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NATURAL ASSETS
PLACE BAKER IN
Climafe Healthful, Pure Water
and Civic Enterprise Place
City High on Oregon List
Baker, May 14. Baker, the beau
tiful little city of Eastern Oregon, on
the main line of the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation com
pany, has an altitude of 3440 feet.
The chief asset of this thriving city
with its population of 9000 is the cli
mate, topped off by excellent water.
TttA AtlMA o ttAaltV,! anil (ntrlirnf.
ating, the average annual record
taken by the United States weather
bureau each year up to the present
time being as follows: -
Jlean temperature. 45 degrees ; precip
itation, 14 Inches; days above 90 degrees
during year, 13 ; days zero or below dur
ing year, 6 ; clear days during year, 130 ;
partly cloudy days during year. 110;
cloudy days during- year, 125 ; relative
humidity, 82 degrees ; wind velocity, av
erage 6 miles per hour.
WEATHER IS TEMPERATE
' The above figures show that neither
extreme heat nor cold is experienced in
Baker. The winters are cold enough to
be invigorating and the summers are
fcever . oppressive. The summer nights
are cool and refreshing and - one need
not go to the seashore, to 'escape the
heat. ; -" : - - '
. A, pure and plentiful water supply is
one of the createst blessiners of Baker.
It has a gravity system bringing- water
from' the ; high Baisley-Klkhorn range
which ; lies west of. the city. Recently
the city sold $40,000 worth of city bonds
ta add another reservoir to its water
system, making the total cost $600,000.
The water which is clear and cold is
free from all harmful bacteria. The city
owns the water- and it is sold for irrlgsu
lion -and domestic use for 10 cents a
thousand gallons. The water is made to
do double duty by generating power to
light the city streets.
1 Baker has, besides its natural advan
tages, a Country club, Y. M. C A., Salva
tion Army organization, seven churches,
a large " number of fraternal societies,
modern hospital, medical clinic, electric
light power and gas plants and the
9150,000 municipal - natatorium which
when finished will be the pride of Baker.
SPRINGS CURE AIL3IE3TS
Natural hot water springs supply the
water of 80 degrees heat gushing 400
gallons a minute. The main pool of the
natatorium is 45x112 feet and the build
ing will be equipped with showers, steam
needle and hair, drying rooms and all
other modern conveniences. All during
the winter even In the unfinished state
-of the building people have been enjoying
the plunge. Today a record crowd was
in on account of the warm weather.
The water is a magnesic bicarbonated
alkaline water which acts as a mild lax
ative and corrects, an acid condition of
the stomach.
Adjacent, to the natatorium is the city
park, equipped with play ground appar
atus -for children, swings and comfort
able seats for the public, and band stand
for the giving of weekly band concerts
during the summer months. And Baker's
band is hard to beat. A tourist's camp
ground is another attraction near the
natatorium. This has an electric cook
house- and many other conveniences for
the weary traveler.
SCHOOL SYSTEM RAXKS
Baker's school system is second to
none In the state of Oregon. It has a
modern up to the minute, high school
equipped with a fine auditorium and
gymnasium. Four - grade schools with
full courses taught. The city has besides
the St.- Francis academy and the Baker
business college.
The secret, of Baker's growth and
prosperity ,1a the fact that it does not
. rely on any one resource or industry.
Beside its great agricultural, mining
and livestock Industrie! it has in normal
times a payroll of $200,000 per month
coming from five large lumber mills and
box factories, two modern machine shops,
one foundry, two flouring mills with a
.daily capacity of J75 barrels, two steam
-: laundries, one bottling works, the lare-
est postcard factory in the Northwest,
railroad yards and shops (Sumpter val
ley), two wholesale grocery houses, one
v wholesale hardware company, and sev
eral automobile repair shops.
MissTwyla Head
Elected Head of
Red Cross Chapter
. Klamath Falls, May 14. Miss Twyla
has been chosen president of the KIam-
ath County Red Cross chapter. Other
.- officers elected were : Fred A. Baker,
vice president ; Mrs. M. A. Callaghan,
secretary ; Leslie Rogers, treasurer.
