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Observe Clean-up Week May 18-23 Much can be Done Toward Civic Beautification Then jew News THE WEATMtn .C.rlly Wr """"ra" tem" "V '.,M variable winds " .tTimpowture: Mia. 49 degrees; maxl- Precipitation VOL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OKEGON,- SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 2, IK") PR IPF on stui'fts 3c; ox tkains r 1"'"L" AM) NEWS STAN PS Be. NO. 100 Will 1 1 I 1 . ... . ' ' IY1 M 1 '"Tuii to Start I . .h. road in the l' . . will soon be un- Ua'" ..... h,in financed Jtl nr ie ration of L. count, l0Unarf'r this roar will totnl irfArliaMOP outlined. C " nrovide $1500. Five Uisrble MW. M0 reached between the if IP"""' j. p. rework will an e '"'" ' ... ( the forest service and rj to of the "standard forest dl- 13 feet wide on i fret on hillsides, according !, P. 1L Morse. Lane county engineer. tj, Miimm grade win ne ju pe. at iceordins to the specifications, jv route "ill he along Brioe creek nud district 17. The places , ii road most in need of improve rs! rill be worked on this summer a tie I'M part of the work which ! IS miles on the entire project.' f,tl Sales Planned- Tie annual poppy sale sponsored m tit American Legion post of Ell en and the ladies' auxiliary of the pap ii to be given this year on May !, S, 50 and 30. Mrs. K. P. Dorris kiir'oin of the committee taking -jirjt of the sale. She eipectB to Uie all committees ready to an nate at the first of the coming lift as plans will be talked over nt niniiliary meeting Monday. All pop Mi told in Oregon arc made in the Hit in the veterans' hospital No. 77 it Portland. And all money otbained Iwn the aales is used in the state rehabilitation and child welfare nrl among families of disabled vet traai in Oregon. Rill Bits Asked Several bids on construction work Lane couuty roads will be called fer by the county court next week, actording to announcement today. Bids sill be advertised Tuesday fur lit rocking of the Green Door section dtheLorane highway, this being the !t section of tin's route. Plans fur lit railing for bids for the rocking l tie North Fork of the Siuslnw will iIkj be made during (be week, it in MOTnced. The McCollum (lap road Nit. will also be listed for bids l Ike court. These bids will take " of l large number of the road isimrment plans for I he county for lit early cummer. ilriliM Expert Coming : Lucy Case, nutrition expert of "tension division of the Oregon liwilturai college, will speak on imlni the Family" at the I'omonn 'hue meeting to be held at the t Mat Urangc at Coburg Kntur-f- Hay 21, according to announce f received at the office of O. S. "'k'r. Lane county agricultural lr. Fletcher i, also scheduled WrtM the meeting. T,0 session h'diiled for the fifth Saturday r but as this comes on Memorial ""! due w is set ahead one week, "I'i-H to the gr,ge officers. Scheduled Uri I'agernwrk. eiecutive toore j 'te Camp Fire cirls in Port- "d ,n 0"on alumna, will be 'l"er at the monthlr sonvnnr 1 of the Hermian club Tuesday g. Mi lasrrn,nrk wi ,ym r experiences in establishing . "" work am .ng ,h, J? " "S"n Ian fall. A Isrge "'""Mi,, H;,grmrk-, ,(. ' fe Camp Fire work and for summer camp for irI, on ,rail on n of the aienntains. are selected frcn -n '""ajor. in the University 'oa ,chi of phrsic ,,,,. tH" lw Staged Wn,ely r-, caet offiri.rj "t'r L,?;"11'""''1 in ,he "' feii L I r"""' hpl'1 the W, ' ,"'"h "f ",e "arrack,, rjj ' "'nmg. The ceremonial a b...", co"1MDira of cadets, '"'I'oti review by cadet offi- alio,, rai!p Rai W.hM B.rkM,.n, c r ,IS' i-r t)w o. a. c. ,M'ant in :"fllli. i. . fH Given - 't. analogous to L. with a F Oregon Trunk Railway to be ! Run to Klamath, And on To California Official Action is Taken at I New York by Directors Of Northern Pacific PORTLAND, Ore., Mny 2,(P) Official action was takeo yestcrdny in New York by the directors of th? Northern Pacific Rjiihvuy cumpany, toward