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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 29, 191o.
POLICE OFFER AID
TO FIREMEN'S BAND
Concert Announced by Com
bined Musical Organiza
:. tions to Pay -for Trip..
32 WILL GO TO NEW YORK
jPortland Clubs Indorse Project -of
Representation at Fir Chiefs'
Convention In September 'ii s
.Advertising: Medium.
To raise money to eend the Portland
fire department band to New York In
September to attend the international
convention of fire chiefs, arrangements
have been made for a concert by the
combined fire and police department
bands at the Armory some time be
tween August 1 and 15, probably Au
gust 10. The combined bands will
be one of the largest musical aggrega
tions of the kind ever heard in Port
land, each band having 32 pieces.
These organizations played together
for the first time on the final day of
the Hose Festival when they com
bined more by accident v than intent.
Since then practices have' been held.
The fire band has had plans for the
concert under way for some time, the
entertainment being looked upon as a
means of raising the $6000 which will
be necessary to send the members of
the organization to "the convention.
Last week the police band volunteered
to assist and now the two organiza
tions are busy preparing a long pro
gramme of popular and- classical music
Portland is said to be the only city
In the world having a fire band. The
latest city to attempt an organization
was Seattle, but it did not prove a
success.
Band Is Two Years Old.
The Portland band was organized
two years and a half ago. Every mem
ber of the band is a fireman in the
regular service and no two members
belong to the same company in the
department.
The convention of fire chiefs will be
attended by the chiefs of departments
from all over the world including prob
ably Chief Dowell, of the Portland de
partment. Portland expects to make a
great showing with its band.
Various commercial organizations in.
eluding the Commercial Club, the East
Klde Business Men's Club and others
have Indorsed the trip as a big adver
tising feature for Portland. The band
will render concerts at the principal
cities between Portland and New York
both on the way to the convention and
on the return trip. In several places
Btreet parades will be given and the
fire departments serenaded.
In New York the band will lead the
parade of fire chiefs and will play at
all the sessions of the chiefs. The men
plan to make the trip without inter
fering in any way with the Fire De
partment service or without cost to the
city. All members will take the trip
as their annual vacation and the ex
penses will be paid by the money taken
in at the concert.
Serview Given Free.
The fire band has appeared at ajl the
principal puoiic ceieDrations in fort-
land since its organization. No money
has ever been received for playing.
The band will hold Its annual excur
sion to Estacada July 13. Arrange
ments are being made for an interesting
programme of music and sports. Two
band concerts will be given and an
erohestra will play for a dance at night
In the pavilion. Volunteer fire depart
ments of the city are arranging to at
tend In special cars.
MRS. H. V. KLIPPEL LEAVES
WlMies of Husband Carried Out for
Burial oy Portland Elks-
Mrs. Henry V. Klippel left Tuesday
for her home at Los Angeles. She
came north last week with the body of
her husband for burial, it was his wish
to be buried by the Elks Lodge No. 142
of which he was a member. The fu
neral was held from the Elks' Temple
at 11 o clock on Saturday.
Mr. Klippel was formerly in the En
gineering Department of this city, and
later went into the railroad contracting
business, and at the time of his death
was a member of the Klippel-McLean
Companyi which is doing extensive
work through Northern California.
Mr. Klippel had been living in Los
Angeles for some time endeavoring to
regain his health, and had been im
proving so that it was thought he
would be able to resume his business
this Summer, but was seized with
tubercular meningitis and was ill but
a short time. His widow and mother,
i?ister and three brothers survive him.
His estate was left, to his widow, Ella
H. Klippel. V bequeathed $10,000' to
his mother, f" o his sister and the
residue of tl . te to his widow.
consolidated schools were held in the
new high school auditorium Friday,
June 20. The address was delivered by
the Rev. G. E. McDonald, of Seattle.
Twenty-two pupils received eighth
grade diplomas. All the graduates
have signified their intention to enter
high school next year.
The new high school building con
tains a high school assembly room, a
classroom, - manual - training room,
science laboratory, boys' . and girls'
shower baths and dressing rooms and a
principal's office on the first floor. On
the second floor there is an auditorium
with a stage and dressing rooms, with
a seating capacity of 700.
