SUNDAY OREGONIAN. ' PORTLAND, MAY 1G, 1920
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ASSORTED TIME, AS SERVED OUT BY PORTLAND CLOCKS,
LOSES JOBS, FRIENDS AND WRECKS MANY HAPPY HOMES
Mystery of Broken Appointments, Tragedy of Missed Friends, Lost Opportunities, Farcial Meetings Are Laid at Door of Those Who Set the
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BY ALVERA HARRY.
pHE snappily-dressed chap at the
igton tapped his foot uneasily,
took out his watch for the fifth time
In IS minutes, compared it with the
street clock on the southwest corner,
put it back into his pocket, took it
out again, compared it with the street
clock on the southeast -corner, glanced
uneasily up and down the street and
with a sigh of relief advanced to
meet a young- woman coming rapidly
west on Washington.
"I'm just five minutes late, dear,"
she cooed.
A set look spread over his face. If
jaws can be said to harden, his as
sumed the consistency of petrified
wood.
"Five," he snapped. "Five? Twenty-five.
. Mabel, I'll be hanged if I
can understand why it in you are al
ways late. It is very peculiar that
.our watches never agree. It's "
' Who Could Renin. Thisf
t v "Bui, dear, 1 set my watch by the
-depot clock. Now. - Harry ." 1 The
bie brown eyes rolled in- an appeal
ing fashion and, after one last futile
effort to stand by his guns, he suc
cumbed. And yet if they had compared the
timepieces from which they set their
respective watches they would have
found that there was from five to
tn minutes' difference between the
two. , This seems to be a character
istic of the various street clocks of
our city. If you have ever had an
appointment and - have been foolish
. enough to go by the street clocks
you will know this.
I had an appointment once with a
very dear friend. Punctuality las
sever been a virtue of 'mine, for 1
work on the principle "Better-, late
"than never." However, that day I
was determined to show that I could
be on time if I really tried. The
appointment was for 1 o'clock. I left
home at 12:30. I figured that 25
-. minutes would get me to Second and
Alder streets at five minutes to one.
Five minutes to walk to Broadway
and Washington, and there you are.
You know the street clock on Sec
ond and Alder. It registered four
. rr.inutes to one when I stepped off
the car. I tripped blithely along. It
. -waa a lovely spring day. When I
reached Third street I casually
Clanced at the street clock on that
corner. To my surprise it was five
minutes to one. "Now," I kidded my
self, "this is really great. I am even
making up time." There must be at
least seven clocks from Third and
Washington to Broadway. I would
never advise even my worst enemy
catch by them. It you
to set his
can't find a clock that you can trust
and the family Big Ben isn't work
ing, get a potiket sun dial and use
that. Of course, the sun doesn't shine
very much here.
Every Step Gains Time.
To go on with my tale. Each clock
I came to seemed to be getting be
hind the other one. In succession
they read six minutes to one, eight
minutes to one, ten minutes to -one,
and then were starting all over again
with four minutes to one. Rea.lly.
I couldn't congratulate myself
enough. " '
And then something began to hap
pen. It still confuses me .to think
about it. The next to the last clock
I came to said 1:15. It would have
taken more than that at the mo
ment to ruffle my complacency. I
knew I was on time. J But the last
clock said 20 minutes past. I must
have stood under it completely para
lyzed for another five minutes for
my next recollection ls of asking the
handsome traffic cop If he had seen
red-haired girl ir a short gray
the city of Portland old clocks,
clocks that have witnessed and timed
the growth of the city,, clocks with
memories that are still growing.
In an old part of the town, on the
southwest corner of First and Alder
streets, stands. the old town clock of
the city. It was placed on the tower
f the Oddfellows' building about
870. On the roof beside it is an old
elL one of the many used to sum- ;
mon the citizens of Portland to give
their aid in fighting the fires of De
cember, 1872 and August. 1873.
The Oddfellows' clock, as it is now
nown, ran steadily until a year ago.
when, like the Old One Horse Shay,
it stopped and might now be said to
be relegated to the position of a
grandfather clock. It has withstood
hard weather of all sorts, sleet, hail.
rain storms, wind storms and i was
ieii to tms last snow storm oi ours
to maim it for life. One entire dial
s out, and another is badly cracked
and broken. But the other two dials
stand out bravely. It is a question
whether the clock will ever be re
paired and put in working order.
