TITE SUNDAY ORlIGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 23, 1921
PROVISION FOR IDLE
RECENT TRANSACTION REVIVES INTEREST IN
HISTORY OF BROWNSVILLE WOOLEN MILLS
Old Plant for Whose Operation Company Was Organized in 1861 Haa Seen Many Ups and Downs Property
After Being Idle far Years Is Soon to Be in Operation Again.
TO BE REMODELED
la
DEPEiONFIKES,
There are a host of pleasant surprises
awaiting you in our
Complete New Stock
of
Fall and Winter
Footwear
Mayor Appoints Committee
Phegley & Cavender Store
to Handle Situation. v
Also to Be Changed.'
WINTER RELIEF LAUNCHED
RETAIL DISTRICT MOVING
Eale of Salvaged Clothing' and
Other Castaway Materials Is
Planned to Get Fund.
Plan for meeting- the unemploy
ment situation that la now confront
inr the country are being formulated
everywhere in the United States on
the general scheme submitted to the
unemployment conference at Washing-ton
by the Portland unemployment
committee appointed by Mayor Baker.
The present committee, consisting
of J. C. Alnsworth. E. B. MacNaugh
ton, J. R. Bowles, I. Lowengart and
Mayor Baker, has concluded to set In
motion at once the necessary machin
ery to carry the relief plan into effect
here. In order that the city will be
ready to meet any emergency that
may arise as the result of men and
women being thrown out of work.
The main problem is to finance the
relief project. It has been decided
to do this by making an appeal to
citizens to donate old clothes, news
papers, magazines, shoes, underwear,
bottles and other household waste
material to the unemployment com
mittee, wblch will collect this mis
cellaneous ealvage and sell It at
prices that will make it available for
the, needv. It la confidently expected
that at least 110,000 will be obtained
from the proceeds of sales, and that
this sum will entirely or very nearly
take care of the impending mum
. ployment situation.
Committee Begins to Function.
Already the committee has begun
to function. A director of waste ma
terial collection has been appointed
In the person of Fred W. Wagner,
who acted In a similar capacity dur
ing the war for the American Bed
Cross. Under his direction tne coi
lection campaign will be Inaugurated
Monday, October 31.
Director Wagner has appointed
assistant. Dr. Karl B. Morrow, for the
duration of the drive, under the su
pervtslon of these two will be a com
mittee appointed by the Elks lodge
This committee consists of John W,
Baker, who will have charge of the
activities of school children enlisted
In the campaign; John HtbWard, In
charge of national guard activities
Julius J. Berg, fire bureau; Mike Bren
nan. department etorea; Ralph Gru-
man. motion picture houses; Fred
Fletcher, churches; Frank Smith, auto
mobile dealers; Nathan Solomon, drug
tores, and Al Fox, Boy Scouts.
The headquarters of Director Wag
ner and his staff will be at 363 Stark
street.
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company has Installed a telephone
there for use during the collection
campaign. The number Is Broadway
6923. Anyone who wishes to make a
donation of any kind of waste mate
rial la requested to send it to the
nearest school building or Tire sta
tion. If this Is not possible then the
giver is requested to call up Broadway
6923 and tell the headquarters where
to go for the material that is to be
given away.
General Meeting Called.
Mr. Wagner has Issued a call for a
general meeting of his staff for 3
o'clock this afternoon at the Elks
club. All Elks who have automobiles
that can be used In collecting waste
are requested to attend the meeting
as well as all other Elks who can give
some of their time to the cause.
Mrs. Harry Green called the Red
Cross canteen girls together at a
luncheon yesterday and enlisted their
services In the collection drive. The
Disabled Veterans of the World War
also have volunteered their services.
An active part in the campaign will
be taken by the Portland fire bureau.
under the direction of Fire Chief
Young and his staff.
When collected the material will be
tored In warehouses and sorted pre
paratory to being placed for sale In
the stores of the Salvation Army, 2i
Union avenue; the publio welfare bu
reau, 212 Third street, and the Ameri
can Rod Cross, 69 Third street. These
organizations have co-ordinated their
forces for the collection and disposal
of all materials available during the
campaign.
