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,THE JIOBMXG OREGOMAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 191a. RE SOURCES ABQUf D COUNTRY Addison Bennett Writes of Wonders in Heart of Curry County. GAME "PARADISE" " FOUND Great Virgin Territory Holds Vast Opportunities and People Are Interesting:, Thrifty and Prosperous, Says Writer. BT ADDISON BENNETT. GOLD BEACH. CURRY COUNTY, Or.. (Staff Correspondence.) While this letter will deal largely with the country up the Rogue, I date it from the county seat of Curry. I do this for the reason that there are still many things of a general nature to say about the county. First and foremost, about the dairy business. There are quite a number of dairies up the coast in the northern part of the county, about Langlols and Denmark. There is also a community cheese factory there. One of the very largest dairy farms in the state, that of Mr. Catterlin. the Star Ranch, has already been written about. After you pass Denmark coming south there are but few small and scattering dairymen. The reason for this Is simple there is no way to regularly market the product without a haul a long distance over a wagon road, parts of which are Trettr bad In the - wet season. Tne country from Denmark south, notably in the Sixes. Elk and Port orrora vi cinities, is admirably adapted to dairy- Ine. and when the railroad is built there ought to be as fine dairy farms along that coast, and even oack a lew miles up the little streams, as there are In the State. It is not disloyalty to any other portion of Oregon to say v that there is no better dairy section on earth than along the coast and streams of Curry County. Sportsman's Paradise Found. In these letters of late I have said but little about wild game, and yet Curry is the "sportsman s paradise that we read so much about. It 1b es timated that there are 15.000 deer in the county, and it is no trick at all for a cood marksman to go out in the morning and return at night with as oir a kill as the law win mow tor the season. There are also some 15 or 20 elk south of the Rogue. It is to be hoped none of the females of this herd will be killed, it not mey wui rapidly Increase. And there is not much danger of any of the residents of the county slaughtering any of them; the danger comes from the city hunters who will come in and kill, kill and kill regardless of what they kill or what number of head. They kill simply for the sport of killing. i There are a great many bears and far too many cougars or panthers. I am inclined to think in the Curry ver nacular there is no difference between a cougar and a panther. Then the streams are alive with ducks, and often with geese, and squirrels, the biz gray fellows, are very plentiful. As to the cougars, or panthers, they are the great enimles of the deer. The residents of the whole coast section that I .have traversed think that if the bounty was raised to about 150 a head for killing these "varmints" it would go a long way toward lengthening the lives of the deer herds. As it goes at present, there will be mighty few deer left here a dozen years from now. And fishing! No place In Oregon offers finer sport to the followers of Isaac Walton than can be found in Coos and Curry. Several Routes Offered. Many inquiries will be made as to how the people get In and. out to the railroad, and how they get their mall supply. During the wet season there are, usually, but two ways to get out The first Is by stage up the coast to Bandon. up the Coqullle by boat to Co uille City, by rail to Marshfleld. thence by the Breakwater or by launch and stage. If the Breakwater is taken, Portland is reached in about 3$ hours from time of sailing. If by launch, the trip Is made in that way to a point on the Coos Bay Inlet above and opposite Empire, thence by stage at low tide along the beach to Winchester Bay. at the mouth of the Umpqua, thence by boat up the Umpqua to Scottsburg, thence r stage to Drain, which is a station on the Southern Pacific about nine hours from Portland. The trip from the Rogue to Portland, taken in this way, accuples about four and a half days; if you catch the Breakwater at Marshfleld you save about a day. The entire cost of the trip. If made via Drain is about $28; if made by boat from Marshfleld this is reduced about five dollars. Another way to get out Is to take a launch to the head of navigation on the Rogue to Agness, S2 miles, thence on horseback eight miles to Illahe. where yon arrive, by leaving Gold Beach at 6 A. M.. about dark the same night. The next day you leave at 6 A. M. and ride 42 miles, horseback, over a rough mountain trail, to West Fork (Dothan