110 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, . PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 3, 1918. SURVEY MADE IN ORDER TO SUPPLY LABOR ON FARMS iUm : Canyon County Proposes Scheme ril : Whereby Crews Shall Rotate From Farm to Farm in Idaho. FIVE TO EIGHT FARM UNITS County Bureau Will Have Juris- diction j Non-Partisan League Is Making Active Campaign. , t Boise, Idaho, March 2. Th Canyon ' county farm bureau 1a leading the way in Idaho' for solving the farm labor ; shortage problem. Ilans have been com- ' pleted I for a labor and seed survey of ' z the county In order that the farmers of ' every county will be safeguarded against -shortage of either labor or seed. The needs ' of every- farmer will be ascer tained and when' planting times comes . system of rotation will be put Into effect to supply the needed labor. The I plan contemplates the organization of woraing units m wnicn laror ana ma chinery will be utilized so as to get the ... best possible results. '.These units will consist of from five to " eight farms of an average size of 80 acres. The labor crew for each unit will 1 consist of 12 men and two machines. The tnen will be rotated from farm to farm ' aa their services are needed, the county bureau having Jurisdiction over them, , with authority to move them from place to place as the situation" justifies. 6., G. F. Markhus, director of the - United, States public service reserve, de partment of labor, in charge of enrolling Idaho's Quota of 900 men as shipyard Tolunteers, has announced the appoint .. ment ef chairmen ln charge of regis tration! in the various counties of the state. ; Enlistments are already under . ' way and encouraging reports have been . received. -1 Farmers' meetings are being held Over the state under the auspices of the Non partisan league ln an effort to counter- : act Che effects of the arres't of President Townley and Secretary filbert, of the national organization, on charges of In terfering with the draft. Ray McKaig, laague organizer for Idaho, in his ad dresses at these meetings, denounces the action : as a frameup and declares the :,. profiteers are responsible. The league Is continuing its political propaganda with marked energy. v : Governor Alexander has given his un qualified approval to the honor system t ' among prisoners introduced at the state 'penitentiary by Warden DeKay. He - favors extending the system so that pris oners serving sentences for petty crimes may have a chance to earn livings for , their families by working outside the prison walls. Prisoners are now at work In a number of road camps improving the highways and it is proposed to ex- - tend their liberties so that prison labor may be used on farms wherever there is ; shortage of farm labor. - O. P. Hendershot, secretary of the , Idaho State fair, has hn inti . ' tary of the Northwest Livestock show at ' Lewiston, succeeding Paul Clagstone who recently left the state - Gooding college, the new Methodist Episcopal educational institution at uooaing, nas rmished its first semester outlived its usefulness. If ever it had tinder encouraging' conditions. any. -The war showed the church its This college is supported by the Idaho ! futility; and it showed also that the conference of the Methodist Episcopal ; keystone of that futility is its dis enurch and is the first educational in- j unity. The church must emerge ultl stltution established by that denomina- ' mately as one, or she mush perish. The tion in this state. It was located at , Gooding as a result of a substantial endowment girt rrom ex-Governor Frank R. Gooding, founder and moving spirit ot the town which bears his name. The main building has been completed at a cost of $47,000. At present only the first floor la used for college work, the second being given over to a girls' dormitory. ' -Charles Ernst, now a prisoner Nat : Salmon