WK.IT UK II
The Statesman receives tae
1hh4 wire Report of the As
lat4d Press, the greatest
'Cfregon Tuesday fair; moderate
aorfherly winds.
and moit rriltbU press
sociatlon in. the worll. .
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ROAD RETU
RN
IS FACED BY
BIG CRISIS
Demands of Men for Better
Wages May End in Strike
Tying Up Service Through
out the 'Nation
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FATE HINGES ON HINES'
REPLY PLANNED TODAY
Union Men Reported to Be
Ready to Walk Out for
Cause
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. The rail
road administration nearing the ecJ
of Its control over the nation's rail
transportation systems, tonight faced
a critical situation with respect to
the wage demands of more than 2,
000,000 employes. Conferences be
tween Director General Hines and
leaders of the unions, probably will
determine the outcome.
Official of the anions submitted
to the director general at today's
meetings a new scheme which served
to open up all important questions.
Mr. Hines informed them be would
relply tomorrow .
Men Heady to Strike.
' ' Meanwhile W, G. Lee, president of
the Drotherhood of Railroad Train
men,, was pressing Mr. '. Hines for an
answer to J he demands' of his organ
isation. Insisting that trainment were
, ready to strike unless' a satisfactory
settlement was reached.
Railroad administration officials
also received informal notice that
they must contend with a strike call
ed by the brotherhood of mainte
nance ot way employes and shop la
borers.
Further than admitting that he
had given the railroad administra
tion the required 30 days notice of
intention to cancel the present wage
contract on February 23. Mr. Lee de-
cllned to discuss the plans of his or-
ganizatlon. The strike vote was said
to show a large majority of the men
favorable to a strike.
Administration Anxious.
This last phase; of the situation
was giving railroad administration
concern,1 because, should the train
men walk out. an almost complete
tie-up of traffic could be the only
result. The thousands of engineers,
firemen and conductors-could not op
' erate the trains, for in many states
they would be forbidden to work un
der "full crews'TJNfs unless all train
men required werev on duty, it wax
explained. Union by-laws also pro
. hlbit other employes from taking out
trains no . manned by the regulation
number of brakemen.
ICl'GE STRIKE IjOOMS.
DETROIT. Mich., Feb. 10. Fail
ure of the railroad unions and Direc
tor General Hines to reach an agree
ment at the' Washington conference
may result in a general walkout of
railway workers, according to Allan
E. Barker, president of the brother
hood of maintenance of way em
ployes and railway shop laborers who
yesterday called a strike of his union
for February 17.
A message received at headquar
ters here late today, Mr. Barker stat
ed, tonight, indicated that the heads
of 13 railrdadmen's organizations
now in Washington would "stand pat
and act as a unit" in pressing their
wage demands.
He reiterated his statement, that
the resources of the union would be
used in fighting any possible court
action to- prevent the strike.
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Triangle
v 1 Man never thinks of his Socks until (and then he thinks aloud). I
HI i :i i LI.f J -L.'I- V
! come on, now, lay in a supply ana gc noieies iwr a wuue. muuuvc m I
II for this reminder. J
I ; 300 Pairs of Sox
I At 30c a Pair '
$500,000 Gift Is Given
Legion by Y. M. C. A. Body
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Feb.
lO.rA gift of more than $500,
"00 from the national war work
council iof the Y.M.C.A. has
been accepted by the national
leciillat t VA rimmiftad f .Iia
American Legion, it was an-
nouneed loday.
The money is the surplus left t
in the Y.M.C.A. treasury after 4
remittance by the American and
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, portal ion charges for post ?up- I
plies during the war
The money, it was said
will;
De nein oy the legion as a trim
fund for five VPirs. Thprp me
no restrictions as to its use.
I. W. W. STRIKE
TIES UP MINES
ON UTAH VEINS
One Alleged Agitator Held in
Jail; Trouble Is Not
Expected
$1 DAY RAISE DEMANDED
Other Members of Union Are
Expected to Leave Jobs
Today
BINGHAM, Utah. Feb. 10. Three
of the six copper mining companies
operating in the Bingham area sus
pended work late today because of
the strike of miners affiliated with
metal mine workers union No. 8 00.
