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TOE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1922 1 OF POPE VAST MINING INDUSTRY OF BAKER COUNTY ENTERS ERA OF UNPRECEDENTED ACTIVITY ' ; Area, Which Produces Annually More Than 73 Per Cent of Minerals in State, Destined to Produs Many Millions More in Ore-Prospector, Miner and Capitalist Have Great Opportunity. . Bf SATURDAY UNTIL IDENTIFIED X Decision Expected on Third ' or Fourth Ballot. Mangled Bodies Form Pitiful Stream From Ruins. PRELATES GIVE" VIEWS EDIFICE IS THROWN OPEN Si Keit Pontiff Is Certain- to Italian Is Declaration of Cardinal' Mercier. Injured Get First Aid at Temporary Hospital Where Doctors, and Norses Are Kept Busy. f. ft. ELEGTIOr J "'";'.--." - .- . : - .- .:-. - -: :. ... - " -t -. , . . ,- Bel II -"" sj a III ? , . , J j . j-jf i Tj. ROME, Jan. 29. (By the Associated Press.) The 261st pope will be elected ty Saturday, according to the con sensus of opinion as expressed by the prelates arriving with the cardi nals attached to the conclave. They expert that the decision will be reached on the third or fourth ballot. The conclave opens Thursday, and a lrom present indications the work of electing a pope will be carried on expeditiously. "I - do not anticipate a sharply drawn contest, which some predict, said an English ecclesiastic today. American and Knglisn church dig nitaries consider it certain that the choice will (all on an Italian. They believe that the best chances He with Cardinals Maffi, Ratti. Lega and La- fontaine. A prominent English prel ate declared it would be a great mistake to elect a foreign cardinal as that would lead to disappointment and dissatisfaction among countries like the United States, Great Britain and France, all of whom probably lelt that they merited high office, whereas the selection of an Italian would be acceptable to all. The next pope Is certain to be an Italian, according to a statement made today by Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, to the Associated I'ress. 'Providence for five centuries has ruled that the supreme pontiff should be an Italian,; he said. S1HS DIVIDES GIRLS SOME TIIIXQ HOUSES SHOULD BE PROVIDED AT CLUB. Liberals Contend That Open Use of Cigarettes ' Is Better Than Smoking Under Cover. KETW YORK. Jan. 23. (Special.) The question whether smoking rooms ehotild be provided In girls' clubs, community houses and other places where young women live, furnished the principal, subject of discussion at a meeting of the directors of 30 clubs, held in the Girls' Community club. Women attended representing club homes operated under the direc tion of such organisations as the Y. W. C. A., the Ladles Christian t'nlon, the Community club and the Clara de Hirsch home for working girls. Sentiment was evenly divided among the representatives as to whether women should be permitted 'to smoke in the homes in which they are interested. Some of those who approved said that women of the present day would smoke and that it was better to permit them to smoke openly InBtead of having them lock themselves in their rooms and other secret places whenever they wanted to puff a cigarette. The meeting was the monthly round table under the auspices of the league to promote proper housing of girls, of which Miss Cornelia E.'Mar shail is president. The subject was "standards," meaning rather the stan dard of operation of clubs and homes .than the moral standards of the guests. Although no formal action was taken on the question of smok ing, the consensus seemed to be that women should be left to exercise their right' of personal liberty, leaving open the question as to whether they should or should not take the man agement into confidence on smoking. Speaking on the standards to be maintained. Miss Marshall said that she could recall some years ago how a girl told her that she could not go to a certain theater because the door of the club at which she lived was locked early. Now, she said, the girls either carry keys or the door Is kept open. The question of smoking came as a climax to this part of the discus sion. Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins, head and founder of the New York school of applied d-slgn, opened the subject, and the question of young women smoking seemed to startle some of the directors. Mrs. Hopkins said that smoking should be permitted, and. It possible, some place provided where the women could smoke openly. She said that she Bpoke from the fullness of her experience with some 21, 000 women who had passed through the school of design. She called upon her associates to be honest with their guests and to permit them to smoke openly. This attitude was supported by some of those present, and it was pointed out that in the Community club women were permitted to smoke. Mrsi Gowan. head of the ladies' Christian union and president of the round table, opposed smoking, and after the discussion said that if there was smoking it should be done so that it did not come to the attention of the official head of the club. Miss Fommerfield of the Clara de Hirsch home for working girls also was opposed. H0LSTEIN HERD DIVIDED