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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1919. PROPOSED SIZE OF; PAVING PLANT fS Commissioners and ' Mayor Caa't Agree on txtent of Pavement Plan Would Permit Produced. BARBUR FOR SMALLER PUNT Mayor and Pier. Assert IThat JCon ennUrge Enough to1 Do AH !V City Work' Would Be Better. MUCH DISCUSSED k la Portland to have la real; paying plant, or shall It bo capable of hand line only part of the paving business of the city ? ' This question . divided , the city council Friday when. Com : mission er Barbur laid - plans before the commission . for ' the establish- Went of-a 125,000 plant. Including ' ;docks,bunkere, new building;, equlp- t ment, railroad tracks and the cost of removal to a new site.- Commlsaion- ' ers Barbur and Bigelow say the pro ' posed plant, capable of laying- 100,000 V"ds of pavement , yearly, ? is big 1 -enough, but Mayor Baker and Com missioner Pier declare a plant ofcsuf ficlent capacity to handle the entire , program of the city should be erected. - , The mayor 'asked how. the paving ' that the fcity was unable .to .complete wouId be 'handled by letting contracts to the private companies at high prices or by postponing the Work for a year. "And do -you plan to Jay pavements jfor some people at low: prices and let contracts for work; in other parts of . the-city , at. much, higher costs?", the chief executive: Questioned. , , UHJTAIJtlf 88 ALLEGED 4 1 i "If, -they wants the work bad enough, Mt them' pay the higher prices; oiher ' wise, let them wait," offered Commls- - I sioner Bigelow, -r, f "Such a plan is manifestly - unfair," f Pier declared.? "If one person can have pavement at 'low cost, .certainly ether ' property owners have the same light. i : - It was pointed out that if the city I can lower the paving cost SS per cent, . s it has in the past, it wilt drive pri- vate. companies -out of business when the municipality competes for bids. . : "In ths case, Questioned the mayor. - "can toe city meet the Improvement j ,progun : demanded by , property own- ''ers?- !--.v - - r---! Commissioner Pier declared In favor - of a real paving plant. He asserted '' that the city could .pot go into the busl , ness half heartedly ; it must be pre pared either to handle the work or re . frain from entering the field. It would be discrimination to allow 'one section - a high and another a tow cost for pav ' ing, he maintained. The commissioner NEW SHOW TODAY AV .... x" -n. - O Clyde Rck GmedV They hated men ! Then, one night a mere man Harrison ii Ford pursued by another woman's husband, fled right into their apartment, f. Too must .come sad m ; how ,. wiasomo Marguerite gets out of the awful situatioa! ALL Wttls STARTING TODAY also Questioned whether, the municipal ity would emerge financially unscathed. PROFIT ALLEGED TOO SMALL ' Commissioner Barbur declared that Jt bad in" the past and would continue to do SO. ,'.'"' " V ' "I will stake my reputation on it,! he avowed. '"; : .Barbur told the council that after all overhead was figured, the city received a profit of 10 cents a yard on the work. Pier declared that " J cents should be the martin. The 10 cents, he was afraid, would be eaten up in overhead expenses that always .. creep In after estimates are made. : ' " - - , In submitting his plans for the new plant. Commissioner Barbur declared that the municipal plant had saved the city more than 1 40,000 during the last year and a half. - More than $11,000 was saved on the pavement : of Terwliliger boulevard by the city, he Indicated, and pavement was laid on East Seventeenth street by the municipality for 77 cents, whereas the contractor's price was 1.53. Mr. Barbur contemplates obtaining materials by purchasing the -property of i Cleblsch 4 Joplin on .Bast Sixty r seventh and Halsey streets. This prop erty can be secured " for a 1 little more than 11500, he showed, and sand and gravel will be . afforded the city, rom that -source.