The Oregon daily journal., July 10, 1920, Page 9, Image 9

WAR HERO ADMITS
KILLING If E AND
'ROBBER' HE HIRED
Chicago, July 1 0. Lieutenant Carl
Wander. r, : wearer of the croix de
guerre, last night confessed that he
murdered his wife in cold blood to
get rid of her and her unborn babe.
A few hours prevtoua he confessed that
he' "killed hia wife, but said that it was
an accident. - -i :
For two weeks he was heralded as a
hero on his original story that his wife
was killed by a holdup man as the couple
were entering their' home and that - he
killed the robber. , The police found him
with his wife dead at his feet and the
alleged robber dead nearby.'
COJIPWTEit WORS OUT
Wanderer broke down under a ceaseless-
aril ling by the police. Earlier in
the day he dramatically rehearsed the
story he told the police at a coroner's in
quest. As the. day wore on ; and the
questioning became more severe and re
lentless, he broke down.'
' "Walt a minute." he said, feebly wav
ing back the detectives and Btate's at
torney's men who were questioning; him.
"Wait a minute. I'm all in, I'll tell the
truth. -Just' promise hat you'll let me
sleep after I do. That's all I Want. I'd
give my life for an hour's sleep."
The former ? lieutenant straightened
himself in his chair.
"1.ITTLE SONGBIRD"
- "1 murdered my wife. I shot her to
death in cold blood. Why? Here's why:
I hated married life. I wanted to
get back In the army. I grew to love
the army life' while serving inFrance.
It's free and easy. It's the life for roe.
"But -I couldn't do It with my wife
on my hands. And, besides, she was
bout to become p. mother. I hated her
(or it- i think the thought of becoming
a father must have driven me mad."
Mr. Wanderer was a beautifui woman.
The neighbors called her "The Little
Song Bird," because of her habit of sing
ing -about the house.
DBISK I5CITES MADSES9
"It. is hard enough for a man to
make living for himself. I had a wife
to support, and here was a child coming.
"As t saythe thought of It drove
me mad-. ' ; -
"I wantedf to be a soldier free to go
where I will and do what. I want to do.
'. "Well I brooded over the situation for
several months. And it " drove me
drink. ..I think the" liquor put the dea
of murder into my head. I used to
drink over on West Madison street and
it was awful stuff. The more I drank
the more I thought Cf the idea of mur
der. ? I got' so I was twilling ' to take
the risk, if only I could get rid of her,
stop . that . baby from being born, and
get back In - the army. -
MISLED HIS M'IFE
"I hit pnf. the robbery idea. . It seemed
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fee raaralona aoS UckeU apply to local seanu
aW s asiMs.
to me fate was flaying right into my
hands for at that minute a man drink
ing alongside of ne accidentally struck
my arm. He looked o me like a bum.
Bat he apologised decently and invited
me to Join him. ! i
"We talked and finally I asked him
if he. wanted to make some money easy.
We bad some more drinks and finally
he agreed to be my robber. " . -
"He agreed to the fake '.robbery. I
was to start shooting and shoot my wife.
We completed the plan and I went home
to my wife. I told her I had decided
not to Join the . army , and petted her
and' made love to : her to get her In a
good humor. Then I suggested buying a
home and that she draw, her money out
of the bank. You see, I had planned
to take that with! me when I made my
getaway. ' '
"The rest was easy. -MAX
HIT ACCnEfTAIXT ' f :
'On the night of the murder this man
did as he was - told. ; - . , . j
"When we got home he slipped through
the door. It seemed like an age and
I thought he would never get in be
hind us.
"Then he spoke his piece. , :'
"Hand over, your money," he said.
"That was my cue. I began shoot
ing. My wife dropped first. I heard
her say Carl. I'm dying.. Then I knew
the plan, that far at least, , had .worked.
"I . don't", know how this - fellow got
shot. He must have got in line with the
fire at my wife. I don't know what his
name was or anything about him."
, According to identification established
through the Chicago American and ac
cepted by the homicide squad and Dep-
Uity Coroner Davis, the "ragged stranger"
killed by Wanderer was Al Watson, for
mer overseas, soldier in-the Candlan ex
peditionary, forces . and' "the 'son of a
wealthy New York turfman. , , . .
ELK CONVENTION
. Vancouver, Wash., July 10.- A
tentative program for the entertain
ment of 10,000 Elks, who will. b4
in Vancouver' August 19-21, was an
nounced Friday, by the committee.
