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STRAHORN WORK TO
START EARLY IN 1917
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Is Pleased by Support.
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Xegal Formalities Stand in Way of
Immediate Use of Klamatli Falls
Money and of Rights-of-Way
Over Government Lands.
"Robert K. Strahorn. president of the
Oregon, California & Eastern Railroad,
got back to town yesterday from a
three weeks' tour of Central Oregon. .
Mr. Strahorn is much encouraged over
the support that the people of the in
terior towns are giving his line. The
vote on the bond issues in Klamath
Falls and in Lakeview was overwhelm
ing, showing that the. people are back
of the enterprise in a substantial way
XLS well as moraiiy.
Some legal formalities must be com
plied with before the Klamath Falls
liond issue can be made available, but
meanwhile the engineers' reports on the
entire project will be In course of prep
aration. Actual construction work will start,
Recording to. the present schedule, eays
Mr. Strahorn, soon after the first of the
year. It is proposed first to build the
175-mlle link between Klamath Falls
and Bend.
C300.000 to Build 50 Miles.
The $300,000 accruing under the Kla
math bond Issue, authorized by the
voters at the recent election, will be
used, in pushing the line northward
from Klamath Falls. It will build
Rbout 50 miles of line, it is estimated.
This line will be a part of the Bend
Klamath link.
By the time this work gets under
way, JUr. Strahorn win be ready to pre
sent plans for further development to
the committee of business men ana
hankeiw of Portland who first Invited
him to interest himself In Central Ore-
eon.
"If the people of Portland support
the line in the same proportion as the
people of Central Oregon, there will be
no doubt of our success," he commented
yesterday. "I have every confidence
that the Portland people will he every
bit as loyal to the interests of the state
as their neighbors of the interior."
Crop Condition Kxoellent.
Business in almost every part of Cen
tral Oregon is good, reports Mr. Sua
horn. This really is the first big-crop
year that the farmers of the interior
have enjoyed since the railroads were
liuilt up the Deschutes. Fortunately
they are getting high prices for their
crops.
Bend Is experiencing .a veritable
boom, due to the activity of its new
lumber mills and the prosperity- of the
tanners of the surrounding country.
People of Bend are eager for the new
railroad to begin work, says Mr. Stra
horn. It will tap a rich area south of
that city now without railroad connec
tlon.
Surveys for the entire enterprise, in
rlmling the connections to Burns, Crane
Creek uap, Silver Lake and Lakeview.
have been completed and the engineer
ing staff will arrive in Portland before
the end of the month to prepare their
llnal reports.
Hood to Cross Indian Land.
Pome formalities remain to be com
plied with before the rights of way
across various strirw of Government
land can be obtained. The road, in its
progress, will cross an Indian reserva
tion, various parcels of unappropriated
lands, some Government irrigation
projects, forest reserves and other
areas held by the Government. No dif
ficulty is encountered in obtaining the
necessary privilege to build across this
property, but more or less tape always
must be cut.
Mr. strahorn will remain in Portland
for several days and will go to his home
in poKane to pass Thanksgi vine:.
He is highly enthusiastic over the
prospects of ultimate success of his
enterprise. He anticipates little diffl
cnlty in financing the project when Its
onjects and possibilities are fully un
derstood.
HORSE FEED IS DEBATED
Sir. Bigelow Opposes Feeding Ani
mals Loaned Pisgali Home.
Four city horses loaned to the Pistrah
Home colony came near having their
looa supply cut off yesterday, whe
City Commissioner Bigelow announced
opposition to the appropriation of $150
to pay for the feed of the animals for
two months. Since the city has cut off
Its financial support of the colony the
management reported that there was no
money to feed to city horses.
Mr. Bigelow was talked out of the
proposition on the ground that if the
city took the horses back they would
have to eat and It would cost as much
to feed them at the city barn as at the
Pisgah colony, where they are worked
He favored calling the horses In and
giving them to someone who could
afford to feed them, but finally voted
lor tne iau appropriation.
POLICEMAN CAN'T "RESIGN'
Discharge of C. F. Ilnnter to Stand
as Blot Against Him.
Mayor Albee will not permit C. F.
Hunter, discharged traffic policeman
to resign so as to prevent a blot against
his character as a result of the dis
charge. The Municipal Civil Service
Board in announcing that it would sus
tain the dismissal of Hunter by Mayor
Albee agreed to permit a resignation if
it were agreeable to Mayor Albee.
