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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1912)
It POLICE AW NET TRANSPORTATION OPENS FINE VISTA WHERE PIONEERS MADE HAPPY HOMES Council Crest, for Tears the Limit of Portland's Knowledge of Country to the South and West, Overlooks Beau tiful Panorama Which Attracted First Settlers. ABOUT SUSPECTS Ask the man who owns one THE SUM) AY OREGONIA3. PORTXAXP. JUXE 23, 1918. . ; IMIIIIIIIM lIlllllillllllllilliiM ' -j "Doe" Warrants Out for Al leged Murderers of Ray W.Wallace. SEARCH CENTERS IN SALEM Unidentified Woman With 'Blacked Ejes Leads Officers Off Trail. 3fore Evidence That Robbery Was Cfbject Found. Informations charging murder In the nrst degree, with reference to the kill ing of Ray W. Wallace, who was found Wednesday morning in an Alder-street lodging-house with his skull crushed, .were issued yesterday from the office of the District Attorney, against John Do and Jane Doe, and the accompany ing warrants will be served upon W. Tanner and Hazel Irwin aa soon as they are found. Confident belief that both of the sus pects are secreted In Salem was ex pressed by Detectives Vaughn and .Itherland. in a telephone message yes terday from that place to Captain Baty- Every avenue is being guarded, with the assistance of the Salem police and the Marlon County officers, and devel opments are momentarily expected. False Trails Confaae. False trails which have confused he efforts of the detectives from the start were the cause of a wide-reaching search up and down the Willamette Valley, ending yesterday when, the error was discovered. Some unldenti fled woman, marked with two black eyes, had been reported at various places, receiving . long-distance mes sages, and upon her the officers con centrated their search, only to find that she is not Hazel Irwin. This woman was In Eugene Friday and boarded a train from there to Salem. Upon this information the as sistance of every officer in the Wil lamette - Valley was enlisted, and an Impregnable net was thrown about the fugitive, it was thought. Vaughn, however, has convinced him' self that the fleeing pair proceeded directly to Salem and have secreted themselves there. He and Litherland have been instructed to remain con stantly on the spot and see that no outlet is overlooked. That the suspects, after" committing the murder, had the boldness to-take from Wallace's pockets the key to the restaurant where he was . employed, go there and rifle the till, was a devel' opment yesterday. The key commonly carried by Wallace was found in the aoor of the restaurant v ednesday morning, and it was found that about 10 cents had been taken. A much larger sum of money was in the place, but was concealed and they did not l-et It. "Badger" Game Contemplated. The police know that the Irwin woman and her companion were vir tually without money when the crime occurred. Wallace, it was found yes terday, had more money than the Jl 'or 12 credited to nim Dy nis latnur. and the sum was probably close to 110, The theory upon which the police are . working is that a "badger" game was contemplated, and that the man was hidden In a closet when Wallace was lured to the room. Much Interest at taches to the bis: iron bolt which was found beside the corpse, wrapped in papr. Because it was such an article s Is not usually found In such a place, and because of its wrappings, the po lice believe that it was carefully pre pared for the execution. An inquest held by the Coroner yes terday brought no new light upon it mystery. The body of Wallace Is be Imx prepared for shipment to his home in Wllkesbarre, where the father will accompany It. ALASKA TRADE PASSED UP Shippers Do Xot Care to Sleet 200 Ton Requirement for Service. The campaign to establish trade re lations between Alaska ports and Port land has practically been rendered null by the decision of six of the firms that were guaranteeing a portion of the 200 tons of freight necessary to Insure the service, not to attempt to meet the 200-ton requirement for the next sail ing. The meeting at which this decision was made was held at the office of the transportation committee of the Port land Chamber of Commerce, the firms represented being Klelschner, Mayer A Company, Marshall-Welts Hardware Company, Willamette Tent A Awning Company, Pacific Hardware & Steei Company. George lawrence Harness Company, and Hazlewood Company. None of the wholesale grocers of the city was present at the meeting. The first shipment was made by the Dodge Company on the steamer St. Helens, May 13, and two other shlp .menfs were to be made this Summer, on the guarantee of Portland business men that they would furnish 200 tons of freight for each trip. With the decision of the Portland shippers to make no further effort to meet the requirements to hold the service to Alaska; the entire plan, for the remainder of this year at least, falls to the ground. J. H. Lothrop. manager of the trans portation committee of the Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday that It is probable that no further effort will be made at any time to carry the project further, owing to the indiffer ence of the Local shippers. i . - STEPHALI