Ueglstercd Cattle at Stcilucoom to- Ite Shipped to Walla Walla. OLYMPIA. Wash, Jan. 29. The Western Washington hospital at Stellacoom will ship 2t fine grad and registered Holstein cattle to the peni tentiary at Walla Walla to form the nucleus of a new herd at the latter institution. Dr. W. N. Keller, super intendent of the hospital, announced recently. "This Is the Initial shipment from our institution." he said, "and means that our herd from now on will be a factor in building up good stock at ail the institutions. The 23 head will Ue all young female stock." The "action Is taken through the ad vice of Governor Hart. Who has Riven much time and energy in building up the Stellacoom herd. Gasoline Tax Yields $171,847. OLYMriA. Wash.. Jan. !9. The fttate tax of 1 cent a gallon on gaso line yielded $471,847 during the first six months of the operation of the law. and bids fair to exceed the 1750. OuO estimate made by the state legis lature, by July 1 of this year, accord ing to a statement issued by the de partment of llon's. & H green stamps for eaaH. Holman Fuel Co, coai and wood. iUU Mi tii-ZL Adv. - B BT H. E. HENDRY. AKER, Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) Baker county is still the pre mier mining county of Oregon. It is recognized as such and the busi ness of Portland has profited largely from the mines of eastern Oregon. Baker county produces annually more than 75 per cent of the minerals that corps from Oregon. The great mineral belt of eastern Oregon and Idaho is conceded by ge ologists to be one of the largest in extent on the continent. Starting in the vicinity of Canyon City, in Grant county, this mineral belt can be raced northeast through Baker county to where the Snake river cuts through the Blue mountains and on to the Idaho side of the river. In eastern Oregon this mineral belt ncludes as principal districts: Quartz- burg, near Prarie City; Susanville, Greenhorn, Bonanza, Granite, Sump- ter. Bourne, Virtue, Cornucopia, Mor mon basin. Snake river and many oth er less known sections. Mining Suffers Durlnjc War. For some years, consequent to the war and the following 'disruption of business in .general, mining in this district has suffered a great decline. eastern Oregon it has been as in other mining sections of the United States, full there have been a num ber of notable events in mining that augur well for the year 1922. The most recent of these is the cut ting in the closing days ot 1921 of the iast Chance ledge in the mine of that name in the Cornucopia district in the northern part of Baker county. This strike is of exceptional interest and value, in that it adds at least ten years to the life of the Last Chance mine, and proves that the ledges ol eastern Oregon continue to great dtpth. The accomplishment of this strike was no small engineering feat and it required courage and confidence in the venture on- the part of the men who made it possible in driving a crosscut tunnel through hard country rock a distance of 4700 feet, more than four-fifths of a mile, to reacK the ledge. Robert M. Betts, manager of the property, is today reciving the congratulations of his friends over his success. Along the Snake river there are many mines r.a both the Oregon and Idaho aides One of these which has beeu idle since the big sluump in the copper market at the close of the war Is the Irondike. This mine will again bo in active production this year. Tbis la the mine that brought Oregon up to be classed among the states producing copper. Across the Snake river,' about IS miles from the Irondike. is rthe Red" Ledge, where some of the. most ex tensive mine development work in the entire west Is now under way. This work will require the expenditure of $5. 000. 000 before the mine reaches full production. Its ore carries gold and copper values. Mineral Mine Productive. Another mining district on the Idaho side of Snake river which in the past few years has made an en viable record in the wealth produced is known as Mineral. The Egan mine uder the management of Emil Melzer, a mining engineer of Baker, through the increase in the value of silver during the war as able to ship thou sands of tons Of ore to the smelter, making a good -promit. Justice, John I Rafid, of the Oregon supreme court, was associated with Mr. Melzer in this property. They sold their inter ests during 1921. The Ladds of Port land are also heavily interested in the Mineral district. Th-e Bay Horse mjn is on the banks of the Sna.ke on the Oregon side, a-bout ten miles down the river from Huntington. This is one. of the greatest developments of the past year in the entire courwry. It Is a silver mine, and up to tho tim It was taken over by the present own ers, U. S. Metals company, had been Idle so many years that It had be come A.lrao9t forgotten. But with the return of silver to the class of the precious metals, when it Jumped up from about 50 cents . an ounce to a dollar and more, the quest for silver started. The development done since the new company took over th property has Justified the belief that this will become a silver wonder. Assays from this property give an average of over 100 