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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1918)
APPROVE BILL I Uli1 lull GOOD TASTE IN ACARMEiii TURNING OVER CALIFORNIA' OIL Representatires of Coast In terests Favor Government - ...Control of Wells v . WASIIINOTON. May G. Repre sentatives of the oil Interests on the Ihtriric coast in conference today with Secretarr Daniels and Mark I. r- V ) '. In pressing upon our fellow citizens the claims of Governor Withyeombe to reelection, there are many subjects which we couhl emphasize; his sterling honesty, his clean ami genuine private life, the fidelity with. which 'he-has' discharged the routiiieTduties of his office, his zeal for law enforcement,; his demoeratie manners, his faculty for - keeping ?in touch with the people; his receptiveness to suggestion from all classes of citizens, the sound common sense which he has brought to bear on all public prohlems, his sustained interest in the development of the state, his intimate familiarity with its resources, his interest; in everything which makes for the welfare and intellectual development of the people, his fulfillment of every pledge he has made.' - , In a community which, is accustomed to reelect officials who have made ! good, the matters aldve emphasized alAmdantly justify, our claims that (ovenior .AVitliycomle should haVe a second term. Hut we are ahle to supporttthis claim by reasons still more cogent. In Ma' 1915, four months after he took office and two years before our entrauee-into the European waf, at a conference held at Seattle of the governors of t lie western states, Governor "WithycGmbe took pronounced ground in favor of preparedness. A week he fore our declaration of war he presided over a great patriotic meeting at Salem.' On April ll. 191Ti he marched on foot at the head of the great patriotic parade in Part land. He did all in his power to en courage enlistment and had as much prjde as any one in Oregon in the fact that the state furnished by volunteer enlistment ninety- two per cent of its quota, no other state furnishing to exceed seventy-six per cent. , ; The only member of his family of military age applied three times to enlist as a private. The first two times he was rejected on jhysieal grounds, but he persisted and is now with the colors. " The influence of his office has been constantly exerted to keep the spirit of the people at white heat and to maintain at their maxi mum efficiency the Oregon industries related td War activities., Gov ernor Withyeombe has consistently denounced all forms of disloyalty. He has organized the state to resist the 'cti tit ies of the I.W. W. H is wholly duetto his prompt and vigorous action that the logging .CAMOUFLAGE, SAYS MAYOR TO HAMILTON (Contlued from page. 1) an elimination of a portion of the fluster lights during the months of Mar, Jane. July, August and Sep tember. By, the new arrangement 104 cluster light posts in the city will hunt top lights only all night at a cost of $2 -a month for each post. The sat Inn by the month to the city will be IS4.50. - t 4 '''. S i'anilvald Allowed. ' ' . ,Th Falem fraternal OTders-are to cond uc t , street ca rn i v als during the week beginning.. May 20, and were granted permission by the! council last night to operate without license. The orders are the ' Maccabees and the Moose. The former are to oc cupy the whole of Church street from court to State, and the por tion of the streets to be occupied by . Make Your Shabby Auto Look New There's no need of rusty fenders and hood, dull body or a shabby looking top on your auto. A little time and a trifling expense for Acme Quality Motor car Finish and your old car can be made epic and ; span. Refinishing your car is not difficult with ACME QUALITY MOTOR CAB FINISH Call at out store for color samples and let us show you the proper materials to use for each part of your carhood, fenders, body, top, etc., and how each should be applied to secure the best result. SALEH HARDWARE CO., Inc. 120 North Commercial St., Salem, Oregon ? 