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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1907)
THE JWORXIXG OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, SEFTE3IBEK 4, 1UU7. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF OSEfiONIAX TELEPHONES Counting-Room Main 7070 City Circulation Main 7070 Mnnminr Editor Main T070 cum.ay Editor Main tuto Compoilnj-Room ' Main T070 CltT Editor Main 7070 Superintendent Building Main T070 niae unice , Kasi oi AMUSEMENTS. THE HEILirj THEATER (14th and Washing ton streets) ToniKht. 8:15 o'clock. Cyril Scott In the comedy-drama. "The Prince tnap." ViakvL'AM GRAND THEATER (MorrlKOO between Bth and 7th) The Callfornlans In "The SerenadB." Tonight at 8:15. BAKER T" EATER (Third, between Yam hill and Taylor) Baker Theater Company in "Tne Liars." ToniKht at 8:15. GHANlt THEATER (Waamneton. between Flrk and Seventh) Vaudeville. 2:60. 1.M and 9 P. M FANTAOL8 THEATER (4th and 8tark) Continuous vaudeville. 2:80. 7:30. P. M. LYRIC THEATER (Tth and Alder) The Allen stock Company In "Jess, of the Bar Z Ranch." Tonight at 8:15. Matinees Tues day Thursday. Saturday and Sunday at 2:15 P. M. STAR THEATER (Park and Washington) The ' French Stock Company In "Driven From Home." Tonight at 8:16. Matinee Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday and bunday at 2:15 P. M. THE OAKS (-. W. P. carltne) Gates open 12:30 P. M. to 11 P. M.. Sundays and holidays. 10 A. M. to 11 P. U. Band oon certa and free ar-eclaltlee. . Improve Engine-house No. 7. Im portant improvements have been . started on engine-house No. 7. on East Third and East Pine streets, that will greatly in crease the utility of the fire company stationed there. The firemen have started excavating; for a basement 20x20 ,feet, which will have concrete floor and walls. This basement is being built to install a heater for the larger engine soon to be installed at this house in place of the one now in use there. The new engine will be one of the new ones recently received and will require three horses. The stalls will be rearranged for the third horse. These improvements mean that this engine-house is not likely to be moved for years to come, and perhaps will always be kept on this corner owing to the in crease in warehouse property to be pro tected between Union avenue and the river. There has been talk of moving it back to East Twelfth street. Now that it is to be Improved it is expected that the property-owners will improve the streets by which it Is surrounded. Chamber op Commerce to Move. Within the next few days the Chamber of Commerce will move into temporary quarters in the neighborhood of the Chamber's building. The owners of the building are about to make alterations on the second floor during wlhch the offices and exhibit of the Chamber will be located elsewhere, probably for 90 days. During the period when the railroads have cheap homeseekers' tickets on sale the Chamber Intends to have a man on duty at the depot whose business will be to direct colonists to the exhibit, which will be installed in the temporary quarters. Two years ago the plan of having the exhibit dl-played in a room at the depot was tried, but it was found that people arriving at the depot seldom stopped long, being as a rule, desirous of getting up town as soon as possible. The office of the State Board of Horticulture will also move out while alterations are under way, probably to the same rooms wnn me namuer. Western Union Shows Increase. An Increase of business in every department of Portland's commercial life testifies to the continuous growth of the Rose City. Not only do the bank clearances, sales of real estate and building permits tell the story of an unprecedented develop ment, but ? greater volume of telegraphic business bears further testimony of un usually prosperous conditions in this city. "During the year of the Lewis & Clark Fair the Western Union Telegraph Com pany did an enormous amount of busi ness," said Local Manager Dumar yes terday," but our record for the year 1905 was surpassed the following year and the iiiuiuauuiiB are inai our Dusinesa tor mis year will exceed that of 1906. It was ex pected that the business In our office would fall off- following the exposition, but the reverse has