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6 THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1916. FOREST COUNTIES RECEIVE $49,675 Distribution of Moneys 'From Reserves in Oregon Is y Made From Salem. SCHOOLS, ROADS BENEFIT Crant County Gets largest Portion, $5171, and Lane Ranking Scc- ond With $5099 'ew Basis of Disbursement Used. BALEM Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Among those counties in whioh are lo cated National forest reserves. Secre tary of State Olcott today apportioned $49,675.83. The money was received from the Federal Government from forest reserve rentals, sales of timber .h th.r forest reserve sources for li-o- Innn 30. 1915. The amount was disbursed to the counties in proportion to the forest area within each county. Under the law the counties must di vide the moneys thus received in equal ' parts between their school and road funds. The counties in the state not participating- in the distribution of this money are Clatsop. Columbia, Gilliam. Sherman and Washington. No National forest lands are situated in these counties. New Baals Is Teed. In transmitting the schedule of National Forest areas the Acting: For ester says that the schedule has been computed on a different basis from those previously furnished, since it In cludes only actual National orest : a! i.nAipii lands. The former schedules were based on cross areas, , According to the figures submitted by the Federal officials. Oregon s to tal forest reserve area is lS.Zbs.ssa acres. Grant County, with a forest re serve area of 1.380.457 acres, leads all other counties and thus receives the largest share of the money appor .7 .. .i fsl7l 60. Lane county is second with a fre.t ar 1,361.243 acres ana receives j ' - "j ,1 it ;- r f PART OF EXHIBITS ARRIVE AT CHAMBER Display of Oregon Products Being Established From Best Shown at Fair. N. T. JUDD IS IN CHARGE FAMOUS BLVaSBIRD FILM TO BE SCREENED SUNDAY. TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Plckford 'The City." Peoples "Mice and Men." "The Goddess." Columbia, "The Corner." "The Hunt" Majestic "The Battle Cry of Peace." National "The Man Inside." Sunset "Rosemary." . of laauti Are Listed. A statement of gross area, the Na tional Forest area and the amount ap portioned to each county follows: Forest Amount County Area Saker ..... 1.BJ84O0 Btnton 440.3JO lackamaa . l.l2.s COO 1.041.K2W crook 8'64i-;-iI Curry Hoa.T-JO Douslas ... 3.150, (wo Oram 2.OM2.SU0 Harntjr .... .3."'i.l-2 Hood River. 347.5SO Jackaon ... 1.S15.IMO Jcfferaon l.lS- joaephlna . l.li'. Klamath S.8S.3'SO Lake S-f?;0' Lane '93I-f2 Lincoln ... 4'-l;2 Linn 1.435.520 jlalheur ... .3-5.-0 Marlon .... I''"- Morrow ... I.--1XS.0OO Multnomah. 28.640 Polk ...... 4"-3.To Tillamook . . TW.000 L'maUlla S.030.120 Union I.SIS.SSO -Wallows, 2.01J.800 -n-asco 1.4W.3SO WhMlar ... 1.090.30 ysmhill ... 4o.0 . ... Annort 464.S61 1.70. &4U 529.1-7 811.930 1.077.SSS . 0S.17 K85.677 1.3H0.4HT 449,022 170.750 393.4S8 1 11.4111 304.728 922. 0s 40.14 1,31.243 11A.22U 435,902 5.597 1(13.114 124.133 67,442 2,S!5 62.231 SS4.K2 492.229 1.134.414 H1. 1 ST 155.047 23.237 u. 2 4fl 1,978.52 33(1.00 4.V3S.48 S.233.45 3.602.63 6.171. 6U 1.BS2.17 039.08 1.474.12 417.6S 1.478.70 3.454.42 3.322.06 ft. 099.62 435.43 1,633.02 20.97 723.46 465.04 213.19 10.10 2XJ.13 1.442.04 1,844.03 4,-49.83 772.44 5S0.85 87.05 Totals 61.1S8.4W 13.259.992 49.675.8S CHURCH EDIFICE PLANNED Seattle Christian Scientist to Spend About $250,000. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. ZO. (Special.) Preliminary plans for a new edifice for Fourth Church of. Christ Scientist, at the southwest corner of Eighth ave nue and Seneca street, were filed with the department of buildings today for preliminary checking-. The plans call for a reinforced con crete building-, faced and trimmed with Hone, similar in design to First Church of Christ Scientist on Sixteenth avenue at Denny Way. The cost Is estimated at $230,000. The building- Is planned by George Foote Dunham, of Portland, and will have an auditorium with a capacity of 1500 persons, and a Sunday school room with a capacity of 100 persons. The building- will be divided into three floors. BAKER TO CALL BOND BIDS Ordinance Passed to Readvertise City Water Extension Issue Sale. BAKER, Or, Jan. JO. -(Special.)