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SALEM, OREGON, THUKSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1935
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GOLD POLICIES
SATISFACTORY
TO PRESIDENT
Hoover's Advocacy of Re
turn to Gold Ignored
By Administration
Hot Debate Wages In
Senate With Glass At
tacking Policies
Washington. Feb. 21 (JP) Former
President Hoover s proposal for an
Immediate return to the gold stand--jard
stirred up a hot debate among
senate democrats today In which
Senator Connally (D., Tex.), con
tended the government was already
on a gold standard but Senator
GlR.'is (D., Va.), asserted "we are on
a fiat currency basis."
The controversy flared shortly af
ter Secretary Morgenthau, the ad
ministrations financial spokesman,
said he was "satisfied" with the
present program and saw no reason
to change through the policy still
was on a day to day basis.
Connally, a Texas democrat who
was one of the first to advocate
devaluation of the dollar, started
the senate discussion by contending
Mr. Hoover was proposing to return
(Concluded on page 14, column 4)
labWdisputes
PLAN OFFERED
, Washington. Fob. 21 (LP) A new
j 'labor disputes bill was Introduced In
. congress today by Senator Robert
F. Wagner, D., N. W. He said Its
enactment would "stabilize and im
prove business by laying the foun
dations for the amity and fair deal
ing upon which permanent progress
must rest."
The measure does not have ad
ministration support.
Wagner told the senate the tem
porary labor relations board set up
last spring "Is graduojly but surely
losing its effectiveness because of its
Inability to enforce its decisions." He
proposed to make the board perma
nent, with unquestionable powers to
settle labor disputes.
His bill amplifies the collective
bargaining guarantees of the Na
tional Industry Recovery Act. Wag
ner said that "employes attempting In
good faith to exercise their liberties
under section 7-A have met with
repeated rebuffs."
The new Wagner bill would set up
a permanent national labor rela
' tions board of three members to su
pervise the settlement of labor dis
putes. CARLYLE CROUCH
. GETS LAKE POST
Medford, Feb. 21 (P) Appoint
ment of J. Carlyle Crouch as chief
rangershlp of Crater Lake National
park was announced Wednesday by
Superintendent D. H. Canfleld.
Crouch will leave his post as chief
ranger as Mesa Verde park to report
here within a month.
Canfield wb. recently advanced
to the superintendency of the park
from chief ranger. He succeeded
Superintendent E. C. Solinsky who
laces trial in federal court on a
charge of manluplation of park
funds.
Hoover Advocates
Return To Gold To
Restore Confidence
Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 21 (P) Smashing his self-established
precedent of silence as a "private citizen," former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover urges reestablishment of the gold
standard to "restore connaence m
our currency" as a needed contribu
tion to "real recovery."
If the dollar were made convert
ible at the present 59 cents of gold,
he said in a prepared statement
here last night, "it would tend to
check inflation, replace relief with
real employment, and contribute
materially to general recovery."
In his comment on the supreme
court's gold clause decision, Mr.
Hoover broke his consistent policy
of refusing to express his opinion
I upon political matters a policy he
began when he left the presidency
March 4. 1933. As recently as Mon
day he declined to comment on the
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
Mr. Josslin, nee Oosslin, private
secretary to the governor, whose
name appeared in these here col
umns from time to time as con
stant readers will remember, is tall,
handsome and has the hair of a
Viking, albeit's golden tinged. For
this he is called "Pinky." The oth
er day he approached one of the
newspaper correspondents at the
capltol.
"Just why do you boys call me
Pinky'?" he asked, "My hair isn't
pink, it's golden."
"Oh, well," said the newspaper
correspondent, "then we'll call you
Goldie'."
Tut, tut and fie fie, boy, not
"Goldle" but "Joldle." There's
no use calling him "Goldie"
when you can't even pronounce
it.
Aha, like a rejuvenation of the
old story of Goldilocks and the three
bears Charles and Rufus and Earl.
In a grocery store not more than
a hundred miles from here appears
this sign, "Pickles, 20 cents a quart;
gallon, $1." That shov.'s how a store
can make money if It goes In for
quantity selling.
NOT SISTERS THE SAME LADY
I (From Statesman)
Hammer To Mr. and Mrs,
Marvin Earl Hammer, route six,
a girl, Lucile Claire, bom Febru
ary 18 at the Bungalow Mater
nity home.
