TIIE SUNDAY OREGONTAX, POKTLAXD, JUNE 20,- 1915. 9 i- WEALTH OF OREGON MINES SHOWN IN EXHIBIT TO THRONGS AT FAIR Displays, Impressive, Representative and Complete, Contain Everything From Most Precious Ores to Stones Obtained Only for Value as Trinkets Moth of Credit Ib Given to Director of Bureau. . .0 j.i .vs- -a " " 7 w .- - ....... ..-.x,. - - -v ",'-.&- T'- -"'-tt- - i ' 5g" : --wr -.-vj.r;r JV)'.IHJJBI ,. IJB jWH JMllly HIMtf B ? 1 W .WW - " V.M. M I " ..JLJi s - BT AUH J.STAEHU. OREGON BUILDING, Panama - pa cific International Exposition, San Francisco. June 19. (Special.) fcJtill another great display of Oregon's natural wealth was shown to the Panama - Pacific Exposition crowds when the mining: exhibit in the Palace of Mines waa thrown open to the pub lic. At a glance it is seen' to be impres sive, representative and most complete, showing everything: from the most pre cious of ores to stones mined and col lected for their value as trinkets. The arrangement of the exhibit it self has been planned carefully to catch the -eye Of the man who has merely time to glance at the minerals from the aisle. The exhibit contains 125,000 worth of gold, platinum and other ores, fully covered by insurance. Maps Show Ore Qualities. In the center of the booth a large relief map of Oregon shows graphical ly the nature of the mining sections with all data concerning such districts. Around this map are grouped the high grade ores and free-gold displays. Oregon has one of the richest free Sold displays in the building. One of the attractive Oregon exhibits is that of the Logan placers In Josephine Coun ty, ebowing 25 ounces of platinum. The First National Bank of Baker has on display a nugget containing 80.4 ounces or gold, which Is worth more than $1800. Another interesting display from that part of th state is that of the Columbia, mine, which shows the prod Met of that revenue producer of 20 years' standing. Result of Dredging Shown. The Powder River Dredging Com pany of Sumpter shows the results of dredging. The display is arranged most attractively In a case containing xnany email watch crystals filled with the gold. In the bright light of the place the pans loom up like a huge electric sign forming th words "Made In Oregon." The Cornucopia Mines Company, of New Tork. also of Eastern Oregon, k chows samples of ores and the methods of extracting the gold. In the same case is a display of the Baker Mines Company and some ores which assay 4J0.000 to the ton. A gold bar shows the final result of treatment. Some Telluride ores also are shown; these, too. being found in Eastern Ore gon. A huge gold boulder, found at the head of Pine Creek, Baker County, Is supported on a tripod. The Josephine County exhibit of gold auid platinum is particularly interest ing because it is not generally known that Oregon is the only platinum pro ducer outside of the Ural Mountains of Europe. The Josephine CoUnty Bank also has a. heavy display of placer gold, show ing the liberal distribution of the free gold in the rich Southern Oregon sec tions. The Belmont mine of Grant County has an exhibit of crystallized gold tha.; Is attracting attention from students of geology. Quarts Specimens Attractive. Another attractive specimen is that of gold and jasper quartz owned by J. H. Parker, of the First National Bank of Baker. Among the novelties is the display of nugget Jewelry lent by Mrs. A. B. Cornell, of Grants Pass. Dave Beard, of Baker, is the owner of a nugget chain worth many hundred dollars. The largest exhibitor of free geld is Fred H. MelliS, of Baker. Mr. Mellls 1 the custodian of the booth and re sponsible for many of the interesting displays. He is the man who repre sented Oregon mining at St. Louis, Buffalo, Lewis and Clark and Charles town expositions. In the rear of the booth is a collec tion of transparencies taken from all sections of Oregon, showing pictorial y the mines and surroundings in the ore districts of the state. 'Building stones form an attractive: corner of the booth. The specialties! - r , - ; x 1 - - ;t" - 'CV . - - 1 I . t , r ; shown Are Ashland and Haines gran ites, Wallowa black marble and Sand stones. The members of the Bureau of Mines Commission are H. N. Lawrie, J. F. tteddy, W. C. Fellows, R. M. Betts, J. L. SUTHERLIN IS AWAITING ADVANCE OF A RAILROAD Addison BennettWrites of Rapidly-Growing Town and Its Hospitality. Timber and Lumbering Industry Found to Contain Great Latent Wealth. BT addison Bennett. I UTiiiiKLiw, ur., June iz. Suther- j -m nn is an easy piace to get to put ' a hard place to leave. Perhaps dif ficult would be a better Word than hard. Anyhow, after being in Suth erlin for a few days, or even a few hours, and becoming acquainted with the people, it is rather a trying ordeal to say good-bye to them, for they Just pile courtesies On