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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1918)
TTTE STJXDAT OREGONTAX. TORTLAXD, FEBRUARY "10, 1918. NATURAL GAS WELL IS IMMENSE FLOW GAS WELL ES' BEXTO.V COUNTY. WASHINGTON. THAT FLOWS 3,000,000 FEET DAILT. Benton County, Wash., Comes Into Prominence With 3, ' 0X.0OO Cubic Feet Daily. FUEL WASTED FIVE YEARS Opeiirag Mimomceiieiil aaaaaaa-aIBtajBBajBattt(atBaa-a Original Discovery Made la Mj, J II. llle Borlnc Artesian Tlell for Water to Supply Prospective Cattle Ranch. BT APn.sO.V BENNETT, tt ! nothing to bora well In Oregon and Washington with ttia hop and expectation of striking natural cas or petroleum: It Is quit another osstlon to find cither In paying quan tities, rerhsps It would be sat to Mr that crcr 14 mells have been tartsd In the two states, and some have gone down deep as e0 feet Kut up to a few days ao neither ft-as tor ell was round la any appreciable quantity. Bet now there la a well In Benton County. Washington, flowing J.0.09 (! of the brat nnallty of nat ural . which was struck practical. r at the i "0-lnot lerel This la not a rumor, not a supposition: nothing but the plain truth, for. on behalf of Tho ironiao. 1 ha jul returned from a trip of Invagination and can verity th "rumor" that has been prevalent '.a F.at-r Wanliigton and Oregon lor several dy- Cm Waed t"lve leara. Lot ane fro at the sub)ct chronolog ical'.), for tin is n reality a redis covery, a a we:! ar the (oration, or -:thin a few hundred feet thereof, has L-n rowing at the rate of JuS.noo libit et a day since May 11. i: on land nIunging the Con--rilve Larnt Company, f Spokane. T.iv owned several thousand acres of i.sa-hrua land In ilemon Curtv. bor irlng on tha north of the Kt ileenake Hilla. ahl.h i a ranae of hiils sometime- like l("vo feet high running from the nr'.bl to the aoutheaet. about : mile lone, as ahown on the map. Th.. hllU are practical! ha;f way between the Yakima and Col-mint rivers, for In that township the Colum bia flows practically from the wt f- ih at. The Ct.ii.ervatlvr company dnM'ss had In mind a rattle ranch, with farm ln attachment, and they were as suredly borlnr for artesian water. On tha date mentioned, nearly five yeara o they .truck a heavy flow of gas. but. of eour.e. thev had but a smalt hole, the irn rasing ttng hot four inches. They abandoned the we. I. evi dently not appreciating; the dtecovery they had mad. For two years the lu flowed to wast In the open air. !bBl4-rver l.labta Well. One day an tno'itsitlve sheepherder came along and touched a match to !. and a aneat flame stmt heavenward. lnd:ng It an eaev matter to start the fiame. hut very difficult to stop It. he went hie way and left It. Kor aom thtnc UK 1 montha th flame was a beacon by day and night, tben the owners of th land rapped It. About II months ( Henry I. Jartee. then of Taroma, heard of the well and beaan investigation. He thoucbt he saw something worth while, m he iad the section on which the well was. and iIm took other adl-cent land, soma from the state ard some frm prtvata ownrra. ile then w.nt to IVall.i Willi forrd a wminrr. raPed the W'atla Watla Oil. Oas at Pipeline Company. eh irocrdid to lnt-rl the Walla Walla people in financing the project. A sufficient amount of stock was sold ta provide funds for the purrhaee of a r-it'i trt h4 vd Idle at Ten trie. Wash, for several years, and enoah In r -1 the outf.t on the around ant to erect tho nrrearv building. Also to put In a pipeline from the h'l's. nearly two mile away, with a tine supply of water, then p'pea were laid to tha oil well and. la! tha beat and fori evpply was solvrd. So the old abandoned well ha. pmfca!y d-i!led th new one, which r frock the same level aa the o'd one a frw days ago aad tapped tha same gas reservoir. Well ha nrawlat Larallly. Geographically th we'l Is In section tl. township It north, mnge 1 K.. M- If Is almost due north of Inrlgon. Or. and S mlte distant. It Is miles east and T tnllrs north of Port land, ar ahoiat 11 miles la an air Una Th location Is IS miiea wrt of th Columbia River, ibon th earn dis tance north of tha Tahlma Rive- and " . ' , -Jit-- , U . r .