Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1919)
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, P ORTXAND, FRIDAY. APRIL 5, 1313. OLCOTT CERTIFIES BALLOT TITLES 10 GOUHIY OFFICERS Official" Notice of Numbers of ProDosed Amendments and . , v. Measures Is Also Sent Out; NINE ARE TO. BE VOTED ON Reconstruction, Road, Irrigation ; and Lieutenant Governor Ques-?.- tions Are to Be Settled. ; Salem, L April Z5. Secretary of , Stats jplcott has certified to the county clerks "of the state the ballot titles and ballot numbers of the measures an proposed constitutional amendments which will be submitted to the people at the special election June 3. IThey are as follows: ' Submitted by the lej?lsjature Six Per Cent County Indebtedness for 'Perma nent KosdH Amendment Purpose: To amend section JO of Article XI of the constitution of the state of Orejron so as to raise the present 2 per cent limita tion placed upon counties in the creation ..of debts and liabilities for j permanent roads to per cent of the assessed valu ation of all the property In the county. ,302 Yes., 303 No. Vote yes or no. , Submitted by the legislature Indus? trial and Reconstruction Hospital -Amendment Purpone: To- amend sec tion S of Article XIV of the constitution of the state of Oreeon, fo as to permit the location by the legislature of an in dustrial and reconstruction hospital In some other county than, where the seat of government Is. without" requiring a ratification by the electors of the state. , 303 Tes. 303 No., Vote yest or no. Submitted by the legislature SUte 'Bond Payment of Irrigation and Draln- age District - Bond Interest Purpose : 'Payment by the state of Irrigation and drainage district bond interest for first ' five years by issuing state bonds and re ! payment of money with Interest to state by such districts, six months after-maturity of such -district bonds, on condi tion that such districts are found on ex ,'amlnatlon by state commission to com ply with required conditions. , 304-Tes. , 305 No. Vote yes or no. ' r Submitted by the legislature Five Million Dollar Reconstruction Bonding Amendment Purpose : To amend Ar , tide XI of the constitution of the state "of Oregon by adding to said article sec tion 7-a. so as to permit the bonding of 11 the state of Oregon for not more than ' $5,000,000 for the promotion of recon struction, reclamation and land setfle "ment projects; and particularly to ratify, validate and confirm- any act which lias been passed by the legislature and re ' f erred to the pebple at the same election at which this amendment is submitted. which purports to bond the state of Ore gon, in order to carry out certain recon struction, reclamation and land settle ment policies. 806 Yes. 307 No. Vote -yes or no. . , ''-'"--. Submitted by the legislature Lleuten ant Governor Constitutional Amendment Purpose: Amending sections' 1 'and 8 'Of. Article V of the constitution of the state of Oregon-by providing for the lection of a lieutenant governor.-whose i election. ' term of, office and -quallfica-feona sh U be as now provided for the J governor,, .who shall be president of the' Senate, frcftiv4ng therefor , a salary of f $10 a day 'duHng 'the lea-tstatfyav session, land who. shall be governor In case of (Vacancy; and that. If this amendment is adopted, the governor shall appoint a 'lieutenant governor to hold office until . -a lieutenant governor is elected by the ''people at the general election in. 1922. 1 308 Yes. 809 No. Vote yes or no. '.', Submitted by the legislature 'The Roosevelt Coast Military Highway Bill Purpose: To appropriate the sum of 12,500,000, contingent upon the appropri ation by the United States of an equal amount, for the purpose -of assisting the ' United States in constructing a military highway from the city of Astoria through - Clatsop. Tillamook, Lincoln, Uane, Douglas, Coos and Curry counties, state of Oregon, to the California state line, to raise said sum by the issue and tale of bonds of the state of Oregon, and to-provide a method of payment of in terest and principal thereon and for the retirement .of such bonds. 