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12 TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 22, 191T. BEAUTIES OF COAST RANGE MOUNTAINS ARE INSPIRATION TO SHERIDAN LOGGER -ARTIST Strenuous Work of Lumber Camp Is No Bar to J. D. Montgomery in Reproducing Scenes of His Environment With Pen and Ink Career of Remarkable Westerner Is Told. I tflj ' & I 111 . - a 1 1 ' a . y ii?fes M BT HAROLD HAMSTREET. SHKRIDAX. Or.. July 21. (Special.) It is difficult to associate ex quisite art with the rough JeaTis, the grnarletf hands and bristling beard of a rough-and-ready logger. But if one wants to use his imagination he might well picture this rough old log ger with his gnarled and toughened fists handling a pen with the delicate grace of an artist. It takes imagina tion to do so. but there is one logger who has power to wield a pen until it obeys his touch, and sketches, as though hypnotized, the scenic wonders of the mountains. Up in the Coast Range Mountains, in the lumber camps some 15 miles from here, there is a man. J. X). Montgom ery, on the second ' slope of life, and his leisure moments the moments he has after he has put in 10 hours of log ging for the day are passed in the twi light out among the fir needles, the balsam and cedar, drawing with free and steady hand the wonders of nature as he sees them in the fast-fading light of the day. Sketching Done in Twilight. Each day when the logging hours are over and the mess-pots have been emp tied and his fellow-loggers are busy with cards or swapping yarns over a pipe of tobacco, he is busy with his pen and ink. The long Summer even ings give him the opportunity of re producing the actual scenes of his "working environment, while the Winter evenings he passes in copying those PENDLETON SETS NEW HIGH STANDARD IN ENTERTAINMENT OF EDITORS OF OREGON Writers Lavishly Feted From Opening to End of Association's Annual Meeting De Luxe Train to Wallowa Lake and Joseph Citizen's Share in Playing Host Stand Out Prominently Amid Gay Features. BY ADDISON BENNETT. THE annual meeting of the Oregon State' Editorial Association was held July 13-15, the meeting place being Pendleton, where the business Bessions occupied two days. The third ciay, Sunday, was spent at a beautiful grove at the head of Wallowa, Lake, near Joseph, in Wallowa County. Details of the business transacted would make rather dry reading for nearly all save the members of the newspaper profession, and, anyway, such details have been published in most of the daily newspapers of Port land. Hence 1 will give a sort of re sume of the meeting, touching on the events aside from the routine of the business meetings. Many Attend. First I will give a list of the mem bers of the press attending the meet Ing: Oscar H. Nell, Oregon Posten, Port land; T. H. Temperlake, Lanston Mono pictures he finds most pleasing In his sight. He has even now cached away a photo of Crater Lake that took his fancy, and he intends to reproduce It. He seldom uses a rule to get a straight line. In fact he never does use one unless it is merely to get a me chanical effect; for he is wonderfully steady. His nerves are as of iron. But that comes perhaps from his vocation. ProNpectin Darn Are Lived. But Mr. Montgomery has not been a logger always. He has been a miner and a railroad man, dividing the years of his life about evenly between all three. The residents of Brownsville, the old-timers, at least, will remember him as their former station agent. That was long about 1S87. And the miners about Glendale will remember him as a prospector in those regions. Up to about four years ago he used to prospect, mine and log, dividing the year into seasons, and it was only five years ago, while "killing" time in an old mine of his at Glendale that he dis covered he could use his pen in any other way than to write. He had always been a good penman. It came naturally, he says. Talent Found I. ate In Yearn. He had been accustomed to using his penmanship for doing little bits of scroll work and It was a bit of this scrolling that attracted the attention of persona at Glendale five years ago and he was asked to do a serious bit of work, and then for the first time he settled down to do the "ink painting" type Machine