THK SUNDAY UKKGOXIAN; PORTLAND. JUNE 30, 1913.
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PROSPEROUS ERA
IS PORTLAND'S LOT
Substantial Class of Citizen
ship Attracted Here by
Good Conditions.
BUSINESS PROGRESS GREAT
Most Noticeable Achievement of
Past Half Tear Is Increase In
Bank Deposits and Clearings
Making Record Mark.
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-rVi-ntInu--d From First Paee.)
without exception better records were
made In June, 1913. than In June. 1911.
One of the gratifying features of bus!
ness was the immense Increase by rail
and water during the cereal year. The
wheat receipts amounted to 16.(41.250
bushelsT This is a gain of nearly 2.000
000 over any previous record.
Perhaps the greatest achievement of
the half-year Is the Increase In bank
deposits and bank clearings. There
was not a bank in the city that did not
show a marked gain In deposits, the
total Increase reaching several million
dollars.
In bank clearings Portland made the
greatest record In Its history. If the
same ratio of increase la kept up the
annual bank clearings In Portland will
amount to $1,000,000,000 by the close of
1915. The total clearings for the six
months' period amounted to $289,789,-
508.06. This Is a (rain of S21.5!S4.49i.3Z,
or about 8 per cent. Portland and Los
Angeles are the only cities west of fat.
Paul that made such remarkable gains
In bank clearings.
A comparative statement of bank
clearings by months for the first half
of 1911 and 1912 is as follows:
PoatofRre Business Heavy.
Business at the Portland Fostofflce
reached big proportions during the last
sis months. Stamp sales for this period
amounted to $523,217.40, compared with
a total of $489,551.91 from sales of
stamps during the first half of 1911.
The gafn made this year was $35,
665.49. or 7.28 per cent. There was not
a month since January 1 that substan
tlal gains were not made over cor
responding months of last year.
For tho month Just closing the pro
ceeds from stamp sales amounted to
$82,600. compared with $81,855.30 for
June. 1311. This Is a gain of $734.70.
While this is the smallest Increase for
any month of the present year, the
showing Indicates that there Is a
steady forward movement here at a
time of the year when business is us
ually the quietest.
Compared' with the building opera
tions in the large cities of the coun
try. Portland has attained an enviable
position. Many cities twice and three
times as large as Portland' have fallen
far behind in building construction for
the six-months period. While Portland
did not quite equal the big record for
the first half of 1911, the showing that
has been made Is extremely satisfac
tory. Residence Growth Noticeable.
An unprecedented movement In the
construction of residences has been a
feature of the half-year period. It is
estimated that there la nearly a gain
of 40 per cent in new dwellings over
the corresponding period of last year.
In office-building construction an ex
cellent showing haa been made. With
th several plana for large structures
now In the office of the building In
spector and those that are being pre
pared by the architects, there is a
big amount of heavy construction to
be completed In the next few months.
Architects and contractors predict that
the year will close with a record equal
to that of 1911, when nearly $20,000,000
was expended in building construction
In Portland.
Nearly 1000 more permits were issued
In the first half of the year over the
corresponding period of 1911. but the
total valuation was not quite equal to
the six months' record of last year.
From January 1 to July, 1912, there
were Issued 4S41 permits with a total
valuation of . $8,798,138. The records
show that for the same period of 1911
there were Issued 3881 permits with a
total valuation of $9,583,364. The de
crease, therefore, was only $785,228.
Portland's ceal year closed with
big gains in flour, wheat and lumber
shipments. There were dispatched to
foreign ports 771,360 barrela of flour,
compared with 663.827 for previous
cere-al year. This Is a C -ln of 207.633
barrels. This is a new record for flour
shipments.
Foreign wheat shipments reached a
big total, there having been sent from
this port 6.830.031 bushels valued at
$5,875,539. This total Is 1.086.906 bush
els in excess of the record for the pre
vious cereal year.
1. -amber shipments Gala.
In coastwise and foreign lumber
shipments a big gain was made over
the business of the 1910-1911 season.
The total lumber dispatched by water
amounted to 253.148,129 feet. This Is
pared with 49,393 head a year ago.
