The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 16, 1924, Page 1, Image 1

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TWELVE PAGES
GEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1924
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WHEELER WILL
MAGELLANS OF THE AIR ABOUT TO ALIGHT j AT WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE SIGHTS WORLD FLYERS
TAKE TRIP TO
PACIFIC COAST
ttf a irviji?irv riklviTO a
Tentative Plans ; are Mapped
Out for Candidate to Speak
; . in Northwest
FIGHTIH5
l BATTLE OfJ
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FLIERSARRIVE
ISIS
Hostilities Break With New
. Force j West and South
j. west 1 of Shanghai as
! Weather Clears
NUMBER OF CASUALTIES
INCREASES CONSTANTLY
Both Sides in Conflict Add
Machine Guns to Equip
f ment, Is Report . ,
SHANGHAI, Sept. 16. (By As
sociated Press.) The Kiangsu
army today opened a renewed and
determined offensive near Liuho
on the Yangtze river west bf 'this
city ; in an effort . to reach the
Wbosung forts, according to a re
port lssved f by - the Lung-Hab
headquarters of the' Chekiang
army. . '
SHANGHAI. Sept. 15. (By As
sociated Press.) The armies of
Chekiang and Kiangsu, ! battling
west and southwest of this city,
which held their fire daring a few
days of rain, were fighting with
renewed intensity today. As a re
sult the streams of wounded re
turning from the front increased,
Reports as to. the rfesult do not
agree but the best Information
was that there was little change
in the situation. . :
t Shanghai was calmer although
the naval 'forces landed to protect
foreigners and their Interests have
not relaxed their vigilance J
; . One reason for the lessening of
anxiety was a report i that 'the
Kiangsu leader had abandoned
their attempt to reach the" city
through Uaho.and Woosung, the
outer port : of Shanghai and had
sent reinforcements to? Hwanatn
on the Shanghai-Nanking railway
where the f fighting has been the
hardest.! Both sides are usinr ma
chine guns, which accounts for
the increased casualties'. ' '
' There also has been ; heavy
lighting i south of the railway
where the Chekiang headquarters
claims that advances ! were made
despite the fact that its men were
caught by machine guns when at
tempting a flank movement which
carried to Anting, one of their ob
jectives. ;, i's
News from the north la likewise
variable but It- seems1 assured that
Wo Pei-Fn Is moving northward
to meet a threatened invasion of
his province of Chihli by Chang
Tso-Lin, the Manchurian leader.
The latter is reported to have
blown up the Pekinjr-Mukden rail
way in his own territory to pre
vent the .Chihli army from using
It, an Indication that he expects to
meet the enemy; somewhere along
the Lwaa river towards Jebol,
northeast of Peking. Wu Js mov
ing his army over.; the Peking
Wukdea railway through Tientsin
r to Shanhaikwan on the Chihli
Manchurian border, t A
Sun Yat-Sen, the president of
the. south China republic who has
taken sides with Chang against
the central government, continues
to move troops, to Shuchow in
northern Kwantung and talks of
a march to Peking! However, his
position in Canton is reported not
! too secure and he is forced to
i keep one eye on his enemies there
; while trying to assist his- northern
. ally. .
Secretary of Navy Is
t ) Called to VVashington
, WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 Sec
retary Wilbur has been requested
to return to Washington as soon
as possible it was Indicated today
at the White House to confer with
the president on department mat
ters, particularly in regard to the
budget allowance for the navy. It
was 'declared however, there was
no special significance in the call
for the secretary. . .
THE WEATHER
. OREGON: Partly cloudy
Tuesday: no: change in tem
perature; gentle variable
winds.
j LOCAL WEATHER ,
; ! Monday
Maximum temperature,' 79
-Minimum temperature. 49
;RIver, -2.5, stationary : .
i Rainfall, none
-Atmosphere clear
tWind, north.
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The president, members of hlstne
cabinet and other government of-ing
ficiais welcomed the round the other photo Shows Mr. Coolidge
world flyers when they arrived atpolnting upwards as he first saw
the national capital. One of the the aerial circumnavigators lof the
above photographs was taken a3 globe. With the president are Sec-
GAS EXPLODES
Flaming Oil Covers Large
Area of Water and Is
Blown Out to Sea
MONTEREY, Cal., Sept. 15
At 4 : 10 o'clock this afternoon a
huge subterranean gasoline , tank
in the I heart of the area burned
over in yesterday's fire north of
here, ; exploded, its blazing con
tents spreading over , Monterey
bay and again threatening the
town of Monterey.
