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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 20, 1918. 7 i MAJ. PATTON FINDS SOUTH SEA ISLE BEATS PUGET SOUND Hoquiam Editor Revels in Heaven of Luxurious Living in Nature's Own Hothouse. - BT H. TP. PATTON. Editor Hoquiam Washinstonian. PAPEETE. Sept. 1. Well. I've found the place I have been seeking all my life and henceforth you may address me at the corner of Pukapuka street and Tatahoota avenue. Papeete. Island of Tahiti. (Make all drafts pay able in American money.) Like many of my friends. I long- cher ished the idea that I would spend my declining years In the poorhouse. So firmly imbedded did this thought be come that I would never settle in a new place until I had driven out and Inspected the refuge of the county's unfortunate. If the poorhouse was clean, airy and with a good view, I'd atop in the town; if not, I'd move on. Some years ago I rot broke and. grow Ing tired of addressing my letters from the middle of the streetcar track in Kan Francisco, I hopped ' a steam schooner and eventually landed at a Island in Puget Sound. Here I plnnged Into the solitude and trusted, myself to nature. Trust Well 'sandrd. The trust was well founded. My Sleeping place was sheltered- by enormous honeysuckle, the Sound fur1 nished me Willi clams and fish, tn forest and fields afforded game In abundance and my small place was pro' lific of fruits, berries and vegetables. A few hens scratched out their own living and gave me plenty of fresh eggs. All I had to buy was a little flour and bacon, coffee, sugar, con densed milk and tobacco. The largest monthly bill I had at a grocery store during my retirement was 14.80. My breakfasts, which consisted of berries. fish or quail, eggs, fried potatoes, hot cakes and coffee, cost not to' exceed !S cents, while I would have had to pay that many dollars for the same meal at the New Washington or Alex andria hotels. I wrote a weekly column for the Sunday American Reveille at Belling' ham and earned several times what it cost me to live. The shadow of the poorhouse vanished, never to return. Any time I can't earn $4.80 a month I'm ready to starve. I would never have left that Island, but the Kali rains car&e on. my honeysuckle leaked and the hens quit laying. So I pulled out for dear old Hoquiam. Tahiti Heats Pneet S.nad. The above lengthy introduction leads up to a recital of the fart that I have now reached a spot that beats my Puget Sound Island six ways from the jack. Climate, words fail me. Clothes. not worth mentioning. Grub, free, that is, cocoanuts. bread-fruit, fish and things like that. You may get salt from the sea. raise your own tobacco, sugar and coffee, secure milk from the seals. All one has to buy is copy paper, and In centV worth of that lasts two months. Why should one worry about the poorhouse? Sept. 5. tl have not seen enough of these Islands to write fully as yet. but I am convinced that when Beatrice Grunshow called them "The Isles of the Blest" she was not far wrong. No writer has ever been able to give a description of the islands which dot the South Seas, although many have tried. Kobert Louts Stevenson lived here for years, yet his attempted de scriptions are woefully inadequate Be fore anybody can succeed at the task a new language will have to be in vented. The best I can do is simply to cVl this region "heaven." and let it go at that. The most of my com ment on the islands will be written at sea, after we leave heavon for the purgatory of the Pacific Coast. Weather Most Delightful. We arrived here at the beginning of Coring and juBt missed the Winter months of June and July and August, when the weather Is said to be the most delightful. If it is any better than we are enjoying at present I shall come down here next June and. try it. In the shade it is always cool and there Is a continuous breeze. A blanket at night is comfortable the year around. Of course, the rays of the sun are ar dent, but there is no such intolerable heat as affects the Atlantic Coast and Middle West of our dear country. If one is looking for climate, this is the place to come. The Island of Tahiti lies in latitude 17:31:35 south and longtitude 143:28:55 west. It lies southeast in length a distance of 32 miles and is about 12 miles at its widest point. It is com posed of a large island and a small one connected by a narrow peninsula. It Is volcanic and mountainous, one peak towering to a height of almost 800 feet. Who discovered the island is a matter cf dispute, but the best authority gives the honor to Pedro Kernandes de Quiros and the date as 16u6. He named it Jjl