Wt'diic'Hday, (ktuhiT 21,
1025
T H E liUMB E It I) 0 QUE
tage Nlncj
LONG BEL!. MAY
BE IMPLICATED
IN KELSO BRf
Former Mayor declares com
pany Official in Polit
ical Syndicate
MAY CALL ON DARROW
Todd to Run for Governor;
Will Expose Knowledge
During Campaign
F.l'tiKNi: "ir w h'nvo mm (he
polities of lbs itate oi Washington
upside dowDi we're going i" ii i"
lb bottom of tin- Dovary munier,'
declared a liurlo Todd, former may
or of Kelso, Washington. In talk
before a small crowd "t Qtigcnc pod
pit at th armory recently. "NO
mnticr If ih" evidence leads la tba
hiKKi'Mt nu in Cowllti county, tin
nluto Of Wiirihlnitiun or Kansas City,
we're going in Mini iiti num robpan
Ibid tor ii urder or th Kelso
sdltor."
Mr. Todd mail" Charge iiKiilnst
many prominent men in the Wash
ington town In blob Tom iov,-ry,
former Bnge'iie man and editor ol
lbs Cowllti County Mows, wan nun
dared curly hint umiii"r Tba Odl
tor's dnulh was l uc. ha siild, to
a political syndicate composed of
noma ol iho mom prominent man r
tho la iii ii ii H y ami officials of tba
i.oiik Boll Lumber oompspy.
Mr. Dowry crltlclned dealing f
tho company in their appropriations
of iiiko land, declared Mr Todd,
end an a rabbit his paper WSJ In
jured. MarchnntN warn told not to
advertise in it by tba lumbar com
pany oft triaiH with ilia result tbtl
the paper wiih almost bankrupt at
tbo time thai tha adltor wnn murder
ad, ho dulnicd.
Theory ir id Pnsoand
Tho thaory expreeeod by Luko
H. May. criminologist, now at work
on the case, that Mr. Dovery wiih
murdered for purposes of robbery
was declared unsound by tho for
mar mayor. "No innn,'' ha mild,
"would he mi) foollnh an to murdi-r a
men if Dovcry's circumstances for
his money."
Thara won DOtblni taken frnni tha
murderod mau's person, ha claimed.
Tbora wai'a Mvoral dollar In silver
in hl pockets which wi n- not tak
en and n druft" for ft coblldorabli
num wan In anotbar porkit.
The speaker ntliickcd Uta n;
dona hy Mr. May In hU levoatlgii
llons In tbo case, "Wo don't ne
lluvo tbbl Tom Dovary WSS killed
by a profeeeloaal killer," ha de
clared, "Wo don't believe that Mr,
May hi'llevi'h thai In- was killi't hi
a professional kiiii-r ami we don't
bailor that Mr. May Ih a good dr
taotlve. iii work wnh phoQlcali
and flbr prints Ii" Is an expert
hut not an ii detective In tin . .
That Mr. May la working In lb
BMO for high py without much
work Was tho obarif Intimated by
Mr. Todd. Ita was given tSOOO for
bin Investigations with a f SOI
POPS iiecoiinl, claimed Mr. Tddd,
and all the work bs ovor did Wo
to coino down iiliniit one a week,
draw his expense moni-y. and i-lalm
thnl ha had a "red-hot" load.
No lie port Mmli
No roport on but Investigation
Iiiih bi'an mad, mild tho apdaker.
Ho deelarad thai ha believed thai
Mr. May had not made a systematic
investigation of tho crlmo. Friend
of Mr. Dovary bslpSd tho criminol
ogist im in mil iih ihry could, aald
tho ex-mayor, but their efforts weta
of no avail,
"I wunt to thank Mayor Polks
for his nttompt to gat u crowd for
my (minting." Hiild tba ono-llmo
FILL THIS OUT It Means More
Money And A Better Job For You!