The Elks will be'met by Lewis Shat
tuck and his committee of 50 local
Elks, j , ! j .
Following registration, the opening aft
ernoon session program will be : 1 Invoca
tion ; address of ; welcome, Mayor Percl
val ; address on behalf of Vancouver
lodge,! Arthur A. Pender; response. State
President Johnson," th' the evening ritu
alistic contest between Olympia and Cen
tralia will be held. A jazz band parade
will precede the official opening at : 9
o'clock1 of the Purple Garden. The sec
ond morning will be; devoted to a busi
ness session and massed band concert.
In the afternoon an Elks frolic, at Co
lumbia Beach, with,' a walking contest
for the women as a feature, is planned.
In the evening will be a reception for the
Elks' ladies at the Elks' center and at
the Purple Garden, While a. smoker and
athletic contest have been arranged for
the men.- r :? - !:" .'."-t
The new officers will be Installed at
the business session on the closing day
and during the forenoon band concerts
are planned." At 3 p. m. the grand pa
rade will take jlace, Oregon and Wash
ington loages participating. ; A gon con
test - between Washington nd 1 Oregon
will follow the parade and the prises will
be presented by, .District Deputy Scott.
The convention will close with, a sight
seeing trip through : Clarke county for
iulka and families. ' r,--
Lloyd Maxwell of the grand lodge
membership committee will ' be included
among the distinguished Elks here for
the convention,, according to a telegram
irom uement Scott i at Tirand Canyon.
Colo., on his way to Vancouver from the
unicago convention.
Molalla Odd Fellows;
: Install Officers
Molalla, Or., July 10. Molalla Inds-e Ka.
134. I. O. O. F.,' installed the following
officers t their ? regular meeting
Wednesday evening : F. H. Park, noble
grand ; ,E. L. Sawtell, vice grand; L. A.
jjaugneny, secretary; is. K. Todd, treas
urer ; R. R. Welch, warden ; A. E. Mak
inster, conductor ; E. L. PaJfrey. left
supporter noble grand ; George T. Frazer,
right supporter- noble ' grand ; M. - E.
Wright, right supporter vice grand Em
ory Worth, left supporter vice grand;
George Marts, inside guardian; W. J. E.
Vick, outside guardian; John Stoars,
right scene supporter ; M. E. Tolivar. left
.scene supporter ; A, H. Hibbard, chap
lain. District Deputy Grand Master
BlatchXord had charge of the installation.
Investigation Made :
Of Big Fire attend
Bend, July ia'. To; investigate the
causes of Tuesday night's disastrous fire
In1. Bend, H. H. Pomeroy, chief deputy
state fire marshal, is here working with
Fire Chief Tom Carton. Pomeroy ex
plained that the Investigation - is being
made in accordance with the ' rules of
the department, this procedure being re
quired in the ease of a fire of any con
sequence, the origin of which Is not
known. . j
Murder Car Is Held
Oregon City. July 10. The car in
which .Harry Dubinsky. : Portland taxi
driver, - is said to have been murdered
was brought to Oregon City by Sheriff
Wilson to be used as evidence in the
trial .. of Russell Brake .and "George
Moore,, accused! of the murder. Blood
stains cover the seats and floor.
. ' ' Open Cutouts Banned
Oregon City, i July. 10. Driving with
cutouts open is, to be cause for arrest In
this city hereafter, Chief of Police Scott
announced Friday.
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PLANS ANNOUNCED
LANDS MADE AR D
VHEH RAIN FAILS
SHOVH TO EDITORS
By Marshall N. Dana
Pasco, Wash.; . July 10: Tragedy
rests on the Quincy-Ephrata division
of the Columbia basin Irrigation pro-Ject-
s Hatfield, the" rainmaker, has
failed- The tower he built points
foolishly from the powder-dry earth
to the heavens that are as brass.
lie was to have' had $3000 If he In
creased the fall of rain to .two Inches
and a thousand dollars more for each
additional inch, i Saturday is his last
day and the precipitation for the year la
less than an inch., s I i''
It 'was through the country where
water is so yearningly wanted that the
route of the Northwest Editorial excur
sion led Friday, and down among scenes
of the easier situation about Pasco,
Prosper and thence to Yakima Saturday.
