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THE 02EGOX SUNDAY JOimNAL - POHTLAND, SUKPAYi MO&?OKG; AUGUST 13, 1922. CODS BAY LOOKS FORWARD TO EVEN MORE PROSPERITY Inhabitants Jubilant Over Pros pects and Point With Pride to Splendid Location of Port Six run ago this month a new rail line was : completed for the Southern Pacific company from the Willamette valley to Coo Bay and a Jubilant pop ulace was awakened to a realisation mat a prosperous development -was soon to follow. - This month, upon the anniversary of me advent or rails, a renewed interest is being taken in the prospects of the future after a six-year period when interest -was centered in a world con flict and subsequent adjustment of Internal affairs., i , The populace of Coo Bay its again planning upon the future of the -coastal region tributary to that port. They are watching the influx of new settlers, r.ew business-men and new tourists, for during the past few months an un mistakable development has taken place. Doubts and discouragements of former years have been brushed aside and confidence is enthroned : in the hearts of every Coos county resident. GKOWIH 3TATCBAI, - The foundation is laid for the pros pective nourish of new business and new industry. Coos Bay never has bad a mushroom growth. Business has grown steadily for more than 10 years. keeping pace with a vigorous i develop ment of industry and agriculture. The foundation is complete tor the future. Even when the railroad waa pushed over and through the coast range from Eugene and business men from San Francisco, Portland and all cities and towns between gathered-, ior the memorable Jubilee August. 24, 25 and It, ills, these visitors were (surprised to find progressive communities with paved streets and fruitful valleys In tensively farmed, instead of frontier villages and uncultivated lands. It was on that occasion 'that The Journal and the Chamber of Commerce sent two special trains to Marshfield and North Bend to Join three other special trains from Salem, Eugene and San Francisco and stories of prosperity it the Coos country were brought back and passed from tongue to tongue. rprvuvnov gbows I That first year of the railroad's op eration into the Coos region was an active one. The population grew by leaps and bounds. Then came the war to divert attention to new affairs. De velopment was dropped when every energy was put forth to win the con flict. . i At the conclusion of the war the focus of publlo interest' continued to be turned from development. Every ounce of energy was needed to keep es tablished industry running. But the war and Its aftermath have passed and business is casting about for new fields to conquer.- That is the reason for the renewal of interest in the Coos Bay district I With keen insight the commercial interests of the tooa region have felt the development coming. They have seen financiers and industrial leaders cornel and go and they have watched the steady move ment of new residents into the country. They are pushing their port develop ment and hastening their good-roads program. TOCBIST TBAVEI. BIO j " Interest likewise has been directed to the unusual growth of tourist travel this year.. Larger crowds have trav eled over the Coos Bay line to fish and camp along the mountain streams, beautiful lake shores , and ocean beaches, than have been reported since the first year the road was com pleted. Eventually these mountains, inland lakes, rapid flowing streams and ocean shores will be the mecea for more thousands of , summer j vacationists. The Coos Bay country is one blessed with all the attractions that take resi dents of the city out of doors. At this season a great army of sportsmen is preparing to j penetrate the coast and Siskiyou rangea There is a profusion i of wild life all through Coos and Curry county to the south. j , - With the attraction ef a vacation mecca. added glamor Is given the com mercial prospects. Coos Bay is a port PICTURESQUE COOS AND ITS DEVELOPMENT . I. v. X 1 - sum 'v 7 W TT?rr PROPERTIES CRY WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION September 10 Is Date Fixed for Sale; Lots Affected Located in Various Parts of Portland. Announcement has been made! by City Treasurer Adams that he will sell at public auction at 19 a. m. on Sep tember . properties in various parts of Portland on which there are -delinquent assessments for public work to the amount of approximately 110,000. The list includes : For improving Brasee street, from East 17th to East 28th street, parcels of land in Brasee street addition. For the Killlngsworth avenue and East 18th street sewer .system. ) lots