"Hunter was given a chance to re
sign when his trouble first came up."
said Mayor Albee yesterday. "He re
fused to resign then, and we had to
go ahead and prove charges against
him to bring about his discharge.
Therefore. I will not accept the resig
nation proposition."
SILENCE ORDER IS ISSUED
Federal Attorneys Instructed Xot to
Discuss Adamson Law Suits.
It became known yesterday that in
structions have been issued by Attorney-General
Gregory directing United
titates Attorneys and their assistants
to maintain absolute silence with refer
ence to all phases of the suits brought
by various railroads against the con
stitutionality of the Adamson bill.
Special assistants of the Attorney
General, it is understood, will handle
the cases when they come to trial.
A third suit against the constitution
ality of the law probably will be filed
fcere within the next few. days.
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Sunset William S. Hart, "The
Apostle of Vengeance":
Arbuckle. "The Waiters'
Star Beatriz Michelena,
Unwritten Law."
Peoples F annle Ward,
Years of the Locust.
Majestic E. H. Sothern and Peg
gy Hyland, "The Chattel."
Columbia Mary Pickford, "Less
Than the Dust."
Globe Edna Mayo, "The Chap
eron." WHAT a loss It would be to our
fccenario writers if heart disease
were to be eliminated from the
ills to which human flesh is heir. It
comes in so conveniently when a quick
finish to the career of some character
is required. And it's such a complete,
neat and altogether satisfactory form
of relegating a party to the regions of
the defunct.
No nasty mess, no spilling of gore.
Just a few gasps, a sinking back or
falling over and ali:s at an end.
Also it gives a chance for some of
the Bwiftest diagnosis-making that
could be desired. The screen physician
outclasses his confrere in real life by
many blocks when it comes to reach
ing a verdict as to the cause of dis
ease in such cases. He just claps a
twitching ear over the vest or gown
of the collapsed subject, as the case
may be, straightens up like a flash,
and announces heart failure. No inde
cision, not a bit of it; nothing further
to do save notify those interested that
the patient has departed thence.
scarcely a week passes without a
photoplay being exhibited in which a
weak heart carries off some "unfor
tunate. In a recent picture there were
two deaths from this cause. Sort of a
screen epidemic, you might call It.
feurely of all afflictions that of the
overstrained heart is the greatest aid
to the scenario maker.
Trials of a "Stunt Man."
"I am known as a 'stunt man.' ' savs
Tom Mix, the Selig cowboy actor, in
recent interview, "That is, I
must put over a thriller or two in
every one of my productions, for the
public expects these things of me. As
a consequence I have: One sprained
wrist, two legs Druised and peeled, one
broken arm, divers gashes in one foot.
and a dent in my chest. And here is
how it happened: 1
"Thinking it would prove more thrill
ing to have the villain take a real shot
at me during movie action I fastened a
plate -under my shirt. The villain
blazed away, hit the plate and the
shock knocked me down and dented
my chest. I also pulled some 'local
color' in having some bullets kick tip
the dust here and there near me. One
bullet struck a stone buried In the
earth, split in two and a portion struck
me in the thigh. I quit that kind of
local color from then henceforth.
"To star in Western film productions
one must be able to ride well, to shoot
well and to rope well, and one must
be willing to take chances."
Movies to Save Civilization.
Miss Mary Gray Peck, a member of
the motion picture committee of Ihp
General Federation of Women's Clubs,
says:
"Moving pictures are going to save
our civilization from the destruction
which has suecessivelv overwliolmoH
every civilization of the past. They
provide what every previous civiliza
tion has lacked namely, a means of
relief, happiness, mental inspiration to
the people at the bottom. Without
happiness and inspiration beiner acces
sible to those upon whom the social
burden rests most heavily there can
be no stable sccial system. Revolutions
are born of misery and despair.
-neapness was, and still is the
original virtue of the films. As long
as a ticket stays around the nri ce of
drink the saloon has to reckon -with
the first rival that ever has been able
to compete with It and beat it.
Screen Gossip.
Marguerite Courtot id no longer
with Famous Players, her contract ex
piring with three pictures. She was
with Kalem before playing in two
Gaumont pictures for the Mutual pro
gramme. D. W. Griffith's first picture is said
to be a split-reel Biograph. "Over the
Hills to the Poorhouse." with Linda
Griffith, his wife, in the leading role.
