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THE MORMXlGr OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1903, 7 :ITY NEWS IN BRIEF The Oregonlan'n Telephones. kountins Room Main CC7 lataglnc Editor Ia,n ny Editor . aiain iw 'r.rr.. rfnln CSS sBt ci- rm East Ul puperlntenflent BulVdlne V.V.V.V." ... Re1 2823 COLUMBIA. ountlns Boom - ?H ditorlal Room 1V5 omposlne Room iki Sngin Room AMUSEMEXTS. :ORDRAY'S THEATER This evening at 8:15. Owen Davls"a "A Gamblers uaui-:. IB BAKER TonlEht at 8:15. "For tair wi- Slnla." PxASHlioht Photography Scared the Inn A ilniv finil twn nhotouranhcrs creat ed a sensation on Second street near Ash itreet, on Saturday and blockaded travel hero lor a while. The pnoiograpncrj. rere ordinary peripatetic artists, wnu liad undertaken to mnke a picture or the )fflce of "William A. Mears. me cog high-toned animal with the muesi Kinu bf blood, the property ol Mr. .wears. ?ram his hrindlo color and the tact mat a oarc a.-rra nut short and his tail CUt long, and hte under jaw protruded like tho forecastle of a ateamooat, persons nut lerts in dogology would take him lor a sulldoe: but in reality he is a "Boston jerrler" of high pedigree, and as his owner lays, the handsomest canine m me cnj. 'Worth 5250 if he Is worth a cent. Jie iaa a habit of sleeping on tne top ot nis innter's roll-ton desk, where he nasKS in he admiring glances of Chat gentleman, imd at Irregular intervals in tne rays oi Hari Kimsi-'ne which .steal in. The pho tographers having been granted permis sion, arranged their apparatus in mo femall lobby near the entrance, and when ill was ready proceeded to taKe tne pno- ograph. They had not noticed faport, he dog, asleep on the top of tho desk a cw feet away, and when a flashlight was ouched oft the room was filled with the blinding glare of a vivid flash of lightning. Ef this had been accompanied by an ap propriate deafening peel of thunder. It could not have had any worse effect on Ihe dog, which was awakened with a start md with a howl of terror, jumped nearly to the celling and came down on the floor like a thousand of brick. The scared art ists, thinking they were to be eaten alive, ished for the door, and the scarea aog rushed through the railing after them. bach striving ae if for life to see whicn bould cet outside first. They all went out together, as if advance guards of a vol- fcanlc eruption, and went sprawling on tne street, completely blocking travel tor just long enough to collect their scattered ensea, when each lit out at top speed, in i different direction, ana oisappearea. j.e log returned several hours later, but Is shy about getting on top of the desk any lore. The photographers have not been been since, and if they are wise they will I'cut out" the view of Mr. Mears' office, for he Is wrathy about his beautiful dog laving been so terrorized and hla nervous system shattered. Can Woiik in Good Weather. The fa vorable weather of the first week of the tew year started up building operations rhlch had been sleeping, with a rush, and SUch work was rushed with vigor all last Iveek, till the shower Saturday afternoon Obliged workmen to lay aside their tools. fhey did this cheerfully, saying that they tad not lost a minute's time the week be fore, and it would be really wonderful if :hey were to work all through the first ;wo weeks of the year without losing a linute. The favorable weather also caus ed a renewal of work on many street and sewer Improvements. Even on Seventh ptreet some progress was made. The wear- !ng surface of the asphalt pavement was aid over almost the entire block between Baylor and Yamhill streets, and the build er course was extended some distance torth of Taylor street to the point where fuel for the Portland Hotel is unloaded. lother week of fine weather and the jlock In rear of the hotel will be com pleted. Manager Bowers, is bringing every j 0slble pressure to bear oh the Weather Jureau officials to secure this desidera tum. He Explored the Sewers. The East ern company who offers a large sum of loney to anyone who will crawl through two-foot sewer a thousand feet or so in Iength should send out here for a man vho is now In the Soldiers' Home. He pent by the name of "One-Eyed Patsy," ivhen employed by the city some years igo to crawl through two-foot sewers in st Davis and East Oak streets for a ilstance of over 5000 feet. This was be fore the Society for the Prevention of ;rue"lty to Animals had stopped "W. Bra- Ion from fastening a string to the tail of catfish, and maklnjr It draw the string through a sewer; but this scheme wjQjuJd lot do in .this case, as the object of ex ploring the sewers was to ascertain how lany branches, which the contractors had charged for, had been left out, and the ltflsh could not count. One-Eyed Patsy spent two days in the sewers, and found lat 29 