- Meeting in special session today, the City Commissioners passed an ordi nance under an emergency clause, providing- for readvertising for bids on a $76,000 bond issue to finance the ex tension of the city water line. The ordinance provides that the sue cestui bidder will have 60 days in which to close the deal, and stipulates that bids must be for immediate de livery of the entire issue with cash payment for the same. Bids will be received up to noon February 8. and will be opened two hours later. The first bids were refused when the highest bidder waa ruled out by the bidders' stipulations of time. Fire Declared Mysterious. F.OSEBUKQ. Or.. Jan.' 20. (Special.) Alleging that his dwelling burned under mysterious circumstances. II. C Jeff era. of Cow Creek Valley, came here' yesterday and asked Sheriff Quine to make an investigation of the fire, Mr. Jeffers left Cow Creek Valley Sat urday and was at Salem when bis dwelllnr was burned. Mr. Jeffers was the state's most important witness In the case of Roy Farnam. who is now cervlng a term in the penitentiary on a charge of slaying tdna Morgan. Ill Couple Is Stormbound. ROSEBTJRG. Or, Jan. !0. (Special.) Ill and unable to reach the railroad station on account of deep snow, Mr. and Mrs. C H. Meusch. who live on a homestead some distance from Dillard. were found by neighbors a few days ago. With the assistance of friends Mr. and Mrs. Meusch were taken to Dillard and later brought here for med ical treatment. Mr. Meusch is a bar nessmaker and formerly was employed in Tloseburg. Sleigh Ride Given Blind Children. VANCOUVER. Wash, Jan. 10 (Spe cial.) All of the 1 pupils at the Wash ington State School for the Blind here were taken for a sleigh-riding party in foor groups today, through the kind ness of A. J. Dorland. of this city. Many .f the children never before had such an experience and had a glorious time. A teacher waa with each party and ailed oft to the children the points of interest a they were passed. ONE man's remorseless greed and the nemesis that overtook him In tue form of one of his. victims Is forcefully and artistically pictured in The Corner," a Triangle production which was given Its Initial public Port land screening at the Columbia Thea ter yesterday. A competent cast Is headed by Willard Mack, former Baker Theater favorite, George Fawcet, and Clara Williams. The comedy of the performance is provided by Ford Ster ling and Polly Moran in "The Hunt." a Keystone gale of laughter. In brief, the story of The Corner ' is: David Waltham beads a syndicate which corners the food supply of the nation. John Adams (Mack), loses his job and his savings in a run on the bank. He is sent to jail for stealing bread for his starving family and re turns to find that his wife is going out nights and wearing flashy clothing. The man is ready to kill his wife, but forbears when she explains that is has been for the sake of their two children. Bent on revenge. Adams obtains a job in the Waltham warehouse, lures the speculator to the place at nignt, and leaves him bound amid the food stores to starve to death. Waltham struggles to free himself and topples over boxes and Is burled under the mountain of food he has stored. Screen Gossip. Manager James, of the Majestic The ater, effected an eleventh-hour switch In programme yesterday and decided to continue the screening of "The Battle Cry of Peace for the remainder of the week, postponing "The Fourth Estate" to some future date. The Vltagraph film, which treats of National unpre pared nees, is proving a good drawing card. a Marguerite Clark, In her splendid screen vehicle. "Mice and Men," will continue throughout the week at the Peoples Theater, along with "The God dess," featuring Anita . Stewart and Earle Williams. . a At the Sunset "Rosemary" will be exhibited until Saturday night. This beautiful Metro production, exhibited with fitting surroundings In the shape of decorations, costumed attendants and music, is proving very attractive. a a Alan Hale, who has been with the Blograph for so long, playing leads. has left that company and has oeen engaged by the Lasky-Paxamount Company. Theda Bara. world-famous woman of the William Fox photoplay forces, has received an invitation to prepare a series of articles for a chain of influ ential newspapers. Miss Bora has re ceived Mr. Fox' permission