in Vernon. . - - -'!''"':'". ; For the Ainsworth avenue and Klr- by street sewer system, lots i in ' M Patton's tract. Piedmont and West Piedmont. i - I For the Ainsworth avenue and East 13th street sewer system, lots in Cae- l sar Park. Columbia Heights, Highland Park,- For the East ISth street trunk sewer, lots in Ainsworth tract, Alameda Park. Olmstead Park, Alroo. Albina Heights. Arleta Park. Beverly, Cloverdale ex tension, Cloverdale extension No. X, Cloverdale tract. Columbia- Heights. South block. Concord Heights. East over, El Tovar, FarreU's second ad dition, Florence Heights, Foxchase ad dition. Fullerton, Gerard, Going (street addition. Grendell Park. Highland. Highland Park. Hilton. Ina Park. Irv Ington Park. Kennedy's addition, Kil lingsworth avenue addition, Lamonte, I Lester Park. Lovelelgh. Love's addi tion, uveas' aacuuon. uaanurst. rse- oara, Olmstead Park. Oregon Heights. Piedmont. Rosedale. Rosedala annex, Roselawn. Roselawn annex, Roalyn. Saratoga. Scoffins' addition. 8 tana- berry addition, Tate's addition, Traut- man's addition, vernon, wairs caover dale annex. Walnut Park. Willamette addition to East Portland, Wood lawn. Wood lawn Heights. For improvemrnt of vista avenue from Patton roaa to Soring street. lots in Alta vista and Qeorglag Court. For the Improvement of 6 2d street southeast, from Woodstock avenue to 55th avenue southeast, lots in Tre- mont Place.' 1.V' -' t' a- K i -J-i-' -5N ft - I :k:A; When the Southern Padfio company entered, the Coos Bay district It made its constraction of the most per manent natwre as shown in the picture (at the top) of the steel and concrete railroad bridge, a mile In length, over Coos Bay. The second picture shows the railroad under construction seven years ago and the lower two the country reached hy the rail line. The third picture Is taken on the Coos river near Forks and the lower Is an example of some of the huge trees which grow In Coos county. destined to be a world trade center. Ocean vessels have used this port for years to draw the vast volume of products out of the coastal region. HAS COAX MIXES 4 Tributary to Coos Bay Is about one twelfth of the standing timber of the United States, about 176,000,000, OpO feet of the finest fir, suruce and the famous Port Orford cedar, found only In this district. It also has a large variety of hard wood Including myrtle, maple, oak. ash and alder. The myrtle wood is common only to Coos county and the Holy land. ; Altogether Coos-county has within Its boundaries almost 700.000 taxable acres of land and more than 00.000 acres of this amount is timber land. The timber stand in this county alone ts estimated at 20,000.000.000 feet. ' Low Prices on ' ( Wilia.IT - I a For 6 volt 1 1 plate for Fords, Chevro let, etc. Quality plates selected ce dar wood separators. EASY TERMS AND CONVENIENT PAYMENTS, IF YOU DESIRE Sizes f on All Cars 6 i Volt BUICK J Yll stud. jr y NASH LZJU HUP , 12 Volt DODGE Dill) MAXWELL L-J VU WILLARD SERVICE STATION. Battery Service for All Cars and EVERETT - E. 12TH and HAWTHORNE 9TH Coos county has the only coal mines in operation in the state of Oregon, and the United States geological sur vey shows approximately 450 square miles underlaid with coal of -a sub bitusatauous nature. Many of the farmers have their own coal banks. iABkS FEBTIXB The farms of Coos eotmtv are won derfully fertile. Most of- them are lo cated on river delta lands which are overflowed and renewed in , richness each year. There are 14.941 acres In the county in pasture or crop and 181,T 622 acres awaiting development. Dairy ing is or primary importance. Commercial fishing has assumed con siderable Importance 4uringr the past few years with the result that many Iacking plants have been established for salmon and other sea foods. Chief among the industries of the county are lumber and logging, coal mining, dairying and oo related lines of work. Coos county has a dozen large sawmills and the rail line serves to take this product either to Marsh tield or North- Bend on Coos Bay for loading into ocean carriers or into the Willamette valley for further shipment or mill use. Pioneers of the old Coos - country wars drawn there early In the fifties by the reports of another native re- souce gold. Other Coos Bar resources' soon attracted the early settlers to star and send for their friends. STtTBT MAP From its very beginnings the Coca) Bay territory has been a manufactur ing district and an export ocean porV sending out great quantities of Its products to the world, but receiving little ' in return. A sawmill tabllahed on Coos Bay as early as 185s and two years later a ship yard was started, according to the history of that country. Tha residents of a country are firm i believers In careful map study and they -fully appreicata the Import ance of the location of the bay. It is In the path of. world commerce and one of the ' few ocean Inlets on the PadOo eeast with a deep ocean Inlet. Along tho Atlantic ocean are many ocean harbors and on all are located seaports of prominence. When the world trade center moves to the Pa cific the future of such porta aa Coea Bay will be guaranteed. 