extending the Oregon Trunk railway from ltend to Klamath Fall j and on to a connection with the j Western Pacific in northern Calif or- j nin, according to advices received bv officials of the Northern Pacific, the Oregon Trunk and the Spokane. Port-' hind and Seattle railway here lull yesterday. Already the Great Northern rail way, through Itulplt Ltudd, president-, has declared its (mention of invading the Klamath Kalis region. Both the northern lines own t lie Spokane, Port hind and Seattle system, one of whose subsidiaries is the Oregon Trunk, reaching from the Columbia river to Iiend, l."rU miles, Telegram Is Sent. News of the decision of the North Pacific to join with its ally, the Great Northern in invading tho Klannth Kails region, was received through a telegram late yesterday from Presi dent Charles Donnelly t" A. D. Charl ton, ReiH'fiil pflwKenge.' agent. T!i" in r ami go from New York, was to til" effect that the directors by unani mous vote had authorized the Oregon Trunk to make application to the In terstate commerce commiepkn for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to permit construction of tho ney line. The Northern Pacific directors als orderfd that immediate definite loca tion of the line be made, the mA vnge added. Locations Are Made. The locations have been made for the s"iitherly extension of the Oregon Trunk from Bond. One is to connect with l he Soul hern Pacific's Kugene Klamuth Kails cut-off nt Crescent, w'.iirli would tr.iversc the vesler.y li"idcr "f the ' great pine timber tra-'tx in that region, the other lino (Continued on page sixteen) DB.R.G.U To make a first-hand investigation in the archives of the Hudson Bay company, London, for historical ma terial bearing on the work of the or ganization in the pioneer period of the Northwest. lr. K. ('. Clark, head of the department of history at the Uni versity of Oregon, asked the board of regents today for a leave of ab sence for the summer and fall terms. Mary Halloncll Perkins, professor of English, asked the board of regents for a year's leave in order to study and travel abroad. A committee of students presented a plan for financing the Student I'nion and other strictly undergraduate structures. The executive committee of the Associated Students favors I legislation which will require each student to pay M each term toward j the Student t'nion. obviating the ne ! cessity of staging an annual campus drive for funds. More than $t7,IXH) ' was pledged in the recent drive, bring : ing the total to well above $'Jtm,(Ki. The regents were still in rh-sed ses ' aion at a late hour this afternoon, j Significance of the visit of (Jover ! nor Pierce, who arrived to meet with ' the hoard, is that an acting president 1 will be appointed to fill th p'are of ! I. I Campbell while he ia ill. aeoord . ing to report current on the campus. Appointment of a dean of men was : discussed al'hnugh no definite action ; l ad been taken up to late this after i noon. EXTENSION 0 BEND RAILWAY LINE PROMISED Moroccan Tribesmen, Under Abd-el-Krim, Leader, , Attack French illiF CREED HllVIOi IS COMING HERE Major-General Creed C. Hammond, ch'ef of t lie militia bureau of the war department, starts today from Wash ington for a tour of inspection of na tioiial guard camps and other military pust.s on the Pacific coast. He will visit Camp Lewis. Portland, Eugene and San Kraneisco. remaining ap proximately 'two weeks, according to word received here today. General Hammond's homo is in Oregon, and bis promotion to the com mand of the militia bureau is general ly understood at Washington to mean that the government intends to give n.uch consideration to the ttrengt li mine of the system of military de fense on the I'ncifie Coast. No word has been received ns to the exact date of the visit of General Hammond to Eugene but it is prob able lhat plans will be made to greet the former Eueenean during his stay