Sagittaria. Captain Wallis. in the British ship Dolphin, reached the island in 1767. He thought it a pri mary discovery and named it King tieorge Island. The next year M. de Bougainville came along, took posses sion in the name of France and named it Nouvella Cuthere. Frrark Auumn Protectorate. In 1769 Captain James Cook was sent rut from Kngland to observe the tran sit of Venus. He set up his instruments at tho northernmost point of the island and made a successful observation of the transit of June 3, 17t9. The spot la named Point Venus and a monument to Cook has been erected there by the Royal Geographical Society of Kngland. Cook again visited the Island in 1777. In 1843 the French assumed a pro tectorate over a lot of islands In the South Seas, and in 1SS0 King Poncare V renounced all rights and authority over the Society Islands and their dependen cies, to France. The French posses sions now consist of the Tahitian Islands, the Uw Archipelago or Tar motu group, Tubuai, Havailvii, Tiapa, the Gambler group and the Marquesas Islands, a total of some 200 islands in these seas. The early history of these islands and the efTorts of the London Missionary Society to civilize the na tives is most romantic and interesting. This society sent the ship Duff, with a company of missionaries, here in 1797, and they- struggled with the natives with varying success for about 25 i years, then they were driven out be I cause, it is said, "of the exclusive sys tem introduced and the harsh and in tolerant measures proposed and effect ed." The history of the missionaries will form a separate chapter of my nar rative, but I may say here that they did away with cannibalism, and also stopped the native practice of killing children at birth and of human sacri fices to the ancient gods. Papeete Has S0OO Population. Papeete, wnere we are anchored, is on the Island of Tahiti, and is the seat of French government in the South Seas. F.verything is entered at this port. The town is substantially built and has about 6000 inhabitants, half the population of the entire island. The harbor is a most beautiful half circle, protected by a coral reef, with a firm opening. This reef extends around the island and the water Inside it Is as smooth as a mill pond at all times. The water in the harbor varies in depth from four to 12 fathoms and is the prettiest and softest anchorage In the world. It is getting to be a most busy place, there being four steamers, a number of sailing craft and more power boats, in all 24 seagoing craft, here now, loading or discharging. Some say the war has increased business, but if I can judge. It Is going to be a much more busy and better known place after the war. A New Zealand line of steamers car ries mail, passengers and freight to and from San Francisco, once a month. That city has all the trade of the islands. but they do business through a couple of New Zealand firms here. There are some French establishments, but no American business house here. The leading bank is the Indio-Chlno. Ninety per cent of the retail stores and several of the big establishments are controlled and conducted by Chinese. The yellow boys are getting a wonderful foothold, there being some 3000 in the Islands, and In five years mors they will be Id he preponderance and control the en Ire trade of the islands. The Chinese are honest, treat the natives squarely nd inter-marry with them, and rap idly are getting the top hand. More of that subject later. Coeoannt Iadu.try Mainstay. As everybody knows, the cocoanut the mainstay of this country. Dried cocoanut meat, oil and fresh nuts form he bulk of exports. Their value runs to more than a million dollars a year, and here Is one tree where there should be 000. This Is a fine place in which to ead a restful life, but there are also unlimited opportunities for making money in a nice'easy way. The islands re tributary to the United States; a few people in that country have prof ited largely and there has been a sup pression of Information regarding the resources of these Islands. It will be come my future task to lay before your readers the Interesting truth regarding ne of the most prolific and wonderful countries of the globe. 1 think that after the war the United States will ake much more interest in these lands of beauty and wealth. There Is a steamer to leave and It is only possible for me to get a short etter ready, but I am gathering a mass of information which will form the base of future letters. SOCIETY (Continued From Pare 6.) WOODIII R GIRL M IKF. HIGH RECORD IV SCHOOL. J ,vv- w . r , i n'" 1- H X X i H- v a --.a-.. .