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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 11, 1906. A Box of Delicious Hood River Apples CONSULTATION FREE FEES REASONABLE Good Set Best Set DR. B. E. WRIGHT OFFICE HOURS: 8 A. M. to WINS FAME AND FORTUNE STEAMBOAT1NG Captain U. B. Scott, Veteran Riverman, Is Approaching the Eighties, and Is Still in the Harness. IN the beginning there was a con spiracy 6n the part of several of us to inveigle Captain Scott Into talking about himself. The Captain ob jects strongly to publicity, possibly be cause he doesn't like newspapers and newspapermen. There are people who feel that way. and they're entitled to hold their position. It doesn't matter much in the long run there are ways to circumvent them. It was a harmless trick we played on Captain U. B. Scott, one of the last leaves among pioneer American steam- boat men. He- will- be -SO years- old- be fore many weeks, but it is till hard to get the best of him. It required all the strategy of a clever woman to In duce him to talk about himself before a group of us the other evening, and a great surprise, is .in store for him when he reads this. I was struck with the masterful way the splendid octogenarian has. with his erect carriage, keen eye and active brain. Surely it is worth getting old for an old age without bitterness when the wine of life still has a bead on it: when the -rising up for the day still means something that one may look forward to; to still be useful in a world where men have work to do. Captain Scott's old age sits thus grace fully upon him. Many traditions and customs of the elder days cling to him. Somehow his well-made and well-polished topboots of calfskin give him distinction, as does the old-fashioned cut of "nis clothes. They identify him with the antebellum period, when life was sim pler and cleaner and more dignified; But it is largely in outward semblance, however, that the old gentleman sug gests the past. His interest in the pres ent is keen and it was something of a task to draw him into reminiscences. "I don't know why you're interested in the fact that I went out as an ap prentice as a small boy, away back in the latter '30s. he began, as the skein of his memory began to untangle. "My experience was not much different from the experience of dozens of boys I knew in Ohio in those early days. I had to help make the family living, so I went to work for an ironworker. I got my. board and lodging, but had to find my own clothes. I remember "now. I learned to make knives and such light things out of steel, and after reg ular working hours I would put in the time at the shop, making little things ti sell, so that I could buy clothes. They let me do that and I could earn" a quarter or so a night at it.-and that's how I dressed myself. I think I was 15 when I bought my first suit of store clothes. The man I bought 'em of cheated me and the pants only came down half way between my knees and my feet. I didn't mind that so much, though, becauso they were better than most of the other boys had. I think the proudest time for me was when I saved money enough to buy a pair of fine shoes. I went to church the next Sun day, proud as a dude, but for fear I would wear em out too fast I walked the two miles that I had to go bare footed, and carried the shoes in m v hand. When I got. to the church door T put 'em on. and when meeting was over and I got outside, off they, came and I trudgea back home with them under my arm. I don't suppose I looked very fancy, but thought I aid, and was proud of myself." So the Captain took us in hand and led us back along the path long years. It was all interesting, from his.life in Ohio, when Ohio was almost on the frontier. All of you may not know that Captain V B. Scott is an Oregontan who has fol lowed our rivers successfully for manv years as he did those of the Middle West for almost a generation before he ever saw the Columbia. He iE still in the harness, and his crack boats. Telegraph, on the Portland-Astoria run, and the City of Everett, on the Sound! still keep him in touch with commercial affairs, al though he no lonper personally navigates his own boats. . He has turned the wheel over to younger captains, but much of his time is