to write the articles, and It is expected that she will begin work on them upon the com pletion of the picture In which she is now working. a a a The second Fine Art Films subject In which DeWoIf Hopper is starred has been titled "A Knight of the Garter" and Is from an original screen play by Chester Withey and Tod Browning. The supporting cast includes Fay Tincher, Julia Fay, Max Davidson. Jewel Car men. Bobble Fuehrer and the co-author, Chester Withey. The direction has been intrusted to Edward Dillon. a a a TCllllam Favraham Bald a hin-h trib ute to "The City" when he character ized it as the strongest ana most vital play he has ever seen. a a a Edwin Stevens, star of "The Man In side," once managed two musical com edy bouses in Portland. This was back in the '80s. His last appearance in Port land was last season, vaudeville pre senting him at the Orpheum Theater, a a a Robert Warwick, the World Film star, was for several years the middle weight amateur champion of the Olym pic Club In "Frisco." He still keeps In shape by boxing four rounds three times a week at a local gym. a a a Virginia Rlchdale Kerrigan, daughter of Wallace Kerrigan, superintendent of the Universal ranch, and who was born at Universal City six weeks ago, al ready has made her appearance in sev eral pictures. The little one Is a niece of J. Warren Kerrigan. a a a Marsruerite Snow. Metro star In "The Upstart" and "Rosemary," writes on an average of 300 letters a week to motion picture fans who iiooa ner wun leuera. a a a Edna Mayo, starring with Henry Walthall in the Kssanay series. "The Strange Case of Mary Page." was born i- Dkii..inhia anH rraw u in Brook lyn. She has had many other exciting experiences in ner me. Yes, Edna Vr.yo is her real name. ever being placed in the "didn't know it was loaaea- category. hum iu Famous Players star waa given a big automatic pistol to use in a midnight OUrgiary b. m .... j . - look the whole thing apart, and very nearly luccecaeu m i"uiMR .,..-j out of commission, while making sure that It neia nw - - '"s10- Brvant Washburn is thinking of qualifying aa a pearl diver.. Last week while dining In a Chicago restaurant he glanced at his plate of blue points and there, by gosh (you a naruiy do- lieve it), he discovered a pean. a jow. ler. with whom he had had no- pre vious acquaintance, informed him that the gem was worth 20U. inis is we first instance that Bryant has heard of in which the hotel did not over charge for a meal. . . Mrs. Robert T. Haines, who has ac companied her husband, the actor, to Florida, where he is working in a Gau mnnt feature, la a verv well known Southern woman. She is exceedingly rlvcr at ataee settings. and has planned the sets for many oi ner nus hand'a nlavs. Mrs. Haines is from Maryland and was considered one of that state s belles when a gin. ... r rrr, B Tll.nhllll fa at Wn,1l On A tory for Fannie Ward, in which she will be supported by Jac Dean, Sessue Hayakawa and his wife, Tsuri Aoki. William Collier is one of the most enthusiastic Keystoners at the Triangle-Keystone plant nowadays. His part in "Fatty and The Broadway Stars" was his initiation into the man ners and means of Mack Sennett's pro ductions tut now, in the making of his second film under the direction of Mr. Sennett, he Is past the freshman stage and is throwing his whole heart and soul Into the work. One night one of the Keystone actors was heard com plaining about having to rehearse un til 11 P. M. Collier rebuked him. say ing that making Keystone films Is the greatest experience of his life and it's too much fun to quit at sunset as long as we've 'got artificial light to work with." a - a a f r-, : n. dies on the Mutual program, is a movie "nut. and spends nearly an nis spare time in the picture houses? Beverly Bayne. Metro star, is taking lessons in aviation at Long Beach, L. I., as one of her coming Metro features calls for some expert work in as aero plane. ... In addition to the 1200 actors' Bent from America, there will appear In the Kellerman picture being made in Ja maica 10,000 Hindus interned in Ja maica since the completion of the Pan ama Canal; 5000 British cavalrymen; the English West Indian squadron of battleships and cruisers and more than 5000 additional people recruited among the native Jamaicans. With a weekly Jamaica : salary payroll