12 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 30, 1922 SAVINGS DEPOSITS' JI1T00WK Supreme Court Hands Down State Bank Decision. DEPOSITORS WIN FIGHT Creditors Directly"" Affected to . Absorb All Savings Assets and ' Share Ratably In Other. SALEM, Or., July 29. (Special.) Savings depositors in the defunct State Bank of Portland will absorb all the savings deposits of the insti tution, and will share ratably with other depositors in the remaining assets of the bank, according to an opinion written by Just'ce McCourt and handed down by the Oregon supreme court here today. Justice McCourt's opinion affirms the decree of Judge Tucker of the Multnomah county circuit court, in the cases filed by C. R. Upham, Mary Steelhammer and Grace A. Doxie, depositors in the bank, against Frank Bramwell, state su perintendent of banks, who is in charge of liquidating the affairs of the defunct institution. - Assets to Be Distributed. As a result of the opinion the state banking superintendent now will proceed with the distribution of :' approximately $800,000, representing- the available assets'sof the bank in both the savings and com mercial departments. The savings depositors, under the opinion, prob ably will be paid dollar for dollar, while the commercial depositors may not receive more than 50 or 60 per cent of the total deposits. Not until after the savings and com mercial depositors have been paid will, any creditors of the institution share in the assets. The State bank, according to the records in the case, was closed February 16, 1922,- with the, result that liquidation of the affairs of the institution was taken over by the state banking- department. Part of Assets Converted. A part of the assets of the bank later were converted into cash, about half of this money being realized in the savings department and the remaining half from other assets of the institution. In liquidating the affairs of the bank, apd distributing its assets, Mr. Bramwell proposed to allow de positors who also were indebted to the bank, each to offset his- deposit against his diebt due to the bank. It .further' was proposed by Mr. Bramwell to pay to the savings de positors of the bank ratably only such moneys as had been realized from the liquidation of the assets of the savings department of the bank, and-. to pay to the commercial de positors of the bank ratably all moneys realized from the liquida tion of all other assets and resources- of the bank. , - Debt Offset Is Sanctioned. ' C. R. Upham, Grace Doxie and Mary Steelhammer, depositors in the bank, objected to distribution of the institution's assets on the basis outlined by the state banking superintendent, and each filed suit in the circuit court for Multnomah county. Mr. Bramwell was named as defendant in all three of the ac tions. In the Upham suit the olaintiff asked that Mr. Bramwell be re-H quired to collect the full amount of all debts due the bank from debtor depositors, and that he be enjoined from, allowing offsets to debtors who- had claims for deposits in the bank. Justice McCourt, in his opin ion, .held that depositors should be allowed to offset deposits against their indebtedness to the bank. General Lien Not Upheld. In, the case of Grace Doxie the plaintiff asked that Mr. Bramwell. in. his official capacity as state banking superintendent, be com pelled to recognize the claims of savings depositors as a first lien on all assets of the institution, and that these creditors should be en titled to the'r claims before the commercial or other creditors re ceive any dividends upon their claims. Justice McCourt affirmed the'de eree- of the lower court dismissing this suit on. the grounds that sav ings depositors do not have a lien upon all the assets of the defunct bank, but only on the assets of the savings department, and that such depositors may share ratably In the distribution of all assets. 'Wiring for Money" Gets I to Be Popular Stunt. One I Broke, Another Lacks Ali mony Money) Third la In Jail. TOEING broke, a' friend of mine O wired me for money to get out of California," says Fred -Curry, former manager of La Grande, now a resident of Portland. "I went to tha. telegraph office, sent him the money and wired: Tin this to your shirt.' , "'A friend of mine Is stranded In California and I am helping him get home,' " I explained to the girl at the counter. '?:'Huh.' s.aid a man writing at a desk, my son ha wired me for $150. saying he is behind in his alimony and that if I don't produce he will have to go to jail.' Jail, snorted a third fellow at the counter, 'look at this,' and he toBsed'me a telegram which said 