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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 12, 1U06. 11 FLAYED BY MAYOR Tactics .of Rival Companies Disgust Members of Executive Board. MAY WITHHOLD CONTRACTS Charges Millie That nids Submitted for Street Improvements Are Not In Good I'aitli nnd Man agers Are Grilled. Thornnshly di.cus;ed by the manner in which street Improvements are hampered by the bickerings of rival construction companies. Mayor Lane threatened yes terday to take stops to shut all such' firms out from gettinp street contracts, and thereby drive thein from the city. The improvement of Portland is bo'nff frreatly retarded, lie asserted, by the poli. cies which the competing pavement com panies are following, and. unless their tactics he changed, lie proposes to see that the changes made In the city streets hereafter be of such a character that the warring companies will not be in a posi tion to hid on them. The Mayor's remarks were uttered be fore tiie street committee of the Executive Hoard, nrnl were not spoken in jest, but a a determined ultimatum. They marked what is perhaps tiie climax of the long fiEht between the Warren Construction Company and the Barber Asphalt Com pany, whose history Is familiar to nearly every one In Portland. The committee, had Just been considering bids which roil, vlncctl them that one of these companies was trying to dlay two street improve ments by entering fictitious bids, and the members of the committee, as well as Mayor I.ane, expressed great indignation. .Major Up in Arms. "I have no confidence in tills bid." as serted tho Mayor, referring to a projfcisal for street work entered under the name of r. (i. Solon. "The way these paving onipanies have- been doing amounts al most to a bunco game. The only thing to do Is to lrivn ihcm all out of Portland the Warren Construction Company, the Parher Asphalt Company and P. O. Solon, too. "The history of street paving companies leaves its trail of corruption in all the large cities of the country, and we can not afford to he bothered with them here. 3-et them go to some other cjty to thrash out their wars and wash their dirty linen. Let them go to Seattle. "I give warning right now that I shall rot stand for any more of this fooling. I'll go before tiie Council and urge that hofty to rest ind our paving ordinances and make others which shall shut these com. panics out. I have leen thinking of this for a long time, and I am about ready to conclude that it would be better to adopt tlif hard gravel pavements, like they have In tiie-Kuropean cities, than to submit to the jundci hand methods of these compa Vji"." The censure of the paving companies occurred while the committee was consld. o;ing bids on the improvement of Oak si ri ot, between Second and Third, and Sixth street, between Morrison and Yam hill. The speculations provided for a bi tuminous macadam improvement, and bids for both streets were entered by the Harher Asphalt Company and by a mys terious person, known as P. O. Solon. It was toward the latter bidder that t lie suspicions of the committee were directed, as the bid was surrounded by suspicious ( Irrumstdiicra, and it was openly Inti mated that it was made In collusion with the Warren Construction Company. The Solon bids were lower In both instances than those of their competitor, and the committee suspected that they were made for the purpose of holding the Improve ment up ami throwing discredit upon it, to the benefit of bitullthic pavement, the kind made by the Warren Construction Company. I- O. Solon a Fiction? The bids -were first opened four weeks ago. but action upon them was postponed iiordcr to Investigate further and to as in tain if any such person as P. O. Solon really exists. The signature of P. O. Solon on his bids did not correspond with the signature on the power of attorney which he bad given J. X. Perry, and many other circumstances caused the Urard to look askance at his bids. The investigation conducted by the com mittee did not increase the confidence in til" Solon bid. Mr. Sabin told tho other members that he had written to business pi I'll In San Francisco, where Mr. Solon is said to reside, and had been unable to fnd any trace of him. Even the notary puhlic who signed the power of attorney replied that be knew nothing of Mr. Solon except that seme one who gave t.iat as his name had come to him for the preparation of the document. Neither Mr. Terry, who appeared previously as attorney for Mr. Solon, nor T. J. Cleeton, who represented him yesterday, had ever scon him. and the latter admitted. In re. ply to a .question of Mayor