branches had been left out. And so the contractors were not paid for them. Cars Run on Second Street. Resl- ients in the vicinity of Second and Grant streets were astonished yesterday morn ing to see cars running again on Second 3treet, and to learn that the service is to ie permanent. The cars which run to ..ower Alblna are to run up Second street lereafter. This week they will run back iown Third street from Grant, but next reek they will run regularly up and down second street every ten minutes. This fill relieve the cars on Third street, which luring parts of the day are very much ivercrowded, and will also be an accom odation to residents on Second street. fhe City & Suburban Railway Company will now have cars running regularly on rirst, becond and Third streets as far south as Grant Probably the new blan- cet franchise law has something to do nth this. Residents out in the vicinity of railing School will be glad when 'the cars an First street begin to run across the rirst street bridge over Marquam gulch. Can See Cathedrax, Now. The impos ing front of the cathedral of the Scottish lite Masons, which is rapidly approach ing completion, can be seen to much bet ter advantage since the elm trees which lined the curb in front have been. removed. Mr. Malcolm. who had these trees cut down, also arranged with the owner of the adjoining property, and iaa two large and lofty poplars, which ob structed the view of the cathedral from the northwest, removed. This has mater ially improved the appearance of the reet. There are a lot of fine large elms In front of the old Judge Strong property ia tne wnitenouse residence on the block sast of the cathedral, which are not likely to be removed for some time. They were siantca by Judge Strong many years ago, md have been kept in nroner shane bv hudiclous trimming and may still be con sidered ornamental to the street. Oratorio at First Conqreqationaju Phe First Congregational Church was :rowded to Its utmost capacity last nisrht. jn the occasion of the singing by the choir jf tne oratorio. "The Galilean." reneated 3y request. It was excellently sung, and men or tne success is due to the snlendid jrgan accompaniments furnished by tho lew organist, jvuss Leonora Fisher. The jlolsts were: Mrs. Rose . Bloch Bauer. soprano: airs. Max M. Shillock, alto: mren Pease, tenor; and W. A. Mont gomery, bass. Rev. Dr. House preached in excellent sermon. Sealt, Mason & Co.'s Salesroom was slightly damaged by smoke as the result jf Saturday night's fire, but all the dam- red goods have been removed, and re placed by fresh, new stock. There will be delay In filling orders. Both phones N'o. 184. There will be lots of rain yet: buy rood umbrella, or let us. recover your old jne like new: cheap. Meredith's, Wash Ington and Sixth. High School Alumni meeting tonight. o clock "sharp, nigh school build ing, installation oi omcers. .important Dusiness. Arion Concert January 20, Tuesday, Beatrice Barlow Dlerke with Paul Wes singer, Arion Chorus. Wonders op Wonders. "Liquid Air," it Multnomah Club. Wiss Extos.. dentists, The Faluns'. Ducks Know Ween Sundat Comes. The fall In the temperature and the show ery weather Saturday afternoon gave promise of better duck shooting than sportsmen have enjoyed of late, and many of them left for the hunting grounds along the Columbia during the afternoon in good spirits. Some, however, were dubious in regard to many ducks being killed, al though they were very numerous on all preserves where they are well fed. One old hand said shooting on Sunday was, ho believed, played out for this season. He knew that he could shoot 200 ducks if he wanted to by going down to his pre serve on Thursday, and all who could g"o out on a week day got plenty of ducks. When asked if he Imagined the duckis could distinguish between Sunday and a week day, he said that they certainly could. "Ducks," he continued, "have a lot more sense than they get credit for, and they would have but very little if after being hammered away at by dozens of sportsmen every Sunday for four or five months, they could not tell when Sundny comes. As soon bb they see men and dogs on every hunting ground, and decoys out in every lake, they know what Is up, and they get out in the middle of some big lake and stay there. Those who. can get oft on a week day.t say the ducks kcop coming in all the time, and they got lots of them. The result of yesterday's shoot ing will tell the tale." Plenty of Wild Plums in Oregon. A citizen and business man of Portland who Is native born and has reached j-ears of discretion, recently received from Ohio a jar of jam made of wild plums, the taste and llavor of which struck him as very fine and peculiar, and superior to any home-made jams or jellies. He at once wrote to Ohio, ordering a lot of the del icacy for his own use, and a lot of wild plum