'Wtote a check for $200 and have no money to meet it. Please send ma the money care the jail in Los Angeles.' "I'll bet a coincidence of that kind wouldn t occur In ten years." JULY BUILDING DATA SOAR Current Month Shows Huge Gain Over Record of 1931 Period. Closing days of July continue to pile up a marked increase in bulld huf permits issued by the city over th total of July, 1921. The total ' cf all permits issued last July was 1119. This figure was passed some days ago for the current month and the "total to Friday evening was 1225. tThe increased value of buildings authorized this month over the fig ure for the same month last year is even more marked. The value of buildings authorized in July, 1921, was $1,446,324, while the total for this July had reached approximately $2,100,000 by Friday evening. Last July there were issued 219 residence permits, for a valuation of $761,010. During , the 24 busi ness days for which the figures are available 280 such permits, for an aggregate of $1,037,000, have been taken out this July. UNDERWEIGHT GIRL HELPED TO BY A FEW SIMPLE. EXERCISES 9 Swimming and Breathing Effect Marvelous Development and "Homely Beauty Wonderful Change Made in Only Five F' i c ' !- V- --:. -"-.-v- 1 ' --'I- p- j t : ' ' "x ' -1' 1 ' - - SVjrjv -tVo-nJx &YYisir' yjcrzz C iy BY ANTOINETTE DONNELLY. Article No. 1. N EW YORK-rj-.Special corre spondence.) "tCaif hardly be lieve she is one and the same girl, can you? With but five weeks' difference ; between the "homely duckling" and the beauty? I wish you might see her in the flesh that you could fully appreciate what transformation has been . accom plished in this girl who came to me five weeks ago downcast of ex pression, much under weight, miser ably unhappy because she beiievea she was the homeliest girl in the world, ignorant of becoming dress and coiffure and graceful carriage, which further accentuated her un- happiness. Today I present her to you regis tering photographically a marvelous change, but my regret is that i cannot portray for you - her rosy cheeks, her clear, fine skin-, the rejuvenated spirit of happiness from which she had well nigh estranged herself by her unfortunate belief that she was doomed to hopeless ob livion because of her looks. There were but 109 pounds of her five weeks ago. Today she carries 15 added pounds, making a grand total of 124. I will confide that Ruth G. is not her real name. But you appreciate why she prefers to have her own withheld. Her before-anoVafter photographs bear mute testimony to a number of things, don't they? What a jsirl can do for herself if she makes an Improvement in appearance a straight business venture; what a smile on the lips will do toward beautifying a woman. I love Ruth's letter signed "Th Unhappiest Girl in the World," be cause it brought her to me and because that meeting has in five weeks' time so transformed the girl that I feel her. accomplishment will be an inspiration to many another discouraged one. I sent an answer to her letter with the request that she come to my office. - - Although av casual observer may have doubted her possibilities, I saw that wonderful things could be done for the girl. So I extracted a promise that she would put her self into my hands for five weeks. Presto! What a change five weeks did make in the girl! You would scarcely believe her the same per son. Not only do I say it with great and, I trust, pardonable pride, but many different pairs of Jitfs have told it to her. , "What have you been doing to yourself?" her friends exclaim. "You look 100 per cent better." MoBt of the glory. o the trans formation must . go to Miss Ruth herself. She gave whole-hearted co operation to my scheme. No ex cuses, no backsliding on the exer cises nor the food to be partaken; no resentment as to criticism I gave as kindly as I could"; rather, she invited more and more or it. i She was eager to improve, and possessed the character to' continue through the five weeks, daily and Sunday, with unflinching honesty of purpose First thing I did was to send her to a physician to be reassured there was nothing chronically wrong with the' girl. His pronouncement was "underweight, undernourished, ner vous, but heart, lungs, etc., in'fairly normal condition " He found no chronic ills, which frequently are at the bottom of the "skinny" girl's troubles. He was vastly surprised at the general, health improvement in, Miss Ruth when she reported to him at the end of our five weeks' experiment. When we got down to werk, which we did without delay, the beaches were not open for outdoor work. So, with the jnost abiding faith in