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THE? OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY- MORNING, JULY 18, KZO.
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CRANBERRY BOGS
OH THIS COAST
ARE BEST OF ALL
Thanksgiving Day Accessory Much
Larger and More" Prolific Than
Even on Its Native Heath.
The present cranberry appetite of
the United States Is Batisfied by the
berries produced on soma 20,000
acres of land, ' located for the most
part, , in fact with the exception of
about 1000 acres, in the New Eng
land states and in "Michigan. In
crease the cranberry demand only
25 per cent and the lands suitable
for its cultivation win have been en
tirely utilized, according to the
United States census report. In
other words, only about 6000 acres
remain to be planted to this holiday
dinner accessory and these are prac
tically all in the Pacific Northwest.
Cranberry land is to be found from
the southern boundary of Oregon - to
Grays Harbor and cultivation has gone
just far enough to prove that, like most
everything else of a horticultural way,
ths cranberry flourishes here as it never
did on Its native heath, producing ber
ries of mamoth size In double the Quan
tity secured in the East. Probably 1500
acres are now ' In bearing in the two
states and the average yield will be
close to 150 barrels per acre.
"Though every Indication points to the
continued success of the cranberry
grower, the Pacific coast for some time
to come will continue to buy most of Its
berries . in the Kast. The development
baa been slow, in spite of the very en
couraging ' returns which the grower
gets and the large projects now under
way will be able to absorb only a por
tion of the Pacific coast market These
projects, incidentally, are several and
for the first time represent heavy
capitalization of the business, it being
one that requires considerable in the
way of preliminary capital. However,
Its returns are large to both the little
and the big company.
BEST BOO OS RECORD
. Pacific growers now have the addi
tional encouragement of having "today
as an example, , the heaviest . produc
ing cranberry bog on record. It is
owned by S. W. Richardson 'of Tyster
vllle. Wash. i
Less than an aerei in extent, the
field hardly Impresses the visitor as
anything remarkable. Should ,, you,
however, go down -into it and notice
the clusters of berries and blossoms
making ; a solid mat several inches
thick on the bed of sand, you, begin
asking questions. '
Though a bog ' that has Just come
into bearing, this little patch produced
last year, 265 barrels of cranberries.
Cranberries opened the ' market last
year at around' 914 and one of the,
beauties of cranberries . is the fact, that
once started, the upkeep is practically
nothing. . Lake alfalfa it keeps going.
So this world's champion bog and
grower produced nearly 13000 worth
of berries from about six-sevenths , of
an acre. - , , .
IL B. Deputy of long Beach tells
of a little bog near that point which Is
a trifle over one-quarter acre. It pro
duced laat year 75 barrels.
The averages run right along from
130 barrels per acre to ; those immense
productions. Otto Fischer at Chinook,'
Wash., geta an average of ISO barrels
per acre from his ' young' lands. J. M.
Arthur of Breakers, Wash., tells of a
half acre, planted to Cape Cod Beauty
and McFarlands that yielded 103 bar
rels one year and 105 the next
CLIMATE IS IDEAL
The greatest factor i: tending to such
production is claimed by all to be
the even temperature at the coast the
year around, being entirely free from
those devastlng frosts which the east
ern grower must contend . with. Neith
er have the western growers found any
trace of disease on their fruit
But while most enthusiastic over
the results of their efforts none of the
growers explain the business as a
cinch.' Cranberries come into bear
ing only after the most careful pre
paration and after many days of the
hardest kind of effort. Both the ex
- pense and the labor attached to starting
a good bog is very, ? very great, but
even so, some bogs have bought them
selves with the first full crop.
The first factor is, of course the
selection of the . land and determin
ing Its qualities as a cranberry bog.
.The land Is of peaty nature r and
usually is many feet deep. It must be
so located that it can be drained eas
'lly and at the same time be sup
plied with a good supply of water.
