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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1914)
V THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1914. V DAIRIES THRIVE IN COUNTIES OF COAST Addison Bennett Deplores Con dition of Coos and Curry Highways at Present. SCENES AT BANDON FOLLOWING EECENT $300,000 FERE. L ; 1 PROSPERITY SEEN ON TRIP Reports Are TIrat Cow Holdings In crease Materially and Co-operative and Individual Cheese Plants Are Flonrlshing. BT ADDISON BENNETT. ' BANDON, Coos County, Or., Juno 15. (Special.)' I left Wedderburn at 6:30. It looked like rain; indeed it was sprinkling a mite when the stage pulled out of the Rogue River Valley and struck the bench lands, but with in a few minutes the droppingrs ceased and we" had fair weather all day. The first place of importance we passed was the celebrated Wedderburn Agate Beach. For several miles the road leads " through an open country and winds along not far from the waterfront. County Judge Wood, of Curry, was a ' passenger with me and he was a close observer of every foot of tne nignway, He told me of the troubles of the coun ty with the road problem. There are about 150 miles of roads and the same number of miles of trails in the county to maintain and the tax levy only pro duces $20,000. The tax roll is a trifle over $4,000,000. The forest reserve con tains about half of the timber, from which the county gets $2000 a year for road purposes. If these lands were In Drivate ownership the tax rate could be reduced and the county could get enough to keep the roads in fair con dition and also build new ones as re quired. Reclamation Goes Along. We passed many new patches of slashing, clearing and breaking, also much new fencing and occasionally a new house or an old one built over Eometimes one newly painted. At Euchre Creek, 10 miles from Wedder burn, we came to a new creamery; six miles further on we arrived at uorDin, the noon eating station. The new own er, being from Arizona, calls his little hotel the Arizona Inn. The former owners of the place were paid $15,000 cash for land, buildings, stock, furni .ture everything as it Btood save the "clothing of the family. From Euchre Creek to .Fort Orford the distance is 16 miles. Let me say right here that there is no trouble in getting along by auto from Crescent City to Bandon. . This coast road is a tough proposi tion for the counties of Curry and Coos to handle, for Curry particularly. If the next Legislature would help Curry out to the extent of an appropriation of $20,000 or $25,000 there would be no great objection from those who under stand the situation. The state origin ally gave $14,000 to build the road and the county officials did the best they could with that and what the taxes brought in. Town's Growth Slow. The town is growing slawly. The country around it Is doing fine. Louie Knapp says the dairy cows in the vi cinity have doubled during the last IS months. The sawmill is running reg ularly, mostly on Port Orford cedar. I may not be generally known that all of the white or Port Orfjrd cedar in the world was grown near Port Orford: it may not be known that for many purposes it is the finest and handsom est wood in the world. , Less than live miles to Elk Creek, and here is a new creamery and many tine farms near to feed it; then five or six miles to Sixes River; two cream cries up Sixes, and more splendid farms. Of course, for every cleared acre we are passing 100, perhaps 500 or 1000, of land in brush or timber. In almost every opening something 'has been done toward reclamation. We pass new fences, new slashings and fields lately plowed fsr the first time. We see no "for sale" signs. I have seen but one on a farm fence since we left the state line. Many of the farmers will ell out- You can find no better land bargains anywhere than in Curry, but don't think for an instant the farmers are running after buyers or running away from their land. The abandoned farms in Curry are mighty, mighty scarce. Cheese Factories Thrive. At Denmark, six miles north of Sixes River, there Is a postofflce, store and three or four dwellings. There has been a farmers' co-operative cheese factory here for several years; its capacity has been doubled within the last year. The merchant and postmaster, J. S. Capps. says things are moving in fine shape, getting better every day; more and more cows coming in. Mr. Capps milks a large number of cows. He has a splendid new dwelling and a large mod ern barn, only a couple of years old. A couple of miles up we cross Flora's Creek. Then we passed the gate at the