swimming, as the exercise is without rival for developing i figure, I enrolled her in a gym hasium, which allowed her the daily instructions of an expert. She never had swum a stroke before. On the fifth week wevwent down to Brighton beach, where she put on a good imitation of a swimming exhibition for me. ., That gives you an idea of how in earnest the girl was. I really do not believe any other exercise would have worked as quick magic as swimming, together 4' ;M: with the deep breathing I ordered. But you must fill your lungs with one stroke of the arm, and empty them with the other, or avy Jones is apt to grab you for his locker. And you need preliminary instruc tion on how to couple breathing with strokes In order to acquire any swimming ability at alL When you get an exercise which forces you to use your lungs along with legs and fet and eyery single muscle of the body, as swimming unquestionably does, and coupled with that have good fun, you are bound to benefit in numerous ways. Like most beginners, Ruth wanted to acquire the mermaid's art all in a first lesson. They are rare water sprites who manage that. 'The de gree of speed with which one learns to swim corresponds, I am told by instructors, with the mental control over the body; that is, if one mas ters fear of the water immediately, or has had systematic gym work, arms and hands and lungs respond at once to the mental' command. This strengthens the claim I hold for swimming that it gives eure ness and poise to a person which she may carry right out on dry land. It took six or seven lessons be fore perfectly harmonious co-opera tion began to manifest itself. From then on it was pure, unadulterated exercise, and you may realize what this daily work of never less than a half hour migjt do toward de veloping awns, lungs, diaphragm, chest and waist; In fact, the whole body. This daily swimming, a walk. which was never more than two miles at the most, but done every GIRLS' CAMP ATTRACTIVE GEARHART OTOTNG PLACE IS HAVEN FOR WORKERS. All Joys' of Seashore to Be Had at Reasonable Cost on Ap plication to T. W. C. A. Considerably removed from the primitive though charming rustic and situated where beating ' of ocean waves can be heard day and night, is the Gearhart-by-the-Sea summer camp conducted by the CAMP FOR SELF-SUPPORTING GIRLS AT GEARHART Y. V, C. A. cottage is open from July GAIN FLESH EASILY DONE Duckling" Is Transformed Into Weeks. n.. single blessed day, and three deep breathing exercises were all in this line I asked of her. The deep breathing work was essential in her particular case, as she had been in the habit of breathing through her mouth entirely, with no excuse of adenoids or any nasal obstruction. So the first thing mornings for several minutes and last thing at night she did these: Before an open window, clad loosely, hands on hips, she filled her lungs with five long breaths; slowly, and exhaled slowly. The same thing again, except she brought her 'hands up from sides in outward circle until back of palms met overhead, inhaling deep ly; slowly returning hands to side, exhaling slowly and completely. Five times. '. The third movement was raising arms from sides to shoulder height, raising from heels to balls of feet at same time, and taking a slow, deep breath on up-1 ward move; exhaling slowly on re turn to position. -Awfully simple of execution, all. three, and while she increased the repetitions to ten times each the second week, at no time did I de mand more. Done morning and night, you see, it made a nice total, however. Next week I shall tell you about the diet I put Miss Ruth on, which must take major honor over the ex ercise, but I spoke of the exercise first because it developed the appe tite and kept it in a constant state of. demand. Later I shall go into the clothes and the purely decora tive features of our highly success- ful experiment. Young Women's Christian associa tion of Portland. This is one of the two summer camps of the Port land association, the - other being Rock Creek camp for girls on the Clackamas, -planned for girls of the teen age and younger. Gearhart camp is each year a haven for self-supporting girls from the first of July to the last of August, and is now well advanced in its second decade since establish ment. The two-acre plot on which the cottage stands was bequeathed to the Portland Y. W. C. A. by Mrs. M. J. Kinney of Astoria, and Mr. Kinney, who is still living, takes an active interest in the place and its development. Something in the way of remodel- ing and enlarging is accomplished for the cottage each season, and diirlrie t?iA lust, thrift