- .w"- -The plant Question, will again -be dis cussed at the council meeting Wednes day and a! vote may be called on that date.', ' :Uy -:i -';:-l::.--;::y 1-; Bubbish I Must Co : ;s . . ' Nineteen abatement notices were sent out by the city health bureau Friday to the residents living between Fre mont.' j Shaver "and East . Tenth ? and Fifteenth. ; The health - bureau claims that . too much waste and rubbish are around the city and this must be remedied. ; . City ! Employes to . Picnie All Ih. riv - mnn, will - ponrTl. gate Sunday. August 3, at Dodge park lor a. regular 01a lumuura picnic Five Suffocated In Their Beds as Residence Burns Milwaukee. Wia. July MHL N. 8.) Five persons were suffocated . in an early morning fire when the home of Mrs. Anna: Clump was destroyed by flames. Mrs. Gump and her four chil dren. Theresa, 20 ;. Louise, II; George. 14, and Caroline, 7, perished. The blase was discovered by a neigh bor, who summoned the fire department and then returned to save Anna, eldest daughter of Mrs. Gump. A son. Louis. 21, also was rescued. The five were suffocated in their beds. The fire did not cause over-1600 dam age. ; It broke out in paper and boxes In the basement of the little home. Boys Playing;With Matches Cause Fire Boys playing with matches were the cause of a fire in the fair grounds ad ministration building "at 8J7 Upshur street at 1:22 o'clock. Friday afternoon. No serious' damage resulted, but the fire marshal reported that a large fire might have followed the boys careless ness. The building Is now occupied by the American Llfeograph: company, a motion picture corporation. : ! 1 1 A AMERICA!! LEGION COMPILES LIST OF ALIEN SLACKERS 'Wipers in Our Midst" Must Get Out of Jobs to Make Places for Returned Fightings Men. DEPORTATION BEING URGED Employers Will Discharge Yellow f Breed - if Found on Payrolls; Privileges Will Be Denied. if - . . . . Calling them "vipers In our midst," the employment; committee of the American Legion has. listed the names of all aliens wjio revoked their first . citizenship papers In "order to avoid military service, and e nitted the , list, to large employers in f the Northwest. The committee, in a let ter to all employers, asks for the im mediate discharge from the payrolls of any company of any employe whose name may be found, on the list. - "We believe, says the letter of trans mittal, "that no man has a right to enjoy the privileges of residence under our flsg whose actions do not square with this preamble. ; We feel that these men are vipers in our midst. While we were gone "they "held our jobs at high wages and are now. un willing to relinQuish them to the men who made those jobs secure. We feel that wo owe it- to ourselves, but especially to the men- who lie sleeping on the other side, to . see that these men who are forever barred from citi zenship r be returned to the shores whence they came. 0 This action has been taken as a re sult of a resolution passed at a meet ing, of the American Legion here some time ago. : ---r. - - Following is the list of names which is being sent to- the various employers, and which has been prepared by a com mittee working with Captain James O. Convill as chairman j - i. c. -: . : lfuinal AlwimattiTt. Grata. Or. ' Axel Uothri AdoUtoa. 125 Fiict strset. Port- laad. Or. : Olr Arrid andenon. BesttM. win, Adolph Aadeiton. 2 SO Collem strstt. Pert- land. Or. BatBTole Joben Aaderwal 784 Keller street. Pottland, Or. Jacob Aacbbackar. noraa. or. Fred AtUt, Amity, Or. Ausustioe Anacabea, Pendletoa. Or. Albin Aucusune. 5l Ouraa ttteet. Pert- land. Or. Adolph Baoaoa. S3 Worts STnt ntn treat. Portland. Or. Ijtidwis mu Banaon. Fatenoa. N. J. William Berg. SS7 Hood atraet. Portland. Or. Hermaa Haaaea Bers. slias fiarmaa Hanaaa. Erarett, Waah. Carl Byttrom, OS Mais (treat. Peruana, or. Guitar Arrid Boraao. 