in excess of $20,000 for actors and directors not counting any cost of materials it is quite possible to see for yourself that William Fox is spending si.ouo.uou lor a single de luxe feature film. Victor Moore has really gotten back In his old vaudeville ways the last two weeks and has been playing a series of benefits. He has been requested to appear at practically every entertain ment given In ua Angeles ana. Deing a good fellow, he was unable to refuse. His appearance at the Newsboys' Din ner Christmas day was tne cause or a small sized riot and it was only when his voice gave out that he was permit ted to leave the platiorm. Woods, Minerals and All Resources of State Will Be Shown in Space Set Aside on First Floor of Building. Portland will have the best exhibit palace on the Pacific Coast and prod ucts of all kinds and from all sections of the state will be shown in a per manent exhibit on the first floor of the Commercial Club building. The best of the exhibit at the Panama Pacific exposition will be used in ad dition to the products already on hand. Three carloads of Oregon products. culled from the vast quantity repre senting the state at the San Francisco fair already have arrived and are stored at the Commercial J1UD Duuaing ready to be unpacked and arranged. Another carload, the last, is due to ar rive. N. T. Judd, state exhibit agent, who will be in permanent charge of the new exhibit. Is looking after the arrival and storing of the products prepara tory to the final arrangement in the display. O. E. Freitag, of Oregon City, who has had wide experience in the disDlaving of products at the Oregon State Fair and other expositions, has been chosen to superintend the arrang ing of the products. Work is now in progress and shelves and booths for the exhibits are now be ing put in. Conspicuously set up in the center of the auditorium is the booth which served as "information desk" at the Panama-Pacific exposi tion. It is made of various Oregon woods, including myrtle, black walnut. fir. cedar and maple, all beautifully polished and showing a grain unsur passed for furniture making. The booth is to be used by Mr. Judd as an office. The exhibit will Include all the prod ucts which can be produced in Oregon, apples, peaches and prunes, grain and forage crops and mineral - wealth. 'We plan," said Mr. Freitag, "to have the railroads mention the exhibit in their folders and urge tourists and visitors to Portland to call at the ex hibit palace and thus obtain first-hand knowledge of Oregon's products. "The exhibit will include in particu lar the display of forage crops which won for Oregon the highest possible award on those products. The other nroducts which won so many medals of honor and gold medals will also be shown." LUMBER HOLDINGS SOLD It. M. FOX DISPOSES OF INTERESTS? IX IOWA. Effort to Be Concentrated In Develop ment f Company at Suth erlln, Or. SUTHERLIX. Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) The report reached here today that R. M. Fox. manager of the Roach Tim ber Company, of Sutherlin, has sold his entire lumber holdings in wwa, con sisting of three large retail lumber yards, located at Iowa City. Tiffin and Solon, la. Mr. Fox will concentrate his Interests in the Oregon developments of his com pany near Sutherlin and comprising some 60. 000 acres of first-grade tim ber. He is expected to return from Iowa during the next 10 days and he will take immediate charge of the rail road and mill construction proposed by his company for the present year. The property sold by Mr. Fox was known as the Fox. Hutchinson & Lake Lumber Company, and the purchasing company is the Hawkeye Lumber Com pany, which is one of the largest cor porations operating retail yards in the Mississippi Valley. The purchase price is not given, but is reported to run Into six figures. Y. M. BOYS TO ENTERTAIN Banquet lor Mothers Will Be Given at Association Tonight. -irAmhA, tVta "V AT c. A. boys division will entertain their mothers at a banquet in association hall at 6:30 o'clock tonight. Each of the. IS clubs of the division will have its own table and competition in decoration will be one of the features of the banquet Prizes will be awarded. After the programme In tne assocta- ii v. 1 1 -mhAVA o mimdar nf th hnVfi liuu uo.1., " . , - u will speak, the mothers