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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920.
COBS BAY rums
FORCED TO CLOSE
BY GAR SHORTAGE
- Marshfield, May 25. The car
shortage In. this part of the state is
becoming1 more serious for indus
tries. State highway work between
Coq utile and Marshfield was Monday
shot down for a week because of
lack of material which Is bought, but
cannot be moved without card.
The Coqullle Lumber mills at Coqullle
announced Monday a shutdown of 30
ays because of car shortage and the
.Johnson will at Coqullle is closed. The
Reed h port Lumber company, Winchester
Lumber company and Johnson company
plants at ,Reedsport have been closed
because e,f no cars. The North Bend
Mill Lumber company began opera
tions again Monday mornln, but only
''with a day shift.
The new camp of the Oregon Export
company has closed down because equlp
s ment, ordered." cannot be secured. The
"mllf &f the same company started oper
" atlon Mondaamornl,hg. after a shutdown.
If the car shortage Is not relieved, other
mills dependent .upon rail shipment will
be forced to closed
" Q'. lit Horten ia Iti the hospital suffer
ing severe bums as result of his motor
cycle catching fire. . Before he could
dismount, the flames burned one side
of his body..
Seven automobile accidents occurred
around Marshfield Sunday, but no one
was serlousfy hurt. . H. W. -Hatch and
James Steel were struck by a train, and
thHr machine smashed to pieces, but
both escaped serious injury. ' t
; John Coon, . an old man living at
Bridpre, . while ' riding horseback was
thrown over a steep embankment and
1 one leg so badly mangled that amputa
tion will be necessary. He fell a great
distance over the grade of a mountain
road. . . ':. : . .'
'Dark Horse May
Yet Win Portland . .
Postoffice. Place
Washington. May 25. WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
It Is quite possible, under an executive
order recently : issued, that some "dark
horse" will win the Portland postoffice
appointment.
Heretofore the postmaster genera
has been directed to certify to the presi
dent for appointment the name of the
highest eligible from the civil service
ratings, 1 unless disqualified by residence
or character, This has been amended
to say: ( ; .
"The name of the highest eligible or
the veteran obtaining the highest eligi
ble rating, as the best interests of the
service may require."
It has been the practice of the depart
ment to show preference to former serv
ice men, and It has now been found ad
visable to establish a definite ruling
under which the choice may be. In favor
of a soldier applicant if he ranks well.
even though others may lead him In the
civil service marking.
The Rev. 'A. G.- Anderson, pastor of
the Kvangelican 'Lutheran church of
Marshfield, has resigned to - accept the
pastorate, of the church at Laconnor,
Wash., and the local congregation , has
called " the Rev, Herman A. Larson of
Kearney, Neb. The change will ' take
place. July 1. , .
Nomination of candidates for commis
sioners of the port of Umpqua brought
out a lively fight at Reedsport and
Gardiner1 and lower Umpqua country.
There are, four to elect. John Browns,
present ' incumbent, was nominated on
the Democratic ticket. W. F. Peck. W:
. II. Jewett and Joseph Butler are nom
inated for the long term on the Repub
lican , ticket ' For the short term C. M.
Johnson -and Walter Ridell of Elkton
are very close. Johnson 'has two votes
majority in; the unofficial count. The
Official count will be "necessary to de
cide,. . ;
Baker Hit by Late
Storm; Snow Falls
- Baker, May 25. One of the heaviest
; itiowxorms jot the season fell Monday in
Baker. Due to the relatively high tem
perature,' however, the- total fall remain
In gupor, the ground by evening was less
vthan two Inches in the city. The depth
H'aa. as great as five inches in the foot
bills. ' Little or no damage is expected
to' "result to stock, and the benefit to
; agriculture is inestimable.
Rate Schedule for
Power Company of
Baker Announced
Salem, May 25. An order abolishing
the numerous power rates heretofore
placed in effect by the Eastern Oregon
Light Power company of Baker, and"
establishing a single scheduled power
rate for the guidance of the utility, was
handed down by the Oregon public serv
ice commission Monday.
The order,. It is said. Involves a slight
increase In rates heretofore in effect
The company operates In Baker, Grant
and Union counties.
A special Irrigation" power rate is pro
vided in the order which Is, In effect,
lower than the industrial power rate.
HUGE QUANTITIES
0 FOOD HOARDED
IN COLD STORAGE
By John F Delaney ; V
Chicago, May 25 L N. S.) One
billion dollars worth of food reposes
in the cold and dry storage wars
houses, on .the railroad tracks and
in other secret places' in Chicago.
Food speculators are reaping a finan
cial harvest, the public in general is be
ing excited over the possibility of a fam
ineand in the meantime dealers hand!
ing food are sending forth propaganda
indicating a shortage of sugar, eggs and
other commodities.
The International News Service, and
the Chicago Evening American, after a
thorough Investigation by a staff of re
porters, herewith present for the first
time an account of the food situation
in Chicago, one of the nation's main food
centers. " .
This Investigation shows there is un
conscionable speculation In foodstuffs,
especially sugar, making the non-productive
brokers rich at the expense of
the consumer. . . , i.- ;j
HUGE QTTASTTTY HOARDED ,
The investigations not only obtained
facts and figures as to the warehouse
contents but also photographs showing
catacombs of flour, millions of . pounds
of candy, dungeons of eggs and - huge
pyramids of sugar, potatoes, butter and
other foodstuffs.
