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TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 29, 1918.
I. B. WILCOX HOI
OFFERED TO NATION s
WILCOX COJJNTRY ESTATE OFFERED TO GOVERNMENT FOR CONVALESCING SOLDIERS
Great Country Property of
Glenwood Farm May Be Used
k by Convalescing Soldiers.
VALUE OF ESTATE $200,000
Overlooking the Beautiful Tualatin
Taller tbe Place I Easily Accei
aible, Being 'Lett Than Onto
Mile From City Carllne.
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The commodious Wilcox country
"tiome. situated on Glenwood farm of
(9 acres In the Tualatin Valley, has
: been offered to the United States Gov
, crnment to be used for convalescing;
. roldiers during: the period of the war.
; The offer was made Saturday through
Mayor Baker by Mrs. Theodore IS.
'Wilcox, owner of the estate.
. The Wilcox home is the largest coun
try home In the vicinity of Portland.
'. It is located in the beautiful Tualatin
Valley, about three-fourths of a mile
: beyond Hewitt Station on the Port
i land Hetjrhts carline. and may also be
ti reached by motoring over the Mont
' iromery drive to Mount Zion and then
; by following the Garden Home road
way for one-half mile.
The offer of the home and the prop
-rty will be presented to Major-Gen
eral Noble, of the Surgeon-General's
office who is heading a commission of
Army officers to select sites for recon
etruction hospitals In the Pacific North
west. This commission will probably
' reach Portland In a few Hays.
Offer Made lareservedly,
Mrs. Wilcox' letter offering her
country estate to the Government. re
ceived by Mayor Baker yesterday, is
as follows:
-I am writing: io ask. If. through
you, I may offer ray home, Glenwood
arm. in the Tualatin Valley, to the
Government to be used for convalesc
ing soldiers during the period of the
war.
"The house is large and has very
comfort' and convenience. The grounds,
trees and glen suggest quiet and peace
for their tired bodies.
As my family is ar will be in the
service. Theodore B. Wilcox. Jr.. at
I'amp Taylor, Officers' Training Camp,
Captain Squires, son-in-law, in the
Spruce Production Division, while Ray
mond B. Wilcox will be at his coun
try's service as soon as his business
obligations are properly discharged, I
feel, under these circumstances that It
is my duty and pleasure to offer my
home.
"May I hear from you and thanking
Sou for your attention."
Mayor Baker Replies.
In response Mayor Baker dispatched
th.onowinger: your most l Attorney Appe!, of Fleet Cor
ceptable letter of todays in which 'you
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Two Views of Beautiful Home la Tnalatln Valley, t'pper ihowa Residence aa Viewed From Roadway.
Rear View of Building, With Glimpse of Portion of Beautiful Sunken Gardeas.
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SMALL HOME URGED
offer the use of your home, Glenwood
farm, to the Government for use of
convalescing soldiers. In answer I
wish to say that your offer will be
presented .to the proper officials and
am sure this beautiful home will be
able to fill an Important niche in the
frreat reconstruction work facing our
Government as the war progresses and
after it is over.
"Your attitude in this connection.
Mrs. Wilcox is the attitude which has
been paramount amorig the people of
France: the attitude which has en
abled France to do the wonders for its
men that have been done and the atti- i
tude which has enabled France to with
stand the terrific onslaught on French
coil. It is'the attitude which has made
French people admired the world over.
iod grant that your generous offer,
together with the other sacrifices you
have made, will be an incentive to
others and that the day will soon come
when American people of every class
will be as a unit for unlimited sacrifice
and service in bringing the war to a
successful American end.
"I will take your offer up t the
earliest opportunity with General
Noble, ho is on his way to the Coast
in the interest of the reconstruction
hospital work."
Estate Valued at 300,000.
The Wilcox home was constructed In
lilt at a coat of approximately $100.
C00. In the rear of the home are lo
cated large sunken gardens 112 feet
long and 100 feet wide, with a pool,
classic tea room and two temples con
nected by a curved pergola.
The home itself covers a foundation
of 70x165 feet. The main living room
1 snx&o feet and the dining room
1430 feet. Numerous fireplaces have
been installed in the building, the
largest utilising 10 feet of wall space.
The hpme contains a billiard room, a
i-paciouji library, closed-in sleeping
porch and 15 bedrooms, exclusive of
the servants quarters on the third
floor. .
construction of the home and the
subsidiary buildings occupied a year's
time. Pavements have been laid In
the estate which all lead to the. main
roadway.
i he total value of the property
which airs. v licox has offered to the
Sovernment for use during the war
Is approximately $200,000.-
poration, Visits Portland.
