12 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 12, 1S21. COOPEY'S ELECTRIC SIGN IS PIONEER FAIR ADVERTISER Man; With Vision Installs Small Plant at Falls and Erects Sign Boosting Oregon Exposition. ' , By J. E. Gratke The honor of displaying: the firtst electric sign advertising the Atlantic Pacific illghways and Electrical ex : position belongs to Charles B. Coop ey. pioneer Portland merchant tailor. who now resides with his excellent little family on the banks of the Co lumbia river 30 miles from Port land. . v Coopey falls is one of the picturesque spots along the Columbia River hign- i way a short distance beyond Bridal Veil falls. While not In "full view of the tourists who use this wonder route of ,rthe West like many of the yOther - beautiful waterways that grace its tow- ering bluffs, yet Coopey falls belong to the history and beauty of the setting and will be linked "forever" with the ; history of Oresron and Its World's ex position ".in 1925. 9IOJJ, IS ERECTED . Its guardian and owner conceived the idea to display the insignia of Oregon's brilliant terminal for all America by porducing a truly ' hydro-electric sign bearing the figures "1925" right in front of his, summer cottage where all .can see-as they motor swiftly by. ? The power that generates the motor from which the electricity la produced is taken from the falls at a point 60 feet below a dam that forms a beautiful silvery" lake just a few feet from the highway. This water is led to ' the powerhouse by means of a 12-inch pipe, "where a Peltqn water wheel operates a 20-horsepower .s generator. From this plant 750 incandescent lights : can be produced 24 hours each day. By adding another unit electric power -can be - de veloped, to operate factories and heat homes with ! the same results as a modern city. - - MANUFACTURED CLOTHING ' - , -.' Charles' --K. Coopey Is an Knglishman by birth, but an American by choice. When he arrived in Portland he engaged in the manufacture of clothing, paid . city taxes, maintained a large pay roll, clothed some of Portland's first citizens, loved his wife, was kind to animals and counts two-thirds of Oregon's pres ent population as on friendly ' terms With his name and reputation. When Oregon was young, Coopey wandered over' the hillsides in search of romance and adventure. IJe loved the great outdoors. After he had picked all the wild flowers he could carry and drank In the sunshine of the hills and valleys surrounding Portland during his ' week-end trips along the banks of the Columbia.' he discovered what is known as Coopey falls. ' He had a vision. FACTORY IS PLANNED Some day he would build a great textile factory at this point. He visu alized how he would use the power : from the waterfalls and make, the wheels " of the gods grind for the benefit of mankind. He knew that white power fwas inexhaustible ; that some 'day coat and fuel oil would have to be' supplanted by water power if industry was to flourish in " the grceat Northwest r This then was his Inspiration to pur chase Che land he stood upon, 1200 acres stretching from the banks of the tSb lumbia river to the uppermost: top "of the rock-nibbed hills. He -closed his business in . the city and removed to the country;' there to labor and to wait for that great day when "Oregon could boast of being' first again in initiating a new- industry .founded upon a rock - to stand for ages. BOOSTS 1925 EXPOSITION .i y LIVESTOCK LOOK TO n LARGE FUND FOR RELIEF W. L. Thompson, Oregon ! Banker, En Route to Chicago to Attend ..-Conference. Eastern Financiers Hay den Island Fair; Site Boosters Turn Out in Big Parade Three hundred automobiles carrying advocates of 'Hayden Island as a site for the 1925 world's fair, paraded -the streets of the business section Saturday afternoon. Features- of the demonstra tion were a brass band and a float pre senting Hayden Island built up with ex position buildings. Banners decking the autos indicated the support of a large i number of cities in Oregon and Wash ington for the Hayden Island site. The-parade was organized by O. M. Plummer, district chairman of the Inter state committee for the 1925 fair, was in chrge of the parade. "Support for the Hayden Island ' project - is gaining strength daily," Plummer stated, "and we are confident that the international exposition will be located on this mag nificent site in the Columbia river."' - Financial support for' the exposition will be contributed largely by the smaller citiesi of Oregon and Washington, ac cording to Plummer, and deference Should be shown to their wishes In the choice of a location. Development of Hayden island for exposition purposes would require the expenditure of a large amount, the erection of a sea wall and filling the ground to a-point above flood waters of the Columbia. Advocates of the location point to the advantage to North. Portland harbor of permanent improvements on the island", while , opponents " of " the project claim that the expense of filling the low ground and constructing a sea wall would " prove too exorbitant. - Pendleton,- June 11. Relief for country banks , and' livestock loan companies through a $50,000,000 pool, to- be, subscribed by the big banking houses of the