' THE- OREGON DAILY -JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' OREGON :
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1.. IZ:
OF WILL I KING
A. temperature of t above sere- was re
ported at Eha.ii lk o. The storm was re
ported to be much, mora severe to Sher
man county where a blizzard has raged
for two days. -. . -.-.v. ';it.iC.';-3i'
With a temperature of t above aero.
the Pacific Power Light company bad
trouble keeping ice oat of the penstock
of Its plants at White River, and as a
result, power was off for several nours
Tuesday. Power from the Northwestern
plants on the White Salmon river is now
being used In the city.
8XOVf 1 ISCHES BEST '
-v.. ax wt? tt.isK9T vaar
Congress will pass the McNary recla
mation act before next May. In Jte pres
ent form the measure win "make more
than 2,000.00.000 available for reclama
- tton of arid, swamp and logged off lands
and within a period of 15 years the tor
i ernment will be fully reimbursed-. - -:
Such, in a paragraph. Is the belief, of
. Will R. King:, former solicitor of the ree
lamaion service , and -former Justice -of
i he Oregon supreme courW- kut who la
-today registered as "attorney and coun
selor Of Washington, V. C" MlXha Multnomah-hotel.
.- v - , j 3 .;.
"The adoption of the McNary bill wUl
inaugurate the, greatest . constructive
- policy, of this, country since the;enact
" ment of the homestead act. Judge King
declared.,' ' f
WtSSlSO OF WEST .
. "It will result in the reclamation of
. an area greater than Belgium. France
and Italy combined. It will bring into
- fruition an area as great as the British
Ii6s apd . pre-war j. Germany combined.
It will mean the real winning of the
Went. The effect upon this par tof the
rountry will be incalculable.
--" ;But it will have tremendous results
in the life of the nation aa a whole.
"As originally proposed, the "McNary
- bill', contemplated f the reclamation of
15.WW.0O90 to 25.000,000 acres of arid
land through the utilization of $250,
T' 000,06 aa a revolving- fund. That fund
"With its turnovers, would have amounted
to 11.414,175.568.75 by 1956.
eVfAirf lASDS i3rcirED
"The modified bin takes in swamp
lands. It contemplates a reclamation of
- 200.ooo.eeo to 3000.000.000 acres. In its
turnovers it will become more than
-12.009,000,000.
"The modification of the McNary bill
,.- - means that the measure will have the
support not only of the West but of
the South and Northeast It means that
sufficient support is now assured for its
passage.
"The entire operation will be under
the irrigation district plan with five-
. year turn over periods applied to re
calimed units, As soon, as the lands are
found to be double the assessed valua-
' tlon due to reclamation, the bonds may
be sold anf the money returned to the
government.
The results will prove so great as
hardly to be within the grasp of our
tirsi imagination on the subject.
- "When eventually reclaimed the area
contemplated under the bill as I have
said will equal the combined area of
Belgium, Prance and Italy, where they
; have a population of over 80.000.000 ;. it
- will equal the area of the British Isles
ith pre-war Germany added, with
100.000300 of population. When all thi
. ts taken into consideration I think the
fears so frequently sprouted along the
excess production and competition lines
merely means this, that to make the sug
geKtion is to answer It.
BENEFITS ENORMOUS
-By this bill a way is provided to
uoume our population, double our mill
tary. strength, double our ability to pay
- the. World war debt, double our national
' happiness, double the standing of the
" nation many times not only in fact, but
in-me eyes oi the world. V-
Judge King says he Is nanny to be
"" ' returned to private Ufe-nd that he Has
v. no .intention ever to seek Tnibllc office
again. ; He came west "t otr, a. case i t,
Montana and took advantage , ef bis FM
proxtmuy to visit his daughter Myrole,
who with a companion made a pictur
esque and somewhat spectacular trip
arr-oss me continent on root last summer.
sne is now teaching at Canby.
SNOW
FLURRIES
AND
COLD ARE FORECAS
T
!
(Oontiniwd Fro si Pajt On)
xueaoay. nowever. and found the ice
(airly solid, though rough in spots.