ounces. with streaks running up to 500 and even 1500 ounces of silver per ton. A side track is being built on the property from the Homestead branch of the Oregon Short Line, which con nects with, the main line at Hunting ton. Smelter to Be Reopened. The United States Metals com pany also controls the Sumpter Val ley Smelting company, owning the smelter at Sumpter, and the plan for the operation of the Bay Horse mine, also includes reopening the smelter, to which ore from the mine will be shipped for reduction- At the same time the plant will buy and treat custom ore. The Eureka and Excelsior mine, commonly known as tlie K. & Kv during the past year has carried on the most extensive operations of all mines in the state. Only a few weeks ago Frank Xod son was working at the Old Bonanza mine in the Greenhorn mountain. and .had reached t'he point' where he did not know if he could continue or would have to go to some other place to find a grubstake, but today he feels that he can count his wealth by the thousands. He Is taking out ore that shows large pieces of native gold in the quartz. The value of the rich streak is $10,000 and more per torn ' This 1 not the first time the Bo nanza mine has produced this kind of ore. In faot there was a "time when the Bonanza sent into Baker monthly cleanups of more than (50.000 In gold. Then came the time when the mine was said to have been worked out. but Mr. Dodaon stayed with it. He obtained a lease on the mine from the owner. Frank Moore of Pittsburg, and continued the search for more -pay ore. When he has not worked the property under lease he has managed development In the mine tor Mr. Moore. Today he can point to success and Is re&p lnr the reward for his persistence. Many Quarts Mines Active. There are many other quartz mines in the districts of eastern Oregon that could be enumerated if space permitted. The Buffalo - Monitor, which Is 'shipping and has been a per&ietent producer of high grade ore, is one of these. A carload of ore from this mine that passed through Baker a few days ago to the smelter at Tacoma, was worth more than J200 per ton. The late Wirt Minor of Portland was one of the principal owners .of this property. The Ben Harrison, a. rich gold and silver prooerty. and the Tempest mine, the latter owned by Baker men, axe two other properties that will be greatly benefited by the reopening of the Sumpter smelter. Another is the LaBellevue of which T. S. Kennerley of Baker Is the man ager. Ralph Graves, metallurgist, of Portland, has designed the milling plant being built on this mine. Quartz mining Is not the only branch of the mining industry that is being carried on in thia part of Ore gon. At Sumpter there are two gold dredges digging up pay gravel day and nigh, year in and year out. These boats have added millions of dollars to the gold hoard of the United States. They have Aeu among the most profitable in the mining field. p V -.,V. -.-rj-v2T" Z'-'-J .r..ii ;tV.r.VJ- i'.' V .---ve--- WW V L .V 4 1 " rre- -. : .J . - . '".Ill I III' . - ,J . - - I II I - v r - m k - lice ipw4 1 l4".fefV- ii "'if i i irf . -a-iXS .'.'.LJI .il "fe'n $ WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 29. (By the Associated Press.) Recovered from the wreck and horror of the ruined Knickerbocker theater, a piti ful stream of mangled bodies, dead and living, flowed all last night and today into the lower rooms of a Chris- I tian Science church a few hundred yards away. At the first word of the j disaster the place was thrown open to ? those stricken folk and the hundreds ot others who came to search for their , dead or injured. It was merely a first-aid station for . the injured, who were carried there in stretchers. Doctors and nurses and women tenderly washed from the suf fering the gray dust of the crumpled concrete, the caked blood, blackened sometimes by hours of waiting while the -victims lay pinned under the de bris. Bandages were applied and the injured taken away to hospitals or homes. Dead Placed In Rows. The dead lay in double rows stretched across the floor until a tear ful relative or friend recognized the crushed form. Some of the seekers came with the dirt and grime of the wreckage on them still. Some had passed through the theater crash only to leave a dear one dead in the tangled mass. They had worked hours with the rescuers to find that one, only to stop now and then for a hurried trip to the chamber of death. Eleven times death struck down husband and wife, seated side by side. But many other times it was only the wife or the husband who perished. The times when children were taken were sparingly few, the storm hav ing kept most of thera at home. Stretcher Squads at Work, Up the long J)atb trodden through heavy snow, that ran from the Im promptu morgue to the Knicker bocker, struggled the stretcher squads while military officers held the doors of the church and sifted out those who sought their dead from others drawn by curiosity. ' Above all. there was quietness at the church in spite of the urgent and never-ceasing activity. None of the losers in the Knickerbocker disaster. neither the physically hurt nor the bereaved