Company, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Crary, News, Echo; George E. Grow, Times, Juntura; Da vid W. Hazen, Telegram, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Morton, St. Helens Mist, St. Helens; Mr. and Mrs. C. L.. Ireland, Sherman County Observer, Moro; Ad dison Bennett, The Oregonian, Port land; E. Elmore Nelson, W. D. Nelson, Record, Haines; Charles H. Fisher. Cap ital Journal, Salem; Henry Waldo Coe, Medical Sentinel. Portland; W. G. Bay les, Clatskanie Chief, Clatskanie; V. E. Carr, American Type Foundry Com pany, Portland; S. A. Pattison, Herald. Heppner; Fred C. Baker, Headlight, Tillamook; A. E. Voorhies, Rogue River Courier, Grants Pass; Arthur R, Craw ford and wife, the Gazette-Times, Hep pner; D. C. Sanderson and wife. Times, Freewater; Robert W. Sawyer, Bulle tin, Bend; E. Hofer, the Manufacturer, Salem; J. T. Caldwell, Keystone Type Foundry, Portland; A. C. Jackson and wife, O.-W. R. & N. Company, Port land; Edgar McDanlel, Coos Bay Har PJMV-Y. .,., r i I ; r;.;'. -:.r::,-::::;o; v i that since then has been his pastime and drawn out his dormant power in pen and Ink sketching. This rough and leady artist of the West is getting along in years he has passed 50 and he would have passed on "incognito," so to speak, had it not been for the curiosity of a printer that was aroused by the sales of fine card board he made to Mr. Montgomery when the logger-artist made his infre fluent trips to the "settlement" to stock up. But they say gold nuggets are up i turned where one least expects them. bor, North Bend; Phil S. Bates. Pacific Northwest, Fortlana: J. C. Dunn, News, Springfield; H. H. Bushnell, Oregon Farmer, Portland; Ben F. West and wife. Statesman. Salen: JL. D. Drake, East Oregonian, Pendleton; C W. Robey, Oregon City Courier, Oregon City; G. P. Putnam and wife. Bulletin, Bend; E. B. Aldrich, East Oregonian, Pendleton: E. E. Brodie. Morning En terprise, Oregon City; Mrs. Nleta B. Lawrence, Press, Mllwaukie; H. W. Hicks, Union Pacific System, Portland; C. J. Mcintosh, Oregon Agricultural College, Press-Bulletin, Corvallis; Clarke Letter, Evening Observer, La Grande; C L,. Adams, Linotype Com pany, San Francisco; W. T. Barney, Linotype Company, San Francisco; Miss Freda Hazer, Coos Bay Times, Marsh field; Eric W. Allen, University of Ore gon, Eugene; Lloyd Riches, Weekly Oregonian, Portland: W. B. Jessup and wife. Searchlight, Bremerton, Wash.; Stephen A. Stone, Statesman, Salem; George A. Scibird, Eastern Oregon Re- publican, -Union; Bruce Dennis, wife and son .Jack, State Council of Defense, Portland; George P. Cheney, Record Chieftain, Knterprise; W. E. Lowell, Tribune, Pendleton; F. B. Boyd. Press, Athena; E. E.-Kaville. Western Farmer, Portland; Elbert Bede, Sentinel, Cot tage Grove; C. L. Smith, O.-W. R. N. Company, Portland; J. G. Kelly, Bul letin, Walla Walla, Wash.; Bill Strand borg and Mrs. Strandborg, Watts Watt, Portland; Edgar B. Piper, Thj Ore gonian, Portland; N. J. Vanskike, Eagle, Milton; Calvin Goss, the Sentinel, Cove; Lee B. TuttU. the Record, Elgin; Ar thur M. Geary, attorney, Portland; J. D. Farrell, wife and daughter, presi dent O.-W. R. & N. Company, Portland; J. il. Flynn, Blake-McFall Company, Portland; Snow V. Heaton, Record Chieftain, Enterprise; Mrs. Georgo P. Cheney, Enterprise; L. K. Harlan and wife, the Record, Pilot Rock; Miss Smith, Pilot Rock; J. L. Hutching and wife. Independent, lone. Pendleton Women Hosts. The Pendleton people had arranged for the meetinti to be held In their fine new library, in which there are two spacious halls. The north room was used for the meetings, and a si len did lunch was served in the other the first day. On the second day the women of Pendleton gave the visiting women a lunch in the same room. At the same time the visiting members of the weekly newspapers were served with a fine lunch at the Copper Kettle res taurant, while the members of the dailies were served at the Hotel Pendleton. Most of the members were taken In charge by the citizens of Pendleton, for about every home in the town was thrown open, so that there was mighty little money spent for entertainment. We were considered the guests of the city, and it took one of the quickest thinking guests to buy a meal, a cigar