Lumberlogue,
Klamath Falls, Oregon. No
Gentlemen :
I desire to rnnolvn the ConeHpotulence Cottrso In Lumbor
nntl Construction Information for ltetall Lumber Dealers. I
oxpoet to apply myself to the study of this course nnd to comply
with tho requirements of administration, in case I find it Im
possible to continue the work with duo diligence. It Is my under
standing that tho course will ho re-asslgncd.
Signed
Name of firfti of employer
City ; State
Street Address
(This Course is Free!)
Ki'Iho Muyor. "Hi claims that Mr.
May In u friend of bin. 1, loo, am
a friend of Mr. May. I ndmlro hlin
ami bollOV that ho hi an ugrneuhlu
periOP In live with. Hut In thin
case, i think bin ndavors rn uss
lesH, Ho look over the nine III th"
belief that It wan ii clear cane it
robbsfy, bfjd n ha gutten no far
on Ice In that hi'llef thai lie cannot
KOI mil of It. We mum g th" laiil
national loggl latent bolor the cane
In nettled."
B Mayor Todd charged that the
CoronQr tOOli tb Inaly of Mr. Dor
cry away from the death 1000 b
fare proper InVNBtlgBtlOOl could be
mad by officer ami that no at
tempt had boon made lo solve the
murder, except hy the friend, of the
murdi rod man, 'riie ra n' worked
out by tb90 men la a poi-lllve ca9i
be claimed, and th" attorney general
of the ntate in or the opinion th it
tt in sound.
A ires tod Men BxRoplpyQ
Tb men reoBotly arroitad in con
noctlon with th" ' r i iih, on" of thorn
belps srrostod in Lane ootinty near
Oakrldgo, were formerly employe!
iy the Long-llell company, he claim
ed, Thonpgon, th" man arratd
hro, ihowad a wlUlngnaa to so
back to KolSO without tho unual
legal formislltlcH. he claimed. A
promiOent KoIho man wan down her"
on a bunting trip abOOt the mime
lime an TbOfOpsOn wnn urrented and
Mr Todd Intimated that he wnn con
lie, ted with the arrant.
Mr Dovary attacked the buying
of school liimtn In Cowlitz county
hy iltlicnn mid the nelllng of the
tlmbbr lo lumber companle at a
great profit, mild the ex-mayor and
iih a rOftUJI won the dlnllke of the
rating combination of the commun-
fly and the cotnpuny offielulH. He
wan threatened by prominent map
before be wan murdered! he clatmodi
WIltieHHen have lieen found, aald
Mr. Todd, that nuw a IiIk car BtOp
at the place whdr Mr. Dovary was
found dead at about tba tlmo be
wan killed. One of the wltnaSOM
wuh a yottag woman who mtid she
nuw the body of the editor lying
on the lawn next to the nldewalk.
When the body wim found It bad
been moved to tbo middle of the
walk.
Darren May Im- BBaplayad
Mont Juries wuuld convict tho
men arreiud in the caen but n
Kelso Jury would not, atild Mr.
Todd, Th" friends of the murdered
man will carry on their endeavors
until the real rrlmlnnln are found,
be said, and If tho men nro prone
outejl It Is potslbl that the prose
cuting attorney1 win have to face
Chifencu Harrow, the famous Crim
inal lawyer.
It the case in not Battled before
the next ntate election, Mr. Todd
wlU run for governor, he declared,
aud In hin campaign win eapoee the
men thnt nn" now In nffleo.
Mr. Tod wan twice elected mayor
of Kelno, he mild, and wan once re
called, II" Intimated that the re
mil election was criminally parried
'mi ami thai there wero about GOO
, votes that no one could account tor.
They counted 1800 Voters and when
the hnllotri were COUntOd there were
1S00, he contended. One man con
feason to have voted file limes ant
the Bgme man claimed that he knew
others that had voted a.i many us
10 times.
Mr. Todd wan twice elected mayor
a speech by John DVIB, one of bis
friends who is accompanying him on
his trip. He outlined the groWtb
of the pnrty of men which he al
leged to be running the Cowlitz
county government. Lumber com
pany officials are connected with
them, he nnhl.