HEAT IS IKTENSE .:' '( h 1 'A -i,'
' Those who had the least 'doubt about
the hot aridity of the region had an ex
perience they will never forget. A pillar
of dust attended, them .more faithfully
than ever the pillar of cloud accom
panied the children of Israel. At Corfu,
north of Frenchman's Hills, the tem
perature reached 105 in the shade dur
ing lunch.
South of the Saddle mountains, where
there were no thermometers, the ex
posed metal of moving . automobiles
grrew . too hot to rest ' a hand upon.
Radiators boiled on level roads and
threatened to explode in the ; long
mountain climb. There were endless
blowouts and the . acrid odor of over
hot rubber helped the dust to fill the
air. -.
Harry Higgins of Tacoma. who had
just come from Yuma, saying there
was but one place hotter than Art
zona's heat, presently . observed there
were two places hotter the one on
earth being- in : Southeastern Washing-'
ton. There was, of course, some talk of
hardship, but an automobile with milk
cans full of k iced lemonade was on hand
at. every stop.
HOSTS OPK5.HA5DEB
'At" Corfu, lunch with the 'compli
ments of fine-spirited men and women
of Quincy, Kphrata, and Soap Lake
consisted of ; a washtub full of lemon
ade, a boiler full of coffee and bushel
boxes of sandwiches-: and cakes. The
men. of the district gathered from their
isolated homes at daylight' Friday, drove
the excursionists all day through the
pitiless heat.; brought them on to Cun
ningham when the .Othello Commercial
club, which was to have performed
this service, was unable to find enough
machines, and . then cheerfully : left
members of . the party in their private
car on the Northern Pacific for an all
night drive back-to their. homes. . ;-5
Talk about hardships, . the visitors
spent a heated . moment of inspection
from cushioned seats looking out upon
people who, "if they have 1 stuck, have
spent their days jn the. torrid . tempera
ture of summer and the frigidity of win
ter, waiting for water to make, the land
fruitful, but many have gone.
RANCHES ARE DESERTED ;
The route was bordered with deserted
homes and ranches, some of them pre
tentious. . The wind had blown some of
the houses over. Jt was visualized de
feat, m the desert of waiting. , v -; i
Oil the Kip ranch, where a $20,000 In
vestment in fruit trees had been made
in the hope of irrigating from wells, a
new well, 4o6 feet deep,; was being bored
with frenzied night and day work to get
enough additional water to save 100
acres of apple trees with fruit and leaves
and branches shriveling and dying before
the i eyes - of the owner, pne man at
wuincy naa oirerea ms 40 acres for J1(K)
but got no buyers and. decided again. to
wait for water.'
LAND IS OF BEST . . ' '.
.But when' ranches of hundreds and
even thousands of acres - have been
abandoned, r the grain caught and
scorched as it grew, what do special
train , and automobile tourists with lem
onade trailers, know about hardships?
What fits them patronizingly to pass
judgment on the needs of these weary
peoplo who wait?
After hearing O. C. Finley of the rec
lamation service say there is no land .in
the United States so good after water
comes and Marvin Chase, Washington's
chief hydraulic engineer, tadd that of
the 547,000 acres Washington has irri
gated, there are only, 50,000 acres i that
compare with the 1,750.000 acres of -the
Columbia, basin project in irrlgability
through topographical advantages ; and
preparation of soli, there was abso
lutely no dissension in the conclusion
that the land should be watered as fast
a possible,' always saving the project
from exploiters and parasitic schemers.
The Ladles' Aid at Othello, a federated
ladies' aid of the project, which, feed
ing visiting functionaries as we have
been fed, would gain for the district all
It desires, - served the Friday evening
banquet. . ' -
BOISE HITS SEATTLE ' I , '
Here Whitney Boise for Portland took
a .reef In.' the -sail of Joseph Jacobs for
Seattle. The latter said that Seattle in
the language of the recent rate case,
always straining her eyes to the sea, had
reached the conclusion she could meet
her sacred responsibility of looking to
ward the land.!' Boise responded . that
while Seattle had been thus absorbed,
Portland had kept for the coast the is
sues of development alive and now Se
attle cornea in seeking . equal share of
the results. s - -. . .,
Where the Columbia and the Snake,
sweeping In from Northeast, join, thus
almost girdling the project with the po
tentialities of water transportation, the
tour led Saturday, including the five
mile project that may get its water from
the Snake or from the Pend " Oreille
under the immediate plan. ' t . -
Marriage Licenses
Vancouver. Wash., July 10. E3sle Pra
ther. 15, of Hillsboro and Omer Buler, 19,
of St. Helens, accompanied by Mrs.