The executive committee Is as follows
Leslie Rodgers, Miss Twyla Head, Fatb.
r J. V. Molloy, Mrs. William Ganong,
- Mrs. Thomas Campbell. Mrs. M. A. Cal
.; laghan, Marshall Hooper, E. S. Henry,
.' ' Dr. A. A. Souls,: Rev. C F. Trimble,
- Frd A.- Raker and. Judre D. V. Kv
kendalL
. Thirty, of 33 ex-service men in Klam
ath county : who have . replied to the
questionnaire sent out by the local post
of the ' American Legion desire either
home or farm, aid instead of the cash
feature, while two declare they do. not
want either. Of the 30 men who favor
the loan feature, 24 want aid in build
. ing a home and six want ' aid in de
veloping farms. Twelve own city lots.
At a meeting of the local post of the
American Legion the vote for the loan
feature of the state bonus measure was
'unanimous. . .
McLaughlin High
Has Commencement
; Milton, Or., May 14. Commencement
exercises for the McLaughlin high school
were held - Thursday in the Christian
church i auditorium, with 24 being
awarded diplomas. Warren Small was
president' of the class. Ward Rice honor
student and Opal Kicker second. The
commencement address was given by
Professor W. R. Davis of Whitman col
lege. Dancing Tonight!
COLUMBIA BEACH
PAVILION
Wonderful Broadway : Jazz Orchestra
RANKING POSITION
BAKER .PRESENTS HIGHLY METROPOLITAN APPEARANCE
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OREGON IS URGED II2j I f
TO MAKE DRIVES 1 '. ::T3 f3'
for mm MJmAmm .
Fields Agent i Heuring of State
Chamber Tells What Other
.States Do to Attract Settlers.
Some definite : course of action
must be taken by the people of Ore
gon if they expect to attract to this
Etate the desirable homeseekers and
citizens which j it needs in face of
the competition for this class of peo
ple which other j Western states are
offering. ' j
This ultimatum has been laid before
the state chamber of commerce by J. R.
Heuring, field agentwho is now in the
middle-west endeavoring to gather to
gether a special excursion party of mid
die-western farmers and bring them to
Oregon this summer. .' , ,
Heuring has familiarized himself with
the colonization? problems of the West
through contact with the farmer and the
small town banker and business men,
who he considers are better posted upon
general conditions than the bigger bus!
ness man.
"More people mean less taxation, more
people: mean more manufacturing and
more people mean money to spend," says
Heuring. He continues: ,
'T am somewhat familiar with the
interviews that i usually : appear in the
newspapers of Oregon with reference to
conditions in the east and middle-west
These interviews as a rule are given by
persons who pass through the cities and
interview bankers,, business men and
others who, under ; ordinary circum
stances, seldom if : ever come Into con
tact with the actual farmer. - As you
know, my experience in colonization
work extends over a lon period of years.
"To give you some idea of the activi
ties, of other states in the eastern part of
tne country, i wisn to can your atten
tion to irrigation projects being planned,
some that are perfected, where they have
many miles of good dry farm land that
has proved very successful from a farm
ing standpoint.; iWeld county, Colorado,
is at present running an ad in a great
many eastern papers offering homeseek
era irrigated farms for nothing down and
nothing but interest to pay for a period
or rive years. 1 1
TEXAS IS ACTIYI
"Texas is a very active, aggressive and
close competitor to Colorado. Most of
those: who journey to Texas have in
mind the hope that they may pick out a
piece of land that eventually oil will be
discovered upon. I am informed that a
month ago a train of eight cars consist
ing of homeseekers was taken from Kan
sas to the Rio Grande valley In Texas.
They ' were -induced to make this trip by
a land company who paid their fare and
offered many inducements.. .Tfce matter
or paying rare ror the homeseeker haa
never, in my judgment, been practical
and does not as a rule attract the de
sirable element. I v " r
"Idaho is an active competitor . In the
field. : '-:. ; ' :
"Wyoming is also in the. field ' for
homeseekers and is having a fair meas
ure of success., j i j .
"Minnesota is offering Inducements to
the homeseekeri in the shape of logged
off lands and I am informed that at this
time there is about ready to be placed on
the market some 75,000 acres, of drained
land.' i 3"-; ji' ;- r: .'"V-
"It is hardly necessary for me to state
that California is not losing any time In
this campaign. - ?
"One alluring feature of the California
literature and campaigns is the fact that
they actually show the homeseeker that
by moving into California his Interests
from : an agricultural - standpoint are
safeguarded by the wonderful co-operative
marketing systems, that California
has inaugurated.! j - -,
The home of Miss Isabella McCollum,
who died at the Aberdeen hospital last
week, was found after her death to have
been entered and robbed of all its valu
ables. .