Women Will Aid Sale.
The regular employes of the organi
sations will be assisted in the selling
end of the campaign by a committee
of women under the direction of Mrs.
Milton Knhn. Her aides are Mrs. F.
L. Benedict, Mrs. Victor Johnson. Mrs.
Ludwlg Hlrsch, Mrs. Ralph Tomlin
on, Mrs. C. B. Simmons (Women's
club), and Miss Irene Daly (Junior
. league).
Gus A. Metzger, manager of the
Rlvoli theater, has been appointed
chairman of a committee to handle
motion picture publicity. Cards an
nouncing the collection campaign will
also be carried on the streA cars.
E. B. MacNaughton of the unem
ployment committee already has held
a Dumber of meetings with large con
tractors and builders of the city and
has been assured by them that they
will make every effort to put into ef
fect a building and Improvement pro
gramme by making attractively low
prices on contracts undertaken dur
ing the coming winter.
J. C. Alnsworth. another member of
the committee, has been appointed to
urge railroads and terminal compa
nies to do all the work that can pos
sibly be started this winter.
Wood Yard to Be Operated.
J. K, Bowles Is the committeeman
In charge of the municipal wood yard,
which will be operated in the yards of
the Northwest Steel & Iron Works.
This yard will be operated so as to
furnish employment to every man
who needs work during the winter.
But In no case will1 any worker thus
employed receive any money. Every
person who takes advantage of this
relief work will receive wholesome
food, such clothing as may be neces
sary and lodging.
Portland's own unemployed will be
the first consideration of the commit
tee, but the stranger who finds him
self stranded here also will - get a
chance to work for his food and lodg
ing, although warning has been Is
sued by the committee that Portland
is a place to be avoided this winter
by the man without a Job.
All the work of collecting and sell
ing the waste will be under the gen
ral direction of I. Lowengart of the
unemployment committee.
Aberdeen Primary November 5.
A.BBRDEEX, Wash.. Oct. 21. (Spe
cial.) Aberdeen city primary elec
tion, the first one ever held here In
the fall and ma(e necessary by the
change in the state election law, will
be held November 5. Candidates for
police Judge, city clerk, city treasurer
and one police Judge from each ward,
six In all. will be nominated. The
city election will bo held the first
Tuesday in December.
-f k ROWNSVILLE, Or., Oct. 22.
P- (Special.) Owing to the prob
ability of the re-establlshment
of the Brownsville Woolen mills here
next spring by J. I Bowman, Inter
est In the history of the mill has been
revived.
According to best authorities, the
first company formed at Brownsville
for the building and operation of a
mill was organized in 1861 by Dr.
Edward R. Geary, who is known to
history as a pioneer educator and
minister. The mill began operations
In 1862. The Oregon City mill was
not established until 1864, but the
Salem mill was erected In 1857.
A. M. Templeton, president of the
Linn County Pioneer association, says
there were only a few houses in North
Brownsville when the woolen mill
was built. The flouring; mill, he says,
was put up one year previous to the
woolen mill. The Brownsville plan
ing mill was erected by J. M. Moyer
a year after the establishment of the
wool mill, that Is. In 1883. Thus It
appears that the three leading
POLK FARMER WINS TWELFTH CONSECUTIVE
PRIZE FOR INDIVIDUAL DISPLAY AT FAIR
William F. Lee, Who Practices Diversified Farming, Captures Many Honors for Best Showing of Products
From Single Place at County Exhibition; Members of family Win Awards.
DALLAS, Or., Oct. 22. (Special.)
The high cost of eating three
square meals a day and clotn
lng a family of four Is not worrying
William F. Lee, pho practices much
diversified farming on a hillside
ranch of 60 acres two and a half
miles southeast of Falls City, In Polk
county, and who recently was award
ed his twelfth consecutive blue rib
bon for the best Individual display
of products from a single farm by
the Judges of the agricultural section
of the Polk county fair.
