THE , OREGON SUNDAY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , SUNDAY- MORNING, -DECEMBER .17,, 1922.
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PROSECUTORS TO
GIVE SUPPORT TO
UV SCHOOL FUND
More Adequate Housing of U. at
0. Institution Would Be Pro
vided by $70,000 Gifts.
University of Oregon. Eugene. Dec
16. A resolution drawn and submitted
by District Attorney Stanley Myers of
" Multnomah county urging the Oregon
, State -iBar association to support a
movement to provide a fund to more
adequately house the University of
Oregon law, school was adopted by
, unanimous vote at the concluding ses
aion of fetate district attorneys here to
. day. V: . . '
The bar association is asked to en
; courage from the legal fraternity the
- contribution of $35,000, which, it is
hoped, will be "matched by an equal
sum from other groups or organiza-
tions. This will provide adequate hous
? 4ng, for . the law school, which now
- holds classes on the top of the Oregon
building on the campus, and fireproof
accommodations to house the Kennem
Jjucas Kenton memorial library, which
contains about 8000 volumes. The
memorial Ubrsfry was the gift of Judge
W. T. Fenton of Portland and is
-valued at $50,000.'
Dean W. G. Halo of the law school
expressed his appreciation of the reso
lution after, District Attorney Myers
had 'commended the work of the law
school.
So many women have taken advan
tage of the privilege of claiming ex
emption as Jurors, particularly those
living in the more sparsely settled sec
tions, that the law making women
I eligible for jury service has been prac-
tically nullified, R. Justin Miller, pro
t sessor of law at the University of
: Oregon, told the convention he ad
! vocated the repeal of that section of
the law that gives women the right to
I claim exemption.
RESOLUTIONS YIGOROTJS
Stopping the flow of illicit liquor,
halting the practice of releasing "from
1 the insane asylum defendants who
; have been acquitted on grounds of in
4 sanity, speeding up convictions by al-
lowing a defendant to plead guilty
: without waiting for a grand Jury in
f dictment, and abolition of the right of
I women to refuse Jury duty, made up
the resolutions passed today before
I adjourning.
f. Asserting that the prohibition law
has proven, a benefit to the nation and
expressing; confidence in the work of
federal prohibition officers in Oregon,
the convention, by resolution, corn
s' mended the president of the United
; States for his stand in favor of law
? enforcement and pledged him their un
1 divided support in strict enforcement
i of the dry laws.
' In this regard, preliminary drafts
: were submitted of three statutes that
; will be. referred to a legislative com
mittee for submission to the state
legislature and their passage urged by
that body.
They are :
? BOOZE BILLS OFFERED
',.1. ' A bill to require all stills In the
state of Oregon to be registered with
the county clerk of the counties in
which they are situated, and making
fc -. the possession of an unregistered still
or a still a violation of the federal
law, and the possession of mash and
.': other products intended for fenrienta-
i; rtion' and distillation a crime; the ob-
vject being to make the punishment of
; "moonshiners more certain and drastic.
i" ,. 2. A bill . for the - forfeiture to the
state of boats, vehicles and other con
veyances used in the transportation or
concelament of intoxicating liquors.
. S. A bill making it a felony to
.'manufacture, transport or sell intoxi
cating liquors while armed with a
"- deadly weapon.
- ' W. S. lievens. Baker: George Neuner
Jr., Douglas ; il SUpp, Clackamas, and
R. I. Keator, Umatilla, composed the
."needed legislation" committee that
f 'drafted the three bills.
I. S. May of Seattle, president of
"f'-the Northwest Sheriffs' and Police as
sociation, made the most striking ad-
'v-dress of the day's session. He advo
- -cated a department of criminology at
the University of Oregon similar to
,that at the University of California.
May declared the United States is
the most backward nation in the world
'in its methods of detecting crime. He
said trained investigators are needed
' ..On police forces.
i', , Officers were elected for the f ollow-
ing year as follows: President, Clyde
:N. Johnston, Lane; vice president, W.
"' i, S. lievens. Baker, and secretary, Ben
i Fisher, Coos.
Legal Battle on
Deportation Order
Is Set for Dec. 29
v Hearing on the. Bessie Bigny.peti
tion for a writ of habeas corpus
against a deportation warrant Issued
, by the immigration department, lias
. been set for, December 29 by Federal
Judge Wolverton.
