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THE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL. PORTLAND, OREGON.
ASH FLIES
LIGHT COUY
A more spectacular sight, was never
seen in Oregon than the city of Astoria
aflame about 4 o'clock Friday moraine,
according -to: Chris Carlson. r ref ogee,
who came to Portland' Friday night
bay himself some clothes." Carlson '"was
completely .burned oat, except" tor -an
old pair of shoes, khaki trousers and
army overcoat, which he was wearing.
"It was Just like daylight, wherever
yon went vn thouth the electric
lights' went out."; he said.
Darkness did not hinder anyone with
in an hour after, the fire started, he
said. Carlson told how the flames
lighted up his house about two blocks
away from the origin of the fire, so
that he walked freely about from room
to room , picking up valuables. The
Carlson home was caught in the flames
within two hours after the ere started.
The streets everywhere for blocks
outside the burned area, are lined with
zuriuiure, mattresses ana . personal esr
fects. he said.
Morbid crowds are" kept from steal
ing anything from the ruins, and are
Kept In motion past banks and jewelry
stores, by armed soldiers from Fort
Stevens, he said. The soldiers are aid
ing the police in protecting property
from being looted. Carlson said he saw
no disorder, hut that all who had lost
any h ting in the fire, were glad the
soldiers were on - hand to see' that
nothing .that remained was disturbed.
Carlson was halted by one of the
guards when he attempted to go into
the ruins of his garage to obtain the
engine number of a charred automobile
in order that he might file a claim for
insurance.
REFLECTION SEEX FAB
When the fire started the air was
clear and Jtbe reflection was seen as
far as Seaside. A large number of
Jseastders were attracted by the reflec
tion. About S o'clock it started to rain.
and for about 30 minutes the downpour
was quite heavy, but the rain did not
seem to check the fire. (,
Carlson attended a dance Thursday
night, and did not get home until early
Friday. Next door to his house was
the Covey motor Car company garage.
He went inside to chat with the night
watchman, Bert Lutx. before retiring,
and while there a man rushed in and
said .there was a fire down the street.
Carlson and Lutz ran to the fire, and
on their way passed a fire alarm box
which they pulled.
Thiers place, where th'e fire started,
and the buildings back of it were
burning so fiercely that all present
agreed the entire block was doomed,
but nobody realized then that un
derneath their feet the fire was making
its way along the pavement and was
setting fire to buildings on both sides
of the street for blocks -away.
LODGERS WARNED
- Carlson, being a former policeman at
Astoria, realised the seriousness of the
situation, and ran upstairs into a lodg
ing house over the Bee Hive depart
ment store, breaking his' way into
about 20 rooms, , warning those who
were still asleep of their danger. He
then rushed into the rooms over the
Palace restaurant to awaken men
there.
Canson witnessed the dynamiting of
several small buildings at Ninth, and
Bond streets and the Astoria Business
college. The latter building was- not
dynamited, he said, until after it
caught on fire, and then only in an ef
fort to topple it over and keep the
flames from setting adjoining struc
tures on fire.
Excitement was furnished when, the
Astoria Hardware company's store
caught on fire. Thousands of rounds
of ammunition exploded and several
oil tanks blew un. Cartoon said the
fanMltw 4Ka ...1 J i , j
him of his days in France. ' Heavy
explosions which wrecked' what was
left of the inside of some garages were
neara wnen acetelyne tasks blew up.
FORCED TO IE ATE STREET
Carlson also witnessed Chief Foster
of the Astoria fire department attempt
to get a line of hose underneath the
surface of the street Every time the
chier lirted manhole cover a cloud
of black smoke poured out No man
could have lived had he gone below,
Carlson said. Firemen had to desert
Commercial street and side streets
soon after the fire started, as the pil
ing on wnicn ue street was built began
to burn beneath them. Had they re
mained they, would have caved in with
the pavement Caving in of the pave
ment aiso nroKe me watermains, which
were supported on the same pilings,
and caused a temporary break in the
water supply. This difficulty was over
come by obtaining water from streets
wnere tne mains were not broken, or
frojn the Columbia river. Two fire
engines were placed on a barge in the
river ana pumped water into several
lines of hose.
Carlson also, witnessed the pumpers
from Portland at work, and said they
were doing good work when he left.
The pavement on Commercial street
irom JNintn to Seventeenth street caved
in, he declared.
When Carlson heard the hospital was
enaangerea be took the one automobile
he had salvaged over there and aided
in transporting patients to the high
school. He, was nigh in his praise of
me work many of the high school boys
' " ouTjnii stretcners.
