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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1914)
14 tHE STJJfDAY OREGOXIAJf, POItTIiAND, OCTOBER 4, 1914. LAND SHOW SPACE NEARLY ALL TAKEN Contract Awarded for Two Temporary Structures to Provide More Room. (Indications now are that profitable crops will be harvested shortly from the grove. ARMORY FLOOR SOLD OUT Plans Made for Entertainment and Eugene Club Has Promised to Bring Strong Delegation as Have Other Organizations.. With award of the contract for building two temporary exposition structures, award of the contract for en extensive and beautiful system of decorations and lighting of the inte rior of the Armory and the other two buildings and the sale of 90 per cent of the exhibit spacoe. President Dunne and the executive committee of the Manufactures and Land Products Show feel that good progress has been made. The most pleasing feature of this Wg show was the intense interest and co-operation shown not only by the development leagues, commercial clubs, realty exchanges and County Courts of the state, but also by hun dreds of manufacturers. Every space but one, a 9xl0-foot booth, have been sold, assuring 150 different exhibitors, 85 per cent of .whom are manufacturers of Portland. The executive staff of the Manufac turers' and Land Products Show will be Increased, starting from the present week, Lloyd W. McDowell having been named as director of publicity and spe cial days and events. Mr. McDowell has just completed a two years' cam paign of publicity for Louis W. Hill, of the Great Northern Railway. Manager Buckley has also appointed O. E. Freytag. of the Oregon City Commercial Club, superintendent of land exhibits. Mr. Freytag will have entire charge of all exhibits. Including the manufacturers" and machinery de partment. , Mrs. E. T. Hughes has been chosen woman commissioner, "W. C. Beebe su perintendent of concessions and Miss M. Fritzen chief office clerk. The ticket sellers and the general em ployes, together with the superintend ent of lectures and lecture-rooms will be appolnte'next week. - M. J. Duryea, secretary of the Com mercial Club of Eugene, has informed Manager Buckley that the board of governors of that club have decided turn out for a big celebration Eugene day. Mr. Duryea will be in Portland throughout the entire exposition. Su perintendent Alderman says Saturday, November 14, will be acceptable as school children's day. The Progres sive Business Men's Club has selected Thursday, October 29, a,s its day, and it is also Willamttte Valley day. A luncheon for Willamette Valley club officials has been proposed. . The Young Men's Christian Associa tion has decided to have a night and will furnish a musical and athletic programme. The executive committee of the Playground and Recreation As sociation of America voted to accept the invitation of the Manufacturers' and Land Products Show. DENTAL SOCIETY TO DINE Many Guests Will Hear Talks at Commercial Club Tomorrow. i Several hundred guests have been in vited to a welfare luncheon In the Ro earian room of the Commercial Club tomorrow noon given by the Oregon fiociety for Dental Education. Dr. W. T. Foster, president of Reed College, will preside. The following speeches will be de livered: "Present Dental Laws of Ore gon, the Laws of Other States and the Need of High Professional Standards," by Herbert C. Miller, president of the North Pacific College of Dentistry and Pharmacy; "Dangers of the Dentistry Bill," by William F. Woodward; "The Dentistry Bill From the Viewpoint of the Naturalized Citizen," by J. Sloan Brennan. and ''Importance and Need of Mouth Hygiene," by Mrs. Margaret Thoroman, of the Associated Charities. MANY VISIT CRATER LAKE People Who See Park to September, 1914, Excels Number of '1913. MEDFORD, Or. Oct. 3. (Special.) Will G. Steel, superintendent of the Crater Lake National Park, announced tonight that all records for attendance at the park had been broken in the season of 1914. In 1913 the travel to September 27 totaled E826 people