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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1915)
TOURIST TRAVEL IS HELD BIG RESOURCE Rufus C. Holman Says Oregon fc Is Losing Wonderful Op . , portunity for Profit. GOOD ROADS ADVOCATED Comparison With Switzerland Made and Sussestlon Is That Visitor Instead of Staying Single Day Mayliemaln Several. BY RVVVS C. HOLMAN. This Summer approximately 100,000 Port a mnth passed through nPH Tr""1 "Passing- Is the correct word The average stay was less than one day each. If. by a careful expenditure of pub lic money, certain public works can be carried on so that the territory trib utary to Portland may become so at tractive to our visitors that they will prolong- their stay with us to an aver age of three days each, then the laun dry industry alone will be benefited to the extent of 150,000 a month, to say nothing of the financial advantage of the hotels, restaurants, retail mer chants, farmers and transportation companies. The American people spent hundreds of millions of dollars in Europe in 1313. Switzerland, with but one-sixteenth the area of Oregon, does not produce from her soil enough food and clothing to supply her own people. Her Imports exceed her exports annually by more than 20 per cent; yet she has magnificent scenery and is prosperous. She has, by fine roads and attractive taverns, made her scenery easily avail able, with the result that thousands upon thousands of tourists have visited that unproductive country annually. Money Well Distributed. These tourists, who came to view the mountains, lakes and falls, stayed to buy hotel service, watches, jewelry, textile goods, and a large share of all the other commodities, the manufactur ing of which gives employment to her people. This tourist money is distrib uted more thoroughly among her peo ple than Is the revenue from any other source, for everyone who serves re ceives from the tourist in proportion to his service. Oregon is the promised land. Ore gon can come into her own at last, but she must act. She must not continue to be content to depend upon her timber industry alone. By means of fine high ways and motorcars, a resource can be added to our commercial life that not only can be enjoyed by our own people, but one that will give our own people a prosperity that will reward the energetic and industrious for their labor more handsomely than does the harvest of any of her other crops. The farmers' interest in these roads runs parallel to the interest of the tourist. The same road that enchants the tour ist serves the farmer. The highways must lead away from the cities to interesting places and must be such that they can be trav eled in comfort and safety. There must be suitable and convenient taverns along the roads, where the traveler can refresh himself. Good Roads Advocated. By a united effort we soon should be able to offer the tourists of the world a completed Columbia River Highway reaching from the seacoa3t to The Dalles, along the wonderful Co lumbia River, for 200 miles: a road around the eastern slope of Mount Hood, connecting the present Hood River County roads with the Wemme road at Government Camp; a system of roads along the ridge of our west ern hills reaching from Fairmont boul evard. 1000 feet above the city on the south, to Holbrook. on the north; a fine road on each bank of the beauti ful Willamette to the falls at Oregon City; the Interstate bridge at Vancou ver completed, and the Baracks and the excellent roads radiating from that quaint old historic town available, and our own local roads paved and lined with ornamental shade trees. This year we are losing the cost of the Columbia River Highway by not having it completed by not being ready. Shall we continue to lose the value of our road expenditures by be ing too late? The budgets for county road work for next year are now being prepared. This is the time to act. What are the County Courts going to do? REFUGE HOME BOARD DINES Women Poctors Complimented at Annual Imnchwm. On Thursday at the Commercial Club the (?overninsr board of the Florence Crittenton Refuse Home, composed of Mr. R. K. Brlstow, Mrs. R. R. Steele. Mrs. AV. II. Doane, Mrs. A. L. Lucas, Mrs. Horace Ramsdell and J. C. Olds, pave their annual luncheon, compli mentiny the medical staff of the instl- (Ulion, l r. v-- uciuuub jt rv 111:11, . f .Tessip Mi-Gavin. Dr. Marv McLarhlan. lir. Mae Cardwell and Dr. Kitty Plum mer Gray. This annual meeting is for the pur pose of brinKing the board and staff (.loser together In working out the problems of this refuge home for un fortunate girls. The doctors are all busy professional women, but give their .services, advice and co-operation to the