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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING,
REED'S DEBATE
COACH PREPARING
FOR 2 CONTESTS
Koehn Confident Record of Vic
tories Will Not Be Broken by
Either California or Wisconsin.
Coach George L. Koehn,; head of
the Reed college history department,
and acting professor of debate, has
turned his efforts to the Irish "ques
tion, arid soviet Russia, following
Reed's ! victory Saturday over the
University of British Columbia, de
bating affirmatively the question.
Resolved, That the Anglo-Japanese
Alliance Is a Menace 7 to British
American Relations.
Coast j Koehn, whose . Pacific coast
debating record began at Lincoln high
school, baa never ' lost a . debate, ac
cording j to his Reed supporters, ; who
are- certain that Reed's approaching
contests ; with the i University of ; Cali
fornia ana the University of Wisconsin
will turn out with additional laurels
for the ! local college and coach.' The
Lincoln . teams, not content with Port
land and Northwest championships.
Journeyed south and vanquished Cali
fornia teams; and' placed Portland in
the forefront of high school debate
circles throughout the country.
TIED WITH PRIJTCETOir
A similar record ts being made at
Reed. ; whose faculty Koehn : joined In
September. Reed's two teams began
the year by a dual victory1 over the
University of Oregon and Oregon Agri
cultural ! college. ' Oregon's subsequent
loss to Princeton by a two-to-one vote
placed Reed on the same footing with
Princeton, ; and it . is possible that a
challenge will be sent Princeton for a
contest in 1922. -
Reed's victory over the Untversitv of
British Columbia, who lost to the Uni
versity .. i of Washington by a similar
vote, gives Reed exceptionally ; high
standing on the coast.-and the contest
with Wisconsin scheduled for May 80
will give local orators a chance to hit
high in American forensics, as ' Wis
consin's i Middle West fecord is a series
of victories. ' Comparative scores will
be available ; following the, Reed-Wis-
censm aeous, since, tne eastern team
of Invasion will meet California and
Washington on its 10 days' trip.
TO MEET CO-EDS
Ethel Cooper, a Reed senior, who is
majoring In politics, and Edith Mozo-
rosky,. a sophomore, are Reed's repre
sentatives against the California co
eds, and it is probable that a team will
bo chosen from Reed's victorious state
teams to meet Wisconsin. These debat-
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Above -Baker whlt ptne mill. Second row, left to right Baker high
school; city ball. Third row- Country club. Fourth row Natatort-
bnllding. Below Main street. Baker. i
ers include Lewis : Jones ana J aeon
Weinstein, who were ; Reed's spellbind
ers against British' Column! at ana
James Gantenbeln and East on. RothwelL
Vacancy in Council
At Forest Grove Is
Filled by A. Rice
Forest Grove, Or., May 14. Allen Rice
has been appointed to ;the Forest Grove
council to fill the, vacancy caused by the
resignation of Robert Loom is, who has
moved to Clackamas county to engage
In the banking business. Rice Is a di
rector of the First National bank of
this city. ' ' J- - '
Frank Weaver, aged 9, died at the
family home here from pneumonia, fol
lowing measles. Funeral services were
held at the Methodist church Friday,
conducted by: Re vvC. R Calos. The fam
ily came her two years ago from Mis
souri. The lad's sister. Miss Edith Wea
ver, living at home, was . a nurse over
seas during the war.. .
Mrs. Daisy Sloan, formerly of this city.
Is employed In the millinery department
of Meier Frank.- She had been trav
eling salesman for ,the Lowengart com
pany. ; - : ;-' '.'r' l'1- m
C. N. Johnson, one time mayor of For
est Grove, is at Seaside in quest of bet
ter health. Mrs. Johnson is with htm.
Roy Brock has moved his household
goods from Bay City and located here.
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He spent the winter- at Dllley with the
F. E. McBride family. ! i
i .Mrs. Jake Kuhns of Portland visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stevens
of Dilley. -.-' -. j :i :
Former Willamina
Merchant to Fay
Visit to Old Home
1 Willamina, Or May 14. A. I Dun-
das, former Willamina merchant for
19 years, 17 of which he served as
postmaster, has sold most of his prop
erty in this section and plans a trip
soon to his old home in northwest Iowa,
which he has not seen for 46 years.
