The Sunday Oregonian., November 12, 1922, SECTION FOUR, Page 11, Image 67

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 12, 1922
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L. C. HENRICHSEN, PORTLAND JEWELER, IS
PIONEER IN BUSINESS, HERE 56 YEARS
Store Purchased in City When There Were Only Three and Now 79 Are Listed in Directory Early Life
Is Spent on Farm and Later Apprenticeship Is Served With Watchmaker of Schleswig-Holstein.
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
LK. HENRICHSEN is the pioneer
jeweler of Portland, iaving
established himself as a
ieweler here when there were but
three stores of the kind in the city.
He bought one of them; now there
are 59 listed in the. telephone ex
change book.
Mr. Henrichsen was born on a
farm near Varde, in the province of
Jutland (Iylland), Denmark, March
9, 1839. His father, in addition to
the farm, conducted a country tailor
shop. He remained on the farm
until the family of only his father,
mother and himself had been in
creased by four brothers and four
sisters, for L. C. was the first born
In the family. He got some school
ing there, but the family being largo
and the profits of a small farmer
and tailor shop but meager, he had
to tear the bunt of the work, until
he was 14 years old, when lie was
apprenticed for a five-year term to
learn the watchmaker's trade. This
took him a long ways from home
for those days, for he went way
down into Schlweswig-Holstein,
which then was a Danish province.
It was taken by the Germans later,
but by the latest deal of the cards
H went back, after the world war,
to Denmark, to remain, he hopes,
forever.
His new home was in Apenarda,
some 50 miles'south and east of his
old home. The man to whom he was
apprenticed was II. J. Voss, and Mr.
Henrichsen speaks very highly of
his old boss. He lived in the home
of Mr. Voss as one of the family for
those five long years, with no pay
whatever except his board and
washing. What little spending
money he used, and that was almost
nil, and his clothing, had to be pro
vided by his parents.
'
When one looks at that mr-iner
of learn frig a trade and compare it
with the customs of today it seems
appalling that a boy should be com
pelled to work for five years simply
for his board and washing, but in
the days of the youth of Mr. Hen
richsen it was the custom of his
country.
He finished his apprenticeship
when he was 19 years old, and it
was a happy day when he found
work as a journeyman in the Island
of Als, nearby, and went to work
for Peter Anderson, his wage being
to a week, a large wage for those
days and that country. He re
mained with Mr. Anderson for about
18 months. But then the wander
lust lfegan to boil in his veins, and
tp of his brothers, Jans J. and
Neils, who had come to this coun
try and were engaged in working at
their trade as cabinet makers in
Vancouver, Wash., .sent $500 for L.
C. and his sister, Anna Marie, and
they went to Hamburg and- took
passage on a sailing vessel, the
Dan, named after the first Danish
king, for San Francisco, where they
arrived September 25, 1861, after a
passage of 344 days. The vessel was
equipped for carrying both pas
senger's and cargo, and they had 25
f the former.
But it was an eventful trip, for
they laid at Montevideo, Uruguay,
for three months and 13 days for re
pairs to the Dan. It was a remart
ab!e voyage. Sailing along in fine
form and hoping for a quick pasage,
they came abreast, but a couple of
hundred miles east of Montevideo
on their way around the Horn.
Christmas day a terrific gale struck
them and carried away the mizren
top, main, mast and foretop. That
left the ship practically helpless,
but as the storm blew over the
crew got busy and rigged up tem
porary sails, by which they sailed
into Montevideo harbor on Janu
ary 3. I
It became at once evident that
they would be delayed there a long
time, and Mr. Hendrichsen secured
a job with a local watchmaker,
Gustav Jacobsen, Danish-born, f or j
i 20 a month and board, which job j
he held until the vessel was ready
to set sail again, which was not
until May 16. So you see this
thrifty young Dane had more than
$60 of that wage In, his pocket when
he and his sister started again for
their destination, for you may be
cure he spent mighty little in
Montevideo.