I.W.W., here today. Three hundred
men failed to report for work thl
morning and tonight many more had
joined the strikersr
The men demand a flat wage in
crease of $1 daily and betterment of
working conditions and also stipu
late that their eight hour work day
must begin when they reach the mine
entrances and not the working
heretofore, they claim that in some
Instances the underground workers
lose two hours daily coming to and
from the mine entrances.
About two. thousand of the five
thousand miners in Bingham are
said to be affiliated with the I.W.W
and tomorrow it is expected more
will strike.
An alleged agitator was picked up
tonight. He is held In the county
Jail.
Authorities do not expect trouble
but have taken precautionary meas
ures to prevent it and also to pro
tect property.
It is rumored the Bingham strike
is the first of a series of the I.W.W.
may try to start in various Utah
mining camps, in some of which they
have large memberships.
Man of Legal Age Cannot
Be Adopted, Says Brown
One adult man does not have th
legal right in Oregon to adopt an
other adult man. This information
is furnished by Atorn?y ; General
Brown to E. A. Rogers, president or
the Montezuma Mountain Ranch
school. Inc.. at Los Gatos. Calif., an
institution which is advertised on its
letter heads as engaged in the busi
ness of "boy building."
The letter says that a man of 40
wishes to adopt another man of 2!
years so that he can make him his
heir. The home of the young man is
in Oregon.
Such an adoption is impossible un
der the laws of this state.
Natural grey in color medium weight, and
a liberal sprinkling of wool too
These Socks fill a between season want for men in many walks of
lifo whose time is spent out of doors.- They are much better than
coarse cotton socks and much cheaper than either fine wool or cot
ton. Frosty or damp mornings are in order now. Remember there
aro only 300 pairs of these one weight, one color, one price.
Linen Collars
AWFUL DEATH:?R"M'.ST.,S .prlI.EEtC0N0MICAL
METED L W. WJ
VICTIM TOLD
Doctor Who Attended Warren I
Grimm Says It Would Have ;
Been Impossible to Save
Man Shot by "Reds"
.are compelled to purchase it llietn-
selves, in limited quantities, and mav
lAfKFT OF RIII I FT THAT!""1 'ha"e their patients for it. un-
SLEW YOUTH IDENTIFIED
Hotel Man Produces Testi-f
mony Showing Presence of
Defendants in Town
MONTKSANO, Wash.. Feb. in.
Warren O. Grimm. Centralia Armis
tice Day: parade victim for whose
murder 11 alleged L W. W. are on
J trial here, was so mortally wounded
mat u wouin nave oeen lmpossiuit
to save his life, according to Dr. G
A. Scace. Centralia physician who at
tended Grimm, who testified todav
at the trial of the eleven defendants
Dr. Scace in his testimony told
of attending Grimm shortly after he
was shot. The wound, he. said, tore
such a wide hole through Grimm'
body that death was only a matter
of minutes after he was taken to the I
hospital. The bullet entered on the'
left side, emerging on the right side,
about two inches lower than the
place where it entered.
RnUet Jacket Ide ntified
"Hurry- up and do something."
Grim said, the physician testified.
Tha jacket of the bullet was Identi
fied in evidence.
Dr. Scace occupied the stand for
the last hour of the session, court
taking a recess for nearly an hour
pending his arrival here from Cen
tralia. He also testified as to the
wounds of Arthur McElfresh and
Ben Casagranda. two other victims
the snooting; of finding part of the
bullet in the head of McElfresh. and
of the wounds of John Watt. Eugene
Pfitzer and B. W. Eubanks. whr
were shot, but recovered. Cross-ex
amination by the defense was under
'ay when court adjourned.
Descriptions Gruesome
Dr. Scace's description of the
men killed was gruesome, especially
when he described the action of the
jacketed bullet which pierced
Grimm's body.
Dr. David Livingstone, coronor or
Lev.-is county was expected to tes
tify today, but failed to arrive. D
was expected he would take the
stand tomorrow.