While the large rood warehouses in
Astoria were not burned, the . roads
leading to them were destroyed and
Sanson was of the opinion that It
would be hard to. get the supplies, out
uniess a temporary road could be built
to mem. The amount of debris In the
way would be a great hindrance to the
construction of even a temporary road
way, he said. ,
First pictures of the fire for use In
The Journal were brought to Portland
by Carlson,; who fought his way
through .the snow over the Lower
Columbia river highway to make the
trip. On ' his way up he met several
large trucks bound for Astoria and
loaded with, provisions. .
Oregon City Gives
Bridge Celebration;
Money to Astoria
Oregon City can't have a good time
rhiie -Astoria, 1st. In ashes.
- This note was kouaded over -the long
dUtaoce telephone . this morning to
Mayor George I Baker by. M IX
Xatourette, vice president of the First
National bank? of Oregon City, and
chairman of the new bridge celebration
committee. : . , - ;
Prominent - Oregon City men met
Friday night and voted to" torn over
all the money raised for the new
bridge celebration ceremonies sched
uled for December' 21. to the relief
Of Astoria sufferers, Latourette an
nounced. a As Portland has . become
the center of relief operations. Latour.
ette made his offer to Astoria through
Hiynr Baittf, rather than calling the
stricken city direct
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Photographs taken early Friday morning at 12tb and; Commercial streets
toria. The entire city and surrounding country -were Ulnmlnated by the flames.5 The lower picture snows
the red glare of the fire through the lath of a burnins store, while flames envelop the cornice of the
building, (Photos by the Film
ASTORIARS GAZE
UPON BLACK RUINS
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with guns in their hands, with orders
to shoot if anyone . without authority
attempted to cross into the burned
area.'
"The action is for safety,". Chief Fos
ter explained,- "though I -do not be
lleve. it is necessary." Arid to prove
his point, he led the way" into the city
JaU in the basement of the city hall.
The bolts were drawn, the doors wide
open and there was not a single lodger.
The guards are for the protection' of the
curious. . to prevent their approaching
the still burning . timbers, and also-1
prevent looting of safes and other un
burnable things that have not been re
covered, from the ashes.
Terrific squalls of rain, alternating
with . sunshine, swept the city Friday
afternoon and assisted some in sub
duing the flames, though the frame
buildings made snch a great heat that
the fire as it advanced dried the build
tag in tront
Picture -If you wish to visualise this
fire a city built on a hillside. At. the
bottom is a flat section which was the
business district Next comes the rail
road tracks and across the tracks are
the docks, warehouses and wholesale
houses. - The section on which the busi
ness district was erected was too low,
so it was filled with dlr from the
hills, and the buildings set upon this
cu. . The streets, however, were not
filled in. The main street through the
district Commercial street-was a long
viaauct, with an open . space -.under it
through which the wind was at liberty
to whistle.- And the side streets run
ning off from it'also were viaducts. -STAJtTS'EJf
POOL HAIL
The fire broke out at 3 o'clock Fri
day morning In the basement of Thiol
brothers pool hall on Commercial street
It jumped to the Bee Hive, a lam
department . store. Several times- it
seemed under control, but each time, it
broke : out: again ahead of the fire
fighters, having been driven along -under
the; viaducts by the currents of air
passing through. ? .' . ,. . .
It spread sooth, east and west lean
ing like a mad thinir from buildinr to
building.' consuming the efforts of many
uzeumes wita a giant crackle and flare.
The beat was terrible. . In the path of
the I, on-coming . flames people - ran
through the streets carrying, the- chil
dren .and what few goods they ."could
gainer. Aniomotiues, the most - avail
able of the' property, formed i steady
stream from the downtown section and
this afternoon; were resting in side
streets r and lanes. But though the
people are tired and sick "at heart a
spirit of determination-is rginning to
show, -and' Friday -evening' whispers
were heard of the "new city" that is to
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PtAIT BIGGES CITY ' . 1
A meeting of ait the business men
who were " burned . out was called
for t 9 : o'clock this morning ; In . thn
courthouse to discuss plans for the re
building. This is a'fearfal thlnr to
happen," said Mayor Bremner. but
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we will make Astoria, a great city, out
of the ruins. She' will rise more power
ful and better than ever."
- One difficulty is tbat insurance rates
have been so high here trtat most of
the property was not insured for more
than 5P per. cent of its.value.
The fire which laidlwaete the entire
business district of Astoria Friday
was checked shortly, after noon," at 17th
and.- Commercial . streets.
