The Oregon daily journal., May 10, 1920, Page 2, Image 2

THE j OREGON DAILY V JOURNAL, - P ORTLAND, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1C20. 1
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ASSIST VICTIMS;
CROWDS INTERFERE
Curiosity seeker by the thoustndi
were drawnj to the wreck are the
Southern Pacific electrlo trains at
Bertha station Sunday morning only
after courageous volunteers from the
countryside', and Portland doctors
and nurses jhad attended the Injured
and removed hose In critical condi
tion to the 'hospitals. '
. From near-by farmhouses to which
' the roar of 1 the collision echoed ; came
men and women to lend early aid In
relieving thj suffering of the Injured
Armed with I water, stripped sheets and
salves, these"' people were the first oh
the ground and their prompt work was
highly effective.
PORTLAND' AID BUSHED
Hastily organized from police head
quarters, group of Portland doctors
and nurses were at the wreck less than
an hour ; after it occurred.
Dr. Chris liscum, who lives near
Bertha station, was the first . physician
on the ground. A very short time after
the news of the wreck was telephoned
to police headquarters by Mrs. Fred '
Drynan, who lives near the scene of
the crash. Dr. George Farrisn, city
physician, ' and all available members
of his staff, rushed to the place. The
- staff Included Drs. John Abele. R. W.
filmmple, Harry Blair. Sheuster. James
Walsh and former. City .physician Zleg
ler. . ,' ' .
A special relief car dispatched as
soon as possible after the wreck car
lied a corps of doctors and nurses
hastily recruited down town. They re
sponded splendidly ' to the demands
made upon i them, and for the most
part as In the case of Dr. 1 R. R.
Hamilton of Portland returned to the
city with their automobiles burdened
with the less seriously injured.
FIBST AID: IS GIVES
Volunteer J nurses and doctors estab
lished their (Impromptu operating rooms
, on the hill east of the , wreck and there
treated in first-aid style the cut and
bruised , races and bodies of the wreck
victims.
The dead, with the exception of, En
gineer Wifletts. whose body was crunv
. pled in the wreckage high above the
- track, were placed at the side of the
track and deputy sheriffs arid police
watched over them until they were re
moved more than an hour after the
wreck to the city morgue by Coroner
Earl Smith and his chief deputy. Leo
Qoetach.
Every automobile ambulance In the
city was called into service to remove
the most seriously injured to - Portland
hospitals. They raced back and forth
to their task in splendid service and
Jiad "the chief part of their work com
pleted before , crowds attracted from
Portland by news of the tragedy ar
rived to Interfere with the work.
BRAKEMAN IS, IN .
(OnetimMt Tram Put On)
the written orders that had been handed
to his train crew and raced through
' Bertha without slackening the speed of
his train. The outbound train, driven
. by Engineer R- A. Bland, speeding to
ward Bertha to comply with orders to
pass Willett's train, had not yet reached
the siding
VISION WAS CUT OFF
Vision cut off by the high bluff east
of the track which at that? point rounds
a sweeping curve, neither engineman
could see . the other until ; their trains
were too close to avoid collision.
The eight dead were passengers on
the Inbound train, driven by , Willett.
who is held culpable for the tragedy In
early investigations. Willett was In
stantly killed, crushed almost beyond
recognition In the debris of the crash.
Other victims including two small chil
dren and three women, were passengers
i- in the leading car of the outbound train.
All sat well forward in the car. close to
the vestibule, which was telescoped and
I shattered by the force of the impact. ,
V .. When the trains struck each other pas
: sengers In all cars of both trains were
hurled from their seats and steel of the
cars and wooden finishings, together
,- with window glass, was shattered down
about them.
The sound of the crash was. heard In
the surrounding country for half a mile.
Elf GIWBEKS BODT FAST 4
' Early rescuers were unable to remove
the body of Silas K. Willett, engineer of
the incoming train, pinned against a
; telephone post The post was splintered
from the force of the blow, the lower part
holding the two wrecked coaches on the
track, the upper part leaning over the
mass of debris.