here. It is probable that General Hammond will be accompanied here by General George A. White, commander of tho Oregon national guard, and other state official, according to lo cal guard officers. Board Looks Over Two new Schools Grod progress is being made "n thi r-mpletion of both the Tbeod'-re Koosevlt and tte Wo drow WiIoi junior high schools in this city, ac cording to a report this morning of the Eugene school b' ard. The board members in company with Manon While, Portland prcbitect who design led the buildings, made an inspection j trip over the buildings and they sia(e that everything i sntrfartory. AI l though there has been considerable l delay in the -build. ng. due ti weather land other muses, the building will be compb ted ar.d ready for th p"n l ing of school in the fall, is the an ! nooncement. I McKenzie Pass TO be Cleared ! Iti;M, Ore., May A tra-tor was ftarted out frly thin morn tig to attempt to open the M Kenrio paaf. Bft-fiiling to information received by tho loral forestry offiro from ,iitora. The' w rk i being d'-no by the borem i of jviMir ronds, aerord nc to H. I t'lumb, supervisor of the Ie4 btjtfa '.innil forest who talked with fr-I ' etry officiaU at Sifter tbia morn- ing. X - it- ' ItBSBm-.. I Abovo la Abd-el-Krim, leader In the French gone today. He ia little tot on the camel Is hla aon. . v, ..r ... ...... v. V J.'V Naval Seaplane Sets new Non-Stop Record When it Stays Aloft for 28 Hours PLYMOUTH, May 2. (P) After having flown without srop for 28 hours and HO minutes, the naval sea plane PN-0 landed at the navy yard at 2:5S p. m. today. During the, flight, which smashed all seaplane endurance records, ob servers slated, n distance was covered greater thau that, of tho j i t ; fliRht of the P.V-t) from San Diego to iionoiuiu ' . The PN-0 took the a'r for the test nt 1.0:22 a. in. Kriday flying continu ously over n forty-mile eoursct above the Delaware river with two pilots and two mechanicians relieving each other on watch. . licar-Adiniral Moffeft. head of the navy air service, sent his congratu lations. BALLOON ALOFT .JOSEPH, Mo., May 2.- ST. -Day-1 ME W. (J. Shirman, resident of Hereta on the western Lane coast, is believed to have died sudilenlj of heart dinrac last night as his ho;y rum found by his wife after she had been absent from the house for a short time, ac cording to a telegram received by D. C. ItoHsman, deputy county coroner, this afternoon. The Shnrtnnn houie was on fire when Mrs. Sharman re turned but this Is beliered to have been caused when Mr. Sharmm start ed downstairs carrying an oil lamp. It !s believed that ho fell on the stairs and that the lamp exploded. Acenrdm to investigations made by neighbors last night and this morning i Hi stated that there are no signs of foul play. It is not believed that an in quest will be necessary. Mr. Sharman was well known in western I.ane and other coast coun ties of Oregon and has been a resi dent of Lane for ninny yar. His only daughter. .lean Sharmnii was drowned at b'Jorenrp about in jears ago. Mr. Sharman waa about C3 years of B0. Human Skeleton is Found by Farmer MKDKOKD, "re.. May 2. - While plowing lant Wednesday on the I,ik Kyan ranch on I'.ig Hjitte creek nenr McCb ud, George Croft unearthed h"'""n akeleton. Einminstion lead tie belief lh:lt It was prolmlily that of an Indian, and difficult to esti mate the length of time it hss been buried, although Coroner Conger be lieves for 10O years. A bunting knit'e of Indisn lyp mide from black flint about 14 inches in length and f ur Inches wide wfts aUo ; fovnd with tho r-mtint. uronr t'on- ger invotignted lite matter and brought the skeleton Medford. wbf re it will bo plured oo oib:biti' n. of the Moora, who opened an attack ahown at a military review. The Below la a portrait of Abd-el-Krim light today saw five, balloons In the national elimination race headed southwest ward probably over south ern or southeastern Missouri. Na