The good ship Dan arrived finally
at San Francisco on September 25,
1861. They remained in San Fran
cisco about a week, awaiting a boat
for Portland. Then they took pass
age on the steamer Pacific and were
landed in Vancouver, Wash., where
they remained a short time with
their brothers. Then Mr. Henrich
sen, accompanied by his brother
Jans, took a rowboat and rowed
across the Columbia, landing at the
point now called Columbia beach,
and then walked to Portland, or
what was then east Portland, and
were ferried across to the little city.
The object of this trip was to
Set a job for Lars, as Mr.. Christen
Ben was then called. They visited
the Jewelry shops in town, which
did not take long, for there were
only three G. C. Bobbins, Jacob
Cohen and a Mr. Stewart. These
stores were all on Front street,
which was then the principal busi
ness section. The visit to the jew
elers resulted in his getting a job
with George Cullins Robbins, whose
store was at the corner of Front
and Alder streets, at the wonderful
salary of $80 a month! So you will
see that after working five years
for his board and washing, then for
$5 a week in Denmark, then for $20
a month during the long wait in
Montevido, he had jumped to the
enormous wage of $80 a month!
That, perhaps, was the most im
portant day in tne life of Lars C.
Henrichsen.
After that streak of luck Lars
and his brother got board and room
for Lars at the What Cheer hotel,
run by Michael O'Connor. This was
the big hotel of the town in those
days. It was located on Front
street, between Yamhill and Taylor
streets.
Then the brothers walked back
to their skiff and rowed across the
Columbia and went to the home of
Jans to tell the good news.
As Lars had arrived in Portland
October 11, it must have been about
October 25 that this trip was made,
perhaps a day or two later. Any
how he contracted to begin work
November 1, and on the last day of
October he took the steamer Van
couver, a small, sidewheel boat, from
Vancouver to Portland, paying $1
for the passage. This little steamer
was buil at Oregon City, and made
two or three trips a day between
Portland and Vancouver, the fare
being $1 between the two places, $2
for a round trip.
It might be well to call atten
tion of "Watts Watt" to that and
have Brother Bill, its editor, take
a whack at the people who think
25 cents a trip between the same
points is too much. For a number
of years that was the fixed price,
for there was no state commission
then to interfere.
So on the morning of November
1, 1861, which is 61 years ago as
I write this, November 1, 1922, Lars
C. Henrichsen took upon his shoul
ders the first duties of a true Ameri-
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L. C. HENRICHSEN.
can. a good job at good pay. Of ,
course he was not as yet a citizen,
but he took the -very first oppor- 1
tunity to become one; and for more
than 61 years his citizenship has
been of a kind to put to shame those
who come here to proclaim license
in place of liberty.
After working four months for
Mr. Robbins the "cold winter" set in
and froze over both the Willamette
and Columbia rivers. Trade became
absolutely paralyzed, and many of
the business houses closed. Among
these were all of the jewelry stores,
including that of Mr. Robbins. That
was somewhere near the first of
March. So Mr. Henrichsen walked
on the ice down the Willamette to
the Columbia, and then up that river
to Vancouver, and began a visit
with his brothers and sisters. But
he could not or would not be idle,
nor a charity visitor; so he rented a
small shop for watch and clock re
pairing in Vancouver and did bo
well that he continued it for about
14 months.
That was his first business ven
ture, and he prospered in a small
way. And then it gave him more
of an Insight into human nature, it
broadened his views, widened his
horizon, gave the young Dane a
standing that he did not feel when
in the employ of another.
But while he had lost sight of his
$80 job, and was doing business "on
his own," the Portland jewelers had
not forgotten either his patience,
his wisdom or his skill. So it be
came noised about that he was do
ing well in Vancouver, that his re
latives lived there, and that he
might remain in spite of his $80
job. So they began to inquire about
him and write to him, until finally
he was offered $125 a month by
Jacob Cohen, and he promptly ac
cepted the offer. He does not re
member t the date, but it was not
far from June 1, 1862, that he again
took up his abode in Portland, and
he continued in the employ of Cohen
at the same wage until the first of
January, 1867, when Cohen quit
business and sold his fixtures and
safe to Mr. Henrichsen, who im
mediately stocked up and became a
Portland business man, his store
being a part of the space occupied
by S. T. McCormack, 149 Front
street That was 55 years ago last
New Year's day.