The receipts In June of "this and- last
year compare as follows:
IMS. 1911.
Cattle ,.- 5.S30 . S.777
Calves 2t W3
Hon 6.T33 7.1M0
8h.?p 20.230 S4..V-.I
Horses and mules . . . . . SO 247
With consumption larger this year,
the market Is naturally on a firmer
basis. The general . course of prices
since June 1 has been upward.
1U. ' 1912.
January $ 41..l4l.302.7 $ 43.841.2S9.4H
February .17.7S4.345.es 42.770.0.i7
March G1.4P2.339.6il 64.S-1.3:a.77
April 4O.0H2.2.15.71 5.0:8.B92.94
May ..... 44.S1S.H77.47 48.594.638.57
June 43.992.910.40 - 43.077.S37.OJ
Total .. . . . .2BS.204.017.74 2i0.7S9,508.0-
58 SHRINERS ARE INITIATED
Class Is Largest Ever Taken Into
Al Kader Temple.- ....
Fifty-eight candidates of the Mystic
Shrine - from various parts of Oregon
were initiated at the Masonic Temple
last night. The class was one of the
largest ever taken into Al Kader Tem
ple of Portland.
The affair, which was the second
POLICE DOUBT GIRL
Officers Think Hazel Ervvin Is
Shielding Murderer..
PLAUSIBLE STORY IS TOLD
Father of Prisoner Believes In Verac
ity or Daughter Detectives Xow
Hegreti Arrest : of-- Young
- . Woman at Salem.
Is Hazel Erwln shielding the man
with whom she concocted a deliberate
plot to' murder Ray Wallace, rob him
POLICE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER GIRL IN MURDER CASE IS
TALKING TRUTH OR SHIELDING CONFEDERATE.
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THREE PICTURES OF HAZEL ERWI, CHORUS GIRL AND ADVENTURESS,
HELD 1 CONNECTION WITH MIRDEH Or ItAI ALL.Ub
ceremonial session of 1912. was at
tended bv 800 Shrlners. Including many
visitors from various parts of the
East .
Those Initiated were:
F. E. Beach. Portland: Richard Beck
er, Portland: Key KIrkland Baxter,
Portland; Joseph Gllmore Seattle,
Prtrtianl T.iin.fnn Knencer ' Bentley.
Pendleton; Llewellyn Fay Buck, Port
land; Russel Jay Burley, Linnton; Geo.
w nnttprwnrth. Portland: Earl T.
Caster, Union; Benjamin F. Coffey,
Hammond; William M. Cake, Portland;
Albert M. B. Combs, Portland; Allen
n r-iitlor. Portland: Harry E. Clay,
Salem: Joseph Feldman, Portland;
Charles Arthur Flnley. Portland; Lee
T.ttursnn Gilbert. Portland: Joseph L.
Gould. Portland; Herbert Greenland,
Portland; Charles R. Grlsim, roruano;
James Allen Hill. Portland; Raymond
D. Hoyt. Portland: William Y. Hutch
in.nn Pnrtifln-i- Taerton A. Katx. Port
land ; ' William J. Kerr. Corvallisi Neils
L. S. Lauryy, Estacada: James E. Mc
Coy, Mill City; M. G. McCorkle. - Port
land: Charles H. Mcuirr, t-ortiana:
i v. T tm 'in 1 tfi-irtl-i Rend: Charles
E. Minsinger, Portland; Paul C Mor
ten, Portland: John R. Newell, Albany;
George W. Noble. Prlnevllle; John A.
Norman. Portland: John C. Osborn,
u.rii.nii - i)nhrt nshorii. Albany: John
A. R. Peart. Portland; George A. Petrie,
Portland: Herman L. Reid, Harrlsburg;
John A. Reuter. The Dalles: Walter M.
Rldehalgh, Portland: Edwin w. King,
PnriimH- r:eora- Smith Rodeers. Port
land; George V. Rooney, Portland;
Frank. Edgar Sherman, Pendleton:
Joseph H. Seaton, Portland: Allan
Welch Smith, Portland; Edgar William
Smith. Portland: Herman F. Suhl, Pen
dleton; Nicholas D. Swoaringgon, Pen
dleton: Henry A. Thompson, Portland:
Herbert H. Ward. Portland; Edsrar K.
