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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, i 1G THE. OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON. OJFEREIffi AT ASTORIA GONE; AIL lii OH SI '8 i Vtorla, Dc. 11. AH feuds and dif fer rcw -which for a tim,,apBfaared to nar the aerenlty of plans . for the reconstruction ot Astoria, bave disap peared ? aod- the- vvartous oommissionai i-oiimttUeB Ud jndivldiaVcitixeiafao are pledged to the newer, greater As toria, are now aa one In purpose and activity. -Tneaa devputly wished tor result were apparent" today after the all powerful commlealon of 10 and the larper put lees powerful committee of 59 .had held respective meetings. Out of the - two sessions came the aa nonneement that the ..temporary obsta cle whksftv were manifest Saturday ' wore, "doe solely1 to "rniander standings and had beett wipedout to the end that alt might concentrate on the single - - Krinrinr Astoria triunv- phant from, tt- present . period of Hte.'. " ' i'.-s ' ? . ' ' . t$ wi3. Streets , y ' - feeveral. beneficial and reconstructive ref uK have already emerged from this 'unity. First of these was the decision ofi the committees to ask the council 'to pass, ah' 'ordinance to widen the : ireets of the new Astoria. A width of ' ' 7 feet was asked for. Bond street from lth street west. The old width was 50 ret Other widening figures for sheets were: - Commercial street, from 14U west, fix m SO to 70 feet. (Iuan street, from I3tn west, irom " 4 to 60 feet. -Kxchange street, from 13th west, from 60 to 60 feet. - trghth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and - .Twelfth streets, from Franklin, ave "iitoe to the river, from 50 to 60 feet. ACT 05 FIRE LIMITS The location committee, with R. W. . ' Skellerud as chairman, and the prop erty committee, with Frank W. San ' '- born aa chairman, submitted reports ' recommending the enlarging of the fire limits of the city and the revising of V tfce , building .code so that temporary ; ,3tie-story buildings with basements be constructed only with the-,understand-that all such temporary-structures ' shall be made satisfactory to the state fre marshal and shall be wrecked and - i- moved by March 1, 1924. These re ports were approved and will be placed ; he fore the city council. . I Before the committee of 50, the Rev. William S. Gilbert, chairman of the ' ioinmittee of 10. this morning made rfcDly to previous charges that this tftmroittee had usurped dictatorial powers to which it. was not entitled. . He denied this report In every re spect, and added that, the committee r had been organized Jn thte strews solely - ftjr the purpose of aiding the city dur ing sjtemergency. He pointed out that - the chairmen of the different bureaus had been allowed to name their own ' assistants and were permitted to work ii; tampered f of the betterment of the .. .-vitiation. .-'" ' The outlook : is brighter today than at any .-time aince .the conflagation. I her4iaoWe Reaction from the sud en setback of many activities, but It te ;Alm, self-possessed and withal hope- )tli. . .... - . . . -r.-1-.r. Food and shelter are being provided or aiUWho 4teed thenv "-Disorder" is eh tirely absent, and the citizens In : f large seem t haves the situation . fiell enough in hand to guide the city . afely through the crisis. , 1700 Fire Eefugees Are red in Astoria By National Guard - - i - - , , Salem. ;Dec. 12. Ten more National -Guardsmen were sent to Astoria Mon- Mry night from Portland to assist in feeding the homeless people of that city Idurtna- the present emergency, accord ' ting to announcement of Adjutant Gen- iersl White. Seventeen hundred people were fed f rofn the . .two rolling kitchens main- tained by the guards at Astoria Mon day,' and 1150 were supplied with hot meals Sunday. 'Sunshine' Legion Vets Will Initiate Class at Armory What promises "to be the7 largest class of candidates yet initiated into Portland Volture No. 25, La Soclete des 40 Homme et Chevaux, the sunshine order of the American Legion, will re ceive the fine . points and interesting sidelights at the ceremonies scheduled for next Saturday.. The first section of the initiation will be held, in the Armom' starting at 9 o'clock and the second section wilt be the banquet to be given in the Multnomah -hotel starting at 6:80 o'clock. -,- ; ; j Rex B. Farelius, : correspondent, which means secretary in English, rfiaa dispatched letters to all tha members requesting r large t a,ttendancef nd asking that - reservationa be inada through him at bis business -office at No. 441 East 50th street, not later than Wednesday night Several vaudeville acts will be featured between courses of the banquet Saturday night.; i ColuicLbia BasiS i Project WiU ; Be : ; Subjecf iiv House By OniTeraal Berrieel ' Washington. Dec 12. Engineering data upon which to make a final de cision between a gradty and pumped supply of water for the $300.000,000 Co- . near ' PRIEST'S MOTHER DIES Mount-Angel College,. St. Benedict, IXfC 12. Rev. Alcuin HeibeL O. S. B lpan of studies at Mount Angel col- It pe," received word from Jordan, Minn., that his mother died Saturday. He 1 returned from visiting his mother a i t. eek . agoV v..'