But I will now have to go back
for two years or more. First let
me say that when Lars Christensen
left Denmark he left his heart be
hind, in (j possession of Miss Jo
hanna Winters of Apenarand, and
the faith between them was mutu
ally kept He had agreed to send
for Johanna as soon as he could get
ahead enough to warrant the ex
pense. B the fall of 1864 he con
sidered he would be justified in
sending for his first and only love,
so he forwarded the money. But
sue did not reach Vancouver until
the close of August, 1865, although
by that time the trip was very much
shortened by the passage across the
Isthmus of Panama. She arrived
safely, and on September 1 they
were married by a justice of the
peace at Vancouver in the presence
of the two brother and sister.
The newly married couple came
immediately to Portland and began
(Continued From Page 5.)
playing for her, and Sig. Attilio
Baggiore, the Italion tenor, who is
making his debut before English
audiences with Mme. Tetrazzinl on
October . 29. Sig. Baggiore, with
William Clare Hall of Chicago for
four years, was afterwards in Naples
for a year with Sig. Sebastini, where
the great diva heard him sing. As
Sig. Baggiore himself says, "he has
been a lucky boy ever since." He
is now under contract with madame
and will sing with her throughout
her tour. Although he is Italian
and has not been in London before,
Sig. Baggiore is as much at home
in English as he is in Italian, and
told me how much he is looking for
ward to singing to English audi
ences after the delightful reception
be has always had in America.
From her beautiful sitting room
overlooking the Thames, Mme. Tet
razzini, when she can escape from
all the "dreadful press people" and
others who beg for a minute's inter
view or an autograph (she gave me
an hour and a signed picture, so 1
felt very honored), finds a great
deal of joy In watching the stream
with the old barges drilling down
to the sea. For the great singer is
an ardent enthusiast for the water,
and never happier than when she
is in her motorboat on Naples bay
with a storm coming up. "It is
almost as exciting as singing to a
teffens-Colmer Photo.
housekeeping in a cottage standing
where the present Gill bookstore is,
formerly owned by the Masons, who
erected there their first timple. They
remained there about a year, then
removed to a cottage belonging to
a I Mr. Richey, on Fourth, between
Columbia and Clay,-a place pretty
well out of town. After a couple of
years they removed to Mill street,
i-nd then bought two lots, making a
total of 1(N by 100 feet, on the site
now occupied by the Scottish Rite
temple. Here thy erected their
first owned home. They lived there
until the tract was sold to the Ma
sons, and then they erected their
present home, on Northrup street,
between Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth. Three children were born to the
couple a eon, Arthur, who died
when he was about 21 years old, and
two daughters, Anna, who is the
wife of Ernest O. Mattern, a mem
ber of the L. C. Christensen com
pany, and has charge of the optical
department, and Tjaurina. who was
married to a . broker, William Mc
Kibbea The McKibbens live in the
Henrichsen house and Mr. Henrich
sen lives with them, for Mrs. Hen
richsen died about ten years ago,
after a happy married life of close
t. 50 years.
" a
The father of L. C. Hendrichsen
bore the name of HenTy, or, more
properly, Heinrich Petersen. That
may seem strange to one born in
this country, but in the earlier days
In the old country it was the cus
tom a Denmark and many of the
other European states to give the
first-born son following a marriage
the name, that is the Christian name,
of the father followed by gen, or
son. So Lars C. 'being the first-born
son, became Helnrichsen, but in our
language we eliminate the first i,
making it Henrichsen.
Mr. Hnricbsen's parents died
about I860. L. C, Jans Jr., Neils
and Anna Marie were the only ones
who came to this country. The other
five children died in Denmark. Anna
Marie was married to John Brown,
Captain of the life-saving station
near Hoquiam. Mr. Brown died
many years ao and his widow now
resides at ..ahcotta. Wish. She and
L. O. ar- t".s t.nly living merxbers of
the family.