Nancy E. Prather, mother of the bride,
secured a marriage license here Friday.
They brought with them the written con
sent of the boy's grandmother. . Other
licenses were issued to Charles Watts,
87, and Bonnie Geneve 'Tyler, 26, Port
land ; Edward Sinner, 24,-and Arlis In
gram. 19, Portland ; , Fay Miles. Cheno
wlth. Bend.' Or and Marguerite Hixon.
Lead, S. D. ; Bonnie EL Whitsett. 22. and
Dell Whitlock. 25; Joseph W. Grant, 24,
Troy, N. and Jeannette Rodgers, 22,
of Eugene, Or.; Erwln Zahn, 84, and
Nathalia Swaneon, 23, Portland ; Charles
Coffey, 88, and Ruth rhinbar, 27, Iort
land. '.. -
Miller & - Tracey
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,, Best Funeral Services
Main 2691
578-85 j
Henry C Lohmann, .
nln- Ti itia PriTit.rVr in
Portland , Passes On
Henry C. Lohman died at his home,
474 Hall street, Thursday at midnight
after a brief illness. Lohman came to
Portland in from Minaeoota and
had been employed in this city . as a
printer for 23 years. Part of that time
he has been foreman In the composing
room' of the Portland Telegram, resign
ing two years ago to embark in the tent
and awning business. '
Lohman Is survived by a wife, Hettie
Opdyke- Lohman, to whom he was mar
ried In 1901, and a sister. Mrs. H. L
Torrence.
Funeral services 'will be held Mon
day al 3 :45 o'clock at Erickson'a under
taking establishment, after - which - the
body will be sent to the Portland crema
torium. . Pallbzearers , will 1 be chosen
from old friends in the Multnomah
Type-graphical union, of which Lohman
was m member for 40 years. .
Mfbbael -Weixnan '
Funeral services for Michael Wein
man of Tigard.. who died '.Thursday,
were held Friday at Tigard. Evangel
k-al church at Tigard, the Rev. R. C
Young officiating. Interment was - in
Crescent Grove cemetery, i Weinman
was born 78 years ago Vat Wurtemburg.
Germany. He is -survived by his wife,
Caroline Weinman ; sons. Edward and
Frank Weinman .of Brooks. Or. ; daugh
ters, Mrs. Dave Gross' Brooks, Mrs.
Nick Kurth and Mrs. Clyde Leedy of
Tigard, Mrs. J. W. McFadden of Port
land. -. and grandchild, : Mrs. Ervtlle
Moody of Portland. and- sister, Mrs.
Sophie Feldman of -Los. Angles.
Alice : Hawkins ,
Funeral services for Alice Hawkins,
169- North - Twenty-second street, who
died Wednesday, . were held Friday- at
Fin ley's chapel, the : Rev. Dean - Hicks
officiating. Music was furnished by J.
Ross Fargo. Pallbearers were Edward
E. McGinn, E. W. Helm, F. J Loveland,
J. W. PurcelL' Thomas Fargher Jr. and
E. C. Gunther. Interment was in Riv-
erview , cemetery; She i was- born - 87
years ago at -The Dalles. She is sur
vived by her mother, Mrs. Genevieve
Huott i , three ; sisters, i Mrs. , Thomas
Fargher of Dufur, Mrs; Frank Love-
land of Chicago, and Mrs. W. J. Wright
of Ketchikan, Alaska, and a brother,
Frank E. Huott of Portland.,. ,
Annual Salary Paid
Employes in Civil
Service Now $1400
. . (Unttx Won) ' -
Washington, .July 10- The r average
annual salary paid the 800.000 federal
employes under civil service now has
passed $1400, according to an . estimate
made today at the offices; of the civil
service commission. ' '
The principal factor of the increase
from the 1919. average of $1320 is found
In ' the raises given 151.000 postal mail
carriers and clerks, which were' put into
effect July 1. ' ;'- r- ; ;'..; '
Also the - government has found . it
necessary1 to pay thousands - of me
chanics . and unskilled laborers ' in its
employ at a higher rate in order to
compete with 'private concerns. . -v .