791 Cerbett street. Portland, Or. Anton .Bersdalea, 6S6 FUadera atreat, Port land. Or. AUrod BJorkhmd. 2 IS West Park atraet. Port land, Or. - Carl rats. Bea-rertea. or. , Anton Baunaa. BaaTertoa, Or. - laarime Btdabnm, Fields, Or. John Baraawitav Portland. Or. Oacar Carlaoa. Seattle, Waah. Axel Carlson. 266. rroat (treat. Portland. Or. - -- - - EUnar Jobs Canaoa. CohunMa Otr, Or. Chaclaa Caxlaon. 251 Couch atneC Portland. Or. John Chajbanr. Tacoma. wasn. Chriauan P. Chriatiaasaa. S4 ia -Tint Street. Portland. Or. ' Hans Chriauan CbriaUanaon. UoQUUIe. Or. Leo PaaWn. Deachotea eeuntr. Oraeon. . Charlio (Carl) A. K. DaaialaoB. S5S SaTiar a-xaev, roruam. r. i i v.. Droconott. rortlasd, or. Uao Eacudero. alias Uno Xscndere Tnitano. Portland. Or. andrew oie Entstrom, Columbia City, or. Per 8teBbAMM Kim. 686 ft First (treet. Port land, Or. , jsror tries; Ecstana. saaran w. CharUe Kranaon, Khiae botal. Pertlaad, Or. Isniaio Iriarty "Schania, Crass, Or. JJiminrns Eiasetchs. Peter Krickson, Medford. Or. J. Cerlaon Ehnan, Columbia City. Or. Carl Anton Foracrea, Xawistoa. Moat. Thorrald Jenaen' FriTold. Columbia CitT. Or. Johan Oacar Foralund. 41 Third atreat. roruana, jt. Axel Emanuel Foralond. 4 H Third (treat, Portland. Or. Krnest utbrinr, I. m. u. aw Portland, Or. albert Gjenoto, Astoria, Or. Carl Jakobua, Peach. Moat. Andrew Gaaar OorioD. Sua SIS. Abaft. deen. Waah. , - OUt Antoa 'Gramberg. : 09T -Xaat Salmon street, Portland, Or. Vaster, mred UnstaTaon, m Baraatde street, roruana. or. J- -- -,.., . Joaeph (irooamaa. Blaine, Waah. f EmeaS Gahrins. Seattle. Waah. Peter Aase Gustrup. 491 Fiat street- Port land. Or. , s Jacob Ujornt. 1SST brand arenae, port. land. w. Kraaat Ulaler, TMlaaMtoe, or. . . Hermaa Oraber. Portland. Or.' , Andrew Hannila. TB2 Montana arenne. Port. land. Or. - .-; San - Geerts BAimtren, SUM aan Georn Eelmxrea, Seattle. Wash.- Haae-aa - Beaene. Soorta street, rort Mod.. Or. - cart Han. n Tentn atreec, -reruana, or. ; oie noase, roruMa,-vr. i Ijere OlMtt Holten. Portland, Or. 1 ' Eloo Jseobaea. 489 North T-rsntr-seeond street, Portland. Or." - : , John Jaoooften. cauuaaset, wasn. Aatoa Budolpb Johnaon, MeCleary. Wash. Gusts Adolph Jehaaeoa.:28S Croebr street. Portland, Or. . f . jorm joiiaasea, i-axsraourn. ABuaa. ' John Johnson. Colombia City. Or. -s Axel M. Johnson, Band, Or. Gustar Bernard Johnaon, 25 Third street Portland. Or. "'' - - rj.....! Joanaon. 221 Bomside (treet, Port land, or. Frank EUa Johnaon. T1S Corbett (treet, PnrHuiL' Or. , i - . Adolph Johnaon," 74 East , aareaty-seeoad street, Portland, Or. Karl Erik Karlaea, alias Erie Carlaoa. 1601 East Serenth street. Portland. Or. Kaud Carlson. 207 Beeead street. Port land, or. Samuel EUaiua Kastl. Berkeley. Cal. Ole Knataoa. 23 Bunaaide (treet, Port land. .Or.- . . : . GustaT Kruisvman. roruaao. or. . , Ola lken.VSeatUe. Wash. - - Peter Asre Lastrtm. SIS North Twenty nntt atraet, Portland. Or. . , ; r Abdoa Bern hard 4 Luadstrou-,' .248 Crosby street. Portland. Or., - Carl TJae Larson. 1185 Greeley street, Pert Mad, Or. - : Carl Albert Iethberc, 12B Fiat street. Port. land. Or. ..i John Loisbard. 8 0. Maple street, PorUaad. Or. - j 1 . ' Joseeh X, Tuaasir'as. 1140 Grant street; Port. laaa, or. v .-. . . . Ladwis Mark sa, j Grays.. Harbor ) eempeny, Hoquiam. Waah. .Aurast Marnusson, PrtTand. Or. .Odsia E. -Mariaoua, Silrertoe, Or. v. - Ansnatine J. Moen. Astoria. Or. Olu' Mssnusea. ; 784 KaUey etrcet, PeeV Und.Or. - - ' A artist Matninser. SIS Bybee street. Pert- Uand. or. --. i , , .- jonn STmna nrma uonuw. rr. ' GustaT E me rick N'sIsob. 822 Gllsaa street, Portland. Or. - Rasmus SeTeriaeea Naaby, 880 FUth street, Portland. -Cornelius Nieuboer, . 