300 Men at Work
ClIBHALIS, Wn. Operations
have been resumed nl Llttel hy the
Snow Lumber & Shingle Co., idle
sln.-o July I. Three lliundred men
aro einpl lyed to the company's mill
and camp.
BELIEVE MERGER
IS SOLUTION OF
Lfl MILL
Connolidation Seen as Only
Wuy to Cut Down Over
Production
EXPERT GIVES PLAN
Price Making Now Entirely
in Hands of Buyers,
Lumber Man Says
BfOATTLB, Wash. The inerKlng
of went coasl mills into Igrg unit an
a lueana of murketlm; northwest
product more advantagaousl) was
suggested recently hy lloherl II. Al
len, manager of the Went Coasl i.um
bermon1 association, in an addross
before the Keultle Association of
Credit men.
The speaker at Ibe oulnet pointed
out tin- weakness of mills in coping
with tho problem of maintaining a
Sufficient nulcs force to cover the
exteoBlvo territory in which Douglas
fir is used. The result of thin weak
Bee, Mr. Allen declared, in to throw
the hulk of price making into the
hands of buyers, to whose mercy the
tnllUj are constantly exposed.
Miii Lack 1'rofiu
Doaplto tho production record of
ISf.5, the mills us u general thing,
Allen ha i.l, have not profited In tiny
degree llku other big Industries. Al
len predicted that thu present de
mand for lumber will continue until
winter weather compels n cassation
or building, and that if tho winter
rut could lu some orderly manner
bo curtailed, or the Winter cut held
In Stock, 1020 would be u profitable
year for the mills.
"Kor this year lo date," suld Al
len, "tho west count has produced
more lumber than in any former like
period. Despite this extremely heavy
production the mills today ure over
sold. Stocks at the mills are con
siderably below whut could be culled
normal. Demand has been kooiI for
the entire year, nt times nullifying
thu law of commercial gravitation
whh b Insists on specific periods of
lean inQulry.
Statistically, west coast lumber
should be lu a very solid position
from (he viewpoint of the mills. Ar
u mutter or demonstrable fact. It has
been fur from a protltible year for
tho avontgo mill. The manufactur
er bas BU glad In meeting his pay
rolls and baa duchaTged his obliga
tions to bin employes and the com
munity in which he operates, but tho
financial return has not been suffi
ciently compensating when tbo hui
urd of the Investment Is considered."
UKEVIEW SEES
(Continued pron Page Sevcstt)
Mr. Dusenbury Is the owner of
u tract of timber land estlmuted to
coninln upwards of half a billion
feel of pine, though In his testimony
he rates It at 360,000,000, The
trait inclmli's the Irvine tract and
additional holdings wblcb Mr: Du
senbury has secured since bis pur
chase of tho tract two years ago.
Tributary to his holdings Is a large
body of timber in the Fremont
Nation!) Foresl which would also
bo lapped by tho construction of n
railroad into his holdings. The lands
lie approximately fifteen miles nort.i
of Lakevjew and Mr. Dusenbury
plans to build the mills horo.
bringing the logs In ovor his own
logging rond.
Frank Boutin of Portland, ownor
of some 12000 acres of timber in
the Dog Lnke section, stated that
his holdings totaled approximately
250,000,000 foot of pine nnd that
his plans called for tho construc
tion of a mill nt Lakoview nnd a
logging road out to the timber tract,
a distance of some twenty-five miles..
Tho mill, as planned, will bavo a
capacity of upwards of 100,000 feet
per shift, rind probably cut 80,000,-
ooo annually
Adjacent to the holdings of Mr.
Iloutln, tho Dog Lalto unit of the
Fremont Forest contains a Jorge
body of timber. Forest engineers
nro now making a study of this
tract iih to the engineering features
to be BUOOUntered in the logging
of It. A portion of the national
forest lies between tho Boutin hold
ings nnd their outlet to Lakoview.