All of the grade teachers-elect are
State Normal School graduates. The
instructors in the high school are uni
versity graduates. Professor H. H.
Matthews, principal-elect, is a gradu
ate of the state university. He has also
had work in Valparaiso and Boston
universities. During the past year, he
has served as an instructor in the
University Of Oregon.
Professor H. H. Collins, who has
served as principal of the Alsea schools
for the last three years, will leave in
a short time to take up extensive post
graduate work in the University of
California.
OREGON BIRDS STUDIED
WILLAMETTE PROFESSOR KINDS
STATE HAS MAJfY SPECIES.
In Interest of Museum Conducted' by
Game Warden Flnley Much Ab
sorbing1 Lore Is Collected.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem,
Or., June 28. (Special.) Professor M.
E. Peck, head of the department of
biology of Willamette University,
has done considerable work through
out the state in the interests of the
State Museum, which is in charge of
W. L. Finley, game warden. Professor
Peck has made a careful study of the
birds of Oregon, and secured a number
of specimens for the museum at Wil
lamette.
As a result of his investigations
of the bird life of the- state, he says
Oregon has an enormous bird fauna.
A large number of the species are
distinctly local. Beyond the Cascade
Mountains, outside of a few places,
such as towns or wooded streams, he
found scarcely any birds such as make
their habitat in the fir - forests of
Western Oregon. He found that
geographical features had a great deal
to do with the distribution of so many
different kinds of birds. Out in the
sagebrush plains he discovered a bird
peculiar to that region and found
nowhere else. In other sections he
found birds distinctly local in character.
Oregon has from 350 to 400 species
and subspecies. This is large, and
perhaps exceeded only by California,
which has more than 400 species, prob
ably the largest number in" the United
States. . -
In addition to securing about' 180
speciments of birds for the state. Pro
fessor Peck procured a number of
specimens of sea plant life for the lab
oratories of the university and about
a thousand specimens of plants for
the university herbarium. Over a thou
sand specimens were also added dur
ing the past season to the collection
of the flowering plants of Oregon,
which brings the number up to about
3500, including. It is estimated, nearly
two-thirds of the species occurring in
the state.
Professor Peck is now conducting
work along his chosen . line at the
Ashland (Or.) Chatauqua.
Womees Softs ajmct (Gosits ait Half Price
Purchases Made on Credit Tomorrow Go on July Account, Payable August 1
We Are Portland Agents for the "American Lady," "Nemo," " Lyra" and "Gossard" Corsets
Pictures, Picture Framing,' Toys, Toy Books, Croquet Sets, Baseball Goods, Etc. on the Third Floor
Mens $4.00 Silk Shirts $2.69
July 4th Preparation Sale of Men's Pure Silk Shirts
in coat stjles, with soft cuffs attached and soft col
lar to match. Come in white, gray, tan and blue ;
cannot be . matched regularly at less Af Jf
than $4.00; specially priced at only: j)07
Great Hair Goods Sale
1000 Hair Switches on sale tomorrow; best quality Ger
man Hair Three-Strand Switches; a perfect match guar
anteed; here are to be found best values in Portland
$15.00 Hair Switches at Sale Price of SR5.9S each
.$12.50 Hair Switches at Sale Price of &4.49 each
$ 7.50 Hair Switches at Sale Price of $1.79 each
RAINS AID GROWING CROPSJ
Hops Are Look ins Better Than for
Some Years previous.
WOODBURN, Or., June 28. (Spe
cial.) The recent rains have done
much good to growing crops through
out this section, and all grain and hops
are in excellent condition. Hops are
looking better than for some years
back, and a full crop is. expected. Few,
if any, lice have put in an appearance
and no spraying -has been necessary up
to this time.
Potatoes and onions have made rapid
growth and a good yield is assured,
with the acreage about equal to that
of last season. Farmers say that with
out further rain during August and
July, bumper crops can be harvested.