All of the 90,000 employes in Washing
ton drawing less than $2500 now receive
a straight bonus of $240.
Reductions made in the war worker
force in Washington have been largely
among in genera cieras, -woo. recauvea
below the average salary. - . . . . '
In 1907, the census department Issued
an official bulletin showing the average
civil service salary to be $948 annually.
According to officials of the civil service
commission, the average was close to
$1000 until just before the United States
entered the world war.
Body. Discovered
Hanging in Woods
With Throat Cut
Clatskanie, Or July 10. Fife Patrol
Allen of the - Kiernan-Flora logging
camp, in the Nehalem valley, about 10
miles back of Clatskanie, . while patrol
ing the forest, noticed buzzards circling
overhead. Investigation resulted in the
finding-, of the body of a man hanging
from a tree by a strap, which evidently
had not been long enough for its ' in
tended purpose, as the throat was cut
in addition.
The body Was badly decomposed, but
was Identified as that of J. Pert, a Rus
sian, who disappeared cfrom the -camp
June 6. He had been in the employ of
the company 10 days and nothing was
known of him. .'The evening before his
disappearance workmen .in the camp
say that he- was 'seen to shave himself
four , times. f The following day:, he
worked until ' early in the afternoon,
then disappeared.
Youngsters Enjoy
Rowboat Trip, but .
Absence Worries
, Newberg, July 10. Max Williams, 11-year-old
son of Mrs. Laura A. Williams,
real estate-dealer of this city, returned
to his home late .Friday night after
an eventful trip in a rowboat down the
Willamette river from Newberg. To
gether with a boy companion he started
to. row to North YamhilL They - took
the wrong direction and finally . aban
doned -their - oars and struck' for home,
arriving as a searching party was pre
paring to leave.
? Pacific City will be the mecca for
Newberg . autoists Sunday. Reports . of
splendid salmon fishing on the . Ne
tucca is the drawing card. '
Gasoline Shortage Acute
Oregon City, July ilO The gasoline
shortage' has become : acute "in .Oregon
City during the past week. The -Standard
Oil company station at Parkplace
delivered Its last , allotment to the local
garages and announced that it would
have no' more , to distribute until July
14.- The. limited amount has been used
up and no more Is in sight, until a car
load lot. ordered by the Oregon City
garages from independent gasoline com
panies, arrives. It is expected early next
week. .
Fonr Seek Pivorces ;
Oregon City, July 10. Four suits for
divorce were filed Friday." . Nellie H.
Altmugh ' asks divorce from Harry V.
Albaugh. Grace Zahaa' seeks freedom
from- James Zahas. Cruelty is aJIegad
In both cases. Maud WiUon charges
desertion in a suit against-James Wil
son. . Martin i I Frossard. asserts th-t
Anna Adell Frossard was married when
be. wed her in Tacoma. June 18.
Sue to Collect BUI . f
Oregon City. July 10.. Fred Gaupman
and Walter -Vigeles started action Fri
day against . H... Hardisty and wife to
collect $302.33 on goods sold the defend
ants. ' ,
HJUCAT PDnQPPflT
I II IlLTl I I IIUUI Lul
OF VALLA WALLA
SEGTIDH WED
r " By Bjnum H. Cohen
Walla 'Walla, Wash-, July 10.
The wheat crpri at this time Indicates
a mixed appearance in WalLa , Walla
county but at no point so far as X
can find is the prospect, for the 1920
crop really unfavorable. Only the
fact that Walla Walla county hat a
decreased area to wheat this season
will be able to stop this, section from
producing the greatest total of wheat
ever known. "
Optimism . is shown in all quarters.
even the grain growers being willing to
admit that they have Uttie, U any, real
cause for complaint exctept perhaps to
feel that they would prefer to have a
far greater area planted!
Up In the foothills of the Blue moun
tains, along the MlU Creek road, there
appears to be a much shortened area in
wheat and. this section, usually the one
to show the greatest production per acre,
Is likely to be in the middle producing
class for 1920. - , .'
This should not be construed to indi
cate that the foothills will not produce
a fairly good crop of wheat this sea
son, but that it is not making Its ac
customed ; showing.'' i
There is no such thing as a poor crop
showing in Walla Walla county this sea
son. - In fact, I never heard of a sea
son when such a showing was actually
made. ; ' . .
