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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
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Swimming and Breathing Effect Marvelous Development and "Homely
Beauty Wonderful Change Made in Only Five
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BY ANTOINETTE DONNELLY.
Article No. 1.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. ,
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