Some damage has been done to clover
hay, as it has been impossible to cure
the crops that have been cut down.
LA PINE EXPECTS BIG TlfoE
Good Roads Meeting and Pow-Wow
Set for August 9.
LA PINE, Or.. June 28. (Special.!
There will be a good roads convention
here August 9, and many prominent
good roads advocates are expected- to
oe in attendance. Among those invited
are Sam Hill, C. C. Chapman,. Judge
v orden and Colonel Thatcher.
The meeting will be in the nature of
a "pow-wow" and barbecue. One of the
chief topics will be the question . of
how to induce more people to take up
farm life. Elaborate preparations are
under way for the meeting.
22 PUPILS FINISH AT ALSEA
Instructors Are All University and
Normal School Graduates.
ALSEA. Or.. June 28. (Special.) The
commencement exercises of the Alsea
Orenco Pastor Surprised.
ORENCO, Or., June 2S. (Special.)
Friday evening about 20 of the friends
of Rev. Julian Hatch near Orenco gave
a very pleasant surprise to Mr. and
Mrs. Hatch and daughter. F. M. Hatch
and wife, of South Bend.. Ind., has been
visiting for the past few weeks with
his parents who recently celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary. Mr.
Hatch is the circulation manager for
the South Bend Tribune and leaves next
week for his home.
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Recfactioos
Ladies' Long
Silk Gloves
$1 Vals. 69c
1000 pairs of Women's 16-but-ton
length Silk Gloves with
double finger tips, two - clasp
fastening; come in white, black,
tan, pongee, gray and navy; all
sizes ; - regular $1.00 Q
values; special at t3 C
1000 Pairs of
$1 Thread Silk
Hose at 69c Pr.
Women's Pure - Thread Silk
Hose, made with double lisle
sole and toe, high spliced heel
and wide elastic garter top, in
black only, all sizes,
regular $1.00 value, OiC
fir
&
$9 Wash Dresses $4.95
Great July 4th Preparation Sale tomorrow of 500 Women's
Tub Dresses in new ratines, Bedford cords and white and nat
ural linen; strictly tailored and semi-fancy; extraor- fcf Qg
dinary values, worth up to $9.00 each. Tomorrow at v"')
Summer Waists at One-Third Off
Our entire stock of beautiful new Summer Waists of plain and
fancy marquisettes, voiles and crepes, embroidered in light
blue, pink and ; canary shades, elegantly trimmed in dainty
laces. Your unrestricted choice of the entire lot at just 1-3 off.
Regular $1.50 Waists,"' $1.00
Regular $2.25 Waists, $1.50
Regular $3.00 Waists, $2.00
Reg. $ 4.50 Waists at $ 3.00
Reg. $ 7.50 Waists at $ 5.00
Reg. $15.00 Waists at $10.00
Tailored Suits at One-Half Price
Great clearance sale of our entire stock of Women's Tailored
Suits of strictly new, up-to-date stjles and materials ratines,
checks and fancies; straight coats, 2-button V,f
cutaways, etc. Reg. $7.95 to $45.00 Suits now at A FlCt;
5000 Yards
Wash Goods
Values to 65c
Special 122c
Great clearance sale tomor
row of finest white and col
ored Summer Wash Goods,
Lawns, Batistes, Dimities,
Swisses, Brocaded Waistings,
Ratines, Silk Tissues, Chev
iots, Rippelettes, Crepes, Pop
lins. Madrases, Voiles ; all
colors; scores of patterns;
values up to 65c i ni
a yard. Special 1 VZQ
39c Poplins 22c
1000 yards of beautiful silk
striped Poplins in a wide variety
of color effects; every yard per
fect; the quality sold reg- OO.
ularlv elsewhere at 39c. vd.
Men's $4 Straws $2.85
Men's $3 Straws $1.85
Entire stock, of
Men's Straw ' Hats
marked down fr
quick selling, just
before the "4th."