The part of the track where the two
trains 'met skirts a low thickly wooded
hill making ; a, slow, sweeping curve.
PLAYING ALL
SCORES
UH
SER OUS CONDITION
AN ALL - STAR PROGRAM
BUILT AROUND THE MOST
PICTURESQUE B O D Yj O F
MEN. IN EXISTENclE
WE PRONOUNCE IT
BEST OF BIG PICTURES
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On one side the track Us IS feet from
the edge of a I deep ravine.
Neither . train .left the - tracK com
pletely, both of the forward coaches be
ig held in a j semi-upright position by
the splintered j telephone post. .
- Steel construction, of coaches is said
to have prevented ) the loss of scores of
additional Uvea. j. y,
OS WAT TO jCHUBCH
T was on m way to Portland .to at
tend services at Masters church, where
I sing in the I choir,1 said Elsie Perry,
daughter of John perry j of Hillsdale.
"All I can remember is pitching for
ward on my head just as the crash
came." . j ) ; :.)," . ; ; s
"Our train mjust have been going about
40 miles an hour." said W. E. Wright, a
farmer of HilSsboro. who escaped with
only slight injuries In spite of the fact
that he was ih the forward car of the
inbound train, (only a few seats from Che
front. .. . i j j : v v y -- y
. "Some of the people on the train seem
to think we were trying to race the- Hills
boro Jitney. blisses. Both trains" were
going, at a furious speed when the crash
came. I j j -", 1 -. y-Jr
TBIED TO BREAK WIHDOW - '
"We shot thrjough Bertha at high speed
without slowing up ven. Only a little
way beyond Bertha the air brakes were
applied suddenly, and before I had time
to brace myself there was a terrific
crash. I was hurled Into the seat In
front of me. j j
"Most of the) dead were pinned up just
In front of mel It was a horrible scene,
with women screaming and children
crying, and the Injured moaning. ,
"Many people were i thrown entirely
over my head! landing In a struggling
mass.- some t of them on top of me. - It
was with great difficulty that I finally
managed to gejt out of the mass of .strug
gling women, ichlldren and men.
"Once free, I attempted to break a
window, bat changed my mind because
the car was sd badly tilted It looked like
if would turn (over, bo I made my way
out by the doer, i j
JCST FATING FABE
"Two - women died before I could get
them out of the place. :.
"The only t thing ! that saved any of us
was the fact thai the cars were con
structed of ste si. if they had been mace
of wood not a soul would have escaped.
I don't know how on earth I escaped.
Persons were killed near me, and many
badly hurt behind me."
Mrs. Clara McEJwen was just paying
her fare, having handed the conductor
a 10 bill, she said. :
"My little girlaj Pansy, and I were
both thrown to the floor of the car," she
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HtBLED DOjWKj AISLE
Andrew KlcW, 856 East Thirty-second
street, who was hurled 12 feet through
the aisle of this second coach of the out
going train. Bays the' crash came so
soon after the) brakes were applied that
no one realffcefl ani impending collision.
"Mrs. Kidd j was sitting next to the
window and I was sitting next to the
aisle reading j a newspaper. When the
brakes were put on swiftly we were
pitched slightly forward and then before
we knew another thing we were thrown
on our f aces, j Mrs. Kldd'a face struck
the seat ahead and I was thrown down
the aisle on tny 'face, and chest. We
were daxed. Et was a terrific crash. The
incoming traii must have been making
fast time, as We didn't seem to be going
very fast. . i
"The f irft we khew of the fear fulness
of the collision was when we saw the
beckonlngsi and expressions on the faces
of those vt-ho j stepped from the car to
vjew the wreck."
The heaviest damage was done to the
front car of the inbound train, the heavy
steel frame off the outbound car, with
more' weight behind, It, crushing the
superstructure of the Inbound car for'
nearly half; its distance. Only a few
feet of the front end of the outbound
car was crushed.