The second oldest clock in the city
is the one on the tower of The Ora-
gonian building. It was placed there
1S92, as an adjunct to the then
highest building in the city. At that
time the business of the city was gen
erally centered on and around Third
street and it was considered a ser
lous mistake and a piece of folly on
tne part or tne owners oi ine ure
gonian to risk erecting a building so I
far from the general trend of traffic. ;
The Howard Clock Co. of Boston,
Mass.) held the contract for and
placed the clock in the tower. There
was soma delay in getting it placed
as it was desired to have the glass
on the dials correspond in color with
the rest of the building. The color
was painstakingly burned in with
acids, after much glass had been
spoiled in so doing-.
Sfhce its erection The Oregon Ian
clock has never been repaired, the
only time that there has been any
trouble to speak of has been in re
cent years, during the silver thaws.
when the Ice or snow on- the hands.
has retarded it somewhat. This
seems very unusual when it Is con
sidered that it is cleaned but every
three months. .
Xever Bet on Dial Slxe.
It is hard to realize the size of
the big clock by merely glancing up
from the street. A few years ago two
chaps1 put up a bet as to the diam
eter of the dials. One of them, the
one that lost, must have had a strange
Idea of distance, for he bet that the
dials were four and a half feet
across. From the street such a dial
would have resembled a pocket watch.
In reality the dials are thirteen feet
six inches across. The rest of the
clock is of corresponding size. The
pendulum alone weighs 150 pounds.
The hands are six feet long, with two
rods counterbalancing them. Once a
week the clock is wound for three
minutes, a large crank being used. At
night the hands are lit up by a 1000
watt lamp.
Do you live on the Broadway line?
Then-you are one of that big multi
tude that set their watches by the
Depot clock. You are one of that
number that squirm and turn to catch
a gi'mpse of Its face as the car
rounds the turn on the bridge, and
who pull out your timepiece and set
the hands forward or backward
cording to whether ft loses or gains
time. This is the third oldest- clock
in the city, having been placed after
.The Oregonlan clock was put up.
One .of the interesting clocks in the
cty is the one in the window of t
jeweler at West Park and Washing
ton streets. It shows the time in the
large central cities of the world as
comparison with Portland. Look
at it hard and you can almost see the
evening shadows lengthening in the
streets of Paris, while the first faint
streaks of dawn are coloring the skies
of Hongkong.
The Journal clock, while not one
of the old clocks of the city, holds a
unique position in that it Is the only !
clock on a 'public building that lays 1
claim to having chimes. The chimes
resemble those on Big Bfen, next to
the parliament buildings in London.
Thla Clock ver Rand.
A clock that has never run. there
are many such, no doubt, but this one
is really one of the old landmarks
of the city and worthy of mention
because of that fact. It commands
a position' on the tower of the old
Portland- high school. It never was
Intended to run. but was meant as a
reminder to tardy school children and
bo the hands were fixed at nint
o'clock. Many a poor freshman has
been fooled by the upper-classmen
into believing that he was late for
school. -
Perhaps it is not known to the lay
man that the government has a sys
tem of regulating the time. Promptly
at 12 o'clock noon a click comes in
to the hydrographic office in the cus
tom house from Mare Islandt Cali
fornia. At that time the- clock in
that office is regulated and a report
filled out and forwarded to Washing
ton, setting forth how many seconds
the government clock is behind the
time.
Until six months ago, the ball on
the top of the custom house was low
ered, promptly at noon by means of
tripping a lever. The mariner In the
harbor regulated his chronometer and
the various business houses of the
city regulates their clocks by watching
fon. the-signal. But it was found that
the time oall was in such a poor posi
tion that it was almost invisible to
ships In the harbor so it has been dis
continued for the time being. It is
expected that it will be placed on the
steel railroad bridge, where it can
be seen from all parts of the city.
