fnto
Hudson bay and dealt largely with
the northern tribes of Indians. The
Northwest company were supposed to
trade with the Indians of the Colum
bia river busin, but In reality the
traders of tlie rival fur companies
were constantly coming into conflict.
fto outer !id the rivalry become
that to prevent further bitterness and
bloodshed the ffritish parliament on
. July 2, 121, compelled the warring
. companies to unite. The Hudson's
Bay tfempany and the. Northwest" com
pany jL re merged under a shorter
iuiu Btvro aitumiij une mo non-,
orahle Company of Merchants Ad
vi tituijfcreyrrsdiug into Hudson's Bay."
. The 4f thhlned companies were given a
license by parliament which was to
run lor ; i years irom Uecember 21,
1821. Dr. John Mclaughlin was
. made chief factor of the western or
' Rocky mountain department, of the
combined fur trade territory.
Explorations Conducted.
Prior to this consolidation the Brit
ish factors of the Hudson-is Bay com
pany had been busy exploring and
mapping the northern territory as well
as trading for furs. It was an Eimc
lfshman, Ilearn, who Jiscovered the
Coppermine river. In 179 Mackenzie
discovered the Peace riv.er. Four
years later he explored its headwat
ers. Krazer discovered the Frazer
river, though it was lcit to a later
Hudson's Bay company party to dis
cover its mouth, in 182 4.
Tha Americans were confining their
fur trading and exploring to the coast,
Cuptain Gray discovering the Colum
bia river in
i Ploys of tne Missouri Far company,
had established a trading: post on the
Henry rw or tne Snake river in mo
Columbia, river basin In 1810.
On April 12, 1811, John Jacob Astor
founded Astoria, but the war of 112
between England . and the United
States caused him to lose his inter
est there on October 16. 1818. ':
Ths. Britlsa Vary, y
On December 12. 1813. Captain Black
took possession of Astoria : and re-A
named It Fort George. Just" before ,
this, however, the Northwest companv
j had bought all three of the American
iraq in g posts, AKons, j? on uaanogan
and Fort Spokane.
With tbe merging of. the Northwest
company an dthe Hudson's Bay com
pany the- officials "began a relocation
of the trading posts. Late In the fall
of 1824 George Simpson, governor of
tbe Hudson's Bay ' company, in com
pany with Doctor John MeLonghlin,
the chief factor of the Rocky moun
tain deDartment. visited their -head-
Quarters at Fort George at the mouth . Tragedy followed boeattom of Wast
oi tne coiumnis. uuring tneir vtsui was seuevea to e aa a.Da
the weather wa continuously foggy i doaed Mine.
or rainy, and believing the furs if j
stored there would mildew, they de-1
elded to establish new headquarters j Dallas, Or., Jan. 20. Word was re
nearer to the Indians, with whom they i,-,, v, .v,,. ,,. -
traded and In a more favorable loca-icelved here this week of th' -uer
tlon. Doctor McLoughlin surveyed . in Mohave county, Arizona, of Harry
the north bank of the Columbia river , r. Ballard, formerly a resident of this
THOMAS U EMORY IN Vy
BUSINESS FOR SELF
Harry R, Ballard, the Victim,
Had Been in the South for
Two Years.
SUSPECT UNDER ARREST
from its mouth to the Cascades, and
finally chose a point six miles above
tha mouth of the
ini sli
Wil!
cit. He was a son of Mrs. Alma Bat-
amette river, I lard, residing east of Dallas, and left
the spot selected being about a mile
east of the present site of Vancouver
Barracks.
Dr. XcXrfraghlln zn Authority.
To Doctor McLoughlin was given
the task of ruling over a region of un
known extent and of administering
justice to hundreds of employes and
thousands of Indians. He had su
preme authority and Jurisdiction in
military and civil affairs. His attri
butes were almost those of sovernelgn
government, so it is little wonder that
the Indians looked upon "The White
Headed Eagle," as they called him, as
-The king of the Columbia. "
Doctor McLoughlin began the build
ing of Fort Vancouver in December,
1824. The work of building tbe log
houses and the stockade was carried
on during the winter and by the
spring of 182S Fort Vancouver was'
the headquarters for the northwest of
the Hudson's Bay company. The site
for the fort or stockade was on the
first rising ground back from the
river at out a mile. Because the sup
plies that came by ship from England
once a year and the furs that came
by batteau from the upper country
had to be carried a mile from the
river back to the fort and because ali
water for the fort had to be hauled
here about two years ago to accept a
position with an express company Jn
Los Angeles, California.