MATERIAL PRIORITY SURE
PORTLAND PIONEER PASSES
James Bennett Resident or Oregon
for Half a Century.
James Bennett, one of the oldest pio
neers, of Portland, who had resided
continuously in the city for more than
half a century, died on September 21
at his home, 1043 Macadam street, from
ailments incident to his age. Mr. Ben
nett had passed his S6th birthday.
Mr. Bennett was born in Sweden and
chose a sailor's life at the age of 15
years. For a dozen years he followed
the sea, but in 1862, when he landed in
Portland, he determined to make the
tiny village of that time his permanent
home. Mr. Bennett has resided ever
fe-inre that first year In the home he
built.
When he came to Portland there were
but few houses, and those were thinly
scattered. Front atreet was the city's
principal business thoroughfare.
For some years he engaged In the
cobbler's trade, but for 15 years past
had conducted a confectionery etore
near his Macadam-street residence,
tending it himself until the final Illness
confined him to his home.
He was wedded in 1878 to Miss Clara
A. Adams and Is survived by his widow.
one son, cnaries xi. tsennett, and four
daughters. Minnie. Ludenie and Ella
and Mrs. F. K. 6teln. of this city.
Funeral services were conducted Jast
Tuesday afternoon from the Flnley
rhapei. with interment at Aivervlew
Cemetery.
Recommendation MadeTbat 90
Per Cent of Cottages Erected Cost
ot to Exceed $3500 Mill
Made Houses Offered.
Further information relative to pri
ority rights to be granted Portland on
building materials was given the ex
ecutive committee by Monte Appel. at
torney for the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, and personal representative
of A. Merrltt Taylor, director of pas
senger transportation and housing for
the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Mr. Appel arrived here from Seattle
yesterday morning, and met with the
committee In the city hall yesterday
afternoon, confirming the statements
contained in the report made to the
committee Friday by Ira Powers, vice
chairman of the local committee, who
had been in Seattle to confer with Fed
eral officials.
Portland may expect every consid
eration from the Government in the
way of priority on building materials
needed in the housing campaign, and
may rely upon the Government to do
everything possible to expedite the
erection of the 2000 homes pledged by
this city.
Mr. Appel reiterated his former state
ment that Portland could expect no
financial assistance from the Govern
ment, but explained that the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation is as much
interested in the success of the Port
land campaign as though it were. fi
nancing the undertaking.
. Mr. Appel recommended that' 90 per
cent of the cottages erected be at a
cost not to exceed 83500, and that the
remaining 10 per cent not exceed
85000, this cost limit being fixed for
the accommodation of those who might
desire to build their own homes, at a
greater" investment than they would
care to make in for-rent buildings, and
thus relieve the housing congestion to
that extent.
An offer was received from the Mill
made Construction Company, of Port
land, to furnish mill-made houses, to
cost not In excess of 81800, five of
which can be turned out each day. Mr.
Appel approved this type of cottage,
if erected in localities somewhat sep
arated, .but .did not approve portable
dwellings.
Definite announcementof Portland's
building programme is expected to be
made at a meeting, of the committee
scheduled to be held Wednesday.
ine housing committee yesterday
took the first definite steps in the new
housing and . city planning programme
authorissd by the City Council - last
Wednesday. A careful questionnaire
has been mailed tb all the industries
of Portland and immediate vicinity by
L. J. Wentworth, district supervistor of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation and
chairman of the committee, and in ten
days it is expected some valuable and
exact figures on the expansion Imme
diately tobe taken care of will be
available.
"While' housing in itself seems to be
our immediate problem," said Mr.
Wentworth yesterday, "we must know
many other factors In 'the situation
before we can solve this problem wise
ly and in a way to permanently bene
fit both the Government's present pro
gramme to win the war and the equal
ly important reconstruction period that
must follow,
"The Immediate inventory of avail
able houses and rooms, demanded by
the United States Department of Labor,
is necessary as well fo the Emergency
Fleet Corporation and thk. two depart
ments will co-operate to prevent over
lapping, The taking of this Inventory
is our immediate job, but only an 1
cident In tBe general programme. We
must not overlook the broad plan of
city development necessary. This com
mittee intends to lay the foundation in
this wprk we are now starting upon
for a permanent definite plan or policy
for i'ortland to work toward. '
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"THE FINGER OF JUSTICE"
ren Under 1
Why Putter With
Corns? Use "Gets-It"
Common-Sense, Simple, Never Fails.