The . climatic . conditions, anywhere on
the .coasts of Oregon and Washing
ton are what they should; be, extensive
tests by the government "and the Ore
gon Agricultural college i having prov
en not only that but that' the craft-
berry pests . known' to the East will
not even live here. ? ,
The first step afters selection is
drainage. This must be carefully
: studied as the plants will not thrive
unless - the drainage is ' correct. Fur-
ther, it is much more expensive to
. keep a bog in good condition when it
is not properly drained. The land is
then cleared of all growth and properly
leveled. The peat, of course, is too
soft to bear the weight of ordinary
. implements and teams, so In some
cases the work is done ; by mounting
t a small logging engine at the edge of
the bog and with a block on the
opposite side, scrapers and levelers are
pulled back and forth across the sur
face of the marsh.
SEW- ACREAGE COJftMG IX
Lateral dltchea are then dug. about
1 rods apart They are about three
feet wide ; and IS inches deep. By
means of flood gates the water can be
controlled as desired. . There i in ann
a marginal ditch completely circling
, inn oog. mis auca Keeps the sur
face water off the bog and by so doing
much weeding Is saved ffor the- sur
face water carries the seed of foreign
growths that must later be -nulled o
This fall many acres of the larger
companies in the business will come
Into bearing for the first time. TK
expectation Is a very large crop for
me Dusnes are unusually sturdy and
healthy clusters crowd each little vine.
Both on the Oregon side and the
Washington side the cranberry grow
ers have well organised marketing as
sociations and ' good staple prices have
been obtained for the product each
year. The . market was r opened last
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ries in one season. Center- C M. ftondray, who planted most of the
bogs at Ijong: Beach, Wash., and S. M. Richardson, owner of the
-world's best producing bog, above. Below Only 5000 ' undeveloped
cranberry acres remain in the United States. These are practically
all in Oregon and Washington. ,
year at $14 and V promises j to; be In
the same neighborhood this f all.
The largest oroductlve botr in Wash
ington is the Columbia River Cran
berry company- at SSavtew where about
400 acres are now producing.
GREAT -AMOUNT OF TILING
The developments run all along, the
beach - from Ilwaco to Oysterville. At
Oysterville Is located the champion
bog : as well as : the largest develop
ment now under way, that of the Pa
cific Cranberry company, which . has
one small bog prepared and is working
now to plant nearly . 300 acres. This
work is being ' undertaken by R. M.
Doudray, sometimes called the "father
of the ; cranberry." having planted and
started the majority of the large bogs
on that beach.
The nature of the Investment re
quired in such a bog is illustrated in
this one, . where much of the material
is still above the ground. - : At . this
place can 'be seen today -enough con
crete pipe to drain the sewage from
a city of i several thousand. . More
than a mile of 24-Inch pipe is being
laid to drain ' their largest bog in
Willapa Harbor.
Donkey engines ' and hydraulic
dredging plants are other parts of the
equipment now at work. This com
pany has also dug a ditch, two and
one half miles in - length down the
North Beach; peninsula. .
Mazainas to Leave -
July 31 on Annual
Mountain Tour Hike
Le Roy E. Anderson of the Mazama
outing committee has returned from the
Mt Baker region, where the mountaineering-
club - will hold Its annual outing
this summerj ' .
Anderson had charge of the first ship
ment of provisions and camp equipment,
which will amount to several tons, and
made arrangements' for the packers who
are to carry the stuff to. the camp site.
The. Mai a ma camp, which opened Au
gust 1, will be in Austin Pass' lust north
ofMt. Baker and a few miles west of
bnuksan. the second of the pair of
snowcaps that will be Maiama climbing
objectives next month. .
Registration for the twenty-seventh
annual encampment of the club opened
this week, ;and already : 20 men and
women have signed up for the trip. Miss
Martha Nllssen of the outing committee
is registrar..!. , ... . ..'
At Maiama headquarters 332 Cham
ber , of Commerce - building. E. C Saan
mons. president of "the club, for whom
the camp will be named, said Wednes
day that the registration for the outing
Is limited to 100 persons, and present in
dications are that more than that num
ber will apply to make the trip. Several
inquiries have already . been received
from easterners, who go with the Ma
zamas nearly very year. 1
The Manama will leave Portland Sat
urday, July 1 31, and reach the camp in
Austin Pass the following Monday.