country, Is ex pected as the result of a conference with financiers in Chicago, to which "VV. L., Thompson, president of the American National bank of Pendle ton - and vice president of the First National bank of Portland, Is on his way. Thompson spent the day here. AID IS XEEDED i 1 Longer time money ; must be provided to Insure the preservation of the breed ing flocks and.; cattle : of the . Pacific Northwest and to. release funds for farm ing interests, in the opinion of Western stockmen and financiers, and it was for the purpose of working out ' a method of financing the f stockman that a con ference was recently held in the national capital, where H. L- Corbett I- of Port land and Thompson, representing the West, met with . Governor Harding of the federal reserve board. Senator Rob ert N. Stanfield and Comptroller of -the Currency Crlssinger. i At that conference a bill was prepared, renewing the powers of the war financt corporation so far as they relate to the livestock Industry. . . MOEGAS FROMISF.& HEJLPj Through this organization, the meas ure provides for: loaning 100.000,000 of the paid in franchise tax fund during the next four years. The bill i also pro vides for purchase, by the war finance corporation, of loans on livestock- up to two-thirds value: Such loans ; would be written for from six months to two years. But could be renewed up to 1925. Following the 'introduction of the measure by Senator Stanfield, a confer ence was held ; with influential New York bankers. Thompson was advised Friday of a second conference with J. P. Morgan as a result of which Morgan promised that, in lieu of the passage of the bill, New York bankers would subscribe $25,000,000 of a pool of $50,000,000, the money derived from the, pool to be used i the manner prescribed by the b'ill. Following this conference, the meeting in Chicago, toward which Thompson .is traveling, was determined upon. 'j Motorcyclist Hit . By Auto and Is , Taken to Hospital - - r i Skidding 200 feet before stopping, a truck owned by Simons'""1 department store and operated by TP. W. -Tripp. 334 Fifth street, collided.-with- a motorcycle ridden by A. N. Hinman, Franklin hotel, who received a compound fracture of the right ankle,- Saturday, afternoon at East Fortieth and Thompson streets. ; Hin man was taken to St Vincents hospital. Although Tripp had the right of way, witnesses state?! he was driving at a rate near 40 miles an hour. He was ar rested by Motorcycle Patrolman Mobley on a charge of ; reckless driving. Hin man is a resident-of Phoenix. I Ariz. Two automobiles were turned com pletely over Saturday afternoon In a collision at East Thirty-ninth and Burn- side streets. M. Johnson, 1180 Ogden street, suffered severe cuts and bruises about the body and concussion of the brain. He was treated at the emergency hospital. C. - F.- Depew, 25 Tillamook street, the' driver of the other automo bile, slid 40 feet on his shoulder when thrown from his car. but suffered no injuries except a few minor i cuts and bruises. Both machines were. : badly damaged. , tk n. ' . . v i ) ii.iTiiMriiiii.iiHirni.r'mn"" Above diaries - Coopcy'a country home at Coopey Falls, on Colum bia river highway. Below Mr. and Mrs. Coopey on veranda of their home, showing electric sign. Run to Oakland, Oal,, From Here Made in 24 Hrs. Elapsed Time Remarkable record was made by a Maxwell car between Portland and Oak Iand, Cal., last week. The ' machine started at the Western Union Telegraph company's main office Thursday at 10 p. m., and arrived at the Western Union office in Oakland at '2:45 a. m.. Satur day, or 28 hours and 45 minutes later. it was timed out of Portland by Man ager Williams -of the Western Union : T. R. Harrington, branch manager of the Maxwell, and Phil OToole of The Jour nal, and was checked in at Oakland by the Western Union officials. According to a message from Charlie Niemeyer, who, with A. N. i Duncan, drove the car, the elapsed time was 24 hours 15 minutes. He says that the trip was made without at any time ex ceeding the legal speed limit and that the car stood the test with a perfect score. Both Niemeyer and Duncan are Salem -men. f. - ROCK OF MARNE' TELLS WHY TITLE WAS GIVEN HI Troops Went Out to Win or Die but Not Retreat, He Informs Civic Club at Benson Lunch. Concrete Structure Is Planned to Hold : Grirls at The Cedars As a result of the escape of six girls from The Cedars Friday night, follow ing several previous escapes from that institution City Commissioner Mann this morning announced that he pro posed to have erected at The Cedars a concrete structure that will house a half dozen . or more girls, and that here after when girls make their escape and are recaptured they will be - confined to this building while being detained to undergo treatment, i Chief Building In spector Plummer of the building bureau was instructed to prepare plans and esti mates at . once for the proposed deten tion . building. 