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Newspaper Page TextBRIEF INFORMATION (UlTII DAY OF 1917.) Coming Evmtd. National Education Assoriattos meets Port land, July 7-14. Pacific Coaat Claim Ant' ansaat eoarao tion. Portland. July li, 1, M. - Multnomah County ulr from September II to 10. at Urtabam. Of- Today's Forecast. rorllwNT and Vicinity Tonight and Sunday Vrntiably itmwera; aoutherly winds. Oregon- Tonight and.- Sunday - fair except prcbabiy ahowcr nortbwt portion; cooler to night eaat portion, light fruat tonight aoutb and eaat portion; aonth to wet winda. Washington Tonight and Sunday tlr eaat. showera went ortljn. light frovt tonight eaat portion; anuth to west wind. Idaho Tonight and Sunday fair except a bow ers tonight or Sunday soutnt portion; cool er tonlgbt aoutb portion, light froat north, frecalna- temjieTatnre aoutb portion tonight. Weather Conditions. A dlatnrbance of slight ewrgy ia central Of ft northern Brltirfj Columbia. A aecond diaturbaiH-e of aliulliir character OTerllea Al berta and a third la painting down the Sr. Lawrence Taller. The Imroiwter la relatlTcly high along the Oregon aud northern California voaata, and a high pressure area of couald crable atrength la crtitnrt orer the southern Kcxky mountain atate. Rain, generally light, baa fallen lu the '.rth Pacific atatee, ex treme northern Califirula. along the west gulf cat, and at a(attcrd placea In the northern state eaat of be Mississippi river. It la warmer in northern Nevada, northern Utah, ad Kmthpcaatern Idaho. The temperatures have fallen In the Ohio and. middle Mlxatsslp pl valleys and In the lake region. Small craft warntxa were ordered displayed at 7 a. m. at all stations in thla district except at Cooa hy. " , he conditions are favorable for generally fair weather lu thla district tonight and Sunday except In northwestern Oregon and western Washington where it will be snowtry. It will be coofcr tonight In eastern Oregon and sotitb ern Idaho, and frost will form In the early morning In exposed place throughout the dla trlct except In the rainy area. EDWARD A. REALS, Forecaster. AFTER WAR IS OVER WORLD MUST ADOPT DEMOCRACY OR FALL Tins Istke Time to Plant Onion Seed All Sod urouna Must Be Well Disked Hamilton Holt of League to Enforce Peace Speaks on Reconstruction Problems, REVOLUTIONS DANGEROUS Observations. STATIONS linker. Or., Killings, Mont.. Ronton. Mass. .. Chicago. Ill Denver, Colo. .. IVs Moines, Ia. . Iluluth, Minn. .. Edmonton, Alb.. Fresno, Cal Galveston, Texas Helena, Mont. . . Kan. City, Mo. . . Knoxville, Tcnn. I.oa Angelea .... Marsh fie Id. Or. . Montreal. Que. . New Orleans New York, N.Y. No. Head. Wn. . Omaha. Neb... I'lttstHirg, I "a.. .. INx-atello, Ida... . Tortland, Or. .. I'rlnoe Itnpert. lti llluff. Cal.. Koswell. N. M. . St. Ixrnls, Mo... St l'aul. Minn.. Salt I-ake. l.'tah. Kan Francisco .. Stattle, Wn. ... Hpokane, Wash.. 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The party will leave Portland on the O-W. R. & N. at 7:50 a. m., and ero to Bonneville, then follow the Co- . iumbla river htghway to Eagle Cre;k where photographs of the water falls and canyon will be taken. A amall rarty will leave by auto about 4 a. m. Sunday in orier to secure photo graphs of the sunrise In colors from Crown Point, after which they will proceed to Eagle Creek. All will re turn to the city that evening. Measures to Be Discussed. The Reed College Civic club will present the following measures Tuesday night at Vernon school: Jitney, two platoon, constitutional harmony amendment. In crease of pay for legislators, limta- tion of bills Introduced ana comDina tion of cfty and state elections. The speaking will begin at":30. A short musical program by neighborhood chil dren and anecdotes by Dr. . L,. Ma guire will precede the speaking. Public In Invited. The meeting Is under the auspices of the Alberta Woman's Im- . . nt,,K t- Lost Boy Betnrnad. When 8-year- old Walter Anderson was found wan dering in the streets Friday night. Mrs. Sam Wodtry, 790 Nicolal street, took him into her home and gave him a bed for the night. This morning at 1 o'clock she notified the police, who In the meantime, at tha anxious solid tallon of the mother, were making a search. It was found 'that his home was at 678 Sherlock avenue, . only few blocks from where he spent the night. Matron Smith took the boy to his home. Art Teachers Speai. So much In terest having been shown by students and artists of the city in the Saracenic prints now on-exhibition at -the mu- were given Friday afternoon to a large class composed of the teachers of art in the schools and advanced students. Miss Anna B. Crocker and Miss Helen Putnam were the speakers. Tea was - served in the library during the inter mission. rinley Will lecture. Sunday even ing at 8 o'clock William V,. Finley will elva a bird -talk at Eilers' hail. Illus trated by his wonderful bird pictures. Ttiero will also be an address by Mrs. Swanton on the topic, "The Law Of Kindness," readings, "The Dead Pussy cat" and "The Woodticks." by little Pauline Jones, and. a solo, "The But tercup," by Miss Jeanette Chrlstensen. Thieves Take - Blags. Mrs. W. F. Holden reported to the police Friday ' that while she was watching the patriotic, parade Thursday thieves en tered her home at 796 East Eighteenth street north and took two rings, one her wedding ring. Mrs. Holden was formerly a University of Oregon stu dent and her husband was formerly a Ssotball star at the same Institution. Error In Meat Prices. ln yester day's retell market prices, among the extra specials offered by Falrchild's market, the price of breakfast bacon was made to- read 15 and 16 cents a nAiinJ In.tj.n A E Aft . wwuaiu inoicau - j iu cents n pound. Veal roast was made to read za to 30 cents a pound instead of 15 to iB cents a pound. . (Adv.) Columbia BAtst Sign way Stage. 