For the past year nothing had been
heard from him until word of his
death came in a telegram fronf Mr.
Ada Webster, at Los Angeles.
Zrocated a Viae.
In a letter received from Mrs. Web
tser later, particulars of the tragedy
are given. She and her son and iter
mother and Ballard left Los Angeles
about a year ago In an automobile, lo
cating a short time later on what they
supposed was an abandoned mining
claim near Secret Pass, Arizona. The
mine, it seems, had originally been lo
cated by an old man named Smith, who
recently returned and demanded pos
session of the claim, which was re
fused by Ballard.
On tbe morning of January B, Bal
lard went to the mine to work as
usual.
At noon Mrs. Webster took his lunch
to him. She found his body in the
mouth of the mine. It had been rid
died with buckshot and an attempt had
been made to blow it to pieces with
dynamite, but without success.
Murder Is Charge.
The coroner and sheriff were noti
fied and with Indians and dogs took
a
V"
1 Water Main Eef nndr
To Be Becommended
rroposltloa Wales Coaualss&aer JJaly
WD1 rreaeat to City CouacU Affects
About 8000 Xta la 3 Iff exeat Iwtiou
Will H. Daly commlslsoner of public
utilities, will recommend to the city
council next Wednesday that assess
ments .levied, against Unproved' prop
erty in the city for the construction of
water jnalns be refunded la all cases
where, tbe revenue from the water
served the property equals per cent
of the total amount of the assessment.
The . recommendation applies to
about 2000 lots in different sections of
the city from which the ctty is receiv
ing revenue. The assessments against
vacant lota will stand until sucn a
time as houses are built upon them, or
until the revenues from the mains In
th entire district in which the vacant
lots are located pay per cent revenue
on the original cost of construction.
It is estimated that the proposed re
funds will total $75,000. This money
is to be paid from tne water fund.
Carver Has Three
Franchises Pending
Thomas L. Emory.
11,. .!., r fT r.V 1 n A
cided to moVe T nearer TorYver, so ; P th. trail of the assassin and I soon
.w hniMiuM we .net a few arrested Smith, who was lodged in Jail i
hundred yards from the river bank. at Kingman, charged with the murdei
Jh? W llll0Zf ' Clara's body was taken to Kingman
"M 11 Z i f J bster. in a safety deposit
20 feet high and was well built for i - . D.i.
defense against attack. There were ''7:.,:
rltarfa all '
40 buildings within the stockade, all
of logs, with the solitary exception of
the powder magaaine, which was of
hewed stone and brick. All of the
buildings were of one story except
the large log house used as the gov
ernor's residence, which was two
stories high. Just outside the stock
ade were 60 log houses for the mar-
tlves here. A brother, C. I. Ballard,
is arranging to have the body sent
here for interment.
Ballard was 32 years of age.
Thomas L.-Emory. for the past It
years an advertising man on Portland
papers, has decided to branch out. He
has purchased the interest of W. R.
Williams in the firm of Hall & Wll
Hams and the firm wi.ll hereafter be
known as Hall & Emory.
Tom Emory, as he Is familiarly
known, started with the Baltimore
American, then owned by relatives
1 years ago as night clerk. He
made rapid strides in his chosen pro
fession and first came to the coast as
a member of the advertising staff of
tne Ban rranclsco Bulletin IS years
ago. After a two-year stay at the
Golden Gate he came to Portland and
for the past eight years has been eon
nected with the advertising staff of
The Journal.
The firm of Hall & Emory orocoaes
to handle advertising, both the writing
and placing, for special firms. George
Hall is also a well known advertising
man. having been connected with that
rieid nere for over 10 years.
Free Methodists to
Hear Bishop Sellew
The Bishop Is President of the Gen
eral sELssloaary Board of the T. iff.