Iaiie. that he hnd no knowledge that his client was not presenting a collusive bid. "We have given this man Solon plenty of tint" to make himself known to us." said Mr. Sabin. "Ho has not done so, and the city has no knowledge of his re sponsibility. The charter gives us the right to reject any bid, and I think we are warranted in exercising this right now." Vprn motion of Mr. Sabin. both Solon bids were recommended to be rejected, and those of the Barber Asphalt Company were recommended to he accepted. In t tuning down a lower bid for a higher one. the committee was setting a new ;( edent. and made a written record of the grounds of its action. The Oak-street ' id of the Barber Asphalt Company was !:,.:.. and that of P. o. Solon was $i;?.I.a. Co Sixth street, the Barber people bid t--.S. and Solon bid $1587.24. Another Mysterious BUI. Another mysterious bidder was encoun tered when the committee took up the proposed bituminous macadam Improve ment of Third street from Main to Hall, (in this tho Barber Asphalt Company bid J27.67S. and the Lister Construction Com pany bid J'i415. In addition to its certi fied check, the Barber Company agreed to put up a bond that the city should not lose through injunction suits which might be brought against the work. No action was taken, as it was desired to Inquire Into the Lister Company, which Is said to be a Tacoma firm. In it the committee fears a repetition of the Solon bid. and decided to notify the company that it will be required to put up an in demnity bond If it secures the contract. The committee will also write to Olympia for a copy of its Incorporation papers, and will take every precaution before awarding tho contract. The following bids onStreet improve ments were recommended accepted: Second street. Madison to Montgomery, Werrcn Construction Company, flS.utU; ciolng street, Williams to Vancouver ave nue, Bcehlll Bros.. J.TPS; X'nion avenue. Clay to Mill. S-li.il: East Oak street. Union to tast Sixth. Pacific Bridge Company, JIVMH: Past Eighth, Kast Caruthers to KdKt Mill. Concrete Construction Com pany, $118.1; Grand avenue, Kast Clay to Kast Market, Concrete Construction Com pany, $13t; Knott street, I'nion to Alblna, PAVING FIRMS AR Harry Haward, $2.W: Hancock street. Kast Eighth to Kast Seventeenth. Bechill Bros, and Harry Haward. $11,618; Manhat tan street. Union to Kast Ninth. George Bauer, $iV2: East Oak street. East Water to East Second. Harry Haward, J11.1S6. BUILDING PLANS DELAYED Foreign Capital Is Wary of Coast In vestments Since Earthquake. No immediate steps will be taken to ward the erection of the 13-story build ing which is contemplated for Sixth and Stark streets by Russell & Blyth. ac cording to Percy H. Blyth. who has re turned from a trip to Scotland and Kng land. One of the purposes of Mr. Blyth's trip was to arrange the financial back ing for their project, but a temporary postponement has been necessitated. "The San Francisco disaster is direct ly responsible for the postponement of our building plans," said Mr. F-lyth last night. "The losses of tile insurance com panies were so great that they are not now In a position to make large loans and are especially cautious in regard to the Pacific Coast. We have not, how ever, abandoned our building project, and do not Intend to do so. If the earth quake had not occurred, we would doubt less now be In a josition to go ahead with our project, and we shall surely do so when the normal condition of the money market is fully restored.'' Mr. Plyth spent much of his time abroad fishing and automobiliug in Scot land; and Mrs. Blyth made a t-lp to Ger many. Mr. Blyth thinks that it opens the eyes of a Portlamlor to the advan tages of his own city to take a trip abroad and believes that more of them ought to do so. "The only unpleasant part of our jour ney was the time spent on the O. R. & N.. from Green River, Wyo.. to Port land," he said. "At that place the Port land passengers leave the California train and the service Is much worse the rest of the way. It is evident that there Is a discrimination shown in the character of accommodations on the Portland-bound train. They are much Inferior to those on the California train and I think a pro test should be made." FORMER OFFICER ARRESTED Woman Charges George Davis Willi Larceny of Diamonds. George I-cwis. who served as a Deputy Sheriff .under Tom Word, was arrested late yesterday afternoon upon complaint of Mrs. Maria Newbirg, who charges him with assault and battery. She claims she gave him some diamonds to keep for her some time ago. as she had pawned them and was unable to meet the interest. He refused to restore