1& THE MOP.NING OEEGONIAK, TUESDAY, NOYEMBEE 24, 1903. eAMEKA eLUB OPENS ANNUAL EXHIBIT PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION FOR PRIZE CUPS AROUSES .KEEN INTEREST I rziz !-&$!!: flHP vfi nlaBliSl TSSfflBSBBBl 1 The Day Ib Done." won by C. J. Mollis. 2 Portrait. "Kie Oldham," by Mrs. W. G. MacRae. S "Magdalene Drying Sails." H.M. Smith. " Gwxi Hot Meal." Honry Berber, Jr.. winner of Judd Cup. S "When the Day Is Done," Marine Cup, won by Mr. O. M. Ash. 6 "In the Good Old Summer Time," by Mr. L N. Llpman. 7 "Portrait of Man Reading." Portraiture Cup, won by Mr. D. Ellery. S "Silence and Still "Waters," Excelsior Prize, won by MIbs Bertha Brey- maa. -ViwMcUvonoss." by C. H. Hoes. ' THAT the art of photography is ad vancing Is evidenced by the very ex cellent work displayed by the mem bers of the Oregon Camera Club in the ninth annual print exhibit which was opea to the public last night. The ad vance orr last year's work is notable, and the earnestness and energy with which each individual member has striven to produce the best possible specimen of 2Hs skill for this exhibit Is a good indica tion that the mission of the club to ad vance photography as an art is being ful filled. Six caps were offered for competi tion this year, reaching all branches of the photographic art. The Judd cup. donated by E. Y. Judd for the best general exhibit by any one mem ber, was awarded to Henry Berger, Jr. This collection, which consisted of four classes landscape, marine, portrait and animal life, reached a degree of excel lence not often attained by the amateur. His technique was particularly flrfe and the composition was also excellent This is the fifth year of the competition for the Judd cup, it having been won heretofore by E. Y. Judd, Harry G. Smith, Mrs. Charles B. Ladd and O. M. Ash. Miss Bertha Breyman, the winner of the Excelsior prize this year, becomes the owner of this cup, which is donated by Mrs. W. S. Ladd, a condition being that it must be won three times In succession be fore becoming the property of the com petitor. The best landscape containing clouds and water, excellence in technique, art and composition considered, were the requirements of this competition, and Miss Breyman submitted a beautiful piece of work. O. M. Ash has carried off the Marine cup, donated by Paul Wesslnger. His three beautiful carbons are receiving much favorable notice from the public and that the judges considered them the best ma rines exhibited Is evidenced by the award of the ciip to him. Mr. Ash has a hand some exhibit of eight prints, but only competed for this one cup. A carbon CONTRACTORS BLOCK STREETS it Popular Clamor Aroused Building Ordinance. City The Mocking of the streets by building contractors is arousing suoh attention that the ordinance regulating the construc tion of bandings and the consequent use of the streets may be changed to appease the popular clamor. At present contractors have the undis puted right to fill up half of the street in the front of the building under construc tion with their material. This Includes the use of the sidewalk. No matter how long the bvUding is in construction, the thor oughfare is taken up in the same way. Seattle people are Just now raising a mighty protest against the condition of their streets from this same cause. Port land is not suffering as much, but fully enough to have the present system changed, say pedestrians and property owntsrs who arc adversely affected. "What is wanted, so the troubled ones ay. Is an ordinance providing that after the first story of the building is erected all material must be kept inside the property line. This would lessen the nuisance as it exists at present. Such is the rule in Eastern cities, they declare, and they want it bore On Pine street between Fourth and Flf th is an example of blocking the street, perhaps to the benefit of the contractor, J certainly not to that of the public. xflower study, "Jonqullls," is particularly good in his collection. The Llpman cup, which is new this year, is donated by I. N. Llpman, the con ditions being "Best Illustration of Long fellow's 'Day Is Done.' " a J. Mellls was the successful competitor for this cup, the prizewinner being especially ap propriate In composition, and his execu tion most artistic. D. Ellery. the winner of the Portraiture cup, displays a beautiful Collection of por traits in bromides. This cup Is donated by Harry Smith for the best exhibit of portraits, to be competed for but once. Mr. Ellery's posing is most effective and his work deserving of special mention. Alfred Anderson's exhibit of a collection of Oregon scenic views won' the Beginner's cup, which is a new prize this year, do nated by J. P. Plagemann. Mr. Ander son's work Is in platinum and most care fully executed. There Is a great deal of work on exhibi tion this year that is not in the competi tion, and much outside the prizewinners that Is deserving of honorable mention. Miss