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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1909)
WANT CAPITOL IN CENTRAL LOCATION stall the erection of a new building: on me present site. East Siders Give Reasons for Seeking Its Removal to Portland. MUST BUILD SOON ANYWAY Public Convenience and Lack of Accommodations a Salem Chief Arguments Made In Be- i half of Movement. Necessity for a new building, lack of accommodations for legislators at Salem and the public convenience are the prin cipal reasons that will be urged by the East Siders for the proposed removal of the stato capital from Salem to Port land. Through the agency of the asso ciated push clubs of the East Side signa tures are being obtained to petitions pro posing the submission to the voters In November. 1310. of a constitutional amend ment authorizing the transfer of the seat of state government from its present loca tion at Salem to this city. "With the support this movement will receive from the people of Eastern and Southern Ore gon as well as the West Side counties, the Bast Side business Interests expect not only to have the question submitted to the people but to have the proposal ratified by a large majority of the voters at the next general election. "There are several good reasons why the state capital should be removed from Salem to Portland." said Fred A. Dun ham yesterday. "In the first place Port land Is the most central point in the state and is the natural objective point of the people both of Eastern and Southern Ore gon. Secondly, Salem does not have the necessary accommodations for the legisla tors. In the third place, the Statehouse as it stands today is a very dilapidated structure and from what I am told by those acquainted with the facts, will have to be rebuilt in a very few years as it Is positively unsafe for Its present uses. Besides, the feeling Is very general throughout the state that the capital should be at Portland. This is particu larly true among the people of Eastern and Southern Oregon and those residing In the West Side counties." "There are several valid reasons why the state capital should be brought to Portland from Salem." said M. B. Mc Faul. another East Side business man, yesterday. "Above all other considera tion?. Portland would be much more con venient location. Members of the leg islature and all others residing either in Eastern Oregon or the West Side coun ties, having business at the capital, are now obliged, first to come to this city anyway and then Indulge in a side trip to Salem, involving not only loss of time but great inconvenience. "What is more, there are not suffi cient accommodations at Salem for mem bers of the Legislature and others who are called to that city during a session of the Legislature. Visitors to the capital on such occasions are forced to eat their meals at one place and room in another. Because of these conditions, members of the Legislature are not able to take their families to Salem with them. Further more when any unusual delegation goes to the capital during a session of the lawmakers it is impossible for them to secure desirable accommodations even with private families. "We realize that the proposed removai of the capital is an Important matter and should be acted upon with discretion. Such action necessarily will Involve con siderable expense but at the same time It must be remembered that it will be only a few years at most until it will be necessary to replace the present State house. That being the fact, we believe It is only timely that we should propose some plan by which a permanent and convenient location may be secured. There is no desire on our part purposely to harm Salem in any way but this is a matter that concerns the general con venience of the entire state and the peo ple have a constitutional right to ex press themselves on It. All we ask is that the question of location be left to the people. If a majority decides that the capital should remain n : 1 . ii i i - but should a majority favor 'our plan", of course, we will be pleased to get the capital." It Is the opinion of B. E. Kennedy, editor and publisher of the Baker City Herald, who is at the Imperial, that the people of Eastern Oregon would be practically a unit in their support of the proposed change of location in the state capital to this city. Discussing the sub ject yesterday. Mr. Kennedy spoke of the great inconvenience experienced by the people of the eastern part of the state In going from their , homes to Salem. ASK REMOVAL OF COURTHOUSE East Side Business Men Circulate Petitions for New Building. Secretary Atchley. of the East Side Business Men's Club, has furnished a number of the members with Initiative petitions providing? for a vote on the location of the Courthouse on the East Side. November. 