'j. wo rouna trips, juuunomah Falls to Portland, dally. Leave Multnomah . Falls 7:80 a. m. and 1:10 p. m. Leave - St. Charles hotel, PorUzind, 10 a. m. and 4 p m. Saturday and Sunday eve ning, leave Multnomah' Falls 8:30 p. a. ara.i-ortiand 11 p. m. (Adv.) Taylor Street M. B. Church. 1 0:13 a. ' - m..is tne nour set ror tne service to morrow at the Circle theatre at 12- . Fourth street. "Conscience" will be. the Democratization and socialization of the world is certain to come after the war l over, even if it is not accomp lished, as in Russia, while the struggle continues, was the prediction made by Hamilton Holt, editor of Independent and a. director of the League to En force Peace, speaking before the Jack son club at Central library hall Fri day night. "When the peace pact is signed and the veterans come home they will try to pick up the tangled threads of their civilian occupations and start in where they left off." Mr. Holt said. "They will find that, on account of the vast expenditures of resources, they ill have to live on a lower level. They may go first to the privileged class for help, but who ever knew of the priv ileged class, as a class, doing anything f to help anyone but themselves? They may next appeal to their governments and find them willing, but unable to do anything on account of having spent the substance of their peoples unto the third and fourth generations. People Have Tremendous Task. "The people will find that they have tj work out the solution for them selves. " Then they will remember that they did not make the war. There will be first a rumble, then a roar and finally revolution. Parasites, .politi cal. social and economic, will go." ' SDeakinar of the Leasrue to Enforce Peace, Mr. Holt declared that the lit tle band which met in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, ln 1915, and launched the organization may have started a movement which will lead to the United States of the World even as their forefathers, in the self' same hall, launched the movement which led to the United States of America. He recalled that Great Brit ain and France, through their highest statesmen, have indorsed the Idea, and that even Bethmann-Hollweg of Ger many, has stated that Germany sub scribes to It and would like to take the lead. I sjpoe to Mr. Gerard, our former ambassador to Germany, about this indorsement." said Mr. Holt, "and he replied he did not believe Germany was sincere. - What America rights For. Mr. Holt declared that the United States is fighting, first for democracy and secondly to establish cooperation as a substitute for competition :n international affairs, which he de scribed as the fundamental principle of an enduring peace. If we learn nothing from tnls war, lie said, - we go bac.': to the old system; "we will have to arm to the teeth and the pre paredness move now on will be a mere bagatelle to whrtt is coming." The speaker also predicted that the war will bring about .nation-wide woman suffrage in the United States and spoko glowingly of the fact that it is bringing about governmental or ganization on an efficiency basis. Mr. Holt was introduced by W. D. Wheelwright, candidate of the Pacific coast for ambassador to Japan. Dr. IClof T. Hedlund, president of the Jack son club, presided. This Is the time to plant onion seeds and sets. Those who grow onions either for their own use or for sale. will find after harvest that they have valuable commodity. There Is no prospect of a normal price for onions during the next year or more. While onions already have become so costly that they must also be classed among the luxuries, the price for seeds and sets has not become ex orbitant and dealers are not anxious to increase the cost of seed because of their fear of a serious shortage next year. Onion sets can be bought for 20 cents a pound; the normal price is about 15 cents. Onion seed can be bought for $2.25 to $2.50 a pound. Fortunately, in memory of the persist ent rainy weather, onions do best ln moist soil. That is one reason onions flourish so well in what is known as 'beaver dam'" land. But do not. plant onions in land that has been covered with sod. ' Onions grow close to the surface. They have a superficial root Bystem. Sod, if turned under with a plow without disk ing first, will lie in ribbons prevent ing the moisture from coming to the surface. Onions would probably fail in soil thus prepared. If the sod land is double disked before plowing, onions will have a better chance, but even then