Tou can tear out your corns and suffer, or
you can peel off your corns and smile. The
Joy-peelinc way is the "Gcts-It" way. It Is
tna only happy, painless way In the world
Two drops of "Qets-It" on any corn or cal-
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DR. K. G. Al'LlD, MGR.
My Practice Is Limited to Hlgh
Classi Dentistry Only
Play Fair
and
You'll Win
Competition.
However Keen, Must
Be Based on Fair
and Honest
Methods -
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COME EARLY
in the Day If Possible
THE CITY OF SEATTLE
Ole Hanson, Mayor.
Rst. Paul Smith,
New Washington BoteL
Seattle, Wash.
My Dear Sir: I enjoyed very ranch
your great reform picture, "The Finger
of .,8JFe-" . lu message will aid the
authorities In their efforts to bring
about better conditions in our city life.
That any city allows profit to be
made of vioe is unspeakable. A red
light district is a relic of ignorance
and barbarism, a breeding place for
poverty crime, blindness, insanity and
wretchedness. I am wholly in favor of
any program which will aid the fallen
and keep others from slipping.
Tours very truly,
OLK HANSON". Mayor.
"Slacker" la Sentenced.
W. J. Hund was sentenced to 30 days
In the Multnomah county jail yesterday
by Federal Judge Wolverton, when he
entered a plea of guilty to a charge of
violating the selective service law.
.-Hund waa arrested it a "slacker."
"CU the Drop" on That Cotr-Um "Cto-It"
and the Corn la a "Gooer"!
lus dries at once. The corn finally loosens
oft from the toe. so that you can peel It
off with your flnrers In one piece, painless
ly, like peeling a banana. "threat stuff.
wish I'd done that before." There's only
one com-peeler-'Geta-It." Toes wrapped up
big with tape and bandages, toes squirm
ing from lrritatlnr aalVea. it's all a bar
barity. Toes wounded by razors and knives,
that's butchery, ridiculous, unnecessary,
dangerous. Use "Gets-It" the liberty way
simple, painless, always sure. Take no
chances. Get "Gets-It." Don't be insulted
by Imitations. See that you set "Gets-It."
"Gets-It," the guaranteed, money-back
corn-removet, the only sure way. costs but
a trifle at any drug store. MTd by K. Law
rence A Co., Chicago, III. Sold In Portland
and recommended as the world's best corn
remedy by Owl Drug Co., SI stores on the
Pacific Coast,
If "competition is the life of trade," UNFAIR COMPETI
TION i3 usually the death of it.
Two bull terriers fight over a bone, and while locked in
the death struggle, a yellow cur sneaks up, grabs the
"stakes" and makes off with it.
The sprinter who first ran one hundred yards in ten
seconds did not lose his prestige because envious failures
belittled or doubted his achievement; he lost it only when
a better man lowered the mark to nine and two-fifths
seconds.
I have no desire to stifle competition, nor to have everyone
of. the same frame of mind, because when people agree it
spoils talk and business retrogrades; but there should be
that element of fairness in competition so likeable and so
characteristic of the American people.
I have no patent on success. Many of my competitors are
first-class dentists and able men, most of them fair-minded,
BUT the only way their competition can adversely affect
my practice is when they give the public BETTER DEN
TISTRY THAN I CAN GIVE THEM AND CHARGE LESS
FOR IT. . -
Dentistry is a profession, not a business, and never in
tended to be a "graft." Unfair methods, unwise criticism,
childish complaints will not take the place of skillful work,
correct technique, sanitary precautions, elimination of need
less pain and conscientious fee taking in the modern Amer
ican dental office.
There are hardly sufficient dentists left "over here" to
properly care for the dental needs of the public. Let's pull
together for efficiency, instead of pulling against each other.
Electro Painless Dentists
IN THE TWO-STORY BUILDING
Corner Sixth and Washington Sts., Portland, Or.
THE SENSATIONAL
FACT PHOTODRAMA
Picturizing vividly startling
phases of a subject about which
the world keeps dumb and the law
silent I Not fiction but stark real
ity! The tense and gripping
drama of the call in a body
of more than four hundred
women of the streets of
San Francisco upon Rev.
Paul Smith of the Central
Methodist Church with the
query: "What are you go
ing to do with U3 ?"
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