1910, and the circula tion of these petitions is now going forward. It is expected to secure 3000 signatures within the present month, w-hen the petitions will be checked up and filed with the Secretary of State which action is expected to put a stop to the proceedings started for the re building of the Courthouse on the pres ent Bite. The petitions were drawn up by W S TJ'Ren at the request of F. A. Dunham! There was some question whether the Initiative law could apply to such a question as to locating the Courthouse, but Mr. Dunham says that, after care ful consideration and consultation with Mr. U'Ren, he came to the conclusion that it was a proper subject for the people to vote on. The petitions ask that the present site and Courthouse be sold at public auction and the proceeds be used to purchase a site and put up a Court- house on the East Side, without speci fying any particular location. It also provides that the County Court shall make no further levy for building a Courthouse or adding to the present one. The new Courthouse, if author ized by a vote on the first Monday in November. 1910. shall be completed De cember 31. 1912. The petition does not provide for any special tax levy to build the Courthouse, should it be located on the East Side, and it ap pears to be assumed that enough money can be realized from the sale of the present block and building to buy a new site and erect a new building. It is said a suitable block can be purchased for $50,000. J. II. Nolta, of North Alblna, said he would be satis fled to see the new Courthouse built on Holladay avenue, where a half block recently brought $30,000 and is now .held for $50,000. The main purpose of circulating the petition now is to fore- LED LIFE OF ADVENTURE Payne E. Cleaves, Deceased, Was "Well-Known Klickitat Character. LTLE, Wash.. March 7. (SpeciaL In terment on February 26, at Goldendale, of Payne E. Cleaves closed the eventful career of a grotesque character. De ceased was born at North Yarmouth. Me., in 1832. He was of Revolutionary atock and his early ancestors came over In the Mayflower in 1620. "Jack" Cleaves, as his Klickitat friends knew him, received a good education In Yarmouth and some of his classmates after-.vards became distinguished poli ticians and United States Army officers. "Jack" often said he made the mistake of his life wihen, in his teens and full of adventure, he barkened to the thrilling tales of youthful sailors wnose ship were in harbor. Result was "Jack" be came disobedient to a gracious mother and ran away to sea. The young lad's ship touched at every trading port in the world reached by ships in that time from Boston. He was aboard the ship Howard that landed at BelfastT with a load of "Yankee" corn for the famine-stricken Portland Agents for "Nemo" Corsets, "Madame Irene" Corsets, Butterick Patterns, Perrin's Gloves NAMED AS PROSECUTOR FOR GWEVANTE COMMITTEE OF OKEUON bTAlE BAR. :-.t:S A- -, --. . f - J James A. Cole. James A. Coin. Deputy. TT.nl tad States Attorney, has been appointed special itrosecutor of the grievance committee of the Oregon State Bar Association. He will succeed Attor ney ItalDh Fisher, who was mur dered by Jajnes A. Finch, whom he Had prosecuted for unprofessional conduct In court. people of Ireland. He was later at Wales loading wi;h railroad iron for America when twelve of the crew died with cholera and four survived. Another incident ho related to but few. for the reason there was attached a long story, was the detaining of his merchant man at Havana and the thrusting of the crew in the bastile of iloro Castle by the Spanish Armada, who were guarding the coast of Cuba from some individual Americans, whd had previously made an unsuccessful attack. The incident went into history at the time when President Fillmore, many weeks later, demanded the release of the innocent sailors. "Jack" was well-read and his well stored mind was remarkably lucid to the time of death. During the Spanish war, "Jack" one day discussed the Ceverea fleet and his keen brown eyes snaooed with rage when he said. "You cannoc ( tell me anything about aioro Caatla or . General Weyler's hog pen and the cruel ties practiced to prisoners." To this day but one of tho bystanders knows "Jack" Had been held in Moro Castle. The Cuba affair later broke the Maine lad's spirit of adventure and he returned home to his mother and took her advice and learned the trade of tanner and currier. Thirty years ago "Jack" came to Gold endale to cook for Martin Harper in tha Palace Hotel, since burned, then con