trees to be sent out here in time to be set out In the Spring. He was much surprised, and not a little ashamed, when a friend told him that there were eight or nine varieties of the wild plum found in Oregon, and that the Indians had gathered them and dried them and made jams and jellies of them in ancient days, and that if he would just send- out to Klamath Falls, ho could get all the wild plums and wild plum trees he wanted. Being a native Oregonian. he thought he should have known this. He will look Into the matter at once and thinks of starting a factory at Lake View next Summer to manufac ture jams and Jellies from wild plums. "And the wild plums grow In the Jungle only a penny a pound, baba; only a penny a pound." Annual School Meeting. The annual meeting of the school taxpayers of the district will be held in the assembly hall of the High School tonight, and the single question which it will have to consider will be the levy of a tax of 4i mills. The levy is proposed by the board of education, and the money to be derived from it Is to be expended in the main upon school build ings In dfffcrent sections of the city. Some Improvements are needed in South Port land, and an addition to the Clinton Kelly School Is wanted by the residents of Brooklyn. The same demands wefe made last year, but they were Ineffective ex cepting so far as portable school hous&j went, and they will be repeated this year. The usual request for an appropriation for kindergarten institutions, it is under stood, will not be presented tonight. None of the directors has heard of It, and they believe It has joined the list of teachers' applications for an increase of salaries. Out or Quarantine. The Boys' and Girls' Aid Society building, on the East Side, has been declared out of quarantine by tho Health Board, and visitors can be received as formerly. Seven cases of scar let fever In the building led to the quar antine. Superintendent Gardner was there fore unable to receive or place out chil dren, and there are now 40 on hand. He said last night: "We 'have several chil dren from S to 12 years old. and two 14 years old, whom we should like to place with people wishing to have them. All .we ask of people taking our wards is that "they give the children board and clothing in return for their services around the house. We have a number of smaller chil dren whom we can place in homes. We shall be glad to see visitors at our re ceiving rooms, East Twenty-ninth and Irving streets. Our telephone Is East 5." Transacted Little Business. As only six members of tho general committee on the Oregon Volunteer monument were present at the meeting Saturday none of the important business expected to be transacted was accomplished. Those who attended the session were: Colonel James Jackson. Dr. S. E. Joseph!. D. Soils Cohen, Rev. W. S. Gilbert, A. L. Flnley. repre senting the Woodmen of the World, and Adjutant-General C. U. Gantenbeln. The report of tho site committee, as to the location on the Plaza block, opposite tho Courthouse, was read but as it was signed by only two members out of the five, it was returned foe the signatures of the majority. The monument committee will meet again on January 23 in the office of General Gantenbeln. Veteran Soloist. William Wadhams, one of Portland's veteran tenor singers, and who was precentor and superintend ent of the First Presbyterian Church when it was located at Third and Washington streets, sang the well known hymn, "un der His Wings." as a solo yesterday aner noon at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday School adult classes. Mr. Wad hams' voice was as clear as ever, and his expression delightful. His many friends hope he will be spared many years yet to continue his singing. Confer Masonic Degree. Members of tho Scottish Rite held their sevenths semi annual reunion in this city on Friday and Saturday last, members being present from all parts of the state. Some routine business matters were disposed of, and the 22nd degree was conferred on a class of ES members. This is the last reunion which will be held In the old hall, as by the time the eighth reunion is held, the new cathedral on Morrison and Lowns dale streets will be occupied by the fra ternity. Civil Service Examination. The Unit ed States Civil Service Commission an nounces that on February 24. examina tions will be held in this city for the posi tions of architectural draftsman, deck of ficer In the Coast and Geodetic Survei and engineering draftsman. Persons de siring to compete should call on or ad dress Z. A. Leigh, Secretary Board of Ex aminers, Postofflce Building. Fireman Laid to Rest. The remains of William Foster, of Minneapolis, Minn., who died at St. Vincent's Hospital Jan. 14. were laid to rest at Lone Fir Cemetery yesterday from Dunning & Campion's un dertaking parlors, under