Mr. Hen 'el sen's first store, as
said before, the old Cohen store,
was at 149 ront st.-act As the lit
tle city grew First street became
the shopping center e.ni he removed
to the same number, 149, on First
stret A few years later, the city
still growing to the west, he re
moved to Fourth and Washington,
and then to his present store, No.
386 Washington. His business was
incorporated in1896 under the title
of L. C. lendrichsen company, Mr.
Hendrichsen and Mr. Mattern being
the principal stockholders.
Mr. Henrichsen is th-j only siyrviv
ing member of the old Masonic
lodge. No. 55, organized in 1864 in
this city. He is also the only sur
vivor of the old national guard or
state militia of Oregon.
Mr. Henrichsen has passed his 83d
birthday, but he s still active and
enjoys fairly good health. He goes
regularly every day to the store and
is still the principal salesman.
new audience, or more so as the
end is not so inevitable."
TOSCA" TO OPEN SOON.
NEW YORK. Gatti-Casazza, who
will open his 15th winter of opera
in New York on November 13, an
nounces that his first performance
of the season will be Puccini's
Tosca," sung by Jeritza, 'Scotti,
Martinelli and others, led by Mo
ranzonL Mr. Chaliapin, who is ex
pected October 31, will be heard in
the opening week, probably in "Me-
fistofele," which he sang here for
conned in 1907-1909, the season be
fore Gatti came to New York.
Mr. Gatti saw "Salome" in Vienna
where he had found Jeritza's per
formance "a most correct one," add
ing "she covered the kiss of the
death's head with her veil." Here,
however, it is not "Salome." but
Richard Strauss' longer piece, "The
Rose Cavalier," that he will revive
in the first opera week, with Mme.
Jeritza as the boy Octavian, Miss
Easton as Princess Werdenberg, and
two newcomers, Paul Bender as
Baron Ochs of Lerchenau and Gus
tav Schuetzendorf as Herr Faninal.
Another early revival, in the sea
son's second week, will be "Romeo
and Juliet," Sung by Bori. Gigli, De
ijuca ana Kothier. Early in Decem
ber will come "Thais," with Jeritza,
Chamlee and Whitehill. "William
Tell," sung by Tamagno at the Met
ropolitan 28 years ago, follows after
Christmas, with Martinelli, Danise,
Ponselle and Mardones. "Tannnau-
ser" will be restored late in Janu-
ary, a new tenor, Curt Taucher, ap-
pearing with Jeritza, Matzenauer, 1
Whitehill and Bender. Of the two J
new operas, Anima Allegra is
planned for the end of January,
with Bori and an Italian tenor,
Lauri-Volpi, while "Mona Lisa" will
follow in February, with Barbara
Kemp and Michael Bohnen. Finally
there is a March revival of "L'Afri
caine," with a cast yet to be
decided.
"Madame Butterfly" may be sung,
Mr. Gatti said, by Mme. Galli-Curci,
Miss Easton or the yet unknown
Delia Reinhard. About half of the
new German artlstj will arrive late
in the sef son, while Elizabeth Reth
berg. with Bender and others, will
be here at the start. Mme. Galli
Curci, who joins the company in
January, will probably sing Mimi in
"La Boheme." - Bori is to do Massa
net's "Manor.," and Florence Eas
ton gets the coveted role in "Car
men." Of other artists, Ina Bourskaya
is engaged for the second half-season,
as Brangaene, Otrud and the
like. Edward Johnson, the tenor,
who sings the first three months,
and Edmund Burke, baritone, also a
Canadian, will both be heard in a
big repertoire of all languages.
mand Tokatyan, an Armenian tenor,
will 'sing light tenor roles, including
.that of a fisherman in "William
Tell."
To a question as .to the return of
"Coq d'Or," the manager's reply was
"Not sure." As to the Russian
"Snow Maid," he answered promptly
"Yes." But of French "Louise" he
was "not decided." Titta Ruffo, he
said, was In good health and would
appear in "Ernani" and other Verdi
operas, as well as "Pagliacci ' and
"The Barber." Chaliapin, who will
have considerably more than the
five performances he gave last year,
may be seen not only in Boris and
"Meflstofele," but also as King Phil
ip in "Don Carlos."