board. Under the superintendent, Mrs. Ward, this refuge is made a real home to these misguided children. The en tire work of this institution, where from 25 to "0 mothers and their babies are constantly being cared for, is done by the girU themselves as a practical training for their future employment. The charities committee of the Cham ber of Commerce, upon investigating the Institution recently, gave its hearty indorsement immediately, and felt a great community need was here met in a sensible and practical way. The home is located at Kast Thirty first and Kast Gllsan streets, and pub lic interest and inspection are invited -t all times. EVERETT FUGITIVE IS HELD Man, Wanted on Charge of Abscond ing witii wsn, js Arrested. Percival Rhine, wanted in Kverett. v asn.. on a. cnarne 01 grand larceny, was arrested at Kourth and Washing ton streets yesterday by City Detec tives Ln Salle and Leonard and will be turned over to the Washington state authorities today. Rhine was in the laundry business in Seattle for many years, but went bank rupt in 1913. Shortly after his bank ruptcy he was shot in the head while robbing a Seattle store and was com mitted to the penitentiary at Walla Walla for from one to 15 years. He was released a few :nonths ago and went to Kverett. There, -It is alleged, he rented two houses, sublet them, and absconded wtih the mcney paid, him. PORTLAND BOY IS CHOSEX PRESIDENT OF PACIFIC UNIVERSITY V -"l-At If A" J'- Wit M&iismt--i" 5-jys7zf V sjz ?Ar- 1 wO'J'A', PACIFIC UXTVERSITT. Forest Grove. Or., Oct. 2. (Special.) The past week has been one of great activity in stu dent affairs, contests having been waged for the election of class officers. The results to date have been as fol lows: President of freshman class, Kenneth Irle, a -f-ortland boy, who is an all-star" basketball player and a likely candidate for a back-field posi tion in the varsity football team; pres ident of sophomore class, Harold Reed, who is a leader in the literary field and associate editor of the Weekly Index. The junior election results in the selection of John Morgan, of basket ball fame, as its president. The seniors elected James Rasmussen, football tackle and member of last year's var sity debating team. Another matter of interest has been the working out of a system of self government by the young women who are living in Herrick Hall. Under this system the girls have the entire man agement of the internal affairs of the hall and will enforce upon themselves the necessary disciplinary regulations. This is the first time that a body of college women in this state have taken upon themselves the full burden of se ganization, which is known as the Her is Miss Alvena Howard, a Portland gir member of the Philomathean Literary Much satisfaction is also expressed fact that this year's freshmen class of 5 from the leading high schools of Ore NEW DEVICES USED Baker Show Will Have Detec taphone and Rhonophone. DETECTIVE PLAY IS BILLED AV. J. Burns Assisted in Original Production and Agent Here Is Lending Instruments ITsed In Xoted Criminal Case. The detectaphone, the uncanny in strument which William J. Burns, the detective, used in ferreting out the Los Angeles Times building dynamite conspirators; and the rhonophone, a new device which records conversa tions supposedly secret, and repeats them on a phonograph when desired are two of the modern inventions which will be used on the Baker Theater stage this week in the production of the detective play, "The Argyle Case." "The Argyle Case" was written and produced originally with the aid of Detective Burns himself, and this week in the presentation at the . Baker, F. H. Alkus. Portland manager of the agency, is lending his assistance in equipping the production with the two interesting devices, which will show how the advance of science and cun ning has mado the detective's work a fine art. The detectaphone to be used in "The Argyle Case." according to Mr. Alkus. is the identical one that was used by Detectlva William J. Barns. ; : i iiiiiSiiHiiii I frtpmii v Ai ' i , j THE SUNDAY OREGOyiAX. PORTLAND, . OCTOBER 3, 1913. 