-r.j w-'a l: - v ' x : ti;Y ' - :-.x erma Marra. Fourteen-year-old Norma Marrs, of Woodburn. has won four gold medals in the spelling match held annually in Marlon County, hold ing the championships since 1915. She passed the eighth grade in June, receiving 9S.4 per cent, the highest grade in the county. Dur ing the past year she has served as president of the largest pub lic school Industrial club in the county. of Mr. and Mrs, L. A. MacDonald be came the bride of Dana Selby Frause, of Ashland, on Sunday afternoon. Dr. Bell officiating. The Impressive ring ceremony was used, only a few inti mate friends and the family attending. The bride was daintily attired in a gown of white organdie, and she car ried a bduquet of bride roses and ferns. Mr. and Mrs. Frause left on a motor trip to Southern Oregon, and after a short visit with the bridegroom's par ents they will go on to Crater Lake. Upon their return they will make their home in Portland. . The bride is a popular college and sorority girl, and in 1917 she won the "Waldo prize" at Corvallis. She is a charter member of PI Beta Phi sorority, and Mr. Frause Is a Sigma Nu man. Dawson-Davidson. Coming as a pleasant surprise to many of their friends was the mar riage of Miss Verna Augusta David son and Alfred Dawson, Jr., at 298 Eighth street, Astoria, Or., recently. Rev. K. F. Jamison read the ceremony. They were unattended and only a few close friends were present at the cere mony. The bride is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Reed and a former busi ness woman of this city being engaged in the. ship chandlery business for a number of years. At present she Is the agent for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad at Gearhart.' Or. The bridegroom is the second son of one of the old pioneer families of Clatsop Plains and is engaged in a spruce pro duction camp, near Gearhart, Or. Opp-Mxon. Miss Edna Nixon and Philip Opp were married at St. Stephen's Church by Rev. rather Waite on October 15. Only relatives were present at the cere mony. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. H. L. Loeber. Mr. Opp. who is recent arrival here, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Opp, of Raymond .Neb. He is connected with the ex ecutive office of the Foundation Com pany at Portland. The bride wore a blue broadcloth traveling suit, with hat to match. She was attended by her sister. Miss Ruth Nixon. Mr. Opp was attended by James Murphy. After No vember 1 Mr. and Mrs. Opp will be at home at the Hanover Apartments. Hawthorne Berry. A romance of many years' standing developed Saturday when Mrs. Rosa Pyne-Berry and William Brierley Haw thorne were married by Dr. Joshua Stansfield, pastor of the First Metho dist Episcopal Church, at the parson age. The bride was for some 'years a missionary in India and also has been prominentlv connected with the activi ties of the W. G. T. U. and the Y. W. C. A. Following the ceremony a breakfast was served at the Hotel Portland. Cov ers were laid for seven. Knowltoa-Travlllioa. The wedding of Lillian M. J. Knowl toa and Claire E. Travillion was sol emnized October 10, at the parsonage of the Sunnyside Congregational Church, Rev. J. J. Staub officiating. The attendants were Mr. antt Mrs. A. L. Grutz. Mr. Travillion is a graduate of the University of Oregon 1907 class, from which time he has held the po sition of chemist for the Union Meat Company. Mr. and Mrs. Travillion will be at home to their friends at 1353 Madison street after October 20. Galloway-Jones. Miss Grace V. Jones became the bride of A. B. Galloway, of Seattle, on Octo- An Early Choosing of Christmas Furs 7s Most Advisable This Season They who would be thrifty will make their selections early, for Fur prices are rising, and it will be impossible to duplicate these remarkable values later on. Our stocks of Winter Furs are wonderfully beautiful and varied. A host of skins in Fur Neckpieces, Scarfs and Muffs, Fur Coats and Coatees, Fur Capes, Collars, Etc., Priced Very Moderately ,.bUhea PURS ber 12 in Los Angeles. It was a simple ceremony and news or tne anair nis just been received by relatives of the bride, who is a daughter of the late E. K. Jones, of the Jones Lumber Com pany, of this city, and tho late Mrs. Jones. Mr. Galloway is manager of the Blake-McFall Paper Company at Se attle, where the young folk will make their home after November 1. Harrlngton-O'Langnn. Patrick M. Harrington, Mayor, of Dupont, Wash., and one of the man agers of the Dupont Powder Company at that town, was married with mass and nuptial blessing to Miss Anna O'Langan, of Seattle, on Friday at St. Francis Church by Rev. T. J. O Dono van, assistant paster and cousin of the bridegroom. ENGAGEMENTS. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Minton announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Mildred Gertrude, to Ernest O. Gilham, of this city. Mr. Gilham is a son of Milo Gilham who Is a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of Portland. Both young people are popu lar members of the younger set. The wedding will take place in the early part of November and It will De simple home wedding in keeping with the times. Is making her home here with her parents Mr., and Mrs. H. C. Wortman, while her husband Lieutenant Russell Is In service overseas. The many friends and relatives of Mrs. John Ellis Hays, of Plainfield, N. J., will be grieved to learn of the death of Mr. Hays, who passed away on Oc tober 16, of pneumonia. Mrs. Hays will be remembered as Irene Higglns, grand -daughter of the late William L. Higgins, one of the earliest pioneers of Oregon. Mrs. Hays' earlier life was spent in Portland. She went to New York City four years ago. Mrs. Lloyd Robert Gray (Edith Olds) and her infant son, Robert Olds Gray, have arrived in Portland to make their home with the former's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Olds for sometime. Lieu tenant Gray, who is in the submarine service, has been ordered overseas. Prior to sailing. Lieutenant and Mrs. Gray made their home in Bridgeport, Conn., where their wedding was solem nized a year ago, last Summer. SOCIETT" FERSONAIS. Mrs, Hays was married September 7, last. Governor Ernest Lister, of Washing ton, was in the city this week and was at the Hotel Portland. H. W. Atkinson, a well-known Navy man from Washington, D. C, is regis tered at the Multnomah. Mrs. Chester A. Palmtag, of Santa Maria. Cal.. is stopping at the Hotel Multnomah for a few days. Misses Ethel and Florence Wetde man, of Spokane, are visitors an jrort land at the Hotel Multnomah. f Mrs. W. B. Busly, of Tacoma, well known matron, is visiting in this city and she also is registered at the Mult nomah Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lachmund, prom inent residents of Salem, spent several days in the city last week and were guests at the Hotel Portland. Mrs. Frederick H. Green accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Weatherwax, of Aberdeen, to their beautiful home in Burlingame, Cal., where she will spend several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Cassimir Campbell are being showered with congratulations upon the arrival of their third child, a son, born Friday morning. He has been named Cassimir, Jr. Mrs. Alan Russell (Helen Wortman) ROCKWOOD GIRL WINS COlU , TY PRI.E FOR NEAT EST TABLET. t X: , 0a I'- ' Mildred King. . Mildred King, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. King, of Rockwood. has been awarded a thrift stamp by County Superintendent Alderson for hav ing the neatest exercise tablet in Multnomah County for Septem ber. Mildred attends the Rock wood School, where she is in the eighth grade. Last year she was awarded a gold wrist watch for winning the county spelling match. Sham Battle Is Realistic, Writes Corporal Cooke. Portland Soldier Prefers Abroad to Intense Beat. GORPORAL ' ROBERT COOKE Is in , France with Company B, of the 318th United States Engineers. Parts of a letter written to friends in this city recently follow: "Another joyful day has Just passed. We had a sham fight. . We had to lay oun packs all up on the top of a steep hill near here, and I guess they must have figured that we. had to beat the supposed - enemy to it. for they certainly hustled us along. Anyway, we beat them to it, and spent the day in giving them 'ell and keep ing em from getting the hill away from us. it started to rain soon after we got there, but we did not mind that a bit. All of the officers had on rain coats. That is, the ones higher up. We would rather have tho nain than tho terrible heat. "The other day we were taught the easiest way to get our hands and arms all cut up. We built barbed wire en tanglements, which naturally were full of prickers." HUT, CANTEEN TO BE PUT UP University to Have Y. SI. C. A. Building Similar to Those at Front. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., Oct. 19. (Special.) The university will soon have on the campus a regula tion Y. M. C. A. hut and canteen, just like those on the western front. The National War Work Council will finance the building of the hut, which will be SOxlOO feet and have a seating capacity of 300 in its auditorium. William F. Vance, of Caldwell, Idaho. now on the campus, will be the Y. M. secretary in charge of the hut. Moving picture shows will be givtn in the hut twice a week; there will be a piano, Victrola, writing rooms, a library and billiard tables for the use of the boys. III - l f " mj i. mt 1 1 ' ' . 