been the case. Port land is experiencing a wonderful growth and the telegraph business is increasing in the same proportion." Prominent Minister to Retire. Rev, W. T. Kerr, a well-known Methodist minister and member of the Oregon con ference, at present in charge of the Wood stock Church, has decided that he will retire from active duty at the annual conference this month. Mr. Kerr has been in active serice for the past 30 years, 18 years In Iowa and 12 years in Oregon. Owing to bad health he has decided that he will quit active duties at the end of the conference year. He has bought a home on Falling street and Williams avenue where he will reside. Mr. Kerr has been in charge of several Important churches in Oregon. He was five years with Central Church Alblna, and for two years has had charge of Woodstock. He is a member of Sumner Post. G. A R. and is one of its most valued members. Mr. Kerr has many friends in the state. Wn.C Build a Smelter. f. A. Mabee, of St. Louis, Mo., owner of a mine located on the headwaters of the Wnshougal River, 13 miles from Cape Horn and 45 miles from Portland, has gone to Chicago to purchase a 100.000-ton smelter. Chester A. Proebstel, of Wells & Proehstel, of Portland, spent last week examining the mine and it was on his favorable report that Mr. Mabee decided to put in the smelter, which will be in stalled under the direction of Mr. Proeb stel within 90 days, which is about the time It will take to secure the machinery and ship It out from Chicago. There is a wagon road extending to the mine and J2O0.00O has been spent on the property. The ore assays $50 per ton in copper, gold, silver and lead. Country Club Plans. A meeting of the directors of the Portland Country Club and Livestock Association was held yes terday afternoon at the Commercial Club. It was determined to call a 50 per cent assessment on the stock at once and to close up the deal for the property decided upon at the last general meeting of the stockholders. The second assessment of 50 per cent on the stocic will be due in 60 days. It was also decided to begin work on grading the track as soon as funds were in hand sufficient to cover the expense. The office of the association will be in room 8, Hamilton building, from this date. Lectures on Healiso. Rev. P.' J, Green will lecture on his experience in Rational Divine Healing and "The Re lation of the Subconscious Mind to Physi cal Healing" at 8 P. M., September 7 and September 14. In the Auditorium hall, 208H Third street. Portland, Or. Admis sion will be free. Dr. Cavalier III. Dr. A. R. Cavalier, secretary of the British Zenana Bible and Medical Mission, who was to give an address on Thursday evening under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., Is pre vented by illness from keeping his en gagement. When the conduct of life is governed by the principles employed In the crea tion of Hlslop's Pure Food Products, laws will cease to be a necessity and the dawn of the Millennium be at hand. Offices for Rent. A few choice offices for rent. Apply to The Title Guarantee and Trust Company, 240-244 Washington street, corner of Second. Goldbw West coffees, teas, spices, baking powder the old reliable. High grade, pure and full measure. For Sale Fine pair of fox terrier dogs at Barnes Market, 107 Third street. Rooms to Let. See Superintendent, room 201 Oregonian building. Da. M. Kirkpatrick has returned. Not to Invite Swedish Prince. The Swedish-American League held Us regular bimonthly meeting last night in Allsky hall. President John W. Hawkins, acted as chairman. About 20 members of the league were present. A resolution was passed asking the Methodist Conference at Seattle to return Rev. John Odall to this Held. Rev. Mr. Odall has been the representative of the Anti-Saloon League for the state. He has also been active In the interests of the Swedish residents of Portland for a number of years. The league had made arrangements to invite the Crown Prince, of Sweden, who has been sojourning in the East, to visit this city, but the Prince's inability to visit Chicago made it necessary to aban don plans for his reception in Portland. Sacred Heart School Opens. The Sacred Heart School resumed its year's work last Tuesday. The number of chil dren entered