THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1916.
.'AY NOW OPEN FOR
USE
FOR SPORTSMEN OR
LOVERS OF SCENERY
Fishing in Ocean or Stream to
Be Found in Scores of
Places in Neighborhood.
AT M VIRTUE
Lease Is Given J, K, Romig,
- Who Will Put Power Plant
".. in Shape.
HAS PRODUCED MUCH
AGATES ARE PLENTIFUL
Mill Xs . Comparatively Cloae to City
of Baker Sad Confidence la rait
V That Business Will Xaerease.
Beautiful Transparent Stones Are to
Be Tonnd Aiter Every Storm Just
as Always la Vast.
NEWPORT IS PAH
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, Baker, Or., May 20. The last ob
stacle In the way of resumption of
work at the old Virtue mine by the
George W. Vie Id company of New
(York, the lessors, wan removed this
'weak- when Paul K. Pollman of the
'frst National bank, receiver for the
Kagie Power company, executed a
leave to J. K. Rom Ik, general manager
of v the power company and Virtue
Mines Development company, which
leases the mining property to the
Meld company.
This will permit Mr. Romig, who la
retains) an manager by the Field com
pany tQ put tho powpr plant in shape
at once to furnlMh power for mine op
erattona, which he hhh will now ho
tinder' way by the first of June.
i'"The poc problem put the Virtue
Out of buelnens after It had produced i
over $4,000,000, the price of fuel at
that time when the richest ore In the
original body was worked out. making
it impossible to operate at profit, and '
litigation tfed up the Ragle River
Power company, allied with the Virtue
company, when they were practically
ready to resume with electric power
nearly two years ago. Ex-Governor
Miles C. Moore of Washington ana F.
TV. Paine of Walla Walla are the
principal stockholders In the company,
and the company's lease to the Field
company, and arrangements to make
Use of the power plant developed only
a few weeks ago. after the lessors
Sent an engineer here to make an in
vestigation of the property.
Mine Is Equipped.
The Virtue Is equipped with a 20
atamp mill, but at the start only ten
stamps will be operated. There is suf
ficient ore blocked out to keep the mill
running indefinitely. Mill operations
will be under the supervision of R. R
Barnes, who comes to the employ of
the'Fleld company from the Homestake
mine in the Black Hills, Soutli Dakota.
D. Voss of Goldfield, Nev.. who has
been In charge of a hydro-electric plant
in that
Baker, Or., May 20. Thursday eve
ning the annual commencement exer
cises of the Baker high school were
hold at the Baker theatre. The 46
members of the senior class received
their diplomas from Chairman (J. P.
Ison of the school board. The com
mencement address was delivered by
Rev. J. R. N. Bell of Corvallis. for
many years pastor of the local Pres-
ciunp. will Le In charge of the
KBgle river plant.
'-, While Mr. Romig luis had a crew of byterian church
men at w-ork for some time setting the,
mill ready for ouslness. he has hired
more and will hurry the mill wor
along. The first big task to be tak
up after the mill gets started on the
Ore already blocked out. will be unwa-
tering Hie. 800 Joot main shaft. This;
lias always tieen a problem, which thei . . . . . , , , .
Ose pf electric power and nydriinllc Was Student In the Hiyh School; Swam
pumps will polve. The old steam I the Blver at Portland Last Summer;
pumps, originally used to keep the Was 111 Long Time
'""ft free of water were pulled years
This was the last class to be gradu
ated from the present Baker high
school, which was erected in 1888.
Construction of the new $125,000 high
school building will be completed, ac
cording to the architects' estimates, by
the first of the year, and as soon as
ready will be occupied, probably for
the second semester of the next term,
which opens in September.
The graduates, as shown above, are:
Top row (left to right) Wallace
Newport, Or., May 20. Newport Is a
beautiful spot. It la a city at the base
of a bill. It la a city on that htU'j
scenic pinnacle clothed in everlasting
green, a Is a city by a rentless sea.