GIVES LAST. TALK Talentttl Mur-lclan Delights Audience With Song and Instruction. Madame Sofia Stephall gave her con cluding lecture recital before a large audience last night In Eilers Hall, when she afforded further proof of her powers In the singing of such numbers as Saint Saens' "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice," and David's "Perle du Bresil." Other ballads sung artistically- were: "Land n' the Leal" Met cal'f). "Just a Wearyin" for You" iBon?. "The Year's at the Spring" (Uracil). "The Kiss" (Ardltl) and "The Danza" tChadwlck). Miss Berenice Lathrop again pleased with her work as accompanist and her introductory olo "Florence Waltz" (Llebllng). ' Madame Btephall's afternoon pro gramme was devoted to "'Music and Childhood." Her illustrative numbers Included songs by Kevin. Bond. Vannah. D'Hardelot, Brahms, Gaynor and others. BT HILDKGARDE PLUMMER UNTIL the electric cars were run to Council Crest, people In the city were not well acquainted with thj region beyond the hills. People who are active and interested In out-of-door life made Fairznount the goal of their tramps, and picnickers of the energetic type considered the old or chard on the top their ideal 'camping place; but persons, norn and raised in Portland, admitted when they took their first ride to the Crest that they just supposed there was nothing but mils all the way to the ocean. When Albert Kelly decided to leave the old Kentucky home and rear his family in a peaceful country, away from the dissensions which were already waxing warm over the slave question, he looked for a home In his own land where all men were free. With this end In view, he and his three brothers. Clinton, Gllmore and Thomas Kelly, moved to Missouri in the Fall of 1847, on the way to Oregon, ex pecting to complete the trip the next Spring. The three brothers made the trip in 1848, but Albert Kelly's cattle had stampeded in a blizzard and he and his family did not cross the plains until 1S49. In the meantime the news of the Whitman massacre bad reached the East, so this emigrant train was for tunate in having the escort of a regi ment of mounted rifle men, which the Government was sending to Oregon to keep the Indians in check. The brothers and their grown sons had already taken possession of what is now known as Kenil worth. Waerly, Richmond. Kelly Butte and out at Pleasant Home. Albert decided on the region now reached by the Irvington and Broadway cars. There he built cabin and started a well. After digging a hole. 117 feet deep, he got discouraged and abandoned the claim as worthless. The next year he met Finlee Caruth ers, who with his mother had the land hlch is now South Portland. Mr. Ca ruthers said that campers had had' trouble, because their stock would wan der -and not come back for days; but the cattle were always well-fed and fat when they returned. The unknown pasture was found to be in an exceed Ingly fertile valley over the hills to the west. Fan. Is First Settler. Mr. Kelly followed the cattle trails over the hills to investigate this land and took the section lyins at tne head of the valley. There was an abundance of water and wells were unnecessary. Throughout the forest were numerous springs and streams draining Into ran no Creek. Only one family had ventured into this land. Three years earlier. Au gustus Fanno. a native of Maine, had come over from Oregon City and start ed his farm, which Is south of Raleigh. He was the first settler between Port land and Hillsboro. In September. 1850, the Kellys moved Into a tent, which protected them from the intrusion of wild animals until the house was built. Wolves and coyotes were close at hand and the deer quenched their thirst at the spring at the edge of the clearing. ine iirst house was destroyed by fire, but the white lilac and the old-fashioned white rose, planted in J3&4, are sun nour ishing. The clearing is the front lawn of the Henry E. Dosch residence and the sDring. with the mint In it, is under the ash trees at the west end of the lawn: while the Oregon grape, which one of the boys planted at the side of the house almost SO years ago, is at the east end. The Dosches call their home Villa Kichenhof." for though Mr. Kelly was a good farmer, his artistic nature demanded that seven large oak trees and some ash and elm trees be left for he pleasure of his family and those who would succeed him in the posses sion of the home place. The children, who were pioneers witn their parents were, Bingham. Carrie, Maria tMrs. Van B. DeLashmutt). and Silas G., who though an infant at that time, is the oldest resident oi ine vai- ey. He is still living on his ancestral acres. That inter Marina tairs. j. r. S. Plummer) was born in the new home. December 4, 1850. Mr. js.eiiy went iu town for' supplies. While there he earned that some enterprising young printers were setting up a newspaper, rchir-h xrniild be out in a few hours, so he waited for a copy of The Oregonlan to take home. Joka A. Slavla Arrive. Another time, when he was buying meat at the market on the corner of First and Taylor streets, he overheard voung man asking wnere ne couin find a "bachelor's" claim. Married men were given 640 acres, while