THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 31, 1915. POWER PROPERTIES 60 UNDER HAMMER TP FUR FRIGE OF TUB SOARS H. N. Putnam, of Portland, Is Purchaser of Washington V Oregon Holdings. All Records Broken at Govern ment's St. Louis Sale. 3 C at flair FOREIGN BUYERS COMPETE. SALE DUE TO FORECLOSURE Stock (01 -8 to IB So 1 SOcSPol I 1 1 " - 1 tzzza r Water and Railway Systems In cluded in Transfers Which Will 'Jo to New Company and j Creditors Will Bo Protected. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. SO. (Spe cial.) All of the properties heretofore owned and operated toy the Washington-Oregon Corporation, wETch has headquarters in this city, were sold at foreclosure sale at Chebalis, Wash., to day and wero purchased by H. N. Put nam, of Portland, for $1,500,000. The sale was made in the case brought by the Fidelity Trust Company of Philadelphia, trustee for the first and consolidated mortgage bondholders, against the Washington-Oregon Cor poration and others, R. W. Childs, of Philadelphia, and Elmer M. Hayden, of Tacoma, Wash., bringing the action on behalf of the trustee in the United 8tates District Court for the Western District of Washington. The properties involved include the water system and street railways of this city, the local and interurban rail way system at Centralia and Chehalis, the electric and water systems of Hills horo and other cities in the Tualatin Valley, Oregon, electric transmission lines running- from Kalama, Wash., northerly to Tenino, and southerly to Woodland: with electric, distributing systems in the towns of Bucoda, Teni no, Chebalis, Kelso and Kalama, Wash., and Rainier, Or. The company alBO wholesales power to certain other pub lic service concerns, and to the City of Centralia, Wash. It is expected that these properties will be transferred by Mr. Putnam to the North Coast Power Company, a Washington corporation recently organized, and that the latter company will operate them. The North Coast Power Company was organized in pursuance of a reorgan ization of the properties mentioned above, and heretofore owned by the Washington-Oregon Corporation. Hold ers of the old bonds of the company are to receive general lien bonds of the new company to the extent of 40 per cent of their claims, and preferred stock of the new company to the ex tent of 60 per cent of their claims, be sides interest. The general creditors will participate In the common stock. The officers of the North Coast Pow er Company are as follows Clarence M. Brown, president; H. I Harries, vice-president; L. J. Morris, secretary and assistant treasurer; B. -F. Donahue, assistant secretary and treasurer. SITE FOR PLANT CLEARED Evaporating Company at The Dalles .. Preparing to Build. THE DAH.ES. Or., Oct. 30. (Special.) The work of removing the old build ings from the new site of the local evaporating plant of the Dri-Fresh Company was commenced yesterday. Started here a year ago, the evapo rator proved such a success that the company found it necessary to triple the size of Its plant. The uaiies busi ness Men's Association offered to pur chase a new location for the company in view of the enlargement and bought property west of Jefferson street and north of the O.-W. R. N. Co. tracks. which was formerly the site of The Dalles Box & Lumber Company, which was wiped out of existence a few years ago by Are. The Dri-Fresh Company dries all kinds of fruits and vegetables. It recently received an order from a Chi cago concern for 35 carloads of dried apples. It will operate its new plant, which will be 150 feet by 75 feet, all year, employing from 100 to 300 per sons, depending on the kind of fruit or vegetable which is being evaporated. OLD RESIDENT IS DEAD Late Mrs. X. N. Smith Came to Tilla mook in 1889. TILLAMOOK, Or., Oct. 30. (Special.) - Mrs. Nancy Narcissus Smith, who died at Blaine. Tillamook County, Octo ber 23. at the age of 74 years, was born in Kentucky in 1841. and spent her girl hood days in Kansas, where she was married to William Smith in 1873. In 1877, with her husband and one child, she crossed the plains, locating in Spokane County, Washington, where she resided for 11 years, and then came to Tillamook. She leaves a sister, Mrs. C. W. Sears, of Blaine, Or., and a brother, Joseph Cable, of Seattle, Wash. Her . surviv ing children are: Fannie and Henry Smith and Mina Booth, of Blaine; George Smith, of Salem, and Nellie Ayer, of Tillamook. 