sidered a mint, as the patronage clime from the overland stage that ran from The Dalles to Ellensburg before the rail roads were constructed. For the last twenty-five years "Jack" has owned va rious hosteleries In the county. W. J. Story, Klickitat's old-time newspaper man, relates he one time attended a dinner that "Jack" has prepared in his better days for the Klickitat press, wnich was pronounced of the royal order. "Jack's" avoirdupois' from his advent In Klickitat was over 250. which made him the heaviest man in the county. Gener osity and improvidence In old age left him comparatively penniless. Deceased had no known relatives on the Pacific Coast. The last relative known to have been in" existence was the . lata General A W. Corliss, retired, who died at Denver a few months ago. J. I. M. Foreigner Talks About Hold-Ups Man Who Never Was "Stuck TJp" Tells How to Avoid the Process by Carrying: Cane and Using: It. THAT the gentle thug, like unto those who have In times past way laid the home-going citizen and re quested him to put his hands up to wards the stars Is not a strictly West ern Institution, may be surmised from the following hint as to how they should be treated. A wise person from across the "big pond" writes to the New York Sun, and says that it Is quite unnecessary ti obey command, "Hands' up." His method of procedure follows, but somehow it hardly seems compati ble with Western customs. "The stories of 'holdups always amuse me. I say to the American man: Carry a cane and have some elemen tary idea of how to use it in a broad sword or fencing- play; then you will never be attacked by the man with the gun. The man with the gun in East ern cities can't use his gun he's afraid of it, and if you can use your cane you can break his wrist before he's ready to start firing. I was in Chicago short ly after the World's Fair when the town was considered bad. My business kept me out late at night. I had to walk through a very bad and tough part of town very late at night. I was never attacked or held up. and if a man had come at me with a revolver I should have killed him with a stroke en carte, for you see the 'shillalah' is always loaded." HOUSEKEEPERS" DAY. This is a reminder that today (Mon day) is set aside as a aay of special bargains in household supplies for the wide-awake housekeeper. Make a note of your needs before' leaving home. McAUen & McDonnell, headquarters for table linens, blankets, quilts and cur Established in 185? The aer db Frank Store Mew lerctaMise m Established in 1857 All Shirtwa ists White CottOIl ValSstb $3.25 at $2.18 Great special opening sale of 5000 women's new white cotton Shirtwaists in lawn ba tiste, dotted swiss. and dimity; made with fancy yokes of embroidery and lace and' pin tucks; solid front of heavy or colored embroidery and one-inch tucks; long sleeves button front or back. A wonderful assortment to select from; all sizes, 34 qr f q to 44; regular values up to $3.25 each, on sale at this special low price, ea. 1 O Just received, large new shipment of women's, misses' and children's knit Coats norfolks, loose, semi or tight-fitting effects ; fancy or coarse weaves, high or V collar miu ""fee Fa" uunuus ami jKjcaeis; wnnc, oxiora ana navy blue Fri range all the way from $2.25 up to $8.00 each. Don't fail to see these splendid vak $ 4.5 Madeira Chemise rices alues. $2.73 $2.50 Combination Garments at $1.6? An unusual offering of women's hand-embroidered Ma deira Chemise, made of best quality French percales, with hand-embroidered yoke effects; double hand-embroidered scallops around the neck and sleeve. Hand embroidered eyelets, drawn with ribbons. J0 70 Regular $4.00 and $4.50 values, on sale at..P 5 Special offering of two-piece combination garments, made of the best quality cambric and nainsook, trim'd in lace and embroidery edgings, insertions, I - 17 beading and ribbon; $2.50 values, garment.. P 0 New "Home Made" Muslin Underwear New Spring shipments of the pretty "Home-Made" Undcrmuslins just received; dainty new petticoats, gowns, corset covers, drawers and combination gar ments beautiful materials, handsomely made and fin ished; America's finest muslin underwear. See it 159OOQ Men's Shirts 1 .50 Values 95c Continuation of great Spring sale of Men's Fine Shirts Twenty-nine cases of Men's Shirts 1 5,000 in round numbers received Thursday from America's greatest shirt manufacturer 1909 styles and mater. ials in a wonderful array of patterns and colorings in both light and dark effects - Madras and percales, plain and pleated made coat style cuffs attached or detached, some have extra pair of cuffs Included also are plain and pleated blue chambrays, also 400 dozen plain white pleated shirts, in all style pleats The greatest shirt value f f? Portland has ever known $1.50 val.