entrance to the Star ranch. Dr. J. R. Weatherby was absent, so I did not stop. The doctor bought this ranch about a year ago. He is njw milking 150 cows and will have 30 more fresh within two or three weeks. There is a well equipped cheese factory on the place, where he works up all of his milk. The Star is one of the greatest ranches of the West. Langlols Is Growing. A couple of miles and we came to Langlols, usually called Dairyville. It was the most populous place in the county until Brookings passed it. There is a large and prosperous co-operative cheese factory here and more than one of the large dairymen has a factory of his own. Langlois looks as if it had doubled since I was here in the Fall of 1912. There are new dwellings and business houses on every hand. It is one of the best business places for a small town on the coast. At Langlois I quit the stage, which had brought me from Port Orford, and came to Bandon by auto. We made the 16 miles in a little over an hour. We overtook and passed over 30 large loads of railroad ties, four loads of telephone poles, four or live wagons and buggies, the mail stage and one load of lumber: we met five big loads of freight, three of them with four horses, three or four wagons and buggies and five returning tie and post teams. The Curry and Coos line is about five miles north of Langlois, S3 the most of these teams were met or overtaken in Coos County. Nearly all of the way form Port Or ford we were either right on or close to the Willamette-Pacific survey. The building along this part of the way will not be difficult, at least so it looks to a layman. Between Port Orford and Wedderburn I passed along the stakes. In some places for quite long distances. That portion, particularly just below Port Orford. will be more difficult. As a general thing, when a girl is beautiful her- sweetheart thinks it would be very easy to make a living for her. 1 s - it H - . - filar' isU fWH" in'. ... . f Iff;:-. ; , - 4 4 l-' rfFf' ' m.v 4 11 SOUSA'S BAND Use and Indorse Conn Band Instruments (No better argument) AVe Are Exclusive Agents s for Oreson and WaahtnKtoa. ftf ' -sts. Free" Free Trial Offer Wrife Today Old instruments taken in Exchange. Get a New Instrument for JULY 4th GRAVES MUSIC CO. 151 Konrth St., Portland, Or. headquarters of the White Mountain National Forest, and from there a train can be taken to Gilead, Me., whence the rest of the journey must be made either with a wagon or on fooc. Last Summer the Forest Service construct ed on the old railroad right of way running up Wild River a road whi-Ji makes it possible to get about sevo miles up into the woods from Gilead However, this will not be far enough for the Boy Scout camp. LIBEL VERDICT STANDS SrPKEME COURT AFFIRMS DECIS ION AGAI.NST EDITOR. Great Sale of Hart Schaffner & Marx Norfolk Suits A good many young men -will want to take advantage of theso ex traordinary price concessions. Theso two-piece Suits are just tho clothes for outings and warm weather. Slip in tho utoro and flip on n Norfolk; you'll like it. The entire stock included every fabric youH want to see. see Window display $15.00 Norfolk Suits $12.00 $20.00 Norfolk Suits $16.00 $25.00 Norfolk Suits $19.85 Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Shop for Quality and Service o Northwest Corner Third and Morrison o Above Hartman Building, Western Limit of Blue, Which Was Checked by the Concrete Walls) Middle View Looking Kant on Main Street, Two and One-Half Blocks of Banted A rea in Sight; Below First National Bank, Which Checked Flames to 13 astward. KLEIN LOSES Supreme Court Affirms Convic tion of Bigamist. PRISON TERM IS PENALTY Man Who Married Etliel Xewcomb and Iiert With Her Jewels, Ac cused' of Other Swindles With Women His Victims SAI.KM. Or.. June 16. (Special.) The Supreme Court, In an opinion by Justice Ramsey, today affirmed the conviction of E. E. C. Von Klein on a charge of polygamy. He must now serve the sentence of from one to four years in the state penitentiary given in the Multnomah county uircun woun. The indictment alleged that Von klein. alias George B. Lewis, while the husband of Louise liistrup von Klein, contracted a polygamous mar riage with Ethel Newcomb, October 12, 1911, in Portland. Tne oeienaam was found guilty December 23 last. RAGE MANAGER FREED E. C. JOHNSON NOW WILL SUE M. I. SMITH FOR FAXSE ARREST. Charge of Larceny Is Not Proved Before Municipal Judge Promoter's Proffer of Entrance Money Not Denied. A charge of larceny by bailee, made against 13. C. Johnson, of the North west Automobile Association, was dis missed by Municipal