The Sunday Oregonian., December 11, 1910, SECTION TWO, Page 6, Image 22

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy, rORTLAXP, DECEMBER 11. 1910.
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PORTLAND CITIZEN, AGED EIGHTY
YEARS, HAS SAVED LIVES OF 400
Joseph Buchtd. Wen-Known Resident of East Side, Began Serie. of Notable Teat. While on Way Across Plains,
Which Entitle Him to Place in Hero Class.
SAVING human Ihras ftmm to hv
hta rrulr servlc In tb early
yetra of Jowph Bochtcl. well
kaowa reHent of tho Et J.
celebrated his 0th blnhdy a. few dmy
CO, as no Ittm than 0 persons were
r-acued or ecapd death throuih his
b.-T and thouhtful mlnlstratlona.
Mr. Buchtel's reputation for performing
feats of this nature has acquired for him
live ltls of "Our Joe. OreSon's life
EkTer." br which hs U affectionately
known to hto friend, who are lesion,
and which he bears with beeomln honor.
Mr. Buchtel wa born In Unlontown.
Stark County. Ohio, comlac from a
family that has acquired prominence In
that section. At the as of I he started
Tel. education, tzndelcf acroes the llclds
to tho lo cabin tfcat served as a school
bulletin .
Whea ha was) 21 years of see he came
to Portland, croulcs the plains with an
ox team In company with a party of
Immigrants who traveled In a like man
ner. In this trtj hs ftlt both the par.ga
of hurser and the pain cf thlrat and
suffered almost constant dancer of at
tack from the Ind'-trei
It was while on the lon overland
Journey that he performed ht first nota
ble service at litv-mvln. his on calra
neaa. preeence of mind and arntus pre
vemlnc the entire party from meeting
tfeatb In a -cloud burnt." .
When the cavalcade reached the nons
of the riatte. where a ramp wa made,
a terrlfle norm aroee. Rain fell In tor
rents even where tl.e wasons stood, but
jATther up the itream. It could be seen,
a violent flood bad been tar ted.
Hemmed In by hlh hills on both aid.
th waters ru'-U damn the narrow
channel of the stream with a roar that
could be heard throurhout the valley
and that sent Its vibrations echoln from
crraum to chajwn for many miles-
Young Hurhtel. rushing to a slight ele
vation not far from the camp, perceived
the eltuatlon. Returning he shouted to
tho people to pin ara '
PORTI.AXD MAX OF SO TEARS
HAS SAVtD 40S LIVES
1 HIS TIMK.
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lock the wanons. carry the bedding Inside
and save tVmielve.
The rood struck the wagons UroadsMe.
but did not carry them away. The entire
company was saved.
Mr Buchtrrs first occupation upoo
coming to Portland w rutting oats for
Colom-I Rackenatos on the property a
ehort distance northwest of the present
Union lP"t site, and across from what
was then fouch Ijike. At first he was
too wrak from hunser and harcuhlp to
.... i- A. waa vrSt-
do a full uoy s - .
ly In need Colonel p.ackenstos advanced
Mm W. which was the foundation for
his means of future success.
During- his ions; life tn Portland, he
has acquired distinction as the benerao
tor of many needy -persons. It Is known
that be frequently took a homeless, hair
starved ' Immigrant to a boarding-house
with Instructions to me pruuww. y '
ride the unfortunate persons with food
nrt shelter until "I tell you to eop.
His most notsble life-saving ??lVL
was performed on board a Willamette
River excursion steamer. H ready wit
and calm, cool Judgment assisted him
In thla.
Nearly every one on board was on
the upper deck. The captain, noticing
this, went to Buchetel and ia:
Joe. this top load must go Into .the
river. Ehe Is overloaded. Everybody
"insfan'Buchtel went Into tho cabin
and quietly exclaimed: -Gemlemen. this
host ha. been tendered by the company
to tWs picnic party free of charges. I
want every roan to come down and sign
a pa.-er expressing his thanks, for this
generous set. Come, every man.