Had the i cars been ; of wooden con
struction, railroad men and members of
the public1 sef vice commission asserted,
they would both - have probably been
shattered, and the: loss of life much
greater. WhMv the cars were finally
pulled apart, j the forward half of the
roof of the inbound car collapsed com
pletely. -I ;-j ; -
Considerably work with the oxy
actelyene ' flarfie had to be done before
the mass could be separated. A
HEARS TRAINS COLLIDE
A-graphic description of what occurred
immediately after the wreck was given
by F. R. Dirynkan, proprietor of a chicken
ranch on the j hill overlooking the fatal
curve from thje south, who was the first
man at the scen following the crash,
and who helped carry from the Portland
bound train seven of the eight victims.
Dryman; was working in his yard and
heard the sharp application of air On
the outbound) train. Before he could
look, the grinding1 crash of the telescop
ing trains sounded, and this was fol
lowed by the j screams of the Injured.
The Drymajn . hpme Is 600 feet from
the spot where the trains came together,
and he was at the scene In a few sec
onds. It wasi Impossible to get Into the
first coach-of the outbound train be
cause of thel passengers climbing out.
and he entered the inbound coach where
all the fatalities occurred. ' ,
AH of. the dead,! he said, were huddled
In the forward end, the bodies piled one
on another, ahd some of them were fast
In a glass partition at the front separat
ing the compartments. The dead were
on the south side Of the car. Dryman ex
plained, the turve and slight angle at
which the trains collided throwing them
In that direction.
Dryman was Joined In a moment by
C. C. Shafford, -a neighboring rancher,
and they passed the bodies out of a win
dow to others who had joined in the
rescuing. The work of carrying out the
THIS
WEEK
THE
Injured proceeded Just as r quickly aa
possible. .-'; ,
WOMAN QUICK WITTED ,
; In the meantime Mrs. Dryman, seeing
what had occurred from her front porch,
telephoned the Southern Pacific com
pany. She was the first to notify of
ficials in Portland that the catastrophe
had occurred. Immediately afterwards
she notified the police, and asaea that
ambulances and physicians be isent to
the scene. " ! '
The ambulances reached the wreck in
20 minutes, Mrs. Dryman said. Many of
those slightly injured went to the Dry
man residence for assistance, and much
of her bed linen was used In binding up
the hurts. '. ) I ?
The seriously injured were laid on the
embankment along the wreck, and later
had to be carried across , the steepra
vine and ud the hill to the road In front
of the Dryman house to the ambulances.
BODT IN FULL VIEW '
Service on the Southern , Pacific elec
tric lines was restored at Bertha! station,
where the collision occurred, by o'clock
Sunday night. None of the track was
damaged, and as soon as the Wreckage
of the trains was cleared away ana tne
power wires replaced, traffic was. re
sumed, if ,''' ' I '
; The Southern Pacific wrecicer irom
Brooklyn was called and began jclearlng
the way about 1 o'clock. There was
considerable delay due to the efforts
made to get out the frightfully muti
lated body of "Engineer Wllletts. Ap
parently thrown from his own station
In i the cab of the east bound i car. he
was Impaled In the mass of : tangled
steel that remained on- the end of the
forward car of the west bound train.
High in the air the body was i fully in
view of the thousands of horrified spec
tators ' who flocked to the scene, and
when Coroner Smith arrived he caused
It to be covered with a canvas, j . . '
WATCH CRT8TAL BROKEN 1
The body was finally released after
the wrecker had succeeded, by using
all Of its power. In dragging the locked
coaches apart. So tenaciously were they
fastened, however, that the two were
dragged for a considerable distance be
fore separating. At 3 :05 o'clock in the
afternoon Wlllet's body dropped to the
ground and was taken to the morgue.
His watch, with only , the- crystal
broken, was found In his clothing. It
had stopped at 10 :32. His glasses. In a
leather case, were crushed to powder.