Church la America.
PAGES OF NOTEBOOK
BEAR LAST MESSAGE
FROM
TRENCH
HERO
Frank McGowan, Late of Am
ity, 0r,f Fell at the Front in
November. s
POEMS BREATHE FEELINGS
Comrade Tails Mow XeOowaa Sled
How Mm Shirked Wo Duty aad Tells
of Xsteesa la Wales Xe Was BTeld.
A few pages torn from a notebook
form the last message to Oregon rela
tives of Frank McOowan. late of
Amity, who laid down hie H'e for
the allies' cause in tbe great Somme
offensive last fall.
A brief cable received in November
told of his death but the leaves of his
notebook arrived oaly recently along
with a letter from one who fought
with him that told enow he died.
Because the notebook contained sig-
upon a weaker nation. ,We kava had a
hard struggle, but our -day dawns;
and every man. from commander to
recruit, knows that we have tha upper
hand and victory la assured
-Those who are left of us In the
section Cud we grow gradually less
each time we meet the Bosch es) often
talk of those who have gone; and I
notlee young McGowan's name is al
ways received In a - manner which
shews that he had made good with
them, besides those to whom he was
responsible.
"An officer and soma men who saw
Mm fall buried him. at some risk t
themselves, and this at least shows
the boys' regard for him, when se
many hundred lie unburled and ua
cared for."
Sergeant Ball Is a brother et Mr
George L. Cherry of this eity.
tenu Touad la Votebeo.
Here are the words of "The Girl
Behind the Man Behind the Gun,'
found la young McOowan'a notebook;
Teu have seen the line of khaki swing
lag grandly down the street.
Tou have heard the band blare cut
Britannia aonsa
Tou have read a ton of papers and
A
And
you've thrown them at your feet,
your brains a battlefield
And
for
Tou have cheered tor Tommy Atkins
You hav praised the French aad Bel
Tbe first of the proposed franchises
granting Stephen Carver of the Tort
land Trackless Car oomoanv. a sub
sidiary concern of the Portland & Ore- I nal Information which was purely the
gou -.iiy ciecinc jvaiiw.j comimu, i"uin . ....... -
the riaht to one rate larse motor buees only the pages that were personal to
in various sections of the city 1 to young McGowan were sent. And scrtb-
be considered by the city council next
Wednesday. Carver has three fran
chises pending. Two ef them are for
route on the cast side and the third
for routes on the west aide. It is prob
able that the franchise for the opera
tion of motor buses in the southeast
section of the city, to be operated in
connection with the streetcars of the
Portland Oregon City Klectrlo Rail
way company, will be the first to eorae
up for consideration.
FROM VIEWPOINT OF
PRINTER MEASURE
SUGGESTED IS RICH
The congregation of the First Free
Methodist church. Kast Ninth and Mill
streets, will hear Bishop Walter A.
Sellew for two services today, atJ.l
Airs, aim xxavis rues. Bishop Sellew is one of the proml-
Dallas. Or.. Jan. 20. Mrs. Matilda nn workers of tha Free Methodist
Travis died at' her home in Falls City, church. batna- nniMmt nf the
ried mechanics and servants as well January 14, following a stroke of par-1 general missionary board of North
alysis sustained several days Derore. , America, He resides at Jamestown,
She had been a resident of Polk coun- n. Y.. and with Mrs. Sellew is making
ty for 30 years. She is .survived by a tour of the west. After attending
six children, Mrs. M. L. Thompson and meetings in Oregon, California and Ed
Mrs. Walter Barnhart, of Falls City; monton, Canada, he will return here
Mrs. Jessie Hale, of Oakland, Cel.;
as tne Doat nouse, tne caimon nouse.
the dairy barns, the threshing mill
and the graneries.