still spent aboard them. Steamboating on the Ohio. It was in 1SS4 that he took to steam boating on the Ohio River. At that time he had already made, a success in the business of makinpr machinery, and was a man of family. He invested a few thousand dollars which he had saved in a boat. and. having learned navigation, ran her with considerable profit between the river towns of Ohio and Kentucky. When the Civil War came he had already built and sold several packets for the trade and was owner of one and master of another when the Government im . pressed them for military service. Dur- One box of these fancy Apples to every patient having $25.00 worth of Dental Work done before January 1st, 1907. 1 have an orchard in the famous Hood River Valley, and am proud of it, and I would like my friends to have some of these apples. Understand, your work will cost you no more here than it will elsewhere. I simply do this to show my appre ciation for your patronage. Remember, we extract teeth positively without pain or danger. My system of Crown and Bridge Work cannot be excelled. Our new method of filling teeth with porcelain is making a great hit with ladies who , object to showing gold in their teeth. If properly done, it is difficult to detect it from the tooth structure. In our plate department we have the best skilled workmen on the Coast and our prices are exceptionally reasonable. of Teeth on Rubber' Plate, of Teeth on Rubber Plate, 342H WASHINGTON STREET, COR. SEVENTH 5 P. M.;. 7:30 to 8;30 P. M,; Sundays 9 to 1. (Eleven Years in Portland) i 1 4 aw - . " Captain U. B. Scott. From a Photograph Taken a Num ber of Years Ago, ing the Rebellion he ran his boats in the Ohio. Mississippi and Cumberland rivers, transporting troops and supplies for the Federal armies. He was in the midst of war's alarms for four years, and his service, though In a civil capacity, was at times more hazardous than if he had been a soldier! After the War he took-his boat South and entered the Lower Mississippi and Red River trade, carrying cotton from the up-river plantations to New Orleans.. He made a fortune and then, through bank failures and other mishaps, lost most of 'his property. It was then .to "be exact, in 1573. that he became interested .in Oregon and came out to Portland to begin over again. He had but little means, but he saw the possibilities of Willamette River naviga tion and managed to scrape together suf Reporter Learns How to Get Rich Quick John H. Stevenson. of - Telegram, Geti lS(t For Plaolog Election Bet. JOHN STEVENSON, political reporter on the Telegram, made $150 on the late Hughes-Hearst election and did not put up even a single penny. He was spared all the heart throbs suf fered by the Hughes adherents when the returns of the voting in New Tork City first began to arrive In Portland on election night and yet made a, very decent 'killing," thanks to the good fellowship of Charles Sweeney, the Spo kane millionaire. The day before the election Steven son called upon Mr. Sweeney at "the Hotel Portland. In the course of their Conversation . Mr. Sweeney remarked that he had a little spare cash which he would like to place on Hughes. Mr. Stevenson prompted the information that he could probably be accommo dated 3t Schiller's cigar stove and the two wnt there together. Mr. Sweeney produced $3010. which he said he wo.jld like to bet on Hughes at the prevailing odds, and he left it at the store, hoping that it could be placed. The day after the election and when the outcome of -the contest was certain, the reporter and Mr. Sweeney again met at the Hotel Port land. "Let's go down and collect our money." remarked Mr. Sweeney. "I am pretty busy and I am afraid I can't go Just now," rejoined the re porter. ' "Oh. come on. it will . only take a few minutes." Insisted the millionaire. They soon came to, terms and to gether marched down to the cigar store. There It was found that $1600 of the $3000 had been wagered at odds of 4 to 1. Mr. Sweeney had $400 com ing to him in winnings. "Here, go buy yourself a new suit," declared Mr. Sweeney as he shoved se-ven 3 $5.00 $8.00 THE PAINLESS DENTIST Phone'Main2119 ficient money. I think he told me $12,000, with which to build a boat to run on the upper river. He built a