VAflrn pTAn- to September. Electric light were improvements made. sive improvements have been made. Across the front of. the cottage a glass-inclosed sun parlor has been built on the first floor, and on the second floor the dormitory has been enlarged and is glass inclosed. Next year the interior will be painted. The house will accommodate 60 guests. . . A fireplace in the living room is the gathering place of the guests on late Bummer evenings, always cool at the seashore, and Sofas, easy chairs and floor lamps with soft-toned shades complete the set ting for the most comfortable room In the house. Electric lights. In stalled this spring, have replaced dim coal oil lamps, always used before. v In one-. corner of the plot la a shady nook formed by trees. Here hammocks and easy chairs complete an al fresco living room. Twelve tents supply sleeping places for those who prefer to be out of doors. Surf bathing, hikes, tennis, ' golf, woodsy walks, weiner sizzles, beach suppers and clam digging are some of the enjoyments of the business girls who go to the Gearhart camp. Although the camp is primarily for working girls, many exceptions are made, and young women who come often bring their mothers for a short outing. ' Reasonable charges are made at the camp, just .enough, in fact, to cover the running expenses during the summer. All expense o upkeep and improvement is borne by the Portland association as part of the welfare programme. Gearhart camp has been .fprtunate. however, in having most of ' its improvement work donated, and out-of-town people have been especially gener ous in this respect. Miss Elsie W'ible is camp, hostess at Gearhart and "Mother" Larson, camp cook, is said to create a home atmosphere even in the rapidly changing group of girls. All infor mation concerning the camp, its prices and accommodations may be obtained at the Y. W. C. A. Rock Creek camp for younger girls was founded this year, the ground being donated by Mrs. Charles A. Morden of Portland. There are 17 acres in the tract, which is located on the banks of the Clackamas river. Here the setting is primitive and the life is almost entirely out of doors. Various groups of younger girls are visiting the camp. during the summer, ac companied by Y. W. C. A. secre taries. MONEY COINERS EUILTY ONE COUNTERFEITER FACES 10-YEAR PRISON TERM. Sam Owens and William Brown Found Guilty of Making and Passing Bad Money. Ten years in a federal, prison is the punishment faced by Sam Owens, two-time convict, who was convicted by a Jury in, the federal court yes terday on three counts charging manufacturing and possessing bogus money. William Brown, 18-year-old accomplice of ' the middle-aged money-maker; was found guilty on a charge of passing the counterfeit coina. The men were tried Friday after noon and the jury -took the case at 5 o'clock Friday night. .After two liours' deliberations they reached their verdict, which was opened Mi court at 10 o clock yesterday morn ing. Sentence on the convicted men will be passed by Judge Wolvertonl lUlilVUVVT. . A weird alibi, involving a mys terious underworld creature known as "the Angel Kid," failed to save the pair -from conviction. Accord ing to their story, it was this mys terious individual who made the bogus dollars and quarters, and then, for some equally mysterious reason, 'slipped the product into the pockets of the defendants. Like wise, the actions of Morris Gold stein, their attorney, who beat the government in a race for a suitcase supposed to contain the dies and coin moulds, had little effect on the outcome of the case. Goldstein's conduct in the matter drew the fire of Assistant United States Attorney Veatch. who declared that if the government had more knowledge re garding the disappearance of the dies, three Instead of two aerena- ants would have faced the court. Owens, according to his own' ad missions, had served a,r penitentiary sentence in Arizona 'for shooting another man, and had been sent to the Colorado state prison for rob bery. Both he and his young ac complice are confirmed drug addicts. BEACH TUNNEJL READY Two Portions of Sea Shore Near Ocean Side Connected. A 147-foot tunnel, through what is known as Maxwell point, connect ing two portions of the beach at Oceanside near Tillamook has just been completed by H. Z. Hansen, contractor of 'Yakima, Wash. The tunnel is 4 feet wide by 6 feet high and is for use of foot passengers. It has been announced that the tunnel probably will be en larged later so that automobiles may' pass. - Maxwell point is a large promen- tory of rock extending 275 feet into the ocean. At high tide it has- been impossible to pass it except by climing over. Mrs. S. R. Kelsey and Mrs. Ralph I Wiser of Carlton, Or., were trfe first to pass through the tunnel when it wn.