Afterward the work of clearing up
the wreck proceeded rapidly. The death
car of the inbound train was lifted from
its trucks by the giant crane and thrown
to one' side of the ! tracks. The trucks
were lifted from the rails and j the der
rick then. proceeded to the other car
WIRES DISCONNECTED
This had been lifted bodily by the Im
pact and thrown to the south against
a trolley, wire pole. Its front trucks
were under the rear end of the coach.
Within an hour what was left of this
car was on trucks and on the rails
again. The wrecker now moved back
again and soon after 6 o'clock It ' had
been turned up again. During the night
the cars were taken to the repair shops
at Beaverton. k - !-.' .
Work of the wreckers was made dan
gerous by the trolley wires. Linemen
first disconnected these from theguys
over the point of collision and they were
dragged over and supported by ropes
from the trees In the grove to the north.
BOAD8 CONGESTED j. j -
Thousands of people were at the
scene of the wreck in the afternoon,
and It was all that a large force of
deputies under Chief Deputy Sheriff
Christof ferson could do to keep them
from getting On the right of way. Ter
williger boulevard was the popular
route of approach by automobile and
early in the afternoon the stream - of
machines , was constant, one following
the other as closely as they could be
driven. .-- - I : i . -y
Serious congestion developed ! at the
road forks at Bertha where the Forest
Grove-Beaverton , road and the i Salem
west side road " joins the : boulevard.
Traffic officers were stationed there,
but. the diverging . lines- quickly grew
Into an Inextricable tangle in which for
many minutes at a time not a machine
moved. .
TRAGEDY OVERCOIES FATHER
WHO IS STRUCK SPEECHLESS
One of the most pitiful features of the
Sunday morning tragedy at Bertha sta
tion was- the death of Mrs. Grace C.
Arundell and her 4-year-old son, Robert,
residents temporarily at Dosch station.
The Arundell family had just boarded
the Inbound train and had been seated
when the husband and father, ,C. Ri
Arundell, special agent of the ! United
States general land office In Portland,
left his wife and child and went back
to the smoker, which usually is at the
head of the train. V
He returned a moment later, after the
crash had occurred, to carry the body
of his wife and son" from the splintered
wreckage.
Grief overcame even tears and. speech
less, the bereaved father stood ahd
stared at his wife and child. :
The Arundell family had been living
at the home of Mr.' and Mrs. W. R. Cox
at Dosch station while the Cox family
was absent on a southern trip. The
owners had just returned and Mr. and
Mrs. Arundell were en route to Portland
to seek a house.
. Mrs. Arundell, who with her son was
sitting well forward In the front car of
the Inbound train when she was instantly
killed, was a native of Vermont, having
spent many . years at Bt Johnsburg, in
that state. The family had been in Port
land for several years. r
PASSENGER ESCAPES INJURY
IN A MIRACULOUS MANNER
C. O. Broderlck. passenger of the in
bound death train in Sunday morning's
fatal wreck at Bertha station, and slight
ly injured in the smash-up, escaped se
rious Injury aliost miraculously, his
chief suffering being the loss of a gold
watch. ' . 1
Broderlck had just pulled his watch
from his pocket and noted the time,
10:24 a. m., when the emergency brakes
were applied on his train and the re
sounding smash telescoped the car in
which . he was trtdlng. He has not seen
the watch since. It was torn Irom its
chain and disappeared In the wreckage.
Broderlck forgot. all - else when he
Joined With other slightly Injured pas
sengers in the first relief work at the
scene of the tragedy. ' ' The injured were
augmented by help from surrounding
farms and did valuable work before the
first group of helpers arrived from Port
land. TRAIN ORpER PLAN USED 1
IN OPERATION OF RED CARS
Trains on the "Red Electric." with the
exception of the portion of block sys
tem from Portland to Oswego, are op
erated on the "train order system. Aus
tin Pharls, conductor of train 124, had
received his train order before leaving
Reedville and had transmitted them to
the engineer, according to his own state
ment this morning. . :
' The cars involved In the accident were
all built prior to January,. 191S. when
the Red Electric service was Inaugu
rated and all were built at the same
shops, so that railroad officials could
see no reason : why the telescoping of
car No. 502 should be blamed on In
ferior workmanship.