the auspices of Chief Campbell, the firemen acting as pallbearers. Mr. Foster was formerly a fireman in Minneapolis. Sealt. Mason & Co.'s Salesroom was slightly damaged by smoke as the result of Saturday night s fire, but all the cam aged goods have been removed, and re placed by fresh, new stock. There will be no delay in filling orders. Both phones No. 1S4. Multnomah Club! Attention. Special Meeting of Members! Tomorrow. Tuesday, S P. M. Important! All Members Come! Dancing Inbtructor Here. A. E. Gil lard, recognized throughout the East as a talented instructor in the art of select ballroom dancing. Is in the city. Liquid Air Demonstration at Mult nomah Club. Matinee and evening, Jan uary 24. Only 50c, including reserved seats. General admission, 23c Mechanics. Attention! Don't fail to see "Liquid Air" at Multnomah Club. Knowledge of its powers will be of great assistance to you. Dr. R. J. Caunet, D. V. S., veterinary surgeon, 10S N. Sixth street. Or. phone, South SSG1; Columbia phone, K 712. Beatrice Barlow Dierke at Arion Hall Tuesday, January 20. Only appearance this season. WHERE TO DINE. Substantial steaks, fine coffee, elegant desserts, Portland Restaurant, 303 Wash, High-Grade PIbhob for Rest. Sold on easy installments. Pianos tuned end repaired. H. Sinshelmer. 72 Third st. AT THE THEATERS "For Fair Vlrclnln." Edward Esmond. William Lamp Julian Esmond Dot Bernard Stephen Dunbar George Alison John Lacghlln v .William Bernard Frank "Weslyn Howard Russell Colonel Lester .'...Robert SIddle Calonel ShattucJc Thomas Delaney Uncle Zeb Bennett Southard Sergeant Mclntyre Fred Mower Sentry William H. Dills Virginia Esmend....Cathrlne Countlss Nell Esmond Elsie Esmond Merry plantation songs of the sunny South, sung by male voices, the pleas ant, soft speech peculiar to Dixie land, stirring war scenes by the boys of the blue and grny, formed some of the at tractions in an excellent presentation of "For Fair Virginia."' played by tho Nelll Stock Company, at Baker's Theater yes terday afternoon and evening. Every scat was occupied, and there were sev eral curtain recalls. The etory told In this war play Is built along peculiar and patriotic lines, re calling the days from 'CI to '03, and the blood-drenched scenes of the struggle be tween the North and the South. Friends of both sides are represented in the play, and the presentation is a highly credit able one. The motif opens at Souther land, Va., where the Esmond family Is torn asunder by factions, one side fa voring the North- and the other tho South. Edward Esmond, played by Wil liam Lamp, electp to Join the Yankees, although he is a Southerner, and his wife, played by Cathrlne Countlss, is prostrated. She is left behind with her son and her sister, Nell Esmond, a part charmingly played by Elsie Esmond, who for once appears under a stage name similar to her own. A pretty love scene takes place between Nell Esmond and Stephen Dunbar, played by George All son, and he, too, goes ' oft to war. An old lover of Mm Esmond, General John Loughlln, William Bernard, appears on the scene, and around a hopeless pusslon he has for Mrs. Esmond most of the story centers. Military movements of vast Importance to the South are de layed by this lover General, who cannot leave the object of his mad Infatuation. Nell Esmond rides on horseback with an important military secret to her brother. Colonel Esmond, and although she Is wounded, Esmond arrives In time with his troops to save his wife. Loughlln meets a soldier's death. Mr. Bernard's skillful portraiture was the . strongest and most subtle on the stage. He was the very pplrit of war. love and hate. Cathrlne Countlss never played better, because her mature style found scope In a part eminently suited to her. as a wife and mother, surrounded by domestic graces. Mr. Alison made a manly Colonel Dunbar, and materially aided in the success of the presentation. Elsie Esmond was sweet and womanly as a soldier's sweetheart, and she and Dot Bernard made an Interesting pair. 'For Fair Virginia" will be the attrac tion at Baker's Theater this week. NOW THEATER BOW BOBS UP I Lover of the Drama Protest AsnluHt Toivcrlnp: Head Decoration. PORTLAND, Jan. 17. (To the Editor.) I hope you will give this protest space. The theater bow Is just appearing above i ,v, i, a m,;f , irt,i T., Its Infancy,' or it will become as great i a nuisance as the big hat, and will re- quire another Mr. Mead and another law I to get rid of It. So long as women adorn i their hair with a perfectly flat bow no harm is done. But when they embellish themselves with two huge loops and three stand-up ends, another woe is added to the martyrdom of the genuine lovers of the drama. The wearers of these ribbon bows no sooner settle tnemseives in tneir seats than they proceed carefully to stand each loop and end upon end, until persons