will not make satisfactory re turns. To digress for a moment. It should be Impressed on . the minds of all gar deners in the campaign to increase the food supply that, no matter what they plant, sod ground must be thor oughly ' disked, or the surface well chopped with spade or other tool, be fore being plowed. After plowing see that all clods are broken up and soil made as fine as possible. Careful prep aration of the soil is a most valuable investment. After the ground has been prepared for onions, make rows about 18 Inches apart and put in the seed about half an inch deep. Onion sets should be placed, with a fair amount of growing room, with the tops just above the surface. As to varieties, the yellow globe dan ver Is rapidly becoming a standard onion for Multnomah county. The Red Wetersfield and the Australian brown are spoken of favorably. The darker onions will be more available for plant ing than the white onions and the white onions are much more expensive. up to 4 a pound for seed. After onions get to growing it is important to keep them free of weeds and to keep the surface mulched, so that all moisture may be conserved. This means hand work In weeding and irequent cultivation. EMERGENCY BOARD IS TO MEET TO CONSIDER REQUEST OF ATTORNEY All Attorneys Interested in Pacific Livestock Fraud Case Will Be Invited, Salem, Or., April 21. All three mem bers of the state land board , -today agreed to call a meeting of the, emer gency board to consider the request ot Attorney General Brown for authority to expend J3000 in completing the in vestigation of the Pacific Livestock company land fraud case, in order- to determine if the ca3e should be prose cuted. The date of the meeting is yet to be fixed. Attorney A. C. Shaw and his asso ciates, representing the Pacific Live stock company; Attorney C. B. McCon nell of Burns, who has been interested in the case, and Attorney General Brown, and any others interested, will be invited to appear before the emer gency board and present their views. When the state land board met this morning to decide what action should be taken on the attorney general's re quest for a meeting of the emergency board. State Treasurer Kay undertook to quiz Attorney General Brown about the matter, and the attorney general refused to answer questions unless they were put in writing, so no mis construction could be placed on his answers, which he said he would also put in writing. The question of whether the mem bers of the state land board, when meeting in the capacity of members of the emergency board, would support the attorney general's request for funds was not discussed today. The board also took its action in favor of calling a meeting of the emergency board without discussion. the little country and its restlessness under the yoke of Germany, and sought to inspire the Bohemians of this coun try either to unite under the banner of the United States or to form as Bohemian patriots. He touched upon the difficulties his nation had encountered in an effort to have intellectual and literary ability recognized, and scored Dr. Dumbra, wno classed them as illiterates. t Reserve Corps Work Assigned to Officer Mayor T. W. Phlsterer to Hare Office ln Morgan Building to Becelve Appll. cations for Officers' Trainng Camp Major F. W. Phlsterer. U. S. A., has been appointed to take charge of the board work to receive applications for the officers' reserve corps and has been given full instructions as to the requirements and conditions necessary to enter the training camp for officers. reserve ana tne qualifications required. His office is at 648 Morgan build ing, and he is expecting to be a very busy man next week. Blanks for ap plications and other documents will be sent to him for distribution with all possible speed. Major Phlsterer has been stationed in Portland for several months as inspector-instructor of the Oregon Coast Artillery corps. Social Workers' Club Adopts Resolutions DEALERS FORM PLAN TO OBTAIN POTATO SED FOR GROIRS More Than Ton of . Smelt Caught in Less Than Hour ! ! Store at 144 Front Street Will Be Used as Exchange t Headquarters for County. APPEAL MADE FARMERS Orowers Who Have Surplns to Spare May Ship Same Collect to O. L. Sarenport, Portland. Initial distribution of the county's seed potatoes will take place at the east entrance of the courthouse, 2 p. m.. next Monday. Owing to the deluge of applications received, not 4 more than ce sack will be al- lotted to a family, and it will be impossible to supply those able to secure potatoes from other sources. References must be furnished. One of th biggest runs of smelt in years Is reported to be swarming the Sandy liver. John Crawford and George Larson of Troutdale started out this morning with seines and dip nets and ln 'less than an hour they are accredited with jjt having landed 2S00 pounds of smelt. The mammoth catch was $ obtained, they said, at the mouth of the Sandy. t A chance to thwart old H. C. k L. is open to everybody, right now. The fishermen expect to realize from $160 to $200 for their brief labors. 