The Sunday Oregonian., August 31, 1919, Section One, Page 13, Image 13

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The Value in the Land Is Certain-YOU CANNOT LOSE!
The Possibilities in What May Be Beneath Will
Sooner or Later Be Realized and Computed!
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 31,' 1919.
The soil in that portion of the State of Washington which lies between the
Straits of Fuca and the Columbia River is extremely fertile; it has for ages been
thickly covered with immense growths of valuable timber. x
Much of this timber has been converted into lumber; the uncleared land where
this timber stood is known as "logged-off" land; it awaits the strong arm of the
husbandman to develop its certain potentialities, or the KNOWLEDGE, SKILL
AND CAPITAL OF THE INVESTOR OR SPECULATOR TO SEEK OUT THE
POSSIBILITIES WHICH MAY LIE FAR BENEATH ITS SURFACE !
' For many years there has been much specu
lation and interest concerning the possibilities of
finding oil in paying quantities in this district.
Operations have been carried on from time to
time, by men of more or less experience, in an
effort to drill wells down a sufficient depth to
reach the hoped-for oil reserv oirs.
It has remained for the STANDARD OIL
COMPANY of California to look vigorously
into the possibilities of this section. That com
pany has invested thousands of dollars in lands,
roads and other development work, and it is
now drilling its first well. Other companies
have been organized and they, too, are now
either drilling for oil or preparing to do so.
The effect of the striking of oil in quantity in
this section can be easily imagined. The value
of land throughout the section would at once in
crease tenfold and hundredfold. The demand
for acreage would far outrun the ability to pro
cure it, for those who were fortunate enough
to own land in this section would want to hold
on to it or, if they sold any at all, they would
part with it only at fabulous prices. Already
land in the immediate vicinity of these oil opera
tions has advanced many-fold in price.
I am the owner of several hundred acres of
Iogged-off land in the general vicinity of these
oil developments. It is my intention to sell at
once a portion of this land to those who are will
in to invest and await developments, either im
mediate or remote.
I do not make the assertion that' oil lies
beneath the land I own. The official geological
map of the, state of Washington shows, however,
an anticline running through much of my land.
When oil is found, it is usually found in the dome
of an anticline. The value is in the land! Nine
tenths of it, when cleared, is susceptible of high
cultivation. If oil in quantity is found in the dis
trict the value of this land, in common with other
lands, will go to undreamed-of prices.
In order to accommodate the man who
wishes to invest a small sum only, I offer this
land in legal subdivisions, in tracts as small as
two and one-half acres and in multiples thereof.
I am the owner of the land in fee simple
and I will execute a warranty deed to every
purchaser.
I urge would-be buyers to go over the land
before buying. Any one, however, who cannot
do this and who afterwards is not satisfied with
the tract alloted to him may, within sixty days
from the time of purchase, make a selection of
equal acreage which may be unsold elsewhere
in any of the tracts I own, in exchange for his
first allotment.
The present price of this land is $50 per acre,
in tracts from two and one-half acres up. Rea
sonable terms of payment will be allowed.
I am a resident of Portland and a taxpayer.
I have full confidence in the present and in the
future value of the land 1 am ottering. 1 expect
ROUND-UP SPACE KEN
CJfPRECEDKJfTED CALL
SEATS IS RECORDED.
FOR
Pendleton Citliens Co-operating to
Handle Large Crowds Septem
ber 18, 19 and 20.
PENDLETON. Or.. Aug:. SO. (Spe
cial ) Space on the top of Pendleton s
monster Round-Vp grandstand will be
at a premium !4 hours after the seat
rale opens Tuesday morning at t
o'clock, officials la charge of the big
frontier exhibition estimate. More let
ters requesting; reserved seata have
been received from out of the citr than
for any Itound-t'p In history, according
to C. H. Marsh, secretary.
Never have so many inquiries about
the big show been filed and answered
as this year. The dates are September
IS. 19 and 20. All of Pendleton is now
co-operating In order to handle the
crowds.
