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TTTTS MOTIXTXG OREGOMAN. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1915. SOUTH BEND GROWS AS INDUSTRY CENTER V "Hard Times" Is Expression Unknown in Beautiful, Flourishing Town. TYPICAL SCENES IN SOUTH BEND. WASH. SALEM STATE FAIR WILL OPEN TODAY nn yjr'Vrf-- v-s&& VftV&p&rtsm J .UHtfeS to the E v , .iSjtvMS.ilS4.,J Programme Begins With Spe cial Children's Exercises in Auditorium. COUNTY RESOURCES ABOUND AMUSEMENTS ARE FEATURE cm 3 r,: ' o m. aaBBBBBaBUBBBBBBBBBBBUBaBBBBBBaBBBBBBaBaBaBBBaBi BBUnBsaBBSBaaBaBBBBBBaSBBBBBBai is. ' " - ' - - - A V ft Fisheries During Year Brlns in llevenue Averaging $50 Per Capita for Entire Popula tion Club Is Marvel. By AnnTsnv -re-wwp-t - SOUTH BEND. Wash.. Spt. 26. (Spe cial.; Do not mention "hard times'" In the presence of a citizen of this beauti ful little city. They would not know tK . i term means. Now. do not ....un. iUa.c lne jumoer slump has made no inroads Into the general business luauon, tor it has. In the days of the rule of McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft there were 12 saw mills and the same number of shingle mills running In Pacific County, of which this city; now and for some time past many of these have been idle and many of the remainder have been run ning on short time, while only a few have been making any money. But this is a county of wonderful re sources, remarkably wonderful, if you will excuse the double adjective Of course the 12 billion feet of standing timber all, or practically all, easy of access, is an asset great enough to round a state instead of a county over shadows all others but (and an Im portant but) the day will come long be lore the great forests are denuded of this timber when the dairy, fish, bi valve and crustacean interests will far outweigh the timbqnj industries. All up and down the coast in Oregon and ashington the dairy cow finds her heaven and it may almost beyond dis pute be said that the real seventh heaven is in Pacific County. Klata Industry Returns IIlKh. First, let us look at the so-called fisheries industries, that is. the foods taken from the waters of the bays rivers and the adjacent depths of the ocean. Last year there were shipped from here 30,000 cases of clams, of the value of $150,000; 12.000 cases of crabs worth 72,(00; oysters to Uie value of $400,000 and salmon and other fish to the value of $125,000. There are items of $747,000 taken from the waters of the county and the adjacent' ocean depths and as the last census gave the county a population of 12.532 people and that is perhaps within a couple of thousand of the present number it will he seen at the latter number the fish eries alone brought in close to $50 per capita for the entire population! Practically all of this output goes to the cities on Puget Sound.- the Citv of Portland and the City of San Francisco. As the industries are developed the en tire Western section of the United states will be eatinp crabs and oysters from this section. As to oysters, there are no others in the West to equal the Toke Points, which come from the bays of Pacific County. When the Portland Chamber of Com merce spends a million and a quarter doners for 'the erection of a bu,ildinir and equipping it, then, and not until then will our much-vaunted civic organization equal the quarters of the South Bend Commercial Club. The people here, at an expense of about $5 per capita for the city, erected and equipped a clubhouse that is Just pimply a marvel. It costs about 60 cents per capita to keep It running through the year equaling an ex penditure of $150,000 for the Chamber of Commerce. No club that 1 ever knew of performs the functions of a civic organization with better effect and with as nearly the right spirit as does the South Bend club,. The splendid building is the civic center of the city, for both women and men The rooms (the building .is about 80 feet square, with deep porches, are spacious and everything is kept in the best of order all the time. A secretary is employed by the year and he is on the job almost day and night. Now, hereafter when you hear about this or that organization being "the best in the country," Just please add this proviso: "Except the South Bend Commercial Club." I'". R. IVetteleton