The Oregon daily journal., December 21, 1913, Page 43, Image 43

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1913,
A GLANCE BACKWARD AT PORTLAND AS IT WAS 55 YEARS AGO
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MIND
PICTURES TAKEN IN
1 858 BRING TO
PLACES LONG GONE
Pioneer Resident Recalls the
Town's Business and Social
Life as It Was Before War,
By F. L.
YOU will ofen see on the street ft
gray-bearded, white-haired gentle
man wearing a high silk hat and
a Prince Albert cjut. He is Dr. James
R. Cardwell, And for more than 60 years
he has been a resident of Portland.
Recently I showed him a number of
photographs taken in Portland In 1858.
"Do you remember these buildings?" I
asked.
Dr. Cardwell looked at tjem. His
eyes sparkled and clapping me on tho
shoulder, he said: "Why, bless your
heart, my boy, I haven't seen anything
'for years that brings back the oil
times as do those 14 photographs. - J.
H. Couch's house looks just as natural
as when I used to go there. It was
on Knob Hill, or what would nowadays
be called North Fourth street, between
Olisan and Hoyt. Captain Couch was
a fine type of the old-time sea dog. Hi
was gruff, but was absolutely honest
and one of the most honorable men I
ever knew.
"How well I remember George Col
lier Robbing1 house. It was located on
the southwest corner of what is now
First and Davis streets. Mrs. Robbins
was a very sociable person. Bhe was
a regular sister to all of us young fel
lows In those days. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Robbins were charming people. Mr.
Robbina had a Jewelry store and used
to buy gold dust He made bars or
lugs of the dust he bought, stamped
on them their weight and his name and
they passed ourrent everywhere. Rob
bins' slugs used to be well known In the
early days. Mrs. Robbins was a great
woman for shrubs and flowers. Thty
brought the first wistaria here. I have
always been fond of growing thing.i,
and I was anxious to get a sprout from
th wistaria, but I couldn't make it
grow. Mr. Robbins was mayor of Port
land a few years after this picture waw
taken.
"That picture of Wells. Fararo A Co.
brings back a host of recollections. The
women with their hoop skirts, the city
' men With their Stiff hats. th minora
KlAil hnfktm anil dlnnnh tiatn tnlrA
me back 60 years. J. M. VansvcKle wa.
at that time the agent for the. Wells
Fargo. He was a small, blonde, wiry,
'active man, and quite nervous. He was
something of a stump speaker and poli
tician. His wife was very attractive
and be had a daughter who was one of
LUKE L11U& ii. wnni un.m d .rai'n i ifn.
gon. Vansyckle canyon, in Umatilla
county, I believe, is named after him.
Pioneer Merchant Hard Worker, t
That picture tit Allen & Lewis' stor,
the frame building with Its woodshed
lean-to, looks wonderfully natural. It
and Burnslde streets.1 Cirro Tw.a
-was me resident partner, while Allen
lived In San Francisco, where he kept
a big Jobbing stock.- Cicero Lewis was
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never saw a man more devoted to busi
ness. He married one of Captain Couch's
duiging in any,, pleasure. His only
pleasure seemed to be his business. He
was always on deck lig hts store. They
" llmait III UV Mlttt it hatfan n ..n.t
word to him what yeu wanted than to
i .n a n H mflnr 1 vniiral 0 U. i-
" pride in seeing that you got the beat
' there was if , you , left It to ; his Judg-
ment. .::' : : , . ... .
"Benjamin Stark,' who had a' store
- here in this period, Was one . of the
' most courtly and elegant gentlemen
In Portland. You couldn't see .; hlin
. without being lmDressed with bla nnlito.
ness and suavity. When he' first came
he bought a wedge of land about S3
aoree-botween Pettygrove's and Couch's
claim. . Stark street was about. ' the
southern line of It and A' street was the
line on the north. He built a brick
block on the corner ot Front and Stark
streets. I remember when Qovernor
Whitaker appointed him to congress
that everyone raiBed a great howl as
he was a Democrat with southern sym
pathies, wtft I
"W. S. Ladd & Co. had their store
between 'Puke' tmith's store and a
store owned by a Jew named Kohn. In
addition to his regular stock of goods
he kept a big stock of supplies for the
miners, in which line tie had a very
profitable trade. When Mr. Ladd had
made about $25,000 he went in with Mr.