LOU C IMG AT STANDSTILL
MILL CLOS1.NO PROBABLE
Koutn Bend. Wash.; Dec. 21. Logging
operations are virtually at a standstill
in Pacific county and nay force a brief
snuiaown or muis if logs are not avail
able. The present cold snap has frozen
water lines to donkey engines used in
logging- and freezing weather makes it
difficult for the men to work. Lose
of a large logging dam, which went out
In the North river and swept everything
down the valley before it. has Urcr.iv
curtailed logging Ini one of the most
Important timber-cutting districts In the
couniy. a small dam east of Raymond
aiso out ana caused a shutdown. In
view of the proximity of Christmas, all
ramps will probably be shut down until
Sandy. Dec II. Real winter is grip
ping this section. . Four to five inches of
snow fell. Saturday night and the east
wind makes the atmosphere hasy with
drifting snow. Cherryvilld reports, the
coldest weather in five years. Govern
ment camp has 14 Inches of snow and
the .thermometer -registered- 'IS-above
sero. Zdg Zlg ranger station reporcea is
above, and about five Inches of enow.
Sandy reported 20 degrees above.;-.
TEMPERATURE AT EUGENE
It BEGBEES ABOVE ZERO
tupene. Dee. JL U. P.) Tuesday.
the sixth day of the cold. soap, found
Eugene people crawling deeper into over
coat collars while walking; the ice-coated
streets. The mercury went down to is
degrees above sero Monday night, the
coldest weather so far this year. '
Nipping winds from the north and
northeast adds to the discomfort. No
snow fell Monday night, but Monday's
thin layer of white lays on the ground.
It is practically one frosen half Inch,
sheet of ice.
TEMFEiATrEES CI.OSB TO -
ZERO MiBK THREE SATS
Joseph, Dee. 2L Wallowa county la
having- its first real cold -weather of the
season. For three days the temperature
has been close to sero.
LICENSES GRAliD
OF
FOR 0PM
ROOMING HOUSES
Licenses to operate rooming booses
and. hotels were granted this morning
by the city council to- Mr. N. B. Stover,
631 V Hoed street ; Stella A. Fisher, 1 45
Kast Broadway; William Higgins, 22814
Fourth . street ; . Peter EosaatU, 107
First street; Mrs. T. J. Lavassner,
J69H First street, and to Mrs. Ads Dal
ton. 219 First street.' . i : - r,
The applicatron- of Richard Shepard
to use . the Little ; theatre, aa Twenty
third street, to exhibit drama plas and
moving-. picture films was referred to
the commissioners of public works and
.Affairs. ; '
Tb rvnlir-ation of Aram 'Aktericam
and Gasel Keleshian to conduct a cot4
fee bouse at 26 North Fourth, street was
denied on the grounds that the location
was undesirable. In denying- the ap
plication the council stated it was being
done )with due regard to the character
of the two men and stated that if any
other location could be found favorable
action would be taken.
YEAR'S COLDEST DAT 13
RJBCOBBEDi SJOW FALL ON
Roseburg. Dec II, The coldest weath
er of the fear, 21 above sero, waa re
corded here Tuesday. Snow fell the
greater part of the day and night, with
every Indication of more snow during me
next 24 hours. Broccoli ts the only crop
about which any anxiety is felt, bat so
far this crop has not been harmed to
any extent.
TROUBLE IS EXPERIENCED
- KEEPING SCHOOLS WARM
Eetacada. Dec. 21. With a strong and
piercing; east wind, the thermometer
registering; 12 below, and the ground
covered with snow, Estacada is .shiver
ing;. Snow flurries, which began Sat
urday night, have continued much of
the time since. Water pipes are frees
ins; and considerable trouble Is experi
enced at both grade and high : schools
in keeping the rooms warm.
NORTH BANK WARMER
White Salmon. Wash.. Dec 2L The
coldest weather up to Tuesday night
nere has been is degrees above, re
ported considerably higher than the low
point at Hood River, across the Columbia
river. . -
APARTMENT HOUSE PLEA
WILL BE RECONSIDERED
' Rallegb Trimble appeared before the
council this mornine asking that the rec-
6mmendation of denying permission to
the Trimble estate to erect an aparanem
house on gt. Clair Street near Park av
enue be reconsidered. He said that the
apartment was to be a two-story build-
irur and in accord with the general type
of structures in the neighborhood. The
council . decided to reconsider and will
hold a public hearing next Wednesday,
The remonstrance to the application
was signed by Wallace"" MacCaramant
and 18 others.
CITY ATTOBNET AUTHORIZED
TO SUE AMERICAS CAN CO.
Authority was granted the city attoi-
ney by the city council this morning to
institute civil action against me Amer
lean Can company for damages to the
sewer at the foot of Fourteenth street.
It is claimed that improper construction
of the can factory broke down the sewer
and that the amount of damage is 81130.
SETTER BIDS OPENED
McNary Brothers were the low bid
ders for the, construction of the sewer in
East Eighty-fifth street. Bids openea
this morning showed that the firm bid
82670.50 for the contract The sewer is
to be from Burnside to Stark streets.