Hammer To Mr. and Mrs. M.
E. Hammer, Route 6, a daughter,
Lucille Claire, Feb. 18th, Bunga.
low Maternity home.
NOT BROTHERS BUT THE
SAME SIP
The bomb sent to Huey Long
from Oregon was wrapped in a copy
of the Medford Mall-Tribune. Can
one wonder that it was a dud?
From Tuesday's Sips.
A copy of the Medford Mall-Tri
bune was wrapped around Huey
Long's "bomb." Is that why it
proved a dud? From Thursday's
Statesman,
Easy come and easy go may be all
right as a proverb but it doesn't
apply to the legislature. It was easy
enough for the legislature to come
but nobody knows when It's going
to go.
O, well, with a legislature the
first 40 days are always the hard
est.
As a rule a woman gets all the
breaks. Maybe that's why the
women prison wardens also get
all the breaks.
The Oregonlan had only two small
pictures on the front page this
morning. Probably making way for
the exclusive wire photo of George
Washington tomorrow.
With a lot of the bills now com
ing along from the legislature Gov.
ernor Martin could learn one good
lesson from the Father of Our
Country and do it with his little
hatchet.
Lack of Passport
Blocks Honeymoon
Rome, Feb. 21 WV-Mrs. Madel
eine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte
said today she was ready to make
every possible effort to regain her
ex-pugiiist husband his passport so
they may embark on a second hon
eymoon.
As soon as Enzo recovers his pap
ers, confiscated by Italian authori
ties on his arrival In Italy, Mrs.
Fiermonte said they hoped to tour
the French Riviera.
gold decision with his habitual re
mark, "I am no longer In public
we."
His departure from his usual cus
torn came as he returned with his
son, Allan, from a visit to New
York. While he repeatedly disclaim.
ed political Implications, the titular
chief of the republican party was
nevertheless greeted all along his
route by political allies and former
officials.
All members of the court, he
commented, "agreed the government
actefl unconstitutionally in repudi
ation of the covenant on Its own
(Concluded on page 10, column's)'
FAMED CATTLE
RANCH BOUGHT
FOR PRESERVE
Government Pays $675,-
000 for Historic Range
Of 65,000 Acres
Land Stretches for 70
Miles From Malheur
Lake Back to Ducks
Portland, Feb. 21 (LP) The his
toric P ranch, 65,000 acre cattle
barony in southeastern Oregon, one
of the last of the old great cow
ranches in the northwest, was
bought by the United States govern
ment today and given back to the
ducks.
A government check for $675,000,
passed from United States Attor
ney Carl G. Donaugh to Charles
P. Hart, attorney for Siwft & Co.
interests, turned man's "progress'
back 50 years; ended the exist
ence of one of the most picturesque
of the old time cattle ranches; com
pleted the largest rural real estate
deal In the northwest for years, and
established one of the country's
greatest bird sanctuaries.
The original P ranch, established
in the gun-fighting days of the '70s
by pint-sized Pete French who car-
rled a hardy pioneer fighting heart
in a shriveled five-foot body,
stretched for 70 miles from Mal
heur lake to Steens mountain at the
Concluded on page 16, column fiT
ASKS MUNITIONS
BAN APPROVAL
Washington, Feb. 21 (LP) In a
short message asking reconsidera
tion of the senate's previous action,
President Roosevelt today renewed
his efforts to obtain American rati
fication, without special reserva-
tions, of the international pact for
control of munitions.
Mr. Roosevelt's message said:
"In accordance with the senate
resolution of Feb. 15, 1935, I return
to the senate for further action
the convention for the suppression
of the international trade in arms
and ammunition and Implements
of war signed at Geneva, Bwltzer
land, on June 17, 1925.
The president's action was in ac
cordance with a senate resolution
by Senator Key Pittman, D., Nev.
requesting him to return the con
vention lor reconsideration. Tne
senate last year conditionally rati
fied the arms control agreement.
The state department objected to
reservations attached by the sen
ate and the president therefore
pigeonholed the ratification.
The department objected espec
ially to a reservation by Senator
William D. King, D., Utah, which
said adherence to the treaty "shall
not be construed as denying any
right of sovereignty which the
Kingdom of Persia may have in
and to the Persia gulf or to the
waters thereof."