Til ton and started a bank on the same
site. Mr. Ladd's store was the third
store on Front street on the west side,
south of Stark. He had a frontage of
5 feet. This was the first brick build
ing In Portland. It was built in 1868,
being built after I came to Portland.
It was occupied In June of that year,
and a year after this picture was taken,
or in 1859, another story 'was put on,
making It a three-story brick block. It
is still standing.
Hallock & McMillan's store was on
Front street, on the corner of Oak
street A. B. Hallock afterwards be
came an architect and huilder. Ftr
years he ran the politics lof Portland.
He was an enthusiastic, fireman in the
early days of the volunteer fire depart
ments. He finally went to Tillamook
county. McMillan was very heavy-set
and became more so as he grew older,
"JT W, Cleaver had a f urnitur ator.
He was very energetic and a good busi
ness man. Many years later, I believe,
his sons went to Pendleton, where they
were engaged in business, and later
went to Chicago.
A Pioneer xavery Stable.
"Sherlock & Bacon's livery stable was
on the southwest corner ot Third anl
Oak. I used to keep my horse and
buggy there. Sherlock was a great big
good-hearted Irishman with light hair
and a floriJ complexion, heavy set, and
a great Joker. I remember . we were
sitting in frqnt of his stable once, wheu
W. S. Ladd passed. Sherlock made some
impudent remark to Mr. Ladd, as a Joke,
but which made Mr. Ladd angry,. Mr.
Ladd gave him a pretty sharp retort
Mr. Ladd had not gone far when he
came back and said: 'I know you must
have meant that as a joke. I am aorry
I spoke so sharply to you.' His patner.
Charley Bacon, was a different type of
man entirely. He wasvery direct and
gruff. He would talk awfully ugly to
you if things didn't go to suit him, par
ticularly If you ever came in with your
horse sweaty or your buggy muddler
than he thought It ought to be.
"Strong & Co.'s bakery was3 on the
southeast corner of First and Morri
son streets.
"Northrup Si Blossom, whose store
was on the corner of Front and Yam
hill streets, used to do a big business
In hardware. Ed Northrup was a strong
Methodist. He was tall, slender and
looked a good deal like W. F. Woodard,
of Woodard & Clark. He married Job
McNamec's daughter. He died as a re
sult of falling through a trap door in
their store. His partner, Mr. Blossom,
has a son who is still living in Port
land. "H. W, Corbett's store was on the
southwest corner of Front and Oak
streets. Mr. Corbett started his for
tune In hardware. He was a shrewd
and successful merchant and by the
purchase of real estate and being here
on the ground floor In early days, laid
the foundation for a largo fortune."
Treasury Department lias -Paper.
Washington, Dee. 20. The treasury
department boasts of a dally paper,
published solely for the benefit of Sec
retary McAdoo and his assistants. The
editor of this unique dally is the de
partment librarian Each morning she
goes through a large number of ex
changes, clips currency news, and fea
tures of Interest to the department
beads, rewrites them into two or three
line items, and sends them over with
the clippings to the composing room,
where, they are put into good reading
form. In 10 minutes' time Secretary
McAdoo can get the news of the world,
as ,lt affects him and his department,
from- all the papers, and he can' devote
the rest of the day to doping out bust
ness "that will make more "stories" for
his newspaper. - '.'.
' Thomsen's Chocolates make appreci
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your dealer's. ... Adv.)
ASKED
WORK
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OF COLUMBIA
Other Appropriations Affecting
Oregon Included in Report
of Chief of Army Engineers,
(United Pten Letaed Wire.)
Washington, Dec. 20. Request for
expenditure of $41,655,155 for river and
harbor improvements 261 different
projectsr-rwas submitted to the house
last week by the chief of the army
engineers. The biggest single project
in the report was the recommendation
of an appropriation of $2,000,000 for
general improvement of the Missouri
river. An appropriation of $5,000,000
for various projects connected with the
Ohio river Improvement scheme was
stated as being necessary within the
next few years. One million and a half
was asked for improvement of the
Mississippi river between the Missouri
river and St. Paul, Minn.,-and $1,000,000
for improvement and maintenance of the
same river between the Ohio and Mis
souri rivers, A similar amount was
asked for improvement of the Delaware
river.
The chief of engineers reports that
the flood In the middle west last spring
caused thousands of dollars worth of
damage to the United States works on
the Ohio river. No reference Is made
in the report to any possible system of
flood control. An appropriation of $6,
000.000 was asked, however, in order
that the Mississippi river commission
might continue its work of improving
the father of waters, Including levee
work. '
For fortifications . work an appropri
ation of $175,000 for modernizing' older
emplacements was requested, and $200,
000 for preservation and repair of forti
fications. Recommendation was also
made for construction of a sea wall at
Fort San Jacinto.