--y-w--n---r-. ; f ar-. . j-t-,t - f n nartntriiartii " - 'I PROPKRTT XOIV BEIG DEVELOPED WHICH OWNERS HOPE VILI. LEAD TO BIG OIL. STRIKE. WEDGES YIELD GOLD Career of William Druck, Once Portlander, Notable. FORTUNE MADE AT FORGE Grmiaa Immigrant of Early Days, Oner Familiar Figure Here, at Death Recently in California Left Kstate of $173,000. mately IJ3O.O00. is bequeathed to the! Security bavitiKs & Truat Compi two-thirds of which it is to rets In indefinite period to control, invest and manase. One-third of the residuary eitte is to be distributed to Aenea Ehret, a daughter. One-third is to be held by the trustee for the life of Louisa Jennings, and the Income paid to hnr. Tha remaining one-third i to be held for the lire of Nellie Glutsrh, and the income to be paid to her. i CITY SCORES AGAIN MRS. WILLA HELYER DIES Lano County Resident Works Ilcr Way Through College. Wedres that split the Itreat tree of the Oreaon forests and split them In fashion superior to all other wed res clove the wav to the fortune that Will iam Iruck. once a resident of Portland. left when ha departed tbis Ufa on January 1 at Coronwlo. Cal. Jut wrdacA. In 1:. In the one stow brick building- on be southeast corner of Front and Oak streets, the eerond oldest structure la the city. William Prurk mad them. One month im. when he died at the fahlonal'.n California report. hia estate hsd reached llTs.aoo. Horn at Wlmmden. near PtuttKart. Wurtemburc. licrmany. on February II. I?J. William Ifuck set out for his fortune when he mat -3 yeara of are. lie was a gold n lner In Aus tralia, when th bush was rife with blackfellows. and to follow the lune was to court d-ath in many sruisca. Drark Mirriri la Aaatralla. At Batburet. Australia, ha was wedded to Sophia Vets, and became th father of six rhlldren. three boy and three girls. The daughter alone survive him. In 1S they left Aus tralia and voyaged to ban Francisco, and later to Portland. William Pruck began to make weoaes for th loKgcos. it niaa n. r"riu- ,.'" ..-. " - V and 1 complete with that indefinable fineness Milwaukee ( that personal attention and craftsman- tnm II to II mil., north of th North- other tools, hand-forced, tempered. rr Pacific and O.-w. R a N wilt, aonfh of id. rMro. it jl pmni Railway. 'hip bring to the creation of tools. Th It la tn a p-ac'icallv deotat. bar-1 C.rrman. emigrant split hi w ay to rn and uninviting locarty. Th near- I fortune with the wedges he beat out H.h't.to i. ftv. mil., rfiat.nt Ion his on anvil. tha nevt cesreet Is Tfn miles. It I For some years his home had been a sag-bru.h eountrv. On th road in California, but eld-r rendenis of from Knn-wlrk th.rt. a dtefanr, of Pontland rec.ll him writ and remem- Uit 1 ml'u. manv abandoned horn- i ber the fame of his forge. The IP- 4 Ik,,tI r.nr aftar Ira ln a I praisemcn t of his eetate. made this th. attlementa alona th rlvr. I werk. shows an aggregate value of The officers of th company bark- j i: J.o0. Ing operation ar Georc A. I.lbby. I neqwewta Ar Assssseri, rldsnt: H.nrr D Jarrrs. vr.-pre.- pplflo b,,aeaf. h. bn an. IJ.nt and tr...urer. and IMvId K7!m- security Savings mT2i To-k T; ' hi W.'l a w.r- T- Company a. executor and trus- I!! ' - o- ii a-r.rund.l " -mopsW Of th Will of th company was orgtm on the grounas , . v . . w w --. . wertsemaker. 1.1. I U .-.u.rmwwr. ' - k Itw r - I n v. ... - I thot.a.nrf 11 ...I. a r ! to grandchildren Helen. In a. Ruth and Henry I'ruck. of Yamhill. Or Three thousand aouara 10 iouisa tn Xovember. 