Within 10 years from Its founding
more than 2500 acres surrounding
Fort Vancouver- were fenced. More
than 8000 head Of cattle and about Allen Travis, Clark Travis and .Higi
2600 head of sheep were graaingv in j Travis, of Idaho.
the fields and meadows of the Hud- i . ,
son s Bay company, while over 800 Dallas Will Bo 8tation.
brood mares and as many dairy cattle , . ,, . , K
. . k- .- Dallas. Or., Jan. 20. Dallas is to be
stables of tha company In addition mad9 tbe test station for the inveatlgai ,
to thta there weTevera? hundred "on of brown rot and other diseases ot Orton of Multnomah, and reads a. fol
h..J e Hotrv c.ttl. nn th Wonnto prune trees. jrror. Y-ajicr urowu, ",nn
to preside at the annual coast con
ference of the denomipation. While In
Portland Bishop and Mrs. Sellew are
being entertained by Dr. and Mrs.
Alexander Beers at the parsonage,
t4Stt Kast Madison street.
bled on these leaves are two poems.
one called "The Girl Behind the Man
Behind the Gun" and the other'with
out name.
Terses Convey Utm times ts.
It is not known whether or not Mc
Gowan wrote the verses, but it is be
lieved possible that he did, aad any
way, the sentiments expressed come
as his last word.
Frank McGowan was a nephew of
A. H. McOowan of Portland, business
manager of the Reed institute. Made
an orphan by the death of his father
in British Columbia about three years
ago, he came to Oregon to live with
relatives at Amity.
As the war ground on. the lad, only
17 at the time, felt the call and quiet
ly slipped away to British Columbia
to enlist in September, ltls. Fol
lowing a period of training he was
eent to England last Easter. More
training, and he went to the front in
August, as a member of the signal
detachment of the Seventy-second Ca
nadian Infantry battalion.
ZHed With Smile on 81s Taee,
How he met his end is told by Ser
geant F. J. C. Ball, formerly of Port
land. In a letter recently received.
"Toung McGowan was in my sec
tlon." writes Sergeant Ball, 'and was
carrying a message through the
trenches when a shell exploded neer
him. He was not fatally wounded and
made for a shell hole (t obtained this
information from a dispatch runner
who accompanied him ana who -was
also wounded). The Beaches evident
ly saw him fall, and dropped severs'
more shells in the hole, and the shock,
on top of the wound, killed him. When
foundf he was sitting In a shell hole
with a quiet smile on hie face, show
ing that he did not suffer.
mM mfkimmVl mmrmm n ami. mmm Mti.h
(OootUraed Trom Par One.)
quiring; publication of claims, proceed
ings and whatnot, furnish yards and
yards of "copy."
House Bill No. 63 is for the pur
pose of "standardising" the charge.
It does not say that the rate shall
be "not more" than so much an inch,
but It comes right out and says "the
compensation for the publication of
all notices, summonses. citations,
county financial statements, reports
and proceedings mentioned In chapter
VI, Lord's Oregon laws, notices of
sheriffs sale and other legal adver
tisements shall be" and then drifts
off into the realms of "folios" and
"ems," unknown quantities to the com.
moo mind.
What Measure B sally Means.
The fact is, however, that if house
bill No. 6J becomes a law, any legal
notice, whether printed by the county
by direction of statute, or during the
course of publio or private litigation
will cost anyway from $l.om down
to ISM cents an Inch, according to the I liked by us all, always cheerful and
rians everv one:
But I'm rhyming here a measure to
the valor and the rjluck.
Of tbe girl behind the man behind the
gun.
There's a harder game than fighting;
there's a deeoer wound hv far
Than the bayonet or the bullet ever
tore;
And a patient little woman wears upon
her. heart a scar
Which the lonesome years will keep
forever more.
There are bands and bugles crying aad
tne norsea maoiy riae.
And in passion are the trenches lost
and won.
But she battles in the silence with no
comrade at her aide.
Does the girl behind the man behind
tne gun.
They are singing songs in Flanders.
and there's laughing on the
wind:
They are shouting for their country
and their king;
But the haliwava ream for mnale
in the homes they left behind.
For the mother of the soldier does not
sing.
In silence of the night time,
"ilid a rins of hidden foes.
And without a bugle cry to cheer her
She is flrhttng fiercer battles than
soldier ever knows.
And her triumph is an open grave at
uawn
PPR0PRIAI1ISARE
CUT $52,528.50 !H
'FIRST-n'0 WEEKS
Way$ and Means Committee
Considers First Institutions
That Must Have Money.