11- r f ;- - - lf-government. The president of the or rlck Hall Self-Government Association, 1. who is a junior and a prominent Society. by the student body because of the 0 students includes 20 honor students gon and Washington. Mr. Burns in the investigation of the Los Angeles Times dynamiting case, the San Francisco graft investigation and hundreds of others, including some more or less notorious ones in Port land. The production at the Baker will show that when you walk into a man's office now-a-days with the idea of having a strictly private" conversa tion with him, you never can tell whether a witness or stenographer is sitting in another room taking every word you utter or not. There are also many other instances in which the introduction of this cun ning detector has created consterna tion among wrong-doers, for instance In cases of bankers noting interviews of clerks with prospective clients, rooms where suspected employes con gregate, servants' quarters and dress ing rooms, and all sorts of legal and criminal institutions, divorce and breach of promise cases, and the sure ness with which the device works will be demonstrated In "The Argyle Case." The rhonophone records the con-, versation just as the phonograph rec ords repeat, and this clinches the evi dence, as the play will show. MAYOR ASKS FIRE CAUTION Portland People Vrged to Partici pate In Movement. People of Portland are urged by Mayor Albee to Join in the observance of state-wide Fire-Prevention day next Saturday. In an appeal Issued yester day the Mayor says there is opportunity for all to do something to lessen fire danger. "This is one of the best of measures looking toward the elimination of dan ger to life and property from fire, and it is a movement in which every loyal citizen may join and to the success of which all may contribute." says Mayor Albee. "In this, the largest city of Oregon, there is opportunity in plenty for every one along fire-prevention lines, and it is the hope that next Sat urday may prove to be a day upon which much will be done. "A great deal has been accomplished In Portland since fire-prevention work was organized, and a very considerable reduction in the annual loss by flames has been wrought. The number of false alarms has been reduced and pub lic sentiment has been aroused to a decree never before known here. It is a splendid beginning, and must be con tinued until such time as we have brought about a condition where de struction of this kind is at a minimum, and we must then maintain that con dition. "Every home and business establish ment in Portland should be thoroughly examined next Saturday to make cer tain there Is no danger from fire. If every citizen utilizes this occasion for its Intended purpose, every one will be safer and the hazard from flames will have been largely, if not entirely, eliminated." Civil War Veteran Dies at Rose-burg. ROSEBl'RG. Or., Oct. 2. (Special.) William Wllhelm. aged 78 years and a veteran of the Civil War, died at the Soldiers Home here today after a brief illness. Mr. Wilhelm formerly lived in Medford. from which place he was ad mitted to the Home. Mr. Wilhelm is survived by a son, Emory, who lives in Spokane. Beautiful New Furniture Patterns at Jennings Now Jenning's, "The Home of Good Furniture," a name synonymous with all that is good in Furniture, invites you to their mammoth Furniture mart. Here you have the very choicest in every imaginable article in equipment for the home Furniture, Rugs, Carpets, Housefurnishings of Every Possible Need. AXMINSTER RUGS, These Axminster Rags Are the You who know Rugs is seldom equalled at Great special bargain on Kugrs. Kesrular $4. 54.50 Nearly 100 patterns to select from vP330 Over 1000 entirely new patterns in Rugs and A Revelation The New Garland Combination Range ill"" WJWV 'ift HEATING STOVES You will likewise be amply repaid to inspect our line of Coal and Wood Heating Stoves. Our Great Sale of General Household Furniture Continues. Every article of furniture in the store greatly reduced. Come, make your dollars do double duty. Large sales force at your command. and Morrion-S t. sr.w Liberal Terms of Credit When Desired Fifth SONG PRIZES FIXED Ad Club Will Give $125 for Best Loganberry Verse. STUDENTS TO TAKE PART Stop In Campaign to Advertise and Create Xew Markets' for Ore gon Industry Is Taken Con test Ends October 31. Here Is a chance for bright stu dents -In the public schools of the state and the universities, too, to make some money. The Portland Ad Club has decided to start a big campaign to advertise the loganberry and create new mar kets for this important Oregon Indus try. As the first step in the dtim paign. it has put up $250 in prizes for the students who submit the best songs on the subject of loganberry juice. The contest starts right away, and will continue until the night of Oc tober 31. That gives contestants a full month in which to whet their wits, look through the rhyming dic tionaries, and send in their songs. First Prize Will Be S133. The best song sent to the Portland Ad Club, Multnomah Hotel, Portland. Or., care of the song committee, by the night of October 31, will win the first prize of $125. The next best song will take a prize of $75. And the third best will win $50. That should be worth the time of any boy or