Postofflce) in Cow Creek Can von. on the Southern Pacific, 251 miles from Portland. This is the quickest way to get out, as the trip takes but (0 hours. The cost Is about 118.50 (I expect to tell about this trip In the Mew Year's Oregonlan). Saddle Trail Used. - When I speak of a "rough mountain trail" do not think a road is meant. It is simply what is called in many sec tions of the. country a saddle trail, in some sections a bridle path. You could not trundle a wheelbarrow over one of these Curry County mountain trails. The West Fork pack outfit leaves Gold Beach each Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday mornings and West Fork on the mornings following. If you go In this way you must travel mighty light, for It is not likely the raallcar rler. unless notified in advance, so that he could have an extra packhorse for the purpose, could handle more than 25 pounds of baggage. Whatever you have will cost cents a pound, from Gold Beach or Wedderburn to West Fork, or the same going in the other direction. Another mall reaches the Rogue country daily, except Sunflay, via Rose burg. Myrtle Point, Langlols, Port Or f ord and Corbln. This route ,is some what longer than the West Fork trip, but no attempt is made to handle pas sengers on this line. A comparative estimate of the ex penslveness of the trip can he made by remembering that Gold Beach is distant from Portland about 33d miles, or say 14 hours. I mean via the Wil lamette Pacific now building. One could leave Gold Beach at S o'clock in the evening and be In Portland the follow ing morning, at an expense of $13.50. allowing for sleeper, supper and a fat tip to the porter. Say a nickel! During the Summer there are a num ber of gasoline schooners plying up and down the coast which stop at Gold Beach andTWedderburn. Couaty Has SOO Populatloa. As mentioned before. Curry County has a population of trifle in excess of 2000. As Oregon counties go it Is not a large county, having 1498 square miles. There are 13 counties in the state smaller. These run from the smallest, Multnomah Oounty, with 451 square miles, to Gilliam, with an area of 1201 square miles. Leaving outxCur ry and Polk counties, the - 14 smallest counties in the state are only 51 square miles larger than our largest county, Harney. Evidently either some of our counties are too small or some of them are too large. You will hear it said that Curry has very little agricultural land and that most of her land surface is embraced m forest reserves. Both of these state ments are partially true. As to the latter It is not an unmixed evil, where the forest rangers and officials exer cise a little judgment and discretion and the department at Washington acts anywhere near fair with those wishing to take homesteads In the reserves. The trouble is usually to unwind the red tape and thereby satisfy the ran gers or foresters. For .Instance, a gentleman living near Agness bought 20 head of young cattle down near the California line and drove them to his ranch near Agness. From Gold Beach up he drove them nearly all of the way over a trail that he and some of h,s neighbors cut and dug out a quarter of a century ago before forjst re serves were "born" or Pinchot begxli his crusade. After the cattle were safe on the home range a ranger came around and wanted to see the perrsjit for driving them over the trail through the forest reserve. The stockowner admitted he had none. The ranger went away and a tew days later re turned with a permit issued two weeks after the cattle had arrived home! This he gave to the cattleman and departed, apparently satisfied that the honor of the Forestry Service had been preserved to the letter. It is such derned fools in the service that cause the trouble and the friction between the Forestry Department and the public But it is said that such fellows are being weeded out and the men now being hired, as well as those retained, are men of intelligence and integrity. ' Red Tape Causes Delay. Of the entire area of the county about 600 square miles, practically 40 per cent, Is within the reserves. But this area is being diminished as rapid ly as agricultural lands are found and applied for by settlers. About the worst kick is the delays caused by the red tape methods of getting filings made on these lands. As to the county having but a small per cent of agricultural land, that is also true. But it must be remem bered that in these counties along the Pacific an acre of land is anyhow equal U five acres for dairy purposes of ordinary land back in the Eastern or New England states. It is said, and by dairymen who have proved it, that a ranch hereabouts that will fur nish