on the first day Is very gratifying and it is expected to bring the attendance this year up to 150. Four teachers are engaged in school work, and an able music teacher has been sent from the Convent of Mount Angel. All the higher grades are taught and in the school's curriculum Is Included the first year of the high school. Sister Mary De Sales has charge of the various grades. Especial attention Is given to teaching the children to be respectful and polite to all. German is also efficiently taught. The Sacred Heart School, therefore, in Its entire equipment is second to none in the city. Peaches Grown in Portland. That peaches of the best can be grown in Portland has been demonstrated by Mrs. John' McRoberts of 1S9 Sixteenth street, who has a tree 7 years old. This tree has borne heavily for the past four years. The peaches are of the early Crawford variety and rival in size and flavor the fruit of more famous peach-growing, dis tricts. Last vear Mrs. McRoberts canned 40 quarts of peaches from this- one tree besides those used for the table and this year she has done the same. Many Work for Prize. Many are after the J50 prize offered by the East Side Business Men's Club for the slogan that will advertise the East , Side. Answers are constantly being received by the committee which is composed of H. A. Halef, C. A. Biglow and W. H. Markell. The contest will close October 3, and until then none of the envelops will be opened. The club meets tomorrow night in the parlors of the East Side Athletic Club, East Morrison street and Grand avenue. Stamp Sales Increase. The total re ceipts from the stamp sales In the Port land Postofflce for the month of August amounted to 148,692.67 a gain of $4709.96 Over the receipts for August, 1906, which aggregated $43,982.71. Although August Is considered the quietest month of the year in point of stamp sales, during the past month the Portland Postofflce has main tained the steady Increase in this depart ment that has marked it during the past year. Bravb Girl Presented locket. Jessie M. Headley, who rescued her aunt, Mrs. Sarah J. Rickey, from drowning on July 12. was presented with a handsome gold locket and chain yesterday by J. Camp bell, H. Pullman, Charles King, George Tuttle, S. H. Hansen and F. Blerd. The locket btats this inscription: "Presented to Miss Jessie II. Headley. for bravery on Jury 12, 1907, by her admirers." SEKtWH OTHER LINES STRIKING TELEGRAPHERS SAY MEMBERS STANDING PAT. At the Two Telegraph Offices Busi ness Is Conducted as If No Strike Were in Progress. Several reports were received ak the Commercial Telegraphers' local head quarters yesterday from different points throughout the East, as well as from Coast points. "Stick to it," is the slogan of the unions in all cities re porting. In this city, the operators are confident they have their member ship in good control, and do not fear further desertions. With the excep tion of a few of the men, all have found other employment, and declare they have no desire to return to the employ of the telegraph companies. Locally, the strike situation is un changed. There is nothing about the two telegraph offices to indicate that a strike Is in progress. The Incessant clicking of the telegraph instruments is to be heard and, to all outward ap pearances, the business of the offices is being conducted as though there were no strike. To the average citizen, the only reminder of a strike is the re ceipt of a belated telegraph message. The local union of telegraphers at Los Angeleei reports that of the 140 men who walked out in that city, thereby precipitating a general strike, only one man has returned to work. Practically the same condition is re ported at St. Paul. At Seattle, the strikers report no desertions, with great hopes for the amalgamation of the two great telegraph bodies, the Commercial Telegraphers' Union and the Order of Railway Telegraphers. The strikers at Denver are said to be standing pat, fully 80 per cent of the Idle operators having accepted posi tions with the railroads or gone on an outing. If the strike should be settled In a few days, the Denver telegraphers claim it would be several days before the two telegraph companies would be able to get a complete force of men, owing to the fact