one until you feel that the report going abroad that they are the most hospitable people in Ore gon is not overdrawn. Just now it is particularly difficult to escape the attentions of the towns people, for the splendid new hotel is now under the management of Fen Waite and the others of the Waite fam ily are living there. If there are any better hosts or hostesses in the West than the Waites I have never met them, in home or public. It will be rememebered that when Sutherlln was first started by Frank Waite and his associates about seven years ago they built a small but quaint and beautiful little hotel. It had but one had. feature it Was too small.. The building burned a few years ago and now on the old site stands a splendid two-story brick building 100x120 feet in size. With tbout 40 sleeping rooms and a fine assembly or ballroom above and a great office, a large dining-room, a sun parlor, breakfast-room and. a nrOUT y Wood. President Campbell, of Oregon University, and President Kerr, of the Oregon Agricultural College. Much of the credit for the exhibit goes to H. M farks, the director for the Bureau of Mines. half dozen store rooms , on the lower noor. Timber Interests investigated. Primarily I came to Sutherlln to See how much wind and how much truth there is in the railroad and sawmill news we have been getting from here. i was fortunate in finding R. M. Fox at home. Mr. Fox is the Oregon man ager of the Roach Timber Company ana maxes sutherlln his home. The Roach company owns about 44.000 acres of timber, practically In a solid DOdy, in the mountains to the east of here, and adjacent to this there are other smaller tracts aggregating 30,- uwo acres that must Seek outlet down the Calapooia Creek. About a year ago there was organized by the Roaches a railroad company, entitled the Suther lln, Coos Bay and Eastern. They at once proceeded to make surveys and acquire the right of way for a railroad reacning Irora Sutherlln about 30 miles up Into their timber holdings. The surveys were completed and five miles of the road graded before the rains set in last Fall. They are Just now get ting ready to begin work again with a large force. They also acquired extensive tracts li an adjacent tract to Sutherlln for mill sites, and work on the first saw mill will soon begin. It is their in tention to have this mill ready for op eration as soon, as the railroad is ready to deliver timber. The first mill will have a capacity of 250.000 feet in ten hours, but as their trade is established they expect to put up two or -three other mills and have the sites secured for them. Work; Within lar Expected. Mr. Fox is the president and general manager of the railroad company and treasurer of the Roach Timber Com pany. He has recently acquired a fine orchard here and will soon begin build ing a fine dwelling thereon. This or chard lies Just in the east edge of town and is convenient to the site on which the mill and offices will be built. He says it Is now expected to have the first mill in operation, and of course tha railroad also, by the first Of July of next year. In addition to the 30 miles of stahdard-built railroad it will take, according to plans drawn. 12? miles of logging . roads. Perhaps no body of timber was ever more thoroughly cruised and a plan of felling and deliv ering the logs to railroad for hauling out than has been made on the Roach tract under th auspices of Mr. Fox. They know every tree, practically, and every rise and fall of the land in fact, the topographical survey made and mapped is a wonder of information and accuracy. It is pretty safe to Say that the re ports we have been hearing have Tia wind in them. This road Is to be built, the mills are to be erected, with their accompanying drying, planing and stor age plants, and Sutherlln is going to expand into a city before the outsiders are aware of it- Tovt-n'a Brvwtlt Coed. During the last year the town has made a fine growth. Aside from the hotel three or four nice storerooms have been built and a good number of substantial residences. Also nearly two miles of' street paving has been put down. Mark N. Tinsdale, president of the First State Bank, the only bank ing institution now here, says their de posits have increased over 60 per cent since the 16th of November, 1413. when the present owners acquired it. In the meantime they have placed $5000 in a surplus fund and have undivided prof its of $9?0.18. Taking everything into considera tion, always remembering that the hundreds of acres of young orchards in the valley are Just coming into bear ing, this little town of Sutherlln surely has a rosy outlooks The place is de lightfully situated, there Is no finer climate in Oregon for crop raising or home making. Some day it will be one of the most thickly settled and most prosperous valleys in