City, charged with the murder of Julius C. Reburg, wUl be moved to Cascade, Valley county, for trial, as it has -been discovered that the crime of . which he is" accused was committed in the Utter county. Although the boundary lines of Lemhi and Va)ley counties meet. it requires a 'trio of more than 7on by rail to go from Salmon City, Lemhi county seat to Cascade ITie Salmon authorities are detaining Frances Cooper, former wife of Ernst, as """'"" uie accused. A hot rfKI j 7 -r " - SuPST.?. H. :r.,!" wn5n- Far back in lived with1 rX,, i k ,7ifla,, 8ne 2ES72?2iS!? 5he hm that ey wmiM , wl . " :T- r; :JL"'""f- " tnornlnr nf TWAmha, , . reoort of th rtih. w8"' Th on struck his companion over the eye Wr? .0f;hr5?-' a J1" "iwlth a "bUly" and robbed him of his V" 6 lsorea DacK into .- the cabin mntnllv nmona ttt t o.k rT iT.l " J . ... wenl ' :.Z2lV?JJ&"": E.t Tm n wa8' thi i.V '". naymow m Is aUeed hv t hA . raurQerer u auegea oy the woman to have saddled a horse and dragged the body of the :&ilta, - - TIA ll n VI- i i . . ... " " wnl " " '-jcJii-uiu Injy witn him latr informed the authori ties She led them to the burial place where the body was exhumed. Ernst wa later arrested at Chains. He made no resistance. Jr. vI 50r. t,me be,n t rguard battalion ilinl rational Idiho nrt VhL . 0rcan,Z6d tire?y lSv!.'"' n 8tt 'or sup- Z.?SF7! icowd"1 ..,, iourin .'ETKMff riL" mr luu i,.- Sinn nf th II TT . r.- . . . tra ses- money will be reonld IVl1 flclent.mUitary orranixatir TV k guard work. .I of trustees of the Southern Idaho asylum -for the insane at Black J accepted the resignation of Dr W. F. Pike as superintendent. The resignation came after numerous Inves tigations of alleged ill treatment of patient. In each of these investigations the superintendent was held blameless and .his resignation is reported to have been entirely voluntary. GoronA I twtMiul wrltlnt naehliM writes m. any tiats. Only 50 in RfuUr E. W. PEASE QQ. I,-. 110 SIXTH tr. OREGONIAN IN TRANSPORT SERVICE WEDS ABROAD I . j Gilbert Ansel PIckard or Portland, chief mechanic's mate aboard the transport Leviathan. A letter received here announces the p,ckar chlef mechanic's mate of the transport Leviathan, formerly the IVllt.J, - A Mr. Pickard was born on the Long Tom river. Oregon, in 1884. and is the son of the late Marion PIckard, who died some 15 years ago. His mother, Lenora Pickard, resides at Newberg, and she has given her two sons, Gilbert and Charles M., to the service of their country. The latter departed- from Port land , a member of Battery A, Oregon field artillery, and is now in France. IS OF Rev. Robert S. Gill, Salem Epis copal Church, Delivers Ser mon Series on Topic. Salem, Or., March 2. Rev. Robert S. Gill, rector of the Episcopal church here, is preaching a series of sermons on the unification of the churches. His discussions are attracting wide Interest. "Never since the great schism of the Sixteenth century," says Rev. Mr. QUI, "has there been a more pronounced in clination toward the unity of Christen dom than at the present hour. If the signs of the times are worth anything at all, they point toward the Unification of the churches. The fact of a coming unity la certain ; how soon it will be ac complished Is a matter of, conjecture. But it will come more rapidly than now seems thinkable to nine-tenths of the Christian world. "The war has made its unmistakable caU upon the ""h. We are at the beginning of a new epoch; the whole test-tube. That which is worthless, that whicfii is dross must be burned off. De- nnTfilnnHnnallom la wnrtlilAnii ' it hfl. latter alternative la unthinkable. For bad as the disunity of the church is, it is infinitely better than, churchlessness." Anderson Is Held Tinder $500 Bond Charles Lawrence Charges That He Was Lured Into Woods, Hit Over Head and Robbed of $15. Corvallis, Or., March 2. Charles An derson Is ln jail here ln default of I 