(z miadaiI lfl..st weelc. IS VACATION MECCA. Installed this year and extensive ROMANCE AND WORK MINGLE IN WOODS AND HUGE LUMBER MILLS OF OREGON DISTRICT Portland Manufactures Large Proportion of.Lumber of State Many, Plants Are Located Along Banks of Willamette, Where Rafts of Logs Are Towed Milling Industry Affords Pleasing Pictures for Artist. 'i i 7 IN a recent book that attracted national attention an engineer in a great factory told of the many phases of industry in which romance figured. That there are gripping tales to be found In the ordinary work of every day is a fact. The. woods and mills have given to the world a set of stories unrivaled in their bravery and maybe this is why the most of us look with added interest on the lumber mill or the logging camp Irrigation Demonstrations 'Planned in Lake County. Two Project Will Be Surveyed In Educational Campaign. TWO all-day field demonstrations were made Friday and Saturday in the Fort Rock and Silver lake valleys, in northern Lake county, Oregon, for the purpose of demon strating what irrigation is doing in those sections, and for the purpose of studying possibilities for in creased income from the newly de veloped irrigation lands, says a spe cial dispatch from Lakeview to the Bend Bulletin. ... For the first time in oisiory irri tation water is being pumped and diverted to the sagebrush bench lands for the production of crops in both valleys, -on me jwu ranch, 5H miles southeast of Fort T,-i, t,..t.. la hpiner taken from a well to' irrigrate a number of the croji varieties regaraea as orai adapted to this section, which were -i a Ha Htrer.tinn of the pidiricu uuuw " agricultural agent of Lake county. The Ernst well, wnicn suppuea iu second-feet (900 gallons) oi aiw a n.if. ia An A tT Lne two wena drilled in this valley by the state under the provisions or tne recent enactment of the legislature. x TFTnat ranr.h that the all-day field meeting will be held tomorrow, when tnree specialists fvnryt fliAPTtn Aericultural college will be present to discuss crop va rieties, irrigation methods and farm management. A similar meeting will be at Silver lake Saturday, fol lowed by a tour of inspection of the newly organized irrigated lands ad joining the town. Ensllsk Boy Hu Hard Knocks. America' may be a land of fortune to some, but to Hugh Taylor, 18-year-old English boy, "just over" from London, it seems more like a land of hard knocks, says The Dalles Chronicle. Having acquired a little knowledge or American onrt nvntAmS At hnm& In his capacity of billing clerk in a hard ware store, Taylor came to New York to win-a fortune. He finally wound up in Gearhart, Or where an uncle once lived, but had gone elsewhere, address unknown. Tne boy found himself in a strange country, among strange people, and Miappcu. no .,1 ... j The Dalles, and when he told Tils story to Mrs. H. L. Watson at tne (.Kamhor rt PAmltlprfifc she Cot bUSV at once on the telephone and placed the boy upon a rancn. . Veteran Gnlde Tells Experiences. Carrying mail over the summit of the Cascade mountains in the dark ness of an early winter morning, with only the dim glow of a lantern to point out the trail through stunt ed jack pines loaded with snow this was the picture verbally paint er to a small group in a sporting goods store by Carey Thompson, veteran guide, who now resides in the Vida country. Far back in the early '80s in '80 and '81, to be exact Mr, Thompson was the link which connected the mail system of eastern and western Oregon over the McKenzie pass. He walked across the snow-coated lava fields on snowshoes and in storms felt his way across the blizzardous ridge by advancing, slowly from one marking post to another. These posts were sticks placed at varying intervals across the ridge in the vicinity of the Three Sisters. Eugene Regis ter. . . - v . Cherry Crop Estimated. The cherry crop in Lane county this year, J. O. Holt, manager of the Eugene Fruit Growers' association, tells the Eugene Register, was about 30 per cent normal. Around Junc tion CHy and Creswell, where the association has canneries, the crop was better than it was adjacent to Eugene. "Logatiberries, which are very plentiful in Lane county this season, are arriving in large quan tities at the cannery and will con tinue to come in for a week yet. said the manager. Beets are being canned in' large quantities at the local plant, and string beans are coming in. ; Hay Crop Short in Idaho. Sheepmen of Idaho are now pay ing from $10 to J12 per ton for hay In the stack, and growers are un willing to sell at that price, - W, J. Logan of Umatilla, who has just re turned after a visit to his home near Payette, Idaho, tells the Pen dleton East Oregcnian. All reports from the Idaho territory indicate that the present season will produce LI - -: v - , , . . v ' - - , - . " -.' . 