The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 15, 1920, Page 22, Image 22

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THE OREGON SUNDAY; JOURNAL. PORTL. AND. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 15. 1920.
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SUMMIT OF IIODD ;
WIRELESS ON ICY HOOD NOW REPORTS FIRES
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.DEATH OF DONALD
Playmates and Parents Alike
Unite in Mourning for 5-Year-
Old Killed by Careless Driver.
Development of Power and Land
Forest Fires Are Now Reported
' Possibilities Seen by Those of
Daily and Station Not Sc"
Lonefy s It Was.
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Visionj Survey to Be Made.;
COLUMBIA BASIN
CALLING; FUTURE
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Five- years ago the people of : the
Columbia basin celebrated the com
pletion of the Celilo canal.' "' j
The I isteamer Undine carried . a
Western Oregon fir at her Jackstaf f
clear o Lewlnton, Idaho, . The sig
nificance of the , act was apparent.
She also carried an excursion of
Open) River campaigners. They
rejoiced that through the great ca
nal, circumventing: the violent rapids
of Celilo , and Tumwater, their
dreams had come true, "j
The problem of navigation on the Co
lumbla! and Snake rivers wn solved (or
.alt time. We stemmed the John Pay.
the Umatilla and other "rapids, fighting
foot by foot and Inch by inch with! all
the power of team and a thrashing
paddle wheel. But that wti no matter.
PROBLEM IS SOLVED j
The problem u solved. ' There Was
no accounting of the coat or the diffi
culty. The eastern rim of the Inland
Kmplrei had been reached by water. Lew.
laton celebrated. Pasco and Ken ne wick
were happy. Wallula and Walla Walla,
Umatilla, and Pendleton united vln . wel
coming thf great day of established nav
igation.! ; i ' j.-;
As a member of the excursion arid ons
who fotund pleasure in its purposes 1
wrote reams about the solved problem
of navigation on the upper Columbia and
Snake. But going back to files I find a
reference to the loneliness of the upper
river. iK. boats were passed. Towns In
frequently clustered on those wild al) ores.
. But rarely a bird winged his flight over
head, though In the early mornings from
the sage grown fields came the' hopeful
note! e( jthe nieadowlark. . .
The years march: on.; The upper rivers
still are; lonely. A great traffic of boats
has not; followed. The waves that held
put their foam white hands as we passed,
the- rocks that drew their dark heads
Jueti. below rippling surfaces, and the
echoed yolcea of the waters tell us why.
1SSIK STILL REMAINS j ;
We cojuldn't see far enough. We gave
the boy a pair of Shoestrings and called
him: shod. We gave the horse a bucket
from whllch to drink and considered him
fed bothwith corn and with hay. "When
the ; locks at the Cascades were built
yeai's aro the people probably thought
the Problem was salved. When the port
age railroad at CelUo was built in even
earlier times someone no doubt made a
sieech declaring the arrival of the day
of days. . ; '.. j
. We coluldn't hear well enough. The
voices oil the rapids wer trying Jo tell
us that pnergy only to be meaaured n
millions of horsepower was foaming and
leaping jnrith entire wastefulness there.
Tbey wdre trying to tell us that mil
lions f acres of dry,; sage-grown land
within ckll of the river could be made
the 4 scenja of fruitful agriculture and I
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rlvtr miKht satisfy its thirst and the
power of the river; supply Its needs of
fuel Sand energy. . ' . - ...
Wis couldn't see broadly enough -''There
-was too
much disposition to accept a
parti for
the whole, to accept without
Question
the proposition that the local
Improvement provided by the goverh-
meat in
concesslon to special- pressure
of Appeal or political influence was
enough. The United States engineers
are among those who haven't seen broad
ly enough. Consult their notes. Talk to
then Observe how often the words 'im
mediate "juse" creeps In. One would
.think the boats must be w&iting with
steam tipj that th farmers must be ten
anting the unreclaimed land and the
itles with their docks, elevators and
mills must be established before the im
provemenits for navigation, hydro-electric
energy and Irrigation which are tk
glvej all interior progress the breath of
life could be made.; . t
SOME HjtVE TISIOJT
The many have failed" to nee that th
development of the Columbia, its-inland
tributaries and the! land it drains must
be made i a project of the whole. A
, few have (seen. Joseph N. Teal has seen.