5000 - e the s"rand JurT t0 answer a charge of as- saultlng and robbing Charles Lawrence on the Benton side of the Willamette river in Albany, Friday night. Lawrence nan io ana Anaerson ! knew it. it isSld. nderson persuaded him to o across th bridge to a t,lace n t1 rlver bank where he said there was a park with animals, so Lawrence was a relates. When they had gone down iciaieo. mioa uit usu sons aown the river bank a short distance Ander- money. J When Lawrence recovered he went - the city, notified the police . Rna they arrested Anderson as he was about to leave for Creswell. Shertff Gellately brought him to Corvallis. , ! r i.Oensors Put 0. K. On Liberty Show "Empty Pockets," a picturlzatlon of Rupert Hughes' popular novel of the I same title, is the new show at I the Liberty beginning today. I J a3 so much discussion over the picture, whether or not it is too telling, that tte loSS board of censors was called in to see . after the reviewer had been i!" ln.aoubt to its place on a t-oruana program. JP censors considered the film from l anS'es an? rlnay decided that it Bnouia D allowed to ur, an run, with the ! imina"?n f on or. the cap- : EST .e2? !-w"ICB .ta now,8 af " i uie siory as told Manager Myrick had no desire "to . nH.i.t : ... w BujruiiHB over,- ana uie full con- Ki i au concerned was obtained be- iore any advertising of the feature was done. .rnpiy rocicets" created somewhat i; a sensauon in Book form, and In the film, the entire story being visual ised it is declared more effective, en- no mxereaung than ever, Dismisses Oamaoe Salt v 9,TfKOH Clty March 2. Judge Cam pi beU in the circuit court today issued an order dismissing the suit of Ernest ecnmid brought . .against Clackamas i T. aay8 SO. in which the j""" "vmrui 10 j-ecover personal in me Mm 6t KOOfl for in juiiob aiiegea 10 nave bMn when his automobile went over the New CHURCH UNIFICATION COMING RAPIDLY OPINION RECTOR aum uiu III JS'y, 1X17 SORORITIES AND FRATS ANNOUNCE LIST OF PLEDGERS Publishing of New Members, at 0. A. C. Feature of End of Third Week of . Semester. NINETEEN PORTLAND PfOPLE Five of Number Are Young Women and Fourteen Are Men Living in Rose City. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis, March 2. Simultaneously with the ending of the third week of school this semester, the various sororities and fraternities upon the campus today is sued a list of those becoming pledged to the various organisations this semes ter and the latter part of last semester. Among those to become pledged are 19 Portland people : Marjorie Rood, Mary Holmes, Lucile Reslng, Tfancy Gavin, Bertha Watt, and Charles Web ber, Jess Perry. Slgmund Schwara, Howard Huchlnson, John Dentler, George Powell, Benjamin Schlewe, Zyna A. Wise, R. A. NebergalL Edwin B. Scotton. Eric Hopson. Lawrence Lockley, Benjamin Van Welngarden, and W. F. Lathrop. ' The pledges to the Various sororities are as follows: Kappa Alpha Theta Marjorie Rood of Portland, Margaret Rodgers, Berke ley, cai. Pi Beta Phi Aileen Tate, Wasco; Dorothy Landess, Dayton. Chi Omega (national worn ens' fra ternity) Mary Holmes, Portland ; Lu ctle Reslng, Portland ; Francis Cross, Grants Pass ; Helen - SChorens, The Dalles; Nancy Gavin, Portland; Ruth Pettlgrew, Redland, Or. Delta Alpha Alice Peterson. Cheha- lis, Wash. ; Alice Lundgren, Corval 11s ; Bernice Kistner, Ontario, Cal. ; Ann Livery, Liberty, Neb. Beta Tau Beta Grace Sandon, Cor- vallis; Gladys Briscow, Weiser, Idaho; Lillian Crawford, The Dalles. Kappa Kappa Kappa Helia HukarL Hood River; Merle Du Rette, Gervais. Delta , Psl Esther Asplund. Marsh- field ; Bertha Watt, Portland ; Anna- belle Chandler, Maple wood. N. J. Gamma Iota Mamie Martin, Chi nook, Wash. Fraternity pledges are as follows: Alpha Tau Omega Charles Webber. Portland; Burnett Packard. Santa Aifna, Cal. ; Russell Adklnson, Santa Anna, Cal. ; Charles Stewart, Nampa, Idaho. Aztec Kenneth