Besides growing everything from
soup stock to nuts necessary to fill
out the daily menu. Black Mil farm,
as Mr. Lee has named his place, has
gathered up enough prize awards In
state and county fairs during the 12
years the family has been competing
for ribbons to clothe them all In
silks and satin.
Across the front of the booth Mr.
and Mrs. Lee prepared for this year's
county fair was heralded In letters
move than a foot high the news that
the exhibit Is that of "William F.
Lee." The letters are woven out of
blue ribbons won by the products of
Black Hill farm.
At the rear of the booth were ad
ditional red, white and blue premium
ribbons grouped together In the de-
NEW EMPLOYMENT DIREC
TOR ON DCTY AT
Y. W. C. A.
-Aune-Ball.
MUa Jraale Clark.
The Young Women's Christian
association employment bureau
Is being reorganized under the
new director. Mis Jessie Clark,
who recently arrived, from New
York to take charge of the
work. Mrs. A. Skene Moody Is
chairman of the employment
department. Miss Clark will give especial
attention to the problems of
office, factory, hotel and store
employment nd will continue
the office's manner of handling
the domestic employment. She
believes that "numbers are not
nearly a Important as perma
nence." and she will try to fit
the Job to the girl and the em-'
ployer to the one employed, so
that there may be more perma
nence. Miss Clark Is a graduate of
the, University of Wisconsin,
has done social service and In
dustrial work. She was with
the New York Consumers'
league and with the United
States employment service In
New York during the war. Re
cently she has been field em
ployment supervisor for the na
tional Y. W. C. A. board in
eight western states. he be
lieves that in these days of
transient labor and unemploy
ment local girls should have the
preference. She will give the
first positions to the needy
girls and let the "pin-money"
girls wait until the needy are
placed.
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Brownsville Industrie are older than
the Oregon City woolen mill.
Some historians mention 1875 as the
date of the erection of the Browns
ville mill, but the plant had .been
built, operated and burned down by
the year 1865, and in 1873 it was
again In operation.
An invaluable document, a copy of
the Brownsville Informant, for Sep
tember 24, 1886, was recently discov
ered here. It carried an article en
titled "Brownsvijle Woolen Mill.' a
Brief Sketch of These Important
Works During the Past 13 Years."
This shows that the mill waa re
established In 1873, was sold at auc
tion in 1875 to J. M. Moyer. and that
its greatest era of prosperity followed
the transaction. The chief owners
and operators In that day were
Thomas Kay, D. Dalgleish, F. F. Croft,
William Cochran and J. M. Moyer.
The woolen mill company as orig
inally formed by Dr. Geary In 1861
Included Hugh L. Brown, for whom
Brownsville was named, and his son,
John Brown. George Cooley was
secretary and treasurer. John Wors
ley of Astoria was first superintend
sign of an American flag, "two feet
ujr Liuets icci lu huo.
With the knowledge that none of
the ribbons are more than seven or
eight Inches long and "two Inches
wide. It doesn't take a master of ad
vanced mathematics to figure that
the display contains "some few rib
bons." Black Hill farm produces Just
about everything that la known to
horticulture and agriculture aa they
are practiced In Oregon. Here are
some o Its products that appear in
the fair booth this year:
Twelve varieties of sheaf grain,
six varieties of threshed grain, eight
varieties of grasses, 35 varieties of
vegetables, 18 varieties of fruits and
berries, 7 kinds of homemade Jelly,
12 varieties of seeds, honey, 7 kinds
of canned fruit and 4 varieties of
nuts.
The Lees have been on Black Hill
farm for 18 years, and during that
time have placed 30 of the 60 acres
under cultivation. The remainder of
the acreage they make use of for
other purposes than supplying wood
for the home fires. Mr. Lee also pro
duces . blooded poultry. Including
single-comb Brown Leghorn chick
ens, single-comb White Leghorns.
Mottled Anconaa, Barred Rocks and
Toulouse geese and Homer pigeons.
The breeding and training of fine
dogs Is another line Into which Mr.
Lee dips his hand to some depth, his
specialty being collies and hounds.