1 ft' " ' f" ! ' ' ' - ' '- ' ' - ' V' (jovtVnor Jaiucs the Moose is to be decided through negotiations with the street commit tee, i ' hi - ; - Announcement was made that the Cherry City Flouring mills have, bought out the Capital City mills. Certain street Improvements were petitioned for by the Cherry. City company last night and the city re corder and the street committee were directed to enter Into a contract with the company. Buildings located on the premises of the Capital City miljs are tot be moved to the premises of th Cherry City company. Three property owners who have failed to bond property in the speci fied time petitioned the council to be allowed .to bond and the petitions were granted." certificates of delin quency; cot yet having been issued. ;Mut ttuiid Sidewalks. All pefsons who within the last year hve been notified to build side wafks must build them at once, by "Withveoinbe eamps in Oregon were running 'for two months in the summer of 11)17, when the logging camps of Washington were closed down. The care of the trooj has leen constantly on the governor's heart. He was attentive to them while they were in the state and his ringing telegram to the War Department led 'to the abandon ment of tiie insanitary camp at Mineola, Long Island. , From the first to last Governor Withyeombe has scdrned to play politics with the critical situations whicli have risen in these .errible times. , r ' - Is it the part of wisdom in the midst of thlsgreat war to dis place such an official and to take a chance oil his successor! Alraham Lincoln said in the midst of the presidential campaign of 1BC4, while our Civil War was in progress: i ' X "It is not lest to swap horses while crossing the stream." Tllelieving tkatfnll other considerations should be subordinated to the winning 'ofthe great, war, we ask for the renomination and reelection of Oregon's fearless, zealous, patriotic war governor. ' . MRS. F. R. COOK, Portlr.nd. MRS. WILLIAM C. ALVOIID. Portland. W. II. GORE, Medford. LESLIE HUTLER, IM id River. - WILLIAM WAL1 ACE VOUNGSO.M,' Port land. GEORGE CHANDLER, Halter. . C. li. IIAWLEY, McCoy. . CONRAD P. OLSON, Portland.' R: A. -EMM ITT, Klamath Falls. ' THOS. It. KAY, Salem. ALICE II. (Mrs. Rollin K.) PAGE, Salem. MRS. EDGAR C. MICHENER, Portland. , ' F. S. CURL, Pendleton. P. A. YOUNKJ, Albaii R. X AVISON, Salem E: V. LlT'fLEFIELD, Portland! ED. E. KIDDLE, IslandMty. . DAVID M. DUNNE, Prtland. F. D. McCULLY, Josepli. v . J. E. HALL, Portland.' Tote of the council last night. . The counciloted to allow the members or the fire department to place a concrete floor In the north half of the basement of the city hall. The sum of $50 was transferred by vote from the general fund y the city park board. An ordinance amendment was given first, second and third leadings and passed providing 125 license fee for auctioneers covering a period of three months. An ordinance was given three read ing and passed creating the position of mechanic in the fire department carrying a salary of f 95 a month. : . An ordinance authorizing an Im provement -bond' issue of 98.S33.59 was given three readings and passed. I Newsy Notes of Slate LI - Industrial Growth Orppon Citv Camnalra on for Improvement of west side road be tween kere and Portland - Total bank-deposits In Oregon are 1181,591. 30K.68. Hood River New flour mill com plete here and begins operations. Pendleton Local man bnya CSO head prime beef stock for 1100,000. Astoria--Crown Willamette Paper company to expend $150,000 Instal ling clipping unili near here. Portland Record price of 17 cents a pound was paid for steers In North Portland stockyards April 25. The famished condition of the trade generally contributed much toward forcing this new high level o feral ues which fa the highest price paid on open market for cattle In history of the industry on the Pacifie coast. ..- Klamath Falla Ewtuu Box eoavv pany starts operations with monthly payroll of $10,000. , meet gradually increase -meet greatly Increased cost and maintain their efficiency. Portland Spruce contractsln Or egon total almost $1,300,000 for a wood that was considered almost worthless two years ago., Corvallis New cheese' factory to replace one destroyed by fire. Toledo Railroad to Waldport now seems certain. Work on Jetty wharf has started. Salmon cannery building at Millport on Silet bay. Portland politicians are again piaymg pontics at expense of rest of state by trying to do away with state utility commission. Marshrield Oil drilling to start here soon. It Is estimated It will cost $30,000 a well and several may be drilled. - : Powers Ten new bungalows built here for workmen. Reedsport Ten new bungalows to be built here and It is expected at least fifty, houses will go up this summer. . 