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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, 3IONDAY, JUXY 21. 191:7. PEOPLE TIRE OF LEAVE CITY PICTURES, SAYS REID T DESERTED $7,200,000 The Quaker Oats Company 6 cumulative preferred stock Par value $100 per share Dividends paid quarterly on last days of February, May, August and November Fewer and Better Films Prom ise of Movie Star. Portland Folk Tread Paths Leading to Resorts. lTOR PORTLAND VISITOR MANY ARE SEEN ON RIVER 12 LMOS V tVork of ITears Ago Recalled, When Player Wrote Scenarios and Di- rected Their Production. Wallace Reid is not master of his soul nor captain of his fate. And he's "off" the man that said he was. So, "Wally," for four years star for the Famous Flayers-Lasky company, declared yesterday afternoon during the Intervals in which he was not mak ing personal appearances at local motion pictures houses. He was in Portland on his way back to Holly .wood from Seattle, where he attended the first annual convention of north west exhibitors and allied motion pic ture interests held there last week. Frank Keenan, another motion picture star who was at the convention, will be in Portland Wednesday and make personal appearances at local theaters. There are three masters which con trol air. Reid's soul and fate, accord ins to hie confession yesterday. They are his looks, his personality and, of course, "friend wife," as he now terms Dorothy Davenport, his former leading lady. "I'd rather direct than do anything: else in the world but they won't let me until I'm fat and bald-headed," he said. Character Parts Real Fin, "The first three of my seven years' experience in motion pictures were spent in directing'. In those years we completed two pictures a week and I both wrote the scenarios and directed their production. The next work I did was character parts and that was real fun because I was creating. Lately they have given me young men parts where my entire role was that of the average young American man. Well, I am Just an average young man, so, of course, all 1 had to do was to act naturally, and that eliminated for me all character creating. "My work in the future is going to be different. Fewer pictures are going to be made and each will have more individual attention." Portland motion picture fans learned many new facts about this Greek god of the cinema. At the Liberty theater he was featured as a violinist playing at the close of a short talk "Mighty Like a Rose" and "Hindustan." In conversation with a group of Port landers during the intervals between his nine stage appearances he con fessed to having been a newspaper man in the days prior to his motion picture I popularity. In 1910 he was assistant editor of the Motor Age, a national automobile publication, and before that was a cartoonist and rhymster for Newark, iv. J., newspaper. Even now ne tans oack into his habits as a colyum" man, it is said. Armistice Came Too Soon, There is just one reason why I am sorry the armistice was signed on nvember 11, declared Mr. Reid. "A - friend and I had made a collection of cocKney and Hoosier dialect poems that we were particularly fond of. We had planned to have them published with the proceeds to go for the Red Cross. As far as motion pictures go, the war is entirely over and we are elim inating everything bearing in the slightest way upon the war and its horrors. The public is tired of war and wants to forget Its fearful experi ence." Accompanying Mr. Tteid was Mr. Jessen of the Motion Picture News, a cinema trade journal said to have 90 per cent of America's exhibitors on Its circulation list. Mr. Jessen was par ticularly interested in motion picture houses of Oregon and Washington. I his ts the finest motion picture cen ter of the entire country." he declared. 1 here isn't another section in which the theaters are as consistently fine the music as good or the general con ditions as favorable." WHEAT HARVEST OPENED in Yield Above Average Forecast Prosser District. PROSSER. Wash.. July 20. (Special.) Contrary to the prevalent belief that the lack of moisture this spring has ruined the wheat crop, it is believed by one of the business men who has visited some of the Rattlesnake ranches that the yield this year shows grea promise or being above the average. The first of the 1919 wheat crop to be VJBrougnt to Grosser came in the first thriweek, the Prosser Flour Mills getting a load from Ed Smith of Byron, and ,rnest SV . Fry getting two loads from Arthur Rothrock of Rattlesnake. Mr. smith stated -hat his crop will be light and that there is considerable smut, while Mr. Rothrock anticipated a good crop. air. Fry paid S2.S4. a bushel l r- - & - -r-? . ! -.( ' - ' .- ( : f yJ . I - nh 4 H '4' ; . 