INFIRMARY BILL
SIGNED BY MARTIN
Governor Martin's signature today
was on house bills 167 and 168, rais
ing the salary of The Dalles justice
of the peace from $60 to $75 per
month and repealing the provision
that the county must furnish him
with office supplies. Representative
Roscoe Krier, D.. Wasco, was the
author of the bills.
An infirmary for the University
of Oregon was assured today.
Governor Martin signed H.B. 239.
appropriating $50,000 to be matched
by student building fund fees for
construction of the hospital.
FORCE HOUSEYOTE
ON PATMAN BILL
Washington, Feb. 21 PA peti
tion to force consideration of the
Patman bill for paying the $2,100,
000.000 bonus In new currency, was
filed in the house as a precaution
against possible blocking of the
measure in the house ways and
means committee.
The petition was filed by Repre
sentative Patman (D., Tex.) who
was the first signer.
In less than 10 minutes more than
20 of the required 216 had signed
gathering In the well of the bouse
around the clerk desk.
Liard Faces
Mail Robbery
Trial In Utah
John Kntght Giles, alias Jack
Llard, life termer who escaped from
the Oregon state penitentiary No
vember 7, will not be returned to
Oregon unless he is cleared of a fed
eral mail train robbery charge at
Salt Lake City. Liard was arrested
in St. Paul a few days ago as a coun
terfeiter. A telegram received by Warden
James Lewis of the Oregon prison
today from St. Paul said Llard had
been turned over to postal inspect
ors at Salt Lake City. He was ar
raigned at St. Paul yesterday and
his bond fixed at $25,000. The mes-
(Concluded on page 14, column 7)
ANDREWS FLIES
FLIGHT RECORD
Newark, N. J., Feb. 21 iff) The
transcontinental record for trans
port airplanes was lowered by 23
minutes today by Leland S- And
rews, who shot across the continent
from Los Angeles to Floyd Bennett
airport, New York, in 11 hours, 34
minutes and 42 seconds. Andrews
flew the same American Airlines
plane that his brother-in-law, Ma
jor James R. Doollttle used In set
ting the previous record of 11:59 on
January 15.
Newark, N. J., Feb. 21 (jT) Leland
S. Andrews, in a single motored
monoplane, today set a new trans
continental transport record, cov
ering the flight from Los Angeles
to Floyd Bennett airport, New York,
in an elapsed time of 11 hours 21
minutes and one second.
He knocked 37 minutes and 59
seconds from the previous reoord,
set by his brother-in-law, Major
James H. Doollttle on January 15.
Andrews landed at Newark air
port at 2:25 p. m.
The 42 year old American airline
pilot lowered the record despite the
fact he landed and spent 14 min
utes at Washington, D. C,
He was Hying the same type oi
plane a Vultee all-metal, low
winger monoplane as that used by
Doolittle, his war time buddy, in his
record breaking flight. The ship
was powered by a 750 horse power
motor.
With Andrews was Henry Meyers,
co-pilot, and O. D. Reyburn, radio
operator.
Andrews did not touch his wheels
at Floyd Bennett as has been the
custom of record flights. Even it
that should void his time to that
point, his time of 11 hours 31 min
utes one second to Newark would
stand as a new mark.
HOLD CONFERENCE
ON RECLAMATION
Washington, Feb. 21 (ff) Repre
sentatives from 14 far western
states met with Dr. Elwood Mead,
reclamation commissioner, today
for a "general discussion of Irriga
tion problems.
Following the conference, called
by Representatives Lea (D.-CaU
and Taylor (D.-Colo.). acting house
majority leader, the congressmen
said they had no announcement to
make.
"It was a very friendly meeting
Representative Pierce, (D.-Ore.),
said. -
"It was in
Representative
added.
executive session,"
Ayers (D.-Mont.),
Representative Lea said the dis
cussion was general and dealt with
irrigation problems, present and
future.
Dr. Mead, after the conference,
said he believed any statement on
the meeting should come from the
congressmen, but he did say the
$4,000,000,000 proposed works fund
was not mentioned,
LUMBER DEALERS
MEET AT TAGQMA
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 21 (IP) From
six states Washington, Oregon, Ne
vada, Idaho, Montana and Arizona
members of the Western Retail
Lumbermen's association gathered
here today for their annual three
day convention. Registration of 1,-
000 is anticipated.