Elizabeth Hutsby's collection is espe cially meritorious, as Is C. H. Hoeg's ex hibit of portraits. H. M. Smith, who was not in competition, has hung some pho tographic gems In this exhibit, and the work of Mrs. Charles E. Ladd In carbons Is unusually fine. Mrs. Ladd shows a master hand at cloud effects, and her flower studies aro also very fine. S. A. On the north side of this block the new six-story building of the Marshall-Wells Hardware Company is being erected. On the south side the ground Is being cleared for the new Welnhard structure, to be erected on the north half of the block now occupied by the big seven-story brick Welnhard building.' The contractors for the Marshall-Wells building, having availed themselves of the kind regulation giving them almost free and unlimited use of the street, have placed all their building material in the mud of what was once Pine street. They are allowed 30 feet all around the property on which they are building, which they have taken quite naturally. Thesidewalk Is of course impassable on this side. On the south side of Pine street, several trees have been felled across the sidewalk. Saturday the only way of navigating" Pine street was in the narrow lane left to the public by the contractors. At the corner of Fifth street a constructing shanty had been placed so far out that there was room but for one vehicle at a time to pass by. This was all the thoroughfare there was. In every part of the city there is trouble and Inconvenience on account of the blocking of thoroughfares. Property dwners also complain that contractors are exceedingly slow about removing building debris. "We can't help it," said City Engineer Elliott yesterday. "The contractors take out permits and by the ordinance they havo the right to use the streets as long as the structure is going up." Thrall, the president of the club, has con tributed to the general exhibit, and Miss Maud Ainsworth and Mrs. W. G. MacRae have done good work. An exhibit by Will H. Walker, not for competition, en titled "White Death" is an unusual sub ject and well handled. The white death is a fog that settled In certain parts of Montana, coming down suddenly, and Is Lso thick and white that people are often lost In It. The picture was taken as the fog approached. James Haran has in his collection a picture that was hung In the San Francisco exhibit In the Mark Hopkins Instiute. "Objects to Looking j jrcuai.iii. is uit: uiie ui mis prini, wnicn is an Indian study. Of the 164 prints hung this year there can be nothing said excepting praise, a. the work is all good and the progress made most extraordinary. The framing" this year Is tasteful in the extreme, bul very few pictures being hung with plain mounts. The awarding of the prizes was most Impartially conducted, the three judges se lected being one professional photog rapher, one amateur photographer and ona artist, none of them knowing to whom the pictures belonged. The judges were: Messrs. Charles Butterworth, C. B. Altchl son and Richard Max Meyer. There was a large attendance at the opening last night, and the exhibit will be open to the public each afternoon and evening of the present week. TAILOR WANTED A WIFE. And He Stood on a Corner Three Hours Waiting for Her. People passing the northwest corner of Third and Yamhill streets shortly after 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, saw a nervous-looking young man with a large, white chrysanthemum in his right hand. He was looking for a girl whom he hoped to marry, but she didn't arrive in time, and to all reports nevec will. The young man In question is a tailor, and he wears glasses? sports a sickly-looking mustache, ho dresses in baggy trousers and other garments, stands 6 feet 2 inches tall, and wejghs llff pounds. It was not possible to learn his name. For some time past, this gay Lothario wished to marry, but nono of his girl acquaintances smiled on him, and In his desperation he advertised In a paper connected with a matrimonial news agency, for a wife. His advertise ment read: PRETTY GIRL WANTED TO CORRE spond with bachelor; object, matrimony; never mind if you haven't any money; good looker Is wanted. Apply, etc. The address given was "Z. B. Y." at a well-known cigar store along Third street In an evil hour .he would-b swain told his hopes to a bartender of his acquain tance, and this bartender was enough of a humorist to grasp the situation. He skilfully Imitated the handwriting of a woman, and in nart wmti? t tpIoVi n marryt and would Uke a good, man. like j you. I don't want your photograph, but if you will please stand at the northwest corner of Third and Yamhill streets Sun day afternoon, at 2 P. M. I will pass by with my mother. Wave a white chrys anthemum in your right hand, so that I will know who you are. If I like you, I will pass the same corner, alone, at 5:20 P. M. and we can be married right away." The bartender mailed this letter to the address given, and at