4t DAMAGES DEMANDED Steatnship Railroad Tickets ' Expert anosa informs tie OorasyB. Smith Tourist Agency lie era art. ronuu, os. theme of the sermon by Dr. M. H. Marvin. Mrs. Jessie Orton Steckle will render two vocal solos, accompanied cn the organ by Lowell 'Patton. The public is invited to this delightful serv ice. Hamilton Holt Speaks Sunday Wight. Hamilton Holt, editor "The Independ ent," will speak this Sunday evening, April 22, at the Church of Our Father Open Forum, Broadway and Yamhill, on "World Organization After the War." All welcome. Free discus sion. (Adv.) W. 3T. rinley to Xectnxe.- William L. Finley will give an illustrated lec ture on the "Home Life of the Wild Birds of Oregon," at the Sellwood community house this evening at 8 o'clock. This lecture is given ' under the auspices of the Sellwood branch library. First Presbyterian Church, 12 th and! Alder streets. The pastor. Rev. John H. Boyd, D. D.. will preach morning and evening tomorrow. Subject in the evening, "The Day of Jehovah," a study of the injustice of God revealed in history. This Is the first of a great series on war. (Adv.) See the Soldiers Sunday, Looks like fine weather for Sunday. Visit Van couver barracks and see how Uncle Sam prepares for war. Regimental band concert . in afternoon. Trains every IS minutes from Second and Washington. (Adv.) Swat HI Cost. Heaviest run of smelt ln years in Sandy river at Trout dale. Two fishermen caught 2500 rounds ln one hour this morning. Join the Sunday crowd. Take train First and Alder at 6:45 a. m. Round trip fare 65 cents. (Adv.) Cup Social Saturday. The Lpworth league "Lyng" of the Vancouver ave nue Norwegian-Danish M. K. church will hold a cup social in the church parlors on Saturday evening, April 21. A good program has been arranged and refreshments will be served. Bancs at Shaver School. The wo man's gymnasium class of the Shaver Parent-Teacher association will give a dance this evening at the school house to which1 all patrons of the Shaver school are Invited. There will be good music. Tne Comforter Headquarters will ob serve Humane Sunday evening in Eil ers hall with talks by Mrs. Swanton and William L. Finley,. pictures, read ings and music. Adv. Steamer Jessls Harklns, for Camas, Washougal and way landings, dally except Sunday. Leaves Washington Street dock at I p. m. Adv.) Kr. and Mrs. A. Scott Bledsoe will demonstrate Spiritualism Sunday eve ning at 6th and Montgomery. . Adv. J ass Bancs, the eastern rage. Mult nomah hotel ballroom, Tuesday eve ning. April -24. Informal. (Adv. Selected Seed Potatoes, $5 hundred. Box 88, Scappoose, Or. . (Adv.) Divorce Decrees Granted. Divorce decrees were granted Friday afternoon" by Presiding Judge Ganten teia to Marguerite Nehren from Frank Nehren. Nellie Hoskins from Abner Hosklns, Charlotte Scoles from Wil liam, Scoles, Mabel . Jeanette Barclay from George M. Barclay, and Lena Maneke from Carl Maneke. Salem Keeps Matron. Salem, Or., April 21. Following an acrimonious debate at a special meet ing of the city council last night, the ordinance to abolish the office of po lice matron was placed on final pas sage and was defeated. Mrs. Saran Dorsey, the police matron, was the object of attack by some of members of the council. Grown-Ups" Have Finished School Wight Class at Iadd Comes Tront Stu dent Body Representing 35 Different nationalities. With a graduating class of 14 'grownups" the Ladd night school hejd commencement exercises of an unusual order Friday evening. The affair was especially notable Inasmuch as the graduating class represented a student body made up of 35 nationalities. The average age of the graduates who were finishing the eighth grade work was 30 years, and. many or tnem Degan their school work three years ago with the assistance of an interpreter. After a few remarks by C. B. Ben son, the" principal, the class put on a musical, literary and gymnastic pro gram. M. Nakata did a character sketch of Charlie Chaplin, while Dominic Bombardl, Nick Dardeni, .Henry Achilles. Fillippo Ruffia. Giovanni Icassi and M. Amato gave vocal and instrumental selections. The most ef fective numbers on the program, and one which proved that the educational advantages offered them by free America had been appreciated, was th chorus singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" and "America." Less Stuff Dumped Into Garbage Cans! , i The people are beginning to realize that no foodstuffs should be wasted and nothing should be thrown away which may be used, according to Wil liam Helber. superintendent of the municipal garbage incinerator. Owing to the economy now prac ticed, garbage and debric taken to the incinerator have decreased 20 tons a day, as compared to the daily con sumption of the plant a year ago. Helber says where ordinarily .large quantities of partially decayed pota toes andother vegetables are sent to the incinerator, nothing but thorough ly decayed vegetables are sent there now. Paper, which formerly came to the incinerator by the ton, seldom makes an appearance now, according to Hel ber. The same Is true of many other materials formerly thrown away as waste, he says. Prof . Benes Speaks " For the Bohemians Protest Made Against Effort to Sxtend Working Honrs of Women Because War Zs On. The conference meeting of the Social