It Is a city bedecked by nature In
gorgeous array at Its front door the
lavish hand of the ocean to provide It
with all manner of manna from the
deep, and at Its rear crystal streams,
laden with mountain trout. Isuglt'og
and leaping as sparkling in their na
tive beauty they bound from thelt
lofty sources on their hurried path
way to Join their gladness with
tempestuious waves:
The Newport rexort Is vastly differ
ed from; any other along 'the Pacific
oast. It la reached by train from
Albany, Or.,' 77 miles south- of Port
land, thence to Yaguina and three pr
four mllies over Yaquina bay to New
port. The steamer lands Hie passenger on
the spot where Newport -as born, but
since the place has become ramea ror
its natural attractions and the resort
of thousands during the vacation sea
son, it has grown up the hillside to its
crest, along half a mile or so and
down on the other side to the open
ocean, known as Nye Beach. Here It
is where the great majority of pleas
ure seekers spend their idle hours.
There is a splendid hotel where the
steamer lands, but other most preten
tious ones, finely appointed and ad- j
mirably managed, are located on tho ,
ocean side, or Nye Beach, for the rea
son that here the best view of the
ocean is had, and it likewise is here
that every Btorm casts up a fresh crop
Landreth, Alice Sieg, Ann Qyllenberg, i Stewart, Helen Biggs, John Buker, Earl of those beautiful agate stones which
John Homewood, Sam Kskamp, Alice I Wright. have carried the name of Newport to
Second row (left to right) Frances a" parts or me country.
Snyder, Erna Leonnlg, George Suther
land. Donald Sihepard.
Next row (left to right) Pearl Roh
ner, Margaret McKim. John Coyne,
Velma Long, Edna Fossum, Eldon
Sparks. Herbert Miles, Blanche Jen
kins. Mary Hunt,
"k Ralph C. Bennett
ten , A
Of Dallas Is Dead
Dallas, Or., May 20. Ralph C. Ben
nett, aged 15 years, a student In the
Dallas high school, died at his home In
this city May 14, after a long Illness
with diabetes. He was a son of Mr.
CO.
Meant Much for Baker.
' .Thoirgh the resumption of operations
'. at the-" Virtue, has been virtually as
sured since the Iwse to the Field com-
pany under option to purchase for and Mrs. Charles A. Bennett and leaves.
$180,000. the fadt that there will be besides his parents, two brothers and
something doing at once means a great ; two slster. Although handicapped by
-deal. to Baker. While mining in gen- nature, which had left his lower limbs
eral In this section luis been gradually , deformed, Kalph was an athletic youth
getting on a sounder basis for some, until his last illness began. Last sum
years, the Virtue district Is the closest mer, while visiting in Portland, he
Of all to Baker, the mine being only swam across the Willamette river at
eight miles away. Not only does the the Hawthorne street bridge. He was
lease on the power plant Insure the of a bright, sunny disposition and was
Virtue starting up, but the securing of i popular among his schoolmates, who
electric power means that several ! attended his funeral in a body.
' mines In the immediate vicinity, which .
without electric power could not be rs- Jackson Wins.
- worked at a profit, with power will Da)lag Q M 20Judge Be In
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' ,Th. ore Is there in all of them, thou-' tho circuit court, has handed down a
sands of tons beinn blocked out not decision in the case of Mrs. . - T.
only at the Virtue, but at the Cyclone Jackman vs. Northwestern Trust com
and others. One that could not b pany of Portland, giving plaintiff Judg
made to pay when milled by steam ment for $1075, amount paid down on
powers with electric power will leave a a tract of land near Falls City, and
good margin of profit and the pound- $245. 25 Improvements made on the
In Of stamps at the old Virtue not land by plaintiff and her husband. The
onlv means that It will be back In the , suit Involved a mutual mistake over
producing class, but. that otner mines
selling the wire Informed him of the
fact that the goods were stolen.