682 Boise street. Pert. Mad. Or. Jack Saaderek Olsea, ahss Jack Olssn, Se attle. Wash. - i f -- ' , Ueary Obeta 18S Saersasa street, Pertlaad, Amandua Obm. 488 Third street. Portland, Or. Or. OHeer Cart Olson. Cornmhim. fMt. O, -lAM Kahuaar Petsraoe, 215 M1U street. KHss Rentiers, PorUasd. Or. Olai Bandia. Clallam. Waah. t ' noeerc oendstrom, 81Z Oak street, Portland. O. ATMs STens-ea. 408 Mala street. Portland, Or. 1 Peter gwaaeoa, 388 H Fiat street. Portland. oa Oregon -Heroes . See Selves on Hike in France Dallas. July 2S. One of the war pictures shewn on the closing night of the Chautauqua here was a de tachment , of soldiers crossing -1 a bridge "on - the way - to . the front., the lecturer, explained. - Former -soldiers In 1, the - audience recognised themselves In the picture, the march- ers being men of 3 the provisional company from the Oregon company which went to Lyons. France, on July It, m. to assist m the dedi cation of the --President Wilson-; bridge. ' Japanese Get Away : From Ship in Fort; Keward Is Off ered Four 'Japanese members of the crew of the . Japanese steamer - Antagosan Maru deserted the craft at Llnnton early this morning and: are the subject of a diligent search started by officers of the vesseL A. reward of 85 has been of fered for - the apprehension of each of the men.. The full reward of $100 will be paid for the capture of the four at once. Tha Antagosan Maru is preparing , to sail late this afternoon' and if the four missing members of the ; crew are not found by that time, the matter will be put in the hands of Inspector R. F. Bon ham of the United States immigration service office In Portland. Should they be taken after the- ship leaves the sailors will be held in custody here until they can be deported. The names of the four are : P. Kawaguchi, P. Mishl mura, S. Ayabe and I. Nalto. Additional Units Of Oregon Guard Are Authorized Dallas, July 2C. AdjuUnt General Conrad, Stafrin, on his return from Port land today, stated that authorization had been received from the war depart ment for the - organisation of the fol lowing units of national guard s ' One regiment of infantry, one battalion (four companies) coast artillery, one battery heavy field artillery, one squadron cav alry, one company of engineers and one ambulance company, - , Authorisation for the regiment of in fantry had been received several months ago and organization of the 13 'com panies of the regiment has been com pleted."' Organization of the additional guard units will be pushed as rapidly as possible as General Stafrin -hopes to have Oregon's cosaplete militia Quota mustered in before winter.1 ' Auto Collides With Train; 2 Dead, 1 Hurt Chattanooga. Tenik, July 26. (I. N. S. M. R. Thomas, a local merchant, and his niece, Miss Pearl Camp, of Kansas City, were . killed . and . William Morgan, a druggists was seriously injured when an automobile In which they were riding and a work car .on the Dry Valley line of the Chattanooga Traction - com pany collided at a road crossing near this city today. ' . Mother Bisks All ; To See Her Son Hoboken. N. J- July: 26. (I. N. a) A mother who mortgaged her- only pos sessions two horses and a cow to get money for railroad fare, arrived at the bedside , of her critically ill soldier son here today. ; She was Mrs. William Ham mond, mother of 11 children, of Gorman, Texas. " Her son, Ralph, is dangerously 1U In St. Mary's hospital. t "Ruel can pay off the mortgage when he gets well," she said. ( t 30 Families Are ' Homeless by Fire Lansing. Midw July 26. (I. N. S.) Dispatches reaching the state fire war den's office today state that the 30 families at a lumber camp at Macelonla have escaped but. their homes were de stroyed by the forest fires raging: in that section. The fire there is said to be under control. Hitqhcock Says He . Aspires With Irish Swampscott. Mass., July 86. . N. S.) United States Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, at his summer . home here today declared that he shares the aspi rations of Ireland for self-government. He was discussing the treaty of peace and the League of Nations' covenant.