HOSPITAL IS .SATED
St Marys hospital and the city hall,
two structures thought for -a time to
be doomed, were- saved by hard work
on part", of the fire fighters, though not
until the Logan building, a three-story
frame structure, which housed ' the As
toria , Business college' on the upper
floors and the Nyquist Motor Car com
pany and Prael-Eigner company, two
automotive concerns, on the lower
floors, had been : dynamited. I
Among the last structures burned
before the fire was in control were the
Astoria hotel, a landmark of early
Astoria days, and the central head
quarters station of the fire department.
a large two-story frame building.
Portland firemen, who reached the
city after a fast run over, the highway
wiut nose and other apparatus, did
effective work in assisting volunteer
ana regular firemen here to extinguish
ine iag ena oi tne blaze.
FIGHTERS HAMPERED
One report has it that the fire' de
partment was considerably hampered
in its early efforts by failure of the
water supply.
The Ore ate Its .way eastward, the
flames being sucked under the wooden
viaduct of Commercial street, which
was paved with asphalt on top.
This wood and "tar gave added ,im
pet us to the conflagration and once
the flames ate into the viaduct under
the street the draff sucked them the
full length of -ate business district
feeders of flame crawling out on both
sides of the street setting fire to all
buildings in.. itt path.::
- No telegraphic communication with
Portland was possible for several hours
after the toe started. x .. , j , v
Telephone operation ceased when the
fire encroached . dangerously near' the
telephone exchange.:,, f.-r- k t- t.i
Hundreds of peoolefrom all carta
of the county rushed In,- attracted by
tno oiase. no enaeavored to. assist in
stopping the fire, but-with little suc
cess. Many building In : the burning
area were dynamited la an effort to
check the flames, but this only proved
a temporary i aid. - , ,
HOTEL GUESTS WABTTED " ' " ;
..Despite the fact that theicltys lead
ing ; hotels and : rooming ' houses were
destroyed, it- appears that guests vat
all of . them i were warned In time to
gather, a few effects' and mak their
escape, but. with no time to spare. At
the Welnhard hotel, which was im
mediately, adjacent to ,fha origin, of
the iflre. .Clerk Marqoet and JT. f N.'
Whitman. proprietor, made a room to
room check ' and got everybody out
safely before the big structure, fired
from flames which licked their wav
under 12th , street viaduct, . burned out
the wooden part of the foundation mnA
within a few minutes left nothing but
the shell of the brick and terra cotta.
structure built bere Hv 1912.; .
Other hotels and roomlnar honm rnt.'
lowed, and when it was seen that the
entire bur ness district a. doomed the
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and 12th and Dnane streets. As-
hundreds of . permanent and . transient
guests picked up - a few belongings
each and sought safety on the heights
aoove mo business district.
Streets throughout the residence-district
are choked' with furniture and
bedding from homes. Aylargre stuffed
elk standing at a 'corner safely re
moved from the fire reminded the grief
sincnen onlookers that little was saved
from the fine home of the B. P. O. E.
nere. Many nrms succeeded in remov
ing portions of their stock, but" it is
scattered pell mell in all parts of town
ana will be hard to assemble.
Many, motor vehicles, some owned by
local distributors for various makes of
cars, others by private citizens, were
burned , in the various automotive es
tablishments destroyed. Many families
escaped rrora their homes and apart
ments with only a handkerchief full
of effects and are being assisted by
s unioriunate ones.
Although local fire flehtlno- tnMn.
tus, hose and men were pressed Into
service early, their efforts were puny
in race or the holocaust Scores of
patients in St. Mary's hospital, four
story .frame structure occupying a
block in the eastern part of the city,
were quickly and safely . removed to
the high school by ambulances and
private conveyances when the fire
joox a turn- in that direction.
in me wateriront itself most
structures .were saved. These include
ms -ouiDorn aocKs stretching four
blocks along the front the Ross Hig
gins establishment, the Allen & Lewis
wholesale houses. Pacific Machine and
DiacKsuutn shops. , Cauender docks.
Swift, Co." plant and the O-W. R.
s n. oocics..
TO
AID SUFFERERS
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the emergency shall be deemed to have
passed.;'- - " -
The resolution also pledges the mem-
oers . to cooperate with the Astoria
debtors to ; bring about the ' speediest
resumption of business. ? The resolu
tion, which was signed by E..W. John
son,' president, and Fobs B. Lewis, sec
retary, was passed unanimously. : ', A
headquarters will be opened at As
toria to help, work out the restorative
problems.. . . ',' -.