them, she claims, when she offered to redeem them, and In a fight that ensued In her apartments, 430 Stark street, yesterday afternoon, she' al leges that he knocked her down and then fled. She swore to a complaint against the former officer, who was arrested later and will be arraigned before Municipal Judge Cameron this morning. Contractor Keports Hold-Up. John Turnbull. a contractor living at 9S4 Thurman street, reported to Captain Slover last night that he was held up at 7 o'clock on King's Heights by a lone highwayman with a gun and robbed of a small amount of change. The hold-up was reported .more than two hours after it took place, and Turnbull could not describe the man or even say whether the footpad wore a mask or not. Turn bull did not know how much money the robber took, and Captain glover treated the affair with skepticism. He ordered the patrolman In that neighborhood to make an Investigation, however, and find out whether Turnbull was actually held up or not. Body Has Large Membership. The Portland Chamber of Commerce has reached an enrollment of S00 mem bers and Is now what Is believed to be the largest strictly commercial organiza tion west of Chicago, with the exception of Los Angeles. Several months ago a vigorous campaign was inaugurated to Increase the membership and 800 was placed as a high-water mark to be reached by the first of the year. Secre tary Giltner Is now after 1C0O members which number he expects to have down on the books of the organization before many more months have passed. SOCIAL HAPPENINGS ON Colonel Keifer Here Character Act Mr. COLONEL. EL KBIFBR, a prominent Seattle captain of vagrancy, regis tered at the Cameron yesterday, and will remain for a couple of months. Colo nel Keifer has done less, perhaps, for the furtherance ' of nothing than any other two men in tiie Pacific Northwest during tiie past 13 years. His entire time is de voted to this work, and frequently he does not even leave off the important duties attached thereto for a sufficient period wherein to take nourishment. Colonel Keifer won his military title dur ing the recent war with the trusts. He fought valiantly for the preservation of the liquor trust, taking the vigorous and commendable stand that American citi zens of his class should receive trust for all the liquor they wanted. He was In command of the Second Provisional Bar rel Brigade, with the rank" of Colonel of Corn. During the campaign ho was struck several times by Hying corks. jV Ft- JAM ICS Mil. I,, the eminent char 1 I acter artist. Is a realist of the old school. Those who saw his remarkable character impersonation in "The Vaga bond," at the Cameron reception-room yesterday forenoon, can never eliminate It from their memories. But his 'Inter pretation of the role """rC! make us wonder if, "rV ,jrjee after all the conrser jCiv1 uis colder things of life .JJv-Sfe such as he depicts had not best be soft ened here and there with a touch of po etry or else dis pensed with alto gether. While the vigor, ous power of such acrid, ghastly real ism as Mr. Hill prac. tices cannot be de nied, yet it leaves with us a morbid ness that we can not but fall to relish. Such beings as Mr. Hill shows us in his sketch. "The Vagabond," may exist In real life, and no doubt they do exist. But it is better that they be left where thev helong. amid the pitiful human debris of" the police courts and city prisons. There can be no good excuse for parading them before the public gaze even as awful ex amples. It may well be suggested here that Mr. Hill portray brighter characters than "The Vagabond" hereafter. His make-up for the part was a master piece in Itself. Wrinkles, matted wig, rags and bloat, were all applied so deftly as to defy detection. His make-up em bodied all the pitifully loathsome aspects of an outcast a mass of human flesh that Is quickened by the life principle; and that Is all a mere slander on the hu man race. It was difficult to realize that I IS Jury Takes but Ten Minutes to Decide Run! Case. NO DAMAGES ARE ALLOWED Kvidence Shows Dive Kept by Plain tiff" Is Blot I'pon City and That Proprietor's Imputation Could "ot Well Be Damaged. It took a jury in Juilse Frazer'p Court less than 10 minutes yesterday afternoon to decide that L. C. Ruhl. keeper of the notorious resort for thieves and colored prostitutes at K7. North Fifth street, had not been damaged in any amount when his premises were raided by the so-called "moral squad" on the night of Septem ber 3. ' The testimony yesterday was a contin uation of the debasing recital that had marked the evidence of the previous day, and that anybody would have the