The men went and the upper deck
was mad. safe. Two stout "anr
stood at the stairway, durinff the re
mainder of th. trip nd.J,rev""din'
men from return ng to the cabin- The
crowd never knew of It. narrow es-
"geveral time, he has saved ho lives
of lnd.vlduals. but such acts became
Vo common with him that he passed
thera without much comment He
seem, to have acted In many c rcum
st.nce. of peculiar good torXun, In
being pre.ent at times when his serv
Ice or those of any person ready and
able to act. were the most needed. He
.. been just a. ready to plunge In to
Icy water, or before moving train, to
ikv. a per.on from death or Injury a.
to raise a hand In his own defense
He 1. extremely modest snd does
no" regard his proud record as worthy
of comment. T
In times of danger. I suppose I
forget my own personnl safety. he
IZ. in "iplanatlon of hi many brave
"and think only of th. chance.
of saving others.
SAN FRANCISCO IS CAMPAIGNING
THOUGH r.TTY ELECTION IS YEAR OFF
PT HASKT H. SVITH.
SAN KRAN'IrOJ. IC- 10. (Spe
cial.) Although San Francisco'
municipal election Is nearly a year
off. tho preliminary scrimmage has al
ready began. Th outlook I for at
,ut four political camp with strong
probability of an Increase as th cam
paign continues. At present there Is
an Incipient contention In the Repub
lican ranks over tho continuing of the
local party as a regular organization
and making th campaign as such and
a proposed plan of fusion between the
"Ooo-Uoos- or -Ully-Whltes" of the
local party under th leadership of
Rolla V. Watt and the McNab Demo
crats, which would mean a non-paril-san
municipal ticket.
There Is strong opposition to this
proposed fusion. A large element In
the Republican party demands a regu
lar organisation Irrespective of the ef
fect of tho recently adopted amend
ments to the city charter. It l
Pointed out that the Inst non-partisan
ticket In San Kranclsco of which John
I-art ridge was the head, was s failure.
Charl'S K. Curry's friends have al
ready announced his withdrawal from
the Harbor Commissioner contest and
that ho will concentrate his efforts In
the Mayoralty fight. The new election
law has peculiar attractions for Curry
and under it he believes he can win
handily.
Political chatter has It that Tom
Purke. who handled I-r. Inlands fight
for Mayor two years ago. will take
charge of th campaign for Curry.
McCarthy to lion Acaln.
P. H. McCarthy Is making prepara
tions fr a campaign to succeed hlm
,lf but In the week there have been
whisperings of a somewhat formidable
rival In Alfred Koncovtcrl. Superin
tendent cf School, here. Out In the
Mission. It lo.ks as though either Fred
C. Sanborn, the lawbook man and for
mer member of th Oliver grand Jury,
ncd James Rolph. Jr.. the bank-r and
Improvement club man. would have to
determine between themselves who
hall be the candidate cf that section.
If either. . , .
the Democratic side. Dr. I-e'.and
will again be a candidate for Mavor
and to date no one ras come forward
to oppose him. A !'ir ago. Ir. Inland
bad the support of the l.lnrnln-Koose-velt
I.eaaue. but It Is doubtful tf he
will be able to .etnble so larse a
number of these under his banner In
th next campaign.
Sarah IWrnlinnU Coming.
W are to have Sarah Bernhardt with
u once more and the wonder Is how
.... nn.n h.-r lo.nl advertising
campaign ti ls time. On one of her
previous vls.ts. the Divine arah got
columns and pages In some of the local
dallies by precipitating a dispute with
the Palac Hotel management over the
admission of her dog. a. guests and
permitting them to share her apart
ments. Th manager, declined to devi
ate from their rules that all dogs must
go to the kennel arranged for them In
the basement.
Sarah, tn a rage, accompanied by a
retinue of reporters, hied her to the
California Hotel, where the rule, were
less rigidly enforced. Bernhardt. In
her haste, forgot to register before re
pairing to her apartments. She was
reminded of the oversight and conse
quent violation of the law regulating
hotels. Th actress. Inclined to be
courteously accommodating, suggested
that th register be sent to her room.