With, these examples, and taking
Into consideration the numerous
street clocks that pepper the city,
we can be said to be well supplied
with timepieces. Almost everyone
haaa sneaking hope that some .not
far distant day there wilr be a way
figured out to make them keep the
same time. Where do some of them
get their -hours?
SEVEN HUNDRED - STUDENTS WILL BE SEEN
IN SPRING PAGEANT, "HISTORY OF OREGON
Annual Event to Be Revived at Corrallia May 22 Participants to Frolic in Costumes Representing Dramatic
and Thrilling Events of Past Connected With Romantic Building Up of State.
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ORKGOX AGRICULTURAL COL- ,
LEXJE, Corvallis, lay 14. (Spe
cial) The annual spring pageant
discontinued during the war, will be
held again this year with ?00 partici
pants frolicking in costumes repre
senting the dramatic and thrilling
events in the "History of Oregon."
Moat of the dramatists are girl stu
dents, although there are a few men
in some of the scenes connected with
the romantic building of the state.
The historical pageant will be held
Saturday afternoon. May 22.
"History of Oregon" includes - the
Indian troubles incident to the settle
ment by the whites, and accordingly
the spring fete will have dusky In
dians in featured headdress and gay
blankets waging battle for trte su
premacy of the virgin forests, finally
submitting their differences to a peace
pipe council with the white men.
Dance Interludes Frequent.
Ox -drawn prairie schooners with
laughing merry-eyed children atilt on
their upper decks are to enter the
wilderness, which Is made by the
staunch settlers, to blossom as the
rose. A stage coach drawn by six i
horses will bear the first bridal party i
in Oregon away on their honeymooiK
according to the play.
The Spirit of Oregon, followed by
Christianity, education, are, 'drama-
music and play, wlH usher in the
later stages in the development of the
state and show its future possibilities.
Frequent dance interludes will be
introduced and,- wUh the gorgeous
colorings of the costumes, the picture
is to be made an ever-moving, ever
varying panorama for the entertain
ment of the vlMitors. Costumes for the
"Flowers of t"he Wilderness" are said
to be artis'tic and original, having
been designed by Miss Blanche Mc
Clatchie of the women's physical ed
ucation department.,
Miss Ether Long .of Caldwell, Idaho,
will .be the "Spirit of Oregon;-. Miss
Alma Scharpf. Portland, will repre
sent Christianity; Miss Lois Dorn.
Pasadena, CaL., will symbolize educa
tion. "
Representing art. Miss Evelyn
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Fulkerson. "Weiser. Idaho, will take
the leadinsr role. Miss Kathleen Me
loy. Corvallis. will typify mu.sie; Miss
Irene Brye. Auburn. CaL, play; Miss
Isla McCain, Corvallis. welfare; Miss
nation-wide reputation for her stage
clothes, dresses her "baby vamp" part
In a Parisian outfit.
FEATCRE FILM
"SliClK'rl of the Hills" by Harold
Ilcll Wright Is Offered.
Harold Bell 'Wright, who boasts a
foliow-inR- of more than 40.000.000
readers, turned motion-picture pro
ducer and his film creation, "Th
Shepherd of the Hills," which trans
plants that famous story to the
screen, will be the featured attrac
tion at the Circle theater today and
tomorrow.
"The Shepherd of the Hills" is a
film version of the Wright - story,
produced by the author himself, and
tells on the screen exactly what was
told in the written, pages, in such a
realistic manner that ..those who see
the visualization will be transported
back to the locale of the story the
Ozark mountains of Missouri.
In selecting a cast to interpret
thisi story, the author-producer In
sisted that the players should live
rather than act their parts. The result
of this careful selection is that- '"The
Sliepard of the Hills" is the most nat
ural, unaffected pictures that has ever
flashed on the screen.
All the famous characters of the
storv. "rtammy - Lane," "Little Pete."
Wash Uibbs. the Shepard. Ollie
Stewart. Young Matt. Old 'Matt,
Howard. the--artist: the girl at the
spring and Preachin Bill are depicted
by players of unusual histrionic
I talent.
Students Seir-Snpportlng.