Oregon. And that day is not so far distant. FOURTH PLANS ELABORATE Vancouver Enlist Post In Schem of Celebration of Birthday. VANCOUVER. Wash., June 19. (Spe cial.) Big preparations are being made by a Committee of business men for the observance of the Fourth in Vancouver this year. It is planned to have, among other features, a marathon race on roller skates for boys under 16 years of age, Olympic games, music, speak ing, dancing and other forms of amuse ment. A committee called Ott C016hel Baker at Vancouver Barracks Tuesday artd received a promise that the post would do what it could toward assisting in the day's observance, and It is largely through this co-operation that the Olympic games will be held. A num ber of soldiers are now training under th direction of Lieutenant Hartz for the Olympic games at the San Fran cisco Faif, and this " programme of sports will be carried out by them. It is also planned to usher in the Fourth with a big mdonlight dance on the streets Saturday night ftnd to close the festivities Monday with a similar dance. NEW SCHOOL IS DEDICATED Closing Exercises Held at Gilbert Station. With Programme. Dedication and graduation exercises if the new 117.000 school building in district 45, at Gilbert Station, on the Estacada carline, were held uriaay evening. May 28, the auditorium being" filled and a number of addresses given. Among the speakers were County Su perintendent Armstrong, Judge Gatens. Mrs. Hogue and Superintendents Carey ahd Gilbert. Among the -graduates taking part in the programme were: Robin Reed, Hil da McTaggart, Hazel Burse and Fred La Mear. A flag was presented to the school by Mrs. Myers on behalf of the former students of the school. Mrs. uavia Pierce Mathews, who has been princi pal of the School for five years, was presented with a gift by the graduating class, the presentation being maoe Dy Mr, Anderson, school Clerk. Other numbers on the programme were: Music bv the Gilbert Band and by the Brooklyn Juvenile Orchestra, vi olin solos by Miss Marie cnapman, vi olin solos by Percy Gates. 50,,000 Acres Settled Near Vale. VALffi, Or.. June i9. (Special.) The Government Land Office hers has al lowed homestead applications amount ing to upwards of D0.000 acres since January 1. To this amount must be added eoOo acres taken under the desert act and Isolated tract 'selection. Since the report Of JUnS 12 10,800 acres have been located in the Sucker Creek dis trict for potassium deposits. This amount, added to that already appro' priated for potassium, makes about 60,000 acres, taken for the purpose of extracting the various potassium com pounds contained therein. MISSIONARY BISHOP WHO SI'EAKS TODAY. r 'i Bishop Frank W. Warn. A feature of the services' at the Centenary Methodist Episco pal Church this morning will be the presence of Bishop Frank W. Warne, of India, who will de liver the 11 o'clock sermon. Bishop Warns has passed a num ber of years In India, where he first went as a missionary, later being raised to bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church there. He is making a tour of the United States before returning to his labors in India. Irt th6 even ing Bishop Warn will speak at Salem. . . -:- FOSSIL BED AGAIN LOCATED BY PARTY FROM PORTLAND ON JAUNT INTO HILLS Impressions of Various Leaves Left in Rock by Work of Nature Throughout Ages Trip into Wilds Found spiring by. Quartet Who Reluctantly Part With Wonders of Woods. v. - '..y.. NATURE'S RELICS Among the most notable fossil beds that have been uncovered in the Pacific Northwest is the Wlnstanley deposits along Buck creek. In ths Bull Run country. On a recent trip to this deposit, made by Professor Norman E. Coleman, of Reed College. Harry K. Moore, J. B. Wlnstanley and E. B. MacNaughton. interesting specimens were secured and brought to Portland. The fossil leaves are of the Miocene age, scientists say, and are perfectly preserved In fossil form in the rocks that have been deposited 'through countless ages. BY J. B. W INST AN LEY. - TO "THOSE using the auto as a meAns bt travel on pleasure ex cursions and also to those more humble Individuals who depend upon the . old reliable "shanks' mare," there is a wealth of delightful territory Sround Portland awaiting exploration. It . needs only determination and a love for the Open road to start one out on the trail of the most companionable of country highways, all easy of access, teeming with color, redolent with tonic odors and rich in scenic qualities pe culiar to this part of our country. Such excursions may take the form of extensive expeditions to distant points or short" week-end hikes over neighboring hills. Whatever form they take, the results are the same, better health, a joy in the "out of doors" and a steadily-growing affection . for our great State of Oregon. On just such