girl, or young man or woman, to try for. The Ad Club intends to have tne best song adopted as an official song for the public schools of the state. The - prize-winning . composition will be published for distribution in the schools, with the pictures of the song authors printed on them. Of course it won't be necessary for contestants to compose the music for their songs. The words and verses and swinging chorus are what the Ad Club wants. The young authors may designate the tune to which their songs are adapted. Educators to Pass on Merits. A committee of five of the leading educators of the state will . pass on the merits of the songs. This com mittee will meet in the club rooms of the Chamber of Commerce shortly after the close of the contest, on a date that will be announced In the papers later. The committee will lis ten to the songs, which will be sung by singers selected by the contestants, or by singers engaged for the even ing. One of the big" objects of this con test is to awaken general interest in a campaign to get commercial organ izations of the state to pay more at tention to the development of Oregon's agricultural and horticultural prod ucts. At its regular luncheon last Wednes day, members of the Ad Club enter tained berry growers, fruit cannery men and loganberry juice manufactur ers of the Willamette Valley, and learned something- about the great mri?.8! Finest AxminsterRag and good Rugs will recognize this as an opportunity to this season of the year. To convince you, we ask you to uieiii oecunu nuur, main all 36x72 Axminster and S3. n. Oriental to the Housewife! Several years ago one never dreamed that the makers of these famous "Garland" Ranges could possibly improve mate rially on the range that had become so universal ly used. The surprise has come, nevertheless, and today we are show ing on our display floors a Range that is positive ly "bullet-proof," as far as its predecessors and rival stove-makers' in sinuations are consid ered. Every conceivable labor economy, conven ience and heating acquirement solved per fectly. To show the "Garland" Combination is a real pleasure. Ask for our Stove Salesman. enry Jenning & Sons 1 he Home of and Washington possibilities of the industry as & busi ness asset for the state. Committee for Campaign Kamed. To map out a state-wide advertis ing campaign with a view to advanc ing this industry and creating extens ive markets for fresh, dried and canned berries, and for loganberry Juice, a special committee was appointed, con sisting of George E. Waggoner, realty dealer, chairman: Uavid N. Mosessohn, publisher of "Oregon Country," and W. H. P. Hill, sales manager of the Northwestern Electric Company. They decided that the song contest among students of the public school and universities for the cash prizes named would be a good way to start things off. They also have other dis tinctive plans for advertising in view, which they believe will attract at tention to Oregon berries and logan berry Juice through the whole United States. "The Willamette Valley has as fine agricultural soil as there is in the world," said Mr. Waggoner last night. "The trouble at present is that too much of the farming is conducted in a desultory way. The only general market is for dairy products. Interest of Pupils Sought. "Now there ought to be Just as good a market and Just as big a market for the state's agricultural and horticul tural products. We must get more people out on the soil, show them how to organize their efforts for definite results, and help them create a mar ket for their products. "One of the biggest factors in Ore gon's future prosperity must be the settlement and productiveness of her agricultural lands, for our agricul tural population now Is far too small for the size of our cities. "We hope all the public school chil dren of the state and the young men and young women of the universities as well, will take an Interest in this contest and send us their songs." Additional Prizes Likely. To make the contest even more in teresting the Ad Club hopes to get Portland merchants to put up addi tional cash or merchandise prizes. Con testants should write on one side of the paper only, and must submit their names, addresses, age and school with their manuscripts. Just fo give an idea of how a song can be written about the loganberry as a theme, here is one by IDean Col lins that was sung by the Ad Club Quartet at the luncheon last Wednes day: LOGAN-BERRY JUICE. (Tune: "When You Wore m Tullp." 