Fifteen thousand dollars was asked
to continue the work of the California
debris commission.
Following are all of the projects for
which appropriations were recommend
ed In California, Oregon and Washing
ton: Los Angeles harbor, Cal., $25,000.
Harbor at San Francisco, Cal., $9000.
Oakland harbor, Cal., $98,000.
San Pablo bay, Cal., $40,000.
Humboldt harbor and bay, Cal.,
$525,000.
Sacramento and Feather rivers, Cal.,
$25.u00.
Coquille river, Or., $49,000.
Entrance to Coos bay and harbor, Or.,
$50,000.
Coos river, Or., $3000.
Tillamook bay and bar. Or., $207,000.
Nehalem bay and entrance to Nehalem
bay, Or., $116,175,
Snake river, Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, $10,000.
Columbia river and tributaries above
Celllo falls to the mouth of Snake river,
Oregon and Washington, $20,000.
Columbia river between the foot of
The ' Dalles rapids and the head of
Celilo falls, Oregon and Washington,
$425,000.
Canal at the Cascades, Columbia
river. Or., $10,000.
Willamette above Portland and Yam
bill river, Or., $$6,000.-
Columbiu and lower Willamette riv
ers, below Portland. Or., $300,000.
Moutb of Columbia river, Oregon and
Washington, $1,000,000.
Clatskanle river, Or., $1000.
Cowllta and Lewi rivers, Wash.,
$18,000. - e '
Drays river. Wash., $500. '
- Paget sound and ita tributary waters,
$25,000. .'X.-- ' ;?';;,'
Waterway conccting Puget sound with
the Lakes Union - and Washington,
Wash., $375,000.
Skagit river. Wash., $10,000. ;
. Columbia river between Bridgeport
and Kettle fallaj; Wash., 425,000.
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Photographs by courtesy of Oregon Historical Socioty.
Public buildings, stores and residences In Portland In 1858. Top, left
to right Store of H. W. Corbett, southwest corner Front and Oak
streets; Allen & Lewis' store, northeast corner Front and Burnslde
streets; residence of G. Collier Bobbins, northwest corner of First
and Davis streets; public school on the site now occupied by the
Portland hotel.
Bottom, left to right Oregon state penitentiary, southeast corner Front
and Harrison streets; residence of J. H. Couch, Fourth street, be
tween Glisan and Hoyt streets; Wells-Fargo & Co.'s office. Front
street, between Stark and Oak streets; stores of J. Kohn & Co. and
W. S. Ladd & Co. on Front street, between Washington and Stark.
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THIS ASPIRANT BACKS UP
CLAIMS WITH AFFIDAVITS
Secretary McAdoo Hears of- a Man Eminently Qualified for
. Any Sort of Job; Garrison Evades Correspondents;
Other Capital Stories,
By Burton K. Stan-dish.
(United PreM Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dec. 20. Of all the
strange letters that reach the govern
ment dally, none is stranger than the
affidavit of . a New jrprk man as to his
qualifications for office under the Wil
son administration. This letter has Just
came to the attention of Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo.
The gentleman, calmly and confi
dently let Secretary McAdoo into the
dark secret that the United States gov
ernment Is losing money in losing the
services of a thoroughly competent man
every day that it neglects to put him
on its payroll. He spared nothing in
his modest appraisal of his own virtues.
In fact, he was Just the man for almost
any job that the secretary might have
at his disposal.
And lest someone should think that
his fulsome praise came from an exag
gerated or untruthful source, Mr. New
Yorker calmly put it all down in black
and white, swore to it in the presence of
witnesses, and had a notary public ex
amine It, and then put on his big offi
cial seat --
AH the pathos of life Isn't huddled
up In the slums of a big city, reports
from field agents of the department of
agriculture sbow. Here's the story of a
little cripple, whose only Joy in life
Is watching tomatoes grow. She lives
In Alabama, and the field agent writes:
"Two young girl members of a tomato
club, with four friends, set out the to
mato plants for the little sick girl. She
was carried out in a chair to see the
fruiting plants, and with tears stream
ing down her face tried to extend her
thanks."