There she registered when an affable
clerk lugged the Mg book upstalra.
On her next visit, llernhar.it added
a parrot to her menagerie. This time
It wa. the California thai rebelled,
nominally because of the noisy parrot,
possibly because of a remembrance of
other Incidents.
-What will liernhardt glv us next
1 a question now being asked
by hotel proprietors and hotelmen.
Critic Wed Portland Girl.
On of the San Francisco weeklies
has the following bit of society chatter
tnat will doubtless be Interesting In
Portland:
"It affords me great pleasur to
chronicle th engagement of Ralph E.
Reynaud. th brilliant dramatic critic
of tho San Francisco Chronicle, to Miss
Helen Lamon. of Portland. Our flrsl
tilghters have guessed for soma time
that Mr. Reynaud waa going to for
.aka the ranks of bachelordom on ac
count of his constant appearance at the
theaters with a very charming young
lady to whom h ha been suspected of
paying as much attention as the plays
on which he exercised his critical Judg
ment. Their surmises ar now verl
ftad. Mr. Raynaud affianced Is th
laughter of tho 1st Captain RoswcU
i i- e v She Is a Stanford
Kl'rl and a member of the Delta Gamma
Sorority. As Mr. Reynaud was
Stanford at the same time as m. .v.---to-be.
the romanc may bo traced to
... .t v- vo arrangements
have been made for the wedding, but
it will take place in tne nnj
January."
Dramntlc Critic ltlrh.
Charlotte Thompson, who cam back
. - .-..i.en .-Hi. I.lillnn Russell,
no doubt to enjoy th pleasure of see
ing her play "in searcn oi o......
produced In her homo town, has
l.ku.H . wonderful .ucce.. since sh
left here several year ago. Mis.
Thompson taueni .cnooi . ......
for a modest ') a month, and after
ward wrote criticisms of th drama for
the Call.
Time, have changed for ber. At pres
ent she enjov. an Income of from
000 to $30,000 a year. One of her fir.t
plays wa. "The Stronger Sex." written
for Florence Robert.. Then came her
dramatisation of "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm" from the novel by Kate
Douglas Wlggln. This has been one
of tho biggest theatrical successes of
the generation ami continue, to draw
with unimpaired power. From Mar
garet Delnnd's novel she constructed
"The Awakening of Heleno Ritchie."
which is not much of a play, but has
provided Marcnret Anglln with a very
successful vehicle for her emotional
talents. She now has scored again by
writing "In Search of a Sinner" for
fair Lillian.
Much Opium Smuggled.
The reason for the recent call for ap
plicants to take civil service examina
tions for the position of customs Inspec
tor Is revealed In the admission by cus
tom, officials that hundreds of tin. of
opium are being .muggled Into this
city every day by underground chan
nels from the Mexican border.
Heretofore nearly the entire force of
customs Inspectors has been stationed
alons the waterfront watching for
smuggling on Incoming vessels. This
diligence stopped only a few of the
. S Ski tISASS Af T tl ft
tins each monin an" - ,,-,J"
drug seemed to b able to get all they
wanteo. .
ljist week ISOOO worth of opium was
selxed but only a small portion of th
. .i.nTn.r. Afany
arug was iouuu - -
of the Inspectors detailed to watch for
opium have been withdrawn from th
docks and stationed In Chinatown.
It ha. long ocen anw.. l .-v
was a ring or mw-
from Mexico, but the methods wer
not reveaiea unm jmciuj.
learned that a good many who were
Implicated are Chinese who have adopt
ed American areas ana eu.."u
mien of students. Inspectors will soon
. . .. . con-
De sent out xo an p """tc , -traband
drug Is finding It. way into
the country- The greatest vigilance
will be Imposed along the Mexican bor
der. The Mexican Oovernment Imposes
a duty of but $150 a tin. which Is
ridiculously low when It 1. remembered
that a tin of opium will sell a high
as S0.
Parson Is Cleared.