'Twas In a native garden that the Black berry w.s wed. And got his bride, 'tis said, a nice raspberry red; And now throughout the country the people hall her husky son. The Tozanberry, pride of Oregon. Though some itlll cling- to grape- Juice, or to stiffer drinks, as yet. The Loganberry is the Juice that's coming- up. you bet. Chorufc. Now no more our two lips Shall hanker for Juleps. Or sigh for beer that flows. For we can make merry On rich Loganberry, It's a urink the whole world knows. Oh we are tryln' To Imitate Bryin. But honest, we'd like to sluice Our throats with Oregon's very B-st red Loganberry, For that la the julel-st Juice. Sllversido Salmon Ilunning. GARDINER, Or, Oct. 2. (Special.) Silverside salmon have now begun to come into the Umpqua River and both canneries are operating. The season for silversides on the Umpqua is about two weeks late this year, but a good run seems assured. The run of chlnooks on the river Is about past, and was' light compared to former years. 5 and $19.85 store, eany iuonaay morning. Heavy long-wool nap Axminster Rugs, size 9x12. One of the very best Values offered. A wirfp rano-o nf . nnttprns: T?iVrt patterns or small all-over designs. Linoleums will be at your disposal tomorrow. "Way Sagless" Bedspring The Ideal Spring for Real Rest The Spring With National Fame We are exclusive Portland agents for the "Way Sagless" Bed Spring. It is an easy matter to speak highly of this Spring, as it has simply taken our salesmen by storm; it seems to speak for and sell itself. An entirely different feeling of rest will be your experience the first time you sleep on a "Way Sagless." Seeing is positive proof in the case of the "Way Sagless." Price 9.00 Beware of imitations. We are the only Portland agents. Iron and Brass Bed Sale 1 i IRON' ,B3ed..I.r..n.$2.40 J5.H0 Iron Bed $3.60 Good Furniture :. Sts. Also Second and LARCH PARTIES OFF Business Men Will Dedicate Trail on Peak Today. LEADERS LEAVE FOOD PACK Frank H. Hilton Will Be Master ot Ceremonies at Daybreak Slip pery Way Reduces Xum ber Leaving Iast Night. Braving lowering skies and threaten ing weather, lOu nature-lovers left yesterday for Larch Mountain, where at daybreak this morning ceremonies will be held on the summit of the peak, dedicating the trail, under the auspices of the Progressive Business Men's Club. The first party, numbering about B0, left Portland at 7:50 yesterday morn ing. Frank H. Hilton, chairman of the excursion committee, led the party, which reached the summit of Larch Mountain at a o'clock. Another de tachment, about equal in size, left Portland last night at 7 o'clock, led by Henry Hayek, chairman of the trail committee, and a smaller number left last midnight. The climbers going last night expect to reach the summit of the peak in time for the ceremonies at daybreak today. The return of all the parties will be made this afternoon, and they will arrive at Portland on the O.-W. R. &. N. train at 6:30. Trail la Reported Slippery. It is the Intention to make the re turn over the Benson Park trail from Its junction with the Larch Mountain trail on Multnomah Creek. J. P. Jaeger, a member of yesterday morning's party, telephoned to Port land over the Forestry Bureau tele phone from Larch Mountain, following the arrival there yesterday afternoon, that the trail was slippery and in some place logs had been hauled across it by the Bridal Veil Lumber Company, making the climbing somewhat dlfn cult. On this account, he advised that only experienced climbers Join last night's party. This cut down the num ber somewhat ot those going last night. Food Left Bjralad By Oversight. A pack train of several horses ac companied yesterday morning's party from Multnomah to the mountain, car rying tents and bedding for camping out there tonight- By a mischance, the food supplies to be taken along were left behind. The party had rather scanty rations, Mr. Jaeger reported. The delayed provisions were due to ar rive at the mountain at 2 o'clock this morning. Frank H. Hilton will be master of ceremonies at daybreak this morning on the mountain top. J. P. Jaeger, vice-president of the Progressive Busi ness Men's Club, will speak for that or ganization, which fathered the Larch Mountain trail. Henry Hayek will speak on the building of the trail and Its possibilities and Samuel C. Lan caster will then dedicate the trail. Irrigation projects under way or com pleted in thin country represent an acre age of 2.140,&;u and a coat ef more than $59,VO,0OO. buy fine Rugs, such as be in our Rucr Depart- Special. . . ib 1 V.OD Second and Morrison-St. Store We place on sale Monday morning- a consignment of Brass and Iron Beds just ar rived on our floors. You will find them perfect in materi als and finish. Not a collec tion of odds and ends, but a choice selection of the best beds made, quality and price considered. 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