Reports of officers featured this
morning's session, including those
of Henry W. Trask, Missoula, Mont,
president; W. C. Bell, Tacoma, man
aging director, and Roy S. Brown,
Spokane, secret ary-treasurer.
Principal speakers of the day were
W. J. Gilmore and Henry A. Colver,
both of Seattle, representing the
FHA; Nathan Eckstein, Seattle, and
O. O. Hughson. field secretary of
the Oregon state building congress
of Portland.
BILL DRAFTED
FOR CABINET
GOVERNMENT
Hood Prepares Measure
For Consideration of
Governor
8 Departments Proposed
And Board of Control
Abolished by Plan
A cabinet form of government
with eight departments, six of them
under the governor and one each
under the secretary of state and
state treasurer, was drafted today by
Budget Director d. o. Hood lor con
sideration of administration leaders.
The plan, which would abolish
the board of control, has been in
Hood's mind for more than a year,
It has been advocated, too, by Gov
ernor Martin. Secretary of State
Snell and State Treasurer Holman
are to be called into consultation on
the program, but so far they are
known not to have given the plan
their approval.
The governor would head these
departments: Executive, natural re
sources, public health and sanita
tion, public welfare, highways and
commerce and finance.
A department of state would be
directly under the secretary of state.
Six division chiefs would head these
groups: Records and documents, au
dit, state printing, motor tax and li
cense, war veterans' aid, and
(Concluded on page 14, column 1)
macoWdesign
held defective
San Francisco, Feb. 21 (JP) A de
fect In the design of the dirigible
Macon caused her to founder and
fall Into the Pacific ocean off
Point Sur, central California, Com
mander T. L. Gatch, judge advo
cate of the navy court of inquiry,
declared today.
Commander Gatch, summing up
evidence before the court, asserted
a preponderence of testimony
brought the conclusion that "a
sudden pressure from a gust of
wind striking the after part of the
upper fin (of the airship) trans
mitted the pressure to the forward
part of the fin and the four hold
ing-down bolts at the base or
frame To that frame was di
rected the pressure to the outer
ring and from there to the diagonal
girders causing a strain to be
thrown on them and one or more
gave away."
Gatch declared undoubtedly the
failure of the diagonal girders
punctured the gas cells allowing the
tail of the ship to be unsupported
and causing It to drop Into the
ocean.
"The loss we can only conclude
from the evidence the court has
gathered," the judge advocate said,
"should be charged to profit and
loss, and If we build another air
ship we can build her a lot better."
LOUIS LEE HELD
EXTORTION CHARGE
Portland, Feb. 21 iVP) Carl C. Do
naugh, United States attorney, yes
terday filed a federal charge against
Louis Lee, held in Saiem after he
reputedly sent a letter to his father,
Jimmy Lee, Chinese, saying he had
been kidnaped and that $50,000 ran
som was demanded.
Young Lee was arretted In Salem
yesterday. He disappeared from his
home last Sunday.
Donaugh said he had been charg
ed with violation of the extortion
statutes and postal laws. Ball was
set at $5000.
The sheriff's office said today that
a federal officer from Portland
would take charge of Lee today or
tomorrow. Meantime, he Is in the
custody of the sheriff.
OREGON ALLOTTED
$1,050165 RELIEF
Washington, Feb. 21 W The fed
eral relief administration announced
today that February grants already
allotted to 45 states totaled $147,
083.137.
Of this sum, $145,000,000 was made
available from appropriations to
other agencies.
The grants Included: Oregon, $1,-
050,165; Idaho, $728,685.
PARTY CLEANSING
BILL DEFEATED IN
HOUSE VOTE 27-28
With Five Absent, Reconsideration To Be At
tempted; Measure Provides No Holders Of
Remunerative Public Office Shall Be Eligi
ble To Hold Position In Party Organization
By HARRY N. CRAIN
With five members absent the house just before noon
today killed the "party cleansing" bill House Bill 270 by
Rankin by a minority vote. The roll call showed 27 mem
bers voting for the measure and 28 against, but 31 are re
quired for passage. The bill provides that no holder of a
remunerative federal, county, state
or municipal office shall be eligible
to hold any position In a political
party organization from national
committeeman down to precinct
committeeman. i
Proponents of the measure Im
mediately announced that they
would move for a reconsideration
with the five absent members, who
were excused to attend committee
meetings, present.
