Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 23, 1914, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1914. BAeSFMNOW KNOWN TO ATLANTiG TYPICAL VIEWS AT BAKER. :""' 'i New England States Get Much Lumber Cut in Eastern Oregon. 7 ton 8 I1! i SHIPMENTS GROW APACE AddiMm Bennett, in Another Trip to Baker County Metropolis, Finds Many Things Overlooked on His Previous Trips. t BY ADDISON BENNETT. ) BAKER. Or.. Jan. 22 (Staff Corre spondence.) It is a real pleasure, the 1 greatest an Oregonian correspondent ; enjoys, to write about the beautiful and prosperous cities of Oregon. The facts, the statistics, the advant ages sometimes of a town or vicinity i stagger and overwhelm with pride the I bewildered correspondent. ; I have written about almost every ( city and town and hamlet In the state. Of some of them I have written many ; times. Of Baker I know that I have written several times: and yet during the last two days I have discovered so ; many things about Baker that I have .. overlooked before that I feel humill- ated by my want of real knowledge of conditions here as they actually exist. : The place is so much greater and more important than I have heretofore pic tured it that I feel ashamed of all for mer attempts to tell about it. iw England Gets Shipments. ' For instance. I knew in a general '. way that Baker was one of the most - Important points on the line of that great railway system, the O.-W. K. & ' N. Company. I knew the tonnage for ; warded and received here was some- thing enormous; but I did not know ; that more than 3S00 carloads of lum ' ber were annually shipped from this station: nor did I know that fully 14. 000 carloads of the same commodity ( were shipped In here over the narrow !, gauge Sumpter Valley Railroad. The J sawmills are all out pn the Sumpter " Valley road and the rough sawed lum ber Is sent here to the finishing mills from which it is sent to the four cor ners of the country, a large portion of it to the New England states. .'; In this mammoth industry there are the following companies engaged: The Baker White Pine Lumber Company, Oregon Lumber Company, W. H. Eccles Lumber Company, Ehockley & McGran- nan Lumber Company, M. F. Bennett Lumber Company, C. W. Nibley, Jr., and . the Hlllgard Lumber Company. The latter concern has Just been put In op f oration and It will add about 1800 cars a year to the figures for annual shlp r ments given above. This company re .' cently bought 75.000,000 feet of stump : age from the forest reserve at $3.05 a thousand, which is said to be the highest ' price the Government has ever received. It must be remembered, however, that ; the majority, about 80 per cent, of the : lumber cut adjacent to Baker is white ... pine and as fine as there is in the world. It is practically all used for frames, mouldings, interior finish, etc. j Just let me depart a moment from my general text and take up the pay ( roll that flows into Baker steadily. The lumber industry heretofore has I contributed $90,000 a month, but the ; Hillgard mill will send this up to more ' than $100,000. The Sumpter Valley ; Railroad has upon its rolls never less i than 175 men, often more than 200 and j frequently as many as 335. So its pay s roll must be from $12,000 to $15,000 a f month, perhaps considerable more. Town's Payroll Is Pride. There are quite a number of import : ant industries here, such as the cigar factory, the great printing establish "; ment of Ryder Brothers, two news .' papers, creamery, machine shops and many other establishments. Then there is the large amount disbursed by the '. O.-W. R. & N. Company. Why, Baker ? has a payroll that any city of twice the size might ba proud. ; Still that Is only a fraction of the , truth, for Baker is one of the im ( portant mining centers of the West, i fully $75,000 worth of bullion and dust coming into the city every month. In ; deed, one of the best informed mining : experts in the town avers that of the $1,400,000 produced by the Oregon : mines last year fully $1,200,000 passed ; through the Baker banks. As proof of the wealth of Baker just . look at the last bank statements, as rendered on the 13th of this month. The First National Bank has a capital of $200,000, surplus of $50,000 and un- divided profits of $134,209.60. Its de posits were $986,238.84 and cash on hand. $295,126.74. William Pollman is president of this institution and T. G. Montgomery, cashier. The