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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1913)
1 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTXAyP. APRlIi 13, 1913. io CAPITALISTS GIVE RENEWED LIFE TO HOMER DAVENPORT'S HOME TOWN 1,500 000 Preliminary Investment in Logging Road and Portland. Eugene & Eastern's Electric Extension, Coupled With Other Payroll Preparations, Start Rush in Silverton, Or, Tamed Cartoonist s Birthplace. I ' -" - - - - - f W3 .'. . ...... V - - : ' :, T ,.TJ . .'. . -.. r ,,. . . - J yfZZSZZf- i v - v; I Set 7ov?s? o f &e- Zoy. I v .. .-rJ SILA'ERTON. Or.. April 12. (Spe cial.) Coincident with the betcin-nlng- of construction of the Mo lulla Vallry division of the l'ortland. Uupene & Kstern Railway Company lntcrurban elsctric lines a group of Illinois. Texas. 'Wisconsin and Oregon ttmbermen Invaded the old home town of Homer Davenport at Silverton. Or anl they are now ensaced In building one of the best logging: railroads In the Vest. By the prellminsry Investment of fl.500.P00 the Silver Falls Timber Corn, iwiny Is nuikina- 3.000.000.000 feet of rwuglaa fir avalluble to the markets of the Columbia River, and every day of 35 years following- the completion of the. new mountain railroad will see S40.000 feet of logs delivered to the bl- electric system st Silverton. The material win be hauled by rail to points below Willamette Falls, where it will be dumped Into the Willamette and floated to the saws farther down. The largest log dump known to ex ist in Oregon Is now under construction for this company at Oswepo. To Silverton the enterprise means an additional payroll of mora than 110.000 a month, most of which will remain In this city and adjoining ter ritory, and is expected to ateeleraie the business, revival which assailed this rtty In l07. when H. A. Cowden. W. H. Reynolds and IL B. Latham came here from Idaho and established the 'lTr ton Lumber Company mill, where 0 men are employed and which has a pay roll of 1 0 earn month. I'p to that time the fame of Silverton was largely due to llomor Pavenport's story of a country boy and his description of the silver cornet band. After the mill and Cowden came paved streets, a revival of all branches of business and a mu nicipal growth of startling proportions. Blf WsrklaK Crew Aaeembled. Flacg Standlfer. the Portland con tractors, are already at work on the new lotrsin railroad, whtrh is to ex tend IS miles southwest of Silverton. 150 men. a number of steam shovels, piledrivers and other srade-bulldlng machinery being now In the fleld of op erations. Yesterday the Silver Falls Timber Company began work on Its new railroad machine shop, located on a 10-aire tract of land adjoining the northwest border of Silverton. The officers of the Silver Falls Tlm trr Company nd the men who are representing the Immense amount of rai.il.il necessary to flnance this tre mendous development enterprise are Jacob Mortenson. of Oak l ark. I1L: L. B JJen'fte. Portland and a former Texan.C. T. Latimer, Illinois, rfod M. life fel-l 1 C "Woodard, Wisconsin. The latter Is on ths ground as manager for the com pany. ' The body of timber which Is to be removed aad delivered to the market consists of a solid tract on the head waters of Powers Creek. Marlon Coun ty and is bounded on the east by the Governmental forest reserve. It Is the fact that the reserve contains un limited billions of feet of logging ma terial that will be available to the loa-ging railroad after privately owned lands are cloared that makes the prop osition so thoroughly satisfactory to Silverton people. And it la also this consideration which is causing the owners and builders of the new rail road to put It down In the most sub stantial manner. When the Silvorton Lumber Company came here In 1807 and purchased a large acreage of timber in the Ablqua baaln, it constructed 11 H miles of log ging railroad up Powers Creek. Since that time it has carried 125.000.000 feet of logs to the company mill at Silver ton, but every car delivered traveled one-third more miles than would have been necessary had the track been de void of curves. Works Xeara Cmplettoaw When the Silver Falls Timber Com pany came Into the fleld it took over the US miles of track belonging to tiie Silverton Lumber Company and the difer was to reconstruct the track, take out the curves, ballast tne roauuea aim put dewn 0-pound steeL That work is now practically completed and the new road is pronounced by railroad men to be equal to many of the trunk highways crossing the Rocky Moun