Fred W. Hansen, owner of the
Avalon hotel, identified the register
of the lodging house, testifying as
J to the occupancy of the rooms there
November 4 to 11, inclusive by Bert
Bland and James Mclnerny, two o'
the defendants. He will be called
later by the defense, it was indicat
ed today, vrhen Attorney Vander
veer apked the court to keep him un
der subpoena.
Two Flyers Fall To Death
When Plains Strihe in A'tr
mien riain.3 dirine in fir.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Feb. 10.
Lieutenants Harry O. Smith and Har
ry Brokaw. both of the 94th aero
sqadron. were killed late today when
their machines collided 100 feet in
mid-air and fell at Kelly field. The
aviators were in a practice flight in
low hanging clouds.
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FLU IS ADVANTAGEOUS !
WHISKEY COST BOOMED
I SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10. Re
j tail druggists are taking advantage
i of the influenza epidemic to charge
I exorbitant prices for whiskey pre
scribed by physicians, selling it from
S2." to $30 a gallon, according to re
ports which Justus S. Wanlell. col
lector of iniernal revenue said todav
were reaching him. He said he saw
now way to :top this kind of profit
eering. The physicians prescribing iNiuor
der regulations in effect here.
FRUIT EXPERTS
SUBMIT REPORT
OF EXAMINATION
Fisher and Reed Inclined to
Congratulate District on
Outlook
DAMAGE HELD AS LOCAL
Advice Is Offered Growers
Relative to Care of Trees
This Season
The prospects for a prune crop this
season are good wherever the trees
are not killed by the December
freeze, is the verdict of D. P. Fisher
and C. A. Reed, federal fruit experts
who have been here for two days in
soecting orchards and nut groves of
this vicinity.
"Fruit bud are about as hardy as
the sapwood." says a statement pre
pared by them last night, "and we
find little sapwood injured even on
Keizer ?ottom where the greatest
damage occurred.
"In the hill district south of Sa
lem probably not over 5 per cent of
the trees are even noticeably dam -
aged and probably not over 2 per
cent are jeopardized. Since most of
the Salem prune crop is produced In
the hill sections we would say that
the outlook for prunes In this reciqn
this year is good.
Conditions Analyzed.
"The principal ex&lbition of the
damage we find to be in the cambi
um region and the bark, structures
which should show the least damage
It the trees had thoroughly ripened
and were in perfectly dormant con
dition hen the freeze occurred. The
wood is not generally affected in the
bodies or main limbs, although oc
casionally affected on younger parts.
In many instances the bark shows
a marked tendency toward recovery,
but the cambium region remains dis
colored, which is an unfavorable in
dication not entirely dissipated ty
the Improvement in the bark. If th
cambium does not suryive recovery
is hopeless. However, strands of cam
bium may be alive even In the dis
colored region, but time only can do
termine this point.
If enough of the cambium remains
alive to provide any kind of a bridge
over the injured area recovery i3
practically assurred, for healing will
proceed rapidly and new and ade
quate channels for sap passage will
b provided. Such trees will
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undoubtedly be retarded in growth.
heconie rotten-hearted, and even
j have their ultimate life shortened,
i but we have seen so many similar
j trees returning nandsome profits to
' tlulr owners that we are not pessim
1 Istic over this situation. When it
I comes to a question of salvage we
i must take what we can save and bu
t th!iilrfn1 e lit itklu ti-i uavo vi'tint
i li ii ii n i u l vw ii ii i v . i - .
can.
! "We find a progressive Increase In
injury from the hills to the bottom
land along the river, from condi
tions where wo have reason to be-
; lieve the trees were in the most fav
j otHble condition jm regards dorman
cy ,on account of the character of the
1915 season, to condition.' where we
naturally expect the tre-s to have
been less dormant at the time of the
freeze. In the former case there U
no injury, in the latter the trees are
seriously injured in the cambium re
gion, and we therefore have exactly
the condition we would expect in
cases where the cam Mum was not
thoroughly dormant at the time of
the freeze.
Old Timer Interviewed.