hay and pasturage for 100 cows and grain for the horses and hogs will make for a frugal and careful owner 315,000 a year. The area wanted would be 100 acres of first-class land and a moderate amount of pasture land. There would not be a profit of that much from milk, cream, butter or cheese. But taking all of the products earned by the cows from their milk and increase, and the profits would be at the rate of 3150 a cow. It is im plied that good cows would be required, good hogs and enough brood mares of good brtedlng to do the farm work. If a herd of cows of extra fine lineage should be secured, where the young stock would fetch a high price, these profit's would bo enlarged. It can be said without fear of con tradiction that as a dairy country Cur ry County stands at the head of all dairy districts in the United States and only a few localities can even approach it. Down in Humboldt County, Cali fornia, which county has practically the same climatic and soil conditions as Curry, they claim to have the best dairy section on earth. The Curry County people can safely say they are on a par with their California breth ren. Roffue River Much Used. The Rogue Is, next to the Columbia, perhaps the largest river flowing into the Pacific in Oregon. It is a swift stream for almost all of Its great length. There is an elevation of 113 feet In the first 32 miles. It Is navi gable for that distance from the ocean, to the little postofflce at Agness, which lies at the confluence of the Rogue and the Illinois, the latter Bowing in from the south and the latter just there - ' i . ' .c Mi I ' I mies beo nos. :;sj ' yf ' " ' " f ' I IT-- $S5feT.v. ;I j ' -.I i I - la iTfTI-? "tt - i I- . .ill it It 1 - , WS2r Ik " ""l ' I i. -M "Unce Bilfy" ffomsv 8years oc Came to Minor's County about jeso. Let This Be Sensible Gift Giving Toys and Knicknacks Won't Do It ..... Bring $20.00 or Even Less For a First Payment And Provide the Happiest Christmas And Innumerable Happy Days For Years to Come For Every Member of the Family. Of course we started out yesterday to sell 12 pianos because it was the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year of the 20th century. But we sold more than 12. And no wonder. What more all-around acceptable gift could there be In any home than a fine piano or one of those modern player pianos, at our low prices. There are new pianos to be had at Eilers Music House for 3157 as good In every way as those offered elsewhereTlooked at some 3900 player pianos at for $275. Two hundred and sixty-five dollars buys fine new pianos at Eilers for which $400 is demanded in stores that conduct business in the old-fashioned way. There are player pianos for $415 and even for only $365. that are as good as those offered elsewhere, for $o50 and $585. ' Never were fine pianos and player pianos of the highest order to be had so advantageously as they are this year. Arten't we all of us realizing more and more each year, that sensible sift-giving at Christmas time provides the most satisfactory Christmas? What could- be more thoroughly ap preciated by everyone in any home, from grandmother down to the little tots than a fine musical modern player piano with lots of music rolls. Select one of these latest and best player pianos at Eilers Music House to day or tonight. Make a deposit large or small as bests suit your convenience, to show good faith; arrange to make payments for the balance next year under our liberal new partial payment plans, and then one of these fine new pianos or player pianos will be deliv ered now or whenever you say, as a Christmas surprise with lots of free music rolls. There is the keenest sense of enjoy ment in personally producing music upon one of these fine modern player pianos. There is no musical effect that making a sharp urn to the north. The Illinois is navigable for about four miles. By navigable I mean for small craft, like launches. In places the water is very swift and at such points it is as much as a bargain for any craft to make headway against the current, but all of the boats -make It after a struggle. Usualy the boat men use their poles over these riffles to gain time and save gasoline. Before the days of gasoline, when all of the navigation on the river was by sail craft or rowboats, the men used to get out Into the water up to their breasts and push their boats over these places. But gasoline has been a godsend to those living near all navigable waters. It takes anywhere from six to ten hours to get from Gold Beach to Ag ness; the trip down is sometimes made in two hours, usually in less than three hours. (Remember when you write Ag ness about that final s. The