1 . " Dallas -Contracts let for building tw county bridges and a. retaining i wall for west end of approach to Sa lem bridge, total $15,592.50. ReedsportLumber company's new mill ready, to begin operating. Portland Shipbuilders from ev cry yard in Portland plan to have a big series of ship launching on oe raslon of coming visit t Portland of Charles M. Schwab, who now heads national shipbuilding program. ' This ought, to wake up the east as to what Oregon can do In shipbuilding. Ontario $95,320.21 contract let for building waterworks here. United States Chamber of Com merce urges Immediate passage by congress of legislation which will make available-at once water powers of nation. . In a statement Issued by Portland Chamber of Commerce covering ship building In the Oregon district, it is shown that where there were six wooden shipbuilding plants Decem ber 10, -191 . there are now seven- both steel and wooden yards has in creased I mm izoo at that time to 25.060 men. The monthlv narmll was $302,400 In December. 191. and now is placed at $2,754,000. It is set forth 18 steel ships have been launched of 13C.400. while there are 94 Vessels on the ways against It In the latter part of 19 ft. The com bined tonnage or vessels building then was 48.000 and those being worked on now Is 370.000 tons. Tne total amourit represented in own tracts has climbed In the same period from $22,250,000 to $155,300,000. This Is strongest argument to show why eveyrthtng possible should be done to encourage . shipbuilding In Oregon. - v TO-DAY IT'S A THRILLER mi SHOW -Req'ua. oil controller for the fufl ad ministration, under which the navy department, by presidential procla mation, will take over and operate all oil and gas wells in the naval oil nuruM in r'nlifnrnla ' This action is expected to pave the way for passage of the measure ani consequent relief from the threat ened oil ramlne In the Paciric coa3l district. The' seriousness of the oil situation on the west coast was first brought to the attention of government offi cials two weeks ago by Pacifie coast publishers, headed by F. W. Kellogg of Ran Francisco., who said the paper Industry In their section wasthreat ened with suspension because of the threatened oil shortage. They conferred with Chairman Pa ruh of fche war Industries board, whfftook them to see Secretary Dan iels. Mark TU Requa. oil controller for the fuel administration, was call ed Into the. conference and later the publishers' representative arranged a conference between Mr. Requa and representatives of claimants to righ's In the naval reserves, who had op posed the opening of the lands pend ing settlement of their claims. RIVER TRAFFIC : COMES TO END Steamer Grahamona Left Sa lem for Last Time Yester day Afternoon Aftei" six rears o? service upon the Willamette. In the course of which she carried thousands of peo ple and hundreds of thousand., of tons of freight between Corvallla and PoTtland. the old propeller Orabw mona left the Salem dock yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock for her last trip down the river. So far as- is now known this will mark the end of regular river traffic on the Willam ette. There is Just a tonch of romance about the old era of river shipipni Just closed and many a person who has patronised the Yellow Stack line during the past twenty-five years will see the . boat pass with some thing like regret. On this occasion the Grahamona carried about twenty passengers, a bunch of livestock and several hun dred tons of' miscellaneous freight. Including eighty sacks of rraln and .several truck loads of old ho 9 wire. Arriving In Portland, the boat will be tied up for the time being await ing nexotfationa for sal or lease, and all warehouse and dock hand re leased. . Rev. E. M. Burke Has Recommendation lor Place Rev. R. M. Iturke. pastor of the Unitarian church, has been recom mended by a special committee, of employers as an assistant firm'labor specialist for Salem and vicinity to work under the direction of J. W. Hrewer. government specialist who has headquarters In Portland. The local committee was to confer Saturday and make the apoplntiuent &t that time, but because of some hitch In the nerotlatlons with Port land the apoplntment of Mr. Burke has not yet, been made. 1 It will prob ably be announced in a, few days. URGES HELP BE GIVEN WOMEN Jeannette Rankin Speaks on War Work Before Meeting of Club Federation - HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. May 6. Renrescntative Jeannett ftnVln nf Montana addressed the fourteenth mennial convention of the General Federation of Women's clubs here tonight on the subject