Walser, Portland: Lekmd R. Wattis.
Eugene; "Carl B. Williams. Dallas:
-lut-v. p Whltehnuse. Watsons Rest.
George P. Whitehouse. Watsons Rest;
Charles H. Chadbourne.- Drain.
OLD WELL IS EXPLAINED
Hole - W here Jail Stood Dug b
Church In 1811, Says Himes.
George H. Himes, secretary of the
Oregon Historical Society, yesterday
set at rest all speculation as to the
origin of the deep well found under
the old police station. The explana
tion, as given by Mr. Himes. follows:
"In 185S the lot. 50 by 100. was pur
chased by officers of Trinity Protestant
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS SHOWING CITY'S GROWTH.
Bank clearings ..
Postal receipts .
Bull-Jinx permits
Jan. I to .
June 30. 1911. .
.1268.304.017.74
RI-V.217.40
" 8.55.3.3-54. 0t
191 ;.
Records for Cereal Iiai Ending June 30,
1910-11. . -
Whrat receipt. "I!-"? .
Wheat ahlpmenta lUllf Hi.
flour ahlpmenta JtV.i-1 tola.
- Jan 1 to
J una 30. 1012.
8i8.7S9.r.O8.0
4S3..-M.l .
' S.70S.13U.0O
- 1911-12.
18.41.2."0 bu.
S.S30.031 bu.
771. 3G0 bbla.
Lumber Shipments for Fiscal Year.
' Coastwise and foreisn shipments in 1910-11 amounted to S12.00O.0O0 feet.
CoaatwUa and torelcn shipments in 1911-12 amounted to 253.145,000 feet.
about 41.000.000 feet in excess of that
moved by water during the previous
season. The coastwise shipments ex
ceeded the foreign shipments by nearly
77.000,000 feet, caused by the heavy de
mand for lumber products by Cali
fornia. Receipts of wheat by rail and boat at
Portland during the cereal year just
ended were the largest on record, ag
gregating 16.41.250 bushels. This Is a
gain of nearly 2,000.000 bushels over
the arrivals In the preceding year.
The movement of wheat to Portland In
the coming year will probably exceed
that of last year by a still larger
amount.
The receipts of wheat at Portland In
the past four seasons were as follows:
Vr rl TBushels.
1-II1.13 UM1.!
ig.-l.ii 14.WI8.750
l9i-lo -fri-i-M
JVUS-OO .-- 13.13.oO
Stockyards Receipts' Lose.
. Receipts at the stockyards In the past
month were less than those In June of
last year, owing prlnclpally-ato the fall
ing on In the sheep movement. The
total arrivals were 33,178 bead as corn-
Episcopal Church. and in 18S4 a house
of worship was erected thereon and
dedicated by Right Rev. Thomas Field
ing Scott, r. D Missionary Bishop of
Oregon Territory. ' As there,- was no
public water system In the City of
Portland at that time, the only way
that water could be secured was by
digging wells. This accounts for the
presence of the old well on the lot
referred to. This lot was sold by Trin
ity Church to the City of Portland
about the year 1870 for $8000. and a
new site for the church was purchased
at (he northeast corner -of Fifth and
Oak streets, upon which a new house
of worship was erected and occupied
In 187J."
Hay Buttons Reach Olympla.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. June IS. (Special.)
For the first time since the opening
of the political - campaign, campaign
buttons have made their appearance In
Olympla. Governor Hay Is responsible
for them, and many persons.are already
wearing them. The design Is red,
white and blue stripes with the word
"Hay" In blue across the ' white band.
and obtain from his pockets the keys
of the restaurant where he worked?
Or is the girl telling the whole truth
when she says that Wallace was slain
by William Tanner, her reputed hus
band, in a moment of frenzy brought
about by his finding Wallace in Hazel's
room?
If the former Is the truth, the girl
presents - a study In mendacity, for
her story, given In detail at a tlmo
when she was under great stress of
mind and physically weakened from
long abstinence from food and sleep,
was - told In a direct, -plausible way
with every internal evidence of truth
fulness. . ;
Stories Are Confusing.