Baker Loan & Trust Company has a capital of $50,000. surplus of $40, 000 and undivided profits of $12,884.12 with deposits of $521,773.37. William Pollman is the president, H. A. Sonne, cashier. Citizen's Bank Prosperous. The Citizen's National Bank has a capital of $100,000 and surplus and profits of $21,856.55. Its deposits were $371,633.78. V. p. Bodinson Is presi '. : dent, J. T. Donnelly Is cashier. I wish it were possibla to aret tha most Important buildings In Baker KTOuped together In one picture for . reproduction In The Oregonian. Let me -.' enumerate the principal edifices, struc tures of which any city might well be i proud: Courthouse, City Hall, Carnegie Library, T. M. C. A., St. Elizabeth Hos i pital, St. Frances' Academy. Roman Catholic Cathedral, residence of Bishop O'Reilly, Elks' Hall. Knights of Pythias : Hall and United States Postoffice. But , to make the picture complete, or rather ,' satisfactory, there are about a dozen stone and brick business structures aside from these which should be added, ' ltko the Gelser Grand Hotel, Antlers Hotel and the various banks and mer cantile Institutions. AH grouped to . pettier the 40 or 60 notable buildings of ): Baker would make a showing that but . few cities of twice the population could equal. Railroad Is Jiarrow Gauge. Now just a word about the Sumpter Valley Railroad, which runs from here to Prairie City. 80 miles to the eouth ; west. This is a narrow-gauge road. It : was formerly operated In conjunction , with the Oregon Lumber Company, the '.' owners being about the same. More ! than a year ago the two properties were' segregated and Guy L. Anderson, then an employe of the O.-W. R. & N. Com piny, was mad general manager. Guy has worksd wonders during the past ! year and has revolutionized the road. Indeed he has been a marvel of effl , ciency and faithfulness. The. outstand . lng capital stock of the road is $810,000. i: the bondd Indebtedness the same. Just what dividends have been declared I do " not know, but it Is said to be one of the best paying roads In the country, i As a factor In building up Baker well. '. it has brought about a large part of her prosperity. The road is purely, in all save ownership, a Baker Institution. So far as possibla all of the equipment is manufactured and repaired in the road's shops here. These shops employ , constantly about 35 high-priced men. i When the Baker crowd went down to C ,- T-L, r f - If pJT L the livestock show at Portland last month they took along with them as a spellbinder the silvery-tongued. orator of Baker County, one o? the best word slingers In the West, Bert Spaulding. There are two industrial institutions here of which the Baker people feel justly proud. The first is the cigar fac tory of C. I. Flynn & Co. I . had the pleasure of going through this plant, and It is certainly one of the model fac tories of Oregon. It Is one of the largest plants of the kind in the West, and turns out perhaps more cigars than any other factory on the Coast. Its two famous brands, La Cheerable and Tri umph, have a wide reputation and a large sale. The company employs more than 30 hands. It has been in oper ation about 15 years. The stock of cigars now on hand amounts to about $30,000. The three storage humidors in which the finished cigars are kept are said to be among the finest in the country. G. I. Flynn, the senior part ner, is Justly proud of his plant, but prouder still of the wide sale and fine reputation of his goods. They manu facture one brand of nickel cigars, and other brands running from two-for-a-quarter to two bits each. I have exhausted about half of my notes, all the space I was allotted and all I dare try to steal. So 1 must stop after telling but a tithe of the good things about this charming city of Baker, Baker on the O.