In the seats back of them can see nothing. Twice lately I have seen ladies requested to smooth down their offensive riDDon structure by those sitting behind. One nice little lady, rather shorter than the one in front sat behind one of these bows recently, and dodged back and forth In an ineffectual effort to see the stage, until finally she sank back in her seat and had to be satisfied with hearing only. Strance that women in their desire for decoration are so heedless of others. With late arrivals the noisy gallop of ushers down the aisles, the persistent talkers behind one's back, the insane rush to put on hats and coats In tho middle of the last act, the earnest lover of the drama has enough to suffer without the addition of this offensive ribbon bow and ends. Elderly ladles placidly keep on their bon nets when those same bonnets have pon pons or feathers that stick up enough to obstruct tho view and are really as of fensive as a big hat. Manaecra havinsr done a good work In securing the removal of hats; now they should reaucst the removal of bonnets also, and if the bow becomes a fashion request their removaL BEARDLESS PRISONERS. Youthful Soldier on Their Way to Alcatrnx Island. Ten military prisoners were brought over irom Vancouver yesieiuujf shipped under an escort to the military prison at Alcatraz Island, booked lor terms ranging irom a icw monms io twu years. Captain tiawtnorne was in cuurge of iho prisoners and he was accompanied by seven men under Sergeant Wolff. Tho men destined for tne loneiy lsiana in San Francisco harbor looked scarcely more than boys and there were no real criminals among them, all being sen tenced as deserters or for minor offenses. One burly negro, who towered over the beardless soldiers, waB handcuffed to a young man whose vote would have been questioned by any election Judge. They were brought over from tho barracks late In the afternoon and left on the Southern Pacific train In the evening. Meanwhile they wer6 kept under guard in a small smoking-room which did not open Into the mqln waiting-room, and few of the travelers that crowded the depot knew of their presence, or thought of them as prisoners. When the trajn was called tho order was given to march out two by two, and the prisoners pulled their blanket-rolls and capes over their manacled hands In such a way that few who saw them Imagined that they were anything more than ordinary soldiers being trans ferred from one post to another. They were marched to a side gate and made as comfortable as possible considering tho handcuffs. In the smoking-room they had enjoyed their customary cigarettes and the prospect of the sentences seemed to bother them very little. "Well, when those boys are through their terms they will know better than to monkey with Uncle Sam's regulations," said one of the few men who noticed that the couples in the front of the little squad wore bracelets. Sale tor Devil's Auction. The advance sale of seats for Charles H. Yale's "Everlasting Devil's Auction," which comes to the Marquam Grand The ater next Friday and Saturday nights, with a popular matinee Saturday, will open next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Prominent Rancher Fatally Stabbed. LIVINGSTON, Mont., Jan. 18. George Johnston, one of the best-known ranch ers in the Shields River country, was fa tally stabbed by C. F. Jones; a young man, during a quarrel in a saloon last night. Jones ran a six-inch blade of a hunting knife through Johnson's lung. "A Gambler' DnuRhter." Horace Merrick J. J. Hyland James Stetson.... Charles W. Goodrich George Hart Walter Stanhope Charlie Collins James Norval Silas Stone F. K. Wallace Bobble Allan Foster Miles Gerrlsh Walter Pitkin Fred Jamison Andrew Quirk Captain Wllkea Louis Opsteln Bill Malone F. K. Wallace Mrs. Mayburn Camilla Cm me Gladys Boyd Elsie Fnwee Maggie Marie Laurence Kate Merrick Lillian Hayward Owen Davis "A Gambler's Daughter." under the management of R. L. Crevey, was the attraction at Cordray's Theater yestordny afternoon and evening, and drew large audiences at each perform ance. It is a melodrama of the sensa tional type, and deals with the stock ex change and a coup in a game of faro, where the stake is 570,000, a daughter win ning the money at a single turn from her father, who is unaware of her identity. The situations are strong and exciting, and the interest is kept up until the cur tain falls in the last act, where the one solitary shot in the play is fired. The best scene is the reception room and gam bling hall of Horace Merrick, member of the Board of Trade in Chicago, and a secret gambler. The stage setting in this scene Is In green and is an artistic and pretty bit of stagecraft. The specialty work is good and several of the songs were encored. The first scene takes place in Horace Merrick's library, where Merrick sur