tional Aeronautic association officials early today anxiously awaited word from the balloons that left Hosecrans field hero late yesterday, to contest i'r i no iiouor oi ruprceti-iuiug ine i;ni ted Males in tho international balloon racei. .. Vl ; '. Kour of the balloons, those piloted by Captain II. E. Honeywell, veteran of 25 yours, experience, W. T. Van Orman, winner of the race last year; Herbert V. Thaden and Lieutenant William J. Flood, aro those contest ing for tho coveted positions In tho international race. Those balloonist finishing in the lead are eligible to OLter. Tho fifth balloon piloted by Major Maurice Smith of Kansas City, was a pilot balloon that led the way for the races. Itobert G. Brown, director of ath letics at tho high school of Wayne. Nebraska, has been elected as roach and athletic director of the Eugon high school for the coming year, sc- c irdinir to action taken at a speciil meeting of the Kugene school hoard this morning. The new director in 21 years of ag-1. a graduate of Morningsido college t Sioux City, Iowa, where ho specialis ed in several branches of athletic-. He hat been coaching athletics for tho past three 3 ears since graduation, two years at Wayne. .b.. and one yonr at Oring City. Is. Mr. Hrown his visited Kugene sev eral times with his brother Percy W. Itmwn, of the KiMt National ba'jk of (his city. The new director ia mar ried and has one child. It is cxperfd that ho will arrive hero shortly after the close of the schools nltcre he is I tnnur f-niilfiv1. 'I'll new ilirfwirir1 I comes higtily recommend1 d as an ath letic instructor. Mr. Iti own in hi roniumnication to the local school boird states Unit In I bis deiiro to make Oregon his per manent home he ha accepted the sal ary agreement of $llt.VO a year whi r Is much lest tint that he now receives at the Nebraska school, Kirl "Spik:" Leslie, athletic roach hero for thi past two yearn returned bis contract to the school hoard unsigned, salary fT the posltl'in was reduc-d from $.(K0 to ftfl.V recently. Tho members of the school board speak in the highest terms of the work of Mr. f.rMie but regret th jfaet that a reduction in salary was necessary. FINES ARE PAID HPItlNCKIKMJ, May 2. (Spoeial) Fine paid In Hpr'ngfield police court ) -ra' onlay afternoon and thit morning infliide tho following: J. K. Sbolton. .' for apooding; C. M. Hul- dr. f5 for apfod ng Wilbnr l)uinn, ar on tho city $ for parking hi j ktrrota without liglit, f, A. IMdredge, ! for parking without lightt. COUNTY JUDGE IT OF LANE CITES Criticism of Road Policy In Western Areas Answered Here Comparison With.McKenzie Highway Shows Report Not Justified In response to criticism of the road construction program for western Lane county aa contained in an edi torial printed recently in tho Port I'mpqua Courier and Siuslaw News, both of Itcedsport, Douglas county, Judge C. P. Harnard of tho Lane county court has issued a statement based on figures obtained from tho office of the state engineer on amount of road funds expended in the' west I.ane districts, .ludge Harnard states that th writer was evidently misinformed na to the facta in tho matter aa tho fig ures on rosd work completed or at present under way in the western Lane districts Indicate that that area is obtaining a full share of road con struction money. Loyalty is Praised. - Whr tin editorial, speaks of tho people in that section of the county being loyal to good roods and voting lax regard teas of wlicro the money waa to liu spent, I agree' Judge Bar nard aaid. "They have, consistently voted to help other part a of the county, as well as their own. On the other hand, nt least since I cnino Into office in tho county court has endeavored to give the west end of tho cou nly (heir Minre, of the road money, nnd as the item makes com parison between tho McKenzie and tho K.ugene-Klorenco highways, I will giv the actual amout of money nl ready dpi nt, and contemplated being spent in 1 !