"Old timers tell us that trees show
ed a similar response to the freeze
of early February about 21 years ago
A.T that time, however, the trees were
damaged after a period of warm
weather had started them into
growth activities. Some trees were
lost, hut the survivors were many
and they have paid their way ever
since. At that time growth had
started at the cambium due to the
warm weather, rendering this part
particularly sensitive. In the pres
ent instance it appears that the cahi-
bium may not have been entirely
hardened to a dormant condition
when the cold struck. It is. entirc-
i l likely that injury at the cambium
j occurred from cold temperature pre-
vailing in advance of the minimum
j temperature and that the extreme
cold merely extended- the damage to
othor structures. The reports we re
I ceived before coming -here were to
the efrct that the trees were in a
thorouchly dormant condiljon at the
time of the freeze, but from investi
gations since, as well as from a study
of the character of the injury, we
are convinced that such was not the
case on the bottom land where prac-
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HED CRUEL
Borah and Knox Assail Claus
es Relating to Commercial
Relations With Defeated
Peoples
DEBATE ON TREATY IS
RESUMED IN SENATE
Hcover's Stand on Issue At
tacked; Questions Aimed
At Him
WASHINGTON. Feb. !t. Ibat
on the pe-ice treaty wsm revived
totliiy in the senate, although lead
ers technically had laid the past
aside frr another we'k.
Irreconcilable opponents Gf ratifi
ration who yestrrdiy voted against
resuming consideration of the treaty
today, brousht the subject to the sen
ate floor. Sonntira Porah of Idaho
and Knox ofe Pennsylvania, do
nounced the treaty's economic rlaus
es as "criil" and "murderous" in ll.
effec on the conquered peoples and
less direct f onte'iuences on the rest
1,1 t!'e world
ltxver'M Stand Flayed
Senator B rah also assailed Her
bert Hoover's stand on the treaty
and called on him to reply to the
list of eiuesttons which have been
put by the Idaho senator to srTera!
republican and democratic candi
dats fr the pres'ncy.
The debate was preceded by com
pletion of the parliamentary steps
I ,' rrtorf he iry " a
stains making formal consideration
possible, the foreign relations com
mittee reporting the pact bacK to ih
!ppna,e witn republican reserva-
tions framed at the last session of
ingress.
I Notice that formal consideration
( In the sennte would be requested
Mondly was served by Senator
Lodge, who said the delay had been
p greed upon because of the absence
of many senators. '
Treaty Held Harsh
It was in the midst of legislative
business that the treaty later was
brought to the fore by Senator Bor
ah. Both he and Senator Knox de
clared, it would "impoverish" Ger
many. Austria and Hungary and that
the result would be to destroy com
mercial cornerstones on which re
volved the financial stability of thi
Fnited States.
Senators Hitchcock of Nebraska
and Sterling. South Dakota, replied
briefly declaring the only way the
Fnifed States now could throw its
inflenc for stability was by becom
ing a party to the treaty
"It is nn" ihinu." declared Sena
tor Borah, "to punish. Germany, but
it is an entirely different thing ti
i educe thousands to starvation. It
If an unjust thing to put upon t
debtor a debt which he cavinot pay
but it is a cruel and murderous tiling
" rlel,t w!,i,h T0'?? (li
rectlv as t. s one dos the dlstres.
rectly as tMs one does the distress
of ojhers.
"Woubl Imxvertli llllions
"let. we are asked here to agre.-
to this treaty which will impoverish
millions, and then we are asked to
appropriate money to feed the people
we have impoverished."
Mr. Hoover's statement Sunday
niht that hi was for the treaty with
cny reservations' necessaiy to safe
garil the constitution and the nation
tradi'ins. wat declared by Senato
Borah to put Mr. Hoover apparent!
in the nam-' attitude as tlie irr'om
cilables.
Y. W. C. A. GETS
COIN FIRST DAY
Over Thousand Dollars Re
ported to Headquarters at
Commercial Club
The first day or the Y. W. C. A
campaign elided yesterday afternon
at 1 o'clock with t.22 of the $."ooti
to be raited this week taken into th
campaign headquarters in the Com
mercial club. The team workin?
with Mrs. John J. Roberts brought
in the highobt amount. gettinjf
Tc teams of .",(- workers met at
in the moriiini; in lUt (oiniiier
riul Huh ami ihori ilivol iotial
vics were conducted bv Rev. .lame
Klvin. Mrs. F. A. Klliott. the pre
i.i . . e v. i,.,.i it' f k 1. 1 . s-. L-
Hit-in hi nit- nwni i. . x,. rt.
to He women and M.s hl..ab.-t.
lluuhes. a natM.nal secretary ' J
.New i'mk. FRe !
for the week. Then after final in
structions from Miss Kdith AlctJil-,
very the teams siarted on their cam-;
paign about noon. The roiriruitte j
i very much sa'lfed over th first;
days work and reel mat tne baiem
- m
reached will respond as wtll a
those met yesteriay. '
Today's work will be started bv
short devotional at headquarters
and a short talk by the leaders.