"The crash was so terrific that some
thing had to give away," said one of the
officials this morning. ; j i : -
WRECK IS WORST IN ANNALS
OP RAILROADING IN OREGON
For the first time in the history of
Oregon's electric railways a fatal wreck
i has marred thir record Th '''vh ,
SOME OF VICTIMS .
f OF SUNDAY CRASH
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Prom top Frederick Preeble, en
gincer who was passenger on ill
fated train, killed; Mrs. Lillian
A. Crooks of Hillsdale, killed;
; Newton Hoover 1 of Beaverton,
brakeman, killed. Below is Miss
Carnille Dosch, who was so seri
ously Injured that she may die.
Bertha fetation Sunday morning is the
first on
that line since 1908, when a
Portland-McMinnville steam .train was
derailed (near forest Grove, killing three
persons and Injuring about 20 others.
Nothing In the annals of Oregon rail
roading approaches the Sunday catastro
phe, except the Lake Labish wreck of
1890, when a southbound steam train
crashed through a trestle near Chemawa,
Marion county. Nine persons were
killed ahd at least 65 injured.
22 MOTORISTS ARRESTED AT
SCENE OP SUNDAY'S WRE3C
Twenty-two automobilists were 'ar
rested Sunday at the scene of the Ber
tha interurban wreck for refusal .to com
ply with orders of the deputy sheriffs
in handling traffic. Their cases were
set for hearing- this afternoon before
District Judge Bell. .
All the available deputy sheriffs were
sent at once to the wreck to assist In
carine for the vlntim
crowd under controL They-were on hand
wiuiin miuutes arter the crash. Sheriff
Hurlburt reported.
FUNERAL) PLANS ARE MADE
FORj THREE WRECK VICTIMS
I Funeral services for Mrs. Grace G.
Arundel and her 6-year-old son, Robert
G. . Arundell. will. h haii ni.
Chapel at 2:S0 p. m. , Tuesday.' Inter
ment' will be in Rlvervlew .cemetery.
Services for Silas K. Wlilett. the en
gineer, will be held Wednesday morning
at 10:30) at the Portland Crematorium,
the Knights Templar, being i charge.
The body is at Flnley'a.
ArrangemenU for the other funerals
have not been announced.
Johnson Boosters Organize
; Klamath FaPs May 10.A Johnon-for-presldent
! club has been organised
here. Officers are : Gordon Mifflin,
chairman ; A. I Wishard, secretary ;
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Is One of First on .
Hand to Aid Victims
In the pandemonium which Immediate
ly followed the wreck, 'Walter James.
1604 " Third street, " Hillsdale," a member
of - the -American- Red -Cross ; Cnt -aid,
was a work almost before the shattered
cars had settled hack 6a the track. He
was at his home only a short distance
from the curve where the trains crashed
together. Rushing . to l the scene, he
worked for hours, helping get-the killed
n4 Injured out of. the debris. .
James was assisted by William Den
ley, Multnomah, who was the first man.
and C O. Broderlck, one of the passen
gers, i "-: 5 -:. .. .
Six ' physicians from the city health
bureau. Drs. George Parrish, John Able;
Uamea Walsh, R. W. Sipple, Harry Blair
and Schuster, were in attendance 25
ndnutes after tfffe wreck. " ;f ; '
DEAD AND 1NJRED
(Continued from Pace Ona)
bruised, conductor of No. 124 ; Mrs.
W. ' E. Saadey. Shattnck, ; Or., ut
about head, possibly fractured leg;
Joseph Lettich, S65 West , Baldwin
street, cut' about bead; J. M. Ran
dolph, 122 Yz Union1 avenue, cut about
head; R. A. Bland, McMinnville, cut
about head, engineer No. 107; Mrs.