and In 1914 the total September 27, was 6947. During the season of 1913 only 760 automobiles visited the park and this year up to September 27, 1252 had visited the park. The figures on the entire season "have not been compiled and with the pres ent good weather trips to the lake are BtlU being made. The total travel in 1913 for the entire season amounted to 6253, the total this year promises to be at least 7000. ROAD OPENING POSTPONED Columbia High-way Xot to Be Visited Because of Heavy Rains. . Just when Portland will be able to' take a look at the Columbia River Highway, as it is today, is uncertain. It will not be opened officially today by Roadmaster J. B. Teon. This year the Columbia River High way has been graded, but the surfacing will be done next year. The rain of the past week makes the road Im passable in places, and for that. reason the opening has been postponed in definitely. The next opening day will not be announced by Mr. Teon until he is sure that the weather will be favorable long enough to give Portland people a chance to go over the road. BIG WALNUT CROP IN SIGHT Fifty-Acre Grove Gives Promise of Heavy Returns Soon. DUNDEE, Or., Oct. 3. (Special.) Charles Trunk and Thomas Prince, of Dundee, have one of the best walnut groves in the Willamette Valley. The trees are 5, 6, 8 to 9 years old. and are a mixture of seedlings and grafted. The S and the 9-year-old trees are bearing heavily and there are a few nuts on the 5 and the 6year-old trees. Great care has been exercised by the owners to keep the trees well pruned, nd the ground in a high state of cul tivation, and to replace all trees that were too early or too late in blooming. HIGHWAY WORK UNDER WAY Stretch South of Toledo Is Xearly Completed. TOLEDO, .Wash.. Oct. 3. (Special.) Work on the Pacific Highway south of Toledo, which has been going on for months past, is nearing completion. Gravel has been laid from the Salmon Creek bridge to the top of the hill and the crew is now working between To ledo and the bridge. To the north of Toledo the first mile of the 16-foot paved roadway is open to travel and the grading on the addi tional half mile of concrete is prac tically finished. This will carry the improvement northward across Cowlitz prairie to a point north of the school- COTTAGE GROVE EXHIBITORS CARRY OFF PRIZES. i s t Photo by Armstrong. Earl Stewart. COTTAGE GROVE, Or, Oct. 3. (Special.) Cottage Grove carried off several high honors at the recent County Fair at Eugene. Earl Stewart, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stewart, won the Great Northern , silver loving cup for the best In dividual display of grains, grasses and vegetables. Miss Nora Hubbell, l-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hub bell, with an exhibit of 54 cans of fruits and vegetables, won a beautiful silver cup. Cottage Grove Grange won a $100 prize for the third best exhibit by granges of the county. Jacob Maler won several prizes for vegetable exhibits in the school industrial department. Earl Stew art alse won several cash prizes with his vegetables. house. Mfltprifll la Violniy r.Ii.J l pround and It is planned to finish the ua.ii in ue tnis iair. xnis work Is be ing done with permanent road fund money. REBEKAHS WILL CONVENE Baker and Malheur Lodges to Hold Annual Session Wednesday. BAKER. Or., Oct. 3. (Special.) The annual convention of District No. 25 of the Daughters of Rebekah of Oregon will meet in Baker Wednesday. There will be eight lodges from Baker and Malheur counties represented. In con Junction with the regular business ses sions there will be a banquet for the delegates by the Baker lodge. . Mrs. Kate Lando, of Marshfield. pres ident of the Rebekah Assembly of Ore gon, will take part in the convention. Following lodges will be represented: Baker, Richland, Drewsey, Malheur, Sumpter, North Powder, Haines and Halfway. Douglas Registration Grows. ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 3 Registra tion of voters in Douglas County has increased materially during the past few days, and at times as many as three clerks have been busy at the registration desk at the Courthouse. In addition to the state and district offi cers, state-wide prohibition and the many other amendments, there are a number of local issues which are caus ing the voters to register. Sllverton Wins Pastor's Return. 6ILVERTON, Or., Oct. 3. (Special.) Perhaps few announcements could be made which would bring pleasure to a greater number in this city than that Rev. W. R. F. Browne has been re turned as pastor of the Methodist Epis copal Church here. Mr. Browne was at Portland last week attending the an nual conference and the committee In charge saw fit to reappoint him to this place. MAX DIES OX FARM ON WHICH HE LOCATED IN 1874. 7-: : St :ssm!!s- T t I 3 V 4 v.V J - 7- 1 ! J-i S fcf i I v " t ti'S U It l ir turn. wmatfrfirwiiJ I v . ?.t j,- Joseph J. Jack. DUNDEE, Or., Oct. 3. (Spe cial.) The death of Joseph J. Jack, at his home near Farm ington, September 23, marked the passing of one of Washington County's most respected pioneers. Mr. Jack was born in West "Virginia October 16. 1847. He came to Oregon with his par ents in 185S. He married a Miss Letitia Robinson in 1874 and lo cated on a farm adjoining his father's, where he resided untii his death. He is survived by the widow and a son, George Jack, of Farmington. and a. daughter. Mrs. Ida Fredenthal, of East Portland; four brothers, Andrew Jack, of Hillsboro; Calvin, John and Albert, of Portland; three sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Rowell. of Scholls; Eunice Harris, of Cheney, Wash., and Amelia Campbell, of Laurel. MRS. TALBOT SUES MEN DOCTOR ASKS 120,000, CHARGING ATTEMPTED DEFAMATION. A. 91. Epatela and O. D. Forte Sought to Intoxicate and Dishonor Her by Many Plotn la Plaint. Charging that a malicious conspiracy was formed against her, Cora C. Tal bot yesterday brought suit against A. M. Epstein and-O. D. Forte for -120,000 damages. It isv alleged the two sought to defame her and ruin her reputa tion. In niTRll!)nia tVita .l.t t I. - v b.x.o I, it. 19 charged, a meeting was arranged be tween Liits piainini ana aeienoants at the Imperial Hotel August 21. when the need of discussing the campaign in which the defendants were engaged was mentioned and the plaintiff was taken to their room in the hotel. She says attempts were made to get her to drink intoxicants for the purpose of bringing her into disgrace. Last month, it is alleged, with the intent tn Pmiaa tha nlolntiff a crime, the defendants employed a de- icuuve una a young gin, ootn unknown to the plaintiff, and efforts were made to get the plaintiff to consent to per form a criminal operation on the girl, all, it is charged, with the Intent and purpose to bring disgrace upon the plaintiff, so that she could be accused of a criminal action. During August, it is stated, the de fendants Bent out letters signed with the name of the plaintiff to many per sons thrbUfcThnilt t 1 f ntntA nnr1 n . - result they received various sums of uavucj', mi uimnuwu io ner. ana wnich her friends believed, because of the forged letters, were received by her. It is also charged that the defendants have circulated rumors to the effect that the plaintiff has kept a man. at her house for immoral TinmAaAa - 1 v- cause of being harassed and prevented iium aiienamg to ner profession as a physician, she had been damaged to the amount of 310,000, and she has suf fered worry and mental and physical pain that has confined her to her bed. For thefee injuries she asks a like sum. O. D. Forte, named as a defendant in the suit lajt nifht m,. An ing statement: I do not know that any such suit has been filed. I have not even been Served with ti;i noro o n H v. t . ( mation of proceedings I have seen is i cpui u in ain ar lernoon paper. To me the whole thing looks like a piece of political trickery hatched up to fur nish thunder for some campaign. If it develops, however, that the alleged suit has been brought in good faith I will have a statement to issue to the PUbliC that Will nrnhnhlv oh.J