- Buy all you want at "jC Each 000 Axminster R.nes R oom Sizes Low Priced A sale extraordinary of 1000 Bigelow Axminster Rugs in room sizes all new style-, designs and colorings. True Oriental patterns in the richest combinations. Best qual ity and exceptional values at these low prices. Take advantage. On sale as follows: 4 feet 6 inches by 7 feet 6 inches, regular $12.00 valnes. on sale at, each. S O.G7 8 feet 3 inches by 10 feet 6 inches, regular $30.00 values, on sale at. each $23.13 6 feet by 9 feet, $20.00 values $16.10 9 feet by 12 f7eir$2o"vaJu"eaT7s24!G3 10 feet 6 inches by 13 feet 6 inches, regular $45.00 values, on sale at, ea.. $37.45 200 Navajo Rugs, all-wool, machine-made. Beautiful patterns and colorings toTect irom. Wear as well as the genuine; come iu three sizes; on sale at following prices -27x54 inches, each. $3.7536x60 inches, each, 84.7548x72 inches, each," 7.50 $ 1 .00 Embroideries 25c Yd. $2.50 Aiiovers $1.19 Yard $2 Val. Laces 75c hoz. Yds. For today a great Spring sale of 5000 yards of Swiss, nainsook and cambric em broidery edging, flouncing and insertion AH new patterns in English eyelet and blind work, widths ranging from 1 to 1 8 inches Fine embroideries for women's, misses and children's wear Values in the lot up to $ 1 .00 yard, on sale per yard & JC New laces, dress trimmings and embroider- ies are arriving daily Latest and best styles 1000 yards of Swiss Allover Embroidery, dainty new panerns xor ungcne waists; spienaui va- pi "t C riety; values up to $2.50 a yard, on 6ale at. ,P 1 1 500 dozen round mesh Val. Lace and Insertion, to iy4 inches wide; daintiest patterns; values up 7tZ to $2.00 a dozen vards. on sale at. dozen vard. f , . $2.25- $2.50 Comforters $ 1 .73 $1.75-$2 Feather Pillows $ 1 .3 1 $6.00 Blankets at $4.67 Per Pair 1000 full size silkoline-covered Comforters, filled with white laminated Q-l TO cotton; best patterns and colorings;, regular $2.25 and $2.50 values, eaeh..HA. O 1000 pairs of goose-feather Bed Pillows, cured by cold-blast process, ev- Ol ered with blue and white ticking; regular $1.75 and $2.00 values, at, each..? JL.O X 1000 pairs of full size white Wool Blankets, with pink and blue borders; Of C7 the best regular $6.00 values, on sale at this special low price, tha pair. .P0 All kinds of Blankets and Bedding sold at the lowest prices. On tha Fourth Floor. Otprmoor Mattree bo Portland for o. 1 IdlU Caaca termoor patent elastic felt Mattrrsses all sizes, sold at factory prices. Let us show you. See them on the Fourth Floor. Custom Shade Work our specialty. We will be pleased to quote prices. Third Floor. TO TELL OF NORTH Wilfred Grenfell Lectures on Labrador Tomorrow. IS REMARKABLE CHARACTER King Edward Honors Sturdy Mis sionary Who Xiabors bo Heroic ally Along FVrbiddinff Atlantic Cbastllnew "Wilfred Thomason Grenfell. C. M. O., M. D. (Oxon.), known to the world as "Grenfell of Labrador," will be In Portland tomorrow. At 2:80 o'clock In the afternoon he will speak at the COMK8 TO LECTURE OX - UTS WORK !' L1BKAUOB. 3 .1 n f A T V ' ! -ft: n t. s-i Wilfred Hwium Grenfell t ' 4 First Congregational Church and at nlg-ht will deliver a etereoptlcon lec ture at the First Presbyterian Church, to which no admission fee will be charged. . While In Portland Dr. Grenfell will be entertained at the home of W. A. MacRae, manager cf the Bank of Cali fornia. If he arrives In time Tuesday he will partake.with a number of Port land business men. of an informal luncheon at noon. Dr. Grenfell comes to Portland from San Francisco, where he was enter tained by William H. Crocker, presi dent of the Crocker National Bank. The Outlook sa.ys of him: For the first time, so far as we know, the Klnjr of England has given one of the "Birthday Honors" to a man as a reward for heroic missionary work. It Is true that tho man could hardly be regarded as a conventional missionary, for Dr. Grenfell. who is now a Com panion of St. Michael and St. Georjte, fills many offices on the Labrador Coast. He is surgeon, master mariner, mag istrate, agtnt of the Lloyds In running down rascals who wreck their vexsels for the insurance, manager of a string of co-operative stores, general op ponent of all fraud and oppression. He can amputate a leg. contract the walls of a pleuritic lung by shorten ing the ribs or cure, by the use of modern methods, but with home-made appliances, a man suffering with a cer tain form of paralysis of the lower limbs; a hundred and fifty miles from the shipyard he can raise the stern of his little iron steamer out of the water toy the rough application of