SINGER IS INTERVIEWED.
An interview with Madame Calve
while she was on her way to Amer
ica appeared in the New York Times
for Sunday, October 22, and part of
it is given here:
Who can imagine an infirm, pal
sied Carmen? That Carmen can
never grow old is the firm -conviction
of all who have seen that fiery
eyed maiden with the stamping feet,
the red carnation held between
gleaming teeth, heard the haunting
cry of the seductive voice. And it is
so with the greatest exponent of
that great role Mme. Calve. She
cannot grow old, cannot lose the fire,
the sparkle, the joie de vivre, the
indefinable spirit which brought
years ago the greatest musical crit
ics in the land to her feet. When
Calve sang at the opera it was an
event an event to be taken note
of. And while many other roles
have been admirably sung, some say.
by the great artist, it is still Carmen
which Is coupled inevitably with
Calve's name.
"Why is It?" said the singer re
cently, "that people speak only of
Carmen to me? I have sung many
other roles. And I have studied as
hard all of them have sung as
well all of them as Carmen. But
it is only of Carmen they speak
And at a recent concert on board
the La France, one of the large At
lantic liners (given for the benefit
of seamen's families) at which Calve
sang, the one question heard on all
sides as she sang beautiful arias and
bewitching folk songs, was: "Why
not Carmen? Why not Carmen?
Why not?"
Whether or not Calve divined the
question, she sang the song. The
one we all try to whistle and some
times hum. Sang It with the finger
castanets, the stamping feet, the
fluttering hands. Arms akimbo and
swaggering hips, haughty glanceB
and beckoning smiles. When it was
finished that song they all had
been waiting for finished ataiid
"bravos" and stampings, an impul
sive American jumped to a chair and
shouted: "Now, all you Americans
three cheers for Mme. Calve."
And she had them, fine, lusty
ones, not only from the Americans,
but from all other nationalities on
the boat. ' There was none of the
much-maligned Anglo-Saxon reserve
in the hurrahs of those Anglo-Saxon
hearers, none at all. They had waited
dubiously and doubtingly for that
Carmen song. They had had it
had it with all the "old fire and
splendor. Carmen was still their
Carmen, and that Carmen was Calve.
The cheering was dying down,
eyes were being brushed, when the
irresistible prima donna sprang to
her feet with: "And now three
cheers lor America Hurrah. Hur
rah. Hurrah!"
MUSIC BRIEFS.
Mrs. Ella B. Jones played piano
solos and selections from grand
opera at the Y. M .C. A.
A piano recital was given yester
day afternoon by the Northwestern
School of Music in the studio of Miss
Bartrum. Several students appeared
in this Music week affair.
A musical programme has been
prepared for next Saturday night
at the Men's Resort. Miss Mary E.
Mulan and singers from Milwaukee
will give the programme.
Ira D. Morgan, baritone, and Miss
Bessie Atkinson, reader, will appear
on thismonth's programme of the
Oregon chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy.
Miss Frances Schniederjost, vio
linist, student of Franck Eichenlaub,
played at a recent meeting of the
Holman Parent-Teachers' associa
tion. She played her numbers with
finish and expression.
Miss Lucile Cummins, pianist, ap
peared on Tuesday night in one of
the series of recitals given by Dent
Mowrey. Miss Cummins also ap
peared in other Music week pro
grammes. The Cadman Music club met last
Tuesday night at the home of Mrs.
Chester Robbins, 194 North Nine
teenth street. Members of the club
and Mrs. Frederick W. Goodrich
made a talk on the subject,
'Some
Aspects of Modern Music.
The Opera Ensemble club, Signor
Roberto Corruccini, director held its
third rehearsal on Tuesday night.
Rehearsals are held regularly on
Tuesday nights on the sixth floor of
the Bush & Lane building and an
Invitation is given for a few more
members who care to join.
Music week will be observed by
the Sunnyside Methodist Episcopal
church when its chorus choir will
sing Jamouneau's cantata, "From
Storm to Calm," tonight. The chorus
choir .consists of more than 30
irainea voices unaer xne Direction
of P. A. Ten Haaf. Gladys Johnson,
violinist, will assist, and Mrs. S. F.