v. light on the motives behind the action w. i.n win ciariry tna entire sit uation." - ' " i $1,000,000 MARK REACHED Portland Postal Savings Bank Sur passed by Few in United States. Portland now is one of the five 31,000, 000 postal savings banks in the United States. The million mark was passed yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when it was found that the deposits were Jl, 001,211. i This makes a gain of 3114,000 since the close of the fiscal year, June 30. The number of depositors Is 7234. The only postal savings banks in the coun try that exceed that of Portland in deposits are those of New York, Chi cago, Boston and Brooklyn. John Shilloclc's Brother Dies. John Shillock, attorney, of 601 East Forty-second street, yesterday received a telegram from his brother, Awart Shillock, at Mound, Minn., their old home, telling of the death of their brother, George Shillock, at Tulsa, Okla. He was 37 years old and the youngest son of the family. The mother and two daughters, with Awart Shil lock, live at Mound. Another brother. Max Shillock, who was a resident of Portland, died several years ago. Think It Over "There must be a reason'"'. for my continuous increasing Diamond business and every purchaser being a satisfied cus tomer and booster. BETTER VALUES , BEST QUALITY TRUTHFUL STATEMENTS ONEPRICE TO ALL Are the reasons which make my store the logical place to buy 'your diamonds. If you have never dealt- with me, call in. : Let's explain to you the differ ence in diamonds, and show you how much better you can do here than elsewhere. Credit Accomodations Without Extra Ckircei FELIX BLOCH Largest Diamond Dealer in Oregon 283 Morrison St. Bet. 4th and 5th. Formerly -MARX A BLOCH Nice Steinway upright ?287. Read page 14, this ' section. I paid Dr. Brown: now I quit. Lucore. Read page 14, this section. Adv. I Quit "This. Not a - Piano .eft Unsold Here Is the Last Read' That! These New $97.20 for Week! Pianos 0 VaS lies All Others Equally Low GRANDS. Grand pianos now for less than the same quality uprights would cost at any other time; 1700 values now 3337, 800 values now 3446 and $950 values now 3518, all old reliable established makes. Also many other pianos not listed here, and I want to say to you right now that you can secure almost any make of piano you desire- Some of the Pianos in This Sale: Chickering, Knabe, Behning, Wegman, Lester, Steinway, Steck, Weber, Emerson, Schumann, Weber Pianolas, Steck Pianolas, Vose & Sons, Briggs, Estey, Ludwig, Hobart M. Cable, Hallet & Davis. In fact, you will find almost any make, either in an Upright. Player or Grand Piano. Fl'RTHER PARTICULARS. Some particular values we have left to offer at whatever they will brin: $950 Weber Pianola Piano $527. This is the finest and best ever made by the Aeolian Company; also a $1500 combi nation of Lester Grand-Pianola, $66G; $500 Combination Burmeister-Pianola. $218: $600 or $700 Kingsbury Player Piano, 88-note. now $335. Any Terms Any Price To Go r yui Wife WXAS0MR$ BUY 4 ISMAIL PAY? J8W vF0 : 1 r I w tut. 'fCfsrcoi,: f tk-v 3!jz. a ;-i,;v't nrevmis f"'-CSfiC yew Any Terms Any Price To Go HERE IS THE LAST CALL! I paid Dr. Brown this week's rent. No more. Even if I am obliged to sell every piano for $25 each or less. Tomorrow morn ing I am going to start selling pianos at anything they will bring $48, $68, $87 and $97.20 for new pianos worth on any market $250 to $300. All others equally low. Many of the highest-grade Pianos, Player Pianos and Baby Grand Pianos. There Are $850 Player Pianos for Only $188 88-Note Of Course Used, But You Could Hardly Tell It Many Others New Ones $700 to $850 Values, $287, $387, $437 - Upright and Grand Pianos Equally Low $250 New Upright Pianos, $97.20 :ii VET 1 -.-4 hi '-f!1" New $1000 Grand Pianos, $437 But Remember This Is the Last Call! We Close Out This 'Week, at Some Price. I Have Paid My Last Rent. LUCORE The Sale of the T1 Under Authority of Order of the Court E. LUCO (T Open Evenings Until 9 o' Clock RE Agent and Creditors' Representative 38S Morrison Street