In the course of Investigation at the
Central Cold Storage warehouse the
writer actually got lost amid 1,000.000
pounds of cheese. There was $50,000,
000 worth : of food In this warehouse
alone. Including 33.000.000 eggs, ' 4.000
000 pounds of frozen . pork, 3,000,000
pounds of fro sen chickens, and 5.000.
000 pounds of steak.
Tabulated figures as to conditions
found in a number of other leading
warehouses of the city follow:
Ontario warehouse Millions of pounds
of tea found.
Monarch Refrigerating company-
Ninety million eggs, 858,000 pounds of
cheese, and more , than 2,000,000 pounds
oi poultry. - -.
Chicago Cold Storage Warehouse-
Millions of Dounds .of candy (a side
light on the why and wherefore of
"sugar shortage").
South Terminal Warehouse $50,000,-
000 worth of sugar, flour, canned goods
and eggs. .
Booth Cold Storage Warehouse $50,
000,000 worth of eggs, frozen chickens,
mincemeat, fruits, vegetables, beef, pork,
lard and milk.
FIYK FLOOSS LOADED
West Side Warehouse Five floors of
a large building so loaded with flour.
canned goods, coffee, sugar and, other
edibles that even the staircases are used
for storage places. .
Griswold & Walker Warehouse $100,
000.000 worth . of sugar, coffee, cocoa,
canned roods and other edibles. This
concern - operated nine warehouses In
the city, i -
Sibley Warehouse Storage com
panyApproximately $60,000,000 worth
of rice, milk, hominy, canned goods and
many other foodstuffs.
Currier A Lee Warehouse About
$60,000,000 worth of canned goods, sugar.
flour, coffee and other eatables.
Odd Fellows Leave
The Dalles on Way
To State Convention
The Dalles. May 25. Local delegates
to the annual state convention of Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs Joined hundreds
of other delegates from all parts of the
state who passed through here in a
special train.
Those who went as delegates were:
Dora Sexton, Ley Pridham and Mrs.
Jessie Wlsner of the Rebekahs ; James
Taylor, Hugh Jfagan, Frank Jermann,
Edward Harrison and Allie" Kellson.
subordinate lodge. Dr. O. D. Doane.
grand treasurer, accompanied the local
delegation.-1
They will be gone three days. There
were 10 coaches in the special train.
Local delegates presented each coach
load with a box of home-grown apples.
Mosier is soon to have a modern school
building. Bids were opened and a con
tract let to the Baldwin-Swope Con
struction company of Hood River at a
meeting of the school board held Sat
urday evening. The contract price for
the new school is $19,800. It will be
one story srith basement and will nave
six rooms equipped with every ton-
srenience.
BENSON
TRYING TO
AIDWOODSHIPMEN
Washington. May 25. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAJ) Admiral W. S. Benson,
chairman of the shipping board, is
trying to rescue the bill for relief
of wooden shipbuilders 1 from the
legislative slough of .;. despondency
into which it fell after being re
ported to the bouse of representa
tives from the committee on mer
chant marine and fisheries.
Since taking its place on the house
calendar the bill has been blanketed by
other measures. The' steering commit
tee, which functions through the rules
committee to bring up measures that
have caught the eye of the ruling-, spirits,
seems not to have much Interest in this
bill for settlement- of claims. : Te ma
jority is trying for an economy record,
and every bill to settle a claim is in
danger of being riddled by machine gun
fire from the legislative thickets.
Writing to Speaker Gillette, Admiral
Benson expresses: the hope that nothing
may . transpire to prevent speedy pas
sage at the present session of the iwood
ship relief measure. ! 5
"Every day the, situation of the wood
shipbuilders becomes more acute," he
says, "and our board is criticised fre
quently because of our inability to dis
pose of the many wooden shipyard eases
across the country." ; '
The bill, if passed., will grant au
thority to pay claims for expenditures
made by request of government agents,
which were not Covered by' contracts,
but were made in good faith when the
government .was appealing for quick
action for the winning of the war. The
cost Is estimated between $15,000,000 and
$25,000,000.
Bulb Station for .
Portland Is Denied
Washington, May 25. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
W. X, Taylor, chief of the bureau of
plant Industry of the department of ag
riculture, writes Senator McNsxy that
he is unable to take any steps to extend
the bulb and plant culture experiment
work to Portland. It will net be ' possi
ble to do as much work as usual at the
stations at Belllngham, .Wash., and
Chico, Cal., he says, because of increased
costs, congress having refused to allow
any Increase In appropriations.
Bergdoll Escape
Was Tipped Off,
Department Says
Washington, May 25. The military
intelligence division of the army had
Information prior to April 30, that
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy
Philadelphia draft dodger, was to at
tempt to make his escape, according to
a formal statement Issued by the de
partment of Justice today,
Bergdoll actually dif escape from two
army guards at Philadelphia on Friday,
May 21. The guards were accompanying
him to a spot near Hage'rstown, Md.,
where Bergdoll alleged he had secreted
$160,000 in" gold coin and which, he
stated, he wished to recover . to place
In a bank. He was serving a term of
five years at Governors Island for evad.
ing the draft.
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