Judge btevenson yesterday morning when Mr. Johnson came up for trial. G. N. Smith, of the Pacific Tire & Supply Company, who was an entrant in the elimination auto mobile race in the first day of last week's races, and who won a third Drize. had charged Mr. Johnson with withholding S300. which ne aeciarea due him as forfeit and purse money. Mr. Johnson explained to the judge that the J50 forfeit money and about fiO in purse money was all that was ue Mr. Smith, and that tne ioneit money had been offered him, but that the purse money, based on tne day s gate receipts, after deducting all ex penses, could not be paid until all bills were paid and tne nei receipts com puted. Mr. Smith swore to a warrant be fore DeDUtv District Attorney Deich, alleging that Mr. Johnson had kept S300 from him. all of which was due him. and which he had demanded. Mr. Johnson testified, and was not refuted, that he had offered Mr. Smith his for feit money and' would give hira his Durse money when the final figures were checked. He had a check for $50 tavable to Mr. Smith in his pocket when Detective Hammersley arrested him Monday night. This was the re turned entrance money. "1 will sue Mr. Smith for false ar rest," said Mr. Johnson yesterday. "He caused me to be arrested when he knew that he had nothing like the sum named in the warrant .1 may prosecute him for perjury, also, be cause, to obtain the warrant, he must have sworn that I owed him, 1300, which I did not owe him. BOY SCOUTS TO MAKE ROAD Forestry Service Will Employ Lads In Practical .AVork. NEW YORK. June 13. The United States Government, always desiring to educate the public on the subject of the proper use and protection or xor- ests. has found a means to co-operate In a practical way with tne coy Scouts of America. Through arrange ments made by the United States For estry Service. 24 Boy Scouts eight from Washington, eight from Baltimore and eight from Boston are to build this coming Summer a ten-mile trail In a remote part of the White Moun tain National Forest. The plans for this work and the unusual opportunity It provides for these boys to practice their Scoutcraft and learn something about forestry, and for the Government to make more intelligent and vital the interest of boys in practical conserva tion, are described by Forest Inspector K. W. Woodward, of the United States Forestry Service In an article which appears, with Illustrations, in the June number of Boys' Life, the Boy Scouts' Magazine. Mr. Woodward says: Twenty-four boy scouts, under the direction of three Scout masters, will build ten miles of trail for the United States Forest Service In the White Mountain National Forest this Sum mer. In return for tr.iis work the Boy Scouts will be paid at a rate equiva lent to that which the Government would have to pay for the construc tion of this trail were the work done by the regular force. The trail which the Boy Scouts will build is Intended primarily as a means of protection against fire. However, it will also be useful in making the White Mountain National Forest more acces sible to tourists and prospective tim ber purchasers, and parts of It may even be used later on in the logging of the timber through which it passes. The. boys will be working approxi mately ten miles from the nearest town, which Is Gilead, Me. They will camp In the valley of Wild River, a tributary of the Androscoggan River, and will have two stretches of trail to build. The first will be alongside of WildJ River and the work will consist merely In the Improvement of a rough trail, which needs to be flit In condition so that horses can travel over it. The second stretch of trail will be located In the timber, where no means of quick travel existed before. The Boy Scouts will be expected to report at Gorham, N. H.. as soon after June 18 as possible. Gorham Is thu Silverton Man Who Published Pamphlet . Alleging Girl Was Kidnaped, Must Pay 20O Fine. SALEM. Or.. June 16. (Special.) In an opinion written by ujstice McNary. the Supreme Court today affirmed the verdict of the Marlon County Circuit Court that J. E. Hosmer, editor of the Silverton Journal, was guilty of crimi nally libelling the prioress of the Bene aictine Convent, at Mt. Angel, in an ar ticle published several months ago. The opinion was concurred in by Chief Jus tice McBrlde and uJstices Bean and Eakln. The article, which was in pamphlet form, alleged that Miss Mary Laseman had been kidnaped in Portland and taken a prisoner to the institution. Ac cording to the article she was alleged to have escaped while robed in the garb of the convent, and to