Andrews. Orearon City; Hugh Rundell, Corvallis; Hor ace Holmes, North Bend. Gamma Tau Beta Jesse Perrv. Port land ; Klmer Kyle, Central Point ; Har ris Gather. Toledo ; Blies Plue, Rainier ; Robert Watt, Tillamook. Kappa Sigma Slgmund Schwartz. Portland; Howard Wilbur.. Seattla. Wash. ; Luclan Newcomer, Pomojia, Cal.; Kenneth Hall, Pocatello, Idaho; uuim wiiuHi, xne uajies. Kappa Sigma Nu Howard Huchln son, Portland ; Cecil Reynolds, Colton, Cal. i-arreu Kacnrora, Colton, CaL; John Dentler, Portland; Grant Swan, Los Angeles, Cal. Kappa Delta Sigma A. D TTnhr SUverton ; P. E. Stears. Klamath un Marion ToUiver, Molalla; Ernest Pal frey, Molalla ; Lee Sutton. Anmnvlll. Lambda Chi Alnha Km 11 notrm.n Marshfleld; Raymond E. Badger, Ash land ; Roy Aldrich, Tacoma, Wash. ; Jo B. Pardee, Grants Pass ; Wallace Niles, Grants Pass; Benjamin Staats, Oregon City, Sigma Aloha Ensilon rnr, Tnw.n Portland; Marlon McCart, Salma. Cal.; W. B. Hayes. Pasad Sanborn, Los Ancrelea. ' Ha 1 rhri. Chandler. Fresno. CaL; Leo a. Spitz bart. Salem ; Maynard Turner, Pasa dena, CaL; Malcolm Crawford, Fresno. Cal. ; Floyd Mushmsh. Sigma Chi Richard Whita Diego, CaL ; Robert Munson, Chicago, 111. ; Benjamin Schiewe, Portland. Sigma Nu Zyna A. Wise, Portland; R. A. NebergalL Portland; Fred N. Bock, Condon. Sigma Phi EDsilon Uovd lem ; Harold Robinson, Forest Grove ; L. E. Meyers, Palo Alto, CaL; J. O Hauge, Woodburn ; George Stuart. Lat ourelle Falls; Edwin B. Cotton. Pnrt. land; Eric Hopson, Portland; Lawrence Lockley, Portland ; Benjamin Van Weln garden, Portland; W. F. Lathrop. Port land ; Floyd Adams, Corvallis. Theta Chi Joseph Avery, Klamath Falls : E. A. Soeika. fJrnnrt Colo. ; Harold Wakefield. Eugene Strout. Amity : Grants Pass ;. Cecil MlUer, Peoria, Ariz ' Austin Case. Klamath Falls: w Campbell. Amity, and M. c t.jii,' Raymond, Wash. Y. M. 0. A. Soldier's : Best Friend Abroad "The T. M. C. A. ia th mi..'. v, . friend in the field." writes Sergeant W B. Neels of Portland. Vhn la In T.. with a motor supply train. In a letter received Saturday by Mr. and Mrs J A. Bell of 290 Vista avenue. "Too m,,h cannot be said for its tnwi p rance, xne urst question that a sol- uicr asm upon arrlvlnir at a n-, 1 tion is, "Where is the Y. M. C. A it is raining here now and very muddy. There is a dirt floor in the barracks and the roof leaks like a uui we ooni mma much that we are here, it h... . We get good American "t"1!.."?. ettIn? change ... . uniiorm ana we have to look, twice, to see who is wha" You'll Think Sunday Dinner at The Hazelwood r a REAL Treat! A splendid feature of our table d'hote service is the Variety. You may have the best Vegetable dinner ever, at 35c an exceptional plate dinner at 50c, or a Menu at $i that would do justice to a banquet halL 12 to 8 P. M. Also a complete a la carte dinner. Plan to dine At - FORMER WASHINGTON v HIGH BOY IN FRANCE I: . !:; I i i if f ' I U A. " I . ,-T' ; s. - , 1 ' wmm .- "t ,-tSt y i : , ' a : Lark O. Brown-; V Lark O. Brown, son . ot Mra. A. F. Brown, former .residents of Portland at 1205 East Taylor street and now liv ing at Barons, Alberta, is in service abroad. Brown enlisted ln Company B, One Hundred and Sixteenth engineers. In August and departed for France De cember 1. In January he was promoted sergeant of the hospital corps, con nected with tho base hospital work. He was a former member of the, Wash ington high school soccer teams and was prominent ln school activities. CIVIL WAR. VETERAN AND FORMER BOUNTY OFFICIAL IS CALLED C. A. Homan of Vancouver Goes to Last Rest After Long and Active Life. Vancouver, Wash., March 2. C. A. Homan, born in 1847 in Rockville, On tario, died at his home in this city Thursday afternoon at the age of 71 years. Mr. Homarr spent a very active and useful life. He accompanied Sher man on his famous march to the sea. After the war he was engaged with his brother in railad construction in the South. At one vtime he was en gineer of this county. He was a member of CompanyvF, Thirty-fifth New Jersey volunteer in fantry from August 25. 