4--.o :i v if I . v? i I -.. T ' - , ' " ' I CLARA KIMBALL, YOCSC IN HER OWN PRODUCTION, THR WIFE," NOW PLAYING AT THE MAJESTIC THEATER. BETTER TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Peoples Bryant Washburn, "A Very Good Young Man." Majestic Clara Kimball Young, "The Better Wife." Liberty Charlie Chaplin, "Snnny .side." Columbia Harry Warner, "The Man Who Turned White." Star Mary Miles Minter, "Yvonne From Paris." Circle Fatty Arbuckle, "A Des ert Hero," William S. Hart, "Breed of Men." Globe Wallace Reid, "Nan of Mu sic Mountain." AN u: Bet Kir UNUSUAL production is "The Better Wife," featuring Clara imball Young, which Is . this week's attraction at the Majestic theater. It is unusual In two particulars the plot and the star. The story of "The Better Wife" concerns the fate of an American girl who married an Knglish widower, still grieving for his first love, but needing aid in the care of his small motherless daughter. The dramatic interest of the play. which places the production in a little niche of screen fame all its own, is the silent, but tremendous war carried on by the second wife for the love still held by her dead predecessor. Miss Young must have surprised even herself by the quality of her work in The Better Wife. In all her former pictures she has won praise, but in this production her emotional and dramatic ability stands head and shoulders above any previous offerings. A quiet dignity and sincerity prevail throughout the entire play yet at the same time the action is swift and sure. "The Better Wife" is good art. Cecil Teague gave his third Sunday recital on the Majestic Wurlitzer. The ever-increasing attendance at his Sun day recitals is sufficient proof as to the evident inroad he is making in the hearts of Portland music lovers. with modem life: of vivid men and women, and teem with vieor and viril ity; forceful in action and charged with dramatic and comedy possibilities; con tain purposeful things of vital impor tance to the people of today. . Bertram Bracken, with several mem bers of his company, has left for Truckee and Lake Tahoe to film the first exteriors of his new production. "The Confession," starring Henry WalthalL Those of the cast accompanying him includes, beside Mr. Walthall. Irene Aldwyn, William Clifford. Francis Mc Donald and Rahm Sing. The entire company expects to be gone for about three weeks. The telephone service out In Los Angeles is the same as elsewhere no better, no worse, just so-so. Harold Lloyd came out of his office recently with a broad smile on his face. "I just called on the telephone and got the r-i-g-h-t number, he an nounced. "Whaddaya know about that?" "How did it happen?" asked General Director Hal E. Roach. "I called the wrong one," said Mr. Lloyd, proudly. Mildred Davis has twinklinc eyes likewise twinkling feet. Her eyes, too, are dancing eyes. Now Mildred, being youthful and light of heart, did both an optical and a pedal dance when she was selected as Harold Lloyd s new leading lady. Elsie Jan is spent her first day at the studio on Tuesday with her mother Mrs. Janis. as the guest of General Manager Harry Rapf. and was given royal reception by the entire organ ization. who Idolize her as much as the boys who fought at the front. The story of Miss Janis production is being finished by Edmund Goulding, and work on the production will start within the next few days. WASHINGTON MEN HOME FRUIT SENT TO SOLDIERS lied Cross Donates Cherries to Camp . Lewis Hospital. t'HNTRALIA. Wash.. July 20. (Spe Cfew.) The canteen committee of th local Red Cross chapter yesterda shipped loO pounds of cherries to th base hospital at Camp Lewis. Fifty pounds of the shipment were donated by the Fords Prairie Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union. One hundred sick soldiers on their way from Camp Lewis to San Francisco received ice cream from the local can teen committee when their train passed through Centralia yesterday. Attorney Buys Morton Sawmill. KELSO. Wash.. July 20. (Special.) Delos Spaulding, prosecuting attor ney of Cowlitz county, has purchased the Kosmos shinfle mill on the upper Cowlitz rivrr. seven miles from Mor ton, from F. M. Broadbent and F. G. Francis of that place. The transfer in cludes a tract of timberland. The mill is equipped with two upright machines and with two shifts turn out abont 160, 000 shingles daily. Willis Dykeman, who was employed recently at the Mc l,aiie mill in Kelco. will be superin tendent of the mill for Mr. Spaulding. Operations will be started early next month. Children May View New Fleet. CENTRALIA. Wash.. July 20. (Spe cial.) An excursion of school children to Tacoma to view the new Pacific fleet on its at .