or even a glasj of soda or a dish of ice cream. Without in any degree casting re flections upon the meeting places of former years, it is safe to say that there is no city in the state that can act the host in so fine a fashion as the Pendleton people. Many of us have dis covered that at Round-up time. Even during those meetings, wh from 8000 to 10,000 strangers in the city, the good people of that town man age to make everybody comfortable. Just how they manage it is a prob lem that no other city of the size has been able to solve. But the Pendleton folks can do it and do it year after year. The business meetings closed Satur day afternoon, July 14, the final busi ness being the election of officers for the ensuing two years. A. E. voorhles, of the Rogue River Courier, Grants Pass, was elected president, George H. Currie, Jr., of Vale, vice-president, and Phil S. Bates, of Pacific Northwest Farmer, Portland, secretary. Cooa Bay Next Sleeting Place. Shortly after the election of officers the executive committee got together and selected Coos Bay as the meeting place for the association next year. Of course there is no such town or city as Coos Bay, but on that bay are two fine cities Marshfield and North Bend. Miss Freda Hazer, of the Coos Bay Times, Marshfield, and Edgar McDan- lel, of the Coos Bay Harbor, North Bend, were the Bole representatives from those cities, and they managed to secure the r.ext meeting for Coos Bay, the meetings to be divided be tween the two cities. That shows a commendable spirit of the citizens, and it is dead safe to assume that about this time next year the Coos Bay peo ple will be showing the people of Ore gon that as entertainers they are hard to beat. It will tax them to the utmost to keep up the pace set by the Pen dleton people; but if any place can do it, then that place is the Coos Bay neighborhood. At the close of the meetings the vis iting newspaper people and a couple of hundred of the citizens of Pendleton, served by a few dozen of Pendleton's fair young women, sat down to a splen did banquet in the Moose-Woodmen Hall. Here the feasting and oratory went on until after 10 o'clock. Then we repaired to the O.-W. R. & N. depot and took our berths in one of the finest trains that any railroad ever an. It consisted of five new steel Pullmans, an observation car. a day coach and later the private car of J. D. Farrell. president of the O.-W. R. & N. Mr. Farrell's car was attached at La Grande, and it contained, in addi tion to Mr. Farrell, his wife and their son and daughter. Pendleton Provides Train de Luxe. Under ordinary circumstances the reader will no doubt consider that the Pendleton people were through with us; but it was the Pendleton people who put up the J3000 for this special train de luxe that took us to Joseph, up in Wallowa County, to the end of the branch road leading from Pendleton, and then the good-hearted people of Joseph and the nearby portion of the county met us with autos and took us out to the wonderful Wallowa Lake. In the past the Editorial Association has been liberally treated by the people of the cities where their annual meet ings have taken place; hut Pendleton has far outdone all former efforts and it is going to be "some stunt" if any other place ever beats them. The chartering of the train men- LEBAXOV VALEDICTORIAN HS RECORD FOR PUNCTUALITY. 4 v ;v;?.vir V Miss Mildred Hutches. LEBANON. Or.. July 21 (Spe cial.) Miss Mildred Hughes, who was graduated from the Lebanon High School this year as vale dictorian of her class of 35 mem bers, made a. record in the pub lic school excelled by few pu pils in the state. Her grades in all her studies were high and during the full 12 years she never missed a day, nor a class, and was never tardy. The first six years she attended a. coun try school in Benton County and walked some distance to school. The later six years was in the Lebanon School, where she took two years in the grades and four years in high school. She is a. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Hughes, her father being a con tractor and builder of this city. In her sophomore year she was president of her class. In her junior year she was vice-president of the student body, and this year was treasurer of the student body. - ... p - u ' - f . I - The Strength of the Schwan Piano Co. Piano Values The Great Portland Underprice Piano Event A sale that brings you splendid, new, improved, 50 more tone and efficiency Pianos at 25 lower prices and terms, without interest for 2 years, than you ever could buy at any other Portland store. The Power of Fine Quality and Unprecedentedly Low Prices These wonderful values in fine, new and used pianos induce people to buy now. Make a small payment. We deliver when you are ready for the piano, thus securing advantage of present unprecedented low price. Resale $425 152645 $350 154640 $400 151853 $550 24058 $350 154S40 $600 151370 $750 140762 HS.,0 now t 565 $500 100078 ,"hiy $550 24278 3U ca in on $650 Steinway, mahog. $13 cash, $10 mof $290 $450 Steinway, old model $3 cash, $5 mo., $75 $1100 Steinway Grand $25 cash, $15 mo, $463 $300 Steger, 1915 model $10 cash, $10 mo, $365 $350 Emerson, old model $5 cash, $3 monthly, $3.3 $375 Hallet & Davis Upr't $5 cash, $5 mo., $125 $375 Davis, large walnut $5 cash, $6 mo, $245 $500 Emerson upright $10 cash, $6 monthly, $190 $775 Steger 1915 Player $25 cash. $12 mo, $495 $650 Singer, 1916 model $20 cash, $12 mo, $465 $850 Steger & Sons Player $30 cash, $15 mo, $565 $100 Burdett Organ, 11 stops $5 cash, $3 mo, $20 $135 Estey & Co. Organ $5 cash, $3 monthly, S:J5 $250 Angelus Player $5 cash, $5 monthly, at $25 o Klmbnll 75 cnah, 5 monthly VlJNlJlCJATrlJJJ 7 w an rlano Co-8 Eastern vs. Western Selling Methods, In a recent trial of the Portland Adv. fh. Club. vs. Schwan Piano Co., the witnesses of the Advertising Club you can easily guess who iney were proved by their own average costs of their $375 priced pianos, and finally- with their own pianos crowding tne courtroom that the Schwan Piano Co.'a "$375 pianos at $2S1.25 25 per cent lower prices and no interest for 2 -3 years, was entirely correct, as shown by the verdict of the jury in favor of the Schwan Piano Co. Our Economv in Arl.i! ar Economy in rent Our Economy. in etorekeeping Our Expert Buying Capacity Our Eastern Welling Methods. Based on Volume all are your gain. ORDER YOUR PIANO BY MAIL S Read, lsetl. Your boy or girl working can save $5 cash and $6 monthly, without Interest, and secure a musical education now. ??;To?Jf,"','iOWN BUYERS WK PREl'AV FREIGHT AND MAKE KHEK DELIVERY OK IMAXO TO YOCR HOME witnm jiOO miles, and the piano will be shipped subject to exchange within one year, we allowing the lull amount paid, inis virtually gives you a one-year trial of the piano you order. Every piano or player-piano purchased carries -with it the Schwan Piano Co. guarantee of satisfaction, as also tha usual guarantee from each manufacturer of these new musical instruments. Open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings during this sale. THE STOKE THAT CHARGES JVO INTEREST. Manufacturers fount Distributors, 111 fourth Street at Washington. tloned to take us to a place 158 miles distant is something that stands un equaled in acts of hospitality among Oregon's citizens. But somehow we have come to ex pect extraordinary feats from' the Pen dleton folks. They have team work down to a system. The "team" consists of Joe Tallman. Till Taylor and Jack Robinson; with every other business man of the city as a pusher or puller for the main team. So when they go after anything, they go unitedly as one man and they usually win out. Some times they fail, as they did in getting a normal school; but. Lord bless you. they , only failed once they will never let the battle end until they get that normal! You can bank on that. Lake Is Beauty Spot. Well, at the lake Sunday we had the greatest day that many of us ever put in. In the first place, with the lake and the grove we met in. we had a settinir for the gathering that Is un- equaled in Oregon. Many of our citi zens do not know that' Wallowa Lake is one of the beauty spots of Oregon; many do not know that Wallowa Coun ty is one of the most rapidly growing counties in the state and how many know that it is one of the most pros perous sections of Oregon? Never was better treatment "dished up to a couple of hundred people as the Joseph people gave us that day. First, upon our arrival at Joseph we were met with a few