EUGENE, Or. Thirty-seven per
cent of the students In the University
of Oregon are wholly self-supporting,
according to figures just made public
by the university authorities. Sixty-
i'i.... ur.in.o. I'nnuH th.'sr,irit 'en per nf earn more than half
of Oregon Agricultural col'lpte. i of their college expenses, the figures
The pageant, revived as an annual show
nt, is presented by the department
of physical education for women in
cooperation with art. music. English.
history and military departments, it
Is part of the programme for the
traditional junior week end. May 20,
21 and 22.
The statistics teU another
story concerning the women students.
Many girls begin their college .course
and try to support themselves, but
there is generally- a falling off in the
first ye:ir. the authorities said.
NEW BILLS AT THE THEATERS
Gontinutd From Page 4.)
humorous situations that are de
veloped, is not for 'the pen of a mere
reviewer.
" LEAVE IT TO. ME" AT STAR
Elements of Actual Life Declared
. Featured In Production.
"Leave It to Me," a William Russell
picture to be presented this week at
the Star theater, is described as a
peculiarly well-balanced production.
It contains, according; to advance re
ports, all the elements of actual life
in proportions that make the story of
absorbing interest throughout.
Placed In a town setting, with- a
rich, handsome and' pleasure-loving
young man (William Russell) as its
protagonist, and underworld types
figuring in the narrative, the drama
promises to create a sensation in mo-
1 Guess the circumference of The O re oalau clock dial.' 3 a the Odd
fellows' building is Prtland' rea 1 tana clot-k-' Pupils of old Port
land high school mre at ays tardy. '4 oontle travelers have aet
their -watches here. B Think what tlaae It la la other parts of the vtorld.
squirrel cloak.
' Oon't yon think they ought to have
an ordinance In this city regulating
the clocks and making' it a criminal
offense, subject to 10 to 1& years in-
the penitentiary at hard labor and a
1000 fine, for any loose time? Then
maybe .we -could get our hands 'on
some of these . people that are get
ting us in bad' with our friends and
employers, and separating happily
marriea couples.
But it wasn't always , thus. Be
fore, the -invention of the present-
day clock run by machinery they used
water clocks. The first one seems
to have appeared about 157 B. C. in
Rome. There was usually one to a
town. Pliny says that Pompey
brought home a valuable one among
the spoils from the eastern nations,
which he made use of for limiting
the speeches of the Roman' oratora
The first clock that in any way con
formed to our .modern Idea of what
timepiece should be ' was invented tr
1335 by Peter Llghtfoot, a monk of
Glastonbury Abbey. .
Qneen Wore Wriat Watch.
If you think that wrist watches are
a new invention and a fad you are
mistaken. A. queen wore the first
one, Elizabeth of England, the lady
of the muddy-coat-Sir-Walter-Ra-
leigh fame. An old chronicle says
that in 1571 the Earl of Leicester
gave her "one armlet of shaken of
golde all over falrely garnished with
rubyes and dyamondes. having in the
closing thereof a clocke." Now if that
doesn't sound like a wrist watch,
what does?
But to pass from the old to the
new, how many of us realize what an
interesting lot of clocks there are in
RADICTUSED TO HUNT FISH
Mackerel Scout to 'Locate Schools
' for Halifax Scinnten. , .
HALIFAX, N. ' S. Arrangements
have been made at Halifax, 'X. 8., to
employ a wireless -equipped fisheries
protection, cruiser durihg the coming
season for the purpose of scouting
mackerel in order thafnshermen may
be advised of the arrival, of schools,
their location, approximate . size and
direction and movement. -.
Claiming that they "have located an
island in Hudson's bay on which there
are 400.000,000 tons of . iron ore in
sight, 'enough to supply. Canada for
a .century, two prospectors have left
Toronto 'en route to the discovery
point. . - .
tinn nlr-rn ra oirnlco H T Vi a etut hae la.' rt n
an immense following: by his Virile,
prallant characterizations. This latest
rease. it Is predicted, will enhance
his reputation for finesse, 'power and
versatility.
An astounding- feature of "Leave It
to Me," according; to its producers, is
the costuming; of the characters.