C Sj Jackson has seen. And there are?
others. - 1
Teal was the author of a paragraph
In the river and harbor get approved
July! 27. 1916. It reads: j
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tl tooih lot the Snake riw; Mnaka rier to
14ttbr lUndins. ldaiio, with Ti. ta tha
, enn motion ot loeks and damn for narifatios;
t'lrar water rir from its mouth to Orofino;
and In making; roeh (lamination and am;
, tU. rannwr or nstaatn havlns the Mm la
chant? hll taka into i account any proposition
fcj Hieal IStemta for particitaUoa in . tha es
partwiof mud projert in connection, with tha de-
- relnpihcnt t- nydro-eleetrio power. I
Preliminary examinations not only Of
the Supper river but of the Columbia
between (The Dalles and Vancouver,
Wash.. were inadej during 1917. Then
world war - came io America, Every
postponatyle enterprise halted. The sur
vey of the Columbia with consideration
of what jTeal has Jong termed "all it
useiPf is now ; being taken up agal:
iVithiit a year it will be finished.
uuring tne autumn of this year the
board of (engineers for river and harbor
Improvement of theCwar department will
come to the West. , "r.;.-- '. -i - i '
It (will pold hearings, -possibly at Port
land, more probably at Lewiston,- to
sound oiit -1 Western sentiment on the
. , Vast j projlect of canalizing the Columbia
jand !the Snake rivera ;-i :r - "-i -.."
Whatever intelligence :of faith : and
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CORK TILINGS
iSplendid assortment
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awakening 'of vision any. have gained
from putting their, i devotion and their
goodja and their future at stake because
of hope in : the future should be made
available at the hearings, which wlll
be held for the benefit of men.
Thjette last words were written by
Teal in-1915: ! ;
"When these rivers are properly used
and 1 the opportunities at hand taken
advantage of, these valleys will rival
the ficlieat of earth. Where now and
then we find a hamlet and. here and
therer an occasional! settler, there will
be. cities and countless homes and thou
sands, of people producing everything
the world demands. The possibilities of
this jsection, industrially, commercially
and agriculturally, are as yet but little
understood or appreciated."
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AutoTheft Bureau
ui roruana ronce
i tWins HIgli Praise
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The auto theft bureau, of the Portland
polled i is the most efficient of any other
bureau for the same purpose on the
coast, according to B. W. McCay of San
Francisco, chief investigator of the Pa
cific fCoast i Auto Underwriters bureau
In a letter received by Lieutenant
Thatcher, i ' j :
The laudation is prompted by the fact
that the local bureau - has reduced the
number of i thefts of automobiles and
motortaycles to the ; smaller minimum
and has recovered the greater percentage
of stolen machines than any other sim
ilar bureau. j - ; '
"The work of the department is being
facilitated by. the addition of a card In
dex system," said lieutenant Thatcher,
"which Is being installed as rapidly as
poHslble." ). Over G0.00U Oregon .motor
Vehicltes are listed and made quickly
available by motor number and license
number. : A current j index is kept of
machines reported stolen from the out
side, pver 4000 of which are on file at
this date. There are also 2000' machines
catalogued as in storage which the
bureau keeps a check on, according to
the police, i ; . ; ; r .;
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Big Pilgrim Pageant
At Cincinnati Will
Cost Over' Million
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Considerable over , 1,000.000 i will . be
spent I in preparation for the Pilgrtms'
Pageant, which is being planned to take
place j m Cincinnati, t Ohio, next yar,
this sum being necessary to build the
permanent stadium," prepare fields and
provide decorations and parades for the
event! according to si message received
from (George L. ' Hutehtn. - .
Ilutchln has had charge of the elec
trical j parades in Portland each Rose
Festival, and left fori Cincinnati shortly
after k the Shrine "convention to make
preparations for " directing the event
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The! Taft family, of Cincinnati has
agreed to donate 20,000 for the pageant.
Percy Mackaye, noted author and play
wright, has been engaged to write the
scenario, says Hutchin. .
o select from.; Some dandy
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PRODUCTS CO.
THE DALLES SHORT!