Thef flan g. gasoliqeufiread
rapidlrj over a circle a half mile
wire on the surface of the waters,
burned , up several fishittg boats
in its path as the tide bore it sea
ward. jAcrowd of fisherman man
ned the remaining boats and man
aged to navigate them to safety.;
The sea of flame approached
close to Monterey and It was fear
ed for) a time that the town was
doomed as a brisk offshore wind
was blowing. I
Hundreds lined the shore, awed
at the terrifying sight. - 5
The, tide bore the flaming sheet
Of gasoline ' seaward, however,
and ajhalf an hour after it had
first begun to move, it was burn
ing itself out a half mile from
shore, j '
The tank, ripped open by the
force of the explosion continued
to burn, but the field was clean
swept jof other Inflammable prop
erty j by" yesterday's fire and no
spread; of1 the flames was ex
pected. Funeral Service for Late Su
preme Court i Member .
Held Yesterday
Final tribute and honor to the
late Justice John McCourt was
paid fat the First Presbyterian
church Monday morning by hish
state Officials and members of the
Oregon and the Multnomah Coun
ty Ba. associations. Justice Mc
Court passed away . Friday morn
ing, after an illness of about two
weeks.
Dr E. H. Pence, pastor of the
Westminister Presbyterian .churci.,
in the Irvington district, Portland,
officiated at the funeral," assisted
by Rv. Ward Willis Long, pastor
Of the First Presbyterian church
here, Dr. , Pence stood beside the
dark , gray casket and not in the
pulpit. Both Justice and Mrs. Me
Court were members of his church.
Chjef Justice ' Thomas A. Mc
Bride, of the Oregon supreme
courts spoke briefly; dwelling Up
on the relationship of ; the deceas
ed with his fellows and of his
work) and association with other
members of the supreme court.
Among the prominent men at
tending the funeral service were
Govej-nor Pierce and members! of
the State board of control, the
circuit judges of Portland,' repre
denting the Multnomah Countr
Bar association, chiefly lawyers
from- Marion " and Polk counties!
Judge Lawrence T. Harris," former
member of the supreme court, but
TRIBUTES PAID
JUDGE M'CHT
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tne aviators were maneuver-
to land at Boiling ;,FIeId." The
MORSE SIGNAL!
RESTORES MAN
AFTER 6 DAYS
Call on Telegraph Instrument
Brings Superintendent to
Consciousness
VANCOUVER. B. C, Sept. 15.
The ticking ot his private morse
code call at an instrument by his
bedside last night restored to con
Biousness J. T. Phelan. superin
tendent of the Dominion Telegraph
company here, after he had been
in a comatose condition for nearly
a week.
Superintendent Phelan was ill
for weeks following the death of
his wife and had been unconscious
for six days, attending physicians
dif closed today. On the sugges
tion of a physician, an instrument
was installed by Phelan's bedside
and PN" his private calif ticked
off. Mr. Phelan smiled and open
ed his eyes when the ticker an
nounced "Every - day in every
way." Then the ticker suggested
that Phelan drink a little milk.
Phelan reached out his hand for
the glass and took the first nour
ishment in six days. He was re
ported convalescent today
MUCH BUSINESS
Variety of Subjects fTaken
Up Improvement of
More Streets Asked
Dogs, patent medicine wenders,
fillings stations,' sling shots and
taxi fees kept the city council
busy last night. ;
-The annual raise of license fees
to protect local taxi drivers dur
ing state fair week was rushed
through a third reading,! the -fee
to be J 100. while there; will be
no sale of patent medicines, ac
companied by street shows and
entertainment unless a licence of
$15 a day, $50 a week or $150
a month is paid. ' v
Bean shooters, : sling shots,
improperly exposed friction match
es or other combustible materials,
false ' fire alarms, discharge . of
guns or explosive compounls, in
cluding fireworks, or starting of
bonfires, grass or brush! fire in
side the city limits are;' covered
in a sweeping ordinance . which
passed the second reading, tfpon
conviction a fine of $100 or ?0
days in jail, or both," may be im
posed. An ordinance - regulating
filling stations, which ; may -be
erected upon favorable recommen
dation, of the city council, also
passed the first reading! k r
' R. Jj O'Leary's canine property.