'-at a meeting of the Tort7nd Tfelt
board at the Multnomah hotel Friday,
. wm nusea oy- suoscription - for
the benefit of the fire sufferers mt Am-
toria. E. J. Jaeger and T. E. Dodmn
were appointed to go to Astoria to rep-
me ooara in relief worav. Reso
lutions passed at the meeting author
ized - the expenditure f , additional
money as needed in relief work. J. X.
Teal was the principal sneaker- at the
meeting- and - outlined nlans for th
canalization of the Columbia and Snake
The Associated Industries of Orecron.
at a meeting, Friday afternoon. appro
.riated. S00 ; for the relief of . fir
sunerers..
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The doors of Good Samaritan'' hos
pital are open wide to aid any suffer
ers of the Astoria fire,1 the Right Rev.
Walter Taylor . . Sumner,- Episcopal
bishop of Oregon, notified the mayor
of Astoria Friday. No charge will be
made for .the emergency' serrioao?
"Please accept my heartfelt 'sympa
thy, and regret in the loss you have ex
perienced," reads the bishop's wire.
"Th Episcopal church stands ready
to do anything in its power to aid yoor
sufferers. . The Good Samaritan hos
pital will .gladly take charge of all
sick cases you may desiro to send up
to us. Any requests addressed to the
diocesan offices here will . .receive
prompt attention and Instant coopera
tion." . ' ' .--:V
ASTORIA LAYS PLANS
- FOR NEW BUILDINGS
(CoatiniMd Prom Fait One)
of guards will be kept up to prevent
strangers or Others from taking ad
vantage of the city's temporary dis
tress. Greed and selfishness will not
be tolerated, and will be put down,
violently If necessary, on first sight
BETTER THA5 ETEB
t" A bitter ' laugh, - half . pleasure, half
pain, came from the tense spectators
when A. G. Spexarth Sr.. former owner
of many destroyed buildings, inter
rupted to . say :
"We shall build better than ever, for
our city is more level than ever be
fore.' Let the work go on immedi
ately." - The bankers" committee made its re
port through I. M. Anderson, who said
that every effort is being made to take
care of the necessary, finances. He
hoped, he said, in two or three days to
fce able to say that these arrangements
would be completed., These plans will
be temporary pending the salvaging of
safes and vaults in the burned area. ,
' These are intact, so far as known,
but are too heated to permit handling
at present Portland banks, he as
sured his hearers, have pledged liberal
help. Finance is a vital thing ' for
the time being, for most of the busi
ness men were caught in the disaster
without any cash except what was in
their vaults and safes.
IKSURAVCE OBSTACLE
Insurance adjustment is likely to
prove a serious obstacle to immediate
plans. If the adjusters insist on in
voices or inventories of stocks, the
problem will efoecome a grave one.
These invoices and inventories were
all destroyed, and If the adjusters do
not agree to settle on the full amount
of the policies, severe losses may be
experienced.
Several men present narrated facts
concerning similar troubles which they
underwent In other fires. K. H.
Haynes. of the Dixie Bread company,
of Portland, said adjusters made him
wait eight months after the San Fran
cisco disaster and that he finally left
that city with $800. the residium of
his investments there, George W.
Sanborn, of Sanborn & Sons, said he
had suffered likewise in the Seattle
fire. He declared that Astoria was
under-insured and that the companies
should pay the full policies.
TJ5DEB.UrSITH.EI
CharlesW. Robison, a local attorney,
pointed to the high insurance rates
prevailing in' Astoria as proot oi tne
fact that the city was greatly under
insured. He said the rate there ws
S and 6 per cent, while in other cities
it was not more than Zii per cent.
M. D. Munson. representing the Port
land Association of Credit Men. with
a membership of 400 or more, pledged
his organization to give every assist
ance possible.
"We will open offices here and do
all in our power to help Astoria regain
its footing," he said.'
SU DISTRESS FELT
Despite the calamity, little or no dis
tress is being felt , This is a remark
able fact in view of th proportion of
the7 holocaust Telephones, electric
lights and the water supplies are work
ing almost at a normal rate. A big
free kitchen has been opened In the
basement of Lovell's garage, where
food is being dispensed from a table
a block long. '
Meat, bread, soups and hot coffee
are there for everybody who . calls.
Other supplies for families are being
distributed from a central bureau in
the courthouse.