Workers' club held Friday at Central library had for its principal theme service ln patriotism, and the organ ization went on record as objecting to any plan which would make education less compulsory, a resolution to this effect and also one asking that no change be made in fhe laws prohibit ing women working more than eight hours were adopted and will be pre sented to the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Millie R. Trumbill pointed out that the women should give up their social and cultural endeavors for a time and devote themselves to the rais ing of food stuffs rather than allowing the children to leave school to cultivate the soil. A. R. Gephart, secretary of the Pub lic Welfare bureau, made a strong ap peal for a more hearty support of that institution, declaring that Portland has less social conscience than any other city ne Knew of. C. Henri Labbe, French and Belgian consul, spoke on Red Cross work and urged all people to identify themselves with the Amer ican Red Cross. Dr. J. Allen Gilbert toia or nospital work in the army. Literature Wanted In Logging Camps Supplies of old books and magazines and literature of a religious character are wanted by Captain John Anderson, 143 urana avenue north, ror free dis tribution among the logging camps of Oregon. Captain Anderson needs some 5000 books and tracts to meet the needs of the camps. Considerable numbers of books have already been sent out, and according to the reports received, the gifts have been greatly appreciated by both single men and heads of families. Books may be delivered to the cap tain's residence, or at room C05, T. M. C. A. building. He may be reached by telephone East 1942. Who will give a sack of seed po tatoes in aid of the campaign to In crease the food supply Who will give two sacks, five sacks, ten sacks, or more? The overwhelming number of appli cations for the county's seed potatoes on a measure-for-measure basis and the utter inability to supply more than a comparative few with the county's surplus has led to a new plan. Through the generous cooperation of a group of dealers. The Journal Is able to annonuce that those who will bf disappointed in the returns from their application for the county's seed potatoes may have another opportu nity. O. It. Bevenport to Aid. G. L. Daveport, car-lot shipper, has given his store at 144 Front street as a potato exchange neaaquarters. ne has started the contributions with 10 sacks of potatoes. He will haul with out charge from depots to the "potato exchange" shipments that come by rail to Portland from out ln the country. Mark Levy, Thomas Farrell and other dealers will contribute po tatoes and aid in the work of secur ing other contributions. Mr. Daven port, who is in close touch with the growers, believes that the patriotic impulse of tHose who have supplies of potatoes to aid families who want seed will result in accumu to 1000 sacks within 15 days. There are many ' growers, small and large, who, ln sorting out their seed, have put the small potatoes to one side. Sack them up and send collect to Mr. Davenport, 144 Front street. Portland. You will be paid for the sacks, but you are expected to give the potatoes. Distribution Flan Outlined. If you have a larger supply than you need, send at least a part or your surplus to help solve the prob lems of others less fortunate and to do your patriotic bit in the campaign to Increase production. SO COUNTY DELAYS PLAN TO OPEN ROAD New Approach to Wilson Highway Held Up Because Land Owners Begin Action TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE OF BENTON AROUSED AT ERROR IN REPORT League, Which Voted Against $6,000,000 Road Bond Is sue Denies Meeting Packed SPEAKERS WERE INVITED Members Went Ahead and Took Action Against Proposed Issue After Speaker Sad Defaulted. Proceedings to secure a right of way for a road leading from the Base Line extension road to the Wilson road just west of the Automobile clubhouse have been suspended by the board of county commissioners on the recommendation of Roadmaster Yeon. In extending the Base Line road the county tore up an old road leading into the Wilson road, and desired to build a new approach; but it was found that the owners of the property involved wanted heavy damages for right of way. These owners included J. H Wilson, a man named Anderson and I. N Day. It is reported that Mr. Day wanted $1500 damages for a right of way over property for which he paid only $1000 all told. - Mr. Wilson has a suit pending ln the circuit court to recover $13,500 dam ages resulting from the destruction of the original approach. The roadmaster has taken the posi tion that no steps will be taken by the county to build a new approach until the owners of the property come for ward with free deeds of right of way Their failure to do so will leave them high and dry as far as a road is con , cerned. uting oo Father 0f School Clerk Thomas Dies Willi am p. Thomas, Hatlre of Indiana, But Resident of Oregon Since 1886, Passes at Home of Son. William P. Thomas, father of School Clerk R. H. Thomas, died at the home of his son, 822 Division street, Thurs day night at the age of 79. Mr. Thomas was a native of In diana, having been born ln that state June 27. 