-."), on each of these highways. This is money spent through the state highway commission, and does not ap ply to any special money voted by the different districts. Figures Are Given. "There has been spent on tho F.u-gene-Klorence highway between Ches hire nnd Itainrock. during the period January 1, PCI, and January 1, Jljr, the following: St.ito $l77.ni.Y7 County .1I7.21H.OS Federal g ivernment 2."iS,.'J.V1.12 T'lnl $SSL',!)!I2.S7 "To ruinplotp wnrk which wn nn'l''r -aiitrnct hut iinromplrlf ( tin January (t'nnlilHMd on pngp hixlfrn) Apiiroximatelv tin IT Hie Line county ouotn of f'1'170 for thp Salvation army has slready lieen raided, It was learned It'day from t'npliiin O. I'. Srrick'mtd of Portland, campaign secretary. Th.' solicit ng committees are nenrly fin ished with the c;invnes of the husineps eectirn of Kugene, nnd report a highly successful il.lj' yeterd'iy, with :lie help of Kiwnnis e'liiti rcprcHentstives. No soliciting wns done todav, cording to II. II. II libs, chairman of the ndvisory hoard, but it wdl be re- ; sinned neit .Momhiy. i elf- ,.... ,A ... ,...- i. ; nMt Miituriiny evening, saui Mr. ll'ildt. "The cnmpiii(tn wi end with! in tfltf anlf hy membera of llio Nnlv.i ! I ti'-n army, girl gunrcln and friend of , Mlie nrgiini!tion, j ''K-igr-no in ikniK nph'ii'd In i vent in rnt in romnmnity welfni ? i through It Htinport of the Hilvntion I army. The ainoiint it in necking mine for it work In ntreinely mod- ol, eijn pide ring work it rrrie v the ai-op of (ho COUNCIL TO MEET The council of llio Kuxftie I'.irent Teacher anwinlion will inert M ill day afternoon nt -;'I0 o'clock in tho t.ffkf. of City Slw.d Supeiintindert , J. T. (jioriD, ROUTE FIGURES Postal Gain In April is 14 Per Cent Kugene showed an Increase of 14 per cent in postal receipts In April this year over April, 1024, according to announcement' today of Darwin IS. Varan, postmaster. The total receipts for the month were $10,574.00 and U is the highest total for one month this year so far, tho Teport states. "Although the Increased postal rntes went Into effect April 15 this did not hare a big effect on the total receipts as many firms that advertise by mall took advantage of the old rate and did considerable of their mailing prior to the now schedule of tariffs.'1 tho postmaster said today. With tho normal steady increase of receipts at the local office with tho addition of lnerenFod rates foT May It la expected that the percentage of in crease will bo much larger for the present month, Mr. Yoran predicts. U WEEK FOR EUGENE TO BE Mil! 18-23 Cltliena of Eut;roe are called upon to co-oporato In observing annual Clcan-iin week May 18 to 23, In a proclamation Issued today by Mayor R, 11. Tnrka. The dato was approved by the city council nt a recent meet ing, nnd the proclamation of tho mayor ia na follows: . "Aa mayor of the city of Eugene, I dcclre to ask every bynl nnd patriotic cltlsen to ohsnrvo Annual Clean-up week, May IS, 103 to May 23, 1025, cleaning up their premises, disposing of all rubbish and generally contribut ing toward making Eugene resemble "Spollees Town.'! Through lack of funda, tho city will not bo able, this year, to trans port rubbish, and everyona will have to provide for removing their own. Everyone is earnestly requested to co operate In making tho appenrnnce of the city a source of pride to all of us, nnd I might add, a aource of profit ns well. "The beauty of the city If a ma terlnl na well ns an esthetic asset, ami we should not forget the Immense prnctlcsl value of n clean well-kept city, ns having a benring on commun ity values. "Try to do your part. "E. 11. PAKKH, Mayor." Heretofore the city hns undertaken the removal of the ruhhi.h to the oil city dump, on the Willamette river. Hut this year, with the dump on south Alder, It Is esllmnted the cost of re moving the tin cans nnd gnrbnrfe would be approximately f.VMI, so ci'l