an expedition. Imbued with the, zeal "to seek, to strive, to find" a quartet of Portland folk started last Saturday for a week-end tramp back to nature. In the party were Pro fessor Norman E Coleman, of Reed College: Harry'K. Moore, J. B. Winstan ley and E. B. MacNaughton. The car was taken at First and Alder streets for Bull Run, on the Sandy River, where a preliminary hike waS made inspecting the power plant, its reser voir and the streams of the Sandy and Bull Run rivers. Conspicuous in many places were no tices of the Portland Water Board warning against trespass upon the Bull Run preserve, and as we read them and looked off east up the gorge of the river to old Mount Hood we felt for the moment like Moses looking out into the promised, but forbidden, land. . Not finding id the view any arguments for or against the much-talked meter ques tion we returned, after a campf Ire meal, to the little rustic inn by the Bull Run bridge and passed the night. Fossil Seda Is Goal. At daybreak the start wa,s made in the crisp mountain air, dust-free and sweet with the odors of the firs, on the first leg of a lS-mile tramp. After two miles of uphill climb a sufficiently keen appetite had been developed and breakfast was cooked and eaten by the side of. a noisy little mountain brook. Continuing the climb up the hill road leading north out of Bull Run, we final ly came to the great level plateau vis ible at several points in Multnomah County. Several valleys were crossed in the northwest tramp across this plateau, which has been boldly carved to a depth of several hundred feet by streams such as Trout Creek. Gordon Creek and Buck Creek, which . rush downward to the parent of them all, the Sandy River. A trip up any of these creeks is a Worthy effort, physically and scenical iy. for the trails are rough with boul ders, fallen trees and a tan pie of brake and vines. Many a wily fisherman has made the assent, whipping the stream at every likely pool, only to come back again defeated by the more wily trout. However, we were not fishing. Our search, for we had a serious motive to inspire our trip In addition to the pleas ure, was to find again the fossil bed that had been discovered some years ago by one of the party and named by the Government geological experts "Winstanley deposits," in his honor. The bed is to be found after a strenu ous climb up the north bank of the Buck Creek, the last of the three prin cipal streams crossed. Lake's Presence Once indicated. The little valley was found to nar row rapidly, the walls becoming too Steep to climb, and. cliffs exposed them selves on either side. They are not Composed of the usuaal volcanic rock, which is the general or "country" rock all over this area. They are built part ly of cement gravel, more or less in durated clays and coarse - textured sandstones, which have been disturbed little from the horizontal position In which they were late Originally. These beds also are . exposed In a number of other localities, notably at the north end Of the new Sandy RiVer bridge, near the Automobile Club and at several other places along the Sandy River and its tributaries. These de posits indicate that at some former period this entire section was covered by a lake, as told so graphically in Professor Condon's well-known book, "The Two Islands." Closer Inspection 6f the cliff dis closed a layer several inches thick of gray stone, too- fine In texture ahd light in weight to be sandstone. As a reward for this side trip we found this volcanic ash bed (for that is what It proved to be) contains imprisoned in Its strata a profusion of fossil leaves. A few blows Of the hammer disclosed layer upon layef of them, all beauti fully preserved, clear in Vetning and outline. There are oak leaves in great abun J. OF EARLY AGES, UNCOVERED ON JAUNT INTO HILLS. dance. Inter-meshed with some willow and twigs of yew. Carefully wrapped Specimens were stowed in our packs to be brought carefully out for closer study. The stone Shows many lay ers of leaves, piled thickly one over an other, all wonderfully lifelike, making so thick a mass that it IS difficult to get out a single perfect specimen. There are three species of oak (Quer cus), all of them belonging to the white oak type, two of them being not great ly unlike the living QUercus Carryana. The other one Is nearest to Quercus Payettensls (Knowlton). an extinct form of oak now fouhd fossil along the old lake shore benches Of the Payette for mation -of Idaho. The age of these leaves? Leaves Preaerved Thramtcn Ages. Obviously they were laid down and covered by their mantle of ashes ages ago, when Seome neighboring volcano was active. Then hundreds of feet in thicknossof other deposits were formed above them, with the consequent mak ing and changing of the drainage basin. Since then the tooth of time has eroded through this mass down to it3 present stream level. It has made legible the story of the growth and de HONOR - IS PAID PIONEER Mrs. Elizabeth Geoghegan, of Van couver, Entertained at Party. VANCOUVER,, Wash., June 19. (Special.) In hohor of Mrs. Elizabeth Geoghegan, resident of Vancouver for GO years and widow of the late J. D. Geoghegan, who died 19 years ago, a party was given at her home last Sun day night. Mrs. Geoghegan is a native of Ar kansas. 