TWELVE DEGRESS IS CENTRALIS
Centralis, Wash., Dec tl. With the
thermometer at 12 degrees above sere
early Tuesday morning, Centralis cold
weather records of the winter were
broken. . ;
SNOW MIXED WITH BUS .
lone, Dec 21. A fine, dry snow began
falling; here early Sunday morning and
waa continuing Tuesday, accompanied
by an east wind: ' All day Monday the
snow was mixed wun a rine yellow dust.
IRISH MAY VOTE
ONPEACEPACT
(Coatiaaed ia Pece One)
BLIZZARD AT SHAKIKOt
SNOWING AT THE DALLES
The Dalles, Dec 21. Following the
severe bllasard-like conditions which set
in iuesaay morning,! the snow was still
ramns; Tuesday night, with a total of
about inches on the ground, although
the storm Is not comparable with the
devastating one or a month ago.
The maximum Tuesday was 23 degrees
above sero. A low" mark of 17 was
reached during; the bight, but Tuesday
evening the mercury was Steadily fall
ing, and with the stinglag east wind still
continuing, sero weather is looked for.
that if no vote is taken Friday Dai 1 will
adjourn over Christmas.
DE VALERA ASSAILED '
In the midst of a slashing attack on
de Valera's policy. Sean Mtlroy, a deputy.
supporting Arthur . Griffith r and the
treaty, sprang a bombshell by-reading
in open session he "oath" prescribed by
de Valera as acceptable to him. The
"oath" made no mention ef the republic
but pledged allegiance to the king, dtf
tertng in its wording only slightly from
the oath prescribed by the treaty. Mil-
roy wrung from deJYalerarthe admission
that he has an alternative document "in
slightly different form but substantially
the same" aa the peace treaty signed in
london. i ..J-.-- i ;-; ,1-1 .
"Then I am going to publish it" Ar
thur Griffith interjected. - "I am going- to
fight te a finish. .Ml troy continued.
"How would yon like the following oath
Instead ot the one In the treaty f There
upon he read from , a document taken
from bis pockets ' "
ALLEGIANCR 8WORW ' j! ;
1 swear to bear faithful allegiance to
the constitution of Ireland and to the
treaty of association of Ireland trim the
British commonwealth of nations and to
recognize the king of Great Britain aa
the head ot the associated states." .
"Is that more acceptable than the
other oath? be demanded.
"No." shouted de Valera' follower
"Then." Milroy said, dramatically.
era surprised. The cat is out of the baa;.
That la de Valera's own oath."
Immediately the Dail Elreann burst
into a wild and a stormy battle of words.
A bested exchange took place between
the president and Griffith In which the
conservative leader demanded Immediate
publication of all documents In the case
to which de Valera finally agreed.
Reading the de Valera oath again, Mil
roy said: .-'
That Is de Valera'a shadow. Now
you know what you are going to war
for"
Facts
From U. S. Census
4'82 per cent of the chiUJren of the
country are forced to leave school
before completing the eighth grade
to aid in making ; a living for the
family.
Provide a Rear Christmas
0rego
for your family, so your children
will not be. among the above num
bers by taking a policy in
Insurance Company
Oldest ta Paetne Kerth west
ire
'Home Officer KJSSSL. Portland, Ore.
A. L, MILLS. Pres. ; C a SAMUELS, Gen. Mgr.
, N. STKOMUt Asst. Mgr. - ' II. R. BLAUVlfXT, KxeC Special.
WASHINGTON AMUSED
OVER PACT' BREACH
' Continued From F One)
brought In to complete the picture.-Here
enters also Great Britain to ngnt xne
submarine, probably not bopinar to elim
inate it, but to reduce the quotas pro
posed by the American plan to knock
out the long radius type suited for of
fensive warfare on the high seas. ,
Thus it appears that the conference
still has a " long- road to travel before
naval ratios can be announced. -
Little Girl Is Dead
As Eesult of Burns :
; -Sustained-at Hay
Verna, the 4-yearvold daughter ot Mr.
and.Mrs. W. O. Zednik, 276 Kagt EiKhty
eightk street, 'died at St. VtocenU hos
pital this morning as a! result of barns.