located at 1990 South High, came
in for a full share of the discus
sions of the evening, when the
committee en health and police
reported that it bad intestigated
and found that the dogs were a.
nuisance, as far as all ' but one
of the residents in the vicinity
were concerned. The report
stated that there were only four
dogs at present, but that there
had been as' many as : 10 or 15
and that the' place was used as
a breeding kennel. ' Ry Smith,
city attorney was, instructed ' to
find if any action could the taken
by the city. It was pointed out
that there was nothing In the way
if the residents saw fit to bring
civil action against. O'Leary. '
' Protesting against what they
claimed. to be unfair costs of pav-
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retary of j War Weeks. C. Bascom
siemp, the president's secretary.
aod barly dfeCernable (behin4
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M' . secretary ot istate
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CONVENTION
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Annual Meet of American Le
gion , Ends Day at
St. Paul, Minn.
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ST. PAUL. Minn., Sept. 15.-
With military precision, the an
nual convention of the American
legion got under way here todayl
perfected organization, listened to
several j prominent speakers and
launched into the real business of
the five ; day gathering.
. Addresses of welcome on behalf
Of' the 'city and state, , greotbrgrf
from the GAR and United Confed
erate Veterans, a message, from
President- Coolidge and a grip
ping, solemn tribute to the late
Woodrow "WjUsonNwere Included in
the activities "of the opening ses
sion. I .
Within rthe realm of convention
business fell the address of na
tional Commander John R. Quinn
who pointed out achievements of
the leglou during the past year;
reports! of several committees and
an address. by general Frank T,
(lines, director of the veterans bu
reau, who told the veterans the
bureau! had 'been cleaned up.
One tableau on the speaker's
platform brought ringing cheers
from the legionnaires, j That was
when Commander Quinn clasped
his arms 'about General W. B.
Haldeman Of Louisville, comman
der in) chief of the confederate
veterans and Judge Eli Torrence,
Minneapolis representing the GAR
Committee sessions occupied
this afternoon and evening and
wtih additional legionnaires arriv
ing tonighti. preparations are go
ing forward for a full representa
tion in; the parade tomorrow after
noon. I The' band competition also
will be staged at that time.
CIHLKA?r WIXS ilY KNOCKOUT;
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 15. -
Quintin Romero-Rojas, the Chile
an heavyweight, knocked out Far
mer Lodge' of Minneapolis, in the
sixth round of a cheduled 8-round
bout here' tonight.
KlIpKXPLAIX WIXS
WATERBURY, Conn., Sept. 15
Kid! Kaplan of Meriden won
the decision from Lew Paluso of
Salt Lakel City, here tonight; in
12 rounds of fast fighting. ;
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FRANK CHANCE DIES 1
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15. !
Frank; Chinee, manager of the
Chicago White Sox died here to
night ;after a long illness.
tkis on
THROUGH FLAMES
Fifty Men Ride Through Mile
of FQresrNre at Highest,
i . Speed
SEQUJM. Wash.. Sept. 15.
Fifty men caught in a fierce forest
fire between two logging camps of
the Snow creek logging company
20 miles from here, reached safety
late today by driving a locomotive
full speed through one mile . or
raging-flames. - The men arrived
in an exhausted condition.
OR I
World Aviators Given Rous.
;lng Welcome as They En
ter .City for! Which One
Plane Is Named
WILLjUEMAIN UNTILA
EIGHT O'CLOCK TODAY
440 Mile Tritf to Omaha,
v Nebraska, Will Be Begun
;" This Morning ;
CHICAGO, Sept. 15. (By the
Associated Press.) First of j the
cities to greet her namesake plane
was ; Chicago, which today took
lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and
his world encircling fliers to her
bosom, stood with bared head
while the planes figuratively un
raveled more - of the. red, : white
and ' blue thread they have spun
around the globe.' gave them great
ovations as humble homage and
tonight tendered them food j and
drink at a. public banquet. ; i;
From " the moment Lieutenant
Smith and his f lagplane Chicago
completed the hop from Dayton
to Manywood air field at 12: 55
daylight saving time, be I with his
companion pilots. Lieutenant Erik
Nelson in the. New Orlean ! and
Lieutenant . Leigh Wade in' the
Boston II, received all that the
city could give them.- j
Tomorrow at 8 a. mu. Central
time, they are scheduled to be on
their way again to Omaha, an air
distance of 440 miles. ; ;
Thousands swarmed to the mail
field, 32 miles -west ot Chicago
for a View of the world girdlers.