Edgar S. v Hadley, Seattle, bruised
about body and head; Fred Klrby,
Beaverton,-bruised bead and chest.
severely cut about legs; Andrew Kidd,
85S East Thirty-second street, bruised
about chest, cuts about face; Mrs. SJ
W. Bird, Bell Ingham, Wash., bruised
about cnest Ann Cameron, Hills bo ro.
bruised about bead; Verne Allen, 9,
Beaverton, fractured arm ; R. Bush,
171 East Twenty-third street, sailor,
cut about , bead ; Peter Wlckstrand,
Beaverton, jaw dislocated.
All the above Injured are at Good
Samaritan hospital. M '
PISCHARGED . AT - HOSPITAL.
AFTER TREATMENT FOR
SlilGHT INJURIES
Miss Rlnaldo Cameron, Hills bo ro ;
Mrs. Sophie E. Kins, 937 Commercial
street; M. Gerek, 815 Calvert street;
W. H. Fish,' 748 Reed street; Belle
Camobrue, Warrenton; E. DeWert,
783 Northrop street; Helen M. Flint,
815 Calvert street, - ankles broken;
Mrs. Emil Peterson, Hillsdale; W. A.
Rangle, Deep River, Wash.; Mrs. Ella
R. Spaulding, 1128 Hawthorne ave
nue; C. A. "Watson, Victor room
ing house, head ' cut, right arm
broken ;W. J. Thompson, 568 East
Tenth street; A. M. Cameron, Hills
dale; Mrs. W. El Cameron, Hillsdale;
William Ferguson, 1526 Oatmen
street.' :-' :" - i i ;-; .'
TREATED FOR i INJURIES AND
DISCHARGED .
; Mrs. Clara McEwcn; Beaverton,
cut lip; E. Patenaude, Goodnongh
building. 1 f a
REPORTED TO CLAIM AGENT OF
S.XP. EXTENT QF IN- .
I . JURIES SlilGHT.
W. L. Heinrich, 343 East Fiftieth
street; R. O. Fordney, Mrs. R. O.
Fordney,. Rexford apartments; C.
B. Negstod, 250 Russell street, Port
land; M. Wilson, 2SO Wall street; J.
E. Welch, 14 East Wall street; J.
R. Carter, Todd apartments; C. E.
Webb; Claude Cole, 1 .4312 Forty.
sixth street southeast; Paul Feldman,
1239 Wilbur street; A. E. Dillon,
1801 Druminond street,; Mrs. A. E.
Jones, Beaverton, injured about
month; Joseph 'Dino, Beaverton, side
injured; Miss. Boyle, j 251 Bancroft
street, eye cut; O. P. Merritt, 369
Front ' street, - bruised jaw; Oliver
Pettlgrew, Valley hotel, right leg'
hurt; R. C, Loman, Hnber, Or., teeth
knocked out; Robert Brunke, Hills-
ale, right cheek cut; Mrs. E. Peter
son, Hillsdale, nose, broken; Mrs. Lu
J. Foster, Reedville, bruised; C,
O. ; Broderlck, Cherry i Grove, slight
cuts; R. M. Chimm, 811 Seventeenth
street, face cut; C E. Cobb, 252 East
Fifty-fifth . street, bruised ; ; Violet
Spraner, Beaverton, cut and bruised;
J. H. Mlsenhelmer, 36021 Seventy-
second street southeast, nose broken;
Mrs. Jessie Mltcbelson . 603 Fifth
street, j teeth knocked out, back
sprained; J. B. Jarvey, Aloha, face
and legs cut; Myrtle Palst, 407 Hall
street, ! right : knee hurt; Charles
Jones, 'Beaverton, shoulder ' hurt;
Millie j Jones; Beaverton, teeth
knocked out; Mrs. Andrew Kidd,
856 East Thirty-second street, teeth
knocked out; Mrs., O. M. Wilson, 230
West Watt street, braised; Lavina
McEwan; McLellan, 394 E.