single men received 320 acres. Mr. H.euy said mere was a good one adjoining his to the east. The next morning ine stranger called at the cabin and introduced him self as John A. Slavln. He had started west from Boone county, Missouri, in tending to go to California, but after various experiences on the plains, his course had been changed and he now wanted to stay near Portland. The two men Inspected the tract available and Mr. Slavln Immediately took It up. The townslte of Bertha Is a part of the old plate and was laid out by the original owner. As there were no neighbors nearer i . r L WD.' hfVj, - sr . tfci I- 4- zrJX&$ than town on one side and Fannos to the west, a new neighbor was consid ered a blessing. Mrs. Kelly Immediately set out "mothering" John Slavln. She did his washing and mending and looked out for his welfare, until he built an addition to his house and brought his bride home. Meanwhile the Talbots had estab lished a home on what Is now Council Crest, and in 1857 Judge P. A. Mar quam bought the Donner place, south of Talbots. With so many new fam ilies, the education of the little ones had to be attended to, so the Westons opened a private school In their home in 1857. Every day the Kelly children took the long walk through the tim ber to what is now Green Hills. They followed the main road directly west from home to the present site of Fair vale, then northeast to their destina tion, making a trip of three miles to a point only about a mile distant. With the Winter storms, the children were compelled to stay home on account 'of the danger from swollen streams and falling trees. The school work was carried on at home, and Silas Kelly has the old school books, which were among the precious necessities brought from the Fast. Meantime Albert Kelly was not-de voting all of his time to the welfare of his own. That was not his business in life. He was a Methodist circuit rider, as were his brothers on the east side of the Willamette, also the brotn ers who remained in Kentucky. In his house were held the first religious services oC that section, and there he preached to the neighbors; but that was not the extent of his labors, for he faithfully walked, or rode, miles out through the wilderness, noiaing meet- ngs and performing an tne auuea ui a Christian minister. First "Camp Meeting" In 1857. In 1867 the great social and religious feature of the valley, a "camp-meeting," was organized at Ames" Chapel, near Metzger. Speakers were Imported for the occasion, and the session was looked forward to as the event of the year. June was chosen as the most convenient season, on account of the farm work, and between SO and 40 families drove over with their stores of provisions. These five or six days of friendly association are sun uusm In the memories of those who are liv-io- The women seem to have been better providers than the women of today, and all comers- were welcome at any of the spacious family tablea Maybe the religious spirit of the meet ings was not thoroughly appreciated by the younger ones, but when the houses are a mile apart, it is a wonder ful thing to have all the neighbors to gether' for several days. Friendships COTTAGE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES QUALIFY FOR TEACHING. Grocers Plan Big Picnic. Five special" trains will carry be ' tween 4000 and 5000 retail grocers and '- their families to Bonneville July 4 for tha biggest annual picnic ever held by the. .Portland Retail Grocers' Association. jj i u r1 M 7 P ' a J 1 3 'j . 1 ti H T7oT t22t ' Photos by Armstrong. Roy Woods, Audrey Lasurdoat S, Myrtle DeSpalai 4. Blaaehe Veateki 5, Rath -Waodardi a, Lcesa Burckassi T, Manda Lawss) 8, Mssat Skldaaorei S, Heater BcaaJai lft, Harry "tra,l irm . COTTAGE GROVE. Or June 22. (Special.) The 1912 class of tha Cottage Grove High School was the largest and most remarkable class ever graduated In the history of the local school. - In addition to the regular curriculum the members took the teachers train ing work and secured the one-year certificates. Each member has some definite aim In life and will oontlnue his or her education In an attempt to reach the goal. . " Miss Mvrtle DeSpaln, when she finished the oourse. had made the remark able record of not having been absent or tardy for a period of five years. formed under such circumstances are substantial. Among the regular campers were these families: Cornell, Slavln. Tlgaro, Kelly. Gault, Davis, Stott, . Durham, Bryant. Nathan, Robinson, Mitchell, McKay, ' Denny, Fanno, John - Patton and Hoover. Then on Sunday other folk would come five or ten miles for the day's services. Some of the women were handsomely gowned, and they made a ' memorable picture as ' they rode in with their fine hats and veils and stylish skirts, which hung ' well down as they sat on their horses. In 186S a subscription schoolhouse was built at Mount Zlori. The material for that building was' hauled by oxen from Portland. The Patton road had been built the year before, and was a benefit to the community, as -the other road was very steep. The old road had followed up- Marquam Gulch from the river to Fourth street, then followed what is now a trail to Portland