START IS- BUSINESS-LIKE
khaki
down the
Island. The butter from this dairy u. a. was Mr iu- w
herd found ready sale at Fort Wran- arrangements for the establishing of
gel and at other Alaskan points, as me siauon. iu i"-
did also the wheat and barley. tlon of the kind in the state and this
Six miles up the Columbia Doctor city has-been chosen for its location be-
McLoughlin had established a grist cause of the evenness of the prune crop
mill and a saw mill and the company's
ships sent flour, dried salmon and
lumber to the Sandwich Islands.
Ho Indian Trouble.
From 1824 to 1816, so just and firm
was the control- of Dr. McLoughlin
over the Indians, there was no Indian
trouble and from 1824 to 1847, when
the Hudson's Bay company moved
their headquarters to Victoria, Van
couver was the commercial metropolis
of the Pacific northwest.
At about the time of tha 'Cominar of
Jason Lee as a missionary to the In-
year after year, and not because of a
greater prevalence or tree aisases nero
than elsewhere. . v
27 COUNTIES PAY
$103,775 SINCE THE
Text of pending Measure.
Be it enacted bv the people of the
state of Oregon:
Section 1. As soon as practicable
after taxes . become delinquent each
year the tax collector shall send to
each person, firm or corporation
shown on the tax roll as owning real
or personal property, on which the
taxes for such year have not been
paid, a notice containing a brief de
scription of each parcel of such real
property or a general description of
such personal property: which notice
shall - also specify the amount of
taxes due and delinquent on said real
or personal property and the rates of
type used in setting IC
L, A notlee of sheriffs sale, one news
paper column wide and four inches
in length, set in agate type, under the
terms of house bill No. . would cost
14.00 for each insertion.
A notice, occupying tbe same space,
set in nonpareil type, which is the
face moat commonly used by present
day newspapers, wuld cost 11. ZS.
A notice occupying the Bame space.
net in brevier type, which face is used
by some of the smaller papers of the
state, would cost 11.80 for each insertion.
A notice, occupying, the same space.
I-AW W&Q FNAfiTFn interest and penalties, applicable there
LHVW WHO tllHUILU to jpij notiC of delinquent taxes
(Continued From Page One.)
FT
rtr
the
or charged against real
shall also contain a stateraen
da.tM on or after which a certificate
' of delinquency may be Issued, as pro-
ine tax collector snaii
approximate but the sheriff's office in . vidt hv law'
1752 and viUi Captain I dj4n8 0f the Oregon country the nud- sending what it had available said: send the notice, in each instance, by
son's Bay company was shippipg an-I we nav
n.. t A.fiAn v, v.i. I nut tnis is someinina near ins emu. . . . . . -
0 1 1 j uvhuvm tU'B SV ."W iwug vfc :
nus
KenoTtctt and jngranajn, trading up
and down the coast is what is now
k . u .1 It., VI........ .... jt. i
ui tun aim t&aiiiiiK iyn, l ritutns una i "QQ 000
oi copper dnu iron ana oiner trading
goods for sea otter skins, beaver skins
and other furs.
In 1805 and 1S08 Captain Meri
wether Lewis and Captain William
Clark came overland and explored tha
Columbia river basin. They camped
near the shore of Vancouver lake,
about three miles from the present
city of Vancouver on. November 14.
1805, and two days later they wero
looking at the tumbling breakers on
the bar at the mouth of ;he Columbia
river. They had reached the "bitter
water," as the Indians called the
ocean, -
In 1807 David Thompson of the
Northwest company had explored the
Pend d'Oreile and th Couer d'Alene
country and three years later he es
tablished the "Spokane house.