la President. Another thing the club does not owe a cent and pays cash as it goes. It has nearly 200 members: if our Chamber of Commerce had the same proportion it would have about 12, 000 and it lacks that a "leetle" bit. The president of this splendid organ ization is F R. Nettleton and the secretary is Elmer E. Brown and I take off my hat to both of them. Then there is a hotel here that is a. model for comfort and good "eats," the Hotel Albee, no relation I believe to our Mayor. George J. Helm, pro prietor but don't forget Mrs. George J. Heim and her smile that never comes off. The Helms sure know how to run a hotel and they have a chef who cooks oysters as they should be cooked! It is worth a trip from Port land here Just tos stop a few days at the Hotel Albee. And South Bend is not so far from Portland. About as for as Arlington. Anyhow, it is so .close that about everybody here takes The Oregonian some of them have taken it for nearly 40 years. Of course there are other hotels here, and good ones of their class, and numerous eating houses. The Cassel House, kept by George Cassel. is highly spoken of and the Crescent Hotel, kept by Mrs. Frank Anderson, also enjoys a good patronage. There is only one bank here, the racific State. Joseph G. Heim is the president, L. W. Homan. cashier. It has a capital of $100,000, surplus of $35 000 and profits of $26,488. Its depos its are $464,509.58. Area of Pacific 895 Square Miles. Tacific County is the extreme south western county of Washington, running from the Columbia River on the south to Grays Harbor County on the north. It has 805 square miles, a little larger thn Clatsop County, Oregon. Towards lie northwestern part of the county the Willapa River flows into what is called Willapa Bay or harbor, the river form ing the bay about 15 miles from the ocean. Then there Is an inner bay. called Shonlwater Bay. running down Rlmost to the mouth of the Columbia. Between this bay and the ocean lies the wonderful beach, nearly 30 miles long, spoken of as a whole as Long Beach. Running about half way up this beach to Nahcotta. passing llwaco, Seaview. Breakers and Ocean Park, is a little road, owned by the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany, that terminates at Megler, oppo site Astoria. I wish somebody (anybody) would drop a postalcard to Uncle Sam and tell about this Willapa Harbor. He does not know it is! At least he has never spent a penny hereabouts to assist the navigators. Not that the opening into the ocean needs any of his help. It is one of the few natural harbors of the country, with some 30 feet at mean tide. But the bay inside and the river as it juts into the bay need some dredging, now carrying only, about 25 feet of If 7x7m.i? - '- r v - ' j , (KWWliWiia, f til il .1 n Fif 1 m,l I ii Hll Top. New School Building Middle, Vie w of City Loosing East Below, Pacific County Courthouse. water. This dredging might also ie used to dike a 'good many thousand acres of tidelands. So please drop your uncle a line and call his attention to Willapa Harbor, a harbor that needs no dredging, no Jetty needs nothing save way Inside of where the bar might be expected to be. Dllttns Creates Fine Farms. About those tidelands. Some fine farms have been created by diking. A project is Just now under way to re claim 1700 acres more, at a cost of $60, 001). There are many tjiousand acres of it, every acre good to keep a dairy cow the year through when reclaimed, as it all will be some day. The headquarters is at a place of the same name about eight miles down the Willapa River from here, but South Bend is the headquarters. The men who are at the head of the oyster industry j have shipped from the Atlantic Coast uurms me lasc year carloads or "baby" oysters. These they "plant" on the oyster grounds and within three years they are ready to "harvest." The grounds are strewn with oyster and clam shells and the "babies," which are about the size of a two-bit piece, being a year old, are dropped in the water and attach themselves to these shells until they are taken out full grown. "Wanderings" of Clams Many. It is thought by many that the clam is about the silliest of all living things, fish, flesh or fowl. But "he" is a regu lar wanderer when compared to the oyster. "He" takes