Home stead, or New Berlin.,: It crossed-over what is now Healy Heights, past the Marquam. house, and ylropped into the valley, going by the Kelly house. Schoolhouse Meeting, Place. The new schoolhouse was the scene of many celebrations. It was need for meetinghouse, and, as Father Kelly said it reminded him of Zlon Meeting house back home, it was called Mount Zion. The Slavins, Marquams, Talbots, Kellys and Humphrys had many all day Thanksgiving services there, with meals not to be surpassed. These pioneers lived well. They were foreslghted and had the energy and adaptability essential for success In their enterprises. Their gardens had as fine a variety of vegetables as the gardens of today, and wild black rasp berries and game were abundant. At the time of the California gold excite ment, shiploads of food were sent around the Horn, and the market was glutted, so the ships disposed of their cargoes wherever Jthey could. This provided table luxuries at a minimum cost. A Chinook salmon could be bought for 25 cents. There was no waste for they must be prepared for emergencies. Albert Kelly sold the south half of his claim to Finice Caruthers In 1859 for 26,26 per acre. Mr. Caruthers died a few years later, and when the estate was settled In 1869, Judge Marquam bought 240 acres of that piece at $1.50 per acre. After deeding pieces to his children, Mr. Kelly sold the home to the Bradfords and moved to, Yakima, where he died. Soon talk of a railroad was started, and In 186 the grade to Hillsboro was made under the management of Joseph Gaston. Among the men in the camp was a Dutchman, who was the butt of all the Jokes. 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RIGGS ' Cornell Road, 23rd and Washington St Portland - Oregon rt -if Ai section hands, there are men who still remember the fun they had guying the Dutchman. They assured him that the woods were full of ghosts, and he would not be convinced until they fired a blank cartridge at a "ghost." After that all the country along the grade was called Ghost Hollow. Ben Holladay took up the project in 1871. and put the road through to Cor vallis. The first stop out of Portland was on the Slavln tract, and for years was called Summit Station, being at the summit of the climb from town. That same year Dr. Plummer, now a resident of the valley, built the tele graph line along the railway. H0FER SUES SALEM PAPER KiTal Editors Entangled Over Al leged Libelous Utterances." SALEM. Or, ' June 22. (Special.) Action for libel asking' for 110,000 damagea was started In Circuit Court LOWFARESEAST BOl'XD-TRIP TICKETS TO PRIIf- OPAL, CITIES I7t KIDDLE WESTERN AND EAST ERN STATES. . AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO VIST THE OLD HOME. Baltimore. 1T.M Chicago... ' TM Deaver M.00 City.. ee.04 New Terlc 1M.M St. Paul. . . SO SO Twos. . . 1.M Wash'toa.. 17.00 PROPORTIONATELY REDUCED PARES . . . . TO MANY OTHER POINTS TICKETS ON SALE Intermittently to September 10th. The Short Line East is via :. 0.-W. R. & N. 0. S. L Union Pacific Lines Protected by Automatic Block Signal THBEB THROUGH TRAINS DAILY x 10 A.M. "Oregon-Washington Limited. '.' 8 P.M. "Portland and Pugef Sonnd Express." ' : Both to Chicago via O.-W. K. & N, O. S. L, U. P. and C.4N.W. . . , P.M. Soo-Spokane-Portland "Train de Lnxa" U St. Paul, via - Spokane and Soo Line. EQUIPMENT A2TD SERVICE STRICTLY HIGH-CLASS Let us aid yon in outlining A EEUGHTFUL SUMMER'S OUTIKG City Ticket Of flea. Third and Washington Streets, Portland. today by B. Hofer, proprietor and edi tnr nf thn T)fl11v Canital Journal aerainst the Oregon Daily Statesman. It is al leged in the complaint that in the issue of June 16 the statesman carriea on aT-MtlA fhnro-tner thA nlnintifT with being connected with the liquor inter ests through- affiliation with State Senator John A. Carson, who was also charged with being affiliated with sua Interests, and the article stated thai Hofer was a man of doubtful charactei and reputation in many ways. n The article in question was Include In one of the weekly letters which haV been running under the name of L. H. McMahan, who, it is claimed, has con tracted for space in the paper. See the Best First Before selecting a site for a Summer home at the seashore see Gearhart-by-the-Sea. Not a mere subdivision of ocean shore land, but a magnificent, finely developed beach resort, with the largest and best appointed hotel . on the Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco; every amusement and recreation that makes life worth living such as one of the best golf courses on the Coast, elegant ten nis courts, 18-mile automobile race , course, and large, finely equipped - , natatorium. - IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT ".PROJECTS, are maturing for ' Gearhart Park. During the past 10 days application has been made by TWO PROPOSED RAILROAD LINES FOR RIGHTS OF WAY THROUGH THE PROPERTY. Get a site 'for a Summer home at ' Gearhart, and at the same time make an investment that promises big profits. Lots $200 and up ; 10 per cent down and 2 per cent a month. For full particulars see or address GearhartParkCompany 100y8 FOURTH STREET, PORTLAND, OR. . Phones Main 1293, A 7268