1 C 3 E READ the news item inserted in the center of this ad clipped from The Oregonian, then think of the oppor tunity now presenting itself to you. Now you are anticipating the purchase of Furs, let me insist upon your early at tendance of this great Fur Sale while it is a big stock. With the price of Furs soaring up as they are, the shrewd busk ers will come first. Then, again, you must remember I am telling about a half million people about it today. Come early. O. W. ELLIOTT, Manager. Blue Foxes Bring $114, Compared With $42 Two Years Ago Pair of Silver Foxes at. Private Sale Brings $210. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21. All previous ecords for prices brought by Govern ment furs were broken and the prices of the last Government sales were ex ceeded by from 68 to 171 per cent at a Government auction held here today. No other such sale will be held this year, the usual London eale being pre vented by the European war. Traders and buyers from all parts of the world were here and European buyers bought heavily. H. M Smith. United States Commis sioner of Fisheries, telegraphed to Washington tonight a report which showed that the Government's 513 blue foxes had brought an aveSage of $114.47, as compared with the $42.21 average of the. last sale held two years ago. Sixty-five Government white fox skins brought an average of $24.55, as compared with $14.77 two years ago. Seventy beavers brought $12.75 each on an average. The record price at a sale by private dealers immediately after the Govern ment auction was $2610 for a pair of silver foxes. One hundred and thirty five others brought from $400 to $900 the pair. A sea otter was sold for $580. Today's sales aggregated about $150. 000. The auction' will be continued to morrow. The Government's furs came from Pribiloff Island, the Government (arm off the coast of Alaska, THIS, for reasons of great importance to its owners, has been turned over to me to be sold. I am not going to fool along about it and make it a long drawn affair by cutting a little at a time to get as much out of it as possible; that doesn't concern me, but the selling of the last Fur in this establishment does concern me. So Fam going to smash for the end right nowcut and slash! I will sell any one piece or all, to store or indi viduals, makes no difference to me. Mer chants wanting Furs will do well to attend this sale. . 0. W.ELLIOTT, Manager. ' $25,000 Stock of Furs at 50c z Dollar-or Just Half Price t Tomorrow morning at 10 A. M. you can come in, select any Fur in this great stock, pay just one-half yours. If it was $10.00, you pay $5.00 ; if it was $25.00, you pay $12.50 ; if it was $50.00, you pay $25.00, of Portland's leading Fur Manufacturer is behind every sale. the regular price and it is and so on The reputation Elliott's Sales Agency, Selling the Fur Stock of S. Silverf ield SG Morrisoim StfarBH: FIGHT IS RESENTED Sheridan People Appreciate New Lumber Rates. k Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Robertson, Mrs. and Miss Eva Hutchinson, Sanford Whitingr, George Lacey, s. G. Haver ford, James W. Smith, Charles G. "Wal lace, J. P. Steadall. Mrs. B. P. Campbell and Miss Gladys Turnbull. ENGLISH WALNUTS THRIVE STUDENT ROLL LONG PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER R0SEBURG WORK TO BEGIN New Federal Building Ordered Cleared. Site Is ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 30. (Special.) That the Government intends to be gin actual work on Roseburg's new Federal building was intimated in a letter received here today. Instruc tions were contained in the letter to vacate the Federal site within CO days. The site is at present occupied by two dwellings. It is understood that the plans are now about completed. The building will be 95x90 feet and probably will be three stories high. It will house the ITnited States Land Office. Postoffice, Forestry Office, Weather Bureau