place was named from a young lady by the name of Agness Aubrey.) About halfway up from the coast to Agness the Skookumhouse Mountain is passed. This Is one of the high points in the lower Coast Range. During early days it was used as a signal point by the Indians and a fire on its peak could be seen practically all over Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California. The postofflce at Agness was estab lished in 1894. I took a good picture of the "Federal building," as the peo ple speak of the log structure in which the postofflce and store are situated. George Rilea, pronounced plain Riley. Is the postmaster and storekeeper. In the picture Mr. Rilea is standing at the corner of the building. It is rgjher a PHOTOGRAPHS FROM GOLD BEACH AND VICINITY. What tfiey ca a Year For cannot be obtained now by any man, woman or child on these player pianos. No longer Is it necessary to devote long hours to practice and finger exercises. Investigate the reduced prices. Thanks to the Eilers' modern methods, the days of fat, round piano prices have gone. We sell now for almost 30 per cent less than Is asked by round-about dealers, factory-consignment houses and branch concerns. A lady yesterday one of the branch houses, making all kinds of claims and then found here better instruments, beautiful and new. In almost endless variety for only $685. You will find here also a number of very plain cased, but high-priced player pianos at only $518; $675 would not buy such high-grade quality elsewhere. And payments of only $12 a month buys them. This shows what the Eilers modern methods really accomplish. Remember these prices include free music roll service, too.; There are so many "never-played pianos In this town. We will accept such Instruments at liberal valuation toward payment of one of the new Solo Auto Grands, or the player piano ae luxe or the Autopiano, or the Kimball Acmelodlc, or the superb ChlcSerlng Flexotone player piano de luxe. Never were player pianos of the high est order to be obtained so easily. Don't put off coming; also remember that all of our modern player pianos are guar anteed In every way. No matter what extravagant claims ars advanced elsewhere for this, that or the other make, or alleged improve ment, remember Eilers Music House was the pioneer player piano house on the Pacific Coast. Eilers have always been able to select the best of makes and the best is only to be found at Eilers Music House, which is now the Nation's largest, in the Eilers building at Alder street, at Seventh. Open every evening now. ' primitive building, but answers every purpose. Families All Prosperous. Aside from the postofflce there are two other buildings there, a residence and the hotel of John D. Cooley. There are 15 other families in the settlement and all are prosperous. There is quite a body of level land and considerable of It Is cleared and ciltivated, Mr. Cooley being one of the leading and most prosperous men In the neighbor hood. " He raises grain of all kinds, usually has 10 or 12 acres of corn, which goes upward of 40 bushels to the acre, has a splendid orchard. He also has grapes, apricots and peaches, and there are two large fig trees which must have had 20 bushels of fruit on the day I was there. You might hunt the state over for a better farming section than you will find along the Rogue and Illinois near Ag ness and Illahe (Indian word for ground or place). Note Mr. Cooley's name, John D. The D stands for Day. He was born on the John Day River in an ox wagon in 1853, as his parents were coming to the Ore gon land. And he is a mighty good illustration of a first-class Oregonian, I can tell you. He Is not as rich as a certain "other John D., but he has more fun and a better digestion. There are a great many half breeds around Agness, and I can tell you they are good citizens. Among the first settlers of that section were two broth era. "Jim" and "Abe" Fry. This sec tion was in the early days in close touch with the Klamath country, the Rogue being the outlet by which the Klamath Indians reached the coast. The Fry brothers married Into the Klamatn 77?c fes? c 'fo PORTLAND ADVICE. streets examLr.ed. written opinions " JA questional. 317 AllfiKy DIPS. m 'I oo-w. AMATEUR KODAK ITSISIULSO. QUICK service, cut raws; send for pries list. The Kodakery. 6th and wasnington. ARCHITECTS AND BtlLDEKS. PLANS drawn, estimates free. Before you build, see H. A. Williams, wa Mccny ums. AS8AYERS D ANALYSTS. MONTANA ASSAY OFFICE Laboratory and ore-tejting work. 188 Morrison WELLS & CO., milling engineers, chem ists anl assayers. u vasnua' ATTORNEYS. A. B. COOPER General practice: abstracts examined. xeon Diag. u " ' KORNEGAT & THOMPSON, lawyers. 