-W. R. & N.. 357 miles east of Portland, a city well worth a visit from every Oregonian. DRY PLANS TO BE TALKED All-Bay Rally of Methodists Sched uled Monday at Hood River. HOOD RIVER, Or., Jan. 22. Ministers of The Dalles and this city will hold a joint discussion Monday with E. A. Baker, of Indiana; R. P. Hutton and H. L. Sheldon, leaders of the Anti Saloon League, as to the methods that should be followed in placing the state in the dry column. Leaders will be appointed at this meeting for a strictly non partisan campaign for the dry amendment. The visiting anti-saloon men will nil the pulpits of the local churches on Sunday. The wives of The Dalles' min isters will accompany their husbands here and the local women will be hostesses Monday at dinner in the base ment of the Congregational Church, Where an all-day rally will be held. HONEY SHIPMENT SEIZED Idaho Food Commission Charges Product Is Short Weight. LEWISTON. Idaho, Jan. 22 (Spe cial.) James H. Wallis. Idaho State Pure Food and Sanitary Inspector, is here from feandpolnt, Idaho, to look after some alleged violations of the pure food laws. He has placed an en tire shipment of honey from Idaho Falls which is said to be short weight under state seals ana is gathering? evi dence for prosecution. Commissioner Wallis found a drug store selling cottonseed oil as "sweet oil, which is a violation of both Fed eral and state laws. The guilty person said he had sold the goods to smaller stores in this locality, and upon hi promise to gather it in and to remove his present supply from his shelves. air. wains said no action will be taken. CURRENCY LAW IS TARGET Act Declared Unfair to Mining Men In Speech at Boise. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 22. (Special.) The new currency law was branded as ? i mm n - . I unfair to the mining Industry of Idaho and the West, in that it provided only for the creation of new currency and does not put any more gold or silver into circulation, by Mining Inspector Robert N. Bell, of this state, when he spoke before the Idaho Mining As sociation, which went into annual ses sion here. He also scored the conser vation policy through which he claimed rich mineral lands have been bottled up within forest reserves and cannot be worked. There are about 100 of the leading mining men of the state in attendance at the convention. Professor C A. Stewart, mineralogist of the Univer sity of Idaho, also spoke declaring that the mining Industry is entitled to and should demand the same state aid as is given to the agricultural and other industries. A reception was held at the Commer cial Club tonight. COAL LAND CASE STARTS JIRORS ARE OBTAINED IN GOV. ERWMENT SUIT ON COAST. Charge of Conspiracy Will Be Faced by C. P. Monday and A. W. Sktela. Who Are Accused of Fraud. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 22. When the Federal Court adjourned tonight 12 jurors acceptable to the defendants had been obtained In the trial of the case of the United States vs. Charles F. Munday and Archie W. Shiels. charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government of coal lands in Alaska. The. prosecution had used two peremptory challenges and had one In reserve. The defense had waived the right of challenge. One of the jurors told the court that he waa troubled with heart ailment, and an examina tlon will be made to determine whether he will be able to endure the confine ment of the trial. Most, of the day waa consumed in arguing whether the trial should be for felony or misdemeanor, the Gov ernment contending for misdemeanor. On looking up the record of the first trial of the case, In 1911, it was found that the Government ' had withdrawn allegations of overt acts committed since January 1, 1910, when a new criminal code went into effect. The offenses remaining came under the old coae and were by it defined as misde meanors. Judge Neterer'a ruling waa that the liovernment s dismissal of charges three years ago must stand now. This was a victory for the defense, al though it appeared during tha argu ments that the Government desired to make the charge felony, chiefly to gain three more peremptory challenges. It is expected that the jury will be unauy ready before noon tomorrow. BOND ISSUE IS DISCUSSED Hood River Official Declines to In' fluence Public in Vital Matter. HOOD RIVER.. Or.. Jan. 22 (Sdb- clal.) "I have been quoted, as having been in favor of a $200,000 bond issue for Hood River County, $75,000 to be used on the Columbia River Highway and the remainder on county trunk lines," says County Judge Stanton, out i nave made no definite state ments as to my attitude on the bond issue proposed for this county. "The issue is a live one, and I want to have the publio make its own de cision." Knight coal has no equal.' Albina Fuel 25 Size Leakanot Preserves, waterproofs and softens black or tan shoes. Shoes can be pol ished with shoe paste after application f "Leakanot." IOC Size Bon Ami For general cleaning and polishing purposes. "Hasn't scratched yet." Spe cial Tw for 25d Size Q uinine The old reliable coias. Hair ounce. 