The row that wa. eitirrcd up between
Dr. C. R. Brown, who recently resigned
the" pastorate of the Oakland First Con
gregational Church with Dr. and Mr.
George H. Martin, parishioners, seem,
to hav been a tempest in a teapot. The
trustees of the church have given the
Rev. Mr. Broan a clean bill of health
and any that It is all a mistake and a
misunderstanding.
The story Is a trivial one. Mrs. Martin
says Mrs. Brown snubbed her as she was
entering th church on day and tho
Inference to the dear public haa been
that Mrs. Brown was Jealous. Mrs.
Martin complicated matters by Issuing a
statement In which Bhe declared that un
less the clergvman told what he knew
that she would make a clean breast of
the whole thing.
Inasmuch as Mrs. Martin has more re
cently said that she Is satisfied. I pre
sume that all of the facts will not be
given out for publication.
San Franclwco officials have started a
crusade against cigar and tobacco dealer.
DAINTY ENGLISH COMEDIENNE IS PROVING MORE POPULAR
THAN EVER.
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Coming to the Orpheum In the near future Is the dainty little Kngllsh
comedienne. Alice Lloyd. It has been more than a year since Miss Lloyd made
her first appearance In Portland, after three years of wonderful success in
New York, where she proved to be one of the most charming entertainers
ever seen on the American stage.
Miss Lloyd started on her second tour of tho Crrphsum circuit last month,
and. Judging from reports from cities she has visited, her success is even
greater than last year. She brings wl th her all the latest English and Ameri
can song hit. and a .tunning costum change for each number, and smgs
In her Inimitable way. Miss Lloyd's wortc Is original, distinctive and axUstli
and her winsome personality, complauly captivate bex audiancaa,
who make a practice of selling cigarettes
i r -. vutr the nollce were sent
out to investigate and their work re
sulted In the arrest oi neariy ".
dealers. The evidence was so over
whelming that all of them pleaaca guiuy
and threw themselves on the mercy of
the court. Police Judge TVeller said h
would be Inclined to deal leniently with
the dealers In this Instance but he
warned them that the ordinance must
be obeyed In the future, or violator
would be punished severely.
DAVIES' PAINTINGS SHOW
Portland Art Association Exhibits
Twelve Gems.
The Portland Art Association has now
on exhibition at the Museum of Art.
twelve of tho latest painting and
thirty drawings by Arthur B. Davlea,
of New York. . '
Mr. Davles - is an American, still
young, as an artist's ago is counted,
who has steadily gathered to hla ex
tremely Individual work, ardent ap
preciation In tho Intellectual and ar
tistlo clrclea of tho city where he lives
and where exhibitions of Increasing
lmportanoe have shown his paintings.
His work is poetic, and stands alone,
almost. In the respect that It Is a truly
American presentation of the present
day romantlo spirit. -
A critic writes of him: "No other
such original force, save that of Albert
P. Ryder, who Is narrow In, sympathy
where Davles Is broad,- and whoso ac
complishment as a master of his me
dium cannot b compared with that
of the younger man, has manifested
Itself in the whole course of American
art. As a seeker of visions, a seeker
for tho beauty that dwells in a realm
of pure Imagination, Davles 1. akin to
Ryder, but he also aocepts and inter
prets aspects of veritable nature, and
kl. .4ollr,r In tfhAt Is lOTOUS and Ct"
aulslte is not less than In what is mys
terious or remote or wistful. And a
tho years pass, finding Davles now in
the early forties, his means of utter
ance have grown with his mental
grasp and he Is today a colorlst of
the first rank, a designer whose best
compositions leave absolutely nothing
to be desired, nnd a handler of the
brush whose strokes, now tender and
h..i Hifli.mihln. now broad and
verlle, are fluid equivalent for tho
words and phrases of art expression."
Among tire pictures shown by the
Portland Art Association ars "The
Hunter of the Starlands." with Its evo
cation of the night and its cosmic!
lamps: "Th Boy and the Sea," "Coro
nel " with a tender Autumn landscap
background; "Night's Prelud.e," "Sibyl
Returning," and other direct and Indi
vidual interpretations of subtle moods
of nature.