CROP IW MAIK GOOD
H From the Oregon state line to where
the merger is made with Columbia
county and In the light land sections as
well as In the heavier land districts, with
the one possible exception of the Mill
creek district, the wheat crop looks so
good in general as to excite admiration
for the work of nature. .' . - "
In the Eureka Flat section I .have
heard that old, oft-repeated statement of
great damage te wheat : as a result ' of
hot weather.- but diligent investigation
fails to find' even normal loss, due to
that- condition. . Kureka Flat will aver
age close to 28 to 27 bushels per acre.
There will be many fields in the dis
trict that will harvest 30 bushels and 35
bushels and even 40 bushel yields will
not be improbable in Isolated instances.
Were it not for the fact that consid
erable fan wheat was resown in the
spring,' . owing t to the extremely cold
weather of the winter. Walla Walla
county would have bad almost one third
more wheat than Is at present Indicated.
PESTS CUT PKODCCTlOir ' -
"Jim Hill" mustard and" - weeds cost
Walla Walla county considerable wheat
this season. In fact, more so than nor
mal. - . ' -
The harvest Is considered about -10
days late In general. v At this time it
looks as if there will be sufficient harv
est aid for all requirements. ; There Is
plenty for haying. . i '
: Investigation shows that a fair -volume
of contracting of the 1920 crop was
made quietly by. dealers, with a liberal
percentage of the business around $2.50
er -bushel. Some of the growers have
an -Idea that m far greater price will be
available but as a general rule they fig
ure that a $2.50 market is as good as
they can "expect.. This will Insure them
a liberal profit ' -j
Purchases of grain bags to date have
been the smallest this section has known
for a like period.? . '
North Beach to Get
New Ferry Service
tiwaco. Wash., July 10. At a meeting
of : business men of the .North Beach
peninsula at SeaVlew It was decided to
raise funds to finance the operation of
ferry service between Astoria and
North ' Beach; , landing at , McQowan,
Wash- . Arrangements, will be 'made
with some towing company to operate
a barge between -these two points, and
the cost of operation will be borne by
the business Interests here. More than
$1000 has , been subscribed. It is ex
pected . to begin the service . ,not later
than July 15.
"Divorce Suits-increase
Oregon City. July 10. The three month
period ending- June -80 . was a record
breaker, lor-divorce suits filed here, ac
cording i to County Clerk Fred Miller.
During April. Maj and June, r 135 suits
for divorce were started, while the nurrv
ber for a ' similar period has -rarely
exceeded 100 cases heretofore. The re
port of, the clerk shows the "following
actions filed or tried i la actions, 2 ;
equity, actions, other than divorce, 23 ;
divorce actions, 135 ; criminal actions, 7 ;
civil cases tried by Jury ! contested law
actions tried by court without jury, 1:
contested equity suits tried by court
other than-divorce, 3; contested, divorce
suits tried by court. 2 ; non-contested
divorce suits tried by court, 69 cost of
petit jury, 1654.10 ? cost of grand f Jury,
$123.80;; cost of bailiffs, $185 ; cost of
witnesses, $9.40 ; estates filed, 29 : guar
dianship petitions filed, 10 1 adoption pe
titions filed, '3. t .
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ELECTRIC
. STEEL
CASTINGS
AND AVOID
BBEAKSOWHS
ELECTRIC STEEL FOUNDRY
. " PORTLAKD, 0BE60K '
"The easting that give yoa eon
. fldeaee la your Dtachiaerj" ,
Rasraussen & Co.
, , Makers of . 1 T
Paints and Varnish
N.. E. Cor. 2d rand Taylor
Portland,, Oregon "
ICE
MACHINE
..-- :. ... -Trom the Oaly Complete Factory la the Eatlre Northwest
ARMSTRONG'S 1
MclNTOSH ICEJ MACHINE CO. "AZTSSlFJ.l
OMGONMANUMGTURERSM :
WHO is the "purchasing agent" of your
family ? We'll wager the lady of the '
house" loes most of the buying. Is she de
ciding on Oregon-made products and help-,
ing to make Oregon a better place in which
to live? i
The long and varied list of quality articles
made in Oregon includes almost . everything
one heeds. . r
For the larder
CANNED FRUITS
CANNED :
VEGETABLES
COFFEE
.CHEESE .