- Pomona Grange Is On Fifth Field Day The fifth annual field day of the Po mona grange of Multnoman county was held today at Grangeville. attended: by many citisens . from all parts of the county. All ths granges of Multnomah county -participated In it. . Mra Edith Toiler "Wetherred gaver the address of welcome and Judge H. EJ. McGinn de livered the principal speech, A musical and literary program with sports and races occupied the 'afternoon. .'f v Jacob Bchartar, .3884 Seoond street. Pert- Mnd, orv . . ' . Paiid Jobsa Jsoob ' STenssen, Besttls. Wash. Attain A. CmwoiL' Aatona.- Or. Frederiok SpoerH,-854 Besrdla street. Part. land, or. - , j.--!-.t!,- Jobs Albert Saadbexs. foot of Sebraaka bwt. IBrUand. Or. - Laate-is Samnelaon. S8814 Profit street. Pert laad, or. - - i . Alexander Ansast Sprinccr, 24S Salmoo street, Portland. Or. Robert Steiser. 208 Park etree Portia nd. Or. Anders B. STensson, 408 Mala (treat. Port Gottlieb . Stoflar.'210 Tamaai street, Port land, or. 4Thristian Striekwerds. Ariinaos. Or. i Thorwald ' Thompson, rhieaco. 111. - -liuau M. Ttllmaa. Silrerton. Or. Ole OldKi Tofslaad,. 2 N. Third street, Portland. Or. . Gabriel Sebastian Adolph Throtrs'. Pendleton, or. . - . , , . Joe Andy TJrooirL Crane. Or. Felix Iizer. Andrews. Or.. Leonard slarf n . Yarns n. SOT ' Borthwics street. Portland, or.'.- Robert Carl Wast, Wsbsah hotel, Portia ad. Or. John Zander, 249 Salmon (treet, Portland, or. . - Samoa Zobala, Andrews, Or, - CHEIIOWITH tl IS irmi PRICE PAID IS $47,400 Purchaser Learned of Property Through : Uterature Sent ' Out j By Chamber "of Commerces For. a: consideration of 147,400. the Chenowith ranch of 1898 .acres at Oak land. Or., was sold Friday afternoon to Ralph J. Kveleth of Stanford.- Mont according to Information received - this morning by the State Chamber of Com merce. The property was turned over to the new owner, who paid cash .for the land. ':-;:''.' r" ; - Eveleth is one of the men east of the Rockies who was reached by the litera ture sent out by the Chamber of Com merce , several . months ago. For two months he has been corresponding with ueorgeQuayle. secretary of the state chamber. ; , - ' Early this weelc the Montana man came to Oregon and after looking over the Chenowith ranch decided it was the place he wanted. Mr. Eveleth went back to Montana Friday night and will re turn to orearon . to make his borne on the ranch in about two weeks. Mr, Quayle says three other large ranch deals are pending in the state be tween the present owners and : people from tha Eant who have btAame Inter ested In this state through commutitca- tlons from the state chamber. . Inquiries about the resources of the state this month are more than double the in quiries received during the preceding month. Portland Pastor Is . Called to Pulpit of Centralia Church Centralia, - Wash.. ' July ' 26. Rev. E. Burton, pastor of the Baptist, church of St Johns, Portland, has . been : called to the pulpit of the First Baptist church of this city, succeeding Rev. Henry Van Engelen, resigned. - Two Centralia Women Die Centralia. Waslu. July 26. Mra Nel lie Haxen, aged 58 years, died here Thursday. Mrs. Henrietta Scott also died Thursday, following a' stroke of paralysis. She was 73 years of age. Von Tirpitz' Offer, Too, Is Rejected ' Paris,' July 26. (U. P.) -The council of five, it was learned today, has .noti fied Admiral von Tirpitz, former Ger man minister' of marine, that bis sub stitution for the ex-kaiser-in assuming guilt for . the war is Impossible and cannot be considered. Tirpltx was told he could testify in behalf of the former emperor if ho was willing to take the risk of Incriminating