.-. I Good for Men Cantilever Shoes are comfortable and good for men with good feet or bad feet. Cantilevers are pro perly shaped to follow the lines of the foot without looking too darned o r t h opedic The arch is flexible for healthy exercise of foot muscles, and gives enough natural support to be appreciated. CANTILEVER SHOE STORE 353 Alder St., Medical Bldg PORTLAND, ORE. lumbia rivet lrrigatk project Spokane. ' is not complete and should be supplemented by 'further impartial injuiry, said Arthur Davis, director of tha U. S. reclamation' service, on his return to Washington, today after five months absence..-.Mr; Davis wUI ap pear Wednesday before the bouse- com mittee on irrigation to discuss the Co lumbia basin project. Mr. Davis pointed out today that be ij.na Br mad there should ba adequate consideration of the fullest irrigation development in muuuusuni as. well aa in Montana, and Idaho, and that It must be done which will, place legal limitations of interference on fu ture irrigation or power projects. . AWMKl..ft war nt thioVtf is working In the vicinity of Frosser and farmers have reported large losses of chickens, turkeys and hogs. - ' , Shantung Peninsula Eepbrted to Be in State of Anarchy (Spseial -CsMe " to Tbe Joaroal - and Chicace Dauy Nam.) ' : (CDprrisU. 122) ; Shahaj,.Tec. .lSw---AccordIng to lo cal 'reports, the. entire Shantung pen insula. ; including Tsing Tao,' is in a state of anarchy i and Is overrun, by bandits and .. deserters from,.: General Chang rrso-LIn'a army. 1 They are loot ing, murdering, capturing and holding government : officials for ransom. This situation arose -s1 the : result of tha Japanese -evacuation on December 1. while the Japanese asked that this be postponed Until , December .10. Both aides were obdurate. The Japanese re fused to assume responsibility "beyond the specified date China, i as f usval was unprepraed to meet the situation. They are now' sending 800 soldiers In the vain hope of, suppressing-the bandit hosta. - - HAS . SLEEPrjTO SICK3TESS -A, ease of lethargic encephalitis or sleeping sickness was 'reported to the city health office lloaday. Tbe Tictim Is Henry J. Ola, a machinist, aged SO, and be is at the Good Samaritan hos pital. - -He , has 'been In a comatose condition for 11 days.. Ols came from Spokane October .26 and was, "located at the, T. .M. C A-. whence he was sent to' the - hoapital December 1. . Sahara Desert to ; Be Undertaken by ; Auto December 15 (Special Cable, to The Jooraal sd Cfaicaee DaUr Kewm.) . .. " (Cofjnht, .S t , Paris, rec. 12. A ' party ' of ' hardy French pioneers will set out on JDec berl5,f rom Taggart, Algeria, la "cat erpUlar automobile, manufactured by a Paris company, to; carry Hut the, long heralded ride across th Sahara desert. It is hoped that the party , will reach Timbuctoo, on the Niger, river, :1n the early . part, of - January.. ; ; ' .1 G. M. Haardt. leader of the expedi tlon. baa just left Maraeillea for Al giers. , This experiment has considerable Im portance in the economic development of. the French colonial empire. If It is., successful it may develop a cheap method of communication between Al geria, and Senegal end may obviate the necessity for the construction of a trans-Sahara railroad. " &K. JOBS 'JEWETT -DABBT" ,' Ponww, : Wash.. Jec.' II. FMneral services for Dr.' John Jewett Darby were held here Monday at the -home of hia sister, Mrs.. G w Jewett, Dr. Darby died hkt the. Marine " hospital in- Port ' Townsend, JFrlday. , following an operation. -He was- born in' Pom- roy, jsovember 14, 190, and sri groduated from the medical school of -the University f Oregon at Portland. After the war he practiced for a time at La Grande. Or. Hia wife survives. - A brother, Dr. J. A. Derby, resides In Kelso, Wast, . and two. sisters, Mrs. R K. Bangs and Miss Bertha, Darby, In 'Portland.? 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