'L1ADE ffl OREGOir CNot a. bad slogan) f te st tha very best things are . tet n nruau - -03TE OF THZX ZS THE HESS GAS FIOACE1 Barely, If yem are going to BUT I A TXTBLSACTS Tern wta, at least, SEETHE KESS , BirOBB IOC BTTT v . see it mm : At M Oak St. Hess Faraaee Co. Shoplifters Bane of Stores Thieves Pilfer Many Things Portland merchants are passing through the most stupendous epidemic of shoplifting la their commercial hia- Every day m every one of the de partment stores th boom detective find thieves in the act of supping goods from counters Into handbags, pockets or clothing-: Usually nothing is said or doae about it. officially, except to reclaim tha stolen articles ana ban Ish - the thief henceforth from the store. But v sometimes exceptional cases appear the orof esstonal and recognised thief, the systematic, cun ning artificers in dishonesty tnat lead to arrest and prosecution. .-vvrk Believing. that more can be accom plished by preventing crime than by punishing criminals. most of the stores now have, detectives on watch constantly to surprise a possible of fender before he has had a chance to steaL prevent actual commission of the deed and send him oh his - way with a warning. - Store! detectives say most of the pil fering Is being done by amateur thieves people who yield to a momentary temptation; people who see in theft the only way to tide over a financial emergency ; people who take what they can because of . the Irresistible im pulse which used to be called "klep tomania. i I , x Occasionally a regular thief appears, one with - a prison record, one who concentrates on shoplifting as an easy and profitable vocation. - - "But you would : be surprised to know," explained Miss Coraen Walker, house detective for Llpmau, Wolfe & Co., how many little girls I pick up in the course of-a week. . They steal perfume, powder, lipsticks, - hair nets, silk stockings, blouses, lingerie.. Usual ly I find a package of cigarettes In their handbags along , with' the loot." EXPERTEXCES JAJLY ' Miss Walker is the detective who staged a running fight with a million aire's wife several months ago In try ing to make an arrest on shoplifting charges, the fugitive knocking her down twice, tearing her clothes and ruining her hat during tha street scuf fle, r 1 But she only laughs about that epi sode now and cites it as one of the few "extreme cases." Usually she merely follows the suspected thief out of the store, reclaims the goods, takes a keen survey of tha culprit and that ends it unless the thief ""Starts somethlng."- that case a policeman la usually near by who does the rest. - ! On tha other hand Mrs. Dennis of the Meier Frank company usually takes the suspect to the office 2 and they "have It oof, la : seclusion. : The' fre quency of these calls at the manager's office .. la, auowever, alarming, .f-.;. One of . the worst as well as most touching of recent cases of shoplifting Involved the arrest of the mother of seven Children. She was caught as she was teaching two of her young to steal from', the- counter, and ' turn over the loot to her. This' was too much even for" the ; sympathy of the store offi cials, most or woom nave cnuann , vi their own whom they-are trying to raise to-be honorable men and women. So the mother was larrested. Later-in vestigation disclosed that the father earns a small pittance as a laborer and that another child is expected soon. Tha court, the prosecuting attorney and the store detective were ail of one mind,, f The woman was released on probation. -But what, sort lot goods do people steal roost f a reporter asked the house detectives of the larger depart ment stores. . The answer was succinct: "Every thing. It is easiest to steal from the bar gain counters, except that the ' thief who wears cotton; -'hose would rather steal silk ones whtch don't get on that counter so oftexu But the wiles of the more experienced thief are equal to alrnoBt any department. DETECTIVES OFjEEjr Very often the thief is able to. elude the watchfulness of the store detect ives.: Often suspected persons, kept under watch, are ! so clever that they are able to get away with