'v.- ' WILLAMETTE 1UVKR. and the men who earn their living there. We are told that 'in , Oregon 60 per cent of the state's manufac tured products are the result of the lumber trade. Portland manufac tures a large proportion of this commercial cut timber and lumber mills are no novelty here. The banks of the Willamette near and in Portland are plentifully gar nished with lumber mills, some of them huge affairs. As the logs are rafted to the city by water it is essential that the big mills be located where they can a much shorter hay crop than nor- I mal. Senator R. N. Stanfield is understood to have wired to his partners in the Echo district that all the hay grown upon his land on Butter creek will be required for this winter's feeding. Last year none of this hay was fed to Stan field sheep. A large acreage which has been growing hay in past years has this season been plowed up and planted in potatoes and small grains because of the low prices of last year and also because of the ravages of the weevil, which has wrought great havoc in Idaho and in Malheur county. Some of this land is being planted to red clover, as the weevil does not attack this plant. v Motorcycle Trip 4300 Miles. Fred G. Thearle, brother of Phil fhearle, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Lynch of Oregon City, ar rived here Saturday en route for his home in San Diego, Cal. He. was accompanied by his mother. Mr. Thearle has been attending Cornell university in Ithaca, N. Y. Accom panied by his mother, he left Cam 1 bridge, Mass., making the run by i motorcycle and side car. They left I Cambridge June 5 and in reaching I Oregon City had gone 4300 miles I on the motorcycle. The expenses j amounted to $37.05. On their trip they stopped at Chicago, St. Louis I and other large cities westward, and, reaching Yellowstone park, followed the Yellowstone trail to the Columbia highway. Oregon City Enterprise. Hyatt Prairie Dam Progressing. The Hyatt prairie dam, which is being built to impound water for the Talent irrigation district, is making rapid progress. The central section of cement will be built 15 or 20 feet wide at the base and 45 feet high. This will be supported on either side by earthen fills slop ing from the ground nearly to the top of the cement. A spillway will be built near the center of the dam, where the water will be released as needed on the land below. The work of putting in the cement is expected to begin within the next few weeks and pushed to an early completion, says the Ashland Tid ings. New Prune Dryer Being Built. The Eugene Fruit Growers' asso ciation is erecting a building 60x108 to house a forced-draft dryer, said to be tho only one of its kind in Oregon. While the new type power driven, forced-draft dryer has been used with success in California, there is said to be none like it in the northwest. Beets have started coming into the cannery and the force is largely kept busy on this CITY ACCEPTS FOUNTAIN GIFT TO BROWNSVILLE FROM FLIER KILLED IX WAR. Lieutenant R. E. Teniplfton Vic tim of Accident Two Days After Death of Chum. BROWNSVILLE, Or., July 29. (Special.) An outdoor meeting in which the citizens of Brownsville publicly accepted the drinking foun tain recently placed on Main street was held here tonight. The princi pal out of town speakers were Rev. J. E. Snyder of Corvallis and Rev. Roy Archer. The dedication cere money included a community sing. The city gets the fountain through a bequest of $100 from Lieutenant Raymond E. Temploton, Brownsville boy who was killed in an airplane accident during the world war.. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Templeton, and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Templeton, all Linh county pioneers of 1847. His death occurred " at Mt. Clemens, Mich.. June 28, -1918. ' Lieutenant " Templeton was born on hie father's farm, east of Brownsville, July 24, 1891. He re ceived his schooling at Brownsville. When the war broke out he was engaged in the automobile business in Chicago. He made application to enter the aviation branch of the service in May, 1917. On September 15 he was called to the colors. On June 6, 1918, he was transferred to Mount Clemens, Selfridge Field, where he was to act as instructor in aerial gunnery. On June 26 he was grieved at the death of his chum and comrade, .Duke Earle, in an airplane accident. On the day following he flew over get their materials. Nestled in out-of-the-way places you will find them. Turning a bend -in the river, lo ahead there looms a huge plant with smoke belching from its stacks and the Baws whining as they cut through the logs. They make a magnificent show when placedVnear second growth timber with its soft greens and the water flowing gent ly in front. The old piles to which the log rafts are moored help in the foreground and with these sim ple ingredients an artist can find enough for a sketch well worth looking at. product and string beans. The beet crop, although cut down some by the reCent hot spell, is expected to greatly exceed that of last year be cause of large acreage planted. More than one-half million pounds of beets were canned by the Eugene Fruit Growers' association last year. Eugene Guard. Clever Whltder at Carnival. Miniature factories, flour mills and machinery carved out of wood and put- into bottles not more than a foot high and operated by strings running to the outside to clock work is the work of A. L. Morrell. now with a carnival company at The Dalles. One day in 1884, when he was 11 years old, he saw a tramp carve a fan with his pocket knife. Five weeks later Morrell turned out his first fan, carved from one piece of wood. In years after that he was carving almost incessantly. Five months were required to build , his sawmill. This is a five-story ' structure with a boiler plant, saws and other moving machinery, fash ioned in tiny pieces and placed in a bottle. He estimates this as his masterpiece, and values it at $5000. The Dalles Chronicle. Highway Engineer Sculptor. In spare moments Clyde Riddell resident engineer of the Battle Ground-Heisson highway project, is a sculptor. Evidence of his pro ficiency alonpr this line was exhib ited at the office of the cousty en gineer, says the Vancouver (Wash.) Columbian, where a small bust of one of the men running for. office in the coming elections was being , shwn. The adobe clay of the Heis son district is excellent for work of this kind. Aihla-u) Springx' Fame Spreads. The fame of Ashland's carbonic gas springs are fast spreading abroad, says the Tidings. A. B. Green, inventor of an automatic dispenser of root beer, when in Ash. land ran out of carbonic acid gas for his machine and was delighted to learn that he could drive to the Ashland springs and have the appa ratus recharged within a half hour. Ordinarily he would had to lay over and wait for, the carbonic gas cylin der to arrive from San Francisco, which would take about four days. Salmon Catch Increasing. Fishermen and fish buyers ar pleased that the run of salmon con tinues and that the catch shows an increase over the past week. A fish buyer informed the St. Helens Mist that fishermen are averaging from 250 to 350 pounds per day. The run of bluebacks is over and th steel bead run has begun. The Chinooka caught are of large size and excel lent quality., the funeral procession as it wended its way to the cemetery, and on the day succeeding he came to his own death when he went into the air to test out a machine that seemed to have some defect. The plane took fjre while in the air. The controls being damaged, the lieutenant climbed out on the wings and al most succeeded in dropping the air plane into the water, but the whirl ing, flaming craft made a final spin and crashed to earth. PLANS LAID FOR CHIEFS Eastern Fire Fighters to Pass Through Portland August 1 1 . Plans are being laid by John E. Young, chief of the fire department, and city officials, for entertainment of 125 fire chiefs who are expected to pass through Portland on August 11. The visitors will be principally from New York and Pennsylvania, en route to attend the international convention of fire chiefs at San Francisco on August 14-18. The chiefs will detrain at Hood River the morning of August 11 They will be escorted to Multnomah falls by Hood River citizen? am' there will be met by the Portland welcoming delegation. They will be guests of the Portlanders at sor-t Columbia river highway points at dinner. Coming on to Portland tney will leave the same evening for 'the south. Chief Young will accom pany them to San Francisco and Commissioner Barbur is considering the matter of going, also. The annual convention of the Pacific coast group of' chiefs will open at San Francisco on August 9, merging later into the International sessions. , Phone your want ads to The Ore-, gonian. Ail its readers are inter ested in the classified columns. , A A