310 Yes. : 311 No. Vote yes or no.. ' :Jf. bubmltted by the legislature Recon struction . Bonding Bill Purpose : To v bond the state for not more than $5,000,- ,000; to levy taxes to pay for same, also to construct hospitals at Portland and Salem, agricultural college buildings at Cor vail is, university . buildings at Eu gene, normal school ' buildings at Mon mouth, hospital 'buildings at Pendleton, 0 to aid in the construction of armories at Marshfield. Astoria, - Baker, ., Bend. La Grande and , Med ford, to construct a penitentiary in Marion county, to pro mote land settlement, to develop reclam ation " projects on ' arid, swamp and logged-off lands, and to provide for the 'settlement thereon of honorably dis charged soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States. 312 Yes. 313 No. Vote yes or no. ; . , Submitted by the legislature Soldiers, Sailors and Marines' Educational Finan cial Aid Bill Purpose: Providing hon- oraoiy discharged soldiers, sailors and marines enlisted or inducted from Ore gon may attend any institution of learn ing, public or private, in Oregon and .have their necessary expenses, not ex ceeding $25 per month nor $200 per year, - paid by the state for not more than four years; levying two tenths of a mill tax to provide funds for such purpose. : 314 Yes. SIS No. Vote ves or m. ? . Submitted by the legislature Market Road Tax Bill Purpose: Providing for t 7 i y I'm da Coal rat r gotta- fx steal. . . M -Ah 'nawt, an Wall will krww, 0 ti am d Chcaewt Coal Wat am. . . Law aM Ne cllnkartl No loot! Ne amoks! " "i ' . w. ' vnyiiai Coal. DaV Ma. . Intlft on Oanulne Chunky Coal. - Kvontuail Your. Q 0 0 p 0 0 C 'MMCRCIAL COAL SALES CO. fistrtbutor In. Whototala Cool. -C iob feulldina . rortJand, Or. a Q x 4 Q O o o o O O the construction of state market roads under the supervision : and t control --of county courts ; providing for the annual levy of a 1 -mill, tax on all taxable prop erty, apportioning the- proceeds among such counties as become entitled to a share thereof ; authorising county courts to levy a property tax In each county for construction of market 'roads in an amount equal to the sum apportioned to such county hereunder j excepting from the limitations imposed by section 11 of Article XI of the constitution all taxes levied under v the provisions of this amendment. 81 Yea. - 317 No. Vote yea or no. - - - - FRANK RILEY'S TALKS . ON NORTHWEST ARE UP EAST Many Letters of Inquiry Are Be ing Received by J. P. ? Jaeger From People Interested. STIRRING Judging from letters received by J. P. Jaeger of the board of directors of the Northwest Tourist association which is now being backed by the governments of the states of .Washington and Oregon and by - the province of British Columbia, Frank Branch Riley Is stirring up the east. He is making a whirlwind tour, speaking as often as nine times ln one city, and getting dates In every large city and many small ones. The letters, which are not solicited, show that he is speaking before people Who are likely to come to the Northwest either to settle or to visit. ' ' ' ' The Union League club of Chicago, one of the most exclusive in the city, and which is eald to be one of the hardest clubs in the country to . appear be fore, . consented : to let him speak there, after which they hurried to arrange to have him speak there on his return trip. Letters from the secretary of the club and from individual members praising In high terms the natural color pictures, and still more his beautiful descriptions, have been received by Mr. Jaeger for the board of directors. , Mr. Riley has visited Denver, Chicago. Cleveland, Toledo, Philadelphia and New York, where he is now making bis head quarters. From New York, where he Is staying at the Biltmore. he will visit all large cities In New England. He will re turn to Portland some time in June. QUARA LAW IS . : SUGGESTED TO CHECK PINE BLISTER RUST "" . ' ' - -" . & -; - V