and Indian Offices. The building will cost $100,000. exclusive of the site which was purchased by the Government about two years ago. Protest by Portland" Interests Against Differential to Valley Mills by Kailways Is Held Unjustified. SHERIDAN, Or., Oct. 30. (Special.) The lumber interests and the peo ple generally in this vicinity heartily appreciate the new lumber rates es tablished by the Southern Pacific road to California points that became effec tive on the 22d instant, and feel that now there is. a brighter prospect of the idle mills here resuming operations. All over the entire valley lumber ills have been closed down y rea son of the discriminating rate, and now that the Southern Pacific Company has voluntarily reduced the rate 3h cents per 100 pounds the mill people feel they are only receiving what is Justly due them. That the Portland mills should object to the new rate so strenuously as to bring the matter to the attention of the Interstate Commerce Commission in protest, on the grounds that it is unfair and discriminating, is resented by .in dustries here. The valley mills claim that the Portland 'mills have been for years and still are enjoying a 5-cent better rate to Eastern Oregon points and a large part of Idaho, than are the Valley mills and tne rorwand mills have a decided advantage in water transportation that is denied to the valley mills. The valley mills also claim tnat a differential of 7 cents per 100 pounds exists against the valley mills on ship ments of lumber to Central Northwest points, such as St Paul and Minneapolis territory. Never before has tne Willamette Valley realized the value of the lumber industry as it has since the mills stopped operating, and the communities are deprived of the benents of the pay rolls. It is realized now by the weak ened condition of all classesof busi ness. The people are of one mind to do anything reasonable to restore the milling business to its former activity. DOUBLE, MORALS SCORED Aberdeen Pastor Thinks Man Should Be as Pure in Home as Woman. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 30. (Spe cial.) Kev. T. M. Simpson, of Aber deen's First Presbyterian Church, i graduate of Princeton and popularly Known here as "The Loggers' Sky Pilot." bitterly attacked the double standard of morality in a sermon here Sunday on "Our Young Men." "Christ wrote the sins of woman on sand. he said, "but today we write the sins of men upon sand and those of women on eternal marble. A man ran sink as low as he pleases, and all he needs is a new suit of clothes to come back into favor, while the partner in his tin is closed out into the street to pice AeK be&rt away, TURN VEREIN INITIATES 55 Membership of 1000 Is Sought by January 1. At a recent meeting of the Portland Social Turn Verein 65 new members were initiated. It is the object of the Turn Verein to have at least 1000 mem bers by January 1, 1915. Tne memDer shtD is now more than 800. Professor Richard Gencerowski, who has charge of the gymnasium, an nounces that the women's class now numbers more than 170 active members. Last Monday night there were 168 women on the floor. The business men's class has been active. It met Wednesday night and an average of 65 members are on the floor each Wednesday night. Portland Folk Visit at Hot Lake. HOT LAKE. Or.. Oct. 30 (SneciaL) Portland folk are fairly numerous at the Hot Lake Sanatorium. The follow- ing are registered there: Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cummins, ilr. and Mrs. Alt Pearson, Clarke County Qime Warden Orchard of 61 Trees. Has RIDCEPIELD, Wash., Oct. 30 (Spe cial.) John M. Hoff, Game Warden of Clarke County, prune and hopgrower and who is known also as an English walnut raiser, owns a large farm at Sara, nearly seven miles east of this place, that is operated by his son. Will iam Hoff. The farm contains an orch ard of English walnut trees which has yielded him an unusually good crop this year. He has about 61 trees 15 years old and has barevsted from them about 1000 pounds of nuts. The nuts are of a good size and also of a splendid flavor. Mr. Hoff has been ortered ltH cents a pound for this year's crop and will dispose of