the prin ciples of hydraulic, and repair her propeller, he can handle dynamite and blast out an excavation under one of Ills simple hospital buildings in which to place a heating apparatus: he can start a lumber mill and toacli the starvlns: Inhabitants of lonelv Labrador not only how to handle a saw. but how to sell the product for a living wage; he can establish co-operative stolen, and. what is better, make them pay. so that tho.se fishermen who have prac tically been slaves to unscrupulous traders, never seeing the smallest piece of silver from one year's end to an other, can accumulate their little sav ings In cash; and he has a "muscular Christianity" that enables him to knock down and drasr out the human beast that comes into Labrador to add the Illicit whisky bottle to- the other sources of suffering which the inhabi tants have to endure. He takes hta new honor with a char acteristic Rulrlt for he values it, not as a tribute to himself personally, but as a sanction which will give him power in his struggle with unscrupu lous traders, heartless dealers In rum. and all sorts of malefactors who find on that coast easy prey and safe Quarters. ria-ntlng -Cherries at CI eon. CLE ONE. Ten more Or., March 7. (Special.) icres of Lambert cherries are being planted on the renowned Webb farm. Last year the crop from the Webb orchard of ten acr.? amount ed to 40 tons, the bulk of this being hauled to Portland. HOUSEKEEPERS DELIGHTED The- thousands of wide-awake house keepers who have been taking advan tage of our Monday sales in household supplies are loud In their appreciation of the bargains ofTered. Visit the linen counter today of McAllen & Mc ronnell. the good goods store, corner Third and Morrison streets. WB WILL PAY AS FOLLOWS! Dresaed Pork, any size 8-e Dressed Veal, under 130 lbs Ue Dressed Veal, large 7e to 8Mi Dressed Hons and Springs. .... .ITe Dressed Turkeys .....20e Dressed Ducks 1 He Live Hens and Springs is Live Turkeys I7e Live Ducks , 10 Eggs, market price. We will send check the next day. We do not charge commission. Ali shipments must be of good quality and reach us in the right shape. Frank L. Smith Tvfeat Co. "F-lcrhtfii; the lleef Trout," FOHTLAM), OKEiO.. FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO 'FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST" 226 Alder St.. Bet. First and Second Sts. 512 Williams Ave. 791 Mississippi Ave. 362 East Morrison St. Twenty-first and Johnson Sts., Adjoining Frako's Grocery i 188 Gibbs St. Astoria Twelfth St, Bet. Bond and Commercial. Astoria 253 Taylor St. (Uniontown). Chickens at Smith's, 2Qc KEF. Sirloin rtoast Beef lO Sirloin Sletk '....IOC Kouml Steak IOC Tenderloin Steak X2V? Porterhouse Steak 12 Vi1. 15 Hef to Boll, Stew, Braise mid Pot Hie 5c. TC Plate Corned Beef Brisket Corned Beef J Bump Corned Beef Shoulder Roast Beef 8( Hamburg Steak, fresn every hour. per pound IOC Tenderloin Steak 12ViC Porterhouse Steak 12V4C. 15( Prime Itib Roast Beef IOC. 12Wc Dost o to m Beef Trust Market. Bad pay more.) Prime Rib Roast Beef, rolled, bone less 15 VEAL. Knuckles of Veal for stew and Jelly, per pound 6c Breasts of Veal and Necks of Veal, for roasting, stewing, potplc. etc.. - per pound 8C, lOc Phoul.ler Roast Veal . ...IOC. l2Hr Venl Sausage life Shoulder Vi-a! Cutlets . . . 12 He Ixln Veal Cutlets X2V4C Rib Veal Cutlets 12HC, 15p Hump Roasts of Veal 12VtC VeaK Steak from the leg luC Loin and Rib Roasts of Veal IOC niTTER AXD FXiUS. Sweet, fresh cream Butter; It comes to us each day Immediately after being prepared: nothing better in town: Smith's is. per roll -T5C Second grade Butter, very good. per roil Oc Fresh Oregon Raucb. Eggs, dox..2t Smltk'a Delicious Orearon Grain-fed Pis; PORK. Pigs' F-eet Pigs' Horks t... SC Pigs' Feet, pickled IOC Shoulder Roar.ts pig Pork, end cuts 10k 1?eh Leaf Lard ..a lviC Dry Salt Pork Tv.. 12WC 1 2Ut and t Roast Pork f-t and 1.1 Smith's absolutely pure Pig Pork Sausage, fresh every hour 12C Rib Roast of Pig Pork 15C Loin Roasts of Pig Pork 15c Rib Chops of Pig Pork 15c Loin Chops of Pig Pork 15c LAMB AND YOl'MO MUTTON. Pickled Pork I Pork Chops IOC IOC 12iC 15c 14C Shouldero of 1 Jim h Shoulders of Mutton .. Shoulder Ronst Umb shoulder Roast Mutton lK of Lamb Les of Mutton Loin and Itib Chona of Lamb and Young Mutton 15C SUNDRIES. Frankfurt Sausage 12'4C Bologna Sausage .....lOc flS?? IOC Liver Sausage IOC Head Cheese 10r Smith's Sugar-Cured Hams ."l5c Half a Ham. same price 13c Smith's Sufjar-Cured Breakfast Bacon, per pound 16C and 1 7C 231 WASHINGTON ST. PORTLAKO ORt&Q Ct rl CNS CIO THIS MAKER or iMim ISj Plrnic llama v v . i fa, j t iaiiin ........... 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