; The fire is still fitfully smouldering
all over the stricken area. Here and
there a blase will flare up, but has
nothing on which to further sustain
itself. Squalls and rain have been
Intermittent since yesteraay.
Millions of dollars In cash, jewelry
and other valuables lying in the ashes
of Astoria were unmolested last night
and the soldiers, sailors and special
policemen who patrolled the desolate
burned area with orders to "shoot loot
ers to kill," had no occasion- to fire a
single shot
The money and valuable are in safes
and vaults that the fire could not pen
etrate, though the buildings were
burned away around them. One man
stood guard through the dismal., rainy
night with his automatic -pistol always
In his hand. There was a cool million in
gold and greenbacks in the ash-strewn
and still smoldering .basement in which
he had found a spot to stand.
SETTTE IJfCEIf DIABT SCXOB .
The theory that Astoria's $15,000,000
fire was deliberately set was revived
again today when a young business
man told of a young woman of ques
tionable reputation who told him this
story ; if
Early yesterday morning a lumber
jack entered her room. His face bore
a gloating expression and he whispered
to her: t
"I have set fire to the. old town. Tou
will see soon."
He turned and ran out 'and about 15
minutes later the weird shriek of the
fire alarm was heard.
Police; are seeking the - woman to
verify the story, They believe she
may have made the tale up out of
whole cloth. -
Rumors are passing from. Up to lip
that there are several missing persons
who may have . been lost by the fire.
The only known death so far directly
attributable to the conflagration was
that of Korria Staples, president of the
Bank of Commerce. He passed as he
was helping- to push a, car out of th
track of the flames. v
3 can t go any farther, bova.- he
said, and tell dead. -, - 5 -
-Now the rumors have ' it that: sev.
era! convivial parties were: being held
In disreputable . rooming booses and
that some of the participants were too
Intoxicated to get oat. One man says
that an acquaintance of a friend of his
has not shown up sines the fire, and
so on. But -these rumors cannot be
traced to their source.
AGEST BEPOBT8 RECORDS ' V
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When the Astoria 'conflafratinn ho.
gaa Friday morning Alfred Schaller,
resident-manager of "Whitfield, Whit
comb Sc Co. in Astoria, rushed to his
office' In the O'Brien-Oshurn building
and carried In his arms records equiva
lent, in volume to the contents of two
four-drawer filing . cabinets half way
up the bill to his home. v " ; ' '".
At the time when Astoria merchants
were lamenting the - loss of . personal
records essential to the adjustment of
their, insurance claims, Schaller came
forward showing that b had the com
plete records of a majority of the lead
ing Astoria business firms.. These rec
ords were offered by WhitOeW. Whit
comb 4b" Co, to the Astoria- merchants
today' for any use that would help them
adjust their losses, making it possible
for them i to , cover, hundreds -of ;thou
sands of dollars, perhaps millions,, thai
would otherwise have been in. dispute.
Seattle- Offers Aid
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Ttf Astoria People
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President Frank ;Waterhouse i of the
local Chamber of 1 Commerce ' has senf
a radio to the mayor of Astoria prof
fering any; aid and succor- that inighf
be asked of - this oity. ;
The Red Cross society chapter-here
has also made of fer of assistance, provisions,-
food, and clothing if needed. . .
Three theatre. that .were burned in
Astoria were owned by John' Ham rich
of Seattle; the most important -of which
Is the Blue Mouse,- which' was ;Just
completed. , , He states that .they are
all fully covered by insurance.
Fire Loss Outside :
Of Portland Shows -Total
of $309,880
Salem, Dec Forty-nine ' fires - In
Oregon outside of Portland during No
vember resulted in losses aggregating
1309,880. according to the monthly sum
mary just issued by A. C. Barber, state
fire marshal. The heaviest fire loss
during the month was represented by
the destruction of the Elks Temple, at
Oregon City with a loss of $50,000.
Seven of the 49 fires were of Incen
diary origin, eight were caused by. de
fective stoves, pipes or flues, three re
sulted from the use of coal oil in start
ing fires. .Twelve of the 49 fires were
in farm, homes with losses aggregating
$37,600. . , . . ,
Episcopal Church
Committee to Aid
Fire-Swept City
The highest committee in th Fnfe-
copal church In Oregon, known 'as
tne board or church extension, was
today appointed by the Rt Rev. Wal
ter Taylor Sumner, bishop, as an of
ficial Astoria relief committee. The
bishop, who is out or the city, wired
these Instructions to Archdeacon Jay
Claud Black this moraine- from Rn-
gene. and instructed him to call a
meeting of the committee Monday.