i ' : i Scientists and Timber Owners Discuss Plans for Financing Campaign. Control of pine blister . rust to such an extent that it can get no serious bold in Oregon forests was proposed Thursday by f scientists and timber owners in session at the Imperial hotel. The control will be effected by the crea tion of a minimum quarantine law, the establishment of an emergency fund to defray expenses of such , a campaign, cooperation with the railroad adminis tration and federal government bureaus and continued cooperation with Canada. Delegates from the northwest will bo sent to the Riverside, CaL, conven tion, --a special - publicity, campaign will be launched and the timber owners of the northwest will cooperate In : every possible war to aid in keeping' the pine blister rust out of. forests. . Another proposal considered timely by the lumbermen and one which a com mittee will be appointed to work out is for the establishment of the Western Plant Protective association, and under that head many of the other suggestions made will b4 Carried out. " . Whatever measure of ''success we have made la our quarantine, eaid Fred Maskew. .chief Quarantine; inspector of California, "Ut largely due ' to the co operatton we have - received from the agents of the transportation system- We must have cooperation of the railroad (rents, express agents and postmasters." . The spread I of the f ungut disease is largely accomplished through the -shipment of Infected .current and gooseberry bushes. Wi VH. Ixng of Albuquerque, .N. spoke on the same subject at the meet ing Wednesday. , - - ; A meeting of ' the ' Pacific division of the American Phytopathological society will , be held today and Saturday, fol lowing the close of the pine blister rust conference , 4 , . , . Major Leich Eeady For Siberian Trip San Francisco. April 25. U. P.) Major . General Joseph p. Leich is here today perparing to leave for Siberia, Ijelch,, who ? trained many westerners' for service in France while in command at Camp Lewis, will take command .of the 27th Infantry in Siberia. Huns Hope to Profit By Italian Situation raris, April 25. Confidential advices reaching the peace conference f torn Ger man sources late today Indicate Presi dent Wilson's statement on Flume .re sulted in a sharp discussion of the mat- Germans Prepared To Capture Virgin IslandsrisKeport " . '!. iaMssjssP""SSe ''. , t-'-'r. Washington. April '25. O er m a y planned to get control of the "Virgin islands, and with thia strategic , position in the Caribbean aca It was JntenUon of the Teutons V to menace - the n Panama canal and the whole Gulf region. Senator William S. -Kenyou ?of ' Iowa made this ; declaration- Thursday f upon return" to Washington after his trip- on a submarine ; chaser from Porto. Rico to the Virgia '-IslandaVV! ?f $ -;' "The Unitef States got possession of the Virgin islands Just in time and wise ly," he sald : The Germans had -designs on jthem. If they had ; succeeded in 'obtaining possession " of- them they might have succeeded in working great havoc before we could bave stopped them. ' " ' ' - " "' "At St. Thomas, . a splendid' harbor, the building of the Hamburg-American comoanv has concrete foundations eight feet thick. ; ; What was the object of than? wny, ror-omy one reason to piant juna there . and command thej; harbor' of couie;:;.; : i : .' ; fThere ia not! the slightest doubt the Germans hoped to take over the islands.' ter Clni German 'official -circles, where the question was discussed as to whet'aer M rrWilson'st action might not have con sequences favorable to. the German cause. Thia elicited further official dec larations from, allied sources tlat ; if i the Germans had. any such hopes they would be doomed to bitter disappoint- j ment. . : " ,i ; " j?t ', .; . , ; j . vf School Destroyed; Two Firemen Killed :v , n4 . Baltimore. Md April 25. (I. N. S.) Two firemen dead and 14 others in jured and a loss of half a million dol lars were the results today of a fire which- swept, St. Marys industrial school here