1863, to July 20. 1865; with the Second U. S. in fantry as a member of company I from 1875 to 1880; with company D, Twenty-first U. S. Infantry from April 28, 1880. to June 30, 1881; from July 1. 1881. to May 81. 18841 he wa.a tana. graphical assistant of the TJ. S. army; in 1883 he accompanied Lieutenant W. R. Abercrombie and a. party on a reconnolsanoe of section of Alaska. served as topographical assistant in the U. S. army from February 1 1885. to September H. 18M an1 tmm August' 1, the sameyear," to August 6. xsy. f rom August 7, 1894, to June 30. 1900. he held tho nhnlttnn r.r t,Hi engineer, surveyor and draftsman under civu service rules. During the con struction of The Dalles-Celilo canal he aerved from June 10. 1908. . to Knvom. ber 30, the same year, as TJ. S. Junior engineer.' His last Oerlod of (OTIininimt vnrk was as civil engineer and draftsman, constructing quartermaster' a office, Vancouver barracks, since December 1, 1903.' He. was. reinstated in- the civil ervice on aDDlicatlon therefor riat March 29, 1904, and promoted to civil engineer and superintendent of con struction in 1908. On July 31, 1915, he Was forf1 to raalsl fmm his . o v.u o.li v o life on account of a hemorrhage of the urain. Funeral services took place Saturday afternoon at 2 . 'clock from iruim'. chapel with Rev. E. G. Judd of the apust cnurca oriiciatlng. The serv ices were under the auspices of the G. A. R. and Interment waa ln the Military, cemetery. Mr. Homan is sur vived by his wife. Ona Morris Homan, whom he married in this city 33 years ago. Rev. Thomas May, at that time pastor of the Presbyterian church, per formed the ceremony. A son, Piatt Homan, survives, and a daughter, Mrs Ella F. Walker of Aberdeen. Department Store Open for Business Levitt's new department store, at the corner of Fourth and Wniiin - . .-WMM.fi, WAS streets. Just opened, is a modern, up-to-date, 'metropolitan establishment. The mure occupies inree noors and has been remoaeiea accoramg 10 Mr. Levitt's per sonal desltrns. The front display windows are of solid plate glass with marble bottoms, and the furnishings are In ivory. The inside of the store is finished in Ivory throughout and the unique dis play of goods is one of the novelty fea tures. Elevator service is available to all floors. , The most extensive deposit of an thracite coal ever found in the main island of Japan recently was discov ered, extending for 18 miles along moun tain ranges. S88 Washington SC 127 Broadway BsU Park and lth Bet. Wash, and Aider CLACKAMAS COUNTY IS IN READINESS FOR LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE Manager M. D. Latourette Has Organization Complete to Speedily Finish Work. Orearon City. March 2. M. D. Tjitmir- pftte, county manager and member of the state executive committee for the Third Liberty loan drive, has the stage all set tor Clackamas county's part in the big drive that is to start April 6, when the people of the county are to be asked to subscribe toward 9700,000 worth of the bonds. The following county executive com mittee lias been named : No. 1. Canby W. H. Blair, chairman ; H. B. Evans, Arthur Graham, George H. Brown. G. W. Sc rami in. No. 2, Mllwaukle Philip Streib, chair man ; J. W. Grasle, Charles Stout. R. &. McLoughlin. J. W. Hart. No. 1. . Oranm Ctv TT n r- i.rioi,. ' V V IU1,IU, chairman: O. D. Kbv. a. n 'rrnim.n William Andreseitt G. B. Dlmick. No. 4, Sandy W. A. Proctor, chalr- an : Fred T. Prnnfnr 'Paul T u-i-i Anton Mikkelson, Charles Krebs, R. E. Jarl, Ed Selfer, Don Allen. William Morand, Rev. Mr. Dobberfuhl. No. 6. Wilsonville J. J. Thornton, chairman : Sf. O. Yoim t t. irn, O. Say, C R. Gunsel. No. 6. Molalla Mildred Robblns, chairman ; P. O. Chlndgren. John A. Ridings, J. L. Tubbs, Harry Fracer. No. 7. Kstacada H O. atnhan. .1. man ; R. M. Standlsh. Mrs. H. V. Adlx. A. EL Sparks, Mrs. E. W. Bartlett, B. F. CogswelL Rev. W A w.i w.i, Glvens. Spruce Division Enlistments CImmI Oreron Cltv. lfitn)i 9 ti.. 1 1 - - - ura.11 board refMtlira wini tj.. ... . ... that enlistments ln the spruce division iuon service nave been closed, as well aa In the land division of the signal corps, aviation service. Just pre vious to the nntlna . t.