-ival there is being planned by the Centralia Chamber of Commerce, members of which will act as chaperons for the children. It Is Intended to charter a special train and invite towns between Centralia and Tacoma to participate In the excursion. Screen Gossip. William Seiter. director of De Haven comedies, has recently completed his latest production, "After the Ball," and is starting on a new vehicle christened 'Close to Nature. Hal E. Roach, general director of Harold Lloyd comedies, has vowed to never again accept a "collect' tele gram until he has read and reread the same. Mr. Roach was born in that dear Elmira, N. Y., and he has been boost ing that place ever since. One of Mr. Roach's California friends recently went east and in due course of time the following wire, dated Elmira, was received at tne Los Angeles studio, col lect Si: "Just passed through your home town. She ain't much!" Henry King, motion picture director. who is responsible for many of the Mary Miles Minter successes, has com menced work as a director of the screen destinies of Douglas MacLean and Doris May. His first production will be the screen version of Mary Roberts Rhinehart's story, "Twenty-three and a Half Hours" Leave." The colonial veranda on the Thomas H. Ince administration building is to have its initial appearance in pictures in the Enid Bennett picture now being filmed under the working title of "The Gay Miss Fortesque." The scene is sup posed to portray the entrance of a club house on a golf course. Luther A. Reed is now engaged writ ing the continuity for Gouvernor Mor ris' story. "Behind the Door," which is to be given an elaborate production. Mr. Reed is a graduate of Columbia university. Missouri, was five and half years with the New York Herald. and was a second lieutenant in the United States army. He has written a number of original screen stories, in eluding "A Pair of Cupids," "In for Thirty Days," and "The Light." And now the rubber heel has begun to play its own quiet part in the better. pictures movement. Some months ago, the story goes, one of the brainy direc tors for the American Film company hit upon the notion that a noiseless stage would be conducive to sweet serenity and concentration on the part of his screen players. Mary Miles Minter William Russell and Margarita Fisher took the lead and members of thei supporting casts took the hint. The "noiseless stage" is certainly bound to keep close to its name. ' William B. Davidson, leading man for Virginia Pearson in her second pro duction, "Impossible Catherine," to gether with other members of the com pany, is now at Lake George, where the final scenes of the production are being taken. Frank Keenan, the latest of whose independent productions is the powerful drama, "The World Aflame," wants big, strong, timely stortes for screen pre sentation. He demands that his stories be original. Interesting, .clean and deal Exodus to Beaches and Mountain Retreats Is Greatest Since Beginning of War. Picnic time Is here. Portland folk, heeding instructions contained In the recent song hit. "packed all their troubles in the old kit bag" yesterday morning and hied them away to cool mountain retreats or to beaches, where the song of the sad sea waves enabled them to forget cares and worries incident to the nigh cost of living 'n everything. It was the biggest summer exodus Portland has seen since the war started. Down-town streets were as nearly de serted as theyever get to be. until evening, when a gradually-dropping mercury Inveigled the merrymakers back to the city. Outbound traffic started Saturday afternoon, when offices and many busi ness houses closed their doors for the week-end vacation. Automobiles, launches, electric trains were comman deered to carry the crowds from here to there. Picnickers ftplaah la Sorf. Early yesterday morning belated parties of pleasure-seekers, with lunch baskets well filled, took up the jour ney. Later in the day, as Old Sol began to make his presence felt, the nearby pleasure spots began to take on an air of activity, and until late last night the picnickers splashed in the cooling surf or enjoyed the day with pleasure-making devices. Columbia beach. Council Crest park. the Oaks. Crystal Lake park, Oswego lake, Windemuth. Oak Grove, various parks in and near the city, as well as score or more of camping places among the Columbia river highway and mountain streams, were thronged with the city-weary ones. Boating parties on .the river proved popular throughout the day. Oat ins Is Held by Moose. Hundreds of Portland people at tended the annual picnic of the Loyal Order of Moose at Crystal Lake park. and enjoyed the programme of enter tainment provided by the lodge men. Music, dancing, refreshments and other amusement served to make the occa sion a most enjoyable one. At Columbia beach all attendance records for the season were shattered Electric trains carried thousands, while autos added their bit to the huge crowd. Council Crest park was as popular as formerly with those who sought re lief from the heat, and a cozy nook for a picnic dinner. Thousands passed through the turn stiles at the Oaks, and other pleasure resorts report the season's heaviest at tendance. Succeeding weeks promise to be un usually active at these places. The Portland Garage and Kepalrmen's as sociation will give its annual picnic at Crystal Lake park Thursday. Dancing, swimming and other entertainment will be provided, together with a bas ket dinner.. The street car men's