gave voice . to their sufferings. Some of the dead were alive wnen rescue work began, but died before they could be reached. One girl, pinned under a beam, otca with both hands in those of an army officer directing her release. One man, pinned beside his dead wife. was freed from pain witn a hypo dermic needle and survived the long night to a safe removal. . A moment after the crasn (atner John Floersch. a priest, entered the ruined theater. Knee deep in the snow, he gave general absolution and the final rites of the church to the dying. Then he plunged into the rescue work Notable was the speed of the Red Cross organization, whose local sup porters forced their way to the the ater site through the snow. Scores of surgeons and nurses answered their summons with instant speed, and their succor both saved lives of the victims and sustained the un flagging zeal of the rescuers. TIMBER BUYERS FLOCKING State Land Office at Olympla Overrun With Applications, OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 29. The last SO days has brought the greatest rush of applications to purchase timber that the state land office has ex perienced in a year and a half, Com missioner Clark V. Savidge reports. So . many applications have been filed within the last ten days that in order to get them in the April sale it has been found necessary to Pimples and boils caused by errors of diet A well-known skin specialist says that pimples are "sig t nal flags of danger" often in dicating errors in diet. Indeed pimples are so frequent ly associated with faulty habits of eatingandimproper digestion that the first thing to do is to see that our food is right. Fresh yeast is a wonderful cor rective food for these skin disor ders. Fleischmann's Yeast is rich in the elements which improve appetite and digestion and which keep the intestines clean of poi sons. Physiciansand hospitals all over the country are recommending Fleischmann's fresh yeast for pim ples and boils. It gets right at the basic cause of these complaints. Eat 2 to 3 cakes of Fleisch mann's fresh yeast daily before or between meals to keep your skin healthy. Be surei t's FleischmanrWs Yeast the familiar tin-foil pack age with the yellow label. Place a standing order with your grocer. THE SOWER To reap, one must first sow. To enjoy the comforts of financial independence, one must first sow the seed of the Savings habit. This old natural law is as self evident as it is ancient ; yet there are thousands of per sons, in this modern day, who drift along without mak- ' ing the slightest effort to help themselves, vainly hop ing that Providence will some day provide the com forts that can only come through their own laljor. Independence does not happen; it is not a gift. It . is the reward of thoughtful effort the rich harvest of years of careful saving. Sow TODAY and reap in the years to come. Open a Savings Account Here SAVINGS DEPARTMENT (Open Saturday Evenings from 6 to 8) . THE-NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND OREGON employ three extra crews of timber oruisers. All applications in this sale must be in by February 5. The great est rush has been experienced from the west side, but some of the north eastern counties are also represented. Commissioner Savidge said in his 6pinion this indicated a preater sta bility to the present revival in lumber Industry. the Oil on Fire Kills -Woman and Baby. ELDORADO, Ark., Jan. 29. Mrs. V. S. W-inper, wife of an ex-government petroleum expert, and her 1ft- months-old child were fatally burned here last night when sh poured oil upon a fire and the blaze ignited tlu ir clothing. The bodies have ht'vn sent to Huntington Ueach, Oil., for l.nri.il. Fhone your want ads to The Or' Cnntan. Main 7h7u. a .t.ii the pleasant, wholesome flavor of Foley's Honey and Tar. It quickly relieves coughs.colda, croup, stuffy wheezy breathing, whoop ing cough and measles cough. No opiates. Do not accept nbstltntea for t "Speaking of Women " IRVIN COBB points out that feminine shopping does not necessarily imply buying. It means hard work for everyone concerned but seldom results in a transaction involving money. As a country minister once declamed: "King Solo man saidi and I partially agree with him . . ." We only partially agree with Mr. Cobb on this subject. It is true there are still some aimless shoppers left. But they are in the minority Today most women as well as most men are well-informed buyers, with a sound basis for comparing stores and values. By buy ing goods of recognized merit they save themselves the throes of old-time "shopping trips" and at the same time get a better and bigger money's worth. Most women read .the advertisements that appear every day in their newspapers. They make a practice of keeping strictly up to snuff on new developments, innovations and improvements They know just where to go for "this" and who in town keeps "that." When they shop they generally know just what they want, where to find it and how much to pay. Their knowledge saves them endless trotting, wearisome questioning and haggling. The advertisements have taken the shopping. 'hop" out of Isn't that worth while?