250 Size Boric Acid A pound package of this antiseptic pow der. In solution used as an eye wash. 5e Each Honeycomb Wash Cloths Size 10x13 inches. Easy on the skin. Easily washed. Special, 7 for 50tf Size Ingram's Cream A face cream that improves bad com plexions or preserves good complexions. 50o Size Hind's ";":;.," ud Cream A delightful preparation for the face, hands, skin and complexion. 'THE OWI," BANKERS BACK SPOKANE EASTERN WASHINGTON FINAN CIERS INDORSE CITY. Regional Bank Location Discussion Brings Ont Important Revela tion aa to Requirements. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 22. (Special.) More than 70 bankers of Eastern Washington today indorsed Spokane for a regional bank location under the new currency law and their action will be made known in the form of a resolu tion to the members of the organiza tion committee and the Washington delegation in Congress. The members of Northeast Group 2, of the Washington Bankers' Associa tion, with delegates from Ferry, Pend d'Orellle, Stevens, Whitman, Lincoln, Adams, Franklin and Spokane counties, assembled at a special meeting held in the assembly-room of the old Na tional Bank to study every phase of the new currency law. The consensus of opinion is that the new reserve act will be beneficial to all lines of business. "One of the most wonderful Na tional developments in years," was the brand placed on the new law by F. J. Wilmer, cashier of the Whitman County National Bank, of Rosalia, in his open ing remarks as president of the North east Group and chairman of the meet ing today. He stated, however, that It behooves bankers to continue to be cautious and, not be "lulled into any false sense of security by rainbow chasers and other speculators who, under the new law, believe that there will be more money than Is needed for every one." In discussion the point was brought out that the Northwest district as proposed, which will be put up to the organization committee at Seattle, will not have enough capital, if dependent upon National banks alone, for the re quired $4,000,000 for the regional bank of such a district. National banks, however, combined with state banks and trust companies In the district, will provide more than enough capital. Na tional banks alone now could only furnish $2,600,000 of the necessary $4,000,000. 'IT HEAD IS NOT NAMED IDAHO BOARD MAT PICK UNIVER SITY PRESIDENT TODAY. Bat Fanr f 50 Candidates for Position Remain to Be Considered i Ilc f oaal of Offer Bimrtl, BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 22 (Special.) The State Board of Education -in ses sion here tonight was unable to reach a deoision on the presidency of the Uni versity of Idaho and the matter went over until tomorrow. The board has sifted down the num ber of active and prospective appli cants, said to be about CO, to four.. Dean Carlyle, acting president of the University, having . succeeded Dr. Mac Lain, who resigned to accept the presi dency of the University of Manitoba at Winnipeg, is in attendance at the board meeting. It is rumored that the presi dency was offered Dean Carlyle, but ha refused it, preferring to remain as One of the .active heads, but not to as sume the responsibility as the head of the institution. Tbta rumor could not be confirmed. Umatilla Sunday Schools to Meet. PENDLETON. Or., Jan. 22.-l(Spa-clal.) The Umatilla County Sunday School convention will be held in Pilot Rock February 17-18. This was the an nouncement made by President Beeta 10 Si:e 3 in 1 Oil For lubricat lng. For cleaning and polishing. For preventing rust. lOd Size Cocoanut Effectively used for mas saging purposes. Free from injurious Ingredients. 7c 10c remedy for grippe and 15c 19c 19c 25c 33c 29c FOR KODAK DEVELOPING AND PRINTING AND FOR KODAK S AND KODAK 81.399 PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY WASHINGTON AND BROADWA TWENTY DRUG STORES and the different Sunday Schools throughout the county are now being notified. Among the speakers who have been secured for the annual gath ering are Rev. C. A. Phipps, state pres ident: Rev. F. W. Emerson, Rev. E. C. Knapp, Mrs. S. W. Ormsby and Mrs. Clara G. Esson. La Grande Prepares for Convention. LA GRANDE. Or., Jan. 22. (Spe cial.) Fraternal endeavor never be fore attempted in La Grande is as sured as a part of the programme for the district