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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
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LIVESTOCK
LOOK TO
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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
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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. ,
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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,
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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.
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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." " ,
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