long journeys as th6 tides carry "him" hither and yon. "He" skirmishes somewhat for daily food; whereas the oyster attaches itself in youth to some hard surface never to leave until a captive, taking such food as the ebbing and flowing tides carry to it. To touch briefly on the dairy busi ness there are, according to the Asses sor's books, 4062 head of dairy stock in the county, counting from one year old up, and 1962 of milking age. That is not many but as the most of these have come in during the last few years it is a good start. And they are being brought in fast, all of them being of good breeds, mostly Holsteins. Still there is a large amount of butter shipped into the county! What a burn ing shame! As fine a dairy section as the sun shines upon, land values low, on the easiest of terms and buying butter, eggs and poultry. As to hogs, it seems that the few here must be kept as curiosities, for there are less than 300 on the Assessor's rolls. Too bad. When these people wake up and get deeply into the hog and dairy cow business then there will be as prosperous a county as the sun ever shone upon. Come with me for a three-minute walk up to the Courthouse. I want to show you the finest little county building you ever saw. There it stands! Isn't it a picture? What a sightly loca tion, what fine grounds, what a symet rical structure. Let's step Inside. Now look up into the dome at the great stained glass crown, with the Autumn sun lighting it up in beauty. We will go up to the balcony and look down into the rotunda; did you ever see any finer structure? Town Has Two Newspapers. Look at the courtroom and the of fice rooms for thecounty officials; how complete and convenient. The furnish ings and fixtures, too, all of the best and all in harmony. Yet they say this entire outfit, building and all, only cost $150,000. Gee, but these Pacific County' people know how to get the worth of their money. The county has a total assessed valu ation of about $14,000,000. (Just at this Juncture Mr. W. A. Potter, who has a dairy ranch of 1000 acres of reclaimed tideland, just west of town, came in to tell me that he is milking 180 head of fine Holsteins and making cheese from the milk. Fine! Think of, what it will mean when there are 18,000 cows being milked right at the doors ot South Bend.) Just a word about one of jthe most important interests of all the news papers. There are two good weekly papers published here, each with a fine office. The South Bend Journal is owned by F. A. Hazeltine, having as his assistant Jiarle A. Munnick. This paper is in. its twenty-fifth year of prosperity and deserves it. The Willapa Harbor Pilot is also in its twenty-fifth year. It is owned by the Willapa Harbor Publishing Company. Edwin M. Con nor is the editor and manager. This is a clean, bright, well-edited sheet and bears every earmarlt of prosperity. Pe Ell Sawmill Planned. CENT RALIA, Wash.. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) George W. Onn. of Tacoma. is planning to erect a. sawmill on Jones Creek, a few miles north of Pe Eil, Mr. Onn has secured options on several tracts of timber in that vicinity, which he is having cruised to ascertain whether or not there is sufficient tim ber to Justify the expenditure. The new mill, if erected, will have a daily capacity of from 40,000 to 50,000 feet. MANY CLERGY HEARD Variety of Services Conducted at Roseburg. SESSIONS TO LAST ALL DAY Bishop Cooke Will Leave for Los Angeles Toniglit and Is Con sidering Petitions for Return of Methodist Ministers. ROSEBURG. Or., Sept. 26. (Special.) Diverting from the regular conference duties which 'marked the sessions of the past four days the delegates in at tendance at the annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church here today attended a series of services which began at 6 o'clock this morning and continued until late tonight. The so-called "before breakfast" service was held In the Methodist Epis copal Church at 6 o'clock this morning Rev. T. B. Ford, of Oregon City, pre sided. At the regular Sunday school session Rev. M. B. Parounagian. Sunday school missionary of the Oregon Con ference, spoke on the oupject, "The Sunday School of Today the Churches Greatest Opportunity." The conference Bible class was taught by Rev. J. H. Talbott. president