au dacity to sue for damages to reputation under the circumstances was sufficient to inspire the most profund amazement among those who witnessed the proceed ings. Instead, it was the general opinion of the spectators that Ruhl ought to have been facing a felony charge rather than appearing as plaintiff In any court of justice upon puch a claim. The evidence yesterday indicated that for years past Ruhl has been operating a system of low lodging houses in var ious parts of the city, and that these places have become incubators for prac tically every form of viciousness. In fact. Judge Frazer shut off the Introduc tion of further evidence to prove the character of the establishments con ducted by Ruhl. holding that there was no ouestion whatsoever upon that score. Police Officers W. Humphreys, Joseph Burke. H. A. Galbraith. Griff Roberts. M. B. Gruber. Fred Mallet. E. Burke, Ser geant Baty, Municipal Judge Cameron and Municipal Court Clerk Hennessey all testified as to the notorious reputation of Ruhl's place at S7 North Fifth street, and in addition. Baty. Humphreys, Gruber. Mallett and E. Burke, who had participated In the raid, described the incidents In detail attending It. Their statements all agreed that the doors were not broken down until after a demand for admittance hnd been made, the officers at the same time proclaim ing their Identity. When the Inmates re fused to open the doors, a concerted move was macJa by Offlcerg Burke, Kay and Mallett. who formed a sort of flying wedge, and carried the front door off Its hinges. Once Inside, the atmosphere was redolent with opium smoke, while the in mates were scurrying from room to room clad In their night clothes, seeking a means of escape- An opium layout was seized, and the whole paraphernalia ex hibited in court. Its presence having such a nauseating effect upon Attorney Henry C. King.of counsel for Ruhl. that he asked the court to order Its removal. "We have stood It this far," replied Judge Frazer, with a martyr-like air, "and I guess we can endure It awhile longer, so it had better remain." Plaintiff's attorneys sought to show by cross-examination of defendant's wit nesses that a conspiracy exists among certain police officers to hound Ruhl and the inmates of his establishment, but that the jury took little stock In this line of evidence Is shown by the fact that thev returned a verdict In favor of Kay and Burke in a lapse of time necessary for a single ballot. SEEKS CUSTODY OF IIAIGHTEU George Brown Asks Court for Modi fication of Divorce Decree. George Brown, through his Rttorneys. M. B. Meacham and H. K. Cross, yester day filed a sensational petition in the State Circuit Court, asking that the de cree of divorce granted to his former wife. Myrtle Brown, on January Ifi. 1604. wherein Mrs. Katie L. Griffith, mother of DECISION QUICK From Seattle Mr. Lemcke's Impression Mr. Hill's Connor Returns to School Prominent Orchestra Here behind this wretched disguise was Mr. Hill- To those who had known him as a well-kept, energetic young man, this sickening, bleary apparition brought a shudder of horror. They could not help but wonder if the" actor was not over drawing the part; if there are really such conditions amid organized society that will beget so gross an object. Had the mother who nursed him been there, she must have screamed with all her strength In deadly terror and anguish, so unlike the bright-eyed child she knew was this hideous human thing. As Mr. Hill spoke his lines there came another shudder at his relentless real Ism. In a thick, nauseating voice, he begged for leniency from the magistrate before whom he was supposed to be on trial. He thrust out a supplicating hand, bloated, dirty and animal-like; and it shook with the intensity of a rum-shattered nervous system. There was a tense earnestness now In his manner an appeal for release which Implied a wild desire to get back to the bosom of the one friend left him, a friend that betrayed his life, and who lives In a house of glass, of which the distiller and the brewer are the architects. When the climax of the sketch came, and the magistrate in disdainful tones said "Thirty days" there went up a sigh of relief fron those present, and Mr. Hill hobbled away to his dressing-room. R. CHARI.KS CONNOR, eon of, Mr. I I and Mrs. Connor, will leave within the next few days for Salem to resume his Btudies at the educational institu tion at that place. Mr. Connor has al ready spent three years there and will graduate in another six years. Last year he won the ball-and- well-known state chain scholar ship, and this year the faculty will be stow a fine watch and