THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
CHANNEL FOR
SALEM VESSEL
The bucket dredge Montecello
lias been unsigned by United States
eneineera to clear the channel of
the Willamette river between Sa
lem and Oregon City. For aevera)
days the dredge has been operat
ing about two miles below Salem,
but today will move farther down
stream. It is estimated that about
two months will be required to
clear the bars as far down as Ore
gon City locks. The operation is
primarily for the benefit of the
Salem Transportation company
which navigate the steamer North
western between Portland and fca
lem. E. B. Thomson, assistant en
gineer In the second Portland dis
trict. In charge of Major R. T.
Coiner, says sediment will be
dredged to afford a low water
depth of 3 feet. The Northwest
ern la a shallow draft carrier, hav
ing originally been turned out es
pecially for the upper river route
and under ordinary conditions the
depth is regarded adequate. Though
the channel had not been gone
over by a dredge for the entire dis
tance In about three years, Mr.
Thomson says reports are that It
generally has been found In good
condition. The Montlcello's crew
will survey the channel as the dig
ger bends down stream.
There will remain some channel
work to be done between Oregon
City and Portland, such as at Jen
ning bar, but that la to wait the
completion of the upper river op
erations, when lover water also
will be experienced. The steam
er Relief was operated on the up
per river for a time last year, she
being in the service of the Inland
Waters Transportation company j
and was followed by the North
western. '
The government engineers main
tain a statistical check on the
movement of freight via that line:
based on the shipment aboard when j
the steamer passed through the!
locks and canal at Oregon City. I
Such way business as Is picked up!
between the- locks and either end
of the route Is not included in the
tabulations. A summary of the
amount passing thrcugh the locks,
between January 1 and May 1 i
shows a satisfactory average, it Is
said. So long as regular service j
Is afforded the shipping public, It!
Is expected the government will I
provide for annual maintenance of
the channel, as was the case In
former days of scheduled opera
tions. '
SCHOOL DISTRICTS JOIN
TO BUILD SOCIAL HALL
The school districts of Hullt.
Davis Porter and Mountain View
have banded together and are
building a large community house
naif way between Hullt and Davis
on tl:e Silver Falls road, tbe four
districts also forming a commun
ity club to carry -on the commun
ity spirit in the district, Mrs. Ful-
kerson, county superintendent, re
ports. She returned Tuesday from
visiting the schools at Hullt. Dav
ie, Porter and Evans Valley.
Evans Valley, Fern Ridge and
Forter schools will close for the
reason today she states. At Evans
Valley she found a new phono
graph installed.
PAGE THREE
FEDERAL AGENT
' Portland, May 14 The govern
ment struck a snag yesterday in
the trial of Oscar Lund and others
charged with rum running, when
Mrs. Edna M. McDulin, former
special federal prohibition agent.
found difficulty In answering ques
tions of Assistant United States
District Attorney Stearns.
She told of meeting Dean Thom
as, one of the defendants. Aftor
she met Thomas, she saw him near
y every day. But as to his tell
ing her about bringing in liquor
and of his whereabouts on July
4, 1924, the night of his arrest
in Warrenton, Ore., she could not
recall. Hut after looking at the
notes she had kept she said:
"Mr. Thomas was silently drunk
one night and he made a state
ment that he had several hundred
cases of liquor coming in Inside
of ten days. Ho said he would
smile to see the rovernment get
him nd they cot him!"
Asked regarding her friendship
for Thomas, she replied: "I can't
see that It is necessary to discuss
things that happened since I quit
the employment of the government."
Stearns asked the direct ques
tion whether she and Thomas arc
engaged, but Mrs. McDulin prompt
ly answerd: "No, we are not."
Upon continued Questioning re
garding the turn the case had tak
en, the witness said:
I think lots of him, yes."
TO ASSIST IN
C. I. Dague, of the United States
weather bureau, who has been
signed to the station at Portland
to make (ire weather predictions
and conduct investigations and re
search work relative to weather
conditions affecting forest (ires,
conferred yesterday with Stat
Forester Elliott concerning the
work of this season. -
Dague's vork Is a continuation
of that started last year and is
maintained by a co-operation
the state, private agencies and the
federal forest service. Theee agen'
clcs have located weather Instru
ments at 54 widely scattered sta
tions in the (orest regions of tbe
stale, and special arrangements
have been made to have the for
est officials at the various sta
tions make observations and send
the results to Mr. Dague at Port
land. In this manner, It Is said
accurate data can be secured and
Mr. Dague will be able to make a
study of local as well as general
conditions. He is now making a
tour of the state, covering all the
different stations and instructing
his men in. the care and use of
instruments.
Due to a shortage of funds It
will be Impossible to keep Mr.
uaguo at Portland during the win
ter, and he will not be able to
complete his research work. How
ever, a move is on foot to secure
an appropriation o( $10,000 from
congress which will be turned over
to tbe weather bureau and used In
the employment of year-long men.
whose entire time will be devoted
to fire weather predictions and
studies. It is claimed that the
reat Importance of this work was
demonstrated last year by the ac-
1 no v 3
g Midnight
Express" g
STIFF FINES GO
Los Anarelej, Oal., May 14.
Alva H. Floyd, whose severity to
ward speeding motorists was wide
ly celebrated while he was mu
nicipal magistrate and recorder
at Culver City, a suburb, faces a
term of from 13 to 154 years In
prison as a result of his convic
tion In superior court yesterday
of falsifying public records in or
der to pocket the heavy fines he
meted out to automobilists.
Fines (or speeding ranged from
$200 up in Floyd's court at Cul
ver City but grand jury Investiga
tion disclosed that (ew such
fines were entered in the court
records. - .
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curacy of the forecast sent out
Every hazardous period was fore
cast from 24 hours to two days in
advance, while predictions for nor
mal fire weather were exceedingly
accurate.
BRITISH NOT TO CALL -CONFERENCE
ON ARMS
London, May 14. The British
government will not at present
take the Initiative In calling a
world disarmament conference,
Premier Stanley Baldwin told the
house of commons in reply to a
member'g question.
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