TIIE SUNDAY OREGONTAX, POKTLAXD, JUNE 20,- 1915.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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Thirteen farmers ffom South Dakota hava
bought farms in Williston, Vt.. believing tha
advantages greater in the East.