Sixth street, face cut j W. A. Moss,
shoulder sprained; George 'Conner,
brakeman No. 107, leg bruised; Elsie
Perry, Hillsdaie, broCcn nose; FJlza
Sandey Shattuck, bruised; Margaret
Stender, Shattuck, nose broken;' Joe
Sepic; B. F. Walter, 212 East Twenty
eighth Btreet; E. J. Wilkinson, 463
Marguerite avenue, face cut; W. E.
Wright, Hillsboro; Mrs. Marshall
Whealdon Annex; Viola Ashenbren
ner; Wj. J. Ruff, 351 Stanton street,
eye cut; Mrs.' M. J. Armstrong, 700
Elliott avenue, throat! and shoulder
Injured; Uillie Conlogue, Warren; C.
S. Daggett, Tillamook, chin hurt;
Frank S. Grant, Portland, left arm
sprained; J.Headley, 146ft Killings-
worth' avenue; Frank Kemp,' South
ern Pacific carpenter, bruised; Har
old Johnson, 171 Morris street, brok
en nose; S.-H. Jossy, 6567 Ninety
fourth S. E body bruised; Opal Lar
son, 424' East Allyn, eye hurt; Thei
ma Larson, 424 East Allyn, eye hurt;
William Larson, teeth knocked out;
liouie Wu, Flanders and Fourth
Btreets, bruised; Frank Losier, HlIIs
daI;'Dr. and Mrs. Albert B. Stiles;
WJ. Swanson, West Timber; Mrs.
TO DOUBLE ROAD
Nine propositions, five proposed
amendments to the state constitu
tion and four proposed statutes, have
been submitted; by ths special session
of the legislature for approval or re
jection by thei voters of Oregon at
the special election toi be held May
21. For the information of the -voters
The Journal will present a brief and
concise statement of the purpose and
Intent of these various proposals, one
at a time until the entire list has
been covered, taking them In the or
der in which they will appear upon
the official ballot.
"Limitation of 4 per cent state in
debtedness for permanent roads," is
the ballot title of the second pro
posed constitutional amendment to
appear on the ballot at the special
election of May 21. Currently it is
known as the "4 per cent road
a'mendment" -and provides. In brief,
that the state may authorize and
issue Its bonds for the construction
of permanent state roads up to, but
not In excess of. 4 per cent of the
assessed valuation of the - taxable
property of the state,
WOULD DOUBLE LIMITATION v !
As the constitution now .stands, the
road bonding limitation for state road
construction is 2 per cent of the as
sessed valuation. The proposed amend
ment: would double that limitation. -
The present assessed valuation of the
state as a whole aggregates $990,435,472.
a basic' .valuation which permits the au
thorisation of $19,808,709 in state high
way bonds under the 2 per cent limita
tion of the constitution. Were the 4
per cent limitation of the proposed
amendment the fundamental law, the
bonding limit. In dollars and on the
basis of the present assessed valuation,
would be $39,617,418.,
The state highway commission, which
has the construction of state roads un
der its jurisdiction and control, has now
constructed, or contracted for the con
struction of, permanent roads . which
will cost the maximum sum now au
thorized by the constitution. The high
way program,' as. mapped out by law,
has hot been completed, and, If It Is
to be finished under the presenUfinanc
ing plan, additional funds must be pro
vided. It is the purpose of the proposed
amendment to make this provision.
INCOME POINTED OUT
It is contended by the sponsors of the
amendment that the income from auto
mobile license fees and the tax 'on gaso
line and distillate will not only finance
the Interest and the retirement of the
bonds which have been, and would be.
authorized and Issued, but that this
same Income will, in time, meet and pay
all maintenance , and . replacement
charges. ; y -'
Statistics formulated by the legisla
tive committee directed to write an af
firmative 'argument in support of "the
amendment, go into this problem in de
tail. The committee has adopted $40,
000,000 as the aggregate basis for its
computations, a sum $383,782 in excess
of the total -sum which could be raised
under the 4 per cent limitation on the
basis of the present assessed valuation.