vt "at the front with the vfonjen." she' arced that the women workers oS America be helped, that they be flm fair wares and that thev be elren fair treatment, because their responsibil ity to the nation Is Decerning greater all the time. Governor Charles II. Drough of Arkansas addressed the convnflnn nt the d session on the "World Democracy Opposition to te re-election of Miss Georgia Racon of Massachus etts, first vice president of the fed eration developed late today follow ing the report of the committee on nominations. Members of the Illi nois delegation had decided In state caucus that the state's 115 ymes would not be cast Tor any candidate opposed to woman suffrage. The election takes place tomorrow. This evening Miss Racon made a statement Inhich she declared she did not believe It proper for any one to. use -an official position for the furtherance of Individualistic Ideas. Her statement. It was said, had a mollifying effect upon some of those opposed to her re-ejection. A discussion of the divorce prob lemand universal divorce laws was held this afternoon. The divorce law of Colorado was cited ty a Col orado delegation as Ideal. m m nil vx. w a m 1 v 1 1 mm 11 r I Can't be described, but it can be felt, neyertheless, by ererj j one who sees it. These Waists have that indefinable sore, thing about them which makes them alluring to every wo man who sees them. Dainty, well made Waists are the tzlj sort worth buying . , " j Prom 98c to $5.75 I Onr Prices Always the Lowest Gale & Company Commercial and Court Stteets Formerly Chicago tcrt . Phone 1072 s CAPTAIN NEER THANKS VETS Sends Letter of Appreciation for Gifts From Hal Hib-. bard Czmpr Captain James R. Neer of Com pany M sent a letter of thanks to Hal Jlibbard Camp No. i of the tnlted - 1 -U 11' . . v - u.-. cyauiiu nar inn iur iui ivumiu money which reached the quarters of Company M In France. The letter, which was written to Charles Rrant. quartermaster of the local campil follows: . ; "Tour letter and the packages of tobacco were received in good time and needless. to say I was. glad to get both. The tobacco has been placed where American 'smoking Is very scarce and I am very sure that the boys will remember the Spanish war veterans for their very accept able gift. A gift, coming from a body of men who have worn the O. D. and who have defended the same old Hag. Is all the more heartily re ceived, for we know that vou men can appreciate the circumstances and conditions as they" really exist. "The officers and men of the company are all dolnr nicely and seem to be enjoying their work. Con ditions In general are very good, the men being amply provided for." Steel Laying on liew Bridge (o Start Today ' r v ' a WT as . s w as ametr river brldre will be started by the contractors today, according to Oscar Dllthey. foreman of the sieei construction gang.- The first steel work will be on the west span of the big structure. Derricks are .tt . . . . an re"y ana in place. Ira Newman, one of the steel con struction workers on the new brldre. was a member of the steel gang that was employed on the- present old bridge wentx-seven years ago. lot CA CI HK THAT trKAniE. n alone Ihe hack, diamine, had ache mod k corral lapcuor. Urt iMtrk K( f luthrr i.r.y. AHUHATKLKAK is pi-aanl M-dinal Tea. Cm it at firat algn of cnhL Vhti you feci ail run down, ttrd. wrak and with out enerry use thia remarkable com bination of nature's hcrba and rnota. As a tonic laxative It haa no equal. Mother rays Arwaaallc-Iraf in aol-l by Drurciata or unit by mail for fcS renta. Hamnla FHKK. .ddr-aa. Mo thcr Gray Co, j Itoy. N. 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Faulkner, whom Comstotk : alleged to have protected In In:; -Ing liquor In tin cans labeled ; polish," was Indicted for viola:: 1 of the Reed amendment, which in hibits the Importation of liquor prohibition territory. KasUc 1 bail was ixed at $2000. ' Solvation Army Women Will Decorate Crc::: KEW YORK. May C XifEr day. islK, will find new grartt c American "aoldieta and sailors v died for their country. They w ;r: i : tion army women in France ca t. day will place fresh flowers atd t Stars and Stripes on the graft t since the war began . . Any special desires on the part relatives concerning the grates 1 their loved one will be carried oat detail. If fioatnriartra Wm mr-m. with. New Sho TO-DAY A iMIiKiimVAWClIt .1 . Also Comedy and Wecldj LilUClLV lilCdLl af TUtIlAY, JLIY T, 1918 7? "Every readar f this. "Ni .do:.I'Soo I t s