Mrs. BIgny. a Russian Pole, was
formerly Mrs. Harry Fisher. While
Mrs. Fisher, she was ordered deported
i as an undesirable alien, both she and
. . Fisher . being . alliens. Fisher was
'thereafter convicted of violating the
I Harrison narcotic law and sentenced
to nine months in the county jail. Un
" known to her husband Mrs. Fisher
' obtained a divorce and married Horace
Bigny, a naturalized American, which
her attorney contends gives her Amer
', lean citisenship and guarantees her
4 from deportation.
' immigration officials .disagree with
' the interpretation Mrs. Big6y has put
5 on the citisenship laws, and hold she
'cannot commit an act after she was
ordered deported, that would bring her
. immunity from deportation.
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District attorneys of the state concluded a two-days' convention - la
Eugene, Saturday, held at the invitation of toe .University of Oregon
school of law and District Attorney ; Clyde N. Johnstan of lane
county. : District Attorney Stanley M'yers ot Multnomah county pre
sided over the convention. The illustration above shows the dele
gates at luncheon in the Woman's building on the university campus.
POLICE SUBMIT
TO FINGERPRINT
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Open Opposition to New System
Fails to Develop; Photos of
'Portland's Finest' to Be Taken
Threatened revolt at police head
quarters, scheduled" to' come off when
Chief Jenkins began to enforce his
order that all policemen be finger
printed, failed to materialize.
,Not even a joking objection was
raised Saturday, when commanding
officers ordered their men to place
their digits on the little pad. The
same was true , also when the notice
was read that all members of the
force are to be photographed immedi
ately after Christmas.
When the order was first issued, De
cember 5, it was branded as an insult
not to be tolerated. When the uproar
became so loud as to reach the ears
of the chief, and even to be carried
as far as the city hall, when Mayor
Baker got an earful, the . mayor and
the chief announced that all who had
any objections could voice them
a-plenty and then be charged with in
subordination. When the disgruntled
members found their bluff had been
called, any threatened revolt and or
ganized, effort to combat the order died
instantly.
The feverish atmosphere at head
quarters has been somewhat cooled
down by a statement given out . by
Chief Jenkins to commanding officers,
that the much despised order is not
meant to find out how many patrol
men have served prison sentences, but
to start a reference library for fur
ther use. It is expected that the sys
tem will be valuable when new mem
bers are added to the force.
One more step in the shakeup re
mains. The patrolmen and "officers
must now make out a table showing
their financial status, how much land
they own. how many automobiles and
what kind they drive and the sources
of their incomes.
Two veteran inspectors will go over
the records, and where cause for sus
picion Is shown, further investigations
will be made. The system is not so
stinging as some of the angered ones
suspected, as the accusing finger will
not be pointed at anyone unless rea
sonable cause for so doing is shown.
Thus no one is accused of dishonesty
unless he produces such evidence as
would necessitate more intimate in
quiries. $500 Offered for
Arrest of Alleged
Tacoma Absconder
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Tacoma, Dec 16. (U. P.) A price of
$500 was set on the arrest ana aeirvery
of Spencer Conrow, absconding assist
ant manager of the Bank of Cali
fornia, today. The bank announced
the reward through Special Agent T.
N. Henry of the department of justice.
The amount will be paid upon delivery
of the man to any United States of
ficer. Conrow, who disappeared August .3
is accused of embessling $6000 of the
bank's funds. He was last reported
as having been seen at Takima, Wash
October 23, in company with an un
identified couple, who traveled in "a
Ford coupe.
Hawk Flies Into
Schoolroom With
Sparrow in Its Bill
"Pasco, Wash., Dec. 16. Principal
Williams and pupils at the high
school were startled Thursday
when a window in the building. was
shattered -and a targe hawk ap
peared through the opening. The
bird half circled the room and
dropped stunned before Williams'
desk. It had an English sparrow
in its bill, which leads to the be
lief that the sparrow had been sit
ting on the window sill and that,
in making a dash for its prey, the
hawk had failed to notice the ob
structing window glass. j
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Record of 133
Cars of Logs in
Six Days Made
St. Helens. Dec.t 16. The Deer
Island Logging company has es
tablished a. record in logging for
the Columbia rivers district, having
put out in six consecutive days 133
carloads of logs, -approximately
1,330,000 feet This record was
made under conditions similar to
the record for the "Grays Harbor
country of 122 carloads made by
the Greenwood Logging company
last month. But one side was op
erated in each case. The Wash
ington crew put out more than
1,000,000 feet of logs in 6 V days.