tains. Grading-, filling and bridge construction began 40 days ago on the : i n w Ar TtnA tA h Mil. laq umro v . -" " ' structed southeast from the terminal of the old Silverton uimoer tompanj road, but has neen rancertu wnwuuij i . v. 1 . ofhti.h hoT, f Allen in the UJ UtO (.1.1-1, " - v mountains with a persistence that has but one parallel in bad nothing on Flags & Stacdifer, ...o Mfia h Viiii! t an ark. Flaex & Standifer have put their fleld head quarters on mud sleds end. with the aid of donkey engines, these buildings slide along; the grade in keeping with the advancement made by fhe pick and shovel brigades. -There are 12 camps at work on the extension, all of them with full crews and equipment. It Is planned by Manager Woodard that logging will begin on the lands of the Silver Falls Timber Company not later than the first of July and that every day thereafter will see 70 car a of logs brought into tne Diivenoa w i i .. nr.j 1 . o .rflpv car will carry not less than 7000 feet, until such time as the Portland. Eugene & Eastern Railway reaches Silverton and which will parallel tne new loggias road for the first five miles out of this -i... -1 . ... H11 hn hnndni OTar C1LJ, me iws ....... ..... , to the Southern Paciflc Company and will go to uswego ana -oiuuiui ports via Woodburn. now receiving its rolling stock to be placed on the new roaa. two nay geared engines being on the grade .- j . Aii.,.n-haAlMl Ttalilwln WDr- EL 11 l " .-IPS", .-..v--". ' locomotives being en route between Spokane and i-oruana. lwenty-tuur donkey engines will be used for yard ing and loading logs in the woods. The company will employ 350 men in the woods and on the railroad. It is promised that all of the supplies nec essary for keeping- this force of men will be purchased at Silverton. Business Rnak Begins. In addition to the transportation of logs the new logging railroad will de velop a section of the Willamette Val ley where unlimited opportunities ex ist for homebuilders. The logged-oft . 3 A s.k.h tfiaolr ara hnlro- iaUUS irvwee - " turned Into prune orchards, while on the big Durns wnicra course uvus mo western border of the timber belt He wVi.aC forme, where 100.000 bushels are annually harvested. Arrangements have been perfected for the loading c these cropB at He-Dog. the only named station on the new line. Under the new arrangement for op erating the railroad the Silver Falls Timber Company undertakes to supply i . v. ..as nf , H Kllwrtnn T.iitn- iugs I W 1 illV . - ' - - - - - - ber Company mill at this place, which nas a capacity oi jid.vvv a y which has never been idle since the a . -.tit.,!, inn.o rIt Tears Aero. Pftr 11 1 C L nuioiio . " " . ' - J ' ' several years prior to that time not a single new house had been erected in Silverton. The town was about as usually is a scrap for every town office. new DUlKung-B are sum5 vvcij where and another mile and a half of paved streets are to oe pui own uur Ins 1913. 'Barney Hood River Hermit to Lose Home la March of Progress Residence of Hibernian Reelnse, 4x15 Feet, Must Be Rased. HOOD RIVER. Or., April 12. (Spe cial.) Happy Is the man who' is more content than Barney Flynn, Hood River's most unique hermit citizen. Barney, an Irishman, who speaks with a brogue that is pleasing to any one with a drop of the Hibernian blood In his veins, lives In Hood River's oldest "house," a shack made of fir boards. The castle is but about four feet wide and 15 feet long, but within it Barney has stored away all of his earthly be longings. His locker and mulligan pot and a few relics remind him of his days of roving. The hut was built In the early days of Hood River, almost half a century ago. by two Dutch trappers. It was used later by employes of the O. R. & N. Company. The city has made sur veys for a new street to penetrate the business and factory portion of the city, and the "new highway will pass over the site of Barney's home. In a few weeks tho tenant will have to move. A tone of sadness enters his voice when he talks of having- to give up the old haunt, but only for a moment; for. although Barney Is but an Irish hermit, he is even more opti mistic and cheery in nature than the average Irishman. ThisiCelt was born in the County Sligo 7 years ago. He came across the continent in 1870 with a number of countrymen, and since that time has worked from- one point to another on the Pacific Coast, early always in the employment of one of the large rail road systems. He has never felt just right, except when forming a spoke in the wheel of one of the big transporta tion comoanles. He tried sheep-herding, but a month or two gave him. an everlasting hatred of sheep. Barney has retired from active work, his last position having been that of trackwalker for the O.