1st tred th u.ua! difficulties of losln tools and other rr.ljhap. and talc had to aberdoa ho!s and sta-t anew near by Now th machinery Is movmx T T.w "".r' i Jernmas. daughter, of Cononado. Cal. w.l!. anJ thry evprct to ro own drrp Th ,ho.n ,i,. , v-lli, noush to strlk oil or find the qu'st In vain. Thev hav two dep-drl'lirg outfits ordered, one of which will b en th around within a month or so; th other during th coming tiunimcr. Oaa Ima rverty h 9tea. T r gas from the old well 1 piped to th houses erected for tnr work -men and hum In th cook .'ore. and heater without anv .ort of refining ir preparaM-m. although the stovrs are crude, slmp'v wod 4.r roe' .tovrs. with a pip In tie flrrhox through which a Bhtnibrf of smalt lioim ha been bored. Tcre la no c-..r ii'tuirnt In th butidirg. r ad'aernt to th aeil. Th cap was taken from tha new weil while I w. three, and the flow ef gas through the 11-Inch pipe made about th earn sort of noise a the rurr.biir.g of a rallwav tram Small sticks and other ehjeefs thrown over tha pin wrr h -ked no ne-!y to 1h too of th 7-foot derrick. It took two mm with a leng lever to rplac th can. aad vrt the fiow was relieved by thr two-Inch and thre one-Inch pipes underneath the floor. It Is not my province .o sprculate or theorvs or. what su-h a flow of gas can or tntrht or wttl b utilized for. or what tts us wonld mean to th Northwt. Th reader can cerrv out hi own conclusions, based on other gas f eld. Nor will I predict th ultimate flndtaa of a lare. bodv of oil and I am too dumb la th geolog ical Hn to s what th ontrropplng" sd'acent or the sands and shale, gone thnoigb In borlnc indicate. It is bst to let th Questions rst for con clue.on on th results. Tea' mtt " Three thousand dollars to Nellie Olut.ch. daughter, cf Portland. The residue of th estate, approxl- T . . - -- - a. iwiwai J. ; Jr- -1 "v- ' clJ i f. --' -v v:. - ; 4 --aa. -' ' J laad aad Fsweas Wedaewtaker. i Wtat Ueath Orrvn at Car- I sssa CaU aa Jisssry 1. i COTTAGE OROVK. Or, Feb. . (Spe claL) Mrs. Willa Hswley Helyer. who passed away February S. was born Jan uary 10, 17s. 14 miles southeast of Cottage Grove. In' HKS she went to Sherman County, near Kent, Or., about to miles from the railroad. There she took up a homestead, n'hich proved a valuable whrat ranch and which she still owned at the time of her death. Mr her own efforts she beenme graduate of the Oregon State Normal and the Oregon Agricultural Coll. ge and after graduation proved a success ful teacher. In January. 117, she beenme the wife of W. H. Hellyer. She Is survived by her husband. mother. Mrs. C. K. Hawley. and fiv brothers and five sisters, as follow II. II. Hawley. Post, Or.; Minnie M. Cnlp, The Iale. Or.: B. M. Hawley, Nana, Idaho: Christina Hawley Cook. Port land. Or: Ornha MeCauchey. Olex. Or. Kattle. Wills. Weed. Cel.: W. H. Haw ley. Loran. Or.: lieutenant B. . Haw- lev, l-rmlrg. N. M.: R. V. Hawley Laramie. Wye; Mary TV. Mosby. Cot tage Urove. PINE GROVE INSTITUTE ON Patriotic Note? on Programme Which Will Be Cloed With Sermon. HOOP RIVER, Or, Feb. (Special.) The fifth annual Institute of the Pine Grove community, representative of the church, school, orchard industry and grange, which began last nignt and which annually attracts residents of all parts of the valley, is characterixd this year by tlie patriotic note of the programme. The programme for the institute. a-hlch will close tomorrow evening, as follows: Sunday morning Regular session of the Pine Grove Sunday school: anthem, bv the choir: solo, Mrs. Charles H. Sletton; sermon. "Abraham Lincoln. Rev. E. C Newham. pastor of the Pine Grove Methodist Church: presentation of th Mars and Stripes to the church by the Pine Grove men and acceptance by the pastor: violin duet. Hit Mar