Two Men Held for
Vicious Attack on
Wife of Filipino
Two men are in the city jail, charged
by the state with a brutal attack Fri
day night upon Mrs. Pauline Pisito,
pretty young wife of a Filipino in a
hotel at No. 545 Washington street.
The attack was most aggravated, ac
cording to the story told to Deputy
District Attorney Kirk. Mrs. Pisito
said the beasts grabbed her while she
was in the hallway and dragged her
Into a nearby room. They kept her
there, she said, for a -long period, final
ly releasing her.
The men were arrested on a. disor
derly conduct charge at 9 :30 p. m.
Friday and then charged with assault.
They were identified by the woman
as her assailants and are now held on
a very serious charge; withbail placed
at $5000 each. They gave the names
of Roger Niklos and Gordon Jones.
Helix and Vicinity
To Have Big Tree
Helix, Dec. 16. Helix and the sur
rounding country will enjoy a com
munity tree and exercises at the
Christian church on Christmas eve.
The Commercial club is backing the
enterprise, will furnish a treat for all
the children of the vicinity and will
erect a big tree on the public square
a week before the holidays. The pub
lic school children will present the
cantata "Santa Claus Vision." Shut
ins will be serenaded with Christmas
carols. The committee on arrange
ments is Dan Mcltyre, Charles Alspacb
and Fred Moes : finance committee,
J. S. Norvell, Mack Smith and Jack
Thomas.
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MOUHJOPS
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Many cf Them Pack Wood Long
1 Distance tor Cabins; Always
Have. Eye PeefeU for Fires.
By H. M. Wslte
Columbia National Forest
During the . autumn, winter and
spring he lives -on his 40-acre home
stead In the Lewis River valley, clear
ing the stumps and , slowly bringing
the land into a state of cultivation'.
When summer cornea he climbs to the
top of Mount ' St. - Helens, where he
Uvea in a glass-ribbed bouse and keeps
watch over the- mountains and val
leys i of the national forest -for the
telltale smoke that marks the start
ing fire, which, if not extinguished
quickly, may destroy , timber worth
thousands of dollars and turn the cool
green forest into a blackened waste.
When the sun hides its face behind
the clouds, the only heat he has comes
from the oil stove on which he cooks
bis meals, ' and often in the height of
summer, when you and I are enjoying
cool breeses that relieve us from the
beat of the lowlands, he is chilled by
a high, cold wind -or by the icy fog
that gathers around his dwelling.
PACKS HIS WOOI
To obtain food supplies and oil for
his stove he must make, may trips to
the base of the mountain, from which
he carries: these things on his back,
over boulders and pumice, ice and
snow, up from an altitude of S200 feet
to an altitude of almost 9700 feet in a
distance of six miles. Not only do
these trips demand the hardest kind
of toil, but they involve risk of injury
or death, for there is no one part of the
route, not to be avoided, across which
rocks loosened by the melting ice and
snow, roll almost . constantly.
Last summer a rock large enough
to : have demolished a house, passed
directly over his head, as he crouched
on the mountain side to avoid it.
LIFE IS XOITEtY
He carries the greater part of his
supplies to the summit in the early
part of the season, before the fire
danger has become acute, and makes
additional trips only when the top of
the mountain is enveloped in clouds so
that he cannot see the country. At all
times when the weather is clear he
is on the watch. Even while cooking
his meals he pauses often to scan the
landscape in every direction.
Such Is the life of George Snitzler of
Cougar, Wash., one of the many look
out men who lead lonely lives in high
places during the summer, playing
their very important part in the sys
tem that protects millions of acres
of forested land throughout the coun
try. WATCH FOB FIRES
The protective system of the United
States forest service is comparable in
some ways to the fire department of
a great city. On the tops of high
peaks throughout the national forests
glass-ribbed houses, exactly like the
one on Mount St. Helens, are erected
and anchored fast with cables, in
these houses live the lookout men.
who are the eyes of the protective
system.
There are 10 such lookouts on the
Columbia national forest, and together
they command a view of nearly all of
this forest, as well as much territory
outside the boundary and parts of the
Rainier national forest to the north
and the Oregon national forest to the
south. These men keep constant
watch for fires and when one of them
sights a fire he quickly climbs to the
lookout tower, if he is not already
there, and determines its beanfng from
his station with his locating instru
ment, which is similar to a compass,
but simpler and ' more accurate.