Pure-bred Swiss milk goats are the
latest addition to the Black Hills
farm, and the anlnwils raised by Mr.
Lee are rated among the best In the
country.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee are not the only
members of the family addicted to
the prize-winning habit. For six
years their youngest daughter Mable
has been gathering a'cholce collec
tion of blue, red and white ribbons
at state and county fairs. Mable Is
14, and since she waa 8 she has been
unusually successful In annexing
prizes in the county industrial club
section.
Since 1918 Mable has collected 57
ribbons, her quota at the Polk county
fair this year being nine blue, 11
red and three white ones. She won
first awards for the best individual
booths, the best milk goat and the
best stock pumpkin, Hubbard squash,
cabbage, beets, potatoes and onions
grown by county club members in
Polk county. Her display of native
woods, collected on Black Hills farm,
also won first honors.
The won red ribbons on the fol
lowing: Boxed apples, canned frolta. Jelly.
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Sold on a test proposition. Yon are
thoroughly satisfied it is helping you be
fore the appliance la yours. Nothing to do
but wear it No trouble or expense, and
the most wonderful fact about the appli
ance Is that It Is sold ao reasonable that It
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poor.
No matter how bad your ailment, or how
long standing, we will be pleased to have
you try It at our risk. For full informa
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Entertainment Dancing
Boat Blue Bird
Every Sunday Evening
Leaves Morrison Dock 8:30 P. M.
ent. James Kennedy, card boss, and
John Leach, weaving boss.
After the fire of 1865 the company
waa reorganized and the plant called
the Eagle mills. John Duncan was
superintendent. The company finally
went Into bankruptcy, was taken
over by a Portland firm, and this also
went to the wall. After the mill had
stood Idle many years Thomas Kay,
in 1873, took it over, as heretofore
explained. When Moyer took the mill
two years later he renamed It the
Brownsville Woolen mills, but he
finally sold his interest and organized
a woolen mill In Albany. He called
this the Brownsville Woolen mills,
having reserved the right to the use
of the name.
Mr. Moyer's Interest In the mill
here waa bought by Peter Hume, who
again named it the Eagle Woolen
mills. After operating a number of
years Mr. Hume sold out to Joseph
Cordlngly, Seth Raistrlck and Will
lam Denton. This firm operated the
mill until about four years ago, when
It closed the mill and sold out the ma
chinery. Several months ago the
property was purchased by J. L. Bow
man, owner of the Brownsville
Woolen Mills stores.
asters, pillow slips, fudge apron, sofa
pillow, sugar cookies, oat meal cook
ies, loaf cake and layer cake. White
ribbons were pinned on her bread,
musk melons and pie pumpkin.
After this year Mable will not enter
In competition 'for prizes and prob
ably will confine any exhibit she has
to make to the big Black Hills farm
booth, she announced when the
judges handed her her ribbons Fri
day. . Fair Site Meeting Called.
Advocates of the RossajXsland-Coun.
c'l Crest exposition site will meet in
the Holman school at 8 o'clock to
morrow night. Engineers will tell of
the proposed aerial tramway and oth
er features of the combination site.
Oeorge T. Newman will preside and
speakers promised Include Bert Jones,
A. Rosenstein. L. Shanks and Kenneth
Brown, general chairman of the com
mittee. This meeting will be for resl.
dents of Sellwood, Brooklyn, East
moreland, Westmoreland, Fulton
Park, 'Beaverton and other Tualatin
valley points.
Bead The Oregonian classified ads.
FROM AROUND
THE WORLD
AUSTRALIA provides the most desirable wool for
spinning soft, warm, fleecy yarn, and nearly all
countries in the world, notably America,' England, Scot
land, Belgium, France and Germany, seek this wonder
ful yarn for weaving the finest woolens and worsteds.
China, Japan and Italy supply the finest raw silk for
linings. From Russia comes flax for making the purest
linen.
South Africa, Turkey, America and Spain furnish
alpaca. The Nile in Egypt and the Sea Island districts
send the highest grade cotton.