have sought re fuge at the home of the pastor of the Christian Church of Silverton. It was to him and four members of the con gregation that she was alleged to have told the story. The editor was convicted In Circuit Judge Kelly's Court and fined $200. In his appeal he alleged that he had not had a fair trial. He alleged the court had erred in declining to grant a con tinuance of the case when it was learned Miss Laseman could not appear as a witness at the trial. One paragraph in today's desicion reards: "The essence of the crime of libel is the publication of libelous language and does not necessarllly lie in the authorship of the article. Every repe tition of a false and scandalous matter originated by a third person Is a will ful publication of it, rendering the per son so repeating it amendable to the law. If he repeats the libelous words, he must be prepared t oprove them, or suffer the legal consequences." GREETERS TO GOME HERE THIRTY WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT ON WAY TO HOMES IN EAST. Hill iiiiiitinnnitiimmn'numiimirTT'T'iT'iitiiP'niT'nTTifmmmiiii'TTivt'TTiv llllilg I t"frlTT ftrfftf irtliili fflf rff Iftfjliff IUmI,:ii 1nmm""pm'1I't'T1HHT,,Tw't"T'lw"T"m"'""'',w''," MJ,Ji),l.I,l.Ml!II.IUl.,UU.U.I.i,IU.UU.l..kii.U JUNE1SEPX30 if mm mm m mmm iimuiu u uau ui JPii : mm Route of the all-Steel Trains; FROM PORTLAND and All Other Point in tie Nortnweit to Boston $110.00 Minneapolis...! 60.00 St. Psul M OO Buffalo 92.00 Montreal 105.00 Washington... 107.50 Chicago 7X50 New York 108.50 Winnlpej tOM Proportionately reduced (ares to Mur Other FeatU in the East. Return through California at slightly higher (area. FINAL RETURN LIMIT, OCTOBER 31. 114 Liberal Stopover Privileges. Choice of Route Returning TWO ALL-STEEL TRAINS AST DAILY "The OLYMPIAN" The COLUMBIAN" For additional Information, call on or lldrM E. K. GARRISON, District Freight and Putcnger Agent CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY Third and Stark, Portland lllh.uiai.lullllllilii.l.i:lulUJuailil..lill.l.lil.Hil.l.,,...u.inlli.i.ii.li.1i..1,Mu.l.iuUH, iiU.UlMiiiU.. n'l MliiliUniiitiiiiiiMiTtH Los Angeles, will be met on their ar- tlly pitching; camp preparatory to en rival here tonight by all the members , tering the fields. One hundred cratea of the Portland Greeters' Association I were picked In the Asplnwall yarn who can leave their desks. Delegate Who Attended National Meeting; In Los Angeles to Be Extended Royal Greeting. Some of the boys whose dally busi ness it is to extend the glad hand of welcome are going to know how it feels to have it extended to them. Thirty members of the National Greeters' Association, delegates to the recent National convention of that bodv, composed of hotel employes, at They are returning to their homes In the East by way of Portland. The visitors will be here until Fri day night. They will be taken onn Seeing-Portland trips, will inspect the hotels and entertained in other ways. Luncheon will be given at noon at the Automobile Club by the Oregon Hotel Men's Association, composed of hotel owners and ' managers. A ban quet will be tendered the guests by the local greeters in the Crystal room of the Benson at 6:30 Friday night. Saturday. The Salpm I'ruil ITnioii. which obtains a supply liero, plans ta put up five barrels of Juice dally throughout ihr paAti. Kissing Is Xot Thieving. NEW YORK, June 13. Twelve Husky policemen retreated in embarrassment from 170 West 130th street the other night. A burglar revealed a young man stealing kisses, without any des perate resistance from the victim. Loganberry Picking Season On. BROOKS, Or., June 16. (Special.! Loganberry picking Is on in full blast today. The yards are the scenes or great activity. T,ate arrivals are has The Winner of the "Beat It, Huerta!" Puzzle Is v Stanislouis Janowski, of Salem "Beat it, Huerta!" Puzzle Company 303 Oregonian Build in? 7 Portland, Oregon 8M2 THIS IS ?0 CEBTIKf That . tn undersigned. Jue ln the "Bftet.lt, Huerta!" Contest, 1ia? rone over the method . oaed by thu "Beat 1t. Huerta I" Puzzle Company In checking the eolntlona entered by contestants In the "Beat It, Huertal" puezl Contest. We find that Hr. Stanlalonla Janowski, Hospital Station, Salem. Oregon, had the greatest numher of aolntlona entered In the "Beat It. Huerta!" Pnitile Contest (a total of 1 hnndreA and eleven) and ta therefore entitled to the One Hundred Dollar Cold prize offered hy the "Beet It. Buertal" In the greatest nnnher .Pusile Company to the person aenfllnp of correct solutions to the "Beet It. 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