Grover will accompany on the organ.
The public is invited for the con
cert. An interesting Music week pro
gramme was given Wednesday night
in the studio of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hotchkiss Street. Those presented
by the studio were Miss Bess Smith,
Miss Helen Levoff and Mrs. Irene
Allerman. Mrs. Margarite Bourne.
Miss Fitzloff and Carl Fricke, from
the Ellison & White conservatory,
gave several selections. Mr. and
Mrs. Street sang a group of solos
I and duets and Miss Ramona Koa:
and Miss Zonee Adams were accom- I
panists. Mr. antt Mrs. street will
give a musical tea for students on
Sunday afternoon, November 19.
Several young mea will appear on
the programme. gt
The reception to have been held
this afternoon by the State Federa
tion of Music Clubs has been post
poned indefinitely.
P. A. Ten Haaf, baritone, and Paul
Gelvin, tenor, gave a song recital at
the First Presbyterian church Thurs
day night. Alice Johnson played
accompaniments.
An event of music week was the
programme given at the east side
library Friday afternoon for story
hour children by Irene Smith, Nancy
Taylor and Martin Marks, young
pianists.
The choir of Epworth Methodist
Episcopal church will give a musical
programme tonight. O. F. Herse,
director will give a group of solos
and will direct the congregation in
community singing.
Miss, Lola Murphy, soprano, de
lighted radio fans when she sang
Wednesday afternoon from the
Meier & Frank radio station. Calls
came from Laurelhurst, Mount Scott
Ar-;and other sections, saying that her
tones had carried perfectly.
John Claire Monteith, baritone,
and Miss Ida May Cook, pianist,
win give a concert November 17 in
Vancouver, Wash., for the benefit
of the Persian Relief fund. Mrs.
Agnes Intelkofer, soprano, will be
the assisting artist.
Jane Burns Albert will present
Billie Frances Fenimore in recital
on Thursday night, November 16, at
the Sherman & Clay auditorium.
Miss Fenimore has a mezzo contralto
voice of promise and will sing a
varied programme of Italian, French
and English songs. -
The choir of St. James Enelish
Lutheran church, at West Park and
Jefferson, will give a sacred concert
tonight at 7:45.. Assisting the choir
will be organ solos by Mrs. Wini
fred Worrelle, Carl Hansen and
Frederick W. Goodrich from the
American Guild of Organists.
Miss Henriette Michaelson. pianist.
will give the second of her series of
three recitals Sunday afternoon, No-
vemoer 19, at 3:30 at the Art mu
seum. She will present the works
of Schumann and Brahms. Miss Mi
chaelson made an impression with
her first recital on -November 5 and
there is considerable interest in the
succeeding numbers of the series.
Mrs. Ethel Barksdale Warner pre
sented a group of her music students
in piano recital on Wednesday night.
tnose inciuaed were Maryline New,
Eleanor Wharton, Roger Menton,
Jeanette Tobias. Harriet Stetson, La-
yeue marker, .Elizabeth Dodson. Cor
delia Dodson, Franklin Underwood,-
Frances Hill, Frances McCutcheon,
tsiauys f oster and Mildred Wharton.
Dale Matthews, tenor, assisted.
.
The Etude club, under the direc
tion of Katharine V. Kern, held its
first meeting of the season on No
vember A at the home of Miss Ruth
Morrison. The following officers
were elected: Florence Grimer.
president; Grace Farrell. vice-presi
dent; Irene Smith, secretary; Ruth
Morrison, treasurer. The club will
continue study during the winter
and will give monthly informal
recitals.
The. first concert of the Portland
Concert company of 30 voices will
be . given as one of the closing
events of music week tonight at
7 -.30 o'clock at the East Side Chris
tian church, East Twelfth and
Alder streets. Joseph A. Finley is
conductor of the group and Miss
Ruth Heinrichs is accompanist. Next
Friday the company will give a
secular concert at the First Con
gregational church, x
Miss Elizabeth Hoben had charge
of the programme for the opening
of Music week on Sunday afternoon
at the Y. W. C. A. when she pre
sented a number of her students in
sacred concert The vocal numbers
were given with pleasing taste. The
Webber Juvenile orchestra played
several selections. Students of Miss
Hoben sang for residents of the
Mann Home for Old 'People during
Music week. At that time the Chor
isters, a girls' vocal chorus, made
its first appearance.