The Ladies' Aid society met Friday
at the home of Mrs. M. A. NlchoU
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Ratcliff of Salem
spent a few days here looking after
business Interests. - -
; R. N. Stevenson and family have
moved to Astoria. For several years
Stevenson has been engaged In the
hardware business, also serving as dep
uty assessor, school director and Com
mercial club leader. He wiU engage in
the life Insurance business.
Miss Faye TUlotson is the only teach
er in the Willamina schools who plans
to remain here for another school year.
i The-; superlntendencles of . the Willa
mina and Sheridan schools are reported
unfilled. Many vacancies are appearing
in the rural schools of this section.
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MAY, 15, 1921.
Aunt Lize Passes 1 00th Mark
K K ' t at at at at at at
Last of the Calapooia Indians
Famous Squawr Now Blind and
Helpless, Befriended by Family
at Brownsville. ;
By Everett Earle Stanaru
Brownsville, May .14. Old Aunt
Lize, the last, of the Calapooia Indi
ans, la still living. For at least 10
years back those who knew Ler have
been expecting her death. 1 .
Tears aeo , she assured hen white
friends that she was fully 100 years of
age and ready to go to the Great Spirit
and the happy hunting grounds. .Never
theless, she still lives, and is the last
link and living remembrance of redskin
tribes that once nourished in the uaia
pooia river valley,
. Aunt Lize is a ward of Linn county.
She is kept at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Moore of this city and is given
the best care and attention.
BLIND AND HELPLESS , .
She is totally blind now and ! utterly
heirless, and talks incoherently of the
day when she will go to be with her
people. Although Linn county warrants
are said to be of doubtful value now
adays, the Moore family continues to
provide for the ancient aborigine, and
they say that she Bhe.ll never want for
rood ana attention.
Aunt Lize. as she is known far ana
wide, was cared for a long time by Mr.
and Mrs. Barney Cushman, after she
became blind. Later, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Craig provided her with a home.
Before she became entirely helpless the
squat little Calapooia ' squaw continued
to weave baskets or rushes. These sne
sold to white folk.
FALLS INTO WATER
' Long after she was blind Aunt Lize
would find her way from' the Barney
(Tiifthman nlace down the river to
Brownsville, trudging the whole distance
afoot. "She was a familiar figure on tne
dusty road, calico bag in one hand and
crooked cane in the other.
Teamsters invariably turned out of
the road for her, but the wonder is that
she was not run down by automobiles.
One time she fell into the mill race, and.
raising her stentorian voice, called for
help, and citizens hearing tne outcry
Dulled .her forth.
After that she always stopped at the
edge of town and called for someone to
come and lead her. Usually children re
sponded.
LED BT CHILDREN
. A queer procession it was the old
woman, weary but determined.'-wander-
lng from house to house, led by troops
of children. She was never actually a
beggar, however, but usually asked to
b taken to the homes of those who baa
always befriended her.
Lize's mother was a Mohawk Indian
from the McKenzie river country, but
her father wa a full-blooded Calapooia
brave. Lize was born somewhere near
the present town of Coburg. Her "par
ents dying when she was just a slip
of a .girl, for some time she was vir
tually a slave. To escape rrom mis
treatment she ran away, and after many
hardships eventually found her j way to
the Calapooia tribe, her own people.
MARRIED MOHAWK BRATE ! '
Finally she went back to the Mohawks
and married a Mohawk brave. She
found her husband cruel, and she got
Smith's Wall Paper Completes the Home
These are busy days at this busy store.. Our great May Sale of
Wall Paper and Paints is attracting thousands of buyers, who
appreciate a genuine saving on reliable goods.
I THESE SPECIAL VALUES GOOD FOR THIS WEEK
1
For Double Roll of
16 Yards!
Not simply one or two
patterns but thousands of -rolls
of 25c vals. now 15c
i Moire Ceilings
25c I
Double Roll
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Varnish Tiles
The Washable Paper ,
Reduced to
65c Double Roll
Ceiling Papers
Big assortment at
30c, 35c, 40c, 50c,
75c, $1 Bolt
Pretty Cut-Out
Borders
Hundreds of dainty bor -
ders specially priced at
5c, 7c, 10c to 20c Yard
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Aunt Lize, last of Calapooia Indians
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Into' th habit of running away and
making trips to Brownsville, where the
pioneer, Riley Kirk, provided for ner.