of the Kimball Col lege of Theology. Bishop Cook preached the morning sermon, which was followed by several musical numbers by local talent. This afternoon the ordination service was held, followed by a meeting of the Ep worth League under the direction of Rev. Frank James. Among those who addressed the con gregation at the evening services were Rev. J. W. McDougall. Rev. F. D. Bo vard and Bishop Cooke. A 6olo by Mrs. Claude Smith was one of the fea ture numbers of this service. As several committees are yet to re port to the conference it was gener ally agreed here tonight that the con ference will not reach an adjournment before late tomorrow. It was intended to adjourn before noon. Bishop Cooke will leave Roseburg tomorrow night for Los Angeles where he will attend a meeting of bishops to be held later in the week. Although it is predicted that few of the pastors of the leading churches of the confer ence .will be changed by the bishop, there is much speculation here today as to appointments to the smaller charges. Since coming to Roseburg the bishop has received many memor ials asking that the pastors of certain charges be retained for another year. That he Is considering these memorials was the statement of his confidential friends. HOSPITAL STONE IS LAID BISHOP SCHIXXER. OF SPOKANE, OFFICIATES AT WALLA WALLA. War In Europe Characterised As Re turn of Paganism Resulting From Worship of Power. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Sept. 26. (Special.) The cornerstone of the new St. Mary's Hospital was laid today, with Bishop A. F. Schinner, of Spo kane, officiating. The hospital Is J;o cost $250,000. Bishop Schinner spoke of the church and charity, saying the two had been associated from the beginning. The war in Europe was characterized as a return to pagnism as a result of the "worship of mone and power and not a failure of Christianity. He said the only ray of hope for its, settlement emanated from the prince of peace, the Holy Father. The hospital will replace the one burned in January and will be com pleted by next Summer. ' Speakers included Mayor Toner, Pres ident Weyrauch, of the Commercial Club; Marvin Evans and Dr. W. M. Ely. Dr. C. N. Suttner was chairman. The weather was inclement, making the attendance small. Racing: Events Planned as Big At traction; Track Is In Splendid Condition ; Aviator Scheduled to Make Flights. TODAY'S FAIR PROGRAMME. CHILDREN'S DAY. Morning 10:30 o'clock. Special musical and literary programme in the new auditorium by school children. Music by Hebel's Cherrybud band, of Salem. Aero plane flight by Herbert E. Hun ter, of Seattle. Afternoon 1:30 o'clock. Rac ing programme; music by McEl roy's band, Portland; vocal selec tions in grandstand by Ladies' Double Quintette, Male Quartette and Orpheus Chorus. Aeroplane flight. Evening 7:30 o'clock. Ad dresses by State Fair officials 'and others. " Band and vocal music in new auditorium. STATE FAIR GROUNDS, Salem, Or, Sept. 26 (Special.) Oregon's 54th an nual State Fair will open tomorrow for a week's run, and tonight, despite the rain which has fallen intermittently throughout the day, the stage is almost set for the thousands of visitors who will be here to see tne varied exhibits of Oregon products, and enjoy the rac ing programme. Oregon's famous "mist." that almost annual precursor of past State Fairs, will not spell the grief to all concerned thrs year as before, for with newly paved roadways throughout most of the grounds, the mud is virtually elimi nated. Only on the racetrack is the rain's effect feared. In nearly all departments the ex hibits are larger than last year, and all the space in the main pavilions and exhibit buildings will be filled. Appli cations for exhibit space in some of the departments are taxing the in genuity of the superintendents to pro vide accommodations. The livestock entries are far in excess of past fairs. The quality of stock, and the greater number of breeds to be shown, is also declared to be above the average. Workmen labored all day today, and in some cases prepared to work throughout the night, that the exhibit booths might be ready for the opening. Openidc DaT Is Children's. Children of Oreeon will have their Innings tomorrow. They will give a special musical and literary pro gramme