the appointed time he and several male friends were near the corner to see the fun. The victim was there with a flower in his right hand, almost as tall as himself. He smiled In the face of every girl who approached him, and many girls, accordingly, held their heads rather higher than usual. The jokers nearly killed themselves with sup pressed laughter. The bartender was en joying the affair from the friendly shelter of a neighboring window. All afternoon the victim waited, and when 5:20 o'clock came he was nearly frantic with excite ment. But no girl came to give him even a friendly greeting. Sadly he went to his desolate room, and It Is understood he is writing another advertisement. Before CAN' DEE AT HOME for Taking: the "Spokane Flyer,1 Eastern Washington Points. By the O. R. & N. time-card, persons desiring to take the Spokane Flyer for Spokane, Couer d'Alene and other East ern Washington points, can now dine at home (train leaves at 7:45 p. m.) before leaving. The "Portland-ChlcaPO Special" now leaves at 8:50 A, M. PAID $2 FOR NOTHING. Finlanders Say Local Employment Agency Deceived Them Badly. Two natives of Finland, who have not yet mastered enough English to order a square meal, declared to the police through the medium of an Interpreter yes terday morning that they are not very favorably impressed with some of the practices of this country. They are espe cially bitter against the manager of the Davis & Ikeman Employment Agency, who sent them to Hood River, a distance of 65 miles, to take jobs with a lumber company. Arriving at the lumber camp the trio learned that there have been no men wanted there for three months or more. Going to the scene of work they had buried themselves in the plush seats of a passenger car, and reckoned up the wealth that they could accumulate at the rate of $3 per day. Coming back It was different. In the first place neither had any money left and the distance was long and the air was cold. When they reached town yesterday morning they looked as if they might have spent the night adrift on an iceberg. Likewise they were hun gry, which was very Inopportune, consid ering that they were broke and had noth ing that a pawnbroker would want. Then, by the fortunate exercise of mem ory and logic, they recalled that they bad eiven tho employment agent ?2 apiece for their lumber jobs; they had not got the jobs and therefore they ought to have their money back. They went to the agent and demanded it, taking C. L. John son along as their Interpreter. They say the employment man merely looked sav age and pointed at the door. When they hesitated about leaving they declare he threatened to throw them out. Of all this the police were duly Informed and the officers referred the trio to the Prosecuting Attorney, who will look Into the case. ., Church Is Out of Debt. The Marshall - Street Presbyterian Church, corner Seventeenth and Marshall J streets, is out of debt. At the morning ' service Sunday G. C. Stephenson, treas urer, burned the last note of debt against the church. Last Spring the mortgage r against the parsonage was paid off and ! this Fall the floating indebtedness has all been paid. This church will hold a SDecIal Thank- i giving service In its auditorium Wednes day evening at 7:4o o'clock. The mem bers of the Clark M. E. Church will unite in the meeting. There will be special music ana snort aaaresses Dy Kev. H. T. i Atkinson, of the M. E. Church, and by ' Rev. C. W. Hays, of the Presbyterian I Church. All residents in the northwest ern part of the city are cordially invited to attend the service. rltlajrh at th tilaiMpr mil vrfVi?- .. .. lbT Ortzon Kldnaar Toa, TUEKEYS POR EMPLOYES. Several Firms Vill Make Thanksgiv ing Presents. Dealers have at last announced that the price of turkeys for Thanksgiving will ba 25 cents per pound, except some of the very choicest- It was not fully known till yesterday how full a supply there was to be. A great number were received Sun day, and more came in yesterday, so that now there Is not likely to be any scarcity. The turkeys are of better quality than usual, and were procured at more ex pense, and it was difficult for the dealers to decide to make the price less than 27 cents: but finally it was decided that tha price generally is to be 25 cents per pound, but for some fancy stock 27 cents will be charged. There are some very large ones on display. A few weighing from 35 to 40 pounds each. The largest single order for turkeys was placed over a week ago by T. B. Wilcox, who needs 450 to furnish one to each of the employes connected with the Portland Flouring Mills and the mill at Tacoma. Fleischner & Mayer have ordered 100 for presents to the men in their store, and Waterhouse & Lester will distribute about the same number among their employes. As the turkeys will average in cost $2 each, the turkey for Mr. Wilcox's Thanks giving dinner will cost about ?10QO. 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