1 ; Youngster Breaks Jail i Yakima, Wash., June 11. Jimmie Wal lace alias Wallace Burnett, ; escaped from the city Jail Thursday, sawing the window bars. Though but 18 years of age he is an habitual thief, local offi cials say He is reported to have con fessed to participating in a bank robbery at Chehalis. The Rock of the Marne upreared bis rugged bulk before the members of the Civic League at the Benson Saturday noon to preach of America, American institutions and American ism and to tell, in part, that thrilling story; when Oregon boys filled the gap of the western fighting front with their breasts to the onrushing hordes of the kaiser and died there but dammed the Germanic flood and turned the tide of war. General McAlexander, a lovable fight ing man whose eyes have not seen enough of death and carnage yet to keep down his blushes when fronting a well laid barrage of feminine applause,, was the guest - of the league and, from - the volume of appreciation shown his ad dress, was easily the speaker of the day. In the beginning coming after various candidates for cchool directors as he did he dwelt on the education of the young in this country and raised high the standard for them to follow. ; MAKE BOYS AMERICANS I , "If I had my way." he said, "the first thing I would have the teachers of America make of the ' boys of America would be Americans. I would have them help to build about the borders of our country a wall of sentiment so high and so broad that no thought could come over it or through Alt but that of America first. Then, turning to war talk, he called attention to the statement coming from the fields of France, when America be gan to send her fighting men across, that "Britain stands with her back to the wall." "They don't like to think of that now," the general said, "but we know that the British army was war worn and tired ; that the French army was weary and distressed. We do not say we won the war, but we know we helped to bring it to an early end. And we have not asked for anything, but we will get what is right and what . we want." SEDITION HAS KO CHAWCE "If : it .should become necessary ito clean house at home, the .general said, swinging into another channel of thought, "we will do it. Sedition cannot raise its head in America without the strong arm of America ready to suppress it. .The government will go ' forward unembarrassed, and It is my advice to those who may think of starting something to 'look out i-for- the steam roller, for' Uncle Sam is on the highway.' " - I " The general - told of the engagement which brought to his command the title of "Rock of the Marne.' He told how his troops "your . sons and the sons of your, relatives and friendsT had gone out to bold the key posi tion to the Marne and ' to Paris, and of how they -kept the trust given them , to, keep.--' HOW HE GOT TITLE "Wave after wave of the German troops broke against the- regiment,". Ihe said, "and left their dead in front lof it. And then we did something Ameri can. Instead of waiting, for them to come to us, we went out to. meet them not with outstretched hands, but with outstretched arms, and when those true American rifles began . to speak, the enemy broke before them and ran. We went into that position, men and offi cers ' all, pledged to three thrngs -to stay there as corpses, to go forward with ' arms in our hands, or to go to Germany as prisoners, but never to retreat. Some of us stayed there, but none of us went back, and- it was be cause of . this that the appreciative courtesv- of our allies bestowed on ua r the title of 'Rock of the Marne.' " I General McAlexander was given an ovation when he ' was Introduced by Oeneral Beebe, the large gathering standing as it applauded and as the speaker blushed and- bowed his appre ciation of the greeting. At the close of his address the ovation was repeated with three cheers, and a tiger tacked on for good measure. He i-left to visit in Corvallis immediately after his ad dress had been finished, but will return in a few days for a further stay i in Portland before starting for the East and " his post of duty there. : Fred Colvlg of Medford will go l to Washington June 20 to take the exam ination required for entering the U.; S. consular service. He may be assigned to Brazil. - ' -, 'Eat Cheese1 .Will Be The Slogan of New Statewide Campaign Under the direction of . the Oregon Dairy council a statewide campaign will be conducted for one week, beginning June 20, to encourage residents of Ore gon to use more cheese. "Eat More Cheese" will be the offi cial motto of Oregon for that week, and restaurant owners, hotel managers and grocers of the state are combining in a move to provide the best cheese avail able at the lowest price possible. Manu facturers of cheese will ask dealers to sell cheese on a narrow margin for one week in order that all may take advan tage of cheese week. . . Restaurants and hotels will serve side dishes of cheese during cheese week and tested recipes will be published as part of special . menus selected for cheese week. . - . 