On his recent trip Anderson selected
the camp site in a meadow covered with
heather, now In full bloom. The camp
will be at an altitude of 4600 feet It is
47 miles east of Bellingham. The Ma
samas wiU go by automobile from Bell
ingham to Excelsior. Wash., afterwards
hiking 13 miles over an excellent trail
to the ramp. - . .
.Dr. W. 12.: Stone, president of Purdue
university, and Mrs. Stone are expected
to be in the camp with the Mazamas
again this year. Their home is in La
Fayette, Ind . ,
'acre, produced $2000 worth of ber
Loss of Both Legs
Causes Death of
Milton Resident
Milton. Or., July 17.-Alva a Troyer,
who had been a sufferer from a disease
of the bones for a long time, died at
Walla Walla as the result of amputation
of his leg. One leg was amputated after
it had been fractured when he turned
over in bed and a similar accident to
the other leg made necessary the second
operation. ..... ,-
He had lived in Milton for 30 years,
coming at the age of 6 from his birth
place. Pomeroy, Wash. He waa cashier
of the First National bank of Freewater
and leaves a wife and son.
Eoseburg Officials
Told of Firo Needs
Rnsebtirtr Jntv 71 . r m mat
ter Of improved tniitnmnt fn, fk. t rm.
aepwuneni oexore ine city council, the
. mi . . .
iuuurj ure aeparxmenc Danqueted
the city officials. Jame f . nnfrhw
Jr., who presided, said that not: more
than three lines of hose could be laid
with the present equipment. All - possible-aid
was promised.; . i " .
TOOK GREELY'S ADVICE
"GO WEST, YOUNG MAN"
James Schwary
James Schwary. one of the firm of
Joseph Schwary ft Sons of Parkrose, is
well knows to a large circle of friends
in that growing suburb. .. "Jimmy was
txirn in New York state at the town of
Orlean, but at an early age had the
good sense to migrate to Oregon and
bring nis parents along, v He . went to
school at Parkrose when it was but an
Institution of one room and has grown : up
with the country. ' One of the proudest
acts of his life waa to Join the Portland
lodge of Elks recently, and "Jimmy"
made a first-class "Hello Bill" from the
jumpoff. He is a friend of everybody in
the community and knows more people
between Troutdale and Portland than a
directory. -
100 UNDESIRABLE
ALIENS DEPORTED
IN FISCAL YEAR
13 of Number Pay Their Own Way
Without Expense to Uncle Sam;
423 ' Cases Were Considered.
One hundred undesirable aliens
were deportei from the United States
from the Portland district during the
fiscal year ending June 30, the an
nual report of JR. P.' Bonham. head
of the U. S. immigration service. Just
issued, shows- .
A total of 423 eases were ' considered,
119 'warrants were -issued. 112 served.
Of the 100 actually deported, 13 paid
their own way without expense to the
government. Of the remaining 87, two
were Chinese, two Japanese and 33 Cana
dians or Europeans. Still awaiting de
portation are 29 undesirables. Some of
these are still serving sentences in the
penitentiary and a! few are . subjects
Of Russia, Turkey and Armenia who are
insane, but cannot be deported because
of disturbed conditions in their own
countries." Thirteen members' of the
Communist labor party were not ordered
deported following the ruling of Sec
retary Wilson.
S3 WERE INSAHE
ixeasons lor aeportauon were insanity
in the case of 82,13 having 'been. sent
from Alaska at the expense of the led
eral government and 19 confined in the
various state asylums. Deportation of
the 13 aliens saved the federal govern
ment ' $5000 a year or an approximate
total of $50,000 figuring the average life
time of the insane person to be 10 years.
Similar saving was made in Oregon.
Ten were deported for entering the
United- States without . Inspection or by
means of false statements. Fourteen
were deported because they were likely
to become public charges. 21 came under
the head of immoral. 8 had criminal
records, before coming to this coun try,'
five had been sentenced to the peniten
tiary .within . five years after "coming
here, three had been twice convicted
of felonies since coming, three had advo
cated unlawful destruction of property,
two were anarchists,1 IS entered fraudu
lently - from -the Canadian border after
being refused admission, two were illiter
ates, one imbecile, one had a dangerous
disease and one came under' the head
of constitutional psyebpatic Inferiority.