score of autos and taken ten miles to the grove at the head of the lake. There we found ta bles spread and a fine breakfast await ing us. This had been prepared and was served by the members and women rep resenting the Joseph Commercial Club. as were all of the other courtesies of the day. After breakfast the party scattered, some going fishing, others mountain climbing, others to view the adjacent waterfalls, while some lolled around the grove and partook of the cigars, lemonade or ice cream provid ed, meanwhile listening to the music rendered by the excellent Joseph Band. Many also went out in boats on the lake, and one small party endeavored to drive an auto across the lake. They came to grief and at least one of them took an involuntary hath and had to borrow a pair tor set) of trouserettes from a woman. He was a fine picture, parading around camp in those white bifurcated garments. Phil Bates can give the name of the unfortunate, if he will. Trout Dinner Enjoyed. Then at noon? We had a real trout dinner! Not only trout, but all of the good things to round out and complete a trout dinner and always and every where fine cigars, ice cream and lemon ade was "peddled" free by the women and sweet music by the band. Well, it was a grand treat to most of us. to all of u. The day was just splen did. In the cities, in most all parts of the state, that day was terribly hot in Wallowa County It was just perfect There was but one drawback it was far too short! We had to leave by 2 P. M. to catch the train, which deposited various members of the party at the Stations between Joseph and Portland but on the way we stopped off at "Clark Leiter's town" and had a fine repast in the fine park of La Grande, and then oratory until we again en trained for our destinations thus end ing a never-to-be-forgotten trip. And whenever one of us recalls the trip the great-hearted people of Pen dleton and of Joseph will receive lur ther words of praise. PRACTICAL TRAINING AIDS Hood River Youtli Gets Promotion at Naval Training School. HOOD RIVER, Or.. July 21. (Spe cial.) Because of his experience in carpenter work and as assistant here for several Summers to surveyors eneaeed in laying out roads and irri gatlon systems, Augus McDonald, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. jj. wcuon aid, has won immediate recognition at the San Francisco naval training school, where he was recently stationed following enlistment in the Naval Hos pital Corps. In a letter received by his mother, young McDonald tells of his promo tion to the post of camp adjutant and of having been put in charge building tent quarters for 800 men. His first work, already begun, consists of the construction of a $1200 gymnasium building. Pianos Equity Goes to You Thompson $5 cash, $7 monthly. You buy it now at. . -S256.00 Kneisel $5 cash, $6 monthly. You buy it now at S245.00 Thompson $5 cash, $7 monthly. You buy it now at. . .S258!oO Steger & Sons $15 cash, $7 monthly. Buy it now at.S253.S0 Kneisel $5 cash, $6 monthly. You buy it now at S230 00 Player Piano $10 cash. $10 monthly. You buy it now at.Sf?ST?iO Player Piano $10 cash, $10 monthly. You buy it now at.S395.00 Reed & Sons $10 cash, $10 monthly. You buy it now Steger & Sons $10 cash, $10 monthly. Buy it now 50 154S40 Slmse: $475 Reed & Sons, 1916 model $10 cash, $9 monthly $423 Smith & Barnes upright $5 cash, $3 monthly $275 F. & C. Fischer, old model $5 cash, $3 monthly $1100 New York Pianoforte Grand $10 cash, $3 monthly. $450 Singer, 1916 model $10 cash, $7.30 monthly $750 Bennett Grand $25 cash, $10 monthly $375 Mendenhall, 1916 model $5 cash, $6 monthly study and compare our duality, nrices and von will learn -rchv we have hundreds Sctrwa.ii Pia.no Co. MAZAMAS TO SPEND TWO WEEKS ON TRIP TO SCALE JEFFERSON Environs of Snow Peak Which Few Succeed in Climbing Offer Paradise for Enthusiasts in Outdoor Life Special Train Arranged. BY W. P. HARDESTY. President of the Maxumas. lOR 2: consecutive years the Ma- M zamas have taken a midsummer outing each year to some at tractive mountainous locality. Here the members can follow their favorite pastime of climbing snow-clad peaks along with less strenuous recreational activities. The permanent camp for the outing is usually at the