rem will he invited to provide the re movnl themselves. I neol rluh Plans s,.. - ,'herry, Taylor Visit at Med ford Arrangements for a specinl trnln over the Southern Pscific from I'orl-1 land to Mcdfonl Knturdny, May 0, for' the insinuation of the new I. ions club st Medford are being mode, according to announcement of members of the Eugene I, ions. It Is planned to hnve the train pick up the delegations through the Willamette volley on the war south Including Eugene, Spring field nnd Cottage (irove. It Is ei- I peeled that if the hpecial train plan j j made that nhout 1 members of local r!ub will make the trip to , Medford. ; ., t. t I....- ...OI 1 1.1 .I...:- weekly hiiich,nn " ertnetday nt Hie KuReno chniubcr of romnn-rce tn hear th talk nf Taul FlHgilnue. weatorn manager ' !" I'tiiled Mtateji chain 1 lcr, who fpeHks here Unit day. 'l be dale of the clirimber liin-hit,n linn been aet abcirl from Thursday in or der to fit In with (be Hcbedule of the viHiting cbaitibor official. RESERVE DECREASES NKW VOHK, Miy Tha actual condition of clearing houe banka and truit companioa f r the week aliow an oK'oia roncrva of JIJ!..".',(.(M)0. Thi decrease In reserve of 11).77J. Mtl compared with lint week, when fin ex. en rrnervr of (ti.tH'.'.tMiO reported. FRENCH ZONE ATTACKED BY Sixty -Mile Front is Struck! By Moroccan Tribesmen, Is Report Isolated Posts Believed to , Be Well Protected With : Machine Guns . FEZ, Morocco, May 2. UP) Mor accan tribesmen operating under tha onlera of Ahd-cl-Krim, the rebel leader, aro attacking the French aona over a front of slaty miles. At soma points thoy havo surrounded French posts where small detachments ara defending themaelvea in blockhouses. The French military authorities here are of the opinion that tho rebel leader has a vast project in rnind with Fei as tho principal objective. The direction of tho attacks thus far rondo by tho trlbea In their offensive iudicatea a plan for a converging movement upon this city. . There la no serloua apprehension for the Isolated posta which are pro vided with mnchlno guns and throa Inch pieces. ; , With this equipment, It 13 felt the garrisons should ho nblo to keep tha tribesmen nt. a distance. Tho French forces In the aone of activity number about 12,000 men, divided Into three columns each, com manded by a colouol. Itelnforco ments now on tho wny will bring the total to twenty thousand. RIFFIANS ADVANCE HAH AT, Morocco, May 2. 04 A nofficlnl cornmunlnuo snya the Rlf I flnns havo advanced east of Tissnf and ; aro organising n defensive front at j other points. Tho situation on the j northern front is unchanged and tho French forces have taken measures 1 to check the tribesmen, tho announce- ! ntent said. . . ' I Itascbnll Scores I : AMERICAN At Chicago It, 11. E. St. IkiuIb 1 4 -i Chlcngo 4 3 1 Ilstlcries: Dnnfurth, Van tlililcr and Hevercid; Kaher and Scbiilk. At Huston ft. II. K. New York 1 8 1 lloston .1 8 11 Ilntteries: Jones, Shnwkey ami Neil Srhang, Wingfielil nnd 1'icinicji? NATIONAL At New York II. II. E. Ilrookl.vn 3H -1 New York 7 11 I) lotteries: Vance, lirimes sml Pe- Nehf, Scott and Snj- itii,uigh c.'lii'-iunsili i-( t tsltsa rsh It. II. E. .... a 3 1 ....8 13 -1 Ilatterics: I'onohue, Ilenton, l'.ie miller, Shechnu nnd Wiugo, liuglas, Meadows and Smith, At riiiUdrlpbiu, ltt gaiim It. H I. Iloatnn. . 4 2 0 l'liilade'ljiM 1 U - Ti n inning. Hatlerieit: tieiu-wiih mid ONt-il; Hint, nnd Ih-iilino. At riiibnlt lplitii l-'d gaini) l.iMon IIM 4 I'hiliidelplna 1J VI I li-itti'iit-H; Ityati, Kii ti and ft'Ni'ii!; ( 'uiix.tiemi; Cur's 'n and Wilsitn, Missing Girl at Warrenton Found ASTHUIA, Ore, May J.--Artr bo ing luinaing fr nearly two days M.-i. ia ret Knight, 1.1. wi found ycatar- ' day hiding in a t-ni n a abort li"tnnco from her buno a Wiirrenton, al though word of her rcw.orjr wna not received by the officers here until lust tt!hl. Tho girl gnva uu rant n for lur di-pp'niunvo. - -K l
