Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 21, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

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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
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"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.
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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
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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
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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