There were no escapes.
1149 SEAMEX EXASHITEB -
The bureau examined 1149 seamen dur
ing the year and issued identification
cards to departing and arriving seamen
to the number of 8168. Fourteen Jap
anese and four Chinese deserted ships.
The bureau inspected 31 vessels, an in
crease over last year, but not up to
pre-war standards. The Chinese who
have been traveling back to China from
Oregon increased 40 per cent in number,
but is not up yet to pre-war numbers.
A total of 112 aliens . applied to the of
fice for permits to depart, of which 97
were granted, : seven refused and eight
are still pending.
Plans for Day at
Chautauqua . Laid,
By State Grange
Oregon City, July 17-State grange
headquarters at Chautauqua park has
been busy with plans for several num
bers on Monday's program, of which the
grange has been given full charge. W.
H. Paulhamus, head of several coopera
tive fruit growing and marketing asso
ciations in the Northwest and considered
a foremost authority on the production.
and marketing of fruits and berries,
will give the afternoon address.
Many farmers throughout the county
have been eager to get Paulhamus" views
on the berry situation and the grange
is confident of a large attendance of
farmers Monday. The annual grange
picnic is to be the noon hour feature.
Basket lunches . will be served on long
tables in the grove near the grange
headquarters.. U. It. Upson, manager of
the Oregon Dairymen's league, and other
experts on farming problems will speak
at 11 o'clock in the auditorium. .
For the aftecnoon prelude the grange
has arranged for a musical program by
Miss Gladys Johnson, violinist, and Miss
Bemice Helme, pianist, 14-year-old girls
of Portland. In charge of the grange
headquarters in the park are Mrs. Edith
Tozier Weatherred and Mrs. Joseph
Hoffman of Portland.,
Veterans of First
; Division Organize
in American Legion
Attention : of former members of the
First division of the American Expedl
tlonary forces is being called to the for
mation throughout the country of branch
posts of the First division post of the
American Legion.
The first branch to be established is
at . Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky,
where headquarters of the First : divi
sion is. now located. Details of .the .or
ganization are being iurnished by Lieu
tenant S. J. McTague, president of 'Jeff
Fiegl post of the Legion. Hotel Bailt
more. New Tork. The post was jiamed
fa honor of Lieutenant Fiegl, the first
American army artillery officer killed
in the war, and it has as members most
of the 3000 former First division men
residing in and near New York.
Fair. Association to
Show Wood Exhibit
Albany. July 17. -Linn county's ex
hlblt of wood products, which won first
prise in the state at the Lewis and
Clark exposition in 1905 and which is
said to have .attracted a great deal of
attention at the exposition, was donated
to the Linn County Fair association by
the Albany Chamber of Commerce. . The
specimens were a' gift to the chamber
from C. H. Stewart, now postmaster, but
then county judge, who was chiefly in
strumental in collecting the exhibit.
Congressional Party
Visits Idaho Project
i Boise,' Idaho. July 17. L N. S.)
The congressional appropriation com
mittee, which' is making a 20 days' trip
through the irrigated section of the
West, spent Saturday in the Boise val
ley. A tour of inspection to Arrow
Rock dam was made this afternoon.
The fbmmittee left tonight for Twin
Falls and. from there will go to - Yel
lowstone park. -. . .f-
; PIONEER FAMILY TO MEET
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Four Bobbins orothers, all pioneers
old, who will gather on home place near MolaJla . July 25. Back
' row, left. to right Martin and Oliver bobbins. - Front row, left. to
rJsht Harvey and Levi Robblns. ,
Molalla, Or., July 17. Four brothers
and three sisters, all Oregon, pioneers of
1853. will gather on the old home farm
July 25 for a reunion of the Bobbins
family. The brothers are Harvey Rob
bins, 86. of Portland, the eldest : Oliver
and Levi Bobbins of Molalla and Martin
Robbins of Oregon City, all more than
80 r years old. The sisters are , Mrs.