402 Northwest bldg., th and Wash. Main 7a3. AUCTIONEERS. FORD AUCTION CO.. where you get more cash for household goods. M. aaoi. a WE buy furniture for cash. Geo. Baker Co.. 168 Park. Main 3332. A 2567. BOAT BUILDERS. O. P. GRAHAM Boatbuilding and repair ing. Marine ways, xoot ADernctny oi. BRASS AND MACHINE WORKS. HARPER'S BRASS WORKS Brass casting ana machine work. 106 N. bin. Main CASPEX WEAVING. NORTHWEST RUG CO. Rugs from carpets, rag tugs. 153 Union aye. CARPENTERS. WAf. TTTSrrwHTTr'K' iiininntr. reneral Job- Ding, contracting. 206 4th st. Main 624L CHIROPODISTS. WILLIAM. Estelle and Flossie Deveny, the only scientific chlrooodlsts In the city. Parlors 302 Geninger bldg.. S. W. corner 2d and Alder. Phone Main 1301. CHIROPODY and pedicuring. Mrs. M. D. Hill. Offices 429 Flledner bldg. Main 3473. CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN. DR. M. H. M'MAHON. 121 4th; lira, women ana children treated. Ill) a montn. CHRISTMAS SPECIALTIES. GREAT reductions hand-embroidery, waist patterns. Ewlsa Shop, opp. Hazelwooo. CLEANING AND DYEING. BKST cleaning and dyeing. Vienna Cleaning g xye .worKS. so St. m. Ulio. A oiu. COAL AND WOOD. COAL ALBINA FUEL CO. BLOCK WOOD BRANCH E. 33D ST. WOOD. CONFECTIONERY. POPCORN, nuts In any, style to order. Standard Crisp Co.. 293 GHsanst. DANCING. PROF. WAL WILLSON'S Dancing School. Walts, twostep. threestep. schottlsche: les- sons 23c; every morning, afternoon and evening. All dances guaranteed xirst ies son. Do yon know, - anyone who walks can learn to dance. Stage and fancy dances taugnt daily, su otn St., bet. Stark and Oak sts. Phone Main 7637. HEATH'S SCHOOL Lessons dally; waits. twostep. threestip, Baltimore or schot- . tiscne taught in rtrst lesson. iuisKr oiog., 3d and Morrisor, sts. R1NGLER Daneina Academy. Fall term now open; class Mon., Frl. ; social dance Wed.. Sat. 231 j Mor. Instruction dally HEATH'S Academy, private lessons daily. class Monday and .r'riaay. assemoiy alter. 109 2d. between Washington and Stark. DETECTIVE AC.ENCY.- INTERNATIONAL Detective Agency Re sponsible, conservative, satisfactory. Night, Mar. 440; day. Main 64Z4. 51Q ueKum biog; DE R.MATOLOGIST. MOLES, wrinkles, superfluous hair removed. Mme. Courtrlght. 711 Dekum. Main 5042. ADVERTISING AGENCY. LEWIS M. HEAP CO.. Lumbermen!) bldg. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Mitchell, Lewis & staver CO., Morrison e JOHN DEERE Plow Co., Morrison and 2d. ARCHITECTURAL WIRE AND IRON WKS. Portland Wire St. Iron Wka.. 2d and Columbia AVIV d.U DUUUX. ' PUBRU1LLE BUGGY TOP CO.. 200 2d t- AUTOMOBILES. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., E. Mor. 2d. HOWARD Automobile Co., 7th and Couch. N. W. AUTO CO.. 617 Wash.. Reo. Hudson. AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES. BALLOU WRIGHT, 7th and Oak. RAGGAGE CHECKED AT HOME. Baggage it Omnibus Transfer. Park A Dvs. IIAKKK & CONFECTIONERS' SUPPLIES. GRAY, M LEAN He PUKUY, 4tB andUllsan BAR FIXTURES. Brunswick-Balke-Coll.jnder Co.. 46 Fifth St. BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES SUPPLIES. BALLOU & WK1UH1. Ttn and U&K. BILLIARD AND POCKET TABLES. Brunswick-Balke-Coilender Co., 46 5th st. BOOTS AND SHOES. GOODMAN BROS. SHOE CO.. 30-32 Front. PRINCE SHOE CO.. 80 N. Fifth. BREAD BAKERY. Royal Bakery & t.onf.. Inc., 11 th and Everett BREWERS AND BOTTLERS. HENRY WEINHARD. 13th and Burnslde. GAMBRINUS BREWING CO., 24th & Wash. BUTCHERS' SUPPLIES. S. BIRKENWALD CO., 9th and Flanders. BUTTER, EGGS AND ICE CKEAM. T. S. Townsend Creamery Co., IS Front St. CANDY MANUFACTURERS. THE ALDON CANDY CO.. 12th A Gllsan. J. N. MATSCHEK CANDY CO.. 27Q First St. CANVAS, WATERPROOF FURNISHING GOODS. Willametto Tent & Awning tp 205 Burnslde CEMENT. LIME AND PLASTER. F. T. CROWE & CO.. 43 Fourth St. CLOTHING MEN'S. BOYS'. BARON-FULOP CO.. 32 and 34 N. Fifth. DRY GOODS. FLEISCKNER-MA YER CO.. 207 Ash St. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES STUBBS ELECTRIC CO.. 6th and Pine sts. tribe, and their wives must hav been very superior women, for their pro geny are as good citizens as the state has. And they are all prosperous too. I came up on a launch belonging to Johnnie Fry, a son of "Abe,- and with him were two of his cousins and his sister, a widow lady, Mrs. McFar land. And they are all intelligent, the most of them being well educated. A cousin of "Johnnie's," "Jake" Fry, Uvea at Illahe. eight miles up the river from Agness. and la another prosperous chap. perhaps the wealthiest citizen in that section. He has about the best field of corn, 10 or 12 acres, I ever saw in Ore gon. His house is built of lumber that was sawed at a little mill