in the new auditorium at 10:30 A. M. In the afternoon. besides the racing events. McElroy's Band, of Portland, will play, and there will be vocal numbers in the grandstand by Salem musical organizations. At night an entertainment of speeches and music will take place in the new audi torium. Two flights will be given by Herbert E. Munter. of Seattle, in his aeroplane, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. If rain does not interfere, the horse racing this week promises to exceed in interest that of last year, as the animals entered in the different events are the best on the Pacific Coast. To day's precipitation has put the track in good shane. Every dav since the mid dle of Julv the mile speedway has been sprinkled and rolled. Aside from the regular harness races scheduled for this week, one of the most interesting features from, the standpoint of the spectator will be the Great Western relay. This race is for a total distance of 12 miles, two miles being run each day. The three-minute trot, purse $300; 2:10 pace, purse $700, and the 2:25 trot, are also on tomor row's card. Race Officials Are Named. Officials of the race course chosen tornght are: W. R. Dillard, Eugene; W. P. McNair, San Jose, starter; H. W. Hatch, Salem; Richard Kiger. Corval lis. and N. K. West, Union, judges' Ed. Fortune, Oregon City, Dr. Carlton, Portland, and Leon Davidson, Salem, timers. So numerous are the entries in the livestock division that additional tem porary quarters have been provided for the animals, by R. W. Hogg, super intendent. The big red barns are filled with blue bloods of all classes. Cattle entries tonight totaled 650. There are Shorthorns, Herefords. Polled Angus. Red Polled. Holsteins.' Brown Swiss. Guernseys and Jerseys. In the Jersey division there are more than 20 exhibi tors. Two hundred and fifty fat and glossy swine are here for stock admirers to applaud. The breeds shown are Durocs, Berkshires, Poland Chinas, Chester Whites, Yessix, Hampshires, Tam worths and Mulefoots. The two latter breeds are to be exhibited here for the first time. Horse Exhibits Numerous. Among the 300 horses on exhibition are Standard Bred. American Carriage, saddle, high school, roadsters, French and German Coach, hackneys, Perch erons, Belgians, English Shires. Clydes dales and Shetlands. The Shetlands number 70. The state's ability to raise the best imniinniii ertam-teed Roofing is guaranteed by n 5, 10 or 1 S years according- to whether the thickness is 1 , 2 or 3 ply. Most roofings look alike, and even trained chemists can judge roofing quality only by the raw materials that are put into the roofing and not from the finished product. The responsibility of the biggest Roofing and Building Paper Mills ia the world stands behind our guarantee and this makes it unnecessary for you to take the risk of guessing. Certain-teed Roofing has made good on the roof throughout the entire world. Ask your local dealer for further information. ' He will quote you reasonable prices. General Roofing Manufacturing Company World't largest manufacturer ot Soajlma and Building Paverm New York City Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Boston Clevelaad Pittiburth Detroit San Francisco Cincinnati Minneapolis Kanaaa tity Seattle Atlanta Houaton London Hamburg Sydney IBIllllUlillllWllMlUllllM They Include the Scenic, the Highly Developed Regions, the Attractive Cities of More Than Half the Continent 4 GREAT NORTHERN Burlington to Chicago Glacier Park route, via Twin Cities NORTHERN PACIFIC Rnrllngton to Chicago Yellowstone Park route, via Twin Cities GREAT NORTHERN Burlington to Kansas City Glacier Park route, via Billings NORTHERN PACIFIC Burlington to St. Louis Yellowstone Park route, via Billings From California via Salt ILake and Scenic Colorado Ocean Coast Steamship or Shasta Route Service Connecting Comprehensive Circuit Tour of Diverse Routes: The map illustrates the admirable combination of through service routes available between the Coast and the East, if your ticket reads "BURLINGTON." You may combine these through routes in a circuit tour that will include the widest geography of the West. The Excursion Fares in effect every day to the East are available for a direct or a circuit tour over these routes of high-class service.'1 Giv