Jane Gilliam of Pendleton, Mrs. Newton
To
Curb
Traffic
Revoke Driver's License
The proper revocation and suspension
of the licenses" of offending motorcar
drivers is the most effective method to
curb the persistent i violator;, of traffic
laws, in the opinion of Magistrate W.
Bruce CObb of the traffic court of the
bourough of Manhattan, a measure long
advocated by The Journal and . made
possible in Oregon through the enact
ment of the drivers' license law by the
last legislature. ' - '. -
Magistrate Cobb says in the New York
World : ; . . .
"The need of an adequate deterrent
for speeding and other forms of reckless
driving is becoming increasingly mani
fest in view of the growing- congestion
of .our streets, due to both pedestrian
and vehicular traffic, as reflected in
the number of recent killings and in
juries. ',-' ?.:7 i :::,-.;':.;
TRAFFIC COURTS ESTABLISHED
The Manhattan traffic court, estab
lished ' in 1916 upon the theory of
specialised and ' uniform treatment of
traffic cases, i has earnestly labored to
reduce accidents and Increase public
safety. The Brooklyn traffic court was
recently organized for, like reasons. , If
it were not for' these traffic courts and
the efforts of individual magistrates In
other boroughs the reckless and: selfish
would Indeed- run . wild and the streets
become impassable for foot passengers,
as recently pointed out by Chief City
Magistrate - McAdoo. ... ; .. :- ' j-: - ;. &
- "It is well enough to blame pedestrians
where blameworthy, but. the fact is that
they are. supposed to have equal rights,
at least at regular crossings. Despite the
great growth, - in motoring, ' both com
mercial and for pleasure, they are still
in the f great majority .and are entitled
to all possible ' protection... To qualify
to run a motorcar one has to be reason
ably trained : in its, operation, else he
should not run it at all. - ? v y
. "Not so the pedestrians. . They are of
all ages and conditions, from the native
to. the stranger ; the young and active,
the old and feeble; the lame, the halt
and the blind; the stupid, the deaf, and
so on. They have Only their frail bodies
to oppose to tons of steel and .iron. They
cannot be sorted out for intelligence.
alertness and knowledge of traffic laws
and licensed. That never will be, though
education, along safety lines is a conf
mendable thing, especially for children
'and parents, j Hence, to seek to appor
tion the burden of caution ana aieruies
equally between motorist and pedestrian
and treat them as equal factors is folly
and unjust. ; ' f
RESULTS UNSATISFACTORY
t.ti Wa efforts of the police and
the courts, needed results are not being
achieved. Fining and even imprison
ment, unless possibly of a harshness
which public opinion and the appellate
courts will not tolerate, do not seem
to provide a real remedy. Only a trifling
percentage of violations are ever seen
by the police or complained of by others.
Knowing this full well, the erring
motorist is ever ready to "take a
chance,- not only on a fine but even
on imprisonment.
"In April in the traffic court I sen
tenced 750 speeders. Of these I gave
60 jail sentences of from one to 15 days,
and. I am now going at about the same
rate. While doubtless of some effect,
I do not flatter myself that they "cure,"
or anything like it. Then, too, fining
and imprisonment, though doubtless of
greater effect than fines, have many
inherent difficulties, especially when ap
plied to automoblllats. Into our traffic
courts come many types of men high
and low, rich and poor, respectable and
disreputable, '.'crook" and decent citizen.
Some model men ; under the spell of
the touch of a steering wheel and the
purr of a throbbing engine forget their
high resolves and everyday precepts,
and especially' the golden rule. The
inequalities of the "fine"- system are
grotesque. From A, who 'Is a multi
millionaire driving a high powered for
eign car, to B, a motortruck driver with
a small wage and. a big family, is a
far cry. To the former a fine of, say,
$30, ; is a mere trifle. ? To the latter it
may mean near starvation for himself
and family if he pays it. Or Jail if he
cannot.
ENGLISH PRACTICE -
"In England ? there is a law providing
that a man shall be fined for certain
offenses according to his ability to pay.'