A Calapooia Indian finally reu in jove
with her. and the Mohawk brave ac
cented a erlft of several ponies for her,
This Indian was known as J lm. ne
proved to i be a firewater man, and he
beat . Liza terribly. She was patient.
however, and never refused to live with
him. He was continually in trouble, ana
constantly visiting woe on his squaw.
PLEADS FOR HUSBAND
Finally he was sentenced to the pen!
tentiary. and Aunt Lize showed her devo
tion by pleading for him before the gov
ernor. She had three children by her - first
husband, four by her second man. They
are all dead. . AUnt Lize, in a half de
lirium, talks about her children, and
never ceases to call for her vanished
people.
Forest Grove Club-
To Build New Home
Forest Grove, May 14. The Forest
Grove Women's club at its annual meet
ing voted to purchase a lot and later
build a club house. Officers .elected
were: Mrs. F. J. Miller, president; Mrs.
E. A. Lewis, vice president; Mrs. W. 8.
Roberts, secretary; Mrs. B. F. White,
corresponding secretary; Mr. Brady
Chowning. treasurer ; Mrs. 'Charles
Hines. executive board member. ' Mrs,
William Pollock, Mrs. F. J. Miller and
Miss Mary Farnham were chosen dele
gates to the state convention with Mrs.
J. A. Thornburgh ana Mrs. ts. wnue,
alternates. , ;
-ciftir-two rations of mash, two gallon
f moonshine and oortions of a still
were seized by Sheriff Agnew at Boise,
and Frank Itocco ana jonn Aricn. tor
signers, were arresiea aa inn owngrn.
Best Kalsomine
Special 10c Pound ,
Special 35c
1 Single Roll
A dozen patterns - which
we are closing out at half
or less. See them at
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BOY SCOUTS ARE
GE1T NG NTR1
FOR FIELD RALLY
Troop Competition for Honors
Keen and Meet Promises to Be
One of Best Ever Conducted.
Hundreds of Boy Soouts are al
ready trying out in their own back
yaids for participation in the annual
spring field rally which will take
place Saturday, May 28. Troop com
petition for high honors i keen.
Winners will have their troop rum5
ber engraved on the grand trophy, a
huge silver cup, which occupies a
place of prominence among the
many trophies at scout headquar
ters. '
James E. Brockway, Scout executive.
says that much lhtreHt 1s already, evi
denced in the rally and he anticipates a
larger participation and better scores
this year than ever before. No more
interesting and worth while event is
scheduled than that of first aid to th
injured, which Is always conducted under
the direction of well Known 'physicians.'
The Portland chapter of the American
Red Cross last year presented to the
Scouts a large wooden nil it-1 J on which is
mounted a number of small shields. Kach
year the number of the winning troop is
engraved on one of the small shields.
Another event of interest will be the
presentation of first class and merit
badges to several Scouts.
The full program of events follows:
Bugle, drum and fife contest, presenta
tion of American flags, knot tying relay.
crab race, semaphore signalling, horse
and rider, presentation of first class and
merit badges, fire by friction and water
boiling, international Morse, rolling
races, first aid to the injured, skinning
the snake, wall scaling, O'Grady game,
archery contest, troop stunts.
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War on Predatory
Animals in Oregon
Bringing Results
Altogether, E90 predatory animals were
killed by government hunters in April in
Oregon and Washington, reported Stan
ley O. Jewett, head of the -predatory
animal division of the United States bio
logical survey.
Some exceptionally good catches worn
made, Jewett said. W. C. Snyder of
Crook county caught 21 adult coyotes and
four bobcats. . Lee Lands, who has been
traveling with the sheep outfit from
southern Washington to the Colvllle na
tional forest, trapped IS adult coyotes
and dug 84 pups out of dens. Harold
Dobyns of Morrow county captured seven
mother' coyotes and 33 pups.
None of the skins is saved from
coyotes trapped this time of the year,
and only the scalps are sent In. Sheep
men are reporting the finding of numer
ous coyote carcasses, resulting from
poison campaigns.
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30 inches wide. Choice of
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Rich Tapestries
A really wonderful line of
the tapestry patterns so
much in demand for the
better homes and spe-"
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During this sale we will
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reduction on all tapestries
from 50c up.
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