OF LIVING ROOMS
FOR NEW TEACHERS
Problem Is So Serious That the
Chamber- of Commerce Puts
Special Committee on Job, !
- Tha Dalles, Aug. H.-Thls cty
faces the problem of opening its
schools on September 13, minus 60
teachers, unless some immediate way
la found to provide tha pedagogues
with houses or boarding accommo
dations. : t '
There is a dearth of houses for rent
In the city, and it is practicably Im
possible for persons to secure room and
board. Day. after day people desiring
to locate permanently here, arrive, find
tio houses or rooms available and leave
for other cities. : ' - -j ' ; . i
This same .condition 'has now arisen
as a bugbear to worry th school board.
It has planned to open the city schools
Beptember IS, and has contracted with
60 teachers to report herei ready to be
gin teaching the young- Idea- "how to
shoot" a few days previous. ti - i
Upon Investigating the available
houses for rent and the ! prospects of
single male and female teachers sectto.
Ing room and board, the I school board
found itself up against a stone wall bet
cause of the fact that nothing was avail,
able, and would not be for months, api
parently. It now has toi: devise some
ways and means for housing married
teachers and providing room and board
for single instructors, or postponing the
opening of the schools until relief can
be afforded. ' -
Members of the school board appeared
before the Chamber of Commerce, and
sought assistance of that body In order
to solve the perplexing problem. Pro
feasor R. N. Kirk, school superintendent,
stated that he had Bought houses and
room and board here for the 60 teachers
for weeks, and had been able to get but
two single instructors placed with room
and board. He said that It ' appeared
to him that in view of the situation,
suitable quarters must be provided In
some way at an early, date, or the open
ing of the schools would be delayed
considerably.
A committee from, the! Chamber of
Commerce, consisting of Judge J. Tj
Rorlck, Professor R. KJ Kirk, E.C.
French, B. R. Utfin.1 and E. Fitxgerald4
was chosen with instructions .te solve
the problem If possible. , It was suggest'
ed that a sanitarium near the city, not
in use t at this time, be i secured, re
modelled so as to be made comfortable,
and furnished to afford quarters for the
instructors. " ; - ? t .-s
Bend Wow:
Has a Regulation J
Marine Hospital
South Bend. Aug. 14. The South Bend
General hospital was this week selected
to be a marine hospital by the United,
States navy department, and hereafter
will care for all sick or injured, in any
branch of the naval. service, as well asi
all seamen of coastwise steamers. Un
til now the sick and injured have been
sent to Port Townsend. ' '
' Ttle nth Bend General hospital waw
estabbshed here 15 years ago and is;
splendidly equipped. It ia owned - by
Dra. George A. Tripp and F.; W. An
derson. , Dr. Anderson was also ap-i
pointed chief surgeon . by i the depart
ment. Throughout the world war he
saw service as a surgeon, for a time
being stationed at Camp Disc, later being
sent to France, retiring from the service
with the rank of -major. ;! Her. assisted
In the establishing of the Wiliapa Har
bor post, American Legion,- here last
fall. -of which he at present Is a member
of the board of trustees, si
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' A Norwegian expedition Is on - its
way to prepare for development " th
coal deposits of the Cape . liohman
Islands near Spitsbergen,: which - are
said to contain 0.000,000 tons at. a
depth of two metera. if i ;
; A reporter for 'The Journal walked
Into a, modest grocery store at East
Tenth and Mason streets. It twa3
the day following tha death of 5-year-old
jDonaM Harvey. r
Women, were standing! about the coun
tera. ; Behind was a 'gray haired man.
with eyes bloodshot from the tears that
had welled from them during the pre
ceding hours. The mari was plainly in
distress, but still making- an effort to
accomodate , the customers of the com-k
munlty he serves. One motherly woman
tenderly reached dowp jto a little gtri;
hugged her, and whispered that "it ia
all right, darling." .1
The children of the neighborhood were
clustered near the little store. They
knew that things were hot as usual, and
they didn't laugh and play as was their
custom. " They seemed sobered by the
atmosphere. Kven the store was not
Just right, i It was quiet and dark. One
felt that it. too, was mourning. 1
EMPTY, HEARTS BESEECH j
' And those down stairs could not hear
the muffled sobs of the broken hearted
mother and sister Apstalrs. For hours
they laid and cried, their hearts reaching
out to- the one that had been taken
from them. They prayed for him to
come back from the eternal sleep, j
; But he was gone forever. His tiny
arms would never again fold about his
mother. His place at jthe table would
always he vacant. There would be no
fuaMher use fon his empty clothes, and
he would never again call out : "Mother,
are you: there?" . ""'(" !'