chain upon him as a token of their de sire that he repiain there. Mr. Connor will devote most of his time to the sock making course. In his past studies the young gentleman has specialized on the subject of burglary, showing great prom ise In this intensely interesting branch of scientific research. . MR. H. W. LKMCKB, the well-known local contractor, has been Invited to lunch at the Cameron tomorrow. Mr. Lemcke's name and business affairs have been making quite an Impression on the sidewalks of late. It Is understood, how ever, that the plebeian rabble has taken if QFT PrT J JL? JL J!, JL Mm J 131 FIFTH STREET NOTICE! To out - of Mrs. Brown, was awarded the custody of Minnie May Brown, their minor child, be modified so as to allow either himself or some fit person to nave the custody of the daughter. Petitioner recites that at the time the divorce was granted he was ordered to pay his ex-wife $10 a month for the, sup port of the child, which payments he has regularly and promptly made, and that bv final decree Mrs. Brown was given one-third of the landed property belong-' Ing to her husband. This she Is later al leged to have conveyed to him for the sum of $600. The petition charges further that since the rendition of said decree of divorce, Brown's former wife became associated with one Walter Hanson, of this city, and claimed to have married him, and Hanson is accused of being a man of such disso lute habits that his contact with the young daughter of petitioner, through fre quent visits at the home of Mrs. Katie I Griffith, operates to the detriment of the moral welfare of the child, who is described as being of tender years and easily susceptible to evil Influences. It Is also set up by petitioner that both his former wife and her mother have sought to alienate the affections of the daughter, and. in pursuance of such course of conduct, it has become practi cally impossible for him to see or talk with his daughter except In the presence of his ex-mother-ln-law. Petitioner declares he Is getting old. is alone in the world, and that iiis child is his sole heir, and that he wishes to leave to her all his property, but such unfriend, ly feelings have existed for more than two years between the persons concerned that he is afraid to make any bequest to OAK STREET to trampling underfoot the good Impres sions thus made, Rnd Mr. Cameron is ag. grieved at the public affront. He hates to see Mr. Iemcke's name wnlked on, and it may be decided to remove the side walks. AX announcement of more than ordi nary interest on Oak street Is that Sig. Mickey O'FHnn, the eminent Italian orchestra conductor and baritone singer, has been booked by Mr. Cameron for an xtended engagement. Sig. O'Klinn gave his initial concert yesterday forenoon, with tiie famous Phuloginic female orchestra, and the (occasion 'proved to be the musical event or me season at tne y hostelry. The orches tra is composed of the celebrated pian iste. Mile. Frizero, late of France. Prior to coming to the Cameron yesterday, engagements had been filled at the lCMling Burnslde street salons. Word of their genius com ing to the ears of the host, he exerted his strongest efforts to secure their ap pearance, and was finally successful in this endeavor. Sig. O'Fllnn. while an Italian, does not belong to the Italian school of frenzied music. He has struck out for himself along Bomewhat original lines, and his work is stamped with the fine Individu ality of his subtle genius. It is his cus tom to arrange for an orchestral engage ment, iheu, taking the orchestra to the place, he remains in the background dur ing the programme, appearing only for his solos ami to collect for the evening's work. If the performance of his or chestra has not been satisfactory to him, he proceeds, with dignified severity to give her a sound thrashing. It was this phase of his musical genius that parJ tlcularly recommended him to Mr. Cam eron. Needless to say Oak street notables are looking forward to many pleasant musi cal events, since the noted leader and his musical organization have been booked to fill a two months' engagement at the Cameron. Street-Car Kills Aged V'tah Lawyer. SALT LAKE CITY. Oct. U.