himself. Eriiest Fix Gobs ; 1 To State 'Asylum Ernest Fix. lt-year-old youth, arrest ed for having threatened the life of his cousin, Miss Wally Engl e, was commit ted to the state hospital for the insane Friday following an examination by Dr. Hugh Williamson in Circuit Judge Tax well's court. - Fix had been annoying his cousin for some time previous to his arrest and becomins- alarmed when, he talked about shooting himself and tak inff ; her with him. It las Engle notified the police. A , loaded revolver i was found in his pocket. Bulgaria Treaty Is Completed ! Paris. July 28. (L S.) With the Bulgarian peace delegates here, the "Little Five" met this morning to speed up the completion of the treaty which the Bulbars must sign. It is under stood that the only Important question upon which" the allied delegates have. not agreed was witn regard to Bui garia's southern frontier. - ' Capt. Finn on Way . Home From France Dallas, July 28. Captain J.' Waldo Finn of McCoy, formerly roadmaster of Polk county, is en route home. He went to France as second lieutenant of Com pany Xi, 162d infantry, and later, ' after being promoted : to captain, succeeded Captain Conrad ' Stafrin, now adjutant general of Oregon, as commander of the Dallas company. Upon the return of the, company to the United States Captain Finn was. transferred to the military police andV had charge of the rest area at Nice for several months. Girt Bags Bear With One Shot of, Rifle Ashland. July 26. With one rifle shot Miss Mary Matthews, daughter of H. O. Matthews of Ashland, bagged a bear recently. - Miss Matthews, who Is a Uni versity f Oregon student, was near the D. H. Barneburg ranch, in the Fine hurst section, about 20 miles from Ash land, assisting her father and E. C Bart lett and Miss Bemice Bartlett in round ing up cattle, when the : Bartlett dos save chase to a young bear and treed him. Miss Matthews . shot the bear back of the ear. Wireless Operators . Threatening Strike New York, July 2S. (I. N. a The marine strike, which for 17 days has held 60,000 men idle along the water front, tied up hundreds of ships and cost millions of dollars, was further compli cated today by a threatened strike of seagoing wireless operators. Neuralgia Attack Is Fatal to Woman Klamath- Falls. July 28. Mary H Curtis, 48. -died .Thursday following an attack of neuralgia. ; She is survived by a son, R. P. Curtis of Klamath Falls, two daughters. Mrs. Hattie Witters of Grants Pass and Sadie Donaldson of Nebraska, and a eon. Dan, of Portland. RANCH BOUGHT BY mONTAHAN Change in Cable Service Announced By Western Union Several changes . in the cable service were announced ' today by W. A. Robb. local 'manager of the Western Union. Private telegrams, if written in platn English, r FrencV Crerman, - Italian -or Spanlah, will be . accepted -for - points In - Germany. Messages for Holland may be 1 accepted in code ; or cipher or ordinary language. " " . ' This Includes the " use r7 cable ad dreaees and allows the ' messages .' to be sent , without signatures. . It . is stated however J that messages are sent at the sender's risk because ' the Dutch aovernment . reserves " the - right of censorship over Its lines., Tha. same conditions exist for. service : to "Nor way,; except that thev censorship is withdftawrw - - - r4 Thefestern Union has arranged with the British postoffice department to change the conversion ' rate in both directions to 14.45 to the pound tor all transfers of 4 pounds or less. This is done." it Is explained, -on ac count of the prevailing low sterling rate on this side. FIRE SITUATION (Oontiaaed Fress Trass One) evening from the fires at Zlgsag, which he left in favorable condition. PLANES. FOR FIGHTING . ir FOREST - FIRES ASKED Salem, July 28. Indications that two or more airplanes are immediately avail able for forest patrol service