Donald had paid the price of another's
negligence. He had left the house the
afternoon before to play. As he left
he called to his mother: "Mamma, call
me when dinner is ready and I will
come right i back." , But the mother did
pot callt i Instead the i father tenderly
picked up the son's prostrate form from
the street. I . ..
BRAKE FOUND B-EFECTITE
He had been knocked down by an
automobile.; The driver saw the child
75 feet away, he claims he sounded a
horn, although witnesses declare they
didn't hear It. and he doesn't remember
usfng his braKes until; after the fatal
collision. Although he says he was go
Ing only 15 miles, be failed to stop the
car until be had gone 60 feet after
applying the brakes. - Experts branded
them as defective and no one. denies that
the driver was on the wrong side of the
street. . . j.
"Of course It is awfully hard on us,"
remarked the grief stricken father, as a
tear found Its way down the furrowed
face. "I hope other lives can be saved
through this example. But is is awfully
hard on usJ" . i
Sunday Dancing :
Not AUbwed dni!
Highway in Hood
Hood River, Aug. 14 By a decision
handed down by the county court, the
ban goes on! Sunday dancing, and -there
is every prospect of a time limit of mid
night being set on all dances held within
the jurisdiction of the county . court.
The contention arose vcr the granting
of a license for Sunday dances at a
resort i on the highway near . Wyeth,
which aroused strong feeling throughout
the counJy. j Judge Blowers from the
outset has taken the stand that if Sun
day dancing is permitted on the highway
It will be very difficult for the local
authorities to exercise proper control. 1
Cats Left to Starve
When Owners Lock
' Houses for Vacation
The Oregon Humane society, friend of
dumb animals and angel of mercy for
needy and neglected children, has taken
up the cudgel anew In behalf of abused
cats. The crusade launched this summer
directed against those who In sheer
carelessness jock tne Tamuy cat m tne
house, theri depart for their annual vaca
tion. A number of aggravated cases of
this kind has come to the attention of
the society in the past few weeks, ',
"In one Instance,", says Mrs. F. W.
Swanton, manager of the society, "we
were compelled to break into a private
dwelling to release a half-starved cat
which had been a prisoner for several
days."
YOUNGSTER PLAYING
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Donald Harvey, 5-year-old boy struck
down by machine driven by E. '-it.-jlUtzm&a-
on" Mason street- Ias
week. .' AUbough : the coroner's
jury failed to blame nitzman for
tlie doatli, be wm convicted of
t rcckloaHa driving In municipal $sMtrt
and .ttcntenced to ' six - months In
JaH, the maximum penalty.
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TO BE CONSIDERED
Highway Commission Notifies
Prospective Bidders of hx
gust 24 Meeting
s Salem, Aug. 14.- The construction
of five wood bridges on ; the John
Day highway in Grant county, one
bridge over Haystaek -creek on tlje
same highway in Wheeler county,
and the surfacing of approximately
6 miles of statsf highway In bU
counties . will be considered by the
state, highwafy commission at its
meeting in Portland August 21. ac
cording to noticea -now being sent
to contractors by the department
here. -
The surfacing work on which bids win
be received at the next meeting of the
commission is located aa follows:
Clackamas county Oregon Clty
Multnomah county line section Tacifjo
highway, five miles gravel surfacing.
- Baker county Halnea-North powder
section old Oregon trail. 7 6 miles grad
ing and surfacing.
Gilliam county John Pay rlver.Bla
lock section? Columbia river highway, 15
miles surfacing.
Grant county Cole bridge-Da nby
ranch section, John Day river highway,
4.S5 miles surfacing, - v
Wheeler county Butte creek section
John Day river highway, 9.36 miles sur
facing. . i ' . .