John W. Lethaby, executive secretary
of the diocese, went - to Astoria. - last
ragnc , upon instructions from the
bishop, to confer with the Rev. F. C.
Taylor, rector there, relative to relief
measures for his parishioners. The
relief, committee will be expected to
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provide' anything Lethaby requests.
The bishop also Ordered the follow
ing I men added to the " relief com
mittee: 'The Rev. Thomas Jenkins, the
Very Rev. SU M. Ramsey, the Rev. W.
R. Evert on. the Rev. T. F. Bo wen.
L. A. Lewis. W, J. Bums, A. M. Ella
worth and C. V. Adams. . '
The a board of - church extension,
which today became .the relief com
mittee, consists of the bishop, arch
deason. R.. W. Hastings, William
WhitfielaV Dr.- and Mrs. Wilson John
ston. Mrs. W.s H. Hallam, J. W.
none, J3ean; Vincent. C N.. Huggins.
John .W.s Lethaby, the Rev. John D.
Rice, the Rev. J. J. Hattdn, s the Rev.
X W. . Taylor, an ; or: Portland ; the
Rev. F. G. Jennings, EMgene; the Rev,
P. t C. Taylor, Astoria ; , the Re v: W.
E. Cooper. Marshfield ; the Rv; W. B.
Hamilton, Medfbrd the kRev. .H,D.
Chambers, Salem ;v the 'Rev. E. ; Ti
Simpeon. Corvallis, and the Rev. A
Cleland, Oregon City.-, si
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MRS. ELIZABETH XIXGELB ACH --
Estacada, 'Or4" Dec Mrs.- Eliza
beth Lingelbach, 65. wife of V.- Lingel
bach. died at the ; state hospital at
Salem, Tuesday. -i. ,
v rt.' B. Cready.- manager of the Idaho
silver fox farm nar McCall. has re-!
celved two pairs of pedigreed and reg- j
istered silver foxes, valued at $2400,'
from Grand Maries, Wis.- . - .-i- v- -
Tomorrow's Happiness
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Tomorrow's happiness is of today's good 7
habits made. - , '
The happy habit of saving inspires, other
.'good habits.' It begets self-respect, self
reliance and beckons to independence. '
. Fortune seeks the saver." ' 7
The service of this bank will be an asset
to your grdwing, financial life.
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Start! an account in our Savings Depart- -. '
ment now. ' i
Consider well : A dollar saved 1 is - a dol
lar , reserved earning while you- earn.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits? '
overf17,000,000,
a guarantee fund for the protection
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Oneof the corridors ,
showing tombs ' ? in
the Crematorium's
mangificent mauso
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No: triafter: what the weather
Snow, .cold, rain or- biting wind never can make them
selves felt within the : protecting ' walls of the Vault
Entombment" Buildings on- the Crematorium's beautiful
grounds. ' No matter what the weather, one can commune
. with their sleeping ones always under shelter; always
safe from' thc'elements, and always warm. . s
Storm' proof and prqtected ; .
These magnificent buildings are built to withstand the
centuries: They are clean, secure and so arranged that
the 'living need never suffer from .the' elements when
they-.desire to visit the resting places of their dead. :
Learn about this reverent and incomparable way:
VAULT ENTOMBMENT
Aphone call will bring' you our new and beautiful .
' . . ' ''. booklet that explains it,- - . -
PEN DAILY TO VISITORS
of tland Gf ematorium
Phone
Oregon City Men,
On Astoria Jobs
v Feel Tire Losses
i, Oregon ' City,; Dec. .9. In common
with residents of probably every other
city of Oregon, a number of Oregon
City ; people - are; dhreetly "Interested in
the Astoria fire. Arnong those to suf
fer financially is Ray 1 Scott,, son of
ElW.1 Scott of this city, who was nlsht
manager of the Farr Drug company,
formerly owned by the late Hobs Far .
brother of Clarence Farr. ; Mrs. ; Rose
Far was in Oregon city -Thursday vis
iting with her sister-in-law. Mrs. C. A.
Stuart. - She left Thursday 'evening ' for
Portland preparatory to closing -a deal
for Xhe sale of the -drag store, .but this
morning was notified by wire that the
building Is an entire' loss. , .
Ed Eby, John Lowery and Al Funk,
local .wen, were - in Astoria, employed
in construction -work on the new hotel.
George ' Hislop, formerly connected
with Price Brothers; was. operating a
store, in Astoria, which is believed .to
be in the burned area. , - K 4
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