It is reported that over 2000 pounds
of wire has been stolen from the com
pany's lines between Hood River and
Portland, and Lucas states that the
negro sold a large lot in Portland while
the two white confederates operated at
Hood River and The Dalles in making
their sales.
One Man Drowns;
One Is Rescued
Astoria, Or.. May 20. Later advices
show that only one man drowned by
the capsizing of a fishing boat on
Wednesday afternoon at the foot of
Sand island. He was Martin Krapp,
who was employed as boat puller for
John Marlpo. The men were picking
up their net in the breakers and their
boat was suddenly capsized. Other
boats In the vicinity rushed to the res
cue and Marlpo was saved, but the
other man could not be reached. His
body was recovered yesterday morn
ina; and turned over to Coroner Gll-
baugh. Krapp was 28 years old and.
leaves a widow who resides at San
Francisco.
the boundaries of the land.
In the district can also perform a
"come-back" stunt.
Smelter Is Locked.
U Baker. Or., May 20 District At
torney Ooodwln and Sheriff Anderson
were in Sumpter this week, where they
took charge of the property of the
eumpter Bmelter. It was sold for th
taxes In 1911, the delinquency total
ing over $2000. Of late it has been
reported, some of the machinery had
been tampered with and some damage
done to the buildings. The officers
locked it up, and appointed a caretaker
to look after it.
'..The smelter represented an invest
ment, of approximately $200,000 and
was built almost in the last days of
the Sumpter mining boom in the early
'80s. Several mines shipped ore for
' a time, but when mining died down
there was not enough business to keep
It going;. In late 'years, the majority
of mines in the district have shipped
to the local sampling works and Salt
Lake and Tacoma smelters.
Satisfied With Harrison.
; Baker, Or.. May 20. After a several
days' trial run. Manager Fellows of
tho Ben Harrison mines, expresses hlm-
elf as entirely satisfied with the re
. suits obtained from the new concen
trating plant. Installation of which was
completed last week. The tests show
Motors in Polk..
Dallas, Or., May 20. According to
the registration at the office of the
secretary of state on May 1 there were
303 automobiles in Polk county, 185 of
which were Fords. It has. been esti
mated that the investment in automo
biles in this county totals $209,000.
Shipping fieup
Is Now Threatened
Longshoremen's Union Organisers say
That Shippers Hare Been d-iTen Un
til June 1 to Meet Demands of Man.
Aberdeen, Wash., May 20. That Pa
clflo coast shipping from Prince Ru
pert to San Diego will be "tied up as
tight as It can be tied" unless the
stevedore companies grant the long
shoremen a "closed shop" was threat
ened by organisers of the International
Longshoremen's union at an open meet
ing of the Trades and Labor Council
last night. The organizers are here
to attempt to revive the Grays Harbor
Longshoremen's union which has been
dormant for several years.
P. J. Martens, vice president of the
union, one of the speakers, said that
the stevedore companies had been given
to 6 o clock of the morning of June 1
Hoff Going East.
Salem, Or., May 20. Labor Com
missloner Hoff will leave Sunday for
Indiana, Illinois. New York, Connecti
cut and other eastern states to make a
study of factory regulations and meth
ods of inspection.
Huff, Louise McCandless, Owen Keown,
Sprague Carter. Helen Leonard, Madge
Powell, Lee Gyllenberg, Jules Rings
meyer, Florence Belrdmeau.
Bottom row (left to right) Grace
' Service. Harold Gardiner, Margaret
Third row (left to right) Norris 1 Stoddard. Earl Ward, Ralph Gorman.
Dunphy. William Langrell, Edith West, Oliver Francis, Gretchen Snyder, Vera . supply is provided by every
Marie Bergman, Norrls Jones, William I Chord, Dean Swift. j which lashes the sea into a fury,
Just a short walk along the
Agates Plenty as Ever.