The roll call showed:
Yes AJber, Barnes, Bolvan, Ec
kersley, Erwin, Fatland, Frazer,
(Concluded on pagei4,cblumn 6)
KILL INCOME
TAX PUBLICITY
Breaking off In the middle of Its
debate on two bills providing for
the creation of the office of jury
commissioner In Multnomah county,
the senate adjourned at noon today
after an hour's discussion of the
measures.
The' two bills were considered,
Senator Allan Bynon speaking for
one which would create the office
of jury commissioner at an annual
salary of $3600, such commissioner
to be entirely responsible for the se
lection of the Jury panel and the
examination of each juror.
Senator Dorothy Lee backed the
second measure, which would limit
the power of the Jury commissioner
to examination of the names on the
jury panel, and report his findings
to the circuit court Judge. His sal
ary would be set at $600 annually.
She maintained that leaving the
Jury selection entirely up to the
commissioner was placing far too
much power in the hands of one
man.
Unfavorable committee reports en
three bills, two from the house and
one from the senate, which would
permit legislative committees to ob
tain copies of the taxpayers' returns
from the state tax commission for
legislative Information, and wcild
virtually throw open Income tax re
turns to the public, were adopted by
the senate, and all three wers killed
by Indefinite postponement.
Senators Stringer, Zimmerman,
Carney and Burke opposed the mi
nority report on all three bills.
EXECUTION STAGED
BY WRIT OF ERROR
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 21 (IP Fre
derick A. Pope today filed a wilt
of error in the case of Bruno Men
ard Hauptmann, sentenced to death
for the murder of the Lindbergh
baby. The writ was filed with the
clerk of the court of errors and
appeals.
Lloyd Fisher and Pope, defense
lawyers who have split with chief
defense counsel Edward J. Rcilly,
went to the state prison where it
was later announced that the writ
had been served. This officially
stayed the execution of Hauptmann,
formerly set for the week of March
18.
TRADE IN REALTY
SHOWING BETTER
New York. Feb. 21 (Pi Tranquil
lights from the residential division
of real estate have given a ray of
hope that conditions are Improving
In one of the most sorely depressed
branches or American enterprise.
Although far below the normal
level of pre-depresslon years, resi
dential construction in January ag
gregated (22.400.000 In the 37 states
cast of the Rocky mountains. It was
54 per cent ahead of December and
48 per cent greater than Jnnun-y
1934.
The recently completed semi-an
nual survey of the national assocla
tion of real estate boards gave an
inkling of what might be expected
In the residential building field
when It disclosed apace shortages In
a number of large cities, especially
In single family dwellings and small
apartments, and a gradually rising
trend in r en Lais.
FIREMEN'S BILL
BEFORE HOUSE
Faced with 63 measures, of which
31 were house and 27 senate bills,
the house sent the Oleen surtax on
income bill back to committee, elim
inating one of the controversial
measures slated for special order of
business and spent the remainder of
the morning in passing a number of
bills of minor nature. The decks
were cleared at noon for the discus,
sion of the policemen's and fire
men s pension bill which was sched
uled for a 2:30 o'clock discussion.
The Sunday closing bill Is listed for
special order of business Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock.
Other bills passed provided for
interest on county orders; relating
to bids for work and supplies; ex
tending common user privileges of
public utility facilities to munici
palties; providing for the approval
by the state board of health of la
boratories In which infectious ma
terial" Is examined; clearing existing
property taxes; granting special
laws In regard to the collection of
temporary licenses for certain class
es of trucks employed by the state
emergency relief administration;
authorizing the highway commission
to compile Information to compile
Information with respect to high
ways and public parks; providing for
elimination of secondary state high
ways from the system; validating
proceedings regarding the Issuance
of bonds for building and remodel
ing and relating to the private sale
of bonds by school districts for re
pairs or construction as requested
by the federal emergency act.
PLAN TO DIVERT
MILLAGE TAX
Pressure to divert the entire half
million dollars mlllage tax for high
er educational institutions to the
general fund will be brought upon
the ways and means committee and
Chancellor W. J. Kerr late today, it
was indicated by reports emanating
Irom the executive offices.