picnic will be given Saturday at Columbia beach. with a programme of athletic and water events, baseball, dancing, swim ming and refreshments. Merchandise prizes will be awarded to winners in the various events on the day's pro gramme. WILD BERRIES ATTRACT MANY CAPITALIZATION (Cn eoatpletloa ( preeeat flaaarlsg) Aatkartsrd Preferred stock G cumulative $25,000,000 Common stock 23.000,000 Ovtstmadtns $18,000,000 9,000,000 Lieutenant Dent and Clifford Sajre Among New Arrivals. CENTRALIA, Wash.. July 20. (Spe cial.) Lieutenant Clyde Dent and Clif ford Sayre arrived In New York yes terday from overseas, according to telegrams received by their familiea Both boys went to France in Decern ber, 1917, with company M, 161st in fantry, Lieute. t Dent receiving his commission just before the signing of the armistice. Accompanied by his French bride. William Belcher returned to his home in Pe Ell Wednesday from overseas. Theodore Dueber returned here Frl day after a long period of service over seas, during which he was connected with the postoffice department of the A. E. F. Sergeant Bert Nealy has returned to his home in Winlock after overseas duty. Sergeant Nealy entered the army eight years ago. Captain Lloyd Dysart, son of Judge and Mrs. George Dysart of this city. was due to leave the Rhine for home Friday, according to word received by his parents. Families From Vancouver Pass Day in Great Outdoors. VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 20. (Spe cial.) Residents of Vancouver, who own machines, with their friends and families, all day long could be seen leaving the city bent on finding some shady nook for a day In the great out Many went on hunts for wild black berries, near Battle Ground. Orchards, Proebstel, Crawford and the Lewis river country. Blackberries this year are unusually plentiful and of large size. There were scores of Oregon cars in the various blackberry patches today. Many of the parties went to Columbia beach and other points along the Columbia river and passed the day bathing and camping. Company is largest manufacturer in the world of cereal food production and of commercial mixed feeds for domestic animals and poultry. Total net assets, not including any valuation for trade-marks, patents or good will, are more than $13,000,000 in excess of Preferred Stock outstanding. The Preferred Stock in 1916 and 1917 sold on the Chicago Stock Exchange up to $115 per share. Recent market prices for the Common Stock have indicated an equity of over $24,000,000 following the Preferred Stock. Net Earnings, past 10 years, after depreciation and all taxes, have aggregated $26,192,277, against aggregate requirements of $5,499,457 for Preferred Dividends. Net Earnings, 1918, after depreciation and all taxes, were more than 3.2 times dividend requirements on entire present preferred stock. We recotnmcnf this preferred stock for investment. Price per share $99 and accrued dividend. Lee, Higcinson and Co. CHICAGO The Merchants Loan and Trust Co. CHICAGO Illinois Trust and Savings Bank CHICAGO The Statements contained herein are not guaranteed but are based upon infor mation and advice which we believe to be accurate and reliable. quardt is already making her home there. Mr. Msrquardt expects to leave the farm in charge of his son Charles and retire to the city permanently. On a re cent trip to Portland he bought an au tomobile and says he and Mrs. Mar quardt are going to take life easier during their declining years. Women's Activities. DYING MAN NAMES ENEMY "Look for Man Finger Nearly Bitten Off," Says Victim. CLEVLAJTD. O.. July 10. Daniel Kaber. wealthy publisher, hacked to death yesterday, as he lay In bed in his home in Lakewood, an almost helpless Invalid, furnished police with two clues before death. It was learned last night. As he sank Into unconsciousness Kaber whispered to Chief Chrlstensen of the Lakewood police the name of a person whom he said "engineered the plot to kill me." The victim then said he had bitten the finger of the assassin. "Look for a man whose finger Is nearly bitten off." he said. Captain J. R. Neer. , formerly In com mand of company M. 162d Infantry, for several months In France and later with the 1st army corps, has returned to Salem. He has not yet been discharged from service. Captain Neer was for many yars a member of company M, old 3d Oregon, and served on the Mex ican border in 191S as a first lieutenant. Rend The Oreronlsn rlssslfled sds. FIRE DAMAGES BIG PRISON SAN FRANCISCO S. S. Rose City Depart 12 Noon SUNDAY, JULY 27 From Ainsworth Dock Fare includes Berth and Meals. City Ticket Office. 