Thursday night. The fire men were caught beneath a heavy steel, girder which crashed down from an upper story. Two attaches of the building also were 'injured. The in structors and 850 pupils all escaped. . . . A patent' has been Issued for a flexible .wooden hay stack cover that can be used , from year to- year. A Home Maide . :xs , j "A face or toilet cream to alter-roughness Of the skin, prevent and cure chapped hands, and cracked lips, can be easily made at home, at little cost.5 It will Improve the complexion, re move as well as prevent tan and sun burn. In summer; and soften 'the skin. Man will find it excellent v to apply to, the face 'after shaving. , ''?"yA : ' ; To make It,' merely , get Tone ounce of glycerine, and 25e worth l of . powdered grexito at ' any drug f store. . tiseolve the grexite in the glycerine, add a pint of water, and pour Into bottles. ' This ' makes more than ' a ,pint of thick antiseptic, greaseless cream or lotion very heallnjr - and soothing, and perfectly harmless. It is enough to last you. for months, and;, costs you 'only a few cents. : The same amount of cream purchased in tubes or bottles would cost you several donars (Adv.)' .- i TO USE OIL f CUSTODIAN J 8000 Shares of the Capital Stock of MERCK CO A NEW YORK CORPORATION (Manufacturers of Drugs and Chemicals) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, Francis P. Garvan, Alien Property Custodian, will offer , for sale, at public sale, to the highest bidder, at the prin cipal of f ice of Merck & Co., No. 45 Park; Place, Br0ugh of Manhattan, City of New York, at 1 1 o'clock JVC on the 9th day of May, 191 9; 8000 shares of the capital stock, par value $ 100 each, out of a total authorized and out standing issue of 10,000 shares of Merck &. Co., a cor poration created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of New York. - 1 - - : . - - :' : , 'I . r- ," ' .... ' ;',-,."' Full description of, ana Information concerning the property to be. " sold, terms and conditions of inspection and sale, and U order '-'" thereof, may be obtained by application to JOSEPH F. GUFFEY, Director. Bureau of Sales, 110 West 42nd Street, New York City. C FRANCIS PGARVAN, 1 p : - --J-.V, ' v.' Alien Property Custodian. ; Bradbury System Means Good Clothes During the years we have sold these famous garments, a complete record of long wear and -satisfaction has fol lowed the Bradbury. ' Good-fitting, well- smartly styled suits tiesjgned for men who knlthe valuecf good dressing. v i - ! J; Bradbjiry System Suits $25:Q0t6(:$55.0&ti T - r s i li m i i t1 Shbes Too ? So many .men are riot acquainted with the fact that the Eastern carries a very ;high-grade line of Shoes; Justine best . Shoes for street Of jwork wear, at prices you will find reasonable?. r ';V: Open a Charge. Account Washington Street . at Tenth51 I If I A 1 SBBSlBlBBBVBHBraBMBBBlMBfa'alBBVBri utilising (91 : If r you "haven't an .account with us now, open, one. We .will be glato . 'illoV you thei priv ilege of paying for - the - clothes- you buy, weekly or- ! monthly, as . you find most conven--ient. - . -j 1 -. Hi . - -f ' . " if '' " - i - ' " , i ' - 1 . . ' , , , ' ' . " - 'i'-c " ,' ' t- " .':. r . ' ' I , . ' .i. , : ' yT rVJ,'"',C V M 1 Iff: - f I ill - Comino- Back America is proud of them-the whole world is proud of them. They finished their part of the job with a courage arid daring best described by Marshal Foch in these words to General Persh ing before the battle of the Argonne: "Your men have the deviPs own punch. They will get ' away with all that. Go to it. How proud of them are you? THE AMOUNT OF ' THE VICTORY LIBERTY; LOAN YOU SUBSCRIBE Measures your pride in them. Volunteer A - SubscriptibB ornorrow -a This space patriotically contributed in behalf, of the Victory Liberty. Loan. by, , . r 4 4 ---'EX'."- - I i i .Vogan Candy. Co. , Henry. Rom & Sons ' ; Gray, McLean & Percy Tru Blu Biscuit Co. 1 "r , " i ' - , . . Russell & Gilbert Co. W. C. Allen Candy Co., Inc. ; Lang, Jones & Co., Inc. l! I 1! I , '''it n