Thei. sight; of them far over , Chi-.
cngD nrongut a spontaneous de
monstration. Every , kind; of noise,
contrivance from lusty! lungs to
the jazziest of bands let go. v
All -along the Lake Michigan
shore In Grant Park and Chicago's
business district over which the
three planes first circled, the out
burst was as demonstrative, 4
The flight of 294 miles i was
without accident. "We have been
treated royally wherever w stop
ped on our trip, but I . want you
all to know that nowhere, Tokio,
Paris,.'. London, Boston, have we
been greeted as we have been in
Chicago.' I am proud to I have
flown fa ship named after your
city."
These were almost . the first
words SPoken by Lieutenant Smith
when he and his companions re
ceived newspapermen. ; r
Their planes stood up under the
grind from Dayton so well that
only minor adjustments -were ne
cessary. Shortly before five o'clock
in their "going out." uniforms.
the airmen were taken for a sight
seeing trip of Chicago and to place
a wreath t on Washington monu
ment near the Art institute : on
Michigan boulevard, and for din
ner at frashlonable hotel. Mi
Will Opens Auspiciously,
With 84 Students. Reg-
istenng Monday
Eighty-four students', practical
ly all of them new in Salem, com
pleted the business routine 1 of
registration for the 1924-25 term
of Willamette university Monday.
Registration will continue the
greater portion; of the . week, with
the first class work to begin
Thursday morning.
It is estimated that there are
nearly 300 students back in town
at present, with others coming on
almost every train. Nearly all of
the older students registered j be
fore leaving ! the campus last
spring. Ail of the late arrivals
are not expected before some time
next week: )" .. .;5-fr.
Out for Football J
With registration, " Coach Guy
L. Rathbun issued first call i for
football and : approximately j 35
aspirants turned out. . Suits were
issued and the men given a light
course in calisthenics. As soon
as stiffened oints and muscles are
loosened, practice will begin . in
earnest am the I Bearcats face their
first game September 27, with (be
University of Oregon, eleven. The
(Ooattaaea on pap 0 ;
CHICAGO, SeptJ 15. Plans for
extending the western speaking
tour of Senator .Wheeler. ' were
mapped out In tentative form to
day at La Follette headquarters.
The Independent vice presidential
candidate is scheduled to arrive In
Chicago Saturday ; morning. He
will speak at Carmen's hall Sat
urday evening according to pres
ent plans of David K, Niles, chair
man, or the Ja t oilette speakers-
bureau here. ' . An intensive cam
paign tour throughout the west
and northwest is being . mapped
for the following three weeks.
While definite dates have not
yet been agreed li upon and prob
ably wifi not be until Sen. Wheeler
is. consulted after his arrival,
his tentative planstontemplate a
swing northward into Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, Montana,
Idaho and Washington, thence
south of the next tier of states
for the return trip eastward
through Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas. !
Proposed New Building Em
phasized at Annual Setting-up
Program
Salem is to have a new YMCA
home, according to the faith ex
pressed Sunday, afternoon at the
annual "Setting-up" conference at
the Wallace farm.