While mail orders have been coming
In for six months, and more, those re
ceived before 8 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, and accompanied by the price of
the tickets, will stand a chance of re
ceiving choice selections. Alter ine
ticket committee finishes the pile of
orders now on nana, me ui turn,
will have less desirable selections, they
Two complete houses have been of
fered the Round-Up accommodations
committee for the use for three days
of large parties. There are orders in
for two more complete houses. The
committee has arranged to have free
automobiles to show visitors to rooms
too far for comfortable walking.
Fear has been expressed that the
Pacific fleet band will not he avail
able and the music committee is now
considering a proposition from the
Mu'tnomah guard band, of Portland.
The increased purses In all the im
portant events this year have brought
forth many words of approbation from
well-known performers and Pendleton
will have not only all those who are
now appearing at rarious smaller
hows throughout the northwest, but
champions from the middle west, the
rockirs and the great southwest.
At least 500 I'niatiUa reservation In
dians will pitch camp on the Round
l"p grounds, many of their number be
ing entered In the events. The reser
vation sent 4 young men Into the gov
ernment service and 44 of them are
now at home and will take part In
this rear's Round-l'p.
POISON PLANTS KILL STOCK
LOSSES OX OREGON RANGES
HEAVIER THAN SHOWN.
Agricultural College Specialist In
vestigates Conditions and
Makes Report.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COL
.LEGE. Corrallis. Aug. 30. (Special.)
Poisonous plants on Oregon ranges
causa much heavier livestock losses
than statistics show, reports W. E.
Lawrence, specialist in range plants
and grasses for the college experiment
station, after several weeks' careful
study of Central Oregon ranges.
-Losses from larkspur are much
greater than I had information about."
says Professor Lawrence, who deferred
writing his larkspur article of the pois
on plant series he prepared for The
Sunday Oregonian until he could Inves
tigate further losses due to larkspur.
"Stockmen in some of the large cattle
districts "ride for poison' every spring
and keep their herds from it until the
danger period has passed."
Other plants causing major losses
from poisoning In the Eastern Oregon
range and pasture districts are wa,ter
hemlock, lupine, loco and death camas.
The hemlock, is particularly bad in
marsh regions and along irrigation ca
nals. Losses of a few head to as many
as 100 to the herd are reported by
growers. The loco has caused but slight
damage during the last three years be
cause of the extreme drouth, which has
delayed its propagation from the seed.
Stockmen generally think that the re
turn of normal rainfall will germinate
this seed and that loco poisoning will
reoccur.
Death camas is particularly fatal
during and following the lambing sea
son. Lambs Just learning to graze eat
much mors death comes in proportion
than older sheep. Lupines are more
prominent plants and their presence
more readily detected by experienced
range men.
Losses from plants generally classed
as minor poisonous plants in Oregon
have been reported in sufficient num
ber to give these .plants a major rank
if Investigation establishes tneir re
sponsibility. The azaleas of the Odell
lake regions and the Umpqua districts
of Southern Oregon are said to have
caused large losses. To determine the
matter, stockmen are requested to send
reports of all azalea poisoning to Pro
fessor Lawrence.
The first women printers are said to
have been nuns of the Dominican order,
who ran a printing pres at the con
vent at Mount Pipoli as early as 1476.
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COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Aug. 28.
(Special.) The funeral was
held here yesterday of ls-year-oltr
Harry Allen, who was
drowned when carried into the
river by the horse which he had
taken to drink. The sermon was
preached by Rev. W. J. Large of
EuKene.
Harry's dog. searching for his
master after the drowning, found
on the bank of the river some of
the boy's clothing, which had
been removed in an effort to re
suscitate him. and the dogspent
the nieht after the drowning on
the bank of the river calling for
ihn master, whose boyish com'
mands would never a g
be given.
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First Chief of Mechanical Warfare
Department Attributes His Re
moval to Protest.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by arrangement.)
LONDON, Aug. 30. (Special Cable.)