If applied to A and B above, A might
well pay $5000 to B's $5, a discrimination
under present laws both impossible and
illegal. Indeed, any marked discrim
ination would be certain to draw forth
most -vehement protests, as well as re
quiring an investigation of every man's
financial standing. A law permitting
payment of fines by a poor man in
installments would somewhat mitigate
the rigor of these inequalities, but even
this has yet to be put on the statute
books. Certainly, as far-as possible, all
should stand ' equal before" the law, -and
prisons yawn "for the rich as well as the
poor. . .
"What I have said I draw from . five
years' experience as an associate magis
trate in the Manhattan traffic court in
the disposition of thousands on thou-
of 1853 ana more than 80 years
Loveridge of Weston and Mrs. tT. C
Benson of Portland.
"All are children of Jacob and Sarah
Ron bin, with whom they ' crossed the
plains."- Jacob Robbins was a distant
relative of Abraham Lincoln and played
with the great president during their
boyhood. Harvey Robbins is also an
Indian war veteran - and was seriously
wounded in the hip by an arrow in
brush with the Indians. -
Violator
sands of cases. , They are generalizations
from the laboratory of daily, experience.
You cannot measure every case or every
offender with a yardstick. Each has
individual characteristics and differences
and should be carefully inquired into
and separately treated. 1
"Now, granting that fining- and Jail
sentences .do not deter offenders suf
ficiently, what will?
REMEDY OUTLINED '
"Massachusetts,1 Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Mary
land and New Jersey give their motor
vehicle authorities general discretionary
pbwers to revoke or suspend licenses for
any cause they may- deem sufficient,
with the result that a splendid instru
ment for control is ' created. - In the
larger of these states revocations and
suspensions run into the, thousands. In
New York, though vastly greater num
bers of cars registered, the licenses re
voked or suspended have been less than
a couple of hundred, a , pitiful fraction
as compared with the states mentioned.
"It has been said that there will be
some who will stiU drive even though
deprived of their licenses. My experience
is that these will be few, if any, and
if such a person is caught his punish
ment will indeed hp great,
i "As to the police, there should be
a more, efficient and ' dependable"1 system
of records for detecting old 'offenders.
we must i have a uniform, steady en-
lorcement o traffic laws, j : ; , " i
"The - police need the cooperation of
citizens. Bring complaints yourself and
do not shirk being a witness, even though
loss of ' time and' inconvenience result.
It is good citisenship and your simple
duty. The police cannot see all viola
tions, .as already pointed out A citizen
driving, however, ' should hesitate to
commit an equally-serious violation in
order to catch an offender.
"To demonstrate what a citizen can
do, X not long ago saw two huge trucks
going at racing speed over a dangerous
street. I took, their ntunbers, had the
incident investigated, applied for a sum
mons and prosecuted the offenders in
my own court before another magistrate,
by whom they were substantially pun
ished. ......
"There are certainly ways and means
to cope with our giant traffic problems,
and motorists,-putting aside all selfish
interests. , and pedestrians their preju
dices and animosities, must all Join to
bring it about and to provide (fa maxi
mum of safety and fair treatment for
elL"
Picnic of Woolen
Mills Workers in
Progress at Piirk
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Oregon ! City. July 17. Several (car
loads of picnickers ; from the Oregon
City Woolen mills left Oregon City at
8 :S0 Saturday morning for Crystal Lake
park, where they . put In the day
In various picnic pursuits. The com
mittee chairmen in charge of the affair
are Charles Legler, L. D. Yoder, Walla
Silvers, Tom Searles, A. R Jacobs. John
Collie, Harry Woolrich and H. K.
Tschiriri-
. A feature was the relay race, in
which each department entered' a
team of two! men and two women. A
silver loving cup. donated by A. R.
Jacobs, waa awarded the winning
department, which will have f tne cup
on display in their section of ' the mill
until next year's picnic.
Billy Sunday Offered
Place on Dry Ticket
Dallas, i Or.. July 17. The Rev. Billy
Sunday, here Saturday for a Chautau
qua lecture, received a telegram from
the national Prohibition committee, offer
ing him i the vice presidential nomina
tion of : jthat party on a -ticket with
William " J. Bryan as : president. Sun
day .said he considered booze no longer
a national issue, and. while not defi
nitely decided, was not inclined to ac
cept the Offer of nomination if 'made.