HOSPITAL TO BE ERECTED
Salciu Physician Buys Site of 43
Acres Near Canby.
CANBY, Or., Nov. 11. (Special.)
One of the most important land
deals of this city has Just been
closed. Earle C. Latourette, prom
inent attorney of Oregon City, has
sold 43 acres of his land in East
Canby Gardens to Dr. C. H. Schenk,
prominent resident of Salem. The
land is situated near the Pacific
highway and extends to the Wil
lamette river.
Dr. Schenk has an option of other
tracts of the East Canby Garden
section, and it is probable that the
deal will be closed within a short
time for the purchase of that prop
erty. It is the intention of the Salem
physcian to establish a large hos
pital on the ground he has pur
chased. This will be used as a con
valescent hospital.
BIG OFFICE BCIXDIXG SOLD
Conch Eiglit-Story Structure Now
Property of F. T. Griffith.
Among the outstanding downtown
sales last week was that of the
Couch building, an eight-story brick
structure on Fourth street, between
Washington and Stark streets, which
was transferred from the Lewis
estate to Franklin T. Griffith, presi
dent of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power company. The considera
tion was said to have been J 225.000.
Mr. Griffith announced that he
purchased the property as an in
vestment.
This is the second big downtown
office building to be sold within
the past few weeks and is taken to
indicate a growing demand for that
type of property. The Wells-Fargo
building was sold recently by the
Express Building company to Por
ter brothers.
Needs of Nation Summarized.
St. Paul (Minn.) Crescent.
What this country needs is not a
new birth of freedom, but the old-
' Xashloned (2 lower berth,
j What this country needs isn't
more liberty, but less people who
' take liberties with our liberty. '
: What this country needs is not a
. job for every man, but a realman
for every job.
What this country needs isn't to
get more taxes from the people, but
fcr the people to get more from the
taxes.
What this country needs is not
more miles of territory, but more
miles to the gallon.
What this country needs is more
tractors and less detractors.
What this country needs isn't
more young men making speed, but
more, young men planting spmls.
What this country needs is more
paint on the old place and less paint
r n the young face.
What this country needs isn't a
lower rate of interest on money, but
a higher interest in work
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V Merrtj Qiildren
Happtj Home
TO maintain a happy home the housewife must keep in good
health. Her duties are many and various, and it seems as
if every other member of the family depended very much on her.
" Where is my hat?" cries the boy.
" What did you do with my coat?" asks the daughter.
" I can't find any handkerchiefs," yells the husband.
The housewife is usually the advisor and general manager
of the family. '
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Larwill, Ind. "My back was so- bad
' I could not do my washing. I was
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Trousseau Is Chosen for
Japanese Princess.
One Gown for Future Empress Is
to Be of White Silk.
TOKIO, Nov. 11. The wedding
trousseau of Princess Nagako.
the future empress of Japan, al
ready has been completed in Kyoto.
The selection of colors and patterns
was made by the empress herself,
who, aiming at the beauty of sim
plicity and avoiding gorgeousness,
paid special attention to the match
ing of cqlors.
One of the gowns is of white silk,
made of broad chenille and . em
broidered with a peacock design.
Another will be of rose silk woven
in wide width such as the authori
ties are trying to induce Japanese
women to adopt to promote the
weaving industry and foreign ex
portation; a third kimono is of cela
don color embroidered with paw
lownla leaves, the crest of the em
press. The two others are pale blue
with chrysanthemum patterns and
cream color with a wave design.
There was a rumor in local pa
pers that the princess would wear a
white foreign dress at her weddinx.
But this would be an unheard-of de
parture from all traditions, and as
for thecoronation, the dresses to be
worn at the ceremony will be the
"ancient Japanese kimono. The
princess, however, may wear foreign
evening dress at banquets.