Splits and Sennets,
Rough and Smooth
straws. The prices
$4 Hats,
spec'l at
$3 Hats, i qc
$2.85
spec'l at
$7.50 Trim'd Hats $2.45
$2.00 Ratine Hats 69c
Choice tomorrowf of -300
natty-new Hats of hemp,
Milan and h a h d -"in a d e
shapes, variously and at
tractively trimmed in
flowers, foliage, feathers
and ribbon; !Q A C
values to $7.50
Ratine Hats for your July 4th
outing; jaunty styles; values
iff!
up to $2.00; specially
priced at only, each
69c
1500 Prs. $3.50 Pumps
and Oxfords at $2.49
Great July 4th Preparation Sale of 1500
pairs of Women's Pumps and Oxfords and
Low Shoes, including velvets, stiedes, gun
metal and patent leather Pumps, 2-strap
Slippers and
Oxfords.
Choice, in fact,
of our entire
stock of Summer
style Low Shoes ;
$3.50 $2.49
CURRY COUNTY RICH
Linked With Coos, Resource
ful Empire Is Formed. '
RAPID ADVANCE IS MADE
While Residents Do Not Seem to Be
Bothered by Isolation, Natural
Wealth of District Brings on
Much Development.
BANDON, Or., June 'ZS. (Special.)
Their common resources and Industries
and their .similar climate and their mu
tual dependence make the interests of
Coos and Curry counties matters of
concern, the one to the other. These
two joining counties form an empire
irom the rest ot Oregon, with no rail
road connection with the interior they
enjoy comparative Isolation, and their
people who are willing to suffer this
isolation and a few slight inconveni
ences are living "in clover" and ac
cumulating wealth.
It . is about the only place in the
worjd where some of the people do not
care for an increase in population and
connection by steam or electric lines
with the thoroughfares of the Nation.
On account of the sameness of the two
counties in - topography, climate, re
sources and Industries, the name of one
is rarely ever mentioned without men
tion or the otner. so it is the coos
and Curry County Fair'," "the Coos and
Curry County Normal," etc
The fact that Coos has two sea
ports, a navigable river and a short-
line railroad, has enabled, her to make
greater progress than her sister county.
Coos is - more thickly populated, but
Curry is advancing rapidly. Bandon. in
Coos County, near the Curry County
line, furnishes the investigator an op
portunity to note what is going on in
Curry County, for most of the supplies
for Curry come through Bandon. the
stage routes terminate "here and ' at
Myrtle Point, and Bandon is the principal-market
for Curry County people.
' Elgtt Tmrai In County.
There are eight small towns in Curry
with a combined population of 1000
people. There are about 2000 people
altogether in the county which has an
area of .1,700,000 acres. Five-ninths of
the county is held by the Government
forest reserve.
Langlois with a population of 250 is
the largest town, Gold Beach .with 200
people is the county-seat. Cape Blanco
is the United States wireless and life
saving station and is the farthest point
west in the United States: Wedderburn
is a small fishing village, Brookings
in the southern end of the 'county at
the mouth of the Checto River is a new
town being promoted by the Brookings
Lumber Company of California, and
Denmark and St. Agnes are merely
postoffices and supply stations for the
neighborhood ranches.
There are ten creameries and ten
cheese factories within a radius of five
miles of Langlois. The same propor
tion obtains over the whole dairy sec
tion of the county. This great number
is made possible on account of the fact
that for nearly every dairy herd there
is a creamery and cheese factory. Some
of the world's largest dairy herds are
found in this county. The great Star
ranch alone keeps 200 milch cows and
is equipped with all the most modern
equipment, including milking machines,
butter and cheese factories.
Grass is green the year around, thus
making feed abundant and cheap. The
bench lands furnish fine pasturage for
sheep and the county is one of the fore
most wool producing counties ot Ore
gon. Farming is done on a small
scaled although vegetables and berries
are in evidence everywhere. One can
make an acre or two planted in berries
yield a living income. ,
Lumber Industry Thrives.