scow, remodeled it somewhat, built a cabin upon it and, when completed, had a steamboat which drew so little water that it could . navi gate In a heavy dew. This was in the Summer of "73, and the Ohio, that's what he called the boat, was the town joke. The river was low and none of the boats in commission were able to get by the Clackamas Rapids, so Oregon City. Salem and the other river towns were left high and dry for water transportation fa cilities. Captain Scott proposed to run the Ohio to Salem and beyond in spite of hades and low water. Old timers will remem ber how the town laughed at him and the monstrosity which he had built to run in eight inches of water. But he fooled them all. After days of delay he finally signed a pilot who took the prop osition seriously, and so one day steamed up the river. They went to Salem with out untoward Incident, and then, grown bold, continued on their way to Albany. The shippers at every landing fairly mobbed the boat In their eagerness to load freight for Portland,, and-the-Ohio, after turning away many tons of cargo, returned. ' loaded to the guards, to give the- Portland wiseacres the laugh.- When the boat whistled for the landing the whole population was there to welcome her. '. ' - " " . .' ; Cplonel Joe Teal was one of the few: who had believed in the venture and when the Ohio came steaming in with Captain Scott at the wheel. proud as a conqueror. Colonel Joe mounted a barrel and shouted:; ."How much freight have you got. Captain Scott?" "A hundred tons," answered the plucky navigator. "I knew you'd do It. I knew you would. Captain Scott, if you tell me you can jump across this river I'll believe you. So help me. I will!" the Colonel shouted. AVins Both Fame and Fortune. This, marked the successful beginning of a career of steamboating on the '.Willa mette and Columbia which has been in many respects remarkable. Captain Scott made enough out of the "Ohio" that first Summer to build a better boat, the City of Salem, and since then has pros pered exceedingly. He built and- operated the two Telephones.- the latter of which established the record for fast time be tween Portland and Astoria.- Some eight years ago the Captain retired from active work on the river, but he still directs the business of the Telegraph and City of Ev erett, which are valuable properties. At SO he is full of energy and works as few men of his age are able. He has fdund the secret of living long and hap pily and now he is satisfied with the world in which he has- lived this long time and with its people. He faces the sunset and watches his - day wane with a brave face smilingly and unafraid. $20 and one $10 gold pieces in the di rection of Mr. Stevenson as the money was being counted, out to him. "But, but ," ejaculated the amazed reporter. "Oh, that's all right, answered the millionaire,' "put it in your pocket and feel easy, because It is coming to you. If I hadn't met you that morning I would never have placed the bet." Mr. Stevenson, to make a long story short, kept the money. There are ru mors that the reporter is about to blossom out in a new suit but it goes without saying that it will not cost $150. SAYS SHE WAS BADLY HURT Jennie Jforthrup Sues Portland Kail way Company for $3000. Jennie Northrup yesterday brought suit in the State Circuit Court against the Portland Railway Company, for $3000 damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained October 3 last, while alighting from a car at Sixth and Wash ington streets. Plaintiff claims that the conductor prematurely signaled the car to start, with the result that 6he was thrown violently to the ground, causing serious contusions -to the left' arm. shoul der, hip and leg. besides wrenching her back and cutting her head. Emmons & Emmons and W. H. Fowler are attorneys for plaintiff. SEEKS TO CONDEMN. Oregon Electric Company Sues Ter willlger Land Company. The Oregon Electric Railway Company commenced condemnation proceedings in the State Circuit Court yesterday against the Terwilliger Land Company to con demn a strip of land 60 feet in width ex tending through defendant's property. Judgment is asked for the judicial assess ment of damages against the land com pany, all previous efforts in that direc tion between plaintiff and defendant hav ing been unsuccessful. - at i.