The accident happened Tuesday after
noon and it was believed, at first that
she bad fallen against the beating stove
which set her clothes afire. -The first
intimation the mother had that some
thing was wrong was. when little Verna,
frith her clothes ' flaming. - ran into - the
kitchen. While it waa Bed funy de
termined, u ig sow believed that she set
her little dress afire while playing with
matches. : . ,
A report was made to Coroner Karl
Smith and the body was! taken in charge
by Holman's. i
EXPOSITION PROGRAM
IS NEAR TO DEATH
OoBtined Braa Pas One)
miTOKH ITTtr.K HARDING .,-
TO KKBKKTAT1VB
Waahinirton. . Dec. 21.--U. P. Presi
dent, Hardlnsr. will be, nrttd. bytlleptin
IlCaO senators to approve aiireeervauoiT
-' v. . . v : 1 .
to' tM tour-smrer, itkuk nmiy uiui5
t -clear- that ; the United States is jsot
bound by the pact to safeguard the ter
ritoi'ial inteurtty of Japan. ;
Senator Borah today prepared a res
ervation to Article II of the treaty pro
viding that in carrying out the article
none of the powers shall be oougea to
use force. . .
. There were lntfmatlons today -te-ad
ministration circles hi the senate that
Harding might himself suggest that res.
ervatlon when he submits he . treaty
and thus iron oat the difficulty caused
by bis difference of opinion-with, the
American delegation on this point- - -
as tne wniie rxouae u- waa miuiwilcu
President Harding's present intention is
not to attempt to force the past through
the senate, because of his disagreement
with the Americaq delegates. as to its
meaning, but to leave that to Secretary
Hughes and Senator Underwood.
Meanwhile, Senator Borah, ta demand
ing that the treaty be rewritten as
to leave no doubt as to its meaning.
"There is no proper, reason," be said,
"why the language of me treaty aboald
be permitted to remain ao ainbiguoua.'
. Irreconcilable senators today predicted
bat the four power treaty would go
down to defeat under, an svaiancne w
adverse , public opinion as. the result ox
Harding's statement.
Lecture, on Thibet
, Aid Musicale Are
Ad Club Features
the decks to postpone that proposal and
get it out of the way. j
WAIfia SPEEDT ACTtOX
The opening- licueiion revorving about
the controversy showed that there is
to be a hard fight for any fair legisla
tion. Overturf strenuously objected to
postponing; consideration until this after
noon, f
He said that the legislature had been
caAled to hear the proposal of the fair
management, but it had been kept dilly
dallying around with no concrete pro
posals laid before it until it had become
the laughing stock of . the state. He
wanted to get right down to business.
determine me matter one way or the
other and go borne.
Hlndraan objected to hasty consldera
tion of the subject, insisting that it was
too big to be hurried over, and joined
with Kubli in the motion to put the
entire consideration over until 4 o'clock.
wnen we unuua proposal couia oe
printed and laid on the members' desks
ready for consideration with all the
others.
tTRGES POSTPONEMENT
When the special order was announced
in the pldst of discussion on the Kubli
motion. Gallagher took the floor and
suggested mat it was always the part
of an Irishman so be peacemaker. He
said that he could see a storm brewing
and suggested that the entire fair con
sideration be put over until early in
the afternoon.
Bennett then 'made his motion for
indefinite postponement and the battle
was on.
- Belknap cautioned. the house against
haste. He said that he thought me
majority of the members believed that
a fair would be desirable if some agree
able plan of financing could be worked
out. .
Bean suggested that me only differ
ence between the Kubli resolution and
the Griffith offering was that the first
provided for a property tax, while the
second substituted that for a gasoline
tax ; and he thought that the amend
ments could be printed, put on the mem
bers' desks and the subject taken up
at 2 o'clock.
FAVORS PROPERTT TAX
He aaid he wanted the whole question
to be fully and fairly considered and
acted upon. ,
Bennett insisted mat me fair manager
rdent had abandoned the idea of a prop
'erry tax and contended that to indefl
nttely postpone me Kubli measure was
merely one way of clearing me air and
getting the subject down to the definite 1
issue upon which it now hinged.
, Kubli said be still believed In the
Justice of a property tax and that he
thought -the Multnomah delegation did
a a whole.
Gordon - said Multnomah 'delegation
was not trying to force any plan down
the throats of the other members .but
that it was attempting to have the mat
ter given, fall consideration in the nope
that an agreement could be reached by
which the exposition could be financed
on some basis acceptable to all. -fLEADS
FOR, TAX
Burdksk argued that me gasoline pro
vision was only one item ta the Kubli
resolution and - that ta postpone the
whole resolution might throw the entire
fair program into me wast basket.
He said that , the Question of holding
the fair was too bis to be-lightly or
hastily considered, that if it was a good
thing for Multnomah county it would be
a good thing for the state as a whole
provided some plan of financing it Is
worked out. on a satisfactory basis to
the upstats peopla. - ' "' V-
He insisted to the bouse that all of
the progressive legislation of past years
by which the eastern and central sec
tions of the state had been advanced
and prospered had been enacted with
the aid and support of Multnomah
county and be contended that the outside-
state ought now to give the fair
proposal fun and fair considerauom.