that their former operators have scattered so widely. At Indianapolis comes the report that sev eral of the strikers have gone to work In gravel pits at $1.50 a day, -while others threaten to accept that sort of employment before they will return to their former positions under the old scale. IDEAL SUMMER IN AUGUST. Mean Temperature Was 65, Coolest for Seven Years. According to data collected by the Weather Bureau, last month was the coolest August Portland has experienoed for seven years.. The mean temperasure for August was 65 degrees, as against 68 last year. The mean temperature has not been so low before since 1900, when it was 63. Since that year it has ranged from 66 to 68. Without exception throughout the month, the days were cool and pleasant. The maximum temperature of each day ranged in the 70s, and during only five days of the month did the mercury climb Into the 80s. Nearly the whole month was cloudy or partly cloudy, only ten days being wholly clear. But there was very little rain, the total being 1.02 inches. On the whole, the month was delightful and none could complain of Summer heat. WHERE JO DINE. AH the delicacies of the season at the Portland Restaurant; fine private apart ments for parties, 305 Wash., near Bth. 8. F. VETERINARY COLLEGE Opens October 1. For catalogue apply to Dr. Charles Keane, President, 18IS Market Street. San Francisco. T HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY IS MAKING PROGRESS. PHOTO POST CABOS HCKXXRT. Klser Co. .Lobby Imperial Hotel. Underground Work Is Well Under Way Several .Thousand Phones Already Contracted For. The. Oregonian has received the follow lnsr resnnnsn from its Omaha correspond ent in answer to an inquiry as to the status ' of the Omaha Home Telephone ComDanv. The inquiry was prompted by the fact that Omaha Home Telephone bonds were among the heavy investments of the Oregon Trust and Savings uanx: The Indpnendent Telephone Company .of Omaha received its franchise at the general election last November, and tne company was incorporated shortly after wards under the laws of Nebraska. It is bonded for $1,500,000, and the bonds are due in 1937 and draw 5 per cent Interest payable semi-annually. There Is l,500, COO of preferred stock and the same amount of common stock, dividends to be paid at the rate of 4 per cent on the preferred, then 4 per cent on the com mon, then both stocks to share alike. The company has contracted with the Union Telephone Company to build an automatic telephone system. Initial con struction to provide for 6000 telephones with a capacity of 20,000. Construction has been pushed hard all the Summer, and the conduit work is now completed. Sixty miles of trench has been dug, and 800.000 feet of conduit laid, covering the entire business center, and reaching the confines of the city in several directions along the main arte ries of travel. The underground work la reached by S24 manholes, all of which have been built. Overhead work is also well aloiu, all the poles numbering 3235 having been set. All the large office buildings have been wired and cabled, 6700 feet of cable hav ing been hung in the buildings. Two exchange buildings are rapidly nearlng completion, and the contractors expect to have them both finished by September 15, when they expect to receive the switches for main office equipment, most of which is now in transit. About 198,000 feet of aerial and under ground cable is already In the yards or distributed along the streets, and the quantity now In transit will bring this up to approximately 225,000 feet, cars being received almost daily. The work of laying the cable in the conduits was started Friday, August 30, and the contractors figure on laying 10,000 feet a day. The entire plant, including the two ex change buildings, Is considered one of the very finest in the country. It is expect ed it will be In operation- early In Decern, ber. Between 3000 and 4000 telephones have already been subscribed for, which in clude about 90 per cent of the business houses of the city. It is expected to in crease this number to 6000 by January 1, if not before. The company considers its franchise a favorable one. It runs for 25 years, and fixes a maximum rate of $5 for business telephones and $3 for residence. The bonds are selling at par, with a bonus of 50 per cent of preferred stock. U. S. Grant, Jr., president of the com pany, owns $180,000 of the bonds. There is no common stock on the market. W. C. Bullard, general manager of the Bullard, Hoagland & Benedict Lumber Company, of Omaha, answered as fol lows : "OMAHA, Neb., Sept. D.