The Wallace farm has enter
tained the annual outdoors pro
gram of the "Y,' leaders, for
several years past, and the historic
gather! that - is-to nvaxk tba
great campaign for 1924, was at
tended by about 100 earnest work
ers for the civic good. It was
held in the beautiful grove down
near the river, that has- been for
mally dedicated for T use by Paul
B. Wallace the owner.
Members Entertained
Carle Abrams was acting chair
man, in the' absence of President
W. I. Staley, called out of town
by the illness of his mother. ..Joe
Nee. the star of the Willamette
Glee club, in his inimitable Scotch
songs, led the group singing, and
the old grove never, heard finer
harmonies. In the evening, after
the camp fire was lighted, James
Smart gave several of his own
famous Scotch ballads, and led In
a number of group songs. Mrs
C. A. Kells added several Irish
ballads to the program, t The sup
per, fried 'chicken, salads, pies,
cakes, coffee,' sandwiches and
practically every kind of plain and
fancy food that is worth noticing,
was served at 6 o'clock, in time
for those who wished to do so
return to town for evening church
services. . j - i
Harry Stone, tor 29 years wth
the Portland Y, and an outstand
ing figure in Y work in the United
States, was present and gave a
fine address on the history of the
Salem Y. He was here and help
ed to organize- the board to buy
the present building 27 years ago.
He has attended practically every
annual meeting. He spoke feel
ingly of the notable secretaries
ho have' served here in past years.
not omitting C. A. Kells. present
director, and Bob Boardman
physical instructor. He spoke
especially of what make a great
YMCA--tbe intimate personal 'in
terest 01 wonn-wnue men. jne
association of Chicago. Boston
Portland, have had those great
characters. He attributed the suc
cess of the Salem association to
the same fact, where the best men
have been glad to serve. 1
Mr. ( Stone said that a Salem
without a high school would be
on a par with a Salem without an
adequate Y. He predicted that
the needed facilities, would S be
provided for as the community
was Bhown how badly they were
needed.
j YMCA Called Asset ,
Thomas Kay presented The Y
as an Asset to Salem." in a for
cible j pointed way. Her jshwed
how In his own boyhood here was
no provision made for the boys
who wanted or could be encourag
ed to go straight; that the pool
halls and the saloons were i at
most, the only places that wanted
boys -Now, the Y is open to give
a home where they can be steered
happily along a helpful road, land
brought un to manhood with clean
ir-inds and strong bodies, boys
who fulfill the Ideals lot their
parents and of the state that must
hare good citizens or die.
DAY IS GH :
TDSALEWiY
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Rushlight, Hastrof &
Ventilating and Heating, and Fleencr Elec
tric Company Awarded Wiring Tclr-1
Cost Kept Well Within Original Ectim-
fVnfrnf'-fni f t'rnsfnirf
lem lode No. 336, B..P. OJ Elks: were awarded at a rneetinj
of the building committee at the Marion hotel last night.
went to the firm of Parker &
ders at ?104.466.' The contract
.i...v: . JJ
Hastror & Lord, whose total
$23,293; The Salem If irm bf
the bid being S5765. j I A r I f
The total amount of all these bids is $133,524. To this?
are to be added various! otfcrttems such as architects' fc:
excavation, construction of elevator and other features, wm:.i:
will amount to several thousand dollars, but still keep t . .r
total cost of the building,; including improvement of pre: -
ises, well within thre original
cost . 'I-- I ' - if '
The architects of the building are Cuyler Van Patten c .
Salem and Knighton & Howell
of the building committee who awarded the contracts . :
nicrht are Charles R. Archerd, chairman, W. D. Evans, E. .'.
Hazzard, T. B. Kay,s Frank T. Wrightman, Homer Smith, Z:.
H. H. dinger and Dr. C. B. O'Neill, the latter exalted ruler c r
the lodge. .;!! . - .y .Ay:
Kav. Wriirhtman and , Evans were amxinted a comr:'l-
tee to goto Portland next Thursday and select the brick tl t
is to be used in the building, j J; h V
. The contract awarded last
the, building within 150 days
means that the Elks should
March 1 next.
KILMER;
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Budget for New Year Is Con
sidered - By Methodist i
1 Congregation L
Approximately 175 members ot
the First Methodist church attend
ed the annual meeting of the con
gregation at supper in the church
basement last night. ! Consider
ation was given the budget for
the new ciurch year, which begins
October I,, and activities of the
last year were outlined. ; j.
During j the last; year 156 new
members jwere received into tho
church while 667 were received
in the last four years. The Sun
day school had an average attend
ance of 474, with a total ' enroll
ment, in all departments, of 1175.