them at this figure, which will bring him about ioi. ine trees are planted about from 30 to 60 feet apart and are of the Franquett variety. LINE GAINING PASSAGE Rlghts-of-Way lor Koseburg & East ern Promised Soon. ItOSEBCEG. Or.. Oct. 30 lSnacia.1.) That the turning point has been reached and that the rights-of-way for the proposed Roseburg & Eastern Rail road will be obtained soon, was the an nouncement made here this week fol lowing an enthusiastic meeting of the right-of-way committee. While the right-of-way committee is working under cover, so to speak, it was admitted last night that nearly half of the rights-of-way between Roseburg and Rock Creek had been ob tained, in only a few Instances will it be necessary to go into courts for re lief. If the plans of the right-of-way committee mature work on the road should begin with the opening of good weatner next spring. CONCRETE WALK IS LAID Stevenson School Board Awards Paving Contract. STEVENSON, Wash., Oct. 30. (Spe cial.) Thomas Jenney. of Washougal, has been engaged by the Stevenson School Board to put in a new concrete walk on Vancouver street and has just commenced work. This improvement will be the beginning of the placing of concrete walks in the town of Steven son, lumber having been so accessable and cheap that it has been in constant use. - This new step Is being praised by the citizens in general, and it is thought that others will soon follow suit. The County Commissioners are already con templating the building of concrete walks around the Courthouse site. Pupils to Get Lessons In Thrift. PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 30. (Special.) Through the co-operation of local bankers and the School Board, prac tical lessons in thrift will be imparted to tne students of the Pendleton public schools. It is proposed to have each pupil save pennies and other small coins, which the banks will accept in small deposits. The board decided to send eight girls from the domestic science department to the Hermiston show next week to help in judging the cookery and needlework, and five boys from thvtock-judglng class will pass on the merits of the hogs exhibited. The school budget for the coming year will be considered at a special meet- Ins .of the, board on Thursday uihu Portland Sends 154 to State University. COUNTY'S TOTAL IS 156 City's Contingent Actively Inter ested In All College Doings, Including Athletics, Drama, Music and Editorial Work. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Oct. 30. Special.) Multnomah with 166 students ranks second among the counties of Oregon in the number of representatives at the State University this year. Lane County ranks first. All except two of Multnomah students are from Portland. The exceptions registered from Hillsdale. - Portlanders are interested in every branch of collegiate activity. In ath letics, Anson Cornell, Johnnie Beckett, William Tuerck and Lloyd Teggart are on the football team; Ray Staub, Jack Montague and Robert Langley are mem bers of the track squad, and Jimmie Sheehy is on the soccer team. Cornell, popularly known on the campus as Nance, Is captain of football and baseball and member of the athletic council; Jimmie Sheehy is president of his class, on the staff of the Oregon Emerald, the college paper, and is cap tain of the soccer team. Beckett is also a member of the athletic council and acting football captain during Cap tain Cornell s absence from the game due to injuries. Langley is a member of tha college glee club and treasurer of the junior class. Max Sommer Emerald Hdltor. Max JrT. Sommer, of Portland, is ed itor-in-chief of the Emerald, recog nized to be one of the highest honors n the institution. Roger Holcomb is quarterback on the freshman eleven. Chester Miller. Echo Zahl and Gene vieve Shaver are rrfembers of the stu dent council, which has charge of the affairs of the student body. Robert Bean is manager of football and is assisted by Roland Geary. Jack Dolph is assistant to Yell Leader Merlin Bat ley. Roy Stephens Is treasurer of the senior class. Mandell Weiss, Alex Bo wen, Echo Zahl, John Dolph and Robert. McMurray are prominent, in dramatics. John Clark