According to Japanese customs,
girls belonging to the nobility may
get married in the old ceremonial
dress with a stiff divided skirt trail
ing on the ground, a set of kimono
and a handsome court coat. They
wear their hair hanging down and
hold a short sword in their hands.
The fiance also wears the old court
dresg with a small black cap.
The regular wedding dress is of
white silk, the mourning color in
Japan. It is worn at the ceremony
of the drinking of sake "three times
three," which constitutes the wed
ding ceremony and is performed in
the family circle only. The I ride
wears the mourning color as a sign
that she leaves her home forever
for that of her hupband. At the
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ONE NAILED THERE
WILL PUT YOUR HOME
IN FINE
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hammer you can keep your
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keep your muscles in good
working order also.
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leamur noxner
Cincinnati, O. "I suffered for a year
with nervous troubles, and irregular
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Vegetable Compound. My back pained,
all tho time and I was unfit for house
work. I was worn out if I cooked a
meal, atfL-was unable to do my washing.
My girl friends and my sister told ma
if I would take your Vegetable Com
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Chbist. Petboff, 318 W. Liberty Street,
, Cincinnati, O.
Thousands of women owe their health to
banquet she wears kimono with long
sleeves and during the course of the
iinner changes these three times,
each time exhibiting a dress of dif
ferent color and pattern.
USELESS THINGS WORRY
Tonsils find Appendices Now
Boosters for Life Insurance.
Detroit Journal.
Useless things and customs give
us a large share of our troubles and
worries. For Instance, tonsils and
appendices once had their part to
play in the destiny of humanity.
Now they do little more than give
additional reasons for the existence
of physicians and hospitals.
The porpoise, taking a deep
breath and having to hold it for
several minutes, might use tonsils
handily, but the average busy man
who scarcely takes one deep breath
a week and has no need of sustain
ing deep drafts of air can get along
without them and' not be inconven
ienced. When our prehistoric an
cestors gorged themselves with raw
mammoth flesh some thousands of
years ago, the appendix may have
served usefully as an extra stomach.
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Hess Fuel Furnace
(MADE IX PORTLAND)
Bums Any Kind of Fuel. Burns Less of It. Consumes
It Completely.
Clesn Out Ashes Once or Twice s. Year.
What Do You Think of That?
This Is Due to the Air Tight Principle.
Overdraft, Not Underdraft.'
Fire Brick Lining:.
No Cast Iron to Warp and Burn Out.
Economical: 3 or 4 Cords of Wood a Season.
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUT-OF-TOWN BUSINESS
Ship Direct From Factory to You.
Plain Directions for Installing.
Write U for Prices and Information.
Hess Furnace Manufacturing Company
Dowmtovrm Office 304 0k Street Portland. Oret.
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FACE BRICK
ART BRICK
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Manufactured Locally by
The Standard Brick & Tile Co.
83 Fifth Street Broadway 8274
It Is Not Burned Clay It Is Not Brick
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LYNN, MASS
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like the cud-chewing animals still
have, or as a gland to secrete spe-f '
clal digestive Juices suited to un
cooked provender; but in these days
the appendix is a nuisance and a
booster for life insurance.
Split coattails, now useless, re
main from horseback days. Sleeve
buttons were invented to teach
British army privates to use hand
kerchiefs in preference to coat
sleeves. Punched shoe uppers fol
low the ventilating designs of an
cient sandals. Watch charms don't
charm evil spirits away any more.
Spurs aren't needed by the army
officer who rides in a motor car.
Things of great usefulness have
their day and" go, hut the little
things that were rarely more than ;
mildly useful seem to hang on to
add to our worries in life, even after
their last vestige of excuse for ex
istence has vanished.
Bees Cupture Ford Car.
St. Joseph (Mo.) Observer.
Whpn Richard Hunter drove his
Ford sedan up to the south entrance
of the city hall recently, it was very
promptly pre-empted by a swarm of
bees who held possession of it for
two hours, or until a practical bco
man came along and hived them.
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COMMON BRICK
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