Clerks Raise Money for
Harold Howell's Defense
PORTLAND. Feb. 10 Be-
fiiiiv' they believe that Justice
requires Harold Howell, 15
year '.d Coqullle bey charted
the murder -of Lillian
LfUthold. should be provided
with money for hi legal de
fence, employes of a local bhoe
store today started a fund
which will be forwarded to the
boy's father.
All the money that the fath
er, a cripple, had or could bor
row bad been spent in defend
in his son in two trial., in each
if which the jury failed to agree
upon a virdict according 4i a
sworn statement by the father
to ttie Cjos county court asking
for assistance.
REGIMENTS FOR
OREGON YOUTHS
ARE DESIGNATED
Letter From Secretary Baker
to Olcott Shows Where
Men Will Be Placed
RECRUITING WORK IS ON
Strengthening of National
Guard Coincident With
Regular Army Growth
Army organizations to which Ore
gon nun will be assigned in the re
cruiting campaign now In progress
and for which 3? supremeieffort is to
be made during the week of Febru
ary 22 to 29. are named In a letter
Oovernor Olcott has received from
Newton D. Bker. secretary oi war.
The contingents are the 3."th Infan
try, the 78th field artillery, the lTith
cavalry, the Mh engineers and the
57th regiment, coast artillery corps.
Coincident with the regular army
campaign a campaign for bringing
up the strength of the national guard
roops is also to be made The dif
ference in the objects of enlisting In
hese two services Is point out in
Mr. Baker's letter which follows:
(liar d (Hit of (Tiaon
"Some time ago the governors of
several states, because of the impor
tance of the regular army as a bul
wark, of Americanism, issued proc
lamations designed to stimulate in
terest in the army and eneouiage en
listments therein.
"At that time the national guar!
situation was in rather a chaotic
state, owing to the recent demobili
zation and the reaction of its mem
bers from war conditions. It soon
however, began to get on its feet and
for several months past the genera'
recruiting service of the regular -army
has been working in close coop
eration with the national guard and
the recruiting interests -of these two
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BOAT-TRUCK LINE IN
OPERATION BY MARCH
PROMISE OF COMPANY
President' M. K. Lv anl other important officials of the Inland
Ktn ire lioat & Truck line are in the city ami Jiring with them the :
iiiiiiotini-eiiieiit lluit Iniats operated by the company will be in op- ;
etation on the Willamette river from" Portland to C'orvallis and truck
lines will he riiiiniii from the river htatiorn to points located away
i'iimii the tivcr hy Mat-li 1. This is eoiitiiifrcnt on adequate. CO-Op-
i a! ion on the .;tr1 of the people of the Willamette ralley. '
At the siitiie time the hi; company wiU l-ria operating its line
of l...;iK on tlie Col muliia river to far inland 'points of Eastern Ore
iron iiiul Washington with trucks covering a wide radius of territory
Irotn the river "owns.
In the party now in Salem, besides , ed the company proposes to run Its
President Ie. are Major T. A. Mills. boats as far as Eugene, at least
Harry N. Bowler, head of the traffic i through a portion of the year. Prior
department; H.B. Shaw, superintend
ent of trucks, and A. L. Summervllle.
Portland agent for the company. E.