-i 1 uuitra n&a arranged for the departure of five young men from this county for Fort Leaven wo' Kan., to enter the land division " "t" corps, ana tney will leave Monday morning. They are Concie Kear ney, transferred from Superior, Mont.; Raleleh Pnhh, j . . .. ' George Otis Jewel, Oregon City; Ral- aiacKsourg; Harry Krue ger, Pleasant HU1 precinct. Suit for nivnrna Oreron Cltv. av tht v amP C:. " xy camp, de- - ' man a year ago, and she therefore desir th. i... . it laL2 ""tody ::. vmiaren, as well aa aw a month for thai nn . . .tj0 ,,y?unf8t-wh the plalntlfra n cmcago, ill., has con sented to support and educate the old tst of 15 years. The couplo were married ln Chillicothe, I1L, June 10. 1902. - Track Drivers for France Oregon Cltv. March a automobile or truck drivers in Clacka- county wno wish to see service in France ? If o, they have the chance. " Doara received a telegram today to the effect that Oregon was exi pected to furnish 100 such drivers, and that they were wanted at once. In Probate Court Oreron Cltv. Ma Boring has petitioned the county court for letters of administration upon the estate of the late W. H. Card, who died of TlOOO 1918' " be,nS f the Value Judgment Granted Oregon City. March 2. A. G. Thomp son was rt anted a. hw.m . in the circuit court today against Jessie uie sum or 500, and a lien upon lots 24. 26 and 27, Oregon Homes, In this county. Suspicious Actions Are Cause of Arrest Officers Nelson and Schad arrested Frank E. Booth and Charles Shumato on Second street, near Burnside, Saturday morning and have held them for inves tigation for the government. When the officers first saw the men the were following another man and the officers stopped them Just as they were entering a rooming-house. When Booth was searched the officers found an 18 Inch bolt ln his possession. The Range for Service The Lang Patent Hot-Blast Range IS USED IN ' ' . Thousands of Hotels Restaurants, Lumber Camps, Ships and Private Families with prefect satisfaction. Made with one, two or three ovens. Burns Coal, Wood or Gas. "Don't Purchase from the Faker Gang The real HOT BLAST is made by Lang" Why buy an old style Eastern made range when you can get the latest up-to-date Lang range? Guaranteed to cut your fuel bill from 25 to 50. Seeing is believing. Call at our salesroom, 191 Fourth Street, and be convinced. Send for catalogue. " -. Portland Branch .. 191 Fourth StreetNear the Market Klsimath Sawmill ) 111 Winter . C Geldtkwalte, Fresldeat of Hedoe Limber Co. Confers With Railroad Officials la Regard to Loggia r Road. 3. C. Goldthwalte. nresident of the Modoc Lumber company, of Chiloquln. Oregon, Is In conference with officials of the Southern Pacific company - ln Portland today regarding the construc tion of a logging road from his mill in Chiloquln back Into the timber. Mr. Goldthwalte says that his milt has been working day and night all winter and has produced an average of 120,000 feet per aay of white pine lumber. Chiloquln Is 25 miles north of Kla math Falls on the Southern Pacific company's line. It is ln the heart of the Klamath Indian reservation. The altitude is over 4000 feet and the aver age Winter ia very severe. The Modoc Lumber company's mill is the only one in that district to run all winter, said Mr. Goldtiwaite, although there has been no snow to speak of and very lit tle cold weather. Fears of drouth the coming, summer on account of the light snow fail ln the