Meanwhile Andrew Henry, an em-
pounds or to put
The county clerk estimates that the
it into
American money about a million
dollars. The year Jason Lee arrived
McLoughlin nearly 3000 acres were work could have been handled for $50
being farmed and the crop that season year.
amounted to 800 bushels of wheat, j Crook county has spent 82135.25 for
6000 bushels of oats, 900 bushels of jrs publications, and it is estimated by
peas, 14.000 bushels of potatoes, be-1 the tax collection department there
sides large crops of turnips, carrots, I tnat the work could be handled by mall
beets, cabbages and considerable fruit. , at figures ranging from $25 to $50 a
It is interesting to read the old-time , yee.r
reports or the Ueauty of the situation , nouelas county has spent $12,485.60
on th'
some uounues are enuso, j quent taxes. Failure to receive the
Coos county has spent the tidy sum notice herein provided for shall not
re $9679.51 to publish delinquent lists.
Invalidate anv tax or certificate of
delinquency, nor affect any procedure
in the collection of taxes as provided
by iaw.
Two Beetloas Repealed.
Section 2. That chapter 275 of the
f:eneral laws of Oregon of 1911 filed
n the office of the secretary of state
February 24. 1911, shall be. akd here-
hv sea rana i H f
Section 8. That section 1 of chapter
301 of the General Laws of Oregon of
1913. ruea tn tne ornee or ine secre-
of Fort Vancouver and to read of ths h nubliration of ita delinauent tary of state February 27. 1913, shall
... - . A n J V t
Si
GDon'-C:
Suffer
From Piles
ad For Pro Trial Treatment.
Ko matter how long or how bad rote
Knr druggiae today and get a 60 cent
X ot pyramid Pile Treatment, it
great fertility of the soil and of the
favorable location for commerce and
then to hear some of the present-day
residents shake their heads and talk
.gloomily of Vancouver's future pros
pects. ' When they are dead and gone
their children will look back in
amazement and wonder why they
lists.
The estimate given for mail no- t .S? "e;BU",IB,KSf:
tices to handle tne woric mere range declared that existing conditions
from $90 for the -work in 1912 to $145 re such that this act is necessary
in 1916. for the immediate preservation of the
-ir. i puoiio peace, nwm ua saieiy. ana
i owine to the urgent necessity of Dro-
Jacason county tax payers nave paaa vidlng a better ana more definite pro
Many Counties Kail Votlces.
1178R 87 fop the publication done in redure in rivins notice of delinauent
could not fore.ee the great future in ' gat county It, 2J tlXanTth,.1 'actW.S
store for a location so favored by av tn. ent.iw - notlce ta,lf" effect and be in full force and effect
nature as Vancouver. When mills and i r leas than $200 a year, according t frorB and aftr its approval by the
factories by the score are turning out
products for the fleet of . boats that
are lined up at Vancouver's wharves
to estimates from that county. i governor.
The fact is that in many of the 1 -
counties, the tax collection depart-'
willing to do his duty under any aad
all conditions. His duty was one ot
the most dangerous, and I explained
this to him when choosing the dis
patch runners, but he only smiled and
sald:v That suits me all right.'
"He Is buried In a place aboig? half
a mile from Courcellette, called Death
Valley. Needless to say. this place
is one of horror and g rue somen ea a
acade the "Great aerlflee."
"As I am writing this to a neutral.
I must be careful not to express any
opinions, but cannot help saying that
young McOowan has made the great
sacrifice in a cause as good and lust
xou pave cneerca tn
swinging grandly
street,
But you forget to cheer another Una
They are plodding sadly homeward
To
the line of
with no music for their fet.
set in long primer, which is seldom if I as ever sword was drawn for. Eaoh
ever used for such purposes, would
oost $1.80.
Text of Bin In Committee.
The bill Is now reposing in the bosom
of the house committee on revision of
laws, awaiting consideration and re
port. It is. as the lawyers ssy. in
words and figures, as follows, to wit:
B It Enacted bv the PmiiIi of th
State of Oregon:
"Section 1. In all counties having
less than 160.000 inhabitants the com
pensation for the publication of all
notices, summonses, citations, county
financial statements, reports and pro
ceedings mentioned in Chapter VI.
Lord's laws, notices of sheriff's sale
ana oiner legal advertisements snail oe
isixty-rive cents tor each lnfcextion for
each folio of 250 ems of the type in
which such legal notices, summonses.
citations, county financial statements,
reports, and proceedings, notices of
sheriffs sales or other legal advertise
ments are set proviaea. however, tnat
no provision of this act shall be con
strued to prevent a newspaper rrom
making a lower rate'for charitable pur
poses. Charity JTignre In Measure.