While both Mr. Dusenbury nnd
Mr. Boutin have confided tholr
plttM to a circle of local businosn
men, neither would heretofore per
mit public announcement of the
proposed mills, In vlow of tho pre
liminary stage in which tho projects
have heretofore stood. Tho an
nouncement wus hailed villi some
surprise and much satisfaction In
LultovleW.
it is nlso understood that Mr.
Iloutln bus also sucured n consider
able Interest in tho Lakoview mills
and Timber company whose miu is
located at Crime Creek, four mile
BOUth of I.akovlew, The mill was
only recently placed In operdtlOD anil
n quarter of a million feel or lum
le r i:i now on sticks In the yard.
wiiii" equipped now with circular
saws, the mill In dgelgned for th"
Installation of a band saw and an
lie i .i " of output up to 70,000 feet
dully, 'fills mill will no doubt cut
many or Ibe logs from Hie lioutln
holdings,
Mr. Boutin' la agpected to arrive
In LakeVlOW the first part of the
coming week to attend to matters
in connection with bin heavy In
vi Lmqnt in Lake county and also
matotra looking forward to tbalr
development.
Mill Is Leased
OitTINfJ, Wn. The IV 8, Lumber
mill, formerly leased by Hurry Mm
ny, baa been leased by W K. Hull.
c. B. Hopkins in the in superin
tendent, Wooden Railway
Nearly Finished!
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JUNCTION CITY. The track of
the wooden railway h'-liix built out
of this city by tho B. J. Horton
Lumber coinpuny will reach th.)'
summit of the Coast mountains by'
the first of November, It In predict-1
ed. It will go by way of the "high;
pass," When the summit is reach- j
dd, construction work will conic'
until next nprlng. and motor truck
w ill him I lumber transported over
the roud trom thut point to Junction
City. .
Down for Repairs
BELLINOHAM, Wash. The Mor
rison MIII company will clone Ita
sawmill Saturday for two weeks!
for annual repairs.. Its box factory,
will continue operation, though, ao-l
cording to C. K Keyes, manager, the I
box trado has slowed down ma-;
terlally, The company's sawmill at
Itlalne bus Just undergone repairs. I
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OI-VMI'IA. Wash. --Settlement of
the lot: rale use and dismissal of
all legal actions pending In the
courts and before the stuto depart
ment of puhllc wvjrkB In tho log
tariff controversy wero agreed upon
here tttts morning mt a oonfaranc
botwean rapreteDiatlva of the four
rail carriers' Interests and of the
Kg Shippers' anscclatlon. Ulrecter
John 0. Denney announced.
V'.nler tb.j agreement -reached,
tho North Pacific Coasl Freight bu
reau, representing the Northern ra-
olflc, Oreat Northern, Org-J.i-Vash-Ingtan
Itallroad & Navlgatt n and
the Chlnagn. Milwaukee t St. Paral
railway companies, will file a new
tariff iwhl-h will be about 2 214 per
ent under the rates named 111 tariff
29 and about 23 per cent over the
rales effective June 1, w'.ien the car
riers held tihat tariff 20 became
effective. The tariff will probably
be filed tomorrow. Director Den'aey
said, following which the depart
ment will enter Its order.
Iti'paralions Ora&iad
In addition u granting lower
ratei than tariff 29, the new tariff
provides for reparations amounting
lo the dlfrereuce between the no
tariff and No. 29, the reparations
being retroactive to Juno 1. The
new tariff will uU lie effective an
...' June 1. The minimum car!oa 1
is reduced from the old scale of
7000 bojrd feet per car tl 600
feet.
The rates will provide for uniform
charges based on gi.-nduated mileage
'hauls on all lines repluclng the fol
mcr method of the large numt.er
of tariffs iflled by the Individual
carriers, which was one of the points
In controversy.