The pastel figure studies are an in
teresting revelation of Mr. Davles
methods of work, showing Ills delight
In the construction and movement of
the human body and In ome of the less
obvious color effects of flesh In light
and shade. -
One of Mr. Davles' paintings. A
Measure of Dreams." has recently been
purchased by the Metropolitan Museum
of New York, and the Art Institute of
Chicago is about to purchase one.
The visitor to this exhibition of hi
work should bear in mind that what
the painter sought is expression, by
subject, arrangement, drawing nnd
color, and never naturalistic effect.
A writer to the New York Sun says:
"His abundant gifts of drawing, color
ing, designing, while they stamp him
as the artist born as well as trained,
are at the services of a potent Imagi
nationan Individual imagination. We
do not hesitate to adjudge him the
most original of American painters and
the peer of those living European ar
tists who are dominated by ideas and
not by the brush.
ASHLEY STILL CONFIDENT
Manager of Baker Commercial Club
Expects to Win $500 0 Kcward.
BAKER, Or. Dec. 10. (Special.)
Manager Ashley, of the Baker Com
mercial Club has not given up his
claim upon the reward of $5100 offered
by .the Medford Commercial Club to
any community In the United State
that can show within a 10. 20, 30 or 40
mile radius as many diversified re
source, as the Jackson County town.
"It will be easy to win the 5000
offered by Medford," ho says. "It is a
pretty broad claim for Medford to
make, and I am wondering why some
enterprising community has not taken
them up on It before. It do not wish
to be understood as trying to discredit
Medford's standing as to resources, for
I realize that Medford is in one of
the richest districts In the Northwest,
and can boast of being In one of the
most favored sections in Oregon, but
when its club openly defies any com
munity In the United State to show
as many diversifed resources tribu
tary to it, I feel that It Is unfair to
the other sections of Oregon, for there
ara other communities In this great
state of ours Just as favorably situ
ated, and I sincerely feel that Baker
County I. one of the favored regions.
"As to resources, well, we have so
manv here that it would take a force
of stenographers 18 years working
night and day to name them.
"Take, for Instance, our gold mines,
the United , States records will show
that this section produces over 90 per
cent of the gold output of the state,
leaving Modford Included in the other
10 per cent; then take our livestock
industry. Baker County in 1909 had
S.1.S35 head of cattle, valued at $277.
200.00, while Medford had but 10.114
head, valued at $198,735. For the same
year Baker County raised 116,670 head
of sheep, valued at $274,395, as against
10.9S3 head for Medford. valued at
$28,631.
"The total value of taxable property
in Baker County was $27,671,000 for
th same year, as against $2.438,666
for Jackson County, all of which show
that Baker has some of tho resources."
BUILDING ACTIVITY IS BRISK
Many Xw Business Blocks and
Homes Being Built at Hood River.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec. 5. (Spe
cial.) The season Just ending has
been one of the best building periods
that Hood River has ever experienced.
This doe not apply only to the city
but out In the valley as well. Prob
ably more new homes in proportion to
the people have been erected out in
the valley by the orchardlsts than by
the residents in Hood River, but the
fact remains that contractors, carpen
ters and workmen have had all they
could do.
In the Valley, the most building has
been done on the West side this sea
son. However, this 1. accounted for
by the fact that the East Side en
Joyed Its prosperity a few years ago
and during that period many fine,
modern ranch houses were erected by
the applegrowers there. At the pres
ent time. A. W. Peters is completing a
fine residence on his large 80-acro
ranch and L. E. Ireland has but re
cently finished a large bungalow on
his orchard property." J. C. Freeman
also is finishing a handsome bunga
low. In the city of Hood River, several
large business building, are either be
ing completed or have been finished.
J. H. Hellbroner'. three-story office
building is. about finished, and, it Is
mmi
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PROUD MONARCH of the PIANO WORLD
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w.xrm ....