-iSsyiitijssaj: 1 jfllJ The Monarch Malle able Range $1.00 a week will place one in your home. pet Handsome Rocker $3.00 Made from the finest grade of selected quarter-sawed oak, golden finish, with deeply chis eled carving. The saddle shaped seat and panel back are unusually beautiful in grain and finish. A big, roomy, comfortable rocker that ,you wouldn't expect to get for less than $5.00 while they last $3.00. hllilllliiil lil ll!!! pi! in J !il4liPI yjiiiaiiiiiiiliniiilliiiiiil iU CHUCKWAGON CAL. ON THE TENDERFOOT The Camp Cook, at This Late Day, Gives Him His Right Place in the History of the Far West. BT ARTHUR CHAPMAN. Copyright. 1908. by the Great West Syndi cate. t f a-fr HERE was a artist along with I us on the last Spring round-up." said Chuckwagon Cal. when cigarettes were lighted at the camp fire. "His Western picters is the admiration of everybody in the East. I asked him what he was out for on that trip, and he says: " 'I am seekin' an ideal flgger to typify the West. What 'd you advise ' me to make a cowboy, rancher, miner. Injun or sheepherder?' " Well, if I was you. a-makin' picters." I says, 'and you was me a-mixin" sour dough fer a lot of wolf appetites mas queradin' in leather breeches. I'd draw none of the things you have suggested. I would make a plcter, grand and imposin' of the Tenderfoot." "I see he thought I was tossln" him a joke outen the camp almanac, but such was not the case. The Tenderfoot Is all that has made the West. It might a-been possible without the Tenderfoot, but it wouldn't a-been probable. If it hadn't been for Tenderfeet, the citizens of BufT ler. Noo York, would now be llvin In log blockhouses and gittin" prematoor deef ness strainin" their ears to hear the war whoop and the hiss of Injun arrows. The toughest and most sun-br'iled citizen you kin strike out "here in the cactus was a Tenderfoot onct. though you may start a feud if you remind him of it. Old Jim j,.idger. Kit Carson, and ha rest of them fellers who blazed the trails we are now followin' so patient with our iron horses, was Tenderfeet at one time In their lives, though if they had stopped to let It git to be a habit this hull West "d be some dift'rent f"m what it is today. The fellers who started for Californy in '49. with trouble hidin' behind every rock and bit of sagebrush on the way, was Tenderfeet. No seasoned Westerner - had the nerve to face what them boys did. Only an on thinkin". nappy-go-lucky, brave-hearted blunderbuss of a Tenderfoot would have had the nerve to tackle it and git through. "We have heard lots in song and story about the Injun fighters and the cowboys, but nobody seems to give the Tenderfoot their due. Yet they was game boys in the main, and seldom did their courage prove as tender as their,feet. I remember Your Thanksglvlna; turkey will taate twice aa good If roasted In a Monarch. iot onlr this bat you -mill feel a whole lot better, and be better able to enjoy your dinner. Only half the work wben uin a Monarch Ranee. The Duplex draft admits air at both ends of the fire box, caualnjc the oven to beat evenly. You never need to take out your roast and turn it around. And then lt"a never necessary to blacken the Monarch, even after cooking on it a whole day. Ail you need do is to wipe with a moist rag; and your ranee stays as brlsht and blue aa a new kuq barrel. The thin malleable top heats through In one minute and is guaranteed never to crack, turn red or warp. US: CARPETS We are constantly adding new- pat terns, and have a large assortment of beautiful designs, at prices that cannot fail to please even the most careful buyers. Our fabrics are all durable, only dependable makes obtaining a place in our stock. Brussels Car oc a yard. W4J V0.