1837. After engaging ln farming and ln the mercantile busl- The plan of distribution will be as 1 MB no was for many years the lead follows: Every Derson receiving a builder of Rich- sack of potatoes will give a pledga to use them as seed and not to eat them, and will pledge to return to the "potato exchange" an equal bulk of potatoes at digging time. When potatoes havo been returned enough will be disposed of by the committee to pay for the sacks, for dipping, and other incidental expenses, and all the remainder will -be turned over to some patriotic or charitable purpose. One out of every three sacks re ceived will be turned over to the Boy Scouts and the Girls' Honor Guard who are preparing to cultivate 100 acres on the Ladd estate. All the potatoes grown by these two organ izations, the members of which are to contribute their services and work under the direction of expert agricul turists, will be turned over to the Oregon Patriotic Service league. Services Offered Pres. All the service given by Mr. -Davenport and other members of the com mittee will be without charge of any kind. Other members of the committee are Mr. Levy, Mr. Farrell. W. I. Swank, County Agriculturist S. B. Hall, City Auditor A. L. Barbur who has had charge of vacant lot distribution, and a representative of I The Journal. The costs of doing the work will include railroad transporta- ! tion (unless free transportation, which 1 has been applied for, is granted) to Portland, the cost of the sacks at about 10 cents apiece, and uie expense of dipping in a solution of formalin. which will be about 4 cents a sack. Mr. Davenport's staff will do the work of handling the potatoes and of dipping them. Announcement will be made later as to when the potatoes will be ready for distribution, contractor and mond, Ind. ! In 1886 he removed from his native state to Wallowa county, Oregon, to enter the cattle business and later set tled at Newberg in Yamhill county. For the past 25 yea-s he had farmed in various parts of the Willamette valley, particularly in the neighbor hood of Sublimity and Newberg. Mr. Thomas came to Portland to reside with his son ln February of j this year. Funeral services will be held from the undertaking establishment of P. L. Lerch. Cast - Eleventh and Clay streets, at 2:30 p. m., Monday. Inter ment will be in Multnomah cemetery. Mrs. Clara It. Baler. At the age of 79, Mrs. Clara L Baier died on Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Spindler. 960 East Twenty-eighth street north. She was born in New York city, and spent most of her life in Michigan and Minnesota, and came to Oregon 17 years ago. Six children survive her. The funeral was held this aft ernoon at the Holman parlors, Rev. T. W. Lane of the Centenary M. E. church conducting the services.- In terment was in Rivervlew cemetery. Correction of" statements purporting to describe the meeting of the Benton County Taxpayers' league is made in a communication to The Journal. The league went on record in opposition to the $6,000,000 road bond Issue. The let ter follows: Corvallis, Or.. April 21. To the Edi tor of The Journal The Benton Coun ty Taxpayers' league having called a meetinir to discuss' the $6,000,000 bond proposition, having put forth every reasonable effort to procure repre sentative speakers on both sides of the question, to the end that the peo ple of our countv might be. informed on the issue so that they might vote intelligently thereon. But having been Jisappoiiited, at the last moment ty receiving word that two of the speak ers opposed to the issuance of bonds could not possibly be with us. we went ahead with the discussion with eilmcn Uenson, Senator Olson, of Multnomah county, ond Frank Terrace, of King county, Washington, fkvoring the bonds and C. E. Spence, master of the Oregon State Grange, opposing them. People Urged to Come. Now this meeting of the league which was open to everyone had been well ad vertised and the people urged to come out and hear the argument, there being absolutely no thought of. nor intention to "'pack the house with opponents of the bond issue." In the Sunday Oregonian, of April 15, 1917. under the caption. "Corvallis Hears Bond Argument,' the special correspondent reported the meeting wrongly, making a number of mis leading statement and at least two that are absolutely false. The first being where he stated, "The good roads meeting called here by the Tax league orought rorth a crowded nouse. pacaea by opponents of the bond issue. ' The other false statement referred to occu rs near fie end of the report where he stated "Mr. Terrace so cap tured the crowd-that in spite of the fact that hpence s .friends called tne meeting and dominated it, the resolu tions they had drawrt up in opposition brought forth a faint affirmative vote. a large number of the audience not vot ing at all." Claims Vote Was Decisive. Now the facts are. the resolution were passed by a very decisive affirma tive vote, a good strong chorus of ayes and not a single "no." when the nega tive was put. A few did hot vote, it is true, but this was a meeting of the Taxpayers' league, and as such, none