prises George Hart, his clerk, as he de clares his love for beautiful Kate Mer rick, the daughter of the host Thcro is a stormy scene, in which Merrick tells Hart that he will never consent to the marriage, and Hart tells his employer that he does not trust him as a business man. The villain in the play, James Stetson, asks Merrick for Kate'3 hand In marriage, and between them they plan a scheme by which false entries are made In Hart's ledgers, and he Is arrested for embezzlement, but Is released on ball. Kate tells her father that. In revenge, she will not rest until she accomplishes his financial ruin. She turns her private fortune Into money, and not only beats her father in an exciting stock exchange transaction in October wheat, but in dis guise ehe visits his gambling house and beats him at faro, quitting a heavy win ner. With the $70,000 she is inveigled to a desolate warehouse near the river, where she is told her father Is ill, and in a des perate fight she Is rescued by Hart, and Stetson Is shot. Lillian Hayward, as Kate; J. J. Hyland, as Horace Merrick, and Elsie Frazee, as Gladys Boyd, gave clever representations of their parts. C. W. Goodrich, as James Stetson, acted ad mirably as the villain and succeeded so well that he was hissed by the audience. Marie Lawrence sang several songs, where she excelled In colorature work. The play will be the attraction at Cord ray's this week. ROA DBUILDERS TO MEET An International Conference o Be Held Next Month In Detroit. An international conference upon the HWf nr mna win h hold in enn- ... ,,. , iVl nection with the annual meeting of tho American Roadmakers, called by the president. State Senator Horatio S. Earlc, of Detroit, to meet in that city on Febru- nnf1 TfAnrPRontntive from srv- eral Mexican states, the provinces of Canada, and every state In the Union will be present. The general topics for discussion will be, first, tho proposed plan for Inter capital connectinfe Improved highways In the United States, Canada and Mexico, to be constructed and maintained by the co operation of the Federal, state, county and township governments; and, second, the bill which Is now before Congress, in troduced by Mr. Brownlow, of Tennessee, providing for the creation of a bureau in tho Department of Agriculture, Involving an appropriation of ?20,000.000 for tho pur pose of co-operating with the various states, counties and townships through out the Union in the construction and maintenance of public highways. In view of the great Importance and magnitude of the subject, it has been thought advisable by the executive com mittee of the American Roadmakers to assemble an international conference of public officials and prominent good roads advc'catcs. To this end President Roose velt, who has expressed hearty sympathy for this needed reform, has been Invited to be the guest of the Roadmakers on that occasion, and to deliver the principal ad dress. The members of both houses of Congress, tho Governors of all the states and? territories and Canadian and Mexican officials have been invited to be present. Governor Bliss and both houses of tho Michigan State Legislature have already accepted tho Invitations to be present on that occasion, and a special train will be run from Lansing to Detroit to permit of their attendance and participation in this important conference. Besides the various state and county good roads organizations, of which there are a largo number at work throughout the country, automobile club associations, and similar organizations will be invited to send delegates to this conference. The New York & Chicago Road Association, the Connecticut Valley Highway Associa tion, the Automobile Club of America, have already signified their intention of being represented. PERSONAL MENTION. W. Riley, a mining man from Juneau, Alaska, is at the St. Charles. William Parker, a prominent merchant of Sllverton, Is visiting at the Perkins A. J. Ahola, a well-known business man of Goldondale, is registered at tne er kins. James Cooper, a banker of Indepen dence, is at the Imperial on a business trip. Collector of Customs W. L. Robb and Mrs. Robb. of Astoria, are at the Im perial Hotel. Mrs. Garrison Gerst has returned to her home In tho'Hotel Portland, after a visit to California. Judge J H. Raley, of Pendleton, la one of the legal lights now sojourning at the Imperial, Hon. J. C. Cooper, of McMlnnvllle, a di rector of the Lewis and uiaric centennial. Is at the Perkins. Phllln J. Brady, a well-known business man of Seattle, was In town yesterday. and registered at the Portland J. Prager, a member of the company ownlnir the Red Front clothing store. has returned from a trip to San Francis co, and Is at the Portland- Max Waterman and family, of Deer Lodge, Mont., are spending a few days at the Imperial. Mr. waterman is well-known cattle