--jir. Dining Table S1S.OO Square extension table, made of beautifully grained quartar-sawed oak a table that . we'll guarantee you won't find elsewher for a . cent less than $20. The top measures 45 inches ' across and extends to 6 feet. The construction, polish and cabinet work . are all of the very best. PEDESTAL TABLE $20 Exactlv as pic tured above, only the picture doesn't show the beautiful grain and polish. Extends to 6 feet and is worth a little more than the price we ask. Perfection Oil Heater $3,50 Carry it about from room to room. Turn wick high or low there's no danger. Smokeless device pre vents smoke and smell. Easy to operate as a lamp. All parts easily cleaned. Brass oil fount beautifully embossed Holds 4 quarts of oil and burns 9 hours. Gives intense' heat. Handsomely nickel plated, useful, reliable. Every heater warrant ed and usually sells for $5.oO. Folding Ironing Board $1.80 Made from close-grained white Pine, fastened together with screws and bolts (no glue used in joints. Board measure. 57 inches long by 14 inches wide. Adjust to three po sitions, and folds perfectly flat when nnt in iica ' Pres Cutglass Fruit Dish 39c 10 inches in diam eter and stands 9 Inches high. Bril liantly finished, the latest production in imitation cutglass. the design and lus ter making it hard to distinguish be tween the Imitation and the real. . Carving Set $1.35 Made from the best ground and tempered cutlery steel, with genuine buckhorn han dles, and usually sells for $2. iinininiiinRi nnfinisHiiisnui mi iliiiiiiiiiiiiil 1 m I Bi Mill huh; iiiiiilliii pop plaos mo one Tenderfoot, in my young and summut reckless cowpuncher days, who showed up at camp when he was roundin' up for one of the biggest outfits in Wyoming. He didn't teil where he come from, nor why, and nobody bothered him with questions. In fact, we got too busy botherin' him other ways. We put him on our meekest lookin' hoss. and he got one of the pur tiest and hardest throws I ever seen. But he came up smilin' and never hollered, though he did git a little pale when he found a dead rattler in his blankets at night. Before mornin' we had played so many trices on him that we was plum sore f m laughin". and could hardly saddle up to ride circle. Then somebody asked who he was. and we nearly fell dead whn he says, quite calm and sweet: "I'm Lord So-and-So, the new owner of this ranch, and I thought I'd ride out to see how one o' my round-ups ts carried on. doncherknow." . "'But he was game, was that Tenderfoot, and never a man was fired, and a few months he could ride and rope and shoot and tell a campflre He with any man in the outftt. "It was the Tenderfoot" s ability to shuck his skin in a hurry that put him in touch with Western life. A young feller would blow out West in a stiff hat and a shirf that was stlffer than the hat. but he wouldn't git his feet shot at more 'n a couple of times afore he'd realized some thin was wrong; and then hed bloom out in the widest of hats and the softest of shirts and the highest-heeled of boots, and go down the street, with a heavy gun slap pin at his hip, lookin fer Tenderfeet to initiate. "In my Tenderfoot days the West was some farther East than it is today. After a man had crossed the Msisoury, his scalp began to prickle at the roots, for sheer oneasiness. It was my luck to throw in with a - freightin' outfit across the Bad Lands, and. right at its fountain head I got next to the picturesque side of the West and learned how to pour a constant stream o" leather into the tough hides o' mules, and to make my langwidge glow like a 'rorer boreali& I learned a few liftle real life maxims of the West" that faint heart ne'er won faro game: that the least said the sooner the doctor could mend you:. and that the men who throwed the biggest conversational loop couldn't alius rope the most steers. I found out that clothes without an artillery pocket didn't make the man: that there could be godliness in a country where alkali made cleanliness some difficult: that covetin' your neighbor's pile o' poker chips was equivalent to stakin' out.a perpetual home LINOLEUMS The finest assortment of patterns in the city. A good grade of Eng lish linoleum in floral pattern at 70c a yard. Beautifully inlaid lino leums in floral, tile and inlaid wood patterns. They're thick as a board. -and will wear a lifetime. II V Hi' I Hassocks 50c - Well made, in a variety of shapes, from pretty carpet remnants. Those for. 50c are made from a good grade of Brussels carpet. Those made from Axminster or vel vet carpet range in price from 75c to $1.00. Turkey Roasters 0c Measure 11x16 inches, .large enough to hold a big one. Made of heavy Russia iron, with corrugated top that causes the moisture to drip down on the roast a perfect self baster. that usually sells for $1. Doormat, Special 35c ' .75 Doormat. 