B O O K S I
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can get any book published. When
in Portland call and see our immense
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Participation by
-United States Is
Germans' Desire
Paris. July. 17.L ,N." &) 3rmany
desires the participation of the United
Mates in any European settlement, ac
cording to a Spa dispatch to L'lnforma
tlon. Herr Rathenau, one of the ex
parts attached t the German delegation
at the Spa conference, -was quoted by
the Spa correspondent of L'Inforniatlon
assaying:. v . . ';'.:. , -
"It . is impossible to" reach a perman
ent settlement without American partici
pation, but we believe that this will cer
tainly come about eventually! After the
presidential election In the United States.
America will be able to enter a world
conference and as a result America will
be the creditor of the whole world."
Herr Rathenau is one of the most
powerful business men in Germany. He
is head of the German General Klectric
company. -, t . j
OF U. S.
IS
ATTEMPTED
"Let's Get All We. Can" Said
To Be Attitude of. Many Whose
Property Was Used J in War.
Washington, July 17. "Let's get
fall we can' apparently has been the
attitude of many war damage claim
nta whose appeals are still under
consideration by the war claims
board.-- ' - -; ' j . :
- Officials today gave the example of a
typical camp, where a site was leased
from numerous property owners. Fol
lowing the return dt the different tracts
Of land.-, there were 1(2 claims for dam
ages totalling 1990,000. this amount rep
resenting claims in addition to the agreed
rental . paid by the government to the
owners. j
BOARD CUTS DAMAGES i
A board of officers considered the
claims and allowed S265.000. i Then the
records were sent to the war claims
board in Washington for review. Of
ficers representing this board made per
sonal investigations and held additional
hearings with the final result that the
1990,000 total was cut -to $148,000. ; In
each case the claimant accepted the war
claims board's decision without appeal
ing to court. j ,.
A claim now under review is that from
the owners of a 245 acre tract of land
which was adjacent to one of the large
government -war Industries, i The tract
waa purchased in June, 1911, for 50,
000. On November 1 the government
used its right to take over the property,
expecting to build extensions on it. In
less than a month the property was re
turned, as it was not needed, following
the armistice. The owners claimed 90,
000, asserting that sale of the property
m jots had been prevented. A local
board allowed $6500, which was accept
ed. What the final allowance will be
by the reviewing board has not been
decided. ..- .'-.'.' I "
SOME ARE FAIR !
In contrast to such- appeals, officers
say there are many cases where- per
sons with rightful claims for damages
bend backward" In their effort to be
fair with the government, I
One heavy claimant on whose land
valuable timber had been cut In order
to make a camp site, was allowed an
appraised value for the timber that had
been cut. Then he reminded the inves
tigating officers that they had forgot
ten to deduct ior much cut timber which
still was on the ground and might be
sold. The claimant was appointed as
appraiser to decide the value of this tim
ber and the government was saved $10,
000 as a result. j
Mill Employing 40
Men Closed Down;
Oars Are Lacking
j ..";.'".
St. Helens, July 17. Unable to se
cure cars, the mill of the Tide Creek
Lumber company, near Deer Island,
has been closed down, Officials of thej
company think that sufficient cars can
be obtained that . the docks may be
cleared and operation resumed - about
August L The mill employs about 40
men. . - . - ' . :. . '- -
- The gasoline shortage was relieved
when a tank car of Oklahoma gaso
line was received by the local Auto
mobile Dealers' association. ,
- Goes to Old Home
Dee, Or., July 17.- Richard Stein, for
six years a . night watchman at the
sawmill, of the Oregon- Lumber com
pany, has left for his former, home in
Muscatine, Iowa, to live.
GOUGING
MANY WAR CLAIMS
Have you an account at the
"Broadway?"
Thousands of your neighbors have.
Do your think you are entitled to 4 per cent on
your, savings i V
It Is obtainable in other large cities.
. Do you think your checking account should en
title you to collection pf out-of-town checks with
out charge? i - ,
It is the custom In other cities and towns.