and sheep rancher. W. D. B. Dodson, formerly a member of the Oregonian staff, and now editor ot the Blue Mountain American, of Sumpter, is In the city on a visit to friends and ac quaintances and will remain a day or two W. A. Ayers, a stockman, of Dallas, is at the St. Charles. Mr. Ayers reports a very successful meeting of Angora goat breeders at Dallas last week, and say3 the very best Angora blood In the United States was represented there. David Brown, one of the members of tho Hazelwood Dairy Company, which, owns creameries In Sioux City, Spokane and Portland, came down from Spokane the other day to Inspect the local place of business. Mr. Brown said that he found business In the West flourishing, and he THE WHITE SALE WHITE. The White sale Is now on at tho White Sew lng Machine Store. Come and see us, and we will make you happy. We begin the new year with 300 new White machines on the floor. Wo have tbe largest and finest store In the North west. 3000 homes were made happy from our store during the year Just closed. We wish to make It 4000 this year. Phone us South 2401, or write us for catalogue and price. BARTLETT & PALMER, Corner Sixth and Alder Streets predicted a great future for the creamery business In Portland. 'NEW YORK. Jan. IS. (Special.) Northwestern people registered at New lork hotels today as follows: From Portland F. T. Merrill, at the Imperial. From Spokane W. Graves at the Grand; H. H. Herbert nnd wife at the Imperial: M. Oppenhelmer and wife, E. E. Gordon at the Herald Square; E. B Simmons at the Ashland. Seattle J. H. McGraw at the Imperial; G. Havers at the Belvidere; A. G. Bu chanan at the Albert. SAVE THE GOLDEN EGG. Protection of Salmon Urjrcd Upon the Lcsrlnlators by One Who Knows. PORTLAND, Jan. 14. (To the Edi tor.) I notice that Fish Commissioner Van Dusen Is very earnest In his views as regards Increased artificial pro pagation of salmon and his new plan of an open season that knows no close. While there is in the minds of those who have followed the history of the salmon industry in this country no further doubt as to the benefits derived and to be de rived from artificial propagation, I must confess that I was not a little surprised to learn that our Fish Commissioner or pro tector desired to abolish all close sea sons to allow those who would to take fish whenever they could catch them. Mr. Van Dusen says In a late Interview: "We need more hatcheries and for moro hatcheries we need more money." Doubt less we can all agree with our worthy Commissioner on this point, but the writer would ask where, in the name of all that Is reasonable, are we to get the eggs from which to hatch more fry if all the fish are taken by those who fish for gain. The writer ha3 watched the salmon in dustry pretty closely for some years, and thinks he is safe in making the state ment that if indiscriminate fishing is al lowed at any and all seasons, but few salmon, especially of the royal Chinook variety, will escape the vast array of gear. When one considers the many hun dreds If not thousands of long and deep gillnets. the great number of huge seines reaching half across the river, the mul titude of traps waiting for the unwary fish. It Is hard to conpelve how any ap preciable number will ever reach the Cas cades and The Dalles there to run the gauntlet of tho wheels. The writer had hoped that the Legisla ture would see fit to shorter the open fish ing season rather than prolong it. Open ing as it now does on April 15, at a time when tho weather Is often very severe and fish scarce, the men find it difficult and dangerous work, and they get so few fish that it hardly pays them. The small catch at this season Is of little if any profit to the canners, as there Is not enough of It to warrant their keeping a large crew of cannery workers on hand. Were the season to open about the middle of May and extend until, say. the last day of August, it seems as if no one would be Injured and that the Industry would be benefited. For several years it appeared as If the reign of the chlnook salmon was drawing to a close. Now It looks other wise, but Just because we have had two good years; because we are unquestion ably reaping good results from artificial propagation let us not "fly into the air." casting away all precautions, and giving ourselves up to the Idea that our fish need no protection whatever. The writer has extensive acquaintance with fishermen and fishing methods, and will hazard the prediction that with no protection there will be no spawn fish The Clackamas River is the original and natural spawning bed of the chlnook salmon, but so persistent have been the efforts of certain fishermen in and about Oregon City to catch "the fish that lays the golden egg that this stream has neon nearly ruined as a point from which to take spawn for the propagating