base or on the slope of some prominent moun tain, from which the, outing takes its name. This year the Mazamas will have their outing at Mount Jefferson. This peak, whose sharp pinnacle may be seen from Council Crest, lies about 80 miles southeast of Portland. It is on the main Cascade Range, about f0 miles east of Albany. The mountain was named Jefferson in honor of Thomas Jefferson by Lewis and Clarke at the time of tlielr expedition in 180a. Though not as high as some others in Oregon and Washington. Mount Jefferson is particularly rugged, on which account it is sometimes termed Oregon's Matterhorn." Ffir Reach Top Vnalded. The mountain is capped with a sharp rocky pinnacle or spire of 200 or 300 feet height, the topmost point being 10. a.'.! feet above sea level. To scale this rock point unaided is a feat worthy of the prowess of the famous twiss Alpine guides, and only a com paratively few persons have so far registered their names on the summit. For the Mazama outing it is prob able that iron pins will be driven Into crevices in the rock, to which ropes will be attached, so that the less agile members can make the last lap in safety. The environs of Mount Jefferson are such as to arouse ail the enthusiasm of the ardent nature-lover. There are Pamelia Lake. Marion Lake. Grizzly Flat. Hunt's Cove, Smith's Cove and Jefferson Park, each well worth a visit. In the neighborhood are Mount BUTTE VILLE SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO WERE GUIDED THROUGH COURSE BY PORTLAND GIRL, WHO IS TEACHER. k& J&tiK -A t Top How. Left to Itlubt Ksther Kelson. Teachert Paul Gooding, Ralph Tautfeat. Lloyd Cone and Harold Ulther. Bottom 'lloit, Left to Kight Fanny Prink, Do roth y Green. Uiadya Hither. Blanche Arnold and Oladya Prink. Under the leadership of Esther Nelson, 4528 Eighty-ninth street South East. Portland, as teacher, a class of nine pupils of the Butte vllle School, about 2a miles south of Portland, has been prepared for high school work. The students made an exceptionally good average in their class work, and all have indicated a desire to con tinue fheir education in higher institutions. The exercises were held in June at the school, and were attended by a large gathering of, friends and patrons of the school. at.S370.00 at.S3S0.00 laity la your, balance. $S65 10 cash. 90 monthly S345 S135 S 25 S165 S290 S345 S235 and no I liferent for 1'A years, as adver- of mail-order buyervt. WARBAXTKE BACKED H' MANY MILLIONS IX I'APITAU Washington. Three-Fingered Jack and, Olallie Butte, well-known lesser peaks. Jefferson Park, on the north side, is sometimes known as "Hanging Vol ley." It is dotted with clumps of evergreen trees, studded with lakes, sparkling with mountain brooks, and. during the midsummer, is covered with a profusion of wild flowers in great variety, forming altogether a veritable paradise. The Mazamas will have their permanent camp at Pamelia Lake, on the southwesterly side. This is at a moderate altitude, insuring pleasant nights free from the extreme cold found higher up. Special Train Provided. The itinerary for the Mazama out ing is as follows: Leave Portland at 11 A. M.. Saturday. August 4, on a special Pullman train over the South ern Pacific. Arrive at Detroit (the terminus of the branch roadi Sunday at 6 A. M., then hike three miles along the Santiam River, when breakfast will be served. After breakfast the party will start on the la-mile walk to the camp at Pamelia I-ak. The two weeks' outing at the moun tain will he spent in taking side trips to the numerous points of interest and in the climb of the mountain itself. The party will leave camp Sunday, August 19. and hike back to Detroit, where a train will be taken, arriving in Portland at 1 : 1 ." that nisht. Registration for this outing is now under way at the Mazama clubrooms, 213 Northwestern Hank building, where all details for preparation are given. The outing is handled by a committee, of which L. E. Anderson Y3 chairman. 2 ot So erlnUM Widow (weeping) Yes. poor Tom met with a horrible death. He fell from the fifth-story window and was instantly killed. Friend (sympathetically) Dear, dear! Is it possible it was as bad as that? Why, 1 understood that he only feli from a third-story window. X 4