but members were entitled to a vota. Banker A. J. Johnson who is also president of the Benton County Good Roads association plead very insistent ly with us not to aoopi me severii resolutions presented by our resolu tions committee. He claimed that wo were not sufficiently Informed to do so at this time, but said that If we would wait until the latter part of May why thrn our action would be much more effectual, or words to this effect. . We thought so too, l. e.. by way or helping by our sl-ence to boost for the bonds, but we did not happen to be engaged In the bond boosting business, so decided to ignore Mr. Johnson's re quest. Project Is Opposed. We adopted the resolutions opposing the bonds, favoi .ng leaving our state constitution n it now is, etc., etc, which was done as explained above. Now therefore, we. the undersigned members of the Benton County Tax payers' league, and citizens of Benton county wixh to be recorded as un alterably opposed to the highly colored, one-sided, misleading, and absolutely rii rrnorts eminatinr from interested ftources with which the press of our tate is being supplied and wnicn li in -urn is so generously serving up lo our citlrens. We earnestly protest AKrlnst the manifest unfairness of these reports, and respectfully ask, What are the functions of a newspa per? Pray telU us from what source we may get the news of the day. If fiction we all know where to procure it. but we pay our money for newspapers In the oft times vain hope thet we may get the news w hoiiove the voters of Oregon are entitled to the truth without any ad mixture of falsehood, and ror this we hail mnKt Mrncatlv contend. J L. Gav. C. L. Beach, 1). N. Wil- iioma.-in v J. Petersoft. F. L. Lewis. a v Ellis. J. M. Goldson, D. A. Stem- baugh, J. O. Milt! more. B. O. Leedy, v. a. Rnrzee. J. H. D. Goldson. A. . r'rost W. F. Gay, Ell Hogan, James B. Shea, Adolph Leder. Milk Prices' May Be Advanced Soon . To Four Dollars . m Taking the milk out of the mduths of babies is a reality ! 4t these days, for the price Is go- ' ing to such extreme figures that v many of the little ones will be compelled to go on a diet. It is the children who are now hit by the H. C. of Lu, with the threatened advance to $4 a month. - 4F There was an advance of 60 cents a case in the. price of s three well known brands of canned milk during the day. r This places 'he wholesale price at a fraction more than 10 t cents a can. Since the canned milk industry began these brands have been selling to eon- n turners at 10 cents a can or -sje three cans for 25 cents, but to- day they cost the retailer more than that An advance of :5 to 55 cents Jk a dozen cans in the price of " corned beef and roast beef oc- s curred during the day. t One brand of corn flakes also advanced 20 cents a case at .wholesale. ' Potatoes are up another 25 cents a hundred pounds. . Soap prices are getting so t hleh that a 6 cent bar will soon be a novelty. t A drop of at least S cents ln the price of butter Is expected early next week, the only so- a couragement visible on the food horizon. 4t Civil Service Will , Hold Examinations The United States civil service com mission announces an open competi tive examination on June 2. 1917. for stenographer and typewriter, to pro vide ellgibles for filling vacancies as they may occur ln the fedral classified , civil service, for duty in the field. Both men and women will be ad mltted to the examination, but only men will be employed ln the custodian service. Applicants must be 18 years of age or over, on the date of the examlna- ' tion. Persons who wish to enter th e. amination should apply at once for form 1424 and application blank (form 1371) to the secretary. Eleventh civil, service district, Seattle, Wash... or to v. M. K.jWlgton. Jocal secretary, board of United States civil service exami ners, postofflce building. Portland, Elevator Is Burned , At American Falls American Falls, Idaho. April 11. (I. N. 8.) The mill and elevator of the American Milling company were destroyed by fire which started at an eaiy hour this morning. Thousands of bushels of wheat were stored ln the elevator. Several other buildings were damaged. The loss is estimated at $150,000. The cause of the fire Is unknown. The main line serving the city with light was put out of com mission. COUNTY COURT NEWS I : : J Patrick Sexton Cardiff. Patrick Sexton Cardiff, a native of Canada, aged 53, died of pneumonia Friday. He was a resident of Port land for 26 years, and engaged ln house moving for several years up to the time of his illness. Mr. Cardiff was a member of Portland camp. Woodmen of the World, and is sur : vived by a widow and three daugh ters. A sister and two brothers re side in Illinois. Funeral arrangements I are in charge of Skewes' & Co., Third and ciay streets. The Portrand Railway, Light & Power company has asked from the county $600 as part of the expenses of connecting the Vista House and the main line of its light and power ca bles at the Automobile club grounds. Roadmaster Yeon recommends the ex pense on the ground that it would en able the county to have the Vista House served under the general con tract, ngures. Ths county