1"'" j 143-151 Brqadw Eatablahed PrTno M Years t U -TVO SUITS That Prove Their Economy by Their Usefulness Smart and distinctive they are without a doubt, and their beauty would charm any woman but they are more than these. They are suits that may be worn day in, and day out, and hold their own in any assembly these busy days. Priced at $69.00 Coats That Are More Than Beautiful They are exquisitely warm and soft, of rich velours and silvertones, lined with the loveliest silks. And they are most extraordinary values. At $55.00 iiimmmmiiiiiiiimii - To Be Smartly Gowned Is to Be Typically American These Informal Dresses are patriotic by virtue of their simple smartness. They are practical, too and wearable on a hundred and one occasions. Mostly of Satin and Georgette, in lovely effects. Priced at $75.00 Third Floor. Dainty Suggestions For the Early Christmas Jihopper Our assortment of Crepe de Chine, Georgette, and Satin Lingerie and Boudoir Luxuries affords an opportunity to secure unusual values and unusually dainty Christ mas gifts. Soft fabrics combined with filmy laces, embroideries, tuckings, puffings and Vibbons go to make such charming wearables as women dearly love. Petti'bockers, Envelope Chemise, Camisoles, Gowns, Boudoir Caps, Slippers, Garters, and, many other novelties. Mr. Vance will conduct classes In Y. M. C. A', study. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR WHY IT INCREASES Hair niywtn la stimulated and lta frequent removal la neeensary irbea merely removed from the anrf ace of jthe skin. Tne only logi cal and practical way to remove hair la to attack It'nnder the skin. DeMlracle, the original sanitary liquid, doea this by nbaorptlon. Only Kmnlofl DeMlracle haa a money-bade guarantee ' each package. At toilet counter, tn 60s, 1 and 92 atzea, or by mall from urn In plain wrapper on receipt of price. FRBook mailed In plain sealed envelope on request. DeMlracle, 128th St. and Park Ave, New York LIKEN RUG! For Every Upon in the House N JLOU have the rich colors that only linen gives In Kl ear flax Linen Rugs and you have the durability as well. Wov en strand over strand they are linen with a weight of four pounds to the yard! You can get Kleartlax Linen Rugs in rose, grays, blue, taupe, black, greens and in browns. Klearflax Linen Rugs save wool and cotton needed for war. They are made of Amer ican grown flaxwhichno Gov ernment need requires. Made ina factory where water power saves coal. 80 women work ers release men for service. Reversible, dust-resisting, moth-proof, thick, flat-lying, and richly colored, Klearflax Linen Rugs are war-time, alL time rugs for every room in the house as well as for con tract work. AT LEADING STORES KLEARFLAX LINEN RUG COMPANY, DULUTH, MINN. MUST VACATE (STORE RENTED) We have a number of fine plecee of beauti ful Art Furniture which wo will sacrifice. A few fine Davenporta one of which Is an exceptional value for $55, well worth $95. Another, . Mahogany Library Table, Co lonial design, worth $450 now $120. For Christmas . W atlll htvft manv small vlecefl of Ma- hoffany Furnitore,. which will make suitable I (jurist mas guts. S. Kugel & Son 130 Tenth St. Between Alder and Washing-ton. BE SURE TO SEE OUR NEW FALL SUITS, COATS AND DRESSES 381 Alder St., Corner Wet Park. Peoples Theater Building. iiitmimnniinutn 1 An exclusive shop for girls and young women! 1 Suits bought at the Betty 1 Shop will be fitted by E. R. Lip- 1 schultz, thereby giving you prac- tically a custom tailored uit. 389 Alder Street Bet West Park and Ten 5 "Keep Up the Christ mas Spirit" With a Message of Cheerful' ness. Dolt With Holi day Greeting Cards. Engraved Personal Greeting Cards should be ordered now. The unsettled conditions of labor and materials will make it ex tremely difficult to take care of these orders unless they are placed at the earliest possible moment. Early orders have the choice of the season's of ferings and the attention of engraver and printer when they are not rushed and feel at their best. ChiistmaM Packages for Sail ors and Soldier, should be In the mails not later than Oct. 31st. This big gift shop is particularly a shop for gifts for sailors and soldiers Fountain Pens, Books, Station ery, Kodaks, Comfort Kits, etc., etc. Displays now ready for your Inspection. Gill's Booksellers, Stationers, Office Outfitters, Third and Alder Sta. JfrtLC' M-rri-on st. bet, I1 4th and 5th. Tel, fLCYlLRS Mai KilWf