in Oregon are contained In a telegram received by Governor Olcott Friday afternoon from Colonel H. H. Arnold of San Francisco, In command of the air service in , the western department -prompt acceptance of the proffered assistance to securing these planes is made in a telegram sent in reply to Colonel Arnold by Governor Olcott and F. A. Elliott, state forester. - .. ' George H. Cecil of Portland, district forester in the United States forest serv ice, has also added his plea for federal aid in ' corrftatting forest ; fires by ' air patrols. It 4s understood here. , TWO PIVAirES : WAHTE " ' ' "Telegram received ; this - date from Liberty Joan headquarters, Portland, in dicating necessity, for - airplanes base at Portland and Roseburg for forest fits patrol," reads the telegram from Colonel Arnold. VHas any official request been made as-above or will one be made to me in which necessity is outlined t Urg ent Wire. - - ,v The reply ,eht by Governor Olcott and State Forester, isiuott reaas as xoi lows i . . r-":-:'-- - . - c'.'- . "Immense daman being done and more . threatened; by forest fires this date. Use of two planes at convenient polnU this state would bs great assist ance and means saving large area of state and national forests. Tour aid to secure planes would; be greatly appreci ated.- v :iv SMAIX F1BES 8ISHTED The reauest from Uberty loan head' quarters, Portland, referred to in Colo nsl Arnold's telegram. Is believed here to have been sent by Robert E. Smith of Portland, who recently flew from San Francisco to Portland with a con stgnment of liberty bonds for Alaska. Smith is said to have discovered several small forest fires while en route. ' Lieutenant Kiel and Sergeant McKee, who are- flying from Mather field to Seattle., reported - on their arrival here Thursday evening, that they had dis covered several small ores while fir ing above the forests in this state as well as in Calltornla, thus demonstrat ing the valuev of - the airplane in the forest patrol service. FIRES IN MISSOULA FOREST ARE NOW . BEYOND CONTROL v Missoula, Mont, July 21 The Cold creek fire in the Lole forest and the S warts creek blase In the Missoula for est are assuming- alarming proportions, with flames spreading rapidly in all di rections from' both biases. : A final effort will be rase to control the Rattlesnake fire by starting back- fires.' .. - ;." . : s ' :; Unfavorable . reports have been ; re- ceived - fronf the Bltterroot, Selway and Blackfeet, forests, ; indicating that the situation is gradually growing more critical, there. r A '.new. fire,. 1500 acres in extent on Wyman ;creek, between Hall and Phil- unsburg. - was permlttea to spread our Ing a week before the forest service was notified. The blase now Is threat ening much, livestock. " BUK5ED FOB WEEK , A new. fire' is burning on ths Grant creek. Rattlesnake divide, ranchers hav ins fought it until forest crews arrived. The Swart creek fire is running over much territory . and Is spreading badly on .the- Gilbert creek side, where It is crossing - the divide toward the ? Mis soula river, now being about five miles from-the Hver. The Cold creek fire is eettlnsj very much .worse, .and i is spreading rapidly in all directions except northward. A new fire is on McCormick creek north of Stark, with 25 men fighting it The Henderson and Nigger gulch ."fires are slightly improving. . ' : s :. Conditions in the Bltterroot forest are very critical. , The . Hughes creek fires ran over -large areas during Thursday nigbt."