convention of Knights of Pythias to be held here February 20. William Miller, a local Pythian, has just returned from Kntdrnrlsn where he closed negotiations for presentation of the "Lesson of Friend ship" by an Enterprise team. "The Lesson" has never been put on In La Grande or in fact in Eastern Oregon. It is really an abbreviated form of the play "Damon and Pythias." t Dufur Oil Is Located. DUFUR, Or., Jan. 22. (Special.) The Beavls-May Oil Company, which has been drilling for oil nine miles west of this city since 1908, now claim that they are boring through oil sand, having passed through the shale which usually lies above this sand. They as sert they are liable to strike a gusher at any time, but that if they do not strike one within a few days they will shoot the well with explosives. Em ployes -report that this oil sand has petroleum in it. Moscow Boy Scouts Get Rooms. MOSCOW. Idaho, Jan. 22, (Special.) Granting a petition filed by the Local Council of Boy Soouts some days ago, the School Board has turned over to the use of the Boy Scouts the annex on the Russell School grounds for their use as a club building. The boys now will have splendid quarters of their own, which they will not have to share with any other organization, as has been the case in the past. They will arrange and equip the annex as a play and reading-room. Doty Boys and Girls Victors. CENTRALIA. Wash, Jan. 22. (Spe cial.) In ono of the best girls' bas ketball games ever witnessed on the South Bend branch. Doty defeated TO APPLY SAGE TEA Look Young1 ! Brino; Back Natural Color, Gloss and Thickness. Its Common garden sage brewed Into a heavy tea with sulphur and alcohol added, will turn gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully dark and luxuri ant, remove every bit of dandruff, stop scalp itching and falling hair. Just a few applications will prove a revela tion if your haif is fading, gray or dry, seraggly and thin. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur recipe at home, though, is troublesome. An easier way Is to get the ready-to-use tonic, costing about 50 cents a large bottle at drug stores, known as "Wyeth'a Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy," thus avoiding a lot of muss. While wispy, gray, faded hair Is not sinful, we all desire to retain our youthful appearance and attractiveness. By darkening your hair with Wyeth'a Sage and Sulphur, no one can tell, be cause it does it so naturally, bo evenly. You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time, by morning all gray hairs have disap peared, and.- after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully dark flossy, soft and luxuriant. Adv. DARKEN HAIR SO Size King's Discovery For coughs, colds and bronch ial affections of the throat, chest and the lungs. BOi Size Diapepsin For digestive diso r d e r such as dVBDensia. ind gestlon, sour stomach and others caused by acidity. 26c Size "Owl" Witch Hazel Contains 15 per cent alcohol. A pure, double distilled extract. Full pint. Pyramid Pile Remedy A remedy for pile trouble in all forms. For external treatment. 50 Size Russian Paraffine Oil An ideal Intestinal lubricant for cor recting disorders of the stomach and intestinal tract. Pint. 75 Size Gum Camphor A pound package, 16 tablets, of guar anteed pure Gum Camphor. 85c Size Olive Oil "Owl" brand Olive Oil the purest and best. Imported direct by The Owl Drug Co. for its twenty stores. SI Size Plant Juice A nerve tonic, blood purifier and er, ror ine siomacn, liver and kidneys. SI Size Swamp Root A remedy recommended for acute enronic diseases of the kidney bladder. THE OWL DRUG CO. IN DECEMBER. ON THE PACIFIC COAST Lebam Tuesday night by a score of 11 to 7. In a curtain raiser the Doty boys defeated Lebam by a score of 81 to 3. The Lebam and Centralia High School teams clash In this city tomor row night. Both teams have defeated Dryad, Lebam having won the cham pionship of the P. L. D. League, and a fast game is anticipated. Road Work Ordered at Chehalis. CHEHALIS. Wash., Jan. '22. (Spe cial.) Yesterday the Lewis County Commissioners let a contract for 500,000 feet of three-inch road plank, to be delivered on the National Park high MANY CASH SALES THIS MONTH CASH BUYERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTORY-REMOVAL SALE REDUCED PRICES Others, Instead of Paying $48 or $60 Annually in Rent Elsewhere, Are Buying on the Reduced Terms of $10 