A profound sensation has been cre
ated here by the proofs afforded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Albert Stern,
the first chief of the mechanical war
fare department, in a magazine article
.....tinfr ik.i thH war office had con
demned the tanks, and that It was only
after a bitter light mat iney were con
structed and tried, with disastrous re
..ua tn tvn nrma nq stern writes that
after the first trial of the tanks Field
Marshal Haig said to him:
"We have had the greatset victory
since the Marne; have tanen more
prisoners and more territory with com
paratively few casualties. This is due
to the tanks."
Returning - at Haig's command to
England, Stern ordered a thousand
tanks constructed. Soon afterward the
army council directed him to cancel the
order, but. owing to Stern's protest, the
instruction was withdrawn the next
day. Subsequently, however, the war
office resumed its objections and Stern
was asked to resign. He refused to do
so and was removed rjy winsion
Churchill, then the mlntster of muni
tions, though Churchill said he himself
k.iuv.ii in tnnir. Stern lava his suc
cessor had never seen a tank.
Then Stern accepted a position to
undertake tank development in me
chanical warfare among the Americans
and the allies. When the war ended he
T.-Q liniMon officer between the British
and American tank departments.
food cards, otherwise there would not
be enough to go around. At the time
I Mr. Woodard was at Hamburg, 42 ships
' of food had arrived at that one port
from the united States alone, and still
the supply of meats and fats was far
below requirements.
Mr. Woodard found the people re
signed to their fate, but there was lit
tle genuine hilarity. Smiling seemed a
painful effort. Children from the poor
er parts of the city showed the effects
of privation and lack tf proper food.
The thing uppermost in the minds of
all seemed to be, "What does America
think, and what will America do?"
GERMAN ROPE IN AMERICA
CONDITIONS CRITICAL, SAYS RE
TURNED OREGONIAN.
Industries Inactive) and Food Cards
Still Vsed rnitcd States Sends
42 Shiploads of Provisions.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Aug. 30.
(Special.) That conditions in Germany
are most critical, with danger of an
other revolution at any time, and that
the Germans, high and low. are look
ing to America for their salvation, is
the belief of John Woodard, who has
but recently returned from Hamburg,
where he was in the service of the
hinninir board. He believes that tne
common people or Germany harbor no
Ill-feeling against us lor our part in
the war and have a genuine affection
for the American people, and that the
so-called nobility, although hating
AmerltJ, make an outward show of
friendship because they know that
their future depends upon the feeling
of America towards them. Americans
are cordially received in Hamburg and
are safe anywhere at all times.
According to Mr. Woodard. the sit
uation there is particularly serious be
cause no one has anything to exchange
for the goods which they must have
from the outside world. Industries are
inactive, because they have nothing
with which to manufacture goods. La
bor has little to do, and while the peo
ple of America are lolling in luxury
the people of Germany must still use
PERSHING'S SON HONORED
Lad of 10 Meets European Royalty,
but Likes Scotch Major Best.
PARIS, Aug. 30. (By the Associated
Presi) Warren Pershing, the 10-year-old
son of th-e American commander-in-chief,
who will return to the United
States with his father September 1, has
been privileged to meet most of the
prominent leaders of Europe, including
several kings and queens. Warren
wears a sergeant's uniform and calls
himself Sergeant Pershing.
After the lad had witnessed the peace
parade in London, when he was re
ceived by King George, Queen Mary
and the Dowager Queen Alexandria,
and scores of other notables, a group
of American officers engag-ed him in
conversation, desirous of finding out
how much the boy had been impressed
by his . introduction" to high person
ages. Warren had nothing to say
about royalty, but suddenly his eyes
brightened and he exclaimed: "That big
Scotch drum major with the dress on
and the high thing on his head was the
one I liked best."
The German word tor war, krieg, is
derived from kriegen, which means to
get hold of other people's property. The
English word war and the .trench word
guerre have their roots in the verbs
to ward' and to guard. In other
words, the German idea of war has
always been spoliation, whereas the
French and English idea has been de- J
fense. says the Youtn s companion.
to retain a part of
it as an invest
ment for myself.