(To The Ore gonian.) No better securities in this mar ket than the Independent Telephone Company's. Everyone praising the fine construction work. Service will be given in about 60 days." The following telegram was also re ceived by The Oregonian yesterday from F. H. Davis, vice-president of the First National Bank, who had been asked by The Oregonian for his opinion of the company's prospects: "OMAHA, Neb., Sept 3. (To The Ore gonian.) The Independent Telephone Company obtained a franchise here last Fall and has installed a first-class plant, nearly completed with underground con duits and substantial fireproof buildings. Management report 4100 phones contract ed for and will open for business Decem ber 1. Company's prospects look good to us." If Babi- la Cutting Teetb B suro and us tnat old well-tried remedy, Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething-. It soothes the child, softens the sums, allays pain, collo and diarrhoea. Hood's Sarsaparllla creates an appetite and aids in the proper assimilation of food. X THE HEIGHT OF j PERFECTION! IS BEACHED AT LAST J In the Melville Clark Player- Piano. It is not a piano-player, but a i : Player-Piano : That's a bis difference. J Please don't forget that point. It's no "half-way" 65-note player like all the others. The Melville Clark tonches 2 every note completes every harmony; FULL 88-NOTE COMPASS. Let ns show you at our ware rooms, corner Morrison and West Park streets, or see our exhibit at the Pure Food Show. Hovenden-Soule j Piano Company Lewis-Stenger Barber's Supply Co. Headquarters for reliable Toilet Goods. Cutlery, etc. We grind everything. Morrison and Tenth St. . PR.W. A. WISE has returned r ai-.i.. :DRESSER'S "Little Things" If you want an oddity in table confectionery some thing' not seen every place you can always fill the need to a nicety at Dresser's- Donist Rye Biscuit are an oddity, and they're as de licious as they are odd. We import these direct from the Donist factory, and they make an excellent little treat at a Dutch supper or any function where you appreciate such comments as "How delightful," "What an unusual flavor, " etc. Per package, 50?. All these little niceties are specialties at Dresser's. We can suggest a dozen of them. And for the more "necessi ties," here's our Bakery and Market; also our own Candy Factory. 5th and STARK DRESSER'S 5th and STARK Also . Fifteenth and Broad way, Seaside and Gearhart. We can extract one or all your teeth without hurtlna: a bit. and fiut In new teeth the same day ( you desire. Our system of crown and bridge work is simple, quick and painless. When desired you can have T. PWise or my personal service. Painless Extracting- Free when Plates are Ordered. 20 YEARS HERE and doing; dental work all tho time. That la the record of Dr. W. A. Wise. That's one reason our business has grown our pa trons come back, and they send their friends. - W. A. WISE, Dentist Falling; bid., 3d and Washington sts 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays 0 to 12. Painless Extraction 50c Plates S5 T. P. Wise, H. A. Sturdevant and H. A. Huffman ASSOCIATES. BOTH PHONES, A AND MAIN !0t. " as ' t& 5 7 -4 " " nsBsSfiinTVi iiir, hiVisossShajs FRED BUTLER Farewell Concert Tonight THE WHITE TEMPLE GREAT MUSICAL TREAT Admission 80 Cents Tickets on sale at Woodard Clarke's and Wlng-ate's, 407 Morrison st. THE Rock Island Club Will Have Its Last Wednesday DANCE TONIGHT Friday will be Last Event of the Season Crowns and Brlase . work $3.00. (12.0V Full Set of Teeth, fS.OO. mD PREHJI. Dentist. Boom 405, Dcknm Bail dins. gchwab Printing Co. BEST WOK K. KEjtSOttjIBLE PRICES 4 7 H STARK SYR E. ETl I Railway's Pills regulate all the internal I organs. Cure ill female irregularities. MATRIMONY Empire Theater THURSDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 5 ADMISSION FREE Friday night, "How to Become Rich", Saturday night, vZ ,r"11thy-r -WM- WINDSOR, IX. B., Ph. r., the Worlds Most