a couple of miles below Illahe. and all dressed by hand. It Is the largest and best dwel ling ln the county, having 17 rooms and all modern conveniences. "Jake" the mail contractor between Cfoia Beach and "West Fork and his bouse is the half-way stopping place, and a good place to stop it is. . Negro Character Esteemed. One of the great characters in the Agness-lllahe section is "Uncle Billy" Rumley. the only colored person In Curry County, and he Is as fine, state ly and dignified an old gentleman as you can find in a year's walk.' He was brought to California by his seventh master, having been sold -as a chattel six times, in 1850. and made his get away there and early drifted up to Ore gon. No man In the state nas a Deiter renutatlon for integrity, sobriety and kindly, gentlemanly conduct than Uncle Billy, lie is now atjout years ui e. but It is pleasant to say mat ne still enjoys the best of health. He certainly has the confidence, love and esteem or an wno ruow miiu. Anyhow this is a section or extra fine people. They have one of the larg est Sunday schools at Agness that any like sized community ln the state has. There Is no drunkenness, no petty stealing, but little loafing or idleness, everybody does well and treats his neighbors well. And they all prosper. Some days there will De great oo- ings around the mouth of the Illinois, for there are immense deposits of cop per underlying the hills thereabouts. All that is needed is a railroad to have some of the finest copper mines in the BUSINESS DIRECTORY ' DRESSMAKING SCHOOL. PAINTS. OILS AXD GLAS?. VALENTINE'S system ladies' tailoring COAST-MADE paint and yarnlsa is best dressmaking taught. 132 Grand ave. adapted to the Coast climate. uass- . HKUTER PAIXT CO.. 191 lt St. EDUCATIONAL. KERS STAMMERT Method for cure explained free. PAWNB ' " j M L. Hatfield. 1918 Grove. Oakland. Cal. PRIVATE place to borrow money oa Jc- '- elry. 320 Lumber Exchange bldg. E"CTK.C PIANOS. PATENT ATTORNEYS. TWO electric pianos, first-class shape. 1140 ; - - . each. 571 Wash, st. Main 1602. .rSSSTSt "V'Sf? ELECTRIC MOTORS. Booklet tree. 1010 Board of Trade b,.lr- WE buy, sell, rent and exchange new and u. a and FOREIGN PATENTS procured by second-hand motors. Repair work a spe- 0 0 Martin. clalty. Western Elec Wks.. 213 6th. 40S-409 Chsmber of commerce bldg. ELECTRIC motor Pci1.I1,i nJ "n?" C' WRIGHT, domestic and foreign pat- Kenile Elect. Works. IPS Lnion ay. c. n- ents. Infringement cases. 604 Dekum bld t. Motors and dynamos bought, sold, repaired. H-M-H Elec Co.. 81 N. 1st. Main 91110. rll'K. . PORTLAND WOOD PIPE CO. Factory an.l 1 ENGINES HAS AND STEAM. office near 24th and York sts. Main 34V'. ROBER Machinery Co.. Coast agents Sex- -,... KT,UK . itmsn SKiNH. bury steam engines and boilers, gasoline Kt BBKR STAMPS. SEALS. BRASS engines. 281-83 E. Morrison. Phone E. 01 J. PACIFIC COAST STAMP WORKS. ENGRAVERS. 231 Wash, st. Phone. Mnln 710 and A .710. EMBOSSED stationery. engraved cards. SECOND-HAND CASH REGISTERS. Gardam Co.. 403 Manchester bldg. yE buy for cash second-hand National Cas't Registers and sell them on easy terms, w. JX KlTt Kt. J. Macauley. 354 Burnslde st. HOUSES furnished on .Installment, new or phones: Main IM, A 1S1H. line second-hand furniture. Western Sal- B.--rtx.-r u.vn i i iivit p vage Co.. 545 Wash., bet. 16th and I7th. SF.COM-HANP URMTtRE. pi Rvrrrliy nnKl-lT4I. COVEI.L Furnlturo & Commission Co. paya flBMltllt MUBi-im.. ,he bM, pr,.e for your second-hand fur- BOWERS & PARSONS. 100 Front. M. 7443 nilure. 204 1st. M. 3022. Furniture hospital, packing and shipping. wR G GENERAL REPAIRING AND LOCKSMITH. Eagle Furniture. 923 Union ave. V. J. rOVCHEK, 224 Main St.. expert lock- SHOWCASES BANK AND SHOW smith and gun work guaranteed. Main 9J04. jixTCKEB. HAT FACTORY. THE LUTKE MFG. CO., branch Grand Rap- LADIES and gents' hats clesned and Ids Showcase Co.. 0th and Hoyt. R. Lutke. blocked; all work guaranteed. 228 1st st- manager. INSURANCE. PORTLANL- SHOWCASE 4 FIXTURE CO. BL 123 N. 5th St. Main 7617. Cabinet work. CHAS. E. MORGAN CO.. general Insurance. - Main 7450. 330 Railway Exchange bldg. MARSHALL MFG. CO., 4th and Couch, ne- , Tvcraivrir CO and old window display and cabinet work. PACIFIC STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. Only Oregon Are Insurance com. SLIDES. JUNK SPECIALISTS. ST EREOPT ICONS, slides. howcarda CAR- . ; ,1.... DER, 512 Merchants Trust bldg. ALASKA JUNK CO. buys and sells anything. Pipes, tools, machinery. 