In Ecuador, Colombia and Panama grow the vegetable
palm from whose fruit is secured ivory nuts, which make
the best buttons.
The essentials which maintain our large volume of re
peating patronage are our access to the world's finest
quality in materials and our exceptional skill in making
clothes that fit well and remain satisfactory.
Suit and Extra Trousers
$45, $55, $65
and upward
TCOIXs The Tailor
"WS aJERSEMS SONS
Oscar M. Smith, Manager
108 Third Street
J2
MADE to OT?DB
Shops Are Opening Vp on Morrison
Street West of Broadway at
Rapid Rate. '
Considerable changes In the aspect
of one of Portland's downtown cor
ners, the corner of Fourth and Alder
streets, promise to be forthcoming as
a result of tne recent removal of the
Honeyman Hardware company and
the announced Intention of Phegley
& Cavender of selling out and quit
ting business.
It was declared to be the present
Intention of the Failing estate, owner
or tne building formerly occupied oy
the Honeyman Hardware company, to
take out the present blank wall on
Alder street and substitute windows
It Is also probable that the space on
the ground floor of the building will
be cut up into a number of small
stores for leasing out to tenants.
Lease la Retained.
Plans for the future arrangement
of the building are still tentative, ow
ing to the fact that the hardware
company retains the lease and still
has a large quantity of goods stored
there. The lease has 18 months to
run, but it was understood that the
company will not retain the building
that long.- As soon as the space is
turned back to the Failing estate the
remodeling work will start, it was
declared.
The firm of Phegley Cavender has
tne space wmch it now occupies
the northwest corner of Fourth and
Alder streets for eight years longer,
according to the terms of its lease.
Store to Be Remodeled.
Grant Phegley, member of the firm,
announced that It was the intention
to remodel the storeroom, making five
smaller rooms which would be leased
to tenants. He estimated that the
firm would not be sold out before
February 1, after which, he said, the
remodeling would be started.
Another street which is undergoing
considerable ohanges Is Broadway
between Morrison and Alder streets.
Following the establishment of the
second Woolworth store at the cor
ner of Broadway and Alder street,
the Sweet Sixteen company, a na
tional concern, obtained a lease on
the .building adjoining. This Is now
being romodeled and that concerr
will open a store there In the near
future.
Retail Shape Open.
A section of the city which is rap
Idly developing as a first-class retail
center as a result of the gradual ex
tension of the business district Is that
portion of Morrison street west of
Broadway. A number of well-known
retail stores have taken locations In
that district within recent months.
Among them are the Hudson Bay Fur
company, which was on Broadway:
Cherry's Upstairs store, formerly in
the Pittock block, and the new etore
of L. N. Levinsnn.
DISARMAMENT IS ARGUED
Sanderson Reed and Xornian F
Coleman Talk at Reed.
"We need no government whatso
ever if each Individual tends to his
own business." said Sanderson Reed,
Portland attorney in his 20-minute
speech on "The Impracticability of
Disarmament," before the Reed col
lege community gathered in the com
mons union last Friday night. Nor
man Coleman, president of the Four
Ls. presented the "Practlblllty of
Disarmament." He declared there
weherrHoajse?rrmn
Near Washington
The far corners of the world supply
the superior quality in materials that
insures Nicoll clothes being the most
economical for you to buy.
Laird's black k'J and tan
calf strap oxford. Truly
a distinguished style
$1S
J ohnslon &
Murphy, black
cordovan win
ter oxford
$15
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tion seen ahead. .
Following the speeches of the two
guests an hour was spent In heckling
the speakers by both students and
faculty. A short musical programme
followed.
It ls the purpose of President
Scholz of Reed, through student com
mittees, to prepare short programmea
every Friday evening and to invite
prominent men to present Important
questions of the day to the Reed com- I
mumty. I
TELEPHONE FREIGHT HERE
Material for Improving Local Sy-
tern ls in City.
Material reaulred In making the 1
changes Involved in the 13,600.000 re- j
organization programme planned in
Portland by the Pacific Telephane & !