commissioners ordered that the wages of all county laborers employed by the county be increased from $2.25 to $2.50 a day on account of the higher cost of living. John B. Yeon recommended this for the road department and it was extended to all laborers ln that and other departments by order or the commissioners on Fri day morning. The United States National bank asks the county commissioners to see that no property of the Portland Rose Festival association is used for other purposes than the Rose Festival, on the ground that it has advanced on such property the sum of $4185.68. John Huber, a dairyman of Lents, has been awarded $425 for 17 head of cows slaughtered by order of the san itary inspectors. Jake Aeby, Colum bia boulevard and Sandy road, has been paid $50 for two cows disposed of ln the same way. Roadmaster Yeon positively reports for several times in succession that the request of David McKeown for the construction of a drainage ditch on his land be denied, alleging that the water on McKeown's property follows I its natural course, and that to dig Druggist Accused Of Selling Alcohol Mrs. Matilda Ij. Smith. The funeral service for Mrs. Matilda L. Smith, wife of R. E. Kan Smith. was held this afternoon at the Port ! land crematorium. Mrs. Smith was 28 I years old and a native of Ontario. John F. Roth, druggist at 293 Wash- j Canada. She came to Portland in 1912 ington street, was arrested Friday from Rochester, N. Y. In 1916. she night on a charge of violating the was married and went with her hus prohibition, law as a result of a con-.-. band t0 Ketchikan. Alaska, ln the Unit plaint Issued by Deputy District At- states forestry service, where she tomey Richard Deich charging the sa'.e , dlei on April 16. She . Is survived by of alcohol. , two sisters residing ln Portland Miss A. W. Alllngham appeared in the Lulu M. Ash and Mrs. J. C Sharp. municipal court Friday morning fori : drunkenness, and told Municipal Judge! rnmnmiT Tl tr Vrt Stcvvenson what had caused his plight. company lo eject. To clinch the contention that he coul.l' Company D or the business men's freely purchase alcohol, Alllngham training class will meet at the Armory went to Roth's pharmacy and paid $1 , tonight at 7:30 for drill and election of tor a bottle. The stuff was unlabeled. ; officers, which was postponed from Rcth's bail was fixed at $500. Thursday night. Gen. Charles Beebe Compliments Police The work of the police during the parade Thursday afternoon brought forth warm words of appreciation from General Charles F. Beebe in a letter to Chief of Police Clark today. "The escort of police was more im pressive ln size and appearance than any heretofore in the history of the city." said General Beebe. "The close attention of the police brought emi nently satisfactory results and reflects infinite credit on the department. Their duties were particularly exacting be cause of the inclemency of the weath er." nheral Beebe's letter was a source of great satisfaction to Chief Clark, for he personally took charge of plans for policing the parade, and. with Captain Inskeep, spent several days working out the details. White House Visitor III. Washington. April 21. (I. N. 8.) While "calling at the White House I executive offices today on 'official J business. Colonel George F. Downey, depot quartermaster, wss stricken with illness in the office of Secretary t the President Tumulty. He was rushed to a hospital and ths physicians said he was quickly recovering. CALVIN B. WALLER, D. D. preaches the simple Gospel in a forceful and Impressive manner. WHITE TEMPLE ITTHDsT. 11 a, kt "The Life on Wing." v 7:48 r. as. "The Home We Need" 7:10 community song service con ducted by Wm. Munsell Wilder. Boors open it T. TOT ASB WXUOIQ, Veterans of Two Wars to Attend G. A. R. and Spanish War Veterans have signified their intention of at tending the unification meeting at Central library tonight. Boy Scouts will act as ushers. Flags of the allied nations will be used ln decorations, the same having been loaned by the various consuls. Among them will be the flag of Ire land, loaned by J. . Hennessy Murphy, and which was a gift to him from a friend ln Belfast. The Police band will furnish music. The Question of Independence for Bohemia was discussed by Professor V. Benes in the Bohemian hall. Wed-j drainage ditch for him would bring nesday. evening, before a large audi-1 in a large number of similar requests ence. jTIev reviewed th struggles of from other property owners. . c All Makes and Shapes of t ; - CIGARS to eboow trom YOU SHOULD SEE OUR SPECIAL COMBINATION POLICY WITH TOTAL DISABILITY ANNUITY St - W 1ST- JLt or? S. P. Lockwood, Vice-Pres. and Genl Mgr. Home Office Stereos BuHding. ANOTHER AGENT WANTED IN PORTLAND GUARANTEED ; Plumbing Supplies SAVE in upkeep our "FAULTLESS" line Bears the Triple Guarantee ' ef Dealer, Jobber, Manufacturer. So44 by all leading Dealers. On sTw Booklet, " Modem Sanitary Fufcres" , eat oa reqaeet. - M. L. KLINE SO Tears Wholesaling- Ballast FliaUii and Keating' Snpplles ta Portland. II 84-86-87-89 Front St, : Reliable Dentistry We ffssrsstee asr wort tor IS rears. 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