The uninformed have surmised that
"agate hunting" at Newport is a thing
of-he past -that the supply had long
ago become exhausted that the con
stant gathering for years had "mined
them out." This Is an error. A fresh
wind
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AboTe Bathers at Newport
Below Arrival of steunirr at Newport.
Two Accidents in
Week Were Fatal
Total Beported Was 395 of Which 237
Are Bnhject to the Workmen's Com
pensation Act; Portland rr Killed.
Salem, Or., May 20. Two hundred
and ninety-five accidents of which two
were fatal, were reported to the state In
dustrial accident commission during
the past week. Of the total number
reported. 23Kare subject to the work
men's compensation act. I. O. LeBlanc,
Portland, employed in a metal works.
and George Carlson, loggec, of Mill
City, were killed. Following is the
list of accidents by industry:
Sawmill 89, logging 45, construction
39, railroad operation 25. meat packing
11, light and power 14. Iron and steel
11, paper mill 12, machine shop 3, de
partment store 4, passengers 3, rope
manufacturing 3, dredging 2, mining
2. quarry 2, cement company 2, tele
phone and telegraph company 2, metal
works 2, sand and gravel 2, mining 5,
tin shop 3, and of the following one
each: Ice plant, dry dock, dye works,
condensery. fuel company, tank and
pipe company, plumbing, painting, bak
ery, oil company.
McCarthy and others; Kappa Signa Nu
Fraternity, 12500, Corvallis: Jewish
Hospital association, Portland
Matelsky and others.
I brings one to a point given the name
! of Agate Beach,
pert. These live in little homes in th-
locks, entirely encircled by the stone.
The rocks are cracked as If they wee
'nuts and the oyster removed as Is the
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tidbit.
sand 8
Jennie
New Map Issued.
Salem. Dr., May 20. The United
State geological survey has Just issued
a topographic map covering the quad
rangle including territory between
Newberg and Butteville, on the south,
and Beaverton and Reedville, on the
north. The map shows all roads,
buildings, timbered and open areas.
New Incorporations Filed.
Salem, Or., May 20. Following ar
ticles of Incorporation were filed with
Corporation Commissioner Schulder-
man Saturday: Bay Park Lumber
company. North Bend. $25,000, Dennis
He Reduced
57 Bounds
New Method of Fat Reduction
Proves Astonishingly
Successful.
Johnstown, Pa., May
gation has fully established that Hon
H. T. Stetler, of this city, has reduced
57 pounds in an Incredibly short time
by wearing a simple, invisible device',
weighing scarcely an ounce. This,
when used as directed, acts as an ef
fective fat reducer. Many prominent
men and women have adopted this easy
means of reducing their excess girth.
The inventor, E, F. Burns of II West
37th street. New York, has patented
the device In all leading countries and
is sending them on 40 .days fret trial
without any deposit to all who write
him. (Paid Adv.)
O. A. C. CADETS SHOW PREPAREDNESS
that the new system of concentration
of ore by the oil flotation process is j to make up their minds as to whether
'.saving better than 6 per cent of the
. profits, where by the old process of
. concentration at the Ben Harrison,
never more than 70 per cent was saved.
:r .,Th difference, except in the richest
, ores, represents the difference between
profit and loss.
Offers a Site for
t Naval Base Station
. K. Welch, Astoria, Tells Chairman
i Barter That Ke Will Oivs 100 Acres
; r Of Xand Writes Daniels.
. '. Astoria. Or., May 20. D. II. Welch,
who owns a large tract of land in
Cathlamet bay, east of Tongue point,
has -offered the government 100 acres
et land free to be used as a naval base
station. Mr. Welch so Informed Chafr-
: man Harley before Harley started on
his return trip to Washington Friday
morning. ' "
TO strngthen the offer Mr. Welch'
his written to Secretary of the Navy
Daniels and to the Oregon members In
congress reiterating his proposal with
the hope that tho government will ac
cept Jt, . v fe-n )-
they would grant the demands.