Bes-sie Love's frist featured part was
that of a Swedish servant girl, in "'he
Flying Torpedo." Previous to that she
was an unknown "extra," working after
school hours for pocket money.
Alice Joyce has become a sculptress.
She also acts dances, sketches and
minds the baby.
At last Fannie Ward, brilliant Lasky
star who is noted in two hemispheres
as being the best-dressed actress on
tne stage has ample opportunity to
display some of her famous wardrobe
in "The Years of the Locust." Begin
ning with morning negligees, street
costumes, afternoon gowns, tea gowns,
ball gowns, opera cloaks, driving furs.
cunning frocks and even a cute little
riding habit follow each other in quick
Last Times Today
that virile, pipping, soul-shaking;
photodramatic sensation.
The Unwritten
Law
with Beatriz Michelena a star
tling production tonight ends a
week's brilliant run at
THE STAR
Washington at Park
You can't go wrong on a STAR programme always
good good all
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succession, and all of them the latest
conceptions of the principal Parisian
modistes.
William S. Hart, the Triangle-Kay
rsee actor-airector. now annearinc-
"The Apostle of Vengeance," is busy
at incevuie, with more than 400 peopl
under his charge. He is making th
Dig moD scenes of the gun-fishtin
story, in which he is appearing as sta
To obtain a commanding view of th
surrounding territory, he has caused to
be constructed a towering platform. 100
feet high, and it is from this that h
shouts his directions to the crowds o
the ground below.
Charles Edwards, who appears in
forthcoming William Fox productio
with Valeska feuratt. lost his tempe
and. incidentally, nearly his left leg,
while on an alligator hunt in th
Florida swamps recently.
"The best-dressed man In Europe'
is the way they talk of Max Linde
the comedian, abroad.
Keystone comedians divided into tw
baseball teams under the captaincy
Charles Murray and Ford Sterling and
played a one-inning game at Los An
geles recently. Slim toummerville an
Sterling were the opposing slabsters.
Newspaper men are not the only
complainants regarding the film inter
pretation of their members. Doctors
and ministers indulge in many laughs
at the way their screen brethren per
form. The Orpheum Travel Weekly of next
week gives the fans glimpses of many
different places. Italy, life on Argen
tine sugar plantations, the jungles and
forests of Burmah, and snake charm
ers and magicians of India also are
presented in an interesting installment
of this popular series.
Ruth Stonehouse, of Universal, has
adopted a 6-year-old boy.
Margarita Fischer will soon be seen
in "The Pearl of Paradise,' a Mutual
ntnttirt in which she Tlavs the role or
a soulf ul-eyeJ beauty on a desert isle.
m m m
Pearl White was born in the Ozark
Mountain section of Missouri and found
fame and fortune by pluck and perse
verance. Her native county is mighty
proud of Pathe's Peirl.
T, famous Pathe rooster, seen on
motion picture screons in this country
for over 12 years, is also the national
emblem of France, where he Is always
represented with the three words. Lib
erty, equality, fraternity."
In England, Max Linder. the famous
Essanay comedian, is called "the super
knut." A "knut" is British slang for
a man who is constantly dressed in
the height of fashion.
Linda A. Griffith, who has written
the powerful drama. "Charity?" which
will be released through Mutual, has
developed her talent for writing the
last few years. When she was with
the old Biograph Company m tne
early days, writing was only a great
ambition to be longed after but really
never accomplished. Of late years Mrs.
Griffith has done less screen work,
but has realized her ambition to write.
One of the most interesting stories of
the early days of motion pictures is
her series of articles published by the
Leslie-Judge Company in Film Fun,
the picture magazine. Mrs. Griffith
says she can write best in an artist's
smock, but aside from that she has no
disturbing evidences of temperament.
.
Motion pictures continue to win favor
with Sing Sing audiences. But the
show place "up the river" must look to
its laurels, for in addition to film
releases, the managers of Queens
County Jail have arranged weekly
10:30 A. M.
11 P. M.
to
Tomorrow
The Dawn
of Love
10:30 A. M. to
11 P. M.
wayjs.
Li
dances for the benefit of the female
prisoners. With Winter coming on,
doubtless many a homeless gent will
feel ltke deadheading bin way into one
of our popular "pen" amusement cen
ters, where movies and meals are
served free of charge.