wares un der tha. very noses of salesfoik and sleuths. But and the detectives- are very positive about this they seldom pursue their course long without being "spotted" and usually they are caught in time. , Often when one of those strange psychological persons la entangled who has no reason whatever for stealing. friends and ' Influential relatives bring all manner of pressure to bear on merchants to have the whole affair smothered up. Persuation. threats and Dromlses are employed. Usually It is considered better business to let the matter drop, get the goods back and hone for reform The same policy is usually- aaoptea when persons of less Influence are en tangled. .Inquiry is made as to me circumstances, of the culprit and in many ; Instances A the j store officials t find themselves able to give posi tive and direct Ihelp to the very ones they have put under detention. . CRIME PKETE5TI03r IS AIM That Is to say, even soulless cor- : poration has a heart, because however impersonal a corporation may oe iv is administered by men and women of human sympathies who appreciate the misfortunes and frailties or their jei-low-belngs. r . f--: . . ; , i.'--. ';- Alt of which means a concerted pol icy of watching, vigilance and preven tion of crime, SEvery person who en ters a store usually gets a thorough looking -over byf some of the detectives who may ; be ; sding about in the guise of . customers, sales-people or floorwalkers. The vast majority pass the scrutiny test, but the people, who just "come In, to look around" are the hn m tin InnrMt lOOItl. Whil the department stores suner mo, all the stores are encountering nnn lnu.a tTram theft. Store own ers explain that they have no wish to change their pxlicy of sympathetic handling of these cases but the evil has grown te suchf proportions u tney j, i .r m hnuld not wynucr wl, v - turn over all shoplifters to we poucc AlthoualT' the! hot. dry weather has somewhat injured the crpo. tarmers or the Cascade, laaho. section will , this ,hln anDroxlmately 400 carloads of head lettuces I Um WHY NOT FLY? ty. Etmtom Btlnlr auisbad; no! sd etbar t thsa aa enioTsbla esiMri- nee. Xea nuj F" ? ."" tionsl tnst. i wa ana "'" PLANKS AT I A flPTM CP VAi.UK. sad eia toaeh yea to naU JTI.X is- siten ttot. noa r ,wnv ... V, VBRNOH, Oregon Washington Idaho Airplah& Co. Or. SS I t14 PALDWO BLtfO. BsTbTbTbTsbbTsbbbbbTbb e Here Is a Clothing and Furnishing Goods Message We would like to shout from the house-tops -we want to drire it home to every man and boy in this pari of Ore- gon. It is vital to the economic welfare of the mascnlina. X V - ".' SATURDAY -NIGHT THE DOORS OF THE UON CLOTHING COMPANY were locked, preparatory to launchlnfr tbe greatest legitimate; bona fide, sacrifice sale of men's young men's, youths' and boys clothmg and fur I ' ' A Sale With a Reason and a Purpose-r-READ 1 Taking advantage of an unusual opportunity to acquire the complete control of the best located, most popular and one of the most successful men's clothing establishments on the entire Pacific coast, Sir. Gus Kuhn, Presi dent of THE LION CLOTHING COMPANY, has just purchased the entire interests of Mr. Samuel L Fox, for mer Vice-President of the company. j t - ' . , . f The terms of this gigantic deal Involves the immediate sacrifice of this huge stock in order to pay. Mr. Fox an (norm uus sum in a verjr fiiiuxi wuc j hiui uua unu umimuvu' nc amiuuuvt t - , . - SALE OF TITC ENTIRE LION CLOTHING COMPANY STOCK r BEGINNING TO at reduaions that will shake to the fouddation Portland's former trading traditions and smash to fsmither-, eens" all previous records In price cutting. PosiUvdy nothing will be reserved from this mighty sacrifice. Even the new fan merchandise which is arriving daily wffli be included at substantial reductions. ,r f - - t ,f - -AHu lei US jnaae uus point ciear ine price reuueuuus juuhj vu au uu.vi ut1p1.uuutuu9c. cuv mnnine. based on today's worth, not that of "war days," or even six months or a year ago. THE LION CLOTHING COSIPANY needs no introduction to the people of Portland. For thirty years this firm has had the reputation or selling noining dui sierung mercnanaise. uunsuas ami uwusaous -vi vwyue wuw know the fine reputation of this store have the same confidence in buying here that they have in dealing with their most substantial banker ! During this sale, as always, the lugh integrity and reputation of the store will be maintained to the letter. ... - i ' ; J ', I - REMEMBER THE STORE IS CLOSED ALL DAY TOMORROW AND TUESDAY smorrison at fourth Broadway 3287 I :' -East9854i V-.l I SALE STARTS WEDNESDAY Morning atio o'clock - -v.' t - V 4 A f