-Charles W. Bennett, an aged lawyer, who was prominent as a candidate for United States Senator when UtaTt was admitted to statehood, was run down and killed by a streetcar here today. Mr. Bennett, who came to Utah from Wisconsin, once held a judicial office in Chicago. He was 75 years of age. FROM THE COATS day a Hi 1 Wholesale - town merchants: We are prepared to furnish you with Coats and Suits at New York Prices. his child, for fear she would not gets its full benefit. He claims also that his former wife has no natural love for the girl, who is very dear to petitioner, and he is therefore anxious for her removal from the custody of unfriendly interests. In order that she may secure all the ad vantages petitioner Is able to bestow on her. Mrs. Katie L. Griffith is cited to show cause at some future date why tho decree of divorce should not be modified In ac cordance with the prayer of the petition. SUES TO fOLI.KCT $5000. Estate of Man Killed in Sewer Takes Case to Court, The JTiOOO damage suit of John o: Millen. administrator of the estate of John H. Larson, who was killed last Spring by being caught In a caving tunnel of the Irvington sewer, against the Pacific Bridge Company, who have the contract to construct the ;ewer. Is on trial In the State Circuit Court before Judge Frazer. According to the complaint, Larson, while iu the employ of the Pacific Bridge Company, was so badly injured that he died two days later. The defense sets up for answer that Larson disobeyed in structions not to work in the face of a bank where the cave occurred, with the result that the earth gave way and cov ered him up. Spencer & Davis and "Waller H. Rvans are attorneys for plaintiff, while Dolph. Mallory, 9imon & Gearln represent the defendant corporation. Prisoners Plan Jail Break. Evidence of an attempted break was unearthed at the County Jail yester day morning in corridor No. 1 by Jailer Mitchell, and he now has the rude tool3 Intended for the purpose in his possession. A thorough investi gation by Mitchell indicated that the main spring of a clock In one of the cells had been removed, and with the aid of a pocket knife had been trans formed Into a saw with which it was proposed to cut a way to liberty. 1c was not thought that the prisoners re ceived outside assistance, although an effort will be made to locate the source of supply of some of the tools, Says Husband Is Cruel. Sadie I.. Hengeveld has brought suit for divorce in the State Circuit Court against her husband, John L. Hengeveld, alleg ing cruelty. The couple reside at Llnn ton, and were married at Vancouver, Wash., June 5, and have three chil dren Lottie, aged 12: Christina, aged 10. end Ruth. 8 years old. Plaintiff asks for the custody of the three girls, as well as for a decree setting apart as her separate property a house and two lots standing in her name in the town of Linnton. M. H. Bloomtield is her attorney. Ttejiort on Corbett Kstate. The seventh semi-annual report on the estate of Henry W. Corbett was yesterday filed in the Probate Court by Emma L. Corbett, executrix, and W. C. Alvord, Henry Ladd Corbett and Elliott R. Cor bett, executors, covering a period between March 31 and October 1. from which it appears that the sum of $24o,$.i4.27 was in the hands of said executors on October 1. Itecltal at the N'ortonia. Mrs. Anna Selkirk Norton, the well known contralto, who leaves next week for Pendleton. Is to be tendered a testimonial recital at the Nortonia on Saturday evening-. Mrs. Norton's voice is a particularly sympathetic contralto, and she will be heard to advantage In Schumann's cycle. "A Woman's Love." The entire programme will be of "re quest" numbers. Following' are the patronesses. Mrs. C. K. S. Wood, Mrs. H. D. Green, Mrs. A. E. Rockey, Mrs R. R. Hoge. Mrs. Gay Lombard. Mrs. Frank Kerr. Mrs. Walter Carter. Mrs. E. DeWitt Conr.e'll Mrs. J. K. Clark, Mrs. H. W. Goode. Mrs. J. Wesley Ladd. Mrs. P. H. Carroll, Mrs. Max Hirsch, Mrs. J. B. Montgomery. Arthur Alex ander will be Mrs. Norton's accompan ist. Kastern Capitalists Here. A party of Eastern capitalists interested in the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company is in Portland to look over the property. The party is composed of P. H. Clark, J. S. Clark and C. M. Clark, of Philadelphia and Albert Strauss, of New York. George C. Moffatt and W. S. Bar stow, of New York, of the Willamette Valley Traction Company are also here. Milwaukle Country Club. Eastern and California races. Take Sell wood or Oregon City car, starting from First and Alder streets. LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF ON THE COAST Extra. $30.00 COATS SfS.75 $17.50 COATS SIO.OO $ 7.50 COATS S 4.50 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY and Retail Between Alder and Washington THE PEOPLE MOUNT TABOK MAX BELIKVKS CITY SHOULD BUY" TRACT. Believes Public Playground on Kmi neiiee Kast of City Vould Be AVortU the Price? PORTLAND, Oct. 11. (To the Klitor.) Otherfl besides Mr. OberteufTpr have been Impressed with the fact that Fort land ha,s no ''people's park,' such as ho pic tures in The