Curry County will hold her own with
the rest -of the counties of Oregon in
the manufacture of lumber. There are
11. small lumber mills in the county,
with a total capacity of 135.000 feet per
day. . At Port Orford are manufactured
the famous Port Orford shingles. This
year the Brookings Lumber Company
is building a mill with a daily capacity
of 100,000 feet. This plant is being
built at Checto, near the mouth of the
Checto River. The Brookings Company
with a capital stock of $1,500,000 has
filed articles of incorporation with the
Secretary of State. At present 200 men
are on the ground rushing the con
struction of the mill and roads. The
harbor at this point is to be improved
by a 700-foot breakwater to cost $60,
000. The vessels coming in to load will
have a thoroughly protected harbor.
The mill will be modern in every re
spect. A new planing mill is now be
ing erected at Langlois.
Wedderburn on Rogue River is sup
ported chiefly by the fishing Industry.
A large cannery is located there. In
no other place in the world Is there
better game fishing than on the small
mountain streams of Curry County. A
record-breaking catch was that of two
young women and their small brother
this Spring on Elk River in one hour
and a half. The catch consisted of 400
trout from 10 to 20 Inches long.
At Port Orford deep sea fishing, prin
cipally for sea lions, furnishes employ
ment for many, and. sport for many
others during the Summer.
Some evidences of progress in this
county in addition to what has been
mentioned include the completion this
year of a courthouse and high school
buildings at Gold Beach, the establlsh-
'ment of the Brookings State Bank at
Brookings, capital stock J30.000; the
good roads campaign resulting m - an
ISO, poo bond Issue, and the proposed
construction of a county electric plant.
J. P. Olsen. a wealthy dairyman ot
Langlois, Is behind the electric project.
, Plans Are On Big Scale.
The nlans and specifications have
been drawn and application has been
made for a water Tight. Mr. Olsen and
his associates plan to build a. dam on
the creek which runs through his place,
so that enough water may be im
pounded to furnish 1000 horsepower in
dry months and it.ooo Horsepower in
wet months. At this place he will put
in a plant that will furnish electric
power to the entire county.
There are three thriving weekly
newspapers in the county the Curry
County Leader, at Langlois: the port
Orford Tribune and the - Gold Beach
Globe. There are two local Commer
cial Clubs, one at Port Orford. the
other at Agnes, and a County Commer
cial Club. This club holds Its meet
ings at the various towns of the county
and endeavors to promote the Interests
of the county as a whole.
All points In the county have daily
mail service and are reached by stage
lines. A telephone is in almost every
ranch home of the county and all the
towns have telephone service. This
country hag been cited as a refuge for
criminals, but no longer Is a refugee
safe when he thinks to find a hiding
place in this section. The officers are
vigilant and quick to detect the where
abouts of any criminal who has turned
this way for protection. The people re
siding here are a thrifty and lawabld-
lng people, intent on improving them
selves intellectually through schools
and libraries and upon acquiring the
culture of the world through the ad
vantages that their Teadily acquired
wealth brings them.
NORTH YAKIMA FAIR DATED
Conflict With Salem Deemed Least
Disadvantageous of Alternatives.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. June 28.
(Special.) The Washington State Fair
In this city will be held September 29
to October 4, the same dates as the
Oregon State Fair at Salem, according
to a decision made last night by J. H.
Perkins, of Ritzville, Wash., newly ap
pointed head of the state agricultural
commission, after a public meeting in
the Yakima Commercial Club rooms.
The alternatives were to have It
conflict with the Spokane Interstate
Fair, with the Walla Walla fair er the
Oregon State fair at Salem.
Veteran Balloonist at Cliehalis.
CHEHAXJS, Wash., June 2S. (Spe
cial.) Captain Park A. Van Tassell.
the veteran aeronaut, who has been
engaged to make the balloon ascen
sions for Chehalis" big celebration July
4 and 5, has arrived. Captain Van
Tas&ell made the first balloon ascension
In the State of Washington, with a
parachute drop, at Seattle in 1SS7. Since
that time he has traveled over much of
the world, having spent 11 years bal
looning' in India.
FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT BANDS WILL COMBINE IN CONCERT IN AUGUST TO RAISE MONEY TO SEND THE FIRE BAND TO NEW YORK CONVENTION.
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