the initial agent or the undersigned a chance to show you that no tour of the East is complete unless it includes the Burlington. In sheep is shown in the quarters al lotted to this division, where there are 275 animals of the Shropshire. Dorset Horn. Hempshire, Southdown, Oxford Down. Cotswold and Linsoln breeds. The county exhibits installed in the new pavilions are designed to impress the visitor with the wide range of the state's resources. Seventeen counties will have exhibits and tonight most of them were in place. ROAD MEETING GALLED WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION TO CON VKNK AT ELLKXSBl'RG. Apportionment of Funds and Standard izing of Specifications Topics. John B. Yeon To Attend. ELLEXSBURG, Wash., Sept. 26. The Washington State Good Roads Asso ciation will hold its annual conven tion at Ellensburg October 26 and 27. The programme will include- many speakers of prominence from this state, and addresses have been arranged for from several men of prominence in the good roads movement outside of Wash ington. T. Warren Allen, of the Good Roads Staff at Washington, D. C, will rep resent the Government. A. B. Fletcher, State Highway Engineer of California, has promised to be present. Sam Jack, san and John B. Yeon and A. E. Can teen. State Highway Engineer of Ore gon, are expected to be present and participate in the deliberations. Many questions of importance to the good roads movement will come before the convention. The problem of gen eral Interest, however, will be a dis cussion of the movement to place the power of apportioning the state road funds with the State Highway Board, rather than leave it with the State Legislaure. The second question of importance will be the discussion of the question of standardizing specifications for per manent highways and the fixing of the responsibility for the acceptance of any finished permanent highway. Also the question of whether the inspector, who is on the permanent highway dur ing its construction, should be a man selected by the County Commissioners. Are you a good guesser? The General may: Ho man living can take three differ ent kinds of Roofing and determine in advance by such tests as bending, twisting, tearing, or smelling, how long each will last on the roof. The best you can do is to make a guess. That is why Mm J or an engineer selected by the state highway office. NEW .COMMANDANT VISITS K. C. Markec to Learn Duties t Home Before Taking Clrarge. ROSEBURG, Or.. Sept. 26. (Special.) Although W. W. Elder, deposed com mandant of the Oregon Soldiers' Home, will not sever his connection with the institution until October 1, R o. Markee, successor of the retiring com mandant, will arrive here tomorrow from Portland. He was Invited to come to Roseburg by Mr. Elder that he might become conversant with his duties before as suming the management ot the home October 1. Mrs. Markee. it is under stood, will act as matron of the home. R. B. Goodin, secretary of the board of control, has arrived here from Salem to invoice the home prior to the change in commandants. Special OREGON STATE FAIR Fair Grounds (Salem) Every Day This Week Going Schedules Lv. Portland Union Depot 8:30 A. M. Arrive Fair Grounds 10:35 A. M. Arrive Salem 10:45 A. M. 200 Tickets on Sale Final Return Exciting Races Every Day Read Programme and Make Your Plans to Attend. Program Monday, Sept. 27 Children's Day Tuesday, Sept. 28 Woman's Day Good Roads Day Wednesday, Sept. 29 Salem Day State Societies' Day Camper Night Willamette Valley Night Further particulars at City Ticket Office, 80 Sixth street, cor. Oak, Union Depot or E. Morrison Depot. Telephones, Broadway 2760, A 6704. SOUTHERN PACIFIC. JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent. R. W. FOSTER, General Agt., 100 Third Street Portland, Oregon Telephones Main SS8 A llM.".. annnnGcnnonn sV'. T b --M LJiL-ssV. PERFECT" COLLARS PALACE LAUNDRY L Trains To Returning Lv. Salem. .4:25 P. M. Lv. F. Gr'ds 4:40 P. M. Ar. Portl'd 6:50 P. M. From Portland to Fair Grounds and Back Daily to Oct. 2d. Limit Oct. 6th. Special Days Thursday, Sept. 30 Portland Day Transportation Day Elks' Night Friday. October 1 Press Day Scandinavian Day Oregon Manufactu'rs' Day Saturday, October 2 Shriners' Day , Grange Day Pioneer Day Carnival Night