mountains are causing anxiety among farmers and livestock raisers, said M r. Goldthwalte. At Crater Lake there is only three feet of snow. Instead of the customary 15 or 18 feet. PLANS ARE SUBMITTED FOR THE BEAVER CREEK State Engineer Lewis Will In spect District Near Medford Before Passing on Matter. Salem, Or., March 2. An engineering report outlining plans-for the irrigation of 19,665 acres of land near Medford by the Medford Irrigation district, has been filed with State Engineer Lewis. The estimated cost of the project is $1,455, 663, or a little over $74 an acre. The state engineer has been requested to pass upon the feasibility of the project as required by the 'irrigation law. Two schemes are d re sen ted. one' called the Beaver creek project and the other I an extension of the Rogue River Canal company's 'existing project. The Beaver creek project is recommended. The plan contemplates building a 68 J foot dam on Beaver creek, in the Klam ath river drainage, and a SO mile canal to the crest of the divide, where a tunnel 1850 feet long will drop water Into Rogue river valley. The main lateral to convey water to the land will be 31 miles ln length. The Phoenix ditch will be en larged and extended to supply land On the west side of Emigrant creek. This district adjoins the TalenFlrriga tlon district, which proposes to Irrigate 8500 acres in the vicinity of Ashland. Mr. Lewis will inspect conditions on the ground before making bis report. Equilization of Car Service in Progress Salem, Or., March 2. The public Service commission today received a tel egram from C. R. 'Gray, connected with the office of the director general of railroads, stating that equalization of car service will be brought about as soon as possible. This message is in reply to represen tations made to the director general by the commission because of the inability of the Baker lumber mills to obtain cars even' for the shipment of govern ment orders of lumber. "The condition you complain of is only temporary and is due to the Im mediate necessity of moving grain and grain products." Bays the message from Mr. Gray. "The relocation of equipment is now in progress and an equalization will be brought about as quickly as pos sible. The attention of R. H. Alshton, regional director at Chicago, has been called to the matter and he will-see that It Is not lost sight of." Short Weight in Lime Shipment Salem, Or., March 2. S pence Wort man, deputy state sealer of weights and measures, today sounded a warning to farmers who are shipping in lime plaster for use on thejr farms to be on the lookout for short weights. A carload of lime plaster received in Salem from a San Francisco house ran more than 10 per cent short in weight, and if Investigation revealed that this firm has been making a practice of ship ping short weights Mr. Wortman said It Is likely that prosecutions will follow. IRRIGATION PET A Pacific Coast Product For Pacific Coast People HIGHWAY WORK ON " LOWER COLUMBIA IS ; MAKING PROGRESS Road to Astoria Should Be Fin ished by September, Says : Assistant Engineer. Salem, Or., March 1. With favorable Weather during the past week, road work on the lower Columbia river highway is progressing weU. according to C. H. Whitmore, assistant state highway engineer, who returned1 today from a itrip of inspection. . ! "Present indications point to the com pletion of the highway through to Astoria by September 1." said Whitmore. "The entire distance from Portland will be either- macadamised or hardsurfaced. The road should be opened to traffic before its , completion, or about the middle of July." At Goble, where the Warren Construc tion company has a contract for grading and macadamising two and a half miles, the grading is now 95 per cent done, reported Whitmore. The entire lob should be eomnlatail Tn- Dangerous slides toelow Goble are now Deing removed. Piles for tho foundation