-W. R. & N. Company, and has been living in con tentment at his little' cabin. He prac tices the simple life severely, nor does ho believe that bathing is good for the health, and it is probably years since he experienced the sensation of a plunge or a shower. This Irishman has been provident and has saved up enough money to provide for his old age. MAN KILLS TOTS AND SELF Sculptor, Losing Fortune, Extermi nates His Family. PARIS, April 5. (Special.) A sculptor named Barbier, aged 53, of Saint Just, near Lyons, recently em barked his whole fortune about $7000 in a share speculation. When he saw a considerable profit on bis deal his wife counseled hlra to sell out, but he hung on for more, and lost all. The other night at dinner he- asked his wife to get hlra some tobacco. She went out. taking with her her eldest child, a boy by a previous marriage. When she had gone Barbier. after carefully closing the shutters and lock ing the door, shot his own children, a girl of 4 and a boy of 5. He then sat down in a chair and blew out his brains. The grlef-strlcken wife is so pros trated by shock that she is not likely to recover. . Nothing to Do Till Tomorrow. (Judge.) Charley Sing, a Chinese gardener. peddles truck in Salt Lake City. One of his best customers Is a banker. One morning Sing drove up to solicit orders for vegetables, and he found the banker working among the flowers In the yard. It was Decoration day, and the bank was closed. -You no work today?" Inquired Sing. "I should say not." replied the banker. "This Is a holiday." "Me work all same." said Sing. "Me work all same every day 'cept Sunday afternoon. "What do you do Sunday afternoon it you don't work?" inquired the banker. "Me washee plenty shirt last all week I'' was the Chinese repl ST. DAVID'S CHURCH PLAYGROUND IS ATTRACTIVE TO CHILDREN UNDER 7 Miss Catherine Taylor Is in Charge, Teaching Children How to Use Various Apparatus-Rev. H. K. Talh Rector, Originated Idea, Which Is Now Being Carried Out for Benefit of Youth. Y? W TX "" " "'"'" Jh,'SJ"V - a......r- ... ,.-.I w,y 'O" " . 'r 7 : : : - - LITTLE folks of all sizes and ages up to 7 swarmed last week over the new playgrounds established be tween St. David's Church and the rec tory on the east side of East Twelfth street. These grounds were provided for children under age of 7 years, and since the pleasant weather came they have been well patronized by the little tot3 from the neighborhod. Miss Cath erine Taylor is in charge, teaching the children how to use the various appara tus provided. Rev. H. R. Talbot, the rector, origi nated the plan to turn the lawn be tween the church and manse into a plas-ground for the use of the children of the neighborhood under the age of 7 years, this limit being set because i''c space is small, and it was felt that if children above that age were admitted the tract would be over crowded. The community heretofore had no playground. The first cost was about $500, and has been covered. . With this money the green lawn was transformed for the use of the children. In the front is the area for games, which is 60x60 feet In size. In this space are swings, teeters and slides. Just in the rear are sand pile boxes, wading pool and a drinking fountain. The play pavilion Is located at the rear side and is 43 by 31 feet. It is provided with benches, and may be used when the weather is damp. Miss Taylor supervises the play of the children. She has had experience and takes care of the children, so that parents may trust her with them. She will Instruct them in games. Over the entrance to the playground are the words, "St. David's Playgrounds Free to All Children Under the Age of 7." Also, on the gate. Dr. Talbot had inscribed the 8criptural quotation, "And Jesus took a little child and put him In the midst of them." A plavground expert was consulted in providing equipment and In laying off the tract. A committee has been appointed as a board of directors, which consists of the following: Bruce Rowen, chairman; F. S. West, treasurer; Wal ter Backus, secretary; executive com mittee. Rev. H. 1U Talbot, Bruce Rowen, John T. Dougall. Walter S. Asher, C. N. Stockwell. W. H. Hallan. E. L. Chamberlain, St. Clair Morris, W. H. Kattleman, A. J. Vial and D. B. Meek ie. ARDOR OF ANGLERS IS NOT DAMPENED BY RAIN Trio of Portland Society Sportsmen Brave "47" Varieties of Weather in Fruitless Search for Elusive Fish of Necanicum. SEASIDE, Or, April 12. (Special.) Frank G. Owen, Brant H. Wicker sham and S. Russel Smith, of Portland, returned home the first of this week after a two days' fishing trip on the icum River. The three society sportsmen were thoroughly convinced that they experienced 4 vaneues ui , 1. it.