16xM $ .SO .90 Doormat. 16x2 .5 .75- Doormat. 2)x32 .". .- 1.35 sura hi f-. lt!!l I k 1 I IP! to: on Boot Hill: and that Mr. Colt's little levelin' machine beat the Declaration of Independence in makin' all men equal. "Of course tenderfootin' today ain't what it was in them days. Why. I s'poee it won't be long afore they have Seein' the Wild West coaches and automobiles, same as I seen in Denver last WirfTer, with fellers bellerin' descriptions of the eights through a conversational tunnel. " 'There, ladies and Tenderfeet." he says, 'you see fhe broad, romantic plains you have read about. The rancher has seen em first.' however, so don't try to walk across 'em onless you want to git tangled in barb wire. The mound over there is the home of that ferocious animile. the perarie dog. one of the few onchangin' features of the West. We will t.top the coach here to permit the snapshotter to shoot the perarie dog while he is posin'. Over there you see a kyote, the only one that has not run into a ranch fence and broke his neck. A little farther on we will come to the footprints of some ex tinct animiles. includin' the deer, bear and Texas steer. Over there you .see a real sheepherder. tendln' a band o' 6heep. You may think he is locoed and romantic, but he ain't. He Is a college graduate and kin ekln any of us in a debate on political economy or the ethics o" football. Far ther on, down the gulch. I will show you the last o' the cowboys, stufTed and mount ed for edcuational purposes. He is kep' there to show to Eastern writers of West ern stories, so they kin say they have seen BARGAINS introduced we quote prices Teeth that you can eat with for no pay) . $5.00 Reinforced 22k Gold Crowns . . $5.00 Bridge work, this week, per tooth . . $3.50 Gold or Enamel fillings . . . $1.00 and up Silver or Cement fillings . . . . $ .50 Painless Extraction . . . . $ .50 LILY DENTAL CO, PACIFIC 1852 Dining Chairs $2.25 We have just placed on show a new lot of pretty dining chairs, and have made the prices even more attractive than the' chairs. BOX SEAT DIER $3 Exactly as pictured above. The finest grade of quarter-sawed oak used in these chairs. Panel hacks and curved French legs. A chair you'd guess to be worth at least $4.50. Sunlight Wrtijlit Heater f 3 The $S.OO Heater we have been selling is all sold out. and we are of fering in its place our , regular $10.00 heater for $9.00. It has a heavy caststeel top and bottom. Body is made from the best quality of rolled steel, with an extra heavy lining to protect the outside hofly. Airtig-ht Heaters, bea-ry cast top and front, 4..o. Hot Blast Coal Heaters, elaborately nirkeled. S. .Combination . Coal .:and Wood Heaters, 6.O0. liiiiikhiiiiiiiitim.1' "I'm;- mmWm) one of the things they write about so much." "But what, sort of a picture did your artist make, after you gave him such good advice?" asked the camp tenderfoot. "Oh. he goes back and rirawe an impos sible picter of an impossible cowboy rid in' an impossible hoss and ropin' an im possible steer, and now the public won't let him do anything else. It's got to take some bigger and better artist than we've had yet to give the tenderfoot his risht place." New Incorporations. Articles of incorporation of the Lon Lake Hardwood Company were filed with the County Clerk yesterday by C. E S. Wood. H. H. Parker and W. H Addis. Capital stock. $;.O0A The Davenport-Stanley Ranch Com pany Incorporated yesterday with a cap ital stock of $50,000. Frank Davenport. F. S. Stanley and R. Smith are the in corporators Edward A. Baldwin. Alfred Biles and Jesse Stearns yesterday filed articles of incorporation of the Baldwin Farms, cap italized for $75,000. BUSI7TESS ITEMS. - If Baby Is Cutting Teeth Be enre and use that old and well-tried rm dT, Mrs. wlnslow's Soothing Byrap. for obu drn trtblnc. It soothes lb child, softens th sumu. allays mil pain, cmw wind eolla and llarrhca- in First-Class Dental Work done by Dentists of 15 years' experience. To get our work as follows: Tmv nit m whw i 1 WW WE GUARANTEE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT ALL THE TIME Open from 8 to 8 Sundays, to 1 P. M. THIRD AND COUCH STREETS