1 - Under the ; direction -. of the Oregon Agricultural college demonstrators will tour the state carrying to housewives the message of cheese and its high food value. . - 1 j - The aim of the campaign is two-fold, according to officials of the Oregon Dairy council, which is representative of all branches of the dairy industry. The first Is to educate the people of Oregon to the value of cheese as a food. The second is to bring to the minds of the citizens of the state the importance of the cheese 1 1ndustry in the 'xlevelop- men. of the state. ; x - , Sig Cohen's Death Mourned by Friends Numerous friends - are mourning the death of Sig Ai - Cohen, former cigar merchant. ' with ! headquarters in the Chamber of Com nerce building. Co- len died June 2 at ,' Is home in the Hart .'ord apartments, at Twenty - first- and Flanders streets. He had been in the cigar business In Portland many years and had been, located in the Chamber --jot Com merce building three years. Burial - took place last Sunday .at Beth Israel ; ceme tery. He was a mem ber of the Elks : and Maccabees, ; ) ; . i Colombia River Bridge Seattle, Wash., June 11. (U. P.) Business houses were to be canvassed by business men Saturday in an effort to complete the $40,000 1 fund toward the construction of i a $500,000 steel bridge across the Columbia river between Ken-newlck- and Pasco on the Yellowstone trail. Assistance There are times when you should summon our . assist' once. We have won the people's confidence by our professional politeness j and our trustworthiness. '..' if MILLER TRACEY MILLER & Main 2691 Independent Funeral Dirortnra Ant Washington at DU St., Bet. Twentieth and Tweaty-fir.t Su., West Side Plumbing prices reduced! 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We Install - and , Repair CHILDREN CHINA S HOPE, DECLARES PORTLAND SE Deplorable Sanitary Conditions in Country Described; Language Is Found Hard to Master. The deplorable sanitary conditions in China, the difficulties encoun tered In mastering the language and other Interesting phases of life - in that country are told I in a letter re cently, received by Portland friends of Miss E. O. Hendrickson, formerly a member of the staff of the-Port-land Visiting Nurse association, who went to China last October to take up missionary nursing. Paragraphs from the letter follow: "Our temporary hospital is still 'not completed. These Chinese workmen are the slowest1' beings you , ever saw.' K fairly gives me 'the willies to see their snail-like movements. J We have, ; how ever, ogened up the dispensary work and are very busy there. . We have no doctor as yet, but the Chinese doctor is ex pected to arrive in - few days. , He speaks English much to my relief. COUNTRY IS UXSAXITARY "There is much to try the patience of a 'foreigner as we westerners are called. From a public health : nurse's point . of view conditions are appalling. I . have read a statement to this effect, "China is the victim of ignorance, superstition, ab normal thinking and unsanitary living conditions. And from personal observa tion these past few months I can truth fully say it really is so. Tuberculosis is widespread. Eye and skin' diseases are appallingly numerous. The many sore laden children fairly make me heartsick. The contributing causes of course are their very unsanitary living conditions, congested quarters, improper, prac tically no) sewerage disposal, physical resistance lowered, due to improper feed ing, excessive use of drugs ; and 'im morality. HOPE IS 15 CHILOREIf "The salvation of this country, to my idea and to most foreign workers, ' lies with the growing generations. v China must' be reached through ' her children. Through the training achools and hos pitals much can be done, if the proper training is given to the student nurses. There is an organisation k tart ed China Nurses' association through which all nurses may cooperate. The majority of the members are American nurses. "I am having a great time with thts language study. 'So many words are so much alike, 'the" only difference -being in the -.'tone,' or voice inflection, but : the meaning is totally different. The other day,, while' trying to talk to some school girls, I attempted to tell them if they talked 'too quickly' P. could hot under stand., Instead, I said- If: they talked "bad words' 1 could not understand. They ' all looked - so strangely at me I knew I most have made m mistake,' so called one of the teachers and told her what I -had said. After an explanation was made, of course, the laugh was ot" me. The words 'quickly and 'bad are only a shade of difference and to my un accustomed ears sound much the same. "My Chinese name is Hong Chu Chensr. The ' character ; 'Hong' -means .large barge.' also the name of a much revered city of China. The second: 'Chu.' mean 'chrysanthemum' and the third, "Cheng. means - 'precious.' - So my given name, 'Chu Cheng,' , means "precious flower,' and my sur name 'much revered. ; Some name! Don't you think? . 1 am called "Hong-shao-ge.' The surname is given first, and the title, shao-ge.' equal to 'Miss' in English, means 'little ' sister,' the came as we oiild say "Hendrickson Miss.' Names are not the only things ' that are ald backward. Thla language is full of idioms. Almost everything is said backwardseems to me." " , 1 ea - ' liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Gifts That June Brides Will Appreciate ! Here are immense stocks of Silver and Plate in patterns that will delight; prices as low as assured quality will permit. We are headquarters for Engagement and Wed ding Rings. 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