Miss Eileen Percy, lead, as the
fiancee of the star, has a stunning;
wardrobe one of the "zippy new
style bathing; suits, of blue taffeta
cut princess; a black and white sports
costume very French in effect, worn
with green and white sports hat; a
semi-sport afternoon outfit of heavy
white Chinese crepe hand-embroidered
In black, cut with the new
harem skirt; an afternoon grown of
blue g;eorg;ette expensively beaded in
red cherries and green leaves; a stun
ning; bridesmaid's frock, and a -wonderful
Japanese kimona sent by one
of her screen admirers in Japan.
Miss Lucille Cavanaugh, who has a
Lift Off Corns!
Doesn't hurt! Lift touchy corns and
calluses right off with fingers
RESORT DANCING DENIED
Notorious Hall Along Barbarj
Coast Applies for Permit.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. An- ef
fort to revive dancing in resorts
along San Francisco's "Barbary coast"
has failed.''
The police commission denied Tony
Mastaine's application for a permit
for dancing in the Thalia, one of the t
once notorious dance halls and sa
loons on that part of Pacific street
extending back from the water front.
This action was taken after mem
bers of the- commission, personally
inspecting the place, were askd by
the girls there to buy soda pop at
1 a bottle.
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lLir but few tints at drug iteru '-
Apply a few drops of "FTeezone" upon that old.
bothersome corn. Instantly that corn stops
hurting: Then shortly you lift it right off,
root and all, without pain or soreness. ,
Hard corns, soft corns, corns
between the toes, and the
bard skin calluses on
bottom of feet lift
right ' off no ."
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Conquered
A veteran butinrss man, who was al
most completely bald and had tried
tomes, lotions, ea am poos, etc.
in vain, came across aa In
dians' elixir by which he
grew a complete crop of
healthy hiir he now pos
sesses. The hair elixir is
called 'KOTAIaKO." Others
men and women have re
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kVhtnVoia ffrowtli relief from dandruff,
cessation of falling: hair by using Kotalko.
Jn a T$t number of cast, wtiro. hair falls out,
tha- mats are not dcarl. but reroatn for aoroa
time imb-ddl In the a-alp. Ilka sce4s or bulbs,
n-llni only fertility. He usual hair tonics, etc.
are of no aail. The lndiani method Is tur
mv1 to BauHi.il the hair and stimulate ttia
rewtn. It raala a M Kotalko It would
be a pity to ioa the boon wblcb tbis mixbt
K-f-v In
Wonderful results report
ed. For men's, wm's ond
children's hate. If yon are
bald, or losing hair, or have
dandruff, you should try
KOTALKO: itnay be what's
needful for your scalp and
in such, ease it Is a pleas-
ore to obserre the starting Hair Grown
of HW hair and its steady
increase until prolific growth. msT
obtain a full box of genuine Kotalko at
any busy drug store. Or a proof box
will be maild if yu send 10 cents.
BiWcr or stamps, to John Hsrt Brittain,
Station, ?, Kaw York. K. T.
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Tiny battles if' ' Freezsne" cist
but a few cents at drug sura
Rheumatism
Home Cure Given
Who Had It.
One
lu the spring of 1S93 I was attacked
by Muscular and Inflammatory Rheu
matism. 1 sutttred as only those who
bave it know, lor over three years. 1
tried remedy after remedy, and doctor
after doctcr, but such relief as I re
ceived wuj only temporary. -Finally. I
found a remedy that cured me com
pletely, and It has never returned. 1
have given It to a number who were
terribly afflicted - and even bedridden
with Rheumatism, and It effected a
cure In every case.
I want every sufferer from any form
of rheumatic trouble to try this mar
velous beating power. Don't send a
cent; simply mall your name and ad
dress and I will send It free to trj
After you have used it and It has prov
en Itself to be that long-looked-for
mans of curing your rheumatism, you
may send the price of It. one dollar, but
understand, 1 do nor- want your money
unlesar you re perfectly satisfied to
send it. Isn't that fair? Why suf
fer any longer when positive relief Is
thus offered you. free? Don't delay.
Writ today. '
Mark H. Jackson, - No. 031F Gurney
BUlg.. Syracuse- N. V. -
Mr. Jacksoer is responsible. Above
statement true. Adv. .- . . .
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