-f' ;-; f... , 5::-... i MOBE 1-IBES STABTEO Fifty men are fighting a bad blase on Fish ' creek, which is burning : much timber.:... ' 'fv A new. fire Is raging in the Salmon mountains on Bench creetf- Twenty five men were sent there Friday. H ; Three large fires In the Selway forest, at Indlaiv postoffice,- Cub. creek and Maple lake;- are. under control, but four other large blazes are burning. ' : - Little change is reported from ths Kanikhu, Kootenai and Coeur 4'Alene forests.' In the Blackfeet- the Ashley lake blaze has covered 1600 acres, while the. Watkins firs Is now' under control. .Twenty: men were sent Friday to Ovando, - whence they will rgo . to Mon tour creek to establish a camp to fight ' Guaranteed L In eight lessons.: ' Ladies: f I2.es. Gentlemen, 13.00, at teHoney's Beaut I fu 1 Acaaemy, zza and Wash ington. New summer classes :m tar t Monday, Tuesday and- -Thursday everrings. t to 11 :0. Plen ty of desirable partners and practice. No embar rassment Private les sons all " hours. Learn from professional danc ers: Phone Main 785 tv (Adv.) MUCH mm DANCING ; sTw r it the Montour blase, ' now 300 acres,, in extent, - FIRES IN CASCDE FOREST 1 REPORTED' UNDER CONTROL Eugene, July 24. Six or seven fires which started in - the Cascade national forest Wednesday near Oakridge, are re ported to be under control. Warned hy tno weatner bureau or the coming; thun der storms, the local office was prepared for the biases which resulted from the lightning and soon, had them under con trol. No, fires .have broken out in the McKensie districts. ' - Seven - of - ths -as - lookouts working under the direction of the Eugene office are gins. . xnirty-nve mn 1 are cutting trail in the Oakridge district. .. . , Seaside Aiidience ; : .gpryan; ; uet Follows 8eaaide. ' Julv ' S4 wniiom Tnnir... Brvan snoke at th rha afternoon. Following the lecture he was escorted to Astoria to be honor guest at a:banquat.ix-. -.,f i .ir -s t- Lodge Installs Orricers ' . Seaside'. .Tulv ? SmiMh v S8. TL O. O. V.. has Installed the follnwln officers :. A. M. Jobaon, noble rrand : H. I. Harris, vice grand ; W.K J. Passey, secretary ; Charles Myers, treasurer, w Mrs. Sarsh C. Brisbln Dies Lookmgglass, July 26. Mrs. Sarah C. Brisbln, a : native , of - Douglas county, died here at' the age of 62 yeara . She was the wife of S. K. Brisbln, for many years "postmaster, at Lobktngglaaa and the mother of eight children, all of whom- survive, v, : f ALL NEW TODAY o 0 0 o 7-a-aat"ll-J--T CltfJ"- ' s ' ' : ' . . ' . "..' ' i i r i , . - - : - ' :: : ' . : r ' - ," " :::':.-. - ; ::. ;-::.":' " ' " - 1 ' N"sx' ' if AnABTGBAFTftcturc ... .". 1 . I J. . n IMMOVABLE ' GUEST V - . , 30 Minutes of Fan ' i : . . ' rV ; COMING THURSDAY v - ' 'THE SPORTING CHAKCE" Americans Oppoco . Giving Mandate to France, Is Report -Paris. July 26. (L N. S.) The Ameri can commission in the near east has made' a' report against: the proposition to give France a mandate over Palestine and Syria? according to the Temps. The American commission has recommended that the mandate be given to the United States or if the United States will not take It, that it be given to Great Britain. The Temps in an editorial attacks British, agents in the lUevant accusing them of deliberately stirring up anti French sentiment there. As a result of this, the newspaper says, France will lose the mandate over Syria . If the re port of the American commission is rss cepted. ...'.. Action Is Taken By San Francisco To Cut Food Cost San Francisco, July 26. (U. P.) San Francisco as a municipality today took action to reduce food costs by arrang ing for carload - purchase- of surplus army food. City purchasers today placed orders for several carloads of bacon and tomatoes, which will be fur nished consumers at e-overnment cost .- price the bacon at 34 cents a pound. More may be purchased if the demand justifies. These will be distributed through a large department store, the central labor council and. several shipyards. Square! That's the kind of man that Bill Hart is in this one. Straight as a die and on the level, but reedy to go like the devil for a defenseless woman ia - distress. tiux- C, KINOGRAT.IS Tbo WeeVIv De Luxe