The envy of musicians unfortunate
in not possessing one; yet who live
in the hope of eventually being the
proud owner of this king of pianos
the gem of the artist's studio.
Who would not gladly beam
with pride to feel the honor of this
superb instrument within their home
on Christmas day.
Beautiful Uprights and Baby Grands
SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY
Reed-French Piano Ik
Co
SIXTH AND BURNSIDE STREETS
easily the most modern structure In
town at the present time. The Nichol
& Llsco brick and stone garage is
about finished and the work of re
n,.iinff thA hutMinsr on Third and
Oak streets for the new Applegrowers'
Bank is wen along, mun my ' -
son and Otten buildings have been
completed some little time and are ful
ly rented.
The Barret school : district Is about
to place the roof on a fine $20,000
brick and stone school building. Orch
ard owners who are builders this sea-
son are J. "W. Palmer, J. R. Nlokelson,
VT. E. Q. Smith, P. A. Smith, Alex Hui
karl, Ii W. Pealer, Captain Charles P.
McCan, residence and garage, A. T.
Sleddon, and there have also been,
erected a number of fine barns and ap
pie houses.
Holiday w
and Liquors
ines
The excellent qualities of our wines and liquors are best determined by com
parison. Make your own test. We know we are selling good wines and liquors
at prices that cannot be duplicated. . .
Special Christmas Discount of 25 per Cent on all Wines, Whisky and Brandy
by the gallon.
Per Gal.
50c Claret reduced to. 40$
75c Claret reduced to 55
$1.00 Claret reduced to..... ...... ....... 75i
75c Zinfandel reduced to.... - 55
$1.00 Zinfandel reduced to 75$
$1.50 Zinfandel reduced to 51.15
$1.00 Burgundy reduced to......... 73
$1.50 Burgundy reduced to..... ........ .$1.15
$2.00 Burgundy reduced to......" $1.50
$2.50 Burgundy reduced to $1.85
$1.00 Riesling or Sauterne reduced to 75
$1.50 Kiesling or Sauterne reduced to. .$1.15
$2.00 Riesling or Sauterne reduced to. .$1.50
$1.00 Port or Sherry reduced to 75
$1.50 Port or Sherry reduced to $1.15
$2.00 Port or Sherry reduced to $1.50
Per. Gal.
$2.50 Port or Sherry reduced to. .. ..... .$1.85
$3.00 Port or Sherry reduced to. . . . ... .$2.25
$4.00 Port or Sherry reduced to. ... . . . .$3.00
$1.50 Angelica, Muscatel, Tokay or Madeira
Wines reduced to $l.ld
$3.00 National Rye or Bourbon Whisky re
reduced to ....$2.25
$4.00 Hillwood Bourbon Whisky reduced
to $3.00
$4.00 Multnomah Pure Rye Whisky reduced
to... $3.00
$6.00 Old Crow or Hermitage Whisky reduced
to -. $4.50
$3.00 Pure Cal. Brandy reduced to.... $2.25
$4.00 Pure Cal. Brandy reduced to $3.00
Christmas Suggestions-Imported Liquors
Swedish Punch
Norwegian Aquavit. . . .....
Danish Punch . .--
$1.50
$1.50
$1.50
Batavia Arrack .
Russian Ktunmel
German Kummel .
$1.50
.$1.50
.$1.50
And Many Others
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Solicitors going from door to door taking orders
for liquor in the name of the National Wine Com
pany are frauds. Our soliciting is all done
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The very promptest attention is given all mail
orders. We" prepay express charges on all orders
for $3.00 and over. Cash with remittance. Be
sure to write name and address very plainly.
Our 191 1 Calendar
We have been fairly swamped with requests for
our new calendar. " Many have written names and
addresses so badly that we cannot make them out.
If you happen not to get yours, don't blame us.
All remailed free to out-of-town parties imme
diately after that date. If you live in Portland,
please call at our store for your calendar.
Beautiful Wine or Whisky Sets and Steins given free with purchases until Xmas.
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Fifth and Stark Sts.
Phones: Main 6499, A 4499