Confesses Theft of
Much Copper Wire
Hood River, Or., May 20. Willis
Lucas, who says he is a member of a
gang of four who have been carrying
on a program of systematic thefts of
stealing copper wires from the lines
of tbe Pacific States Telegraph &
Telephone company. Western Union
Telegraph company, and Pacific Power
& Light company, was arrested last
night near Hood River with a large lot
of copper wire in his possession. Lucas
was brought to tho Hood River city
jail and confessed to the thefts and im
plicated three others for whom the of
ficers are now making; a search on
being a negro. Lucas said that a local
junk dealer had purchased a large
quantity of the wire and that he knew
it was stolen goods. District Attorney
A. J. Derby issued a search warrant
last night and the premises of Gross
were searched and about 600 pounds of
wire was discovered hidden on his homo
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One college military organization in formation of regimental review on college campus.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis, May 20. Splendid grounds, a beau
tiful sky and a, big crowd of "fair
women and brave men" were features
of the annual military inspection On
the campus Tuesday. The day was
begun with the regular annual military
parade, dosed with the U. of O.-O. A.
C faculty baseball same, and crowded
throughout with a numoer or instruct
premiSk.. Gross denies that. the party tive and interesting events. Including a
regimental review for Governor Withy
combe and President Kerr.
Inspection was in charge of Major
U. G. Alexander, cadet commandant,
with Captain Tenney Ross. of the
general staff of the United States
army, as chief inspecting officer. He
was assisted by a number of state and
federal military officers, some . of
whom were as follows: : - o
, Col., C. McLaughlin. O. N. G.: Lieu
tenant Shlpham of the coast artillery;
Lieutenant K. P. Williams, Inspector
instructor. U. S. A.; Adjutant-General
George A.. White. O. N. G.; Major M.
B. Marcellns. medical corps O. N. G.f
Captain Tebbitts, Third infantry, O. N.
because here la an
other place where the ocean gives
forth its transparent and thousand
hued pebbles, and so far as known
there is not another agate district on
the North Pacific coast.
The -region adjacent to Newport af
fords a sumptuous rensn for the tour
ist and pleasure seeker. At Elk City,
up the Yaquina river 15 miles by auto
or steamer, trout fishing is much in
dulged In. By stage or auto to Drift
and Beaver creeks-, 10 to 16 miles out,
there is not only good fishing but also
hunting. The Slletx Indian agency, 15
miles distant, can be reached by auto
over a good road, and the natural
scenery is described as "grand!" The
place is one of the prettiest in Ore
gon. Seal Rocks, nine miles from th
city, is a wild and romantic spot. Here
may be had abundance of codfish.
' clams, sea bass. etc.
I Go to Alsea. 10 miles down the coat,
' and on to Drift creek, five or six miles
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0. invest!- mou fiahine grounds of th Nnrlh
Pacifl ocean. Trout are abundant and
the forests teem with wild game. Five
miles north of Newport is Cape Foul
weather and the government light
bouse. Big creek and other streams empty
into tbc-ocean at this point, and they,
too, ane trout fishing rivulets. An
other tive miles are Otter Rocks, and
there one mayfeast his eyes upon the
DeviTs Punchbowl and the scenic
rocky cliffs which rise to 100 or 160
feet above the sea. Then another Bix
miles is Depoe bay, and for wild, ro
mantic scenery, it would be difficult
to match this spot on the coast. It is
awe inspiring beyond description. A
i fairly good road leads to this place
from Newport. Siletz bay is about
nine miles from here, and again wo
have some of the finest scenery of
America. Pure, sparkling water from
more than 100 springs originating in
the adjtacent mountains and rocks, leap
from precipices and course down can
yons, eold and exhilarating, as If from
some hidden depository of ice. What a
pluce for an Invalid to " regain his
strength:
"Prettiest Place on Earth I"
"Newport is one of the prettiest
places on earth," is the enthusiastic
statement of Dr. F. M. Carter of that
place, and then he proceeds to say
that he is Quite conversant with the
beauty of our globe. And so he Is.