' The Broadway Bank Is the Only
Bank in the City Advertising
: These Features
The Result Is Three-Quarters of a
MILLION
in Deposits - in Three-Quarters
- of a Year
A record never equaled by any other bank in this
city.
. Carry your Havings 'account here and receive,,
' 33 1-3 per cent more Interest.
v Carry your checking account here and he free
from the expense and annoyance of petty charges.
i a i in
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BRIDGE APPiliCH
II' LINED WITH
Vines and Climbers on. 0recn
Side in. Full Bloomj Hoimsn's
Plan of Adornment Realized.
Transformed into a veritable bower
of beauty, the long approach to the
Interstate bridge, on the Oregon
side, is now ablaze with colorr--with
climbing " roses rioting in fullest
bloom along every fence post. The
fulfillment of three years of expec
tation has-come, because when ths
bridge was built, jthe thought of its
beautlflcation was in the mind of
Rufus C. Holman, county commis
sioner and- member of the bridge
commission. "
Dorothy Perkins roses are now at
their best, with alternations of 'Scotch,.
Broom. The gorgeous yellows of the
latter have passed out, . but the Feed
pods are now hanging. Evergreen black
berry vines are netting their roots along
the embankment, adding to the floral
beauty the' sturdiness of roots that keeps
solid the thrown-up earth.
PLAIC FURTHER WORK
The hundreds of bushes planted along
either side of the three mile approach
from Hayden island prior to the opening
of the bridge, February 15, 1917, are
Just now at their best and, as they
clamber over the massive white fence,
present a picture of unusual beauty.
Beside alternate posts of the- fence
that outlines the approach" on either
Side, rosea have been planted, with
clumps of Scotch Broom in between.
Not all of the plants have lived, but
it is surprising that so many withstood
the cold winds that -sweep down the
liver.' The plan is being considered
now of taking the roses off the fence
and trailing them over a wire trellis.
It is also likely that clumps of native
trees will be planted along the ap
proach. ""The interest in felling trees and
turning them to some commercial pur
pose is so much more universal than
that of perpetuating, our wonderful for
ests, that I am trying to make it my
work to plant out as many trees as I
can -along the Oregon highways," said
Commissioner "Holman.
BRIDGE PAYIHO WELL
"I am very proud of the work at the
Interstate bridge and in a few years
I . am sure that the approaches will be
among the show places of Portland and
its vicinity." . -.
The 20 mile stretch on the Base Line
road has been lined on either side with
trees.
"It's a good paying proposition. thU
beautifying of the approaches to the
bridge," said one of the attendants, "for
this is a much traveled bridge, more
traveled than most people realize. For
instance, our tolls for June were exactly
$10.00 a day, or $30,000 for the month.
Our biggest day was June 22, when 2100
machines of a capacity of more than two
passengers passed over the bridge. Our
tolls for that day were $100.
- "The people of Clarke county are pav
ing the highways of the county with
their returns from the bridge, and so
they are not anxious to have it taken
over by the state, and one can hardly
blame them. However, it will eventually
be taken over, I presume, and turned
Into a free bridge."
Postal Receipts of
Oentralia Show Big
Gain for 10 Years
Centralla, Wash., July 17. A gain of
an average of $1000 a year for 10 years
is shown in Central la's postal receipts.
Total receipts to June 80 are $29,006. 1,
as compared with $19,fc52.95 In 1911. A
total of $211,000 in War Savings
Stamps has been sold since December,
1917. '
Ball Fan's Yells
Dirge for Deatli
New York. July 17. (I. N S. Al
though a ball game witnessed by hun
dreds was going on in a lot a few feet
away and many persons were watching
it from tenement house windows, the
body of S-year-old Oeorge Marshall re
mained in the street some time until a
passing chauffeur saw it. No one saw
the child, killed, but an examination
disclosed a V-shaped wound in the fore
head, and police think the boy was killed
by an automobile. William Heupel pass
ing in a car, saw the child's body rest
ing in a pool of blood. j
Broadway
and Cirl:
R DT OF FLOWERS
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