Only extraneous facts, gathered from
other witnesses, refute the girl's ver
sion of the crime and what led to It.
Had there not been witnesses to facts
which are not found In Hazel's rela
tion, even the shrewd Investigator
must have confessed that her state
ments bore the appearance of truth.
Lee Erwln, father of . the girl, be
lieves every word of! his daughter, and
Is working to bring about the arrest
of the man he was led to believe was
his son-in-law, In the hope that there
by his errant daughter will be re
leased. Food, sleep, quiet and the unburden
ing of her mind, in part at least, have
worked wonders with the girl, who was
a pathetic shadow when she' reached
Portland.
Police Regret Arrest.
With the added poise she has ac
quired, her statements have crystal
lized and the task ofgetting the truth
out of her. If truth is lacking, has. be
come more difficult.
Detectives employed on the case are
now regretting that Hazel - broke
down Thursday night and surrendered
herself to the Salem officers. She
could not have escaped In any case,
they say, and her further liberty might
have led to a reunion between her and
Tanner, in which case his arrest would
have been easy.
Belief is still entertained that Tan
ner is not far away, arid will be caught
before long. Until he Is found, unless
the time Is too long, no court action
will be taken In the matter. .
GIRLS STAY BY PORTLAND
EASTERX CITIES HAVE XO AT
TBACTIOXS FOR OREGOXIAXS.
Phil Bates Says Maids Who Took
Long Trip Gained Xcw Ideas
of National Life.
"Portland is the best city on earth,"
Is the verdict of the girls whom Phil
Bates took on a trip to the Chicago
convention and to New York and who
have returned to their home. They oc
cupied their spare moments during
their entire absence -instilling; this In
formation Into people of the East and
Middle West. " - ------
"We were in Detroit and we -saw an
automobile factory with 7000 employes,
that turns out cars at the rate of 65
a minute. We visited Elbert Hubbard,
the original Philistine. We saw Pres
ident Taft and his big White House.
We went to New York; to Cincinnati,
where we visited one of the largest
zoos in the world: to Indianapolis, and
we were there in Chicago when the
earth threatened to split and the pieces
fall away. Yet the best thing we found
back there was a-ticket to Portland."
"The two things that seemed to af
fect the girls the most," said Mr.
Bates, "was the big stores and the
crowded .conditions in. the tenement
districts of our big Eastern cities. They
saw the largest stores In the world,
vet they return with the earnest ver
dict that not at one of them could
they get better goods and at netter
nrices than in Portland. One place In
Chicago, they say, there was a better
window display than anytning tney
had ever seen here, but the goods were
no better than that which Is sold over
Portland, counters.
'Although all of them nad reaa mucn
of New York and the conditions on
th. East Side there, yet the situation
was a complete surprise to them. They
had no idea that so many peopli could
be . crowded together In so small a
space. "
They secured an entirety new rati
of statesmen and presidents. . They
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COULD take you to Boston,
l.New York, Philadelphia,
-Cleveland, Chicago, St.
" " Loui s an d every o th e r
large city in the United
States and we could whizz
around in automobiles for
days, with but one conclu
s ion: The most sought
Rafter and ' highest priced
residence property in
America is in the high places.
And, in all of these great cities, I
could not show you a single piece of
residence property that is being made
to order, like Westover Terraces.
There is a fascination in being up
high; there is a temptation to want
to remain; there is an intangible
something that fastens you prisoner
to the high spot; there's a charm
about it that nevver grows weary it's
a symbol of man's aspiration to
want to reach higher in other things.
There are two things about West
over Terraces that will appeal to you
strongly; two things that you can
not resist; two things that will make
it worth your while to select West-;
over Terraces as your permanent
abiding place:
First While the elevation is high, the grades are
not steep. The view is before you, never the same,
but forever there. In just the same proportion as
Westover Terraces is higher than the level of the
Willamette River, in just the same proportion are
its conveniences, improvements and advantages su
perior to any other residence portion of Portland.