of the bridge to be constructed at Goble have been driven, and work en the bridge proper will be started next week. The bridge will be completed about June l. That will give a good road from Portland to Rainier," said Whitmore. CUrk Sl Dibble, contractors for mac adamizing the road from Goble almost to Delena, are making good progress, except the grading work on Rainier hill. Contractor Harold, who la building 10 bridges between the section being constructed by Clark ft Dibble and , Oh, Boy! Oh, Joy! RIVERSIDE PARK is to Open Sunday, March 10th The finest and largest dancing pavilion in the state entirely remodeled and further en larged. Beautifully situated, overlooking the Willamette perfect dance floor and popular Gotillion Orchestra. Dancing Riverside Park Sunday Evening, March 10 All Your Friends Will Be There! 'X Ill iiminiEiDiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiHiHi Portland's Only EXCLUSIVE Home of the Spoken Drama Milton W. Seaman, Manager ALCAZAR PLAYERS Week Beginning SUN. MAT., MAR. 3, IN MILE- A-MINUTE KENDALL By Owen Davis The greatest speed comedy of the day. All records smashed. . First trip this way. .Evening Prices: 26c. 60c, 75c ' Matinees. 25c. 60c Monday Bargain Night. 15c only. Wednesday Bargain Matinee. 26c. Next Week "The Two Orphans," Elaborate Scenic Revival LYRIC ST Continuous Performance Matinee Daily at 2:30. Evenings Continuous, Starting at 7i30 - . ONE WEEK, STARTING SUN. MATINEE, MARCH 3 You giggle; you laugh; you roar. And" then -you start.? . . all over again. : . '-' 1 Mike, and Tony the Wop, as Storekeepers.- All the .latest.' song hits Startling chorus, effects, with the Rosebud Girls 3 SPECIAL FEATURE NIGHTS THIS WEEK-3 Tuesday, Country Store; Thursday, a Handsome Souvenir ' Spoon FREE to every lady ; Friday, Oiorus Girls Contest-,, Clatskanie, has four of the bridges com-' pleted, and the other six will be finished in August.1 said : Whitmore. Temporary bridges will be put ln. so the road can' be opened about July 1. 5 In that, district' four miles of macadam have been completed.- ,: f : Below Clatskanie the state highway department has three rock crushers ia operation, with four road gangs at work. xne oase rock has been laid from Clats kanie to about six miles below Wauna. , a distance of about 16 miles. J On this Job the work of laying the top or finish ing course will be started In about a week, and will be completed In about ' inree months. . 7 Potato Dealers Incorporate , I Salem, Or., March 2. The Oregon Po tato Dealers' association, which lias headquarters in Portland, today filed articles of incorporation. The incor porators are W. I. Swank, W. S. Hurst, George L. Davenport and R. L. Phil lippi. . Two companies also filed articles, as follows: Siskiyou & Western Exploration com pany. Grants Pass; "capital stock, 125,-. 000; incorporators, Francis P. Kurts, George S. Holllster and Bdmund B. Cooper. Nelson-Anderson company, Portland capital stock. $5000; Incorporators, K. R. Nelson, C. A. Anderson and F. W. Nelson. v Water Filings liade Salem. Or., March 2. The Taclfio Livestock company has filed with the state engineer three applications for water for Irrigation purposes. Ona fil- ing Is for seven cubic feet of water )r second from Camp creek to irrigate 343 acres. Another is for 8.2 cubic feet per second of water from Flat creek to Ir rigate 414 acres, and the third is for l.J cubic feet per second of the wavers of Hall creek to Irrigate 62 acres. All three creeks are tributaries of SUvtcs rler, in Grant county. m . ' It has been found by some railroads In Europe that the maintenance of elec tric locomotives is more economical than operating cars fitted with Individual motors. ' n Musical Stock ; ;v Keating & Flood, Managers -..'v'v Sunday, Starting at 2:30 Mom Bargain Nighty 20 Special Mon. . Night 20c Only 3-Other-3: Big Feature' Nights is'-":.' V m sa - a -' ' i