3d and Washington Phone Main 3530 Freight Office, Ainsworth Dock Phone Broadway 268 SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND S. S. LINES for HILLS ARE NO LONGER DRY Artesian 'Well Makes Possible to Grow Alfalfa In Morrow Connty. HEPPNER, Or., July 20. Harry L. Douvall will put 400 acres of hill land into alfalfa and set out a large orchard on the Newlon ranch, which he pur chased this spring, just as soon as har vest is over. The artesian well on this ranch has a large flow and the water will be taken through an 18-inch pipe to the tract and will spread itself over the hillside. Heppner hills, or at least this particular hill, will be no longer dry. Other artesian wells are contemplated in this vicinity. Fonr Acres Yield $3000. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 20. (Spe claL) Although his crop is compara tlveiy snort. J. K. rsunamaker. owner of the valley's largest cherry tract. ap proximately four acres, will receive his record returns this year. With re turns on black varieties not yet In, Mr. Nunamaker can figure on more than J5000 for his crop. It is likely that the total receipts will reach J7000. The total yield of all varieties on the Nunamaker place reached 43 tons. Pickers were paid $1292.60 for harvest ing the crop. The following officers were Installed at the last meeting of Utopia Rebekah lodge. No. 62, Independent Order of Oddfellors: Noble grand, Mrs. Julia Hicks; vice-grand, Mrs. May Rushlight; secretary. Mrs. Anna Holt; treasurer, Mrs. Anna Currier; warden, Mrs. Nellie Ferguson; conductor, Mrs. Anna Cox; chaplain, Mrs. Anna Klopfenstein; right supporter noble grand, Robert An drews; left supporter noble grand, Mrs. Christine Anderson; right supporter vice-grand, Mrs. Rosa Clark; left sup porter vice-grand, Mrs. Alice Pluma dore; inside guardian. Miss Bernlce Wommelsdorf; outside gruardlan. A. K. Currier; musician. Miss Alta Ring. The installing officer was Mrs. Isabel Faulkner, who was assisted by. the grand marshal, Mrs. Ella Chriaman, and a staff of past noble guards, the work being under the direction of Mrs. Nellie Christiansen. Rev. A. C. Grier, founder and pastor of the Church of Truth in Spokane, who is touring the coast with his family on six weeks' motor trip, will be the speaker this week at the Realization rooms. 188 Fifth street, over the worn en's exchange. He will speak this morning at 10 A. M. on "The Allness of God." and at 8 P. M. on "The Spiritual Nature of the Universe." He plans to visit Astoria, Portland, Tacoma, Seat tie and othercities of the coast. The George Wright Women's Relief corps will have a card party at the courthouse headquarters Wednesday 8 P. M. An admission fee will be charged. Prizes will be given and re freshments will be served. ... The Women's Advertising club will hold Its weekly luncheon in the Tyrolean room of the Benson hotel to morrow at 12:15. The Iowa State society picnic will be held in Laurelhurst park this after noon at 4 o'clock, with dinner at 6:30 o'clock. Coffee, cream and sugar will be served by the society. Entire Federal Penitentiary Time Is Endangered. LEAVENWORTH. Kan., July 10. The west wing of the federal prison here was badly damaged by fire to night. Flames were discovered near the center of the wing, which is near- ng completion, burning in the scaffold- ng. They spread rapidly, endangering the whole prison plant. Prisoners numbering more than 2000 and Including a score or more of In dustrial Workers of the World, are confined In the east wing, and accord ing to prison officials, made no dls turbance during the fire. Drainage District Authorized. PROSSER. Wash., July 20. (Spe. ciaL) At an ejection Wednesday it was voted to create a drainage district mid way between Prosser and Grandvlew, and If is understood that construction will Immediately begin. It is expected that the district will reclaim a large tract of land that has become water logged as a result of excessive Irriga tion. WHEAT FARMER RETIRES Morrow County Man Buys Home In Portland Suburb, Also Auto. HEPPNER. Or., July 20. Carl Mar- quardt. a north Lexington wheat farm er who has met with marked success In recent years, has purchased a home Park Rose, near Portland. Mrs. Mar- French line lonpafote t.rnrraU TruMtiaAliqat. Subject to Chans Without Notice. NEW YORK HAVRE Tonraln . Jnl. Korhun tx- ........................July SO I -a Lurrmlne ....................... .July 31 bavoie Aug mc An, is NEW YORK BORDEAUX rhtraco Aif. S Niacarm Aug. IS usaxi isros., rite -uAt AxrnU, I OS berry BU, bemute, or aay IjotmA AseoU Satsop Grange Sponsors Wedding. ABERDEEN. Wash, July 20. (Spe claL) At a wedding in the Satsop Grange hall and which was sponsored by the Satsop grange. Miss Anna Mc Cleary became the wife cf George Sutherby of Hoqulam. The ceremony was witnessed by 200 members of the grange and friends of the bride and bridegroom. Supper was furnished by the women of the grange. Pythian Class to Go to Mt. Rainier CENTRALIA. Wasi.. July 20. (Spe cial.) At a meeting Friday night. Cen tralia lodge. No. 54. Knights of Pythias, considered plans to send a class of candidates to the Initiation to be held on Mount Ralner on August 10 and 11 under the auspices of Commencement lodge. No. 7. of Tacoma. Captain J. R, Neer Home Again SALEM, Or.. July 20. (Special.) 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