It la calculated, from this basis, that
the license fees, the gasoline and distil
late tax income would yield an annual
surplus for maintenance"' and replace
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PLAYING
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DR. JEKYLL and MR. HYDE
The picture that you ' are supposed '
to forget after you have . seen it,
Children Unaccompanied by Parents
Not Admitted-
C O LU MB I A O R C HESTR A
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m m iwi'i fiiiiMini .a
ment, after paying ' fixed charges . for 1
Interest- and principal, in excess of
$1,800,000 fro each of the' next five sue
feeding years. 1 jt that time, when
heavy 'bond retirement payments would
begin,, to accrue, (jhe estimated annual
surplas would fan to $570,000 r at the
end of 1928, , whea It would begin to
grow again until J it reached approxi
mately $1,045,000 la 1925.
GENERAL INCREASE SHOWN
After that time Jt would show a gen
eral . increase unti it reached the total
of $3,948,782 at the close of 1949. the ul
timate maturity date or the bonds now
contemplated. This is on the basis of
200,000 motor vehicles operated In the
state from and after 1929. The esti
mated annual cosf of maintaining " the
state highway sy3em has been. figured
at $1,000,000. f -: ::.y'- h :. :
' From these calculations it Is con
tended that the present highway flnan;-
Uni? system will b$ cared for by motor
venicie income ancr mat, as a result, uia
construction cost ' and upkeep of the
state roads will not fall on direct tax
ation. ,- -. . -::y j . :
i The proposed amendment contem
plates the construction of state high
ways alone, and does not take Into con
sideration the coati either of Initial con
struction or annual maintenance of
market roads, or bounty highways.
Vanderveer Fails
To Show in Court
tfo Defend Client
Vancouver, Wa"sh.- May . 10. When
Thomas Rooney, charged with criminal
syndicalism, came ln court for trial this
morning, . no attorneys appeared to de
fend him. . George F. Vanderveer was
scheduled to represent Rooney, but nei
ther Vanderveer f nor his associates,
Emlgh-or Pierce, I was in evidence, and
after a cpntinuatfcm of the case for IS
minutes Judge G. 'B. Holden otTaklma.
who Is presiding, Earned R, C. Sugg as
defense attorney. .
The case was 5 continued until 1:30
o'clock this afternoon to give Sugg an
opportunity to afrange a defense. A
similar case against another alleged Red.
D'Autremont, Is f scheduled . for : trial
Wednesday and Vanderveer Is attorney
for the defense, j Judge Holden Is sit
ting for Judge Back, who is in Yakima
holding court. i
Large Eeidence onl
. Ashland prchard Is
Destroyed by Fire
r-
Ashland, May 10. A large residence
on the Clayton orthard property, south
of Ashland, was, destroyed by fire Fri
day night. The origin of the fire, la un
known. Valuable h packing houses and
other farm buildings' were saved with
garden hose by Manager A. K. Maneely.
The mall clerks of Ashland held their
annual meeting last week. More than 25
members were in attendance.
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CUP DELICIOUS COFFEE.:.' 7c
HOT'CAKES, BUTTER and SYRUP 15c
TWO EGGS, ANY STYLE. ... . . . .15c
HAM AND EGGS 30c
OAT MEAL, CEREALS, FRUIT, ETC.
TJ. S. Agents Battle
With Moonshiners;
Bootlegger Killed
Aberdeen. Wash., May 10. (U. P.)
In a moonshine war which has raged
here for a week, federal revenue, agents
emerged battle scarred but victorious
today, five alleged bootleggers are under
arrest, several' Illicit stills and a bullet
riddled "moonshine" car are in the
hands of the government and Charles
Watson, who defied the officers in a
lonely canyon near here Sunday after
noon.' is in the morgue, shot through the
head. -
Box factory to I ten u me
Milton. Or,, May 10. Arrival of a car
of lumber here and proBpect of more
within a few days will bring resump
tion of work at the. Milton box factory,
which has been shut down for 10 days,
due to lack of material.
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