will be taken on an inspection tour through the build ing. Contests will De stagea in tne gymnasium and in the swimming tank. Japanese Hotelmen Warned.. uA afAftt that IftnA- nese lodging-house proprietors, are in ducing innocent country girls to live in resorts of questionable repute has been filed with Deputy City Attorney Stadter. and as a result Stadter visited i . v AmnanV uritH a. several icbui w " --"- J . . squad of police Wednesday night. No arrests were maae, dui severni nw nese were warned not to accept white girls as lodirers - COMING Sunday, January 23d THE DIVINE SARAH RNHA IN 55 "Jeanne Dore The Most Wonderful Picture Ever Shown TODAY AND BALANCE OF WEEK THE MAN INSIDE Featuring LOUIS LEON HALL, Former Baker Star X M Ji II X -liilJ W. PARK TREATY TRIAL IS TODAY RIGHTS OF INDIANS .TO COLUMBIA FISHING GROUNDS AT STAKE. Pact Hade With Yakima Nation in 185 Is Chief Issue In Case of Sam William a. Tho treatv made between the United RtatM finvernmeni. and the Yakima In dian nation in June. 1853, under which the Indians, in return for certain con cessions and relinquishments, were guarateed- tne ngni in perpetuity .v fish "in their usual and accustomed fishing places," Is Involved in a case v,o tn trial before Federal Judge Wolverton this morning. In behair or sam wiiiiams, an -Indian ward of the Government, and of ,k. v.frim, n.tlnn Tin RnVArnmsnl is seeking a perpetual Injunction restrain in. G.,,fa,f rpa, wAnlthv nalmnn can- nerymen of The Dalles, from interfer ing with fishing rights of the Indians on the Oregon shore of the Columbia River. Many Indian witnesses, Yakimaa and Warm Springs, Oregon tribesmen, have been summoned as witnesses. They Include such chiefs as Wallulatum, 104 years old, of the Warm Springs; Rev. George Waters, of the Yaklmas, a noted Indian missionary, and many others. At a hearing on the Government's pe tition for a temporary Injunction, held last May before Judge Wolverton, the cannery interests won the first phase of the contest, when the restraining order waa denied by Judge Wolverton. Robert R. Rankin, assistant United States Attorney, is handling the case for the Government. Judge A. S. Ben nett, of The Dalles, and R. R. Butler appear for Seufert Bros. ft Clergyman's Family Burned. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 20. Helen Dow, aged 13, daughter of Rev. J. A. Dow. rector of the Church of England at Enderby, B. C was burned to death today in a fire which destroyed her father's residence. The clergyman, his wife and 16-year-old eon, severely .. 1 - j i Marie abala, x-amcipant 1b I haras Girls' Contest at Lyric Theater Tenlarht. WILLARD MACK THELMA SALTER GEO. FAWCETT In the Supreme Dramatic Triumph if aliases In ,Which a Sensational Corner in the Nation's Food Supply Forms a Climax That Holds You Almost Speechless Tea Served Daily in Our Ladies Room From 3 to 5 FREE FORD STERLING AND POLLY MORAN In That 2-Reel Scream .99 "The Hoot Until Saturday Night COLUMBIA Sixth and Washington PEOPLES THEATER Just Two Days More TODAY AND TOMORROW Filmdom's Fascinating Favorite Marguerite Clark in MICE AND MEN and ANITA STEWART AND EARLE WILLIAMS In the Second Chapter of THE GODDESS In order to comply with numerous requests from hundreds who have been unable to see this big attraction, the management has, at considerable extra expense, secured" it for balance of the week. Don't put it off, but come with your friends today. 'COMING SUNDAY FOR FOUR DAYS Blanche Sweet in "The Ragamuffin" and Anita Stwart in the Third Chapter of "The Goddess" s ln.nflO Souvenir Photos of A M - - Cnran nrill ho frHTOn i-. 11 away. Be sure to get one. St. k..oaaaa: THE TALK OF THE TOWN .-T. -J ' . 1-1. ? te-i m v w4 kM THE PHOTOPLAY THAT DIGS DOWN DEEP TO THE ROOTS OF THE EVILS OF ALL LARGE CITIES AND ONE THAT WILL SUR PRISE EVEN THE WISE ONES GEO. RAND, OF WALL ST., SAYS: "'The City' turns ambition into selfish greed No matter what you get you want more, and when you get it, at God knows what price, it s like dead sea fruit dust and ashes." DON'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW SEE IT TODAY Always Good Pictures THVTHE iriCKFORD Washington at Park Mr. Phil Metschan, Jr. You and your friends are invited to be guests at The Pickford for a loge party (8 seats) Saturday, Jan. 22, 8 P. M. Call for seats at box office. Ft