This number includes 270 on the
cradle roll. . jf'Jlf j-
An opportunity! was given mem
bers to subscribe for the budget
and to contribute for the inew
church annex now ; under con
struction. It was announced that
if there is an increase in the num
ber of voiunteerr laborers, ( the
building will be! ready for Occu
pancy next Sunday, ': ,: j
An interesting program had; been
arranged, including a dialogue ex
planation of stewardship between
C. J. Lisle and iJ. ,U Brady; the
Willamette university quartette;
solos by Mmiss Iouise Flndley and
the Misses Fay and Mary Spauld
ing. Miss Mary Findley, director
ot religious education, gav a re
port. Col. Carle Abrams present
ed! the main business of the eve
ning, outlining the work of the
church from its beginning until
the present, with a cpmplex organ
ization. Emphasis was placed up
on the important part played .by
the early pioneers here.
' Following the close of the meet
ing, the finance committee and the
trustees met to discuss an Import
ant question, the nature of which
was not made public. It wag an
nounced that a meeting of the en
tire board would be held tonight
to: act upon the! matter. !
Fire Is Checked
r , At! Klamath Falls
. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.' Sept.
15 The torset fire: which broke
out Friday near the California
line and spread over a wide area
in the Jenny Creek section was
checked by a large force of. men
sent from the California Oregon
Power company plant at Copco.
A light fall of rain aided the fire
fighters In putting the blaze un
der 98ir2lt A , J -
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if
Lord Get Plumbing,
inn nf t.he -new . t.P.mnle of T
Banfield. of. Portland, low U
for heating vcr.tilatir.-? tr.'I
Tl1-A f PnsVli-l -
bid for the three items r, ; 1
Fleener Electric company
estimate of 175,000 for tc: I
j ". M I :f'""!'
of Portland. The mem'
night calls for completion c:
from date of the contract, x. A f.i
occupy the new building t;ut
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Immigration and Passer." ; r
i Men of Hill Lines Pay a
i Visit to Salem ;
i Nineteen of the immigration e: I
passenger agents of the Hill llr - s
Tislted Salem yesterday aftenic ; .
arriving at 3 6 by auto from Ccr
vallis, and departing at 5:20 If
Oregon Electric railroad for rcrt-
. a m . - - . 1 . o M
Spokane, and then on their honia
ward ways?
j II. W Byerly. general Imniisra
tion agent bf the Northern Pec:' 3
with headquarters in St. Paul.
Minn., and M. E. Harlan, spec; tl
passenger representative, were lit
charge of the party. ;
"All indications point toward kn
increased thovement to the Ti
cific northwest," said Mr. Byerly
In an Interview yesterday. VT.
time seems most opportune fcr a
trip of this kind, which is de: -
ed primarily to increase; the, til
ing eiiiciency 01 ine men on ween
will rest' a large share of .the wc rk
of securing much-needed new set
tlers for the Oregon country." -
During the-fall and winter the
passenger men will devote inura
of their.time to immigration wcrli,
said Mr, ByerlyT i -
"It is our object to familiarira
ourselves; With the country a!--3
the Northern i Pacific and to t& la
the opportunity of becoming per
sonally: a.cguainted with the lor'il
bodies i interested in immigrat; x
and development, including ' con
mercial organizations and real es
tate men. We feel that this per
sonal acquaintance with our coun
try and its people will be of great
help in soliciting immigration, &sd
will result in an augmented as &
much j more efficient immifcrati:a
force." ! J A:t -i . ,); .A::
Sunday anight the party went t
Eugene! on ;the Oregon Electric
line, where they were met fcy (ia
Eugene Chamber of; Commerce.
Yesterday they visited the city of
Eugene!, touting the University cf
Oregon grounds, and took eirrt
side trips out of the city to tt ;a
idea of the great resources of tt
Willamette . valley. The r:;:?.
then! motored over the n'ewly r
ened West Side highway to Cor . il
lis. where It had luncheon at Dra
gon ;AgrlcnItural college,! foil: ei
by Inspection of the building3 t.:
resources for training in mo J: ra
farm j methods. The jCorva'.IIs
Chamber of Commerce t' :n
brought the party hy autoni Is
through- the "Willamette j Talle " to
Salem, arriving at 3:30. as I
above. f . ; .. j
C lE. T7i!3on, secretary c .
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