Oree;onian of October 8. Jf sufficient ground Is purchased by the city for the necessary reservotr and a people's park, then all oiir citizens can appreciate what it Is to enjoy a day in the country. These fortunate enough to be able to ride find drive will find this location one of the most beautiful sur rounding our city, roadways Roneratly well shaded and affording a grand view of the city to the. west, with Portland Heights as a background; to the north tho Columbia River and State of Wash ington, with Mount St. Helens; to the east, the line of the O. R. & N. for miles and all the butter and farms, with Mount Hood in the background, while to the south one overlooks the WillameLtt: Val ley. Thor.e who must of' necessity use the streetcars, and those are the ones who will be must benefited by a people's park, will more fully enjoy the place, for tills city as a city doe not get together In the matter of amusements. The rich have theirs, and the poor man can get his where he can. A visit some years ago to Victoria, It. C, by the writer. Illustrated the nearness of the rich to the working class In thiit city. My first Invitation from some of the idle rich class was a drive to their park, and I assure you it was a people' park in true fact; all manner of games played on the grase, and fields for all of their sports. It was not just a drive in, through and out. but a long two hour.s' stop, to watch tlifs game here and that there, and talk to this one and that one. I was informed that every clear day it was o patronized by thousands, and if on Saturday afternoon one was not In town you would be eure to find him in the park. Portlanders. think of it a park where you can go and play baseball yourself, or quoits, or croquette, or tennis, and have plenty of room for yourself and friends to come and watch the game or take a haitr when you are tired, plenty of room for that picnie basket, and a place to Reg. U. A VARNISH AND m til & a m turnip NATURAL, OAiC MAHOGANY, WALNUT OR CHERRY. Aiij' one of thse colors used on. your floors, ways, or weather-beaten doors, ' will produce unsurpassed results. Every color of highest quality. no mistake in will find that many dollars Everything: from -pilar to FLOORS mm mm be jap-a-lac-ed, it becomes scuffed or rusty- WEATHER BEATEN DOORS looking. All size from For Sals bjr Paint, Hardware and Drue Dealer. WARNING -AGAINST SUBSTTTUTORS If you aek for -jap-a-LAC, and a dealer tries to sell yon something else which he claims is "just as yood," refuse it. lie insults your luteHigence by practically sa3'ing, "you don't know what you want." show him that you do. Go to a first CLASS dealer; he has it. COAT pecials spread your meal, grounds well kept for just such purposes, and I will give you my word that after the fir.st year that you have enjoyed such a park you will pay your taxes with a great deal moro Fatisfarrtion, feeling that at last you have received something in return. I am informed that some few years ago one of your big men. I), p. Thompson, was so impressed with the idea of a people's park on Mount Tabor that ho was ready and willing to give outright his share (one-third; of a tract on the top to the city. MOUNT TABOR. EXCURSI0NSJ0 SEASIDE $1.50 Hound Trij) $1.50. Until further noti.-e the Astoria & Co lumbia Klver Railroad company will run an excursion to Seaside and return each Sunday at thn exceptionally low rate of J1.50 for the. round trip. This is the sea boii of the year v.-hen a visit to the ocean Is a source of pleasure and Joy never to be forgotten. No smoke, dust or cin ders, and plenty of room fur all. Rlvlntr one a delightful trip along the shores of the matchless Columbia river. Train leaves 1'njon depot 8 a. m., returning leaves Seaside 5 p. m.. giving four and one-half hours at the beach. Tickets at 2-1$ Alder street and Union depot. Phono Main S0j. Tliug Will He Punished. Jake Wase. the rowdy who precipitate a "rough-lioue" in lilusslcr'.M saloon Wed nesday night, which resulted in severe bruises fo the countenance of Patrolman Adams who tried to stop, the trouble, will be severely dealt with. When arraigned before Judge Cameron yesterday fore noon on charges of assviult. he was held to tiie grand Jury. On a city Viarse of disorderly conduct, he was founrl guilty and sentence will he passed today. If Wage gets ol'f under .six months he may consider himself lucky, the authorities prenict. A timely book on Popular Crovcrnment. The Spirit of Democracy By t'HAS. FLETCHER DOLE. Contains chapters on "'Suf frage. " ''Taxation," "Party Pule." "Immigration," "Ivibor I nions." 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