Then there's another girl "whose fath
er is so contrary" that he makes her do
all the cooking and washing for four
laborers, and won't reward her with
even a few cans or new tops so that she
may help do some canning with the oth
er girls in the canning club. And a
little 12-year-old girl In South, Carolina
la running: a small farm not much
more than a garden patch because her
father ta crippled. She even has to fol
low the plow. Another girl and her
grandmother had to clear and fence a
"farm" on an Alabama mountain top.
" 'Oh, damn grammar,' was the boy's
only observation."
Temperature Is the most important
consideration in successful bread mak
ing, according to Miss Hannah Wess
llng. the . government's bread expert
She says that the oven should be at 86
degrees, and that this should be deter
mined with a thermometer.
Miss Wessllng is now engaged In a
hunt for a successful substitute for
flour. Bananas, she declares, may in
time solve the substitution problem.
While she believes strongly in bread
made from entire wheat or graham
flour, she says that it is Impossible to
give them the lightness that is desired.
Wealthy correspondents are frugal
and save pennies by writing congress
men, while local labor unions use the
CHAPPED
SKINS NEED
A number of newspaper correspond
ents were trying to get a statement on
the present situation in Mexico from
Secretary of War Garrison. "Can you
tell us how things stand In Mexico to
day 7" one of them asked.
"Yes, i can,'' Garrison replied, with
customary frankness. There was a long;
wait r
"Well, will you tell usr finally asked
one of the reporters. v.v;.;,"f :
"No, I won't,"' was the frank answer.
Then after a moment the secretary
said: "I guess you boys must feel as
the little boy did who asked his mother
If he corfld go to the clrciisV" "Can I go
to the circus 7' he asked, and his mother
replied that she supposed he could.
May I go to the circusr the boy then
asked. - ' ' ' .,!'- v .':-;.."':-' ...
, ""lou may tjbt, mother told him. '
more costly system of telegraphing, ac
cording to the observation of Represen
tative Mann of Illinois, Republican lead
er of the house.
"It's a peculiar thins." Mann relates,
"that capitalists and other wealthy men
almost uniformly seek the attention of
congressmen through the mails, while
labor unions often use the telegraph."
Mann believes, at least so far as he Is
concerned, that a letter received more
careful consideration by a congressman
than a telegram in Washington. Tele
grams hare are often delivered to a
member's home, instead of to his office.
They lose their "punch" thereby, secur
ing less concentrated attention.. Brief,
hasty, noncommital replies are often
made also to telegrams, when a letter
would receive more painstaking consideration.
MARRIED COUPLE HAD '
TO PART AT 11 SHARP
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 20. Visiting
one's wife every night when no one
but one tnd one's wife knows she Is
one's wife, and leaving promptly at the
regulation hour, of 11 in order not to
let anyone else suspect that the old
order has changed. Isn't quite as much
fun as one might think before one
tries such a thing.
For further details of the uncomforU
able situation, call upon Charlie Pope,
9U Josephine street and Clyde Ash
more, 708 Arlington, street.-Likewise,
Mrs. Charlie Pope and Mrs. Clyde Ash
more, both of 1626 Water street
Until Sunday, November 9, Mrs. Pope
was Miss Irma Tlce and Mrs. Ashmore
was Miss Irene Tice. The two couples
went to Cleburne, were married and re
turned to Fort Worth. The husbands
kissed their brides good night. Business
called Ashmore out of town and he has
been away from his wife most of their
wadded life, but Pope has been a con
stant visitor at his wife's house. Every
night he has been there at the usual
time and every night he has left at the
usual time.
Ashmore and Pope got their heads
together late Monday and decided with -the
same Inspiration, "What's the user
Eleven o'clock no longer has any ter
rors for them, everybody knows all
about It now.
OLD SETTLERS PREDICT
A MILD, OPEN WINTER
Janesvllle, Wis., Dec. 20. Pioneer res
idents are firm In the belief that the
coming winter will be extremely mild.
Looking back over 40 years or more, old
settlers find that Mother Nature has
but twice been as fickle as this season.
In each case the. winter was"open,' say
these aged weather prophets.
All indications were for a severe sea
son. A plentiful crop of nuts, heavy
fur on the animals, ants building their
homes deeper underground, bones of
geese thicker and heavier, and the musk-
pf a cold, hard winter.
Now- alt these" signs-are lerr wrihdut "
meaning, new indications taking their
place. Lilacs are sprouting, early shrubs
budding, squirrels and rabbits mating
and other signs peculiar to spring are
here.
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