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He then makes descriptive notes of
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LOOKOUT ON ;MT. ST.- HEIiENS
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Lft "to Tight n lookout on Mount
areas from tire, reporting by telephone any trouble In the district.
For the greater part of the year
roof. One of the forest rangers
the lookout station:
the fire ' and telephones all this in- j
formation to the forest ranger's head- j
quarters.
Stationed throughout the forest, one,
two or three in a place, are firemen
with necessary tools and three days'
rations packed, ready to respond to
the fire alarm. While waiting for pos
sible fire calls these men are not idle.
They are constructing or repairing
trails and roads over which fire fight
ing crews may be taken, or working
on telephone lines which must be kept
In good condition. But their main
duty is to go to fires.
When the ranger receives notice of
a fire from one or more lookouts,
usually more, he marks Its location n
his map and telephones the nearest
firemen, who go and put it out. -EFFICIENCY
SHOWS
So efficient Is this system that In
clear weather fires many miles away
have been located within 40-acre tracts
and firemen started to them within IB
minutes after they were sighted by
the lookouts. During a lightning
storm on the Columbia national forest
last summer a ranger received in one
hour reports from lookouts of 88
lightning fires, all of which were ex
tinguished before they did any dam
age. The mountain peaks on the Columbia
national forest selected for lookout
points are all below an elevation of
6000 feet, except Mount St. Helens and
Mount Adams, whose elevations are
9671 feet and 12,307 feet, respectively.
The difficulty and expense of main
taining lookouts on these high moun
tains is justified mainly by the addi
tional protection they afford in smoky
weather. ,
LOCAL ME3f BEST 1
Their lofty summits rise above the
smoke blanket and, at times when the
vision of men on lower peaks extends
only a short distance from their sta
tions, the watchers on these two moun
tains can see a fire that sends a col
umn of fresh smoke up through the
general layer, just as an aviator,
traveling high in the air, can spot new
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St. XTelens who gnards tbo forest
his little home is snowed In to the
packing In over a mountain trail to
fires .when : the general topography is
hidden beneath a pall of smoke.
The men who occupy these lookout
stations are nearly all settlers within
or near the forest, as are also those
who act as ' firemen. Local men are
best for these positions, because they
know the country and have a nersonal
interest In protecting the forest near
weir homes. '
LIKE OUTDOOK LIFE
xney are experienced woodsmen.
well able to scale the mountain peaks
or seek out fires in rough and rugged
country, and they love their outdoor
life amid the splendor of the mountains
and the beauty of the forests. .
To those who climb the snow-peaks
or visit lower lookout stations in the
course or their travels thrpugh the
xorest, me tooKout men : are glad to
renoer any assistance -that will not
mienere wita tnelr work of watching
for firea Helping the traveling public
bv furnishing information, and in other
ways, ' is cneir secondary duty. That
mey no it wnoiejieartedly, and often
go beyond what is expected of them,
is shown by the commendation they
have received - from their viaitnr.
Numerous, instances to illustrate this
could be related, but one. must suffice
w ol uus article.
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frot sSfJrft l?- mountaineers
from SeatUe and Tacoma had their
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annual outing in the Rainier and Co
lumbia national forests, climbing both
Mount 'Adams and Mount St. Helena
When they arrived at Spirit Lake
ranger station, at the foot of Moont
St. ; Helens. It was rainy weather and
the lookout man had come dowa .for
supplies,
That evening he become acquainted
with members of the party and talked
with them about bis life on the moun
tain. .The friendly bearing of the man,
his courteous and Intelligent answers
to their questions, his -ready witall
combined to make him a welcome ad
dition to the party gathered around
the campflre. f
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Very early the next morning he set
out up the mountain, and when the
climbers, numbering 67, arrived at his
station several hours behind hlra, they
found an ample supply of doughnuts
and hot tea which he bad made for
their refreshment. .The whole-hearted
hospitality : that found, expression , in
this unexpected, act of thoughtfulness
was deeply appreciated by the moun
taineers. It was, x think, one or the
qualities of this lookout man that led
a prominent memner or mat organ
isation to speak ,of i him i as ."one of
nature's noblemen.
I have written of Mr." Snltsler par
ticularly, because one of the pictures
accompanying this article is of him
and bis mountain borne,, and because
bis station is located on a snow-peak.