1 She went to New York with her parents and made the Journey by boat to Panama, crossed the Isthmus, went by boat to San FYanclsco, and by boat from there to Vancouver Bar racks, "(Vhere she was married to Mr. Geoghegan. He was In the United States Land Office . for eight years, and at the time of his death was chief clerk in the post. BABY SHOW IS PLANNED Ladies' Civic Club of Vale Arrang ing for tsvent September 1. VALE, Or., June 19. (Special.) The Ladies' Civic Improvement Club of Vale has. perfected arrangements to hold a 'babies' improvement convention" St Vale September 1, 2 and J. A committee consisting of Mrs. Bruce R. Kester. Mrs. John Rigby and Mrs. PORTLANDERS WHO DEPARTED YESTERDAY FOR WALK TO SAN FRANCISCO. - . . , LEFT TO RIGHT MRS. GRACE MILLKR. MRS. JA.NE NOAH, MAR GARET NOAH, HAKIE 31 ILLEK. Outdoor life and the Panama-Pacific Exposition were the two main attractions that lured four Portland women into starting yesterday for a Walk from Portland to the Panama"-Pacific Exposition. The four are Mrs. Jane Noah, of 426 North Twenty-second street; her daugh ter, Margaret, aged 9: Mrs. Grace Miller, of 296 North Twenty-first street, and her daughter, Marie, aged 15. With small packs of blankets and a few other necessities the four departed yesterday. They Intend to go straight through to San Francisco by Way of Roseburg and Medford. They expect to be on the road about two months. '"It is a trip for health and pleasure and to see the exposition," said Mrs. Noah yesterday before the departure. "We are not going with out money, but we intend to work alosg the way to help pay our ex penses. WS are going aimed and provisioned for any sort of weath er we may encounter. We expect to be on the way about two months." The qddrtet had to hurry to get away yesterday. The plan origin ally was to start today but it was discovered at the last minute that it wis the 13th so the departure was put one day ahead. "We are tiot Superstitions," said Mrs. Noah, "but we didn't want to start oh the 13th." In- 7 o . . -' velopment of these beds and has made it possible to show in a picture how wonderfully well nature can preserve even such frail forms as leaves. Scientists tell us that - these beds were laid down during the Miocene period. But scientists also-have a lav ish way Of lumping the years together into periods and ages with names that do not suggest the hours and minutes that have slipped by, one by on .to make up the unknowable time since these leaves were a part of the land scape. After our rediscovery of the fossil bed camp was made for the noonday meal, which was sweetened and Spiced with the chat of campflre comrades. After a siesta the road was taken once more for the final climb, still northward, over the divide between the Sandy and the Columbia rivers to the highway and Chanticleer. Here it Is always in or der to rest and feast one's soul upon the grandeur of the vlefv. The train for home wss soort due to arrive at Rooster Rock, the northern terminus of our hike, and we were forced to leave the view and the prom ise of a magnificent sunset and hike at high gear down the old road down to the station and Portland. R. E. Weant visited Ontario June 14 to consult with the physicians and Im provement Club of that city. The physi cians will- all take part in the exam ination, making the affair county wide. There will be no prizes. Provision will be made for two lectures each day for mothers by trained nurses on the care and diet of babies. Several ad dresses also will be made by examin ing physicians. WOODLAND FAIR ARRANGED Portland and Seattle Merchants Liberal in Offering PriieS. WOODLANt), Wash., June 19. (Spe cial.) Everything is progressing sat isfactorily as regards the sixth annual fair to be held at Woodland September 23, 24, 25. and from present indica tions it will show growth over that of 1914. Manufacturers, wholesalers and Job bers of Portland, Seattle and other points have responded generously irt the offers of premiums, and the local people's and the Fair Association's pre miums will be bigger and better than ever. The grounds are being improved, new pens and additions to the build ings erected and all indications are that th fair will be successful. ' m Thirteen farmers ffom South Dakota hava bought farms in Williston, Vt.. believing tha advantages greater in the East.