FLAVORING "
EXTRACTS
CATSUP
BAKING "POWDER
CANNED FISH
PREPARED MEATS
BUY OREGON PRODUCTS
' '?-' -'v'l-'i '.' i J.'- -: f s , '? J.
Associated Industries of Oregon
' , - Phone ait Ml
Portland Top Co. ,
East Water and Alder fits. !
.1 Expert, Auto Top ,
Repairing.
Aato TTpholsterJag of All Kinds.
SEAT COVERS . CUKTAIS8
-DIES-
SPECIALTY !
MANUFACTURING
SCREW MACHINE
WORK
C.WEC
84 E..17th HU
tellwoo lot
:es
CEMENT SIDEWALKS,
WALLS, FLOORS
' GET OUB ESTIMATES - i
i Arrow Cement -Laundry
Tray Co.
Call Sellwotxl 1530 After 6 P. M.
PHOENIX IRON WORKS
& FOUNDRY '
... PORTLAND, OREGON.
Ensinotia, Eoandeni, Machinists,- BoOrraakr&,
Kulldina' and Btmctaral Iron Work. Notad
for Quidr and Satisfactory Rcealnk -W
Qua ran tea ETtrythins.
THE SILENT l NIGHT
MATTRESS
Our new ereation. ffiled with Silk Felt, aoM at
S0 and on 60 niahU' free triaL IT'S THE
BEST MATTRESS IN THE WQBLD.
United AfanufacturingCo., Inc.
fKTM AND HOLLAOAV AVK.
KAST S70
Pendleton Woolen Mills
, ' Peadletoa, Or.
MANUFACTURERS OF j
Pore Fleece Wool Blankets
Indian Robes, Steamer Rags. Bath Robes
. and -Auto Robes -
Portland Furniture Mfg. Co.
-' '' Makn ef
O VEBRTCTTED DATE1TFORTS,
CHAIRS, COUCHES. EOCXOES.
ALL K 111)8 OF UPHOLSTERED .
EURXITTj RE aad MATTRESSES
lS-Ui Macadam Road ;
rboDcs Mala 80, ili-ll
P. SHARKEY & SON
Long Straw Horse Collars : w
EAST OAK AND UNION AVC.
Multnomah Trunk & Bag Co.
Wholesale Mfgs. ef Trunks, Suitcases,
tc. 86 E. Water St Portland, Or.
Pbonea 224-66. ... '
For Instance
In the clothing lines,
there are :
BATHING SUITS
SUSPENDERS
LADIES WAISTS
BLANKETS -OVERCOATS
MACKJNAWS .
SHOES !
OVERALLS
HATS. AND CAPS
NECKWEAR
SHIRTS '
GLOVES
And then there art
SOAPS
BROOMS .
STOVES
FURNITURE
BRUSHES
PHONOGRAPHS
TOYS (
REFRIGERATORS
TRUNKS
SUITCASES,
TENTS
AD INFINITUM -
MM
No Gas Shortage
. 1-Pv.' Vy -H'- with a -:
Priseler Super Carbureter
jja
(pMHiiiM
li
WH0LD81LK
FiDfft Dipiajr
GRAND AVE. PHONOGRAPH CO.
!. .. . . -FH0500RAFH JOBBEBS
- 14. GRAM) AYF.y VK ,
i .... A Better Phonograph for 1m Honey
I THE 3IASTUPIC ALL THAT THE XAUB IMPT.IKS
Easy Terms ' . Phone Eait 1SI
-f
easn ..- .
- t
Sold on a "Money Back"
guarantee to absolutely re
duce gasoline consumption
15 to. 30 per cent
Removes all carbon from . and keeps
motor and spark plugs clean, saves oil
and engine runs smoother.
Easily installed on any auto, truck or
tractor without disturbing
regular equipment
30,000 Installed to Date
Price $17, InstaUed
lioeal aceaU wanted In Ortfcoa and
Waablsrtoa
Carpenter-HcDonald Co.
118 Worth fltth SL, Cor.'.IIojt
Portland, Or. Phone Broad war Hf
. Handy
Electric Lantern
Price Complete
$6.00
Has a dry battery guaran
teed to burn 80 continuous
hours. Sent prepaid Parcel
Post on receipt of' price.
Write for illustrated folder
of. lanterns and batteries.
MTiru-zp-jT-'lirjz
609-10 Couch Did g.
Portland - - Oregon
mm (in
In the Sortbwtit
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