Next year there will be a lonely watch
er on Mount Adams also.
SHITE R BY STOTB
For the past three season, there have
been men working on this mountain
at Intervals, but not until last summer
was the house completed. The two
men engaged in finishing it also had
tbeir hardships. -;
For four days during the August
storm they shivered by their oil stove,
or rolled themselves In their blankets.
while a 60-mile gale made it Impossible
to go outside and ice-formed a foot
thick all over the house. It was just
after this experience that they were
visited by the mountaineers, who found
them on the job, cheerful, and ready
to help wherever help was needed.
Tailors Pick New
Officers; Select
Oregon Delegates
Election of officers for the ensuing
year and the selection of delegates to
the national convention to be held in
January in Oakland were features of
the metinr ' the Merchant Tailors'
association held, last week. . Oscar M.
Smith, was elected president ; J. R.
Grek, vice president ; Albert Bittner,
second vice president ; Werner Fetter-
son, treasurer, and Fred Collins, sec
retary.
A special car will carry Oregon del
egates to Oakland, leaving the city
January 6. From the asssoclation
delegates chosen include : G. H. Reed,
G.' W. Stose, August Benson, H. J.
vravtek. tL E. Hat' av and A. E. Brick-
on. Commltte chairmen to have charge
of exhibits at the convention include
N A. Fahlen, exhibits: 'Oscar ; Nor
man, membership; George Kramer,
entertainment; K. S. Ervin. publicity;
E. C Peterson, arbitration, and E.
Johnson, finance. . - .
EXPRESS OFFICIALS HERE
Ll O. Head, assistant to the vice
president of the American Railway Ex
press company, and. M. Whittle.
general manager of the same organ!
cation, arrived Saturday to look over
express company property in uiw oity.
The visitors conferred with rail orfl
cials of the city 'during the day.
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Bill Passed by Deputies Makes
It Illegal for Foreigners to
Buy Property Without Notice.
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Paris, Dec is. Myron T. " Hertick.
American ambassador to' France, . on
instructions from -Washington, has
protested 'to the- French , government
against a -bill recently passed by the '
chamber of deputies, but not yet sub
mitted to the senate, making, it Ilk-gal
ror foreigners to buy property in
France without a special, permit front .
the French government -'-r-
Tbe proposed law to which .-exception
is taken has retroactive clauses
which lays an obligatory Injunction :
upon all foreigners of whatever nation
ality who now. own real estate here
to declare their holdings . within - six'
months or be forced to sell out.' This
affects thousands of American in
dividuals as well as business bouses;
it also' hits leases extending over a
period of nine years as: well aa pur
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AHERICASS HIT .;
"Non-Frenchmen, who buy or. lease
hereafter must submit a statement of
their intentions to the minister of the
interior, who on bis side is allowed a
period of three months in which to.
decide upon the advisability of grant
ing or rejecting a petition. -
Although In do sense aimed at .
Americans the new . measure v has
aroused considerable ' anxiety among
American businessmen In Paris, and
the American Chamber of Commerce,
after a , thorough investigation, has
come , to the 'conclusion that it will
harm Franco-American commercial re
lations. Walter Berry, ex-president
of the Chamber of Commerce, is said
to have1 gone personally - to Premier
Polncare to point out the American
views.
B. H. Connor, - a prominent Faris
lawyer, has discovered that the pro-
posed law infringes on aa old - con
sular treaty concluded between the
United States and France in 1853. Am
bassador Herrick probably drew his
protest along the lines of conventions.
If exasperated by government con
trol it is pointed out there is nothing
to prevent American capitalists from,
deserting France for Italy or Ger
many in the future. 1
The writer was told that another,
bill is in , preparation which alms . to ;
submit certain categories of foreign
business, such as chemistry, brokerage
and banking, to a rigorous invests ga-
"You must think that tbs Americans
have been singled out for special pun
ishment." said M. Felix Uoville, chair
Ran of the chamber of deputies com
mittee which put through the property
purchase bilL ' ;
"France would be crasy to put re
strictions in the way of American cap
ital which she needs for reconstruc
tion purposes. Even though Texas
and California forbid Frenchmen from
owning property there, we have no de
siTe to introduce similar measures
EEL wT simply want to establish
IhTrigbt or control over the activities
of b Auspicious .class of forelgnera"
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