Telegraph company, filling eight
freight cars, arrived yesterday In
Portland, according to C. E. Hick
man, manager of the company.
The equipment will be used in tne i
Installation of the new Beacon lla-
nn tH- fifth ttfT Of th Broad- I
-way building to replace the old "A" I
New styles and models of the world's
makes of shoes fill our new store.
want you to see them to try them
Individuality Quality Style but Not
New
Patent leather
oxfords and
sandal effects.
Specially priced
at
$10
In Our Juvenile Department
ne feature Jos. I. Melanson &
Bros.' children's shoes, Holland
Shoe Co. boys' shoes, Mrs, A.
. R. King's infants' shoes.
STAIGER'S
Now at
2S8 MORRISON STREET
x Corbett Bldg.
station at Park and Burnslde streets.
This ls the Initial improvement re
quired In the rearrangement of the
downtown telephone wrvlce to con
Quality Is Not Sacrificed
To Give You Low Prices
If you paid the Electro Dentists double you would not
get any better workmanship or better grade of materials.
Low prices gave us our start and the policy continues,
although there are thousands of our customers who
would be willing to pay us double what we charge.
The public expects GOOD dental work here and they
expect POPULAR prices.
Our prices, our service and our materials have been
perfectly satisfactory for 15 years and there is no reason
to change them.
ew.
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Uly Practice la Limited to High
Class Dentistry Only.
If you wish to have a set of teeth we would be pleased to show
you samples made by us. Would advise you as to the best teeth for
your mouth, and tell you Just what ihey would cost.
a. We very often put fro Id teeth and Bold fillings in our Sets of
teeth to make them look more natural.
We make hundreds of plates every month.
Filling Teeth, Gold, Porcelain or Silver, $1 Up
When we fill teeth we use the latest Improved method In treat
ing: and removing: the decay, preparing and sterilising: the cavity.
We use only the best filling; material, and do this work lit very
reasonable prices. If a tooth has ached or pained, we painlessly
kill the nerve and properly prepare the cavity, so that afler the
tooth is filled the filling will not come out, and the tooth will not
acne or srlve any more trouble.
Decayed teeth can be filled with Oold, Porcelain or Silver Alloy.
Teeth filled by Electro Dentists are usually as Rood as before they
were decayed.
Gold Bridajework or Poreelaln Teeth
Ithuut I'lalea.
Bridge Work,
Teeth Without
Plates, Gold or
Porcelain, as Low
as $5.00
Bridge work Is the best way of replacing missing- teeth or teeth
that are too badly decayed to hold fillings or crowns, llecause you
have lost one or more it will not be necessary for you to wear a
plate. Klectro Dentists can make an attachment to the good ad-Joining-
teeth and replace the missing: teeth without requiring-.you
to wear a plate. The bridged teeth are fastened solid In your
mouth; you cannot take them out. Very often they will last a life
time and will look as natural as your own teeth. We use only the
very best "materials In doing- this work, and our price, you notice,
Is .very reasonable.
Our Motto:
'Every Patient Must
Be Absolutely and
Forever Satisfied"
Electro Painless Dentists
IN THE TWO-STORY BUILDING
Corner Sixth and Washington Sts., Portland, Or.
best
We
on.
High Prices
D. Armstrong, lan
calf Walking ox
ford". Smart to the
ZiniiJ
fit
Boston i an,
black calf and
lan calf heavy
sole Oxfords
$11
nect In with the so-called six dlpet
system. A portion of the equipment
will also be used In the new Garfield
mstion In Irvlngton.
Open Evenings
Teeth $10 Up
I PPKK OK LOYVKK
Gold, Robber or Aluminum Plnlea
We make sts of teeth that fit
tlftht. look natural and are often
more satisfactory than your nat
ural teeth.
We probably make more sets of
teeth thnn any other office in the
city. We have expert dentists
who make sets of teeth and do
nothing: else; of course, they be
come experts on maklnir teeth.
Special rooms are equipped and
are used only for the making; of
sets of teeth.
All Work
Guaranteed
for 10 to 15
Years