Cash, $6 Monthly, New $350 Pianos for $195 375 Ones $215, Etc. Saving $155 or $160 Now. You May Not Know How You Can Pay $375 for a New Piano, but You Do Know That You Can Pay $215 $10 Cash and $6 Monthly, Until Fully Paid. The Greatest Cut in Prices of Player Pianos Ever Known $550 Ones $365 $650 New Ones $395 ($1000 Weber Pianola $495, Saving $505) $15 Cash, $10 Monthly You Know You Can Pay $10 Monthly You Know You Can Therefore Afford to Buy a New 1914 Model Player Piano Now. You really musj. buy your Piano now. Tour money will go farther at this sale. It will purchase more real value. We will take your old Piano as a first payment on a new 1814 model Player Piano the greatest mu sical progress' of the age. You can play it yourself artistically, beauti fullylike any one of the greatest pianists the new, most wonderful hand-played music making this pos sible now. There seems to be no let,-up in the enthusiastic purchasers that are prof iting by the January Inventory-Removal Sal offerings buying at but a fraction of the original price of the quality offered. Remember, these are the last weeks of the great sale. Carpenters, dec orators, etc, are at work on our new building- at 145-151 fourth street. The wisdom of buying now must be apparent. You can often buy used Pianos at reduced prices. This is your first and only opportunity to buy new, latest models, with new, up-to-date action, etc. at such reductions and savings of $130 to $605. There are thousands of men in Port land who are without Pianos today, who would purchase one at once if they could experience for just one evening the pleasure of possessing a new, up-to-date Player Piano, These men love muslo, are musical by in stinct, but have never spent the time to learn to play the mere Piano. All would be glad to have their friends in for a musical evening to sing popular songs and to enjoy the classics, as well as the present favorites, which can be so artistically . played on the Player Pianos we are showing. There are fathers and mothers who would take great delight In playing for the children, a well aa hearing the 29c iPl 17c 49c 7c build and and SIPPL1ES way, the main county road between Chehalis and Mossyrock, Jorgensen & Son being the successful bidder at $5.S'4 a thousand. The Board also let a con tract for widening the county road be tween the Southwest Washington fair grounds and the Chehalis city limits to the Chehalis Dredging Company for $1603.65. This work has been started and is preliminary to the hard-surfacing of the road between Chehalis and Centralia. The Secretary of the Navy has recom mended the building of a great naval dry dock at Norfolk, Va. The dock !s to be 1700 feet lor-gc and to cost f 3. 000,000. children play for them, in the perfect manner in which even youngsters can produce tha best of music with these Player Pianos. The Graves Muslo Co. presents- a broader selection of 1 makers" Player Pianos than is to be found elsewhere. The homes that do not have Pianos, particularly when boys and girls are to be educated, should call at once. Quality and prices ara unusual, the savings Immense, the terms of pay ment easy, the Pianos guaranteed; 1Jie Pianos can bo exchanged within one year; full amount paid will be allowed; the purchase therefore sure to satisfy you. The wonderful success of the Graves Muslo Co. Removal Sale is the natural outgrowth of persistent effort, coupled with the reduced prices and terms that made it possible for thou sands of families to secure splendid Pianos, Player Pianos and small mu sical instruments. Out-of-TowrtBuyers It is safe and satisfactory to buy one of these Pianos by mail. Write to us and we will sena. you full description, or. If you like, ship the Piano subject to your ap proval. Wo pay freight to any point in Oregon, Washington or Idaho. Buy now and have it shipped when ready. Make your selection now and pay $1 down, if you do not want to pay the full payment, and then, before deliv ery, you pay the balance in cash, or $9, or whatever agreement you make for the first payment, and the balance $6 monthly, etc., until (the Piano is paid for in fulL Every Piano or Player Piano pur chased carries with it the Graves Music Co. guarantee of satisfaction, as aUo the usual guarantee from each manu facturer of these flew musical instru ments. Besides, we take It in exchange within oue year, allowing the full amount paid, if desired. 69c i A.