Yamhill county McMlnnvlUe-West
Dayton section, west side highway, 4.94
miles surfacing. Yamhill-Gaston sec
tion. Tualatin valley highway, 7.9 miles
surfacing, v-
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
candidate for vice president, Is sched
uled to visit Salem Saturday, August 21,
coming here from Seattle by auto
mobile. Plans are bow under way for
sn address by Roosevelt during his Stay
in tha. capital city. From Salem he will
motor to Oregon City for an address
at S o'clock in the afternoon and then
to Portland for a night address.
Mount Hood Zone
Ideal for Summer
i Home, Says Expert
In the Mount Hood sone around tim
ber line is some of the most "liveable"
country In the' Northwest, and it is yet
untapped by reereationists. says Dr.
Frank Waugh. professor of landscape
gardening at Amherst college and col
laborator with the forest service on
recreation publications, - who has just
returned from tthe south side of the
mountain. ' -
Accompanied by C J. Buck, assistant
district forester, and W.M.Taetlw forest
examiner, who has been working en the
Still Creek campground project for sev
eral weeks, - Waugh visited . the - park
areas between the White -and Salmon
rivers. - -.. ":--; "
- - "This is the very ' best region ' for
human use . and enjoyment , of Mount
Hood, and if has not been touched yet. L
ha A T AX7a na-K fUnul rwtivla Vt u nAft 1
seen it!, It is much finer than the
regions farther down, where the summer
homesite colonies have been established."
D'Annunzio Picking
Trouble With Serbs
' Rome, Au. ll-U. P.V- Oabriele
.d'Annunslo Italian poet-soldier, who
holds Flume.'s. will gw Valona Xo fight
the Serbians unless Flume's population
supports him vln an endeavor to annex
more teriitory'. to. that, city, he Bald,' in
a speech . there today. - D'Annunzio de
clared' be would, attempt to enlarge the
borders on September 11. the anniversary
of the occupation of the city, and that
he would . then see whether ( the people
support him. . , -
,An English -college professor etaims to
have discovered a cold 'process of vul
canising rubber by the use of sulphur
etted hydrogen and.eulphur dioxide.
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AboveSummit ranger station Where one of the government wireless
! telephone sets Is Installed. Center C. M. Allen and C. fc. Austin In
front of the lookout house on tli e summit of Mount Hood jusa after
Installing the radio telephone se t within the building. Below The
lookout house on the snmmlt of Mount Hood equipped for long dls
tanoo wireless telephono conver satlon.' J I'
Salmon Canners
j Working at Top
Speed on Eogue
Mashfield, Aug. It. The salmon can
neries en the lower Rogue river are
being rushed to the utmost; on account
of a heavy run. of salmon which fol
lowed several weeks of very poor-fishing.
The Macleay cannery had 1406 fish
on the floor one -day this week as one
night's catch. The sudden rush of fish
has been so great the canneries are
having difficulty In getting their-sup
plies of cans. One boat this week turned
In 140 fish,- which brought v the two
fishermen operating the boat over $460
for their night's work. This of course
was an exception, but the fishermen are
all doing well, although the early part
of the season was a losing one There
are three canneries on the river,; and as
a result there are more fishing boats
than can operate to good advantage.
Twelve cents a pound Is being paid by
the canneries for the fish.'.
TI There is very little fishing on -Coos
bay, as only i cents a pound la offered
here and the fishermen say they cannot
make any . money at that price,
if Judge C. V. Wolverten ft the federal
court of Portland Will arrive here -Bun-
MARRIED NEARLY 60 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. W-
- Cottage Grove. Or Aug. 14. Mr. and
Mrs. W, W. Shortrtdge celebrated their
fifty-ninth wedding anniversary Wednes
day, August 4. Mr.- and Mrs. Shortrtdge
are Oregon pioneers, coming to Oregon
lnli52. i They: were married at Divide
August. 4, 4ICL -Tbey . were; the second
couple married by Squire Vaughn of Cot
tage Grove, who died recently almost 100
years eld. Mr. Shortrtdge was born in
Muscatine county, Iowa, March 11, 1S36,
snd is now more than 14 years old. ' Mrs.