Eminent Phrenologist, Will Lecture and De- HandTomeYTonsn"Meen Selecting LifeCorapanions JH According to the Science of VITOSOPHY. r.nncit1t T.r IV indent. ana DtAin a complete delineation oi your cnaraeter Kent kiiilnaDd lion in matrimony, success and honlth r-nlfuro unnva a. in. to 7 s. m. - CONSULTATIONS DAILY AT HOTEL PORTLAND. SMART AUTUMN NOVELTIES ,fv? JVVJ SuitSj OvercoatSj Cravenettes Our almost limitless selection of men's apparel for Fall and Winter is undoubtedly the most attractive we have ever offered. Customers, new and old, invariably express their admiration. All is in readiness. Extreme ly attractive novelties as well as handsome effects of the more conservative order. New stripes, checks, plaids and shadow plaida plain blues and the various tones and shades of Brown fancy mixtures of smartest designs. llAilsUa S. W. Corner Fourth and Morrison EDUCATIONAL. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY r UnlYsrslty Park Station. Portland, Oregon. Cathollo Boarding and Day School for young men and boys. 81tuated on a high plateau skirting the Willamette River and overlooking the panoramic City of Portland; a veritable health resort for students. Ex tensive play-grounds and th largest gym nasium in the Northwest. Collegiate, Preparatory and Commercial Courses. Catalogue sent on application, REV. JOSEPH GALLAGHER, C. a C President. School opens September 10. USINESSCOLLEGL "THE SCHOOL OF QUALITY" TILFORO BUILDINO, TENTH AND MORRISON A. P. ARMSTRONG, LL. B.v PRINCIPAL Ours is a large and growing: institution. We occupy two floors 66x100 feet, and have a S20.000 equipment. Reputation for thorough work brings mora calls for help than wa can meat position certain for each student when competent. All modern methods bookkeeping taught. Cbartier Is our shorthand easy, rapid. legible. Students admitted at any time. Catalogue, business forms and penwork free. Call, phone or write today. Portland Academy PORTLAND, OREGON. Nineteenth Tear Opens September 16. Flu boys and girls for Eastern and West ern colleges. Over 200 graduates admitted to college. A boarding hall tor girls, with comforts and ear of home. An athletic field and thoroughly equipped gymnasium. A large corps of competent and experi enced' teachers. Elementary grades, both primary and grammar, under the same man agement. Catalogue sent on application. MedicoJ Dep&Jtment OF THE University of Oregon 21st Annual Session Begins Sept. 16 1907. Address S. E. Joseph!, M. D., Dean. 610 Xekum Bids.. Portland. The Allen Preparatory School Corner East Twelfth and Salmon sts. Fits for Eastern colleges and scientific schcols. Seventh year begins Sept. 16, 1907. For catalogues address The Allen Pr paratory School. Telephone Bast 4880. Office hours, 9 12. fChicago Conservatory, Establishes- lSSS. Welts ..- s. Oldest ssd best school fnr thorough tesehing of MUSIC AND DRAMATIC ART This. aVhnnl nlwava miintAlni that k ( shaai M ard of art tut lo excellence employ only best and moat capable instructors. Graduates are well nipped in every essential requirement of Mcae and Dramatic Art. Send for interesting catalog. EDUCATIONAI FINE ENGLISH TRAINING When you consider the merits of a Busi ness College remember that shorthand and Bookkeeping: are not all. Inquire about the English Department. Our English Depart ment Is under the direction of a Michigan University graduate. Holmes graduates are recognized by their splendid English train ing. Befort you decide on a school write us for Information about our Private Secretary Course, taught In either the Day or Night Schools. writs' to desk A Washington & tenth sts.. Portland, ore. 111 I I'' .IIIIMIIIIIIIIIK ''I! I llll. mm fell 1'1'F h 3 BUSINESS COLLEGE PORTLAND. OREGON" BEHNKE-WALKER STUDENTS SUCCEED. WHY? They are trained for business In a business-like way. Placed 351 pupils Into lucrative positions during last year. Why not enroll In a reputable school that places all of Its graduates? H. W. BEHNKE. Pres. SEND FOB CATALOGUE I. M. WALKER. Prln. EAST SEPTEMBER 11-12-13 LAST OPPORTUNITY Final dates of sale this season for the special round trip tickets to the east Secure berth reservations at once. ern Pacific Railway Call on or address A. D. CHARLTON. A. G. P. A. 255 Morrison St. Portland, Or. North