It is not very often that a girl is
proud to be wearing a dress that is
four years old. but that is what
Marguerite Clark will do when she
begins work on the Famous Players
adaptation of "Snow White." Miss
Clark created a veritable sensation as
Snow White on the stage and now she
is going to wear the same beautiful
costume which she used in the the
atrical production in 1912. Miss Clark
was so fond of the dress that she has
always kept it. though with never a
thought that she would some day wear
it in a picture.
Pauline Frederick killed Wlllard
Mack the other morning and did it so
artistically that he showed his ap
preciation by inviting the Famous
Players star to luncheon. You see. Miss
Frederick is starring in "Nanette of
the Wilds." of which Mack is the au
thor and in which he is also appear
ing. Mack had spent a good deal of
time in planning the murder scene and
was enthusiastic over the manner in
which his efforts bore fruit at the
hands of Miss Frederick. There is
nothing like enjoying one's own death.
LAST DAY
E. H. Sothern
Peggy Hyland
in
CHATTEL
Starting Tomorrow
June Caprice
in the
Mischief Maker
The Picturization of
Happiness.
Winners in Premier Classic of Motordom Storm
Across Finish Line in Goody ear-equipped Procession.
Aitken, piloting Wilcox9 s Peugeot; Cooper at the
wheel of a Stutz and Patterson driving a Hudson
capture major honors in the most desperately driven
Contest in Grand Prize history.
Victorious Peugeot covers 403-Mile distance over
an 8-Mile course strangled with turns at average
rate of 85.55 Miles an Hour 10 Miles an Hour
faster than best previous time for this Race.
Aitken's car was shod with
wheels; so was Patterson's;
Cords on rear wheels only.
Goodyear Cord Tires are standard equipment on the Franklin, the
Packard Twin Six, the Locomobile, the Peerless, the White, the
Haynes Twelve, the Stutz, the McFarlan, the Roamer, the Lexington
"Thoroughbred Six" and the Daniels Eight.
The qualities that led to their adoption on these cars are the qualities
that make them higher-priced and better.
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even if it is only for a Paramount
Picture.
There was a bounty on all kinds of
frogs, toads, turtles, snakes and insects
at Inceville last week and members of
William S. Hart's "horse opera troup"
are doubling their salary In the capture
of these. The creatures are needed for
a fairy tale vision introduced into the
blind girl s story which stars Knld
Uennett. being made by Charles Miller.
Opposite Miss Bennett In this produc
tion will be seen Jack Oilbert. and
Charles K. French takes a,n important
part.
DR. POMEROY RECOVERS
Salem Woman Physician Leave
Hospital Here.
Dr. M. K. Pomeroy, prominent phy
sician, of Salem, who entered St. Vin
cent's Hospital a week ago, to sub
mit to a minor operation, has com-
She's Here
but only today from 11 A. M.
to 11 P. M. Don't miss bril
liant Fannie
Ward
in a new Paramount photo
drama of power,
"The Years of
the Locust"
By Albert Payson Terhune.
A story of South Africa's dia
mond mines and New York So
ciety. Miss Ward's gowns are
beautiful. A funny new com
edy and Selig Tribune, also.
Peoples
Alder St. at West Park.
Tomorrow, beloved little
Marguerite Clark
Goodyear Cords on all four
Cooper's Stutz rode Goody ear
pletely recovered. She returned tr her
home yesterday.
Dr. Pomeroy has many friends In this
city, where she frequently visits. Her
son. Dr. Ray Pomeroy, is an Interne
at St. Vincent's Hospital.
BOY TAKENFR0M I. W. W.
Alleged Plan to Kducate as Thief la
Broken Tp-
An alleged plan of members of the
I. W. W. to educate as a thief Thomas
Straddle, aed 14 years, was frustrated
MEIRO caimoi make All
ihe Moii on Picitares
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See hem nfh
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Thursday by Patrolman laugeson, who
found the lad in the Brooklyn freight
yards and sent him to police headquar
ters. The boy told Captain Circle that he
bad run away from his home in Seattle
following a whipping from his father
two days ago. and had come to Port
land on a freight train with a party of
the I. W. W.. who had ai-ked him to
affiliate with them and assist them in
petty robberies this Winter.
The police had no request to detain
him, so they released the boy after an
intern in the Kmergency Hospital had
doctored a burn on one of his hands and
the boy had promised not to associate
with hohoe.
Besjt TlieaJxes.
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