"Section 2. In all counties having
less than 1S0.000 inhabitants affidavits
of proof of publication by newspapers,
for the publication of any legal notice,
summons, citation, notice of sheriffs
sale or other legal advertisement shall
state. In additlon-to the matters now
required the amount or fee actually
charged by such newspaper for such
publication. In cases of a special rate
for charitable purposes such fact shall
be set forth in the affidavit.
"Section S. Sections 2908 and 2911 ef
Lord's Oregon Laws, and all sets and
parts of acta In conflict herewith, are
hereby repealed."
of us expects some day to make the
same sacrifice, and I only hope that
I can 'go out with the same cheerful
ness as he did. We go at least In
gallant company, which doesn't count
ths cost when a murderous bully aets
a fare more lonely river than the
Rhine.
Oh! the battlefield In wider than the
cannon's sullen roar.
And the women weep at battles lost
or won.
For the men, a cross of honor; but the
crepe upon the door
For the girl behind the' men behind
the gun.
When the heroes are returning and
the world with Jov Is rd.
When they show the tattered trophies
of tne war;
When your cheers are for the living
and vour tears are for tn. dad
rWhleh the foeman. In the battle, trarp-
piea o er;
When you fling your reddest roses at
the horsemen In array.
With their helmets flaming proudly in
the sun.
I would bid von wear the favor of an
apple blossom spray
For the girl behind the man behind
the gun.
tra named Terses.
The vrses of the second poem, un
named, follow:
A wounded, broken "Tommy"
Lay dying on the field.
By his side a shattered "Johnny,"
Arms no mor they'll wield.
Th first a lnndon bank clerk.
The other from across the sea.
Neither did their duty shirk.
The first left three;
In the borne of the other
Was left an aged mother.
When this bloody war in done.
Will those who atayed at home.
Many who gave not one
For their country and the throne.
Do their little "hifr
For thoa who've givon aU.
That their country might not fall.
And thev endure the thrall
Of nation's iron before?
toataWI
Ac Xattrely
a Tranla.
BalenvrOr, Jan. SI. Ia two weeks .
f work tha Joint ways and mean
committees of tha legislature- hsve .
passed on requests for sprpopriatlons
totalling $802,431.80. and nave cut
from that amount tbe sura of $81.--
Ilt.80. leaving a total whlda nan been ,
aprpoved of 8749.M3.
This is but the beginning or a.totai .
state budget which calls for approprl-.
atton totalling $4,781448. or-1111488
mora than can be rawed wiMer ina- a
per- eent tax limitation amendment ta
the state constitution.
sTtart Zs Bn els see Tiff.
But It Is a bustness-IIke beginning. ' .
because the committees are taking P -first,
the state departments and ti
stltutkms which, must be provided for
whether any money fa left fee ether '
enterprises or not.
So. while the committees were con
fronted with a budget whieh haa ta be -.
trimmed at least three fourth of a
million dollsurs. tasra ia no cause for
discouragement ha tha seemlsgly small -'.
amount trimmed out durlnc tha first ,
two weeks of labor. Th committees ,
hava cut out entirely tne following re
quested appro priatioaa:
Agricultural assistants ta state
school superintendents... ... .$12,001
Board of higher curricula $81
Reimbursing counties for gap
port non-resident poor $.000
Stallion registration board...... 2.0 '
Total j 81T.3S3
In addition to this sum, .the commit
tee cut from th requested appropria
tions ot the various institution, and .
departments passed on the sum of
$35,195.50. The appropriations ap-
proved by tha committee are a fol-
lows: . ' .
Otae Cat Man.
Specie! areata for coventor .... S e.800
Oregon Bhi Book, published by - ' -secretary
ef slate 4.500
Capitor ana supreme court
Duiiamgs sna grounas
Superintendent of public in
struction ,:
For erh4 record book and
blanks 10,6t
State Teachers' association.... 500
State School for the Deaf 18,180
McLoughlin Memorial associa
tion ' M .