trougns It has been found very difficult to protect this stream and io punish those caught with fish In their possession while on the stream. Such guilty parties would make the claim that the fish were taken at the mouth of the river In the Willamette, and It has been found difficult to secure con vlctions. Again ltls enough to make the heart of one who wishes for the welfare of this great Industry bleed to see on the first dav of the open season and on every aay for a week or more later thousands and thousands of the finest "earliest run" chlnook salmon fairly "dipped" from the waters of the Willamette at the very foot of the falls. These are salmon that have persistently fought their way up from the ocean, through the strong Spring freshets the very earliest run of all, the verv fish that every packer will tell you should be propagated. And here they are fairly butchered like rabbits at the end of a drive, at a point wncre tney can ascend the river no farther. Let us not forget the fate of the buffalo and pas plceon. while It is yet not too late The writer believes in closing both the oinrlcamas and the Willamette at an sea sons, and trusts that the present Legisla ture will see nt so to act. xne saimon Industry has brought many, many mil lions of dollars into this state and pur itir ?tate. millions that are pretty equally divided between the humblest gill- netter and the more opuient pacKer, ana it is something that every good citizen shmiiil have at heart. With Mr. Van Dusen. the writer loudly declares for more hatcheries and for more mnnnv for this purpose, for, as Mr. beu fert aptly wrote some days ago, this state with its great fishing industry fails n PTnpnd anvthlmr like as much money for propagation as do some states that lack the rivers and streams out ot wmcn to build and preserve something similar. They must be content to propagate h.ip.i. shad, nerch. croppies, carp, etc. But let us not lose sight of the fact that we must have egg3 for tne propa entlnir stations and that fish must be pro tppted. or we will not get these. We should not content ourselves with annual- K- llheratine 20.000.000 fry: we should re lease 100.000.000, or better yet 200.000.000. The subject contains no problem. We hnvo the streams: we can get the fish If we will: every packer, seiner, gillnetter and other person benented is wining ana nn-rious to share In the expense, and the 6tate, as a party greatly benefited, should contribute liberally. THOS. G. FARRELL. GnesM They're All Mentioned. Roseburg Review. The sudden death of Congressman Thom as H. Tongue has already developed an army of candidates to fill the vacancy. Among those prominently mentioned by their friends are: Hon. Elnger Hermann, of Roseburg; Governor T. T. Geer, of Sa lem; Senator Brownell, of Oregon City; Electric Lamps Reduce Portland Hon. Til Ford and Hon Claude Gatch. of R.ilem: Hon. E. V. Carter, of Ashiana; .Turttrn W. T. Benson, of Klamath Falls; Judge Fullcrton and Judge Sehlbrede. ot Rpseburg. besides a host of others, it is now thought a special election win oe held in March to till the vacancy. FEDERATION OF CATHOLICS Work Approved by the Prominent Church Dignitaries. CINCINNATI. Jan. IS. The execuUve board of the American Federation of Catholic Societies was in session here to day. Among those present were repre sentatives of the Catholic Knights of America, Catholic Order of Foresters, Trlnh Catholic Benevolent Union, the Louisville Federation, the German Cen- triti Vereln. the Catholic Order of For esters of Vermont and the Catholic In dian Bureau. Secretary Mattie reported that the work of the .Federation had been ap proved by Cardinal Martlnelli. former pupil delegate; ATchbishop D. Falconlo, papal delegate; Cardinal J. Gibbons, Bal timore: Archbishops Elder. Cincinnati: Ryan. Philadelphia; Katzer. Milwaukee; Bourgade, Santa Fe. and Williams, uo.- ton, and 30 bishops, among them the ioi lowlrfg; Glorleux. Boise City. Idaho: Matz, Denver; Montgomery, Los An geles; Forest, San 'Antonio; T. Gyace, Sacramento, and Bondel, Helena, Aiont. Socretnrv Mattie reported State .Fenera tions In Ohio, New Jersey. Indiana and "MnssnphiiRetts. and County Federations in California, Colorado, Texas, Montana, Oregon and 2o other states, as wen as Porto Rico. Reports were heard from or ganizations in 30 states and letters were read Indicating many accessions. Among the letters was one from the Augustine Fathers of the Philippines. Dr. Gans, ex nintnlntr hA work amonir the Indians. Tead a letter from the Department ofithe Interior, and stated tnat a unitorm sys tem now prevailed In all governmental Indian schools. Following this address. tho Tnrilnn Societies were admittel Into the Federation and accorded two dele gates' to the National convention at At lantic City next July. 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