227 Front SPRAYING. KODAKS AND PHOTO SUPPLIES. BASEMENTS whitewashed and trees PORTLAND PHOTO SUPPLY CO.. 149 3d. ..ree"" M' M" 6'-'-0- LANDSCAPE GARDENER. STORAGE AND TRANSFER. L?C-v orWcontrac1In&ar'A. ' Be? C. O. PICK Transfer & Storage Co.. off low vln 41ia BS and commodious 4-story brick warehouso mann. Main 4llo. separate Iron rooms and flrerronf vaults 1VTVRV snrF for valuables: N. W. cor. 2d and Pine sts.: LANTERN SLIDES. pianos and furniture moved and packed STEREOPTICONS. slides of all kinds, ban- for shipping: speclnl rates made on goods ners cards. Enterprise Art Co.. 734 6th St. ln our through cars to all domestlo ana foreign points. Msln 500. A 206. LEATHER AND FINDINGS. OlfiOX-ROE TRANSFER CO. CHAS. L. MA STICK & CO., 74 Front- Leather General transferring and storage, eafet. of every dea.riptlon, tabs, mfr. findings. pianos and furniture moved and packed J A STROWBRIDGE LEATHER CO. for shipment. S7-89 Front St. Telephone tablished 1853. 189 Front st. Main 647 or 2247. , nnrcriM TRANSFER CO.. established 17'. LIP BEADING. T?aVfer and forwarding agents pfflc- PRIVATE lessons given deaf and hard of and storage 474 Gllsan St., corner J-tn an hearing persons. 308 Central bldg. Gllsan. pnones Main 60. A llb- MESSENGER SERVICE. c STORK APPLIANCES. HASTY Messenger Co., day and night serv- II'CASKEY Registers. Michigan i cart Rjjjf- lce. Phones Main 53. A 2133. ters. Cole's Electric Coffee Mills Hand : Coffee Mills, Cheese Cutters. Salesbooks, MUSICAL. etc. Repairing. Pacific Store feervlts Co., 2T Ptnt"rf M TT 1 1 SPECIAL, holiday offer. Northwestern School 1 - 1 ' of Music: modern methods. 129 Grand VIOMN- MAKKUS. ave. Eat 6103. B. 3.16a. G. Kuden. violin nmker, expert repairing. PIANO STUDIO, modern methods. 6f 14th. 312 Altnky bid.. 2! Morrison, cor. 3d. Main. 38&3. Arrangements for practice. ... ; iters' " " EMIL TIIIELHORN, violin teacher, pupil Tit I EH KIT 'H- . Sevclk. 3-5 Flledner Mdg. A 4160. Mar. 16ti. $15 TO $33 will buy a REBUILT TYPE- LADY frotn London and Par piano and hoow' frlm60."4 o" " . French. 166 Lownsdale. M. 64i4. Aider terms to suit ; every machine guar- NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN. for" A 'SSS " """""" D&rg&SUn!r&'FS?& WrconcernaSCo.,;,VnleVt,e; OSTRICH PLUME WORKS. '.VSfi, PhlnM KLEIN'S Ostrich Plume Wks.. 4234 Morrl- r.h,,m second-hand rentals, at cue son. Baker Theater. Exclusive; price, right. cgf 2hA Bt.7 Main 140T. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. CI.AVKKs Dr. R. B. Northrup. 415-16-17 Dekum bldg. ' ; -r- Nervous and Chronic Diseases. ELECTRIC and hand-power cleaners for sal Phone Office. M. S40: res. East or B 1028. or rent. Bentley & Co.. 473 hi Washington. SALE AND MANUFACTURERS " DRUGGIST. ' MEN'S AND WOMEN'S NECKWEAR. Clarke-Woodward Drug Co.. Alder at W, Park COLUMBIA Neckwear Mfg. Co.. 83 Fifth Blumauer-Frank Drug Co.. Park & Everett MAIL ORDER. FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT. JONES CASH STORE, Front and Oak. A. G. LONG. 16th and Marshall. FRANKLIN & CO.. 132 Front St. llREl'ROOF WINDOWS AND DOORS. MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS. J. C. BAYER. Front and Market sts. NECSTADTER BROS. 1 ISH, OYSTERS AND ICK. '.V.?1;!1'',, MALARKEY 4 CO.. Inc.. 149 Front st. B O. .CASE lO, 5th and Oak. PORTLAND FISH CO.. 34 Front st. BP.ADSHAff BROS., Morrison and 7th sts. , '.. , NOTIONS AND FANCY GOODS; CROWN MILL-Bofrdt "ad. bldg. MILIAR. S1MINGTON. Calhoun Co.. 4., 4th. , - .x.It pRnni;CF ORNAMENTAL IRON AND WIRE. M'EWFV KOSKEY l'9 Front!" Portland Wire & Iron Wks., 2d & Columbia. M EWES & KOSKE.Y. l.tf rronL E. Port' d Wire & Iron Wks. Belmont E Water FURNACES WARM AIR. i4lVTi An AVAIL PAPER J. a BAYER. Front and Market St.. PIONEER PAINT CO 1 Front si FURNITURE AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. ...VM IIa n.KVlsHFt Northwest School Furniture Co.. 244 3d. rabSSS o&lm ol.a. GR IS MERCHANTS. glass, aash and doors. Cor. 2d and Taylor. . . - W. P. FULLER & CO.. 12th and Davis. ALBERS Bros. Milling Co., Front & Marshall KERR. GIFFORD & CO.. Lewis bldg PAPER BOXES AND SHELF BOXES. BALFOUR-GUTHRIE ft CO.. Board of Trade Portland Paper Box Co.. t'li Front. Cartons. M. H. HOUSER. Board of Trade. PERIODICAIJS, BOOKS AND POSTCARDS. NORTHERN GRAIN ft WHSE. CO.. Bd. Tr. THE " REOON NEWS CO.. 71 Front st. THE W. A. GORDON CO., Board of Trade. . . . ' . ! PICKLES AND VINEGAR. GROCERIES. KUGHT PACKINO CO.. 474 East Aider. iSt,LK (m TBth'it.48 N' rrnt 1'IIE, PIPE FITTING AND VALVES. WADHAMS & Co.. 69-7u 4th St. M L KLINE 84-88 Front St. Marshall-Wells ISSSZETh, 5th and Pine. M ''gj f45 JTJr.'tt6L"'I',,CS- HATS AND CAPS. m! b'krDK ft' SONS. 240 Front st THANHAfgER HAT CO.. 83-55 Front St. POULTRY, EGGS. CALVES, HOGS. HAY. HBN'.Y EVKRD1NG, 45-7 Front st. J. H. Klosterman ft Co., Leading hay dealers ROPE AND BINDER TWINE. HIDES, FURS. PELTS, WOOL, TALLOW. Portland Conlai-e Co., 14th and Norttirup. THE H. F. NORTON CO., 312-15 Front at. SAND AND GRAVEL. HIDES, PELTS. WOOL AND FURS. COLUMBIA DIGGER CO.. Ft. Ankeny .t. BISSINGER ft CO., Front and Salmon. s ASH, DOORS AND GLASS. KAriN BROS.. 11 Front street. W. P. FULLER CO.. 121h and Davis. HOP MERCHANTS. SAWMILL MACHINERY. M'NEFF BROTHERS. 