Shortridge was born in Hancock county,
Illinois. March u. Ittfi. and is past 74
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day, and the. next day In company with
Circuit Judge. John S. Coke and O. W,
Kaufman will leave for the wilds of
Curry county 'on an outing. They will
go to Agnes, 0 miles up Rogue river
from the . ocean, and a spot which is
reached only by boat or trail. r
The cities located on Coos -bay, to
gether, with the port commission are
considering the plan of buying from the
navy department a submarine chaser
to use as a fireboat. - These vessels are
offered by the government at a figure
far below what they cost and ; are
adapted as f ireboats. Marshfleld has a
good fire department, but it is believed
that the safety of the mills and in
dustries along the waterfront demands
a fireboat.
I J. Simpson has announced thst
there is being planned the construction
at Sunset Bay. .south of iCoos Bay. a
large tourist hotel with golf links and
all outdoor amusements. . Sunset Bay
Is several miles below the entrance -of
Coos bay and near Shore Acres, Mr.
Simpson's country home; The site
chosen for the hotel overlooks - the bay
and the ocean and ia near a bathing
beach. Mr. Simpson says that before
-anything can . be done in I the way of
furthering tne project swiranea roust
be given that the roadway wiil be paved
ail the way from North Bend to the
beach, so-(hat tha place will be access
ible at all times of year, j
W. Shortrldge
years eld. Her maiden name was Kllen
Keyea Something remarkable can' be
said of this family of six sons and fV
dua-hters""Tbey are all living and mar
ried and have, families; no death ha
ever beetv In the immediate family. All
the Shortridge families Uve in Lane
county but one son, G. Lane Shortrtdge,
who live in Douglas county. They have
tZ grandchildren and six great graad
children. K '- i - - '
Mr. and Mrs. Shortridge jboth crossed
the plains with ox teams and have been
hardworking people all their Uvea '
From ru;ged fount- Hood's Icy
summit forest fires ars being re
ported by wjreless telephone.
Isolation no longer attends the fire
lookout on Mount Jlood. lly meuna
of the same wirelesa telephone, he
may now Bit In his cabin, surrounded
by snow and (ce "and with cutting
blasts swirling around the corners of
the building, listen to summer-clad
Los Angeles loungers make engage
ments with the residents of Catallna
Islands, may listen to talk of the
beaches, of 'golf and autornobiUng
and whatnot, j When he grows tire
of JVoa Angeles he may listen to San
Francisco gossip and as his thought
turn closer home, he may eavesdrop
on Portland, j Tacoma and Seattle
can.be heard; equally well and the,
messages from the ships at sea may
form entertainment during a lonely
evening. When he grows muslo hun
gry up among the glaciers, he can
listen In on a ooncert somewhere en
tha Pacific coast.
K Party telephone line In a rural dis
trict ever furnished the entertainment ts
a lonely farmer's wife that the new
wireless phone on Mount Hood affords -the
forest service lookouts.
PACKED TO SUMMIT
The wireless set was Installed on
Mount Hood summit by C. M. Allen, tele
phope engineer for the forest service, B.
R. Allen, his son, and C I Austin, gov
ernment radio Inspector. Packhorsee
were used as far as Turtles Keck, below
Crater Rock, but the remainder of the
way the three men and the mountain
guide packed the sets up on their backs.
The Mount Hood set connects with a
set at Summit ranger station, on the
south side of .the mountain, and from
here the message may be transmitted by
wire. Because of fthe difficulty involved ,,
at present In getting the batteries re
charged, the wireless telephone Is used
only en alternate days. The sets were
to have been up by July 1, but the serest "
service was delayed by the failure of
the equipment to arrive on time. . ,
WORTH IS PROTEST
William R. Kelly, one of the lookouts
en Mount Hood and formerly a member
ef the navy, Is operator on the Mount
Hood end ef the wireless, and B. R.
Allen la stationed at the Summit ranger
station. t
The principal use of the-rafBlo tele
phone is aa an auxiliary -to the wire
line In Isolated regions. ''Its depend,
ability Is clearly demonstrated In this
year's work," said Allen, "and Its ex.
pansien Is merely a matter ef time."
Next year a wind motor will be erected
an Mount Hood to generate power for
the operation of the radio set.
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London,. Aug. 14.- (U. S.) A woman
who appeared at Acton police court for
a summons against a neighbor com
plained that the woman called her a ' .
"German." The magistrate, on hearing
the woman's address, said ; "Oh." that Is
fluite nice language for the street."
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