W. Haines, one of the dirctors. and
UOW U
where
a memner ot me legislature
he represents Washington
county, will arrive in Salem today, j vallia and Eugene. From each ot
Party Make Survey. ! these points trucks will be run as
The party is now in S.iU tn f make j feeder freight lines to the following
a survey of th- t-trit to le cot- named places:
ered. to study fr.ight conditions and' From Butteville To Aurora. Bar
interview merchants and business ! low, Hubbard, Wood burn, Gerrals,
men. i Mount Anget. -
At the start two boats will be op From Crawford To Dayton. Mc
erated on the Willamette river. These Minnville. Carlton, Yamhill. Sheri-
will be the Oregona and the Pomona.;
- noi n oi wnicn lormvny pnen on int;
r. river unaT mc urcgon t ii i ranv
a . t a :
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wdi rnn?.
ponan-m company in.ru rdlll
Also at the start six lines,
i 1
, UmvU va n th Columbia! From KugeneTo
! river two boats will be run at the I Creswell. Cottage Grove.
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start.
amona. formerly on the Willamette. In establishing its lines and pat- '
riT and later reinforced for her- 1 ronaire the company will present the
vice on the Columbia. j argument that it will give service
t'vernmeiit C-4iertr. ! from the shipper to the con sir nee.
An important phase of this develop -
nien, in riTer transportation is that
1 uic iUi:iumriu, iraii.iu , nr utn. -
nitude and impottance of the project
I has agreed to keep the Willamette
river cleared of gravel bars so that
operation of the boats may not be
retarded. When a third boat Is add-
$3000
NOW
RAISED FOR
CLUB WORK
Representatives of Salem
Banks Sally Forth Today to
Collect Remainder of the
Amount Necessary x '
HUNDRED NAMES ON
SUBSCRIPTION LIST
Firm of Vick Brothers Tops
Column With Substantial
Contribution
A commit! formulated from tb
representatives of each of. the Salen
banks will go forth this morning t
collect from a selected-list of Sa
lem citizens enough money to mak
up the $10,000. that is required bv
the Salem Commercial deb as -working
capital for this year. About
100 names of prominent persons an
firms of the city are on the list, eact
expected to give not less than S10U-
Contrlbutions now total 1300
from two dozen persona and firms
... . i . i , i .tfv . t.
i l ne suuscripuun iibib iiu wuwa i"
committee will be armed today ba
the following preamble:
"We. tke undersigned buslnes
men of Salem, realize that the rear
1920 is auspicious for the city o
Salem and Marion, eointy.and that
constructive work- and advertising
should be begun now. We appre
ciate the work of the Salem Com
mercial clnb and hereby subscribe
the amounts set opposite our names
for the express purpose of furthering
the program of progressive work a
outlined by the club, provided that
a fund of not less than $10,000 I
subscribed for this purpose.
The following Jiave signed: .
Vick Brothers 50d"
A. N. Bush 250
T. B. Kay ISO
C. P. Bishop . . . : 100
Joseph IT. Albert .. 10O
George Putnam ............ TOO
S. B. Elliott 100
Chambers it Chambers 100
D. W. Eyre ,10ft
Ered Lamport "10O
F. G. Deckebach 100
Hunt Brothers 100
Hartman Brothers .. ....... 100
Kafoury Brothers 10ft
Patto Brothers 10ft
Frederick Schmidt 10O
K. L. Stiff & Son 100
D. A. White A Son 100
Roth Grocery Company ....... 10O
-John Rundburs . . 100
Paul Wallace 100
Valley Motor Company ...... 10O
Webb & Clongh ..... 100
Morse -Robertson & Saurman.. 100
- to extending the water line to Eu-
gene trucks will run to Eugene frpm
Corrallis.
The company's stopping points en
ine vtuiameue nver win oe iiuiie-
i ville. Crawford. Salem. Albany. Cor-
dan. Amity.
? r mm aitm 10 ainenon, west,
iaion( i urner. lyiaiian. MODmouiO.
ft i wA
r rum
Lebanon.
,
r i win sJi ? ants i u
Philomath. '
Springfield.
1 fn-- 1I,-W .
llieMiirr IUte Prumlsed.
i including both boat and truck dellv-"
cry
i iv per cent less than rail
i i m i . ucniruuft irrriKiii lu mg place
! ot business of the consignee. ,
j The manager of the. company is
Captain A. B. Graham, who for 30
i years was president of the Oregoa
iCitl TranportaUoa C0E3Janr.
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