The action today will TeBult In
the dismissal lof the general log rate
LOG BUTE IR
GOMES
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Paul Bunyan
Were President
HIS ECONOMICAL PROGRAM
WOULD BE SUCH AS TO CAUSE
EVERY MAN TO TURN FROM A
PATH OF ERRORS AND PRACTICE
TRUE ECONOMY BY TRADING
WITH
Lloyd Ryan
Clothier
"Home of the Workingman"
nine, which WO begun In 1920 and
nlso of the action started by thu
itat department to consider the ap
plicability (to bug tariffs of the gon
eral freight reductions order hy f ie
Interstate commerce commlssio-n iu
1920.
The carriers iwere represented
hem today by (Jeorge T. Ileld if
Seattle und the shippers' association
by K. H. .McCord of Seattle and
Scott '.. Henderson of Tnroma.
The new tariff agreed upon udav
based on the vhnrge per 1000 feet
hoard measure fallows:
First 10 rnllos $ 1.70 ; 10 to 15
miles 15 tn 20 miles, $2.10:
0 to 25 miles 12.20; 25 t 30
miles, 12.27 W; 30 0 35 miles,
12.35; 35 to 40 miles ptAtWl 4
lo 45 miles, $1.80; 45 to 60 miles
2,57,)gf over 50 miles and not over
35 miles, add 7 'A vents for each
five miles or fraction of five miles;
over 95 miles, aJd one crrnt for each
additional mile.
amps Are Opened
TACOMA, Wash.. The Cascade
Timber Co., owning two camps near
Alder on the Tacoma and Eastern
railroad, has resumed work after a
shutdown of approximately four
months, with intention to operate the
capacity of four sides.
The Mineral Lake Lumber Co. at
Ashford has started camp 17 after
a shutdown of nine months. Contin
uous operation is assured, according
to statements, as the log rate contro
versy has been amicably settled.
Box Plant Rushed
ASTORIA, Ore. Because of n
water shipment order which must
be ready In a certain time and the
demand for boxes locally, the box
factory of the Astoria Box company
here is temporarily operating ten
j hours a day. The sawmill of the
I company is not working extra hours.
I In all likelihood, according to W. P.
j O'Brien, manager, the box factory
I will be back on an eight-bour day
I by November 1.
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Kelso Acts on Port
KELSO, Wash., The Kelso port
commission has taken final action to
purchase tho Orugon Way site of 40
ncros for port development from thu
Long-llell Lumbor Co. for 1100, 000.
It voted to make n two mill tux levy
which would rtilsu 36,600 and to is
sue one per cent In bonds to raise
182.000. This sum would flnanco
the purchase of the site and Improve
ments, It wits estimated.
To Draw Mill Plan
ORECION CITY, Ore. Plans will
bo drawn at once for the new St.
Helens pulp and paper mill to be
built at St. Helens by a paper com
pany In which the llawley Pulp and
Paper Co. Is the principal stockhold
er, according to Wlllnrd P. How
ley, 'Jr. Tho first unit of thu plant,
to cost approximately $1,500,000,
will be ready for operation la
November, it was predicted.
Plan New Mills
BELLINGHAM, Wash. Two new
sawmills will be built In Whstcorn
I county this year. The Warnlck Lum-
ber Co., successor of the Qlaclcr
Lumber Co. will build on the site of
the Glacier Lumber Co.'s fire destroy
ed plant at Warnlck, and the Maple
Palls Tie and Lumber Co. will build
near Maplo Falls. The Warnlck mill
will have a one-shift capacity of 30,
000 feet, stater Frank N. Brooks,
president, and it will be operating
early in 1926. The company owns a
large tract of timber, wblcb It Is now
logging.
Study Completed
POTLATCH, Idaho. A prelimin
ary study of the holdings and. oper
ations of thu Potlatch Lumber com
pany as a basis for considering a
definite forestry and load manage
ment policy, has Jvst been com
pleted for the company by E. T. Al
len and Norman G. Jacobson, repre
senting the research department of
tho Western Forestry and Conserva
tion association.
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