Second A site in Westover Terraces is as cash
able as a Government bond. It may take you months
and months to sell a homesite where all homesites '
. look alike. You will not have to wait for a buyer for
your home in Westover Terraces. Your only perplex
ity will be in choosing to whom you shall sell when
you are ready to give it up. Westover .Terraces will
always be marketable at constantly increasing prices.
"Level Sites on the Heights" See Block 9
F N. CLARK
Phone Me Personally Main 2113, A 7617
... 818-23 Spalding Building .
i. 1- ti.-J. wltli -Pi-oaM-ant Taft. who
appeared quite an ordinary individual
and who Joked wun mem as anyone
would . Joke . with . pretty girls. - That
. v. .nimpla. Thv -ritected a
dignified,. distant sort. of reception and
they- were .treated, as - ineuua. t u-e
asked if he . would . have . his picture
i. Viam fr Taft" ald 'Why.
sure!" -and he seemed to convey the
idea .that the. girls .were, doing mm a
favor. . ...t . .".'..,.--..'"
f. nila ' .torn nsLn-.ra cUVf
us all the publicity we wanted. They
came out witn lour ana iiye-uuiuuiu
layouts, with such heads as 'Oregon
Girls Wouldn't Live in New York. Back
to the Land of , Golden Apples for
Them and over one of the Oregon
girl pictures and-the smiling visage of
the President was written, 'Does Pres
ident Taft Appear Worried? .We Trow
Not." The picture showed .him in the
midst of the girls, who-were termed
everything . from .'Peaches', to 'Prizt
nri..M' hv "RnntAr-n writers. '
Germany, la about to . experiment wlth.f-"
naval aeroplane........... . .. t .
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EXPERIMENT FARM URGED
Dr. Withycoinbe Tells How Oregon
- Could Increase Wealth. '..
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls, June 29. (Special.)
Dr. James Withycombe, director of the
Agricultural Experiment Station at Or
egon Agricultural College and the five
sub-stations at - Moro, Herralston,
Union, Burns and Talent, in his address
before the ranchers who attended the
Farmers Roundup at Moro today, em
phasized the - value of demonstration
farm work as a means of Introducing
scientific methods of farming. .-
Dr. Withycombe stated that In his
: i . i. m.int.iuv0 nt demonstra-
Upilll-LU, I... 1. "
.tlon farms In each county in the state
under competent juperywiuu, wuu
suit, within the next five years, in in
creasing the agricultural products of
the state 10,0uu,000 annually.. . This
could be accomplished, he said, without
adding a square rod of ground to the
present farm acreage.
Dr. Withycombe said in part:i
"Denmark has made phenomenal ag
ricultural progress under this system
of instruction. With an area equalling
one-sixth -that 'of our own state, Den
mark supports 2,696.000 people and an
nually exports more than 100.000.000
worth of butter, eggs and bacon. This
result is accomplished under adverse
agricultural conditions, much of the
country being so bleak as to necessi
tate the blanketing of the cows to
keep them comfortable while at pas
ture during the Summer season."
PARK CONCERTS TO START
Arrangements tor 40 Programmes at
Various Points Are Made.
' The concert season in Portland parks
will be opened today with a good pro
gramme by the Municipal Park band at
City Park at J:30 o'clock P, M. Ar
rangements have been made for 40 con
certs during the season, six to be
given each week, excepting Elks' re
union week, at various parks. The
band will be led by W. E. McElroy.
The Sunday concerts this season wlU
not be confined to the City Park, the
schedule calling for a distribution of
the concerts to the various parks. The
concerts during this week will be held
as follows: This afternoon. City Park;
Tuesday evening, "Peninsula Park;
Wednesday evening, South Parkway,
Park and Jefferson streets; Thursday
afternoon, Columbia Park; Thursday
evening, City Park: Friday even Ins,
Holladay Fark; Sunday afternoon, J'jly
7. Mount Tabor Park.
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Oxfords, Half Price. '
Men's and ladles' Oxfords half prlca .
at our Clearance Sale now going on. (,.,.
Goodyear ohoe Co.. 146 4th. 'rj
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Several good sheep and cattle ranches -f
in Nev., Or., Ida, Mont., with and with--out
the stock for sale. Excellent buys.
Rs. 12-13, Merino Blk., Boise, Ida. . ''u