- whlla .n tha trin And that rain, sleet, snow squalls and warm sun- snine were not tne hiiwa ui c .i. . Isaak Walton encountered when ne wrote "What Everybody Knows About Angling." - The three fishermen leu roruano n a late train shortly after the opening of the season and did not know until they reached Astoria that Seaside was off the map on certain days as far as the Spokane, Portland & Seattle is con cerned.' The day of their departure was one wiien ie kucuuics i fi .......... . Weaker-hearted sportsmen would have . i 1 .1 . 1 . ... anil h,VP HflUffht llUlincu .11": . i 1 1" au..- - ' shelter from the pelting rain in a hotel at Astoria. But such thoughts never entered the minds of these leliows. They jumped from the train, securea an automobile and, in spite of high winds and a heavy downpour, they chugged into Seaside and landed at the Moore Hotel' about 4 o'clock Saturday morn ing. Here they dismissed me automo bile. Jumped out of their city togs and, i A ttlllrrM n H htrt boots. Mr. Owen and Mr. Wickersham hired a liv ery rig and drove up tne river i)tui Johnson's ranch. Russel Smith, knowing a lot about the beauties of sleep and being: some what of a weather prophet, decided that one ducking was enough for one night, turned in and went to bed. He promised to set up early and meet his companions, but to "Russ" the beauty of early rising is not appreciated as it might be by others who do not have to practice it. Mr. Smith, knowing no necessity for getting up early, kept tucked under the covers at the Moore Hotel, while Messrs. Wickersham and Owen were fishing for fish that would not bite. , It was after lunch when the two weary and half-frozen fishermen re turned to the hotel, and they were al most disgusted when they learned that "Russ" Smith was still peacefully sleeping. After bathing and lunching, the pair roused Mr. Smith and the trio took In the sights of Seaside, passed a part of the afternoon chopping wood for a couple of lads who were picking up drift on the beach, giving evidence of real ability in ax manipulation. Sun day, after a snow squalL the sun ap peared, and the party again got out fishing tackle, hip boots and other equipment. They found that the boat man was giving his boathouse the ab sent treatment. After waiting about an hour, they went back to the hotel, had lunch and started out on foot up the river. It was a case of "fisherman's luck" once more. They came back empty-handed. Other Portland sportsmen who were out to take advantage of the opening of the fishing season were John Gill and Morria Abrahms. Mr. Gill and Mr. Abrahms were more fortunate than the other three, for, while they did not rhapsodize about their luck, each was able to show a beautiful string. Mr. Abrahms and Game Warden Clark Lowery rowed up the river, and "bile drifting back caught seven or eigna handsome trout. COMPOSER'S SON IS ANGRY Request to Conduct Opera in. Honor of Parent Is Denied. BERLIN'. April 6. (Special.) Ger man impresarios will have to exerciss caution in issuing invitations to Herr Siegfried Wagner to conduct for them when it is a case of honoring his fath er's memory. The 100th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth is to be celebrated on May 22 at the Regens burg Theater by a festive performance of "Die Meistersinger." in which sum of the first Wagner artists of Ger many will sing. A bust of the immortal composer is to be unveiled in the foyer Siegfried Wagner was requested to conduct the opera. The following laconic telegram was sent by him in reply: "In consid eration of the German nation's" attitude in the 'Parsifal' question, what you ask is impossible. Apply to Dr. Richter." Sew Building; for Woodland. It WUH.ll'i ' ' (tan-, . , ,1 1 11 ' . clal.) T. E. Oliver broke ground today lor a one-story leimuiceu -J' building at the corner of Davidson ave nue and If'ront street, the building to have a frontage on Davidson avenue of i. , . 1 nn ivnn, vn feet. 1 U BI1U -.v,l U 1 1 ... . v. The building will be used for a garage . . , , ... ri-1. i anil lUr I HI 111 llH!l.:.l.:ilin- ... a make the sixth concrete building, four of wnicn are tor ouine iiuiywooo, that have been erected .-ere in the past three years. .