This proposal will be definitely
urged upon Kerr who will confer
with D. O. Hood, state budget di
rector and members of the ways
and mei-ns committee.
It was further indicated that this
would be urged even to the extent of
closing down one or two of the nor
mal schools. The schools. It was re
ported, to be closed would be the
La Grande normal school and the
Ashland normal school, if savings
cannot be made In any other man
ner.
Investigation, It was hinted, will
also be made Into the large stnff
employed by the general hcadquart
erg of the state board of higher ed
ucation at Corvallls.
Compromise Reached
On Coast Bridge Tolls
With Highway Board
A compromise plan for solution of the controversial
question of removing tolls from the const highway bridges,
now under construction with PWA funds, which has threat
ened to resolve itself into a major
legislative battle, was announced
today following a conference be
tween Oovemor Charles H. Martin
and members of the state highway
commission.
The commission In conjunction
with Governor Martin will propose
to the federal government that the
$4,200,000 loan for the coast bridges
be transferred In the form of a
grant to reconstruction of the Co
lumbia river highway between
Troutdale and Bonneville and Cas
cade Locks, a distance of 26.5 ml.il.
In return the state would assume
the obligation of repaying the 14,-
DUBOIS GIRLS
END LIVES ON
PLANEFUGHT
Daughters of San Fran
cisco Diplomat Care
fully Plan Suicide
Grief Over Fate of Flying
Corps Officers Leads
To Tragedy
Naples, Feb. 21 VP) Jane Dtt BoM,
who plunged to death from an ah-"
plane today In England, was re
ported to have been engaged to
marry Flying Officer John A. O.
Forbes, killed last week in the crash
of the British flying boat "Ace or
Diamonds."
Her sister, Elizabeth, also killed,
was likewise reported engaged to
Flight Lieutenant Henry Longfleld
Beatty, commander of the "Ace of
Diamonds."
(Copyright, 193S. by Aiioclated Pr&ss)
Upminlster, Essex, Eng., Feb. 21
Two beautiful American girls,
Elizabeth and Jane Du Bois, tha
only children of a United States
consul general, plunged from an
airplane to death today. Frlenda
said they started on their last flight
(Concluded on pnge 16, column lV"
injuTM
TO SALEM BOY
Jack Wagner, Salem youth 18
years old, died at the Salem Gen
eral hospital today from Injuries re
ceived In an automobile accident
Tuesday night. The lad received a
chest Injury.
He wos riding on the running
board of an automobile driven by
Wallace Steed of Salem, with whom
in the car was Robert Quamme. The
car is said to have been going at a
very moderate rate of speed on the
Center street extension near the
state hospital. The car apparently
got ofr the pavement into soft dirt
and skidded.
Jack was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bclford Wagner, 437 South Liberty
street.
Portland, Feb. 21 "(P) Federal Jus
tice wns tempered with mercy here
yesterday when B. A. Wagner of
Salem was paroled from the final
month of his three-month sentence
for illegal liquor sale.
Tuesday night Wagner's son was
critically Injured in an automobile
accident at Salem. The physician
attending him suggested that a visit
from his father might hasten recov
ery. The U. S. marshal here awoke
Wagner at 1 a. m. and drove him to
Salem, returning Just before dawn
yesterday morning. Later in the day
Federal Judge Fee paroled the man.
GOVERNOR HELPED
PUSH MAN'S AUTO
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 21 (IP)
Ernset Push's automobile stalled
near the state capltol, so the Hunt
ington man called on three obliging
passersby to do a little pushing. In
a letter of apology to Governor H.
G. Kump he wrote;
"To few In this life does it fall
their lot to look in the rear vision
mirror and see there reflected the
face of the governor of a great state
pushing on the back of his car."
-
200.000 loan for the bridges out of
state revenues without toll charges
and would also assume the obliga
tion of maintaining the bridges.
Reconstruction of the Columbia
river highway between Portland and
Bonneville, most of which Is narrow
and crooked, has been necessitated
by the construction activities at
Bonneville dam and the cost of this
reconstruction would otherwise fall
upon the state, it was explained by
Leslie M. Scott, chairman of th
highway commission.
A further saving to the state
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