614 Worcester Mdg. PORTLAND Iron Works. Hth and Northrup. IRON, STEEL, HEAVY HARDWARE. SPRAYING MACHINERY. ROBERTSON Hardware ft Steel Co.. 08 Sth. THE HARD IB MFG. CO.. W N. Front St. LEATHER AND SHOE STORE SUPPLIES. Ernes' Miller AVafPaper'roT 172 1st St. HERTSCHE BROS.. 304 Pine at MORGAN WALL TAPER CO..' 23c Second. LLME. CEMENT AND PLASTER. WIVES AND LIQUORS. '. Nottingham ft Co., 102 Front st. JOHN ECKLUND. 12S-12.-. First st. LOGGING MACHINERY. BLl'MAUEK ft HOCH. :"i-107 12th St. F. B. MALLORY ft CO.. 231 Pine st WIRE AND AVIRE ROPE. Loggers. & Contractors' Much. Co.. 71 Eth st. JOHN A. Rooming's Sons Co.. SO Mh St. LUBRICATING OILS. WIR AND IRON WORKS. " Balfonr. Guthrie ft Co., Board of Trade. Portland Wire ft Iron Wks.. 2d & Columbia. West opened up here. And the day will come when there will be a great rush to this splendid section of Curry County. Anyhow it Is now a good place for the new settler to look Into. Land is cheap and the rancher can do as well there as any place I know of. And if the reader wants to make a change he could do no better than by looking over the section near the con fluence of the Rogue and the Illinois, around Agness and Illahe. $250,000 SUIT IS FILED Men Who Started Reorganization of . Carstens irm Ask Damages. TACOMA, Wash.. Dec. 12. (Special.) Because Thomas Carstens, presi dent of the Carstens' Packing Company, changed his mind about organizing a $3,000,000 corporation, with headquart ers at Pasco, to continue his light against the so-called Beef Trust, J E. Belcher and J. M. Neal today filed suit against Carstens for $230,000. According to the complaint, Belcher and Neal were engaged by Carstens February "l, 1911, to prepare a pros pectus and assist ln the reorganiza tion of the Carstens Company, or ganized under the laws of Maine, and capitalized at $750,000 Into a $3,000,000 corporation under the laws of Mas sachusetts. They allege that they pre pared the prospectus which was ap proved by Carstens May 27, 1911. Among other things it was agreed that J250.0UO of the capital stock was to be deposited ln a trust company sub ject to the order of Belcher and Neat They were to pay the costs of re-organization end retain as- fee all that was left of the $250,000. Belcher and Xeal allege that they were prepared to carry out their con tract when Carstens changed' his mind and concluded not to go ahead with the projects. Frank J. Moule Dies. ' EUGENE. Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) Frank J. Moule. of Portland, died on a northbound Southern Pacific train today, following a hemorrhage, as he was returning to Portland after sev eral months in California In an at tempt to regain his health. He was 37 years old and has been ln poor health for some time. He is a brother of Mrs. li. W. White, 441 East Twenty first street North, Portland. BONDED SYSTEM PROPOSED Orcliardlsts Vnder Big Ditch Near Hood Klvcr Slay Reorganize. . HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. . 12. (Spo cial.) The proposed change of the East Fork Irrigating Company, one of the largest irrigation projects ln the Hood River Valley, and covering a ter ritory of approximately 15,000 acres to a bonded system, is now creating dis cussion among the East Side orchard ists, all of whom are under the big ditch. The sentiment is said by the officers of the old company to be strongly in favor of the new bonded district system, which has been found so successful on the West Side of the orchard district. However, many de clare that they are not familiar with the details of the new system, and meetings will be held to explain how the bonded district system will work. The election, when the land owners of the district will make their choice, will be held the second week of January. The old company has fallen into finan cial straits, a $40,000 bond Issue having come due with no means of raising an additional issue to refund it and to secure proceeds to make needed im provements on the ditclL ECZEMA CURED I! 10 TO 30 DAYS. The Paris Medicine Co.. 2024 Pine street, loSulb hTvralndwndertuI .U?ROV 5a-AK CUTIS which f div" and will refund money if it falls GROVE fl SA-NARE CUTIS is perfect fv cl'efu Tand oe. not stain. If your druggist hain?t It, send us 60c. In postage .tamps, and It will be sent by mall. Great Britain yearly spend. $150,000,000 on tobacco.