Burgard Is auditor of student body finances, one of the campus' most responsible positions. It is believed that the mid-year graduating classes of the Portland high schools will contribute & good sized quota, of entering students in February, when the second semester opens. The university, recognizing the needs of the mid-year freshman, has extended the curriculum so as to per mit of a broad selection of courses. No handicap will be suffered by reason of entering the second semester. Multnomah List Given. Following is the list of Multnomah County students enrolled in the uni versity: Ellen Anderson. Helen Anderson, Marie B&dura. Clayton Baldwin, Acnes Baslcr, Selma. Raumann. Curtis Beach. Kobert bean. John Beckett. Dorothy Bennett, Lillian Bohnson. Alexander Bowen. Albert Bowles. Edythe Bracht, Helen Bracht. Bernard Breedinic Helen Brown. Clarence Brunkow, Sam Bullock, John Clark Bui-nurd, William Bursard. Harold Cake, Don Campbell. Mar. gar:t Casey. James Cellars. Mary Cellars. Genevieve Shaver, Genevieve Crispin. Alley Church. Gordon Clark. Marlon Coffey. r..nr2p 4-ulton. Georao Cook. Bessie Colmao. Anson Cornell, Gorce Davis. John Matber Lulph, Haul Downaru, uorotny uownara, t'hsrtes Dundore. Mar Dunn. Gavin Dyott, itauicin i'axlay, Castile caoa. Muu Mv iruson, Dorothy Flegel Celeste Foulkes, Jay Fox, Kutb Kraley. William Montgomery, Jeanie Murdock. Mary Murdock, arl Mur phy. Ethel Murray, Marlon Neil. Turner Neil, Charles Newcastle, Herbert Normandin, Fred Packwood, Vivian Pallett, Florence Parelius. Lucia Parker, Bert Peacock, Ruth Pearson, Julia Piatt, Harriettc Polnemus, Lillian Porter. Emmett Rathbun, Llla Rhodes. Dorothy Robertson. Kenneth Boo Inson, I.ucile Saunders. Cord Songstake, Jr.; James Sheeny, John stieeby, Graham smith. Myrtle Smith. Paul Smith. Seth Smith. Max Sommer, Kate Stanfield. Glenn Stanton. Raymond Staub. Marlorie Stearns. Mildred Stelnmeta, Agnes Sullivan, Eatello Talmadge, L.ioya Tefrs&rt, 2&aDel Tilly. Myrtle -tooey, Alleen Towneend. Ruth Trowbrldsrr. Roy Stephens. William Tuerck, Ralph Tourtel- jotte, .Harold iresllgas. vera van scnoon hoven. Mabel Van Zante. Marsarnt Welch. Mandell Weiss, George Weldin. Helen Wie- gana. Mildred rrje. JSdgar uarbaae, win H. Garretson. Roland Gearv. Ross Qiger. Oscar Goreczky, Clarabel Grimm. Joy Gross, marguerite uross. Ada riall, Aiaynara nar rls. William Haseltine, Lillian Hausler. Ray mond Hausler, Margaret Hawkins, Cornelia Hess, Fred Heltzhausen. Bruce Holbrook, Roger Holcomb. Cora Hosford. Dorsev How ard, Ho-Sheng Huang, Jennie Huggins, I.u clle HufTfrlns. Frank Hunt, Jr.; Charles Johiut, Ai;ne Johnson, Kittio Johnson, Sam uel Kimball. Robert Langley. David eche. Louise loiter. Grace x.uiy, Beatrice iooks. Bernlce Lucas, Edmund Leonard, Grace Mackenzie. Harvey Madden. Kssla Magulre. Harold Muison. Huntington Malarkey. Louise Manning, tjharlea McDonald. Robert Mc Murray. Robert McNary. Chsster Miller. Jack Montague. Harry Wilson. Louise Wil son, Mildred woodrurr. Hermes Wrlgntson, and Echo Zahl, oZ Portland; Jeannette Mc Laren and Svlvia Rowland, of Hillsdale. Auction Day Plans Made. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 30. (Spe cial.) Centralia's first monthly public auction will be held about November 13 under the auspices of the'Commer cial Club, according to an announce ment by a committee recently appoint ed to work out the details of the event. The purpose of the auctions Is to bring tne farmers into the city. Any of the latter having any article of stock or merchandise to be disposed of will be Invited to list such, only a small com- misaion to be charged for the sale. CORN SHOW WILt OPEN TILLAMOOK EXHIBIT TO BE MADE FOR DISTRICT THIS WEEK. of Dairymen Will Discus Question Ftrulng Co-operative Calf Mar keting Association. TILLAMOOK, Or., Oct. 30. (Special.) Tillamook County will hold its first corn show next week, the county being divided into three districts Nehalem, Tillamook and Nestucca Valley. Prizes will be awarded. The question of corn raising has become quite Interesting, some of the dairymen making a great success of it. It once was considered that corn would not do well on the Coast, but it is being demonstrated that it does if the right kind of seed is used. At the corn show the question of forming a co-operative calf marketing association will be discussed. Up to two years ago between 5000 and 8000 calves were killed every year, as It did not pay to raise them. Since then the calves have been bought and shipped out of the county: . arithmetic and rapid calculation, com mercial correspondence, advertising and business English. Klamath Falls Night Schools Near. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Oct. 27. (Special.) The commercial department of the Klamath County High School will begin its night sessions on Mon day night, November 1. The purpose is to offer to those past high school age and those who are employed during the day an opportunity to study. The course will include bookkeeping, pen manshlp. typewriting. commercial vrm.. iMiiiliiilnl HOUSE FURNISHINGS 1 FOR AUTUMN With this 'season come tlie problems, both old and new, . of home furnishings and dec oration. ' ' - Our new stock and equipment are at your disposal, and with . them goes service that counts. More than ever before, our .. furniture and fabrics will meet' your requirements. .. Fumitun md Floor Comings J.G.r.lACKS GO. Draperies md Wall Coverings M Fifth St., Bet. Oak and Pine Wenatchee Entertains "Y" Delegates "WENATCHEE, Wash., Oct. 30. (Spe cial.) Delegates from all parts of: North Central Washington to the Older Boys' conference at the Y. M. C. A. are arriving today by train and auto. Stu dent Secretary Hollingsworth. of the Washington State Y. M. C. A., believes that there will be, at least 65 delegates. The delegates are registering this aft-: ernoon and enjoying the gymnasium ana tanK or tne "T. PORTLAND CELEBRATING "PUDDING WEEK" Mrs. Porter's Delicious Fruit and Fig Puddings Honored by Lov ers of Good Desserts. This is " Mrs. Porter's Pudding Week," and grocers and market keepers throughout Portland are ex pecting to give every household a real treat through the introduction of these delicious new dainties from a successful woman's kitchen-factory. Mrs. Porter's Fruit Pudding and Mrs. Porter's Fig Pudding are of the same family of purltv products as Mrs. Porter's Salad Dressing (with out oil) and Mrs. Porter's Mayon naise (with oil), which are already so widely favored in Portland and all over the Pacific ' Coast, as the most tasty, appetizing salad condi ments before the public. All Mrs. Porter's products have Just been honored at San Francisco by the presentation of gold medals for purity, excellence and flavor, the family including the salad dressings. Fruit and Fig Puddings, and, as well, Mrs, Porter's Plum Pudding and Mrs. Porter's Boston Brown bread. Don't let the week go by without trying Mrs. Porter's Fruit and Fig Puddings deliciously good, and an e c o n o mical, always-ready dessert; just the thing for the regular din ner, the hurried dessert, the unex pected guest. You'll keep them all the time on your emergency shelf. They come in neat canH of just the right size to serve four p e r m o n plentifully 15 cents the can or two cans for 25 cents at your grocery or market. Large cans are 2; cents. Be sure to give yourself and the family a real treat! OPEN NOSTRILS! END -A COLD OR CATARRH How To Get Relief When Head and Nose are Stuffed Up. Count fifty! Your cold in head or catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos trils will open, the air passages of your head -will clear and you can breathe freely. Ko more snuffling, hawking, mucous discharge, dryness or headache; no. struggling for breath at night. Get a small bottle of Ely's Crean Balm from your druggist and apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream in your nostrils. It penetrates through every air passage ofthe head, soothing and healing the swollen or Inflamed mucous membrane, giving you instant relief. Head colds and catarrh yield like magic Don't stay 8tuffed-up and miserable. Relief is sure Adv. ANNOUNCEMENT A CARLOAD OF- BEAl'TIKl'L KNABE PIANOS Including Uprights. Grands and Players, H UH JI ST ARRIVED, And Will Be on Display. Beginning Mon day. Nov. 1, at the Warerooms of THE HEEn-FRESCH PI A.NO MFG. CO., Tenth and Stark SU. V