garet Ferrln. Sunday evening Special musical programme and sermon, "Righteous ness and Peace," Rev. W. H. Boddy, pastor of the Upper Valley Union Church. Another Big Interest Coming to Portland Soon. LUMBER CONCERN TO MOVE COTTAGE GROVE BOY ILL Charles Whlppis Suffering From Pncnmonia and Measles. COTTAGE OROVK, Or- Feb. (Special.) Charlea Whlpps. son of Mr. and Mrs. Flnley Whipps. who enlisted tn the Navy from here. Is dsngerously III at Uoat Island Navy Hospital, across the hay from San Francisco. Last week his parents here received word that his life had been despaired of and Mrs. Whipps left Friday for her son's bedside. Since her arrival his condition has greatly Improved, and hopes ar held out for his complete recovery. The rlek nan was first taken down with measles, which he contracted from sssociates on his trip to San Francisco. He later developed pneumonia, but was well on the way to recoveny from both of these when he suffered a re-laps. Delays to Be Corrected. Delays In dumping garbage at the city Incinerator becaua of improperly constructed garbag wagon 1 to com under th ban. City Commissioner Kel ts her has prepared a proposed ordl. nane providing a On or Jail terra for any aeavenger who ahowa up at th In cinerator without wagon properly ar ranges for prooipt dumping. It Is re ported that poorly constructed wagons and truck hav caused long dalays at th plant In the paat. Western Pine 3Iannfacturers' Asso ciation. With ' Headquarters in Spokane, to Open General Of fices in Portland Shortly. By the decision of the Western Pine Manufacturers' Association to remove Its headquarters from Spokane to this city. Portland gains prestige as the center of the lumber activities in the Pacific Northwest. Ii is from this city that the general administration of spruce and nr production for war pur poses is now directed. Wrlth the ad dition of the pine offices, all branches of the lumber-producing industry In this territory will have head offices in this city. The aetual removal of the pine manufacturers' headquarters to this city will not be effected before some time In April, when the lease to their present offices in Spokane expires. A. W. Cooper, of Spokane, secretary-manager for the pine people, will come to Portland soon and select suitable of fices. "The decision to transfer our head quarters from Spokane to Portland was hroiiehf shout largely by the pine) Portland Branch F. S. Lang Mf g;. Co. makers of the famous Lanps Hot-Blast Ranges It is the best range on the market today and it burns one-half as much fuel as other ranges. The Lang Range is a Pacific Coast product, adopted by the U. S. Army and Navy and used by the leading hotels and restaurants throughout the country. Ask the chefs they know. Our family ranges have the same principle as the hotel ranges and burn coal, wood, sawdust or gas. Housewives should look into this matter when purchasing a range. Every stove manufacturer will tell you his range is a fuel saver but can he prove it? His range is constructed exactly the same as the other fellows'. Every range on the market has the same construction, same principle except the LANG. Remember, this is a PATENTED Range it must be different than other ranges, otherwise it could not be PATENTED. Its construction is entirely different, the stove pipe is in one corner the heated air comes in contact with the gases and smoke in firebox and produces PERFECT COMBUSTION. The grate is composed of separate grate bars, which can be closed up tight. The top has TWO LIDS only leaving the entire cooking surface smooth. Housewives have found that they never use the back lids on stoves they only tend to catch grease and dirt and .hurt the draft. : The LANG is the ONLY Range that has this feature. The entire top and oven are heated evenly no divisions or flue strips in the LANG Range. It is the most perfect baker on the market and the most popular range in America. AND REMEMBER the LANG Range is fully GUARANTEED if it does not do every thing we claim for it, we will take it back and refund purchase price. We will also take j'our old range in as part pavment, and make you terms. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY ON OLD STYLE RANGE when the LANG HOT BLAST SMOKE BURNING RANGE, the new, modern, up-to-date range, is offered you at a LOWER price. Take time to INVESTIGATE this wonderful fuel-saving range. Step into our salesroom NOW and let us show you WHY the LANG is the range for you to buy. I F. S. Lang Manufacturing Co. 191 Fourth Street, Moose Building, Near the Market manufacturers of Oregon," said D. C. Eccles, president of the Western Pine Manufacturers' Association, who is also president of the Oregon Lumber Com pany, of this city, yesterday. "Hereto fore the Spokane territory has been the chief pine-producing section, but at present Oregon and Western Idaho pre dominate In the production of pine lum ber, making Portland the logical loca tion for our headquarters. "There is also another good reason for making the change. It brings the manufacturers of pine lumber into closer touch with the offices already established in Portland for handling both fir and spruce.- It will also make possible closer co-ordination among the different branches of the lumber-manu facturing business to the mutual ad vantage of each. "It is possible that a selling agency may not be established in Portland, but otherwise our full staff of officers and employee In the Spokane office will come to this city. All information re lating to the pine lumber industry will be disseminated from these offices." Rosarians Plan Celebration. Royal Rosarians will celebrate Lin coln's birthday next Tuesday evening with an Informal dance and band con cert in the lobby of the Multnomah Hotel. The concert will begin at 8 o'clock, and the dancing at 9:30 P. M. Robert Krohn will be master of cere monies. J. B. Ettinger. director; John C. Boyer, assistant director; E. C. Peets, manager; Mrs. J. B. Ettinger, soloist, and George E. Hall, drum major. The Koyal Kosarian quartet will sing. CARVER STARTS JITNEYS Second Attempt Made to Kstablisli Service Under Franchise. Stephen Carver is now making his second effort to establish jitney service in compliance with franchises granted him by the voters at the last city elec tion. Two jitneys have been put on the Division-street run, operating from Fifth and Alder streets to East Thirty ninth and Division streets. Mr. Carver promises that the service will be extended as rapidly as possible to cover other routes embraced in his city wide franchise. Judge J. C. Moreland and Senator Charles W. Fulton will be held in the United States District Courtroom in the Postoffice building at S o'clock next Saturday afternoon, by the State and County Bar Associations. Judge Robert H. Tucker, president of the State Bar Association, has writtei. to every judge and many of the attorneys in Oregon, urging them to come, and a large at-; tendance is expected. Peter Lawning Held to Jury. Peter Lawning was yesterday held to the Federal grand jury by United States Commissioner Drake on a charge of causing, obscene literature to be sent through the mail. His bonds were fixed at $1500. The specif io charge against Lawning is that of In ducing his minor children to compose indecent letters, which were mailed to a suitor of his 18-ycar-old daughter. Lawyers to Be Honored. Joint memorial services in honor ol Albany Society to Meet. The Albany Society will hold Its annual meeting next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the Central Library. 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