IOW .BEFORE HOUSE
Kay leaned te the idea of the Ben
nett motion, insisting that the property
tax proposal was- a dead issue and that
to pass the Bennett motion would mere
ly be the elimination of dead matter out.
of the final discussion. .
Then : Hindnaaa raised bis point of
order and the program waa pulled out
of the held ef Burdick's motion to table.
Kow that the house has the fair pro
gram -up before it. the whole subject
will probably be kept before the bouse
until it is settled one way or the other
aa far as the preliminary action of the
house is concerned. Whatever is finally
done by the lower bouse win most likely
get" over Into the hands of the senate
by tonight or tomorrow morning at the
latest with a consequent chance for ad
journment some time tomorrow after
noon or night
KubH's - County
Salary Bill Is
Winner in House
State House, Salem, Bee. 2L The
house passed house bill No. 2 by Kubli
authorizing county courts or boards ot
county commissioners in counties having
a population of 100,000 or more to levy
a tax not to exceed one-fifteenth of
I mill to create a fund for the payment
of salaries of help in county offices. The
purpose of the bill is te restore salaries
cut oirt by the tax supervisor and con
servation commissioner.
LIHEMAIf IS LMPROVIKG
' Goy Newton, me lineman who was in
jured in a collision between his automo
bile and a train at Vancouver, Wash.,
Tuesday, Is resting easy at the
Emanuel hospital and unless complica
tions set in, he is expected to recover.
His home la at 493 Union ave north.
AH-Night Parking
Is Prohibited by
New Amendment
Amendment to the city traffic ordi
nance-, wherein all-night parking is pro
hibited, was suggested in aa ordinance
Introduced by Mayor Baker this after
noon at the request of Captain Lewis,
commanding the city traffic squad. The
new regulations, if adopted by the coun
cil, definitely forbid parkins; after mid
night longer than four hours. Outside
of the district bounded - by Taylor,
Twelfth and Oak streets on the west side
and Belmont, .Grand avenue and Sulli
van's gulch on the east side, lights must
be displayed on night-parked cars, ac
cording to me ordinance. j , "
Philippine Protest
m Lxtent
Vigorous protests which were made
early this month before the secretary of
war against extension of the United
States coastwise law to the Philippine
islands, are likewise being made te the
chambers of commerce of the nation, a
copy of the protest made the gov
ernment having been received by the
local chamber today from Vtncento Vil
lamin, Filipino business man and spokes
man for me protesting party from the
islands.
Thibet, land of me daring expedition
to lit Everest, and music, furnished
equally approved themes today at the
Ad club luncheon in the Benson hotel.
The "Portland Exposition Quartet,"
composed ot Miss Georgia Baldwin, so
prano; Miss Vera Gertrude Shaver, con
tralto; George D. Ingram, tenor, and
William Fraser Robertson, bass, with
Mrs. Alvina Eckea Knowlton at the
piano, aang' in behalf of the 1925 show
with, such spirit and harmony that they
were roundly encored. Major Jack Ham
ilton, who was a member of the Young
husband Thibetan expedition, said Himi
laya means "land of sinew" and
L'Hanna. the Forbidden City, "milk"
because the milk white mists that for
ever hang over, its 14,000 foot elevation.
Everest, highest of the world' peaks,
reaches Into Che sky 29,300 feet.
Charles Kingsley,
Ex-S. P. Conductor,
Found Dead in Home
' -Charles Kingsley, (9, former Southern
Pacific-conductor, was found dead at
his home, 411 Roselawn avenue, late this
morning. - when Mrs. Kingsley returned
borne from a shopping trip. Inaamoch
as no physician had been in attendance
the coroner took r charge of the body.
which was removed to the Ftnley mortu
ary pending arrangements for the fun
eraL Ieath resulted from natural
causes, which bare caused Kingsley
some suffering lately. The wife and a
daughter in Texas gorvtve. .
Try v a Stout - Lyon
Drug Store First
When on Y oar CHRIST.
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Two "Molly O" Hats will be
given awaj today ne at 1 :30
P, M. and the other at 3:30 P. M.
NOTEt The cosy,1 comfortable -Columbia
is a haven for tired,
shoppers. , . ; . Rest room,
competent maids and check room.
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S , in tfctt history of the Liberty picture it returned to play R
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; approval on its first presentation that a second ihowirLg
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