He has "been everywhere." He
descants quite vividly on the attrac
tions of "The City of Beauty," as UJ
has been termed by many, and then
steps over Into the health conditions
of the town.
"Here our school children can dis- j
port themselves in the waters of the I
ocean without money and without j
price. Here they can stroll upon the :
sands" of the beach, drinking in tha :
life giving ozone, and it costa them
nothing. Here the pale, worn invalid
may regain his health, wlteiout drug
or medical attention. The waves of
the sea are waves of life to him or -her
whose heart has grown weary and
whose nerves are shattered. Here we
have but trifling fogs and a plethora
of happiness. The very atmosphere ia
a generator of strength and Incubator
of happiness. It adds years to the
life, because it makes the weak one
strong and bestows contentment upon
the human heart."
Accommodations Are Excellent.
Aside from the numerous fine hotels
and apartments there are two colonies
of tidy furnished homes, supplied with
everything save sheets and blankets,
which- rent at from $1 to $2 per day,
according to their else. A. J. Van
Wassenhove owns 68 of them, located
If. a most beautiful grove three blocks
from ithe sea, at an elevation of more
than 100 feet. Chris Arms or the
Armsi apartments also owns a large
number within a. few steps of the
ocean; These are all provided with
cooking utensils, bedsteads, mat
tresses, dishes, electric lights and
every convenience for light housekeep
ing, enabling the frural to live at
Newport a week or a month or mors at
very little cost.
Provisions cost no more there than
in Portland, and sea foods, milk and
Great halibut ' banks
Favor Strahorn Project.
Silver Lake, Or., Ma-- 20. A remark
able spirit .-eveloped In the primaries
here, all voters inquiring while mark
ing the feample ballot, is he in favor
of the Ktrahorn railroad project? In
dications poi. t to ( arr ing of tlilH pre
cinct by Keprosentat Ives Forties and
Bmlth by u I. Ik mujorlty. Farmers
are turning out well.
I--.1(I Suck Mullen.
Oregon 'it y. " r.. May J". It. l.add
filed suit ananiM II. M. Mullan for the
payment of a iiioimIskoij' note amount
ing to .'!m4.2..
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G.; Captain Wood, coast guards: Cap
tain Eugene Libbv. Third infantry. O. vegetables less.
N. G.; Captain C A. Murphy, O. K. G. I are here, and tons of this fish, caught
Following - the -inspection were the 1 during the night, are dally shipped to
comoanr drills, physical drill. Including I Portland and San Francisco.
bayonet exercises, and tactical drills. - J Rock oysters are plentiful at V
A
MOTHER victory for Good
year Cord Tires even
greater than before. The
Buick Six smashes San
Francisco to Los Angeles Coast rec
ord by two hours one minute ten
seconds, winning Fernando .Nelson
Perpetual Challenge Trophy. The
Goodyear Cord Tires used on this rec
ord run are the same original tires that
were used on the record run from
Los Angeles to San Francisco via
Valley route on April 28, both record-breaking
runs totaling one thou
sand miles of fast driving over some
of the roughest roads in the state,
were made without a puncture, a
wonderful demonstration of the
sturdy qualities and extreme flexibil
ity of Goodyear Cord Tires, proving
Goodyear Cords do not stonebruise
or blow-out, but yield to impact, no
matter the strain. Mr. Motor
ist, equip your car with them and
know, what real tire comfort is. The
Valley route record Los Angeles .io
San Francisco ten hours, forty-seven
minutes. The Coast route record
San Francisco to Los Angeles twelve
hours, forty-seven minutes, fifty seconds.
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