I invite those
who are inter
ested in the cer
tain returns from .
intelligent clear
ing and tilling of
the soil, or in the
wonderful possi
bilities which
would result from success
ful development of the enter
prises now being carried on
in this district, to call on me
or write to me for full infor
mation, which will be given
freely and in a spirit of mu
tual benefit. ' I shall also be
glad to furnish information,
when available, concerning
oil enterprises in other sec
tions of the country.
The time to act is NO Wl
I firmly believe that the
Northwest is entering into a
Period of wonderful development.
Those who are willing to invest now
will be the ones whose reward will
be greatest. The matt who goes in
on the "ground floor" is the man
who wins! A strike in oil will send
land values skyward overnight!
Proprietor Palace Hotel
"OREGON'S OIL HEADQUARTERS,"
446 Washington Street, Portland.
Phone Broadway 1251.
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OREGON RATI SON DIES
JOSEPH LANE TTJKXIDGE PASSES
AT SOUTH BEXD
to the state federation, whose due3 are
unpaid, is called to the fact that the
official call and credentials will be
sent out the second week in September.
Parents Were Pioneers of 1847 Set
tling on Donation Land
Claim Jfear Sclo.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., Aug. 30.
(Special.) Joseph Lane Turnidge, 63
years of age, d ied at the : home of hi
daughtee, aits. y. n,. --
city Sunday. Fulfilling an often ex
pressed wish of the deceased, the body
will be taken to Mill City for inter-
nwnt o-i rt.
. m .tn-a waa hnrn near SClO. wr
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February 3, 1856 His birthplace was
the old donation mim mo."" -
from this town, which was taken up
by his father in 1S48. His Prent
came to Oregon from Missouri in 1847,
being nine months on their journey.
Mr. Turnidge married Mary Franoes
Honners, October 22, 1876, and made
their permanent home at Mill City, Or.
Mr Turnidge was a highly esteemed
citizen and a kind and generous hus
band Ha loved music and despite
deafness in his later years, he con
tinued to -play the violin which was
his chosen instrument. Politically he
..m.hi;n nnri throughout his
was fc i . .
life was a reader and a staunch sup
porter ot 'rne uregoiiKwi.
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dren: Mrs. G. W. Murphy, South Bend,
Wash.; Elda C. Turnidge and Delbert
U Turnidge, Mill City; Mrs. Frank
. 1 T3nn Wi,h ; Mrn. W E.
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Loverlng, South Bend, Wash., and one
sister, Mrs. Tnomas ii.eiao 01 uom mil,
ana IWO LI I Ullioi n, ocw.ics n
Turiock, Cal., and John R. Turnidge of
Toledo.
Payment of CInb Dues Urged.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 30. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. C. H. Castner, president of
the state federation of Women's clubs,
today issued the following notice:
"The attention of all clubs belonging
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H 1 Ul i I more at this popular Park
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LABOR DAY
BOXING BOUTS
3 MINUTE ROUNDS 3
1 Life-Saving Contest
for
. NorthwestChampionship
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Trie. Mn;r talkprlnF
and Best TFiautaht dF
Eating Places in the D ty
On Yau Ko.oui the Reason?
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Park and Alder
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SWIMMING The water is simply fine.
I DANCING You all know BUTTERFIELD he
plays and sings while you dance on our won-
derful floor. . E
I HYDROMERRIE The crazy turnaround Boat.
j WATER TOBOGGAN It takes your breath, but
; it's fun. .
I COLUMBIA BEACH LIMITED Stops at every p
station, .including Hornbrook
! RIDE IN OUR AIRPLANE Lt. Wm. D. Pear- jj
son drives. '
i ON THE BOARD WALK Shows, Shooting
Gallery, Doll Rack, Cat Rack, Nigger Dodger,
Skee Ball Alley, Pit Show, Knife Rack, The
Dart, Spot the Spot, Eat at SimmoncTs Res- g
taurant, or try Polisky's Hot Dogs and Ham-'
burger.
H Let the children ride on the Merry-Go-Round, 6c
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