Emergency board SOS
Attorney general 23.JI4
Kxecutiv department 43.700
Apprehension ef fugitive from
justice 15,000 ,
O. A. R. department of Oregeei , '
Circuit court 4se 200.000
District attorney as depu- -
ties 188.400;
fttate land board
Htate T raisin School for Bora 38.43
Publication et proclamations. . 801
Rewards for arreata . Ltee
secretary Of state...' 84.3 V
State treasurer 38.10'
Total
..$74MOS
New Bridge Ilr ro man, fled, '
Salem. Or., Jan. 20. A high level '
deck truss steel bridge ever th Wil-.
lamette at Center street. In th city C :
Ralem. estimated to cost $19,000. wit
high class creosoted timber apprarh
and paved roadway, is recomaae Jott
for construction to ths county courts .
of Polk and Marion counties by h
state highway departsneat.
i
Royal Arch Mason Meet.
Portland chapter No. 8. Royal Areu
Masons, held Us anawel baaejuet et th
Hotel Imperial last alght. About 120
members of th lodge were preet. .
the residents of Vancouver will won-!mnts, recognizing the futility of the
der at the lack of vision of the citi
zens of today.
Fifty years ago Judge Matthew P.
Deady, writing of. the Portland that
then claimed a population of 7000.
said that the day would come when
Portland would have 60,000, though it
would never be apt to have more than
that population. He was looked upon
aa a harmless visionary for claiming
that Portland could ever grow to a
city with a population of 60,000.
When Vancouver has a population
! of SO',000, and that is not looking very
far into tbe future, its citizens will
begin to realise that her location Jus
tifies a population of double or treble
.that number. . .
The way to make Vancouver grow is
publication plan, mail their notices of
delinquency Just as they formerly dll,
doing this in order that the delinquents
shall be given definite and certain no
tice of their lapses.
Tbe tax collectors of tbe state, as a
general thing, do not consider the pub
lication plan to be effective or econo
mical. - -
The very fact that many of them
I supplement it with letter , notices,
shows it to be Ineffective, and they wil!
: talk personally, and privately, and em
phatically, in favor of wiping the pub-
lication statute off tne books, t
The pressure of the up-state press
has- been successful for two sessions ot
the legislature In preventing the repeal
of the law. A bill, practically ldentt.
j TtelraauVlSauleFromeSiafkTriaL
erUl'ctr relief, and a tingle box often
euros. A trial package mailed free tn plain
wrapper If yoo send us coupon below.
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o 0W w.ui juiureapawpunfor ln ,t8 term, wlth Senate bill-83.
diyidondst thindlvuua! ItZruJ, ?"
-spirit and team work will bring I laam "c"" T " "
growth and nrosoerity to Vancouver.!. Tie JJaf eats Bam. Measure.
Just as inflation of land values and! Again,-In 115. the same bill was In.
ths cale of town lots to speculators ' troduced In the senate and it went
and real estate gamblers wilt re- downunder a tie vote, after the up
tard its state lobby had cracked its whip.
i 1 1 '- . And now. In .J917. the same biir la
Baadon Mill Will Reopen. again before the senate, and the same
The sawmill formerly owned by the ir. the members of which .have
Coqoill Lumber company, which hs t" ore than $100,000 from the
been idle for a number of years, will jxtm of taxpayers already pver
be reopened at Bandon. Its product t-urdend to th Plnt of J"nWency.
Will be mainly spruce for , shipment s back on the job, and seems to have
east, to be used in building aeroolanes the committee on assessment and taxa-
The mill ia owned by the Robert Dollar tion on the run.
company. It has a capacity of 40,000
feet per dayr and employ 40 inen.
Th plant is entirely new, haying run
but six months after It was, built. , -
Senate bill 63, designed to put aa
end to the useless waste of newspaper
publication of , delinquent taxes, was
introduced. ,, by - Senators Farrell and
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, - For the bride-to-be Aronson is showing
Diamond Engagement Rings at 36.85,
$52.50 and $69.50 instead of $50, $75
and $100. Aronson's keeping down the
H. C. of I. every engagement ring is
reduced! '
All Mantel Gocks One-Fourth Less.
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