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TTTE MORNING OREGOXIAX, TITTJRSDAT, SEPTE3IBER 22, 1910. PORTLAND RECORD 111 BUILDiNG LEADS Year's Operations Will Exceed Those of Any Other Northwest City. STEADY PROGRESS MADE Total for Tear to Date More Than Million Ahead of That of Se tie Only San Francisco Is Ahead In August. SEATTLE. Wash, Sept. Jl. (Spe clal.) That Portland will close th year at the head of all Northwestern cities In rolume of building operation is the prediction made by the Pacific Builder and Engineer. published in this rlty. In Its last Issue. The publl cation editorially reviews, the progress of building In Portland for the past 19 years as follows: Ten years ago. In 1900, Portland's building- record for the 11 months v less than a million dollars. Five years later It was a little more than four mil lions, a gain of nearly a million a year. In May of ISO, for the first time in its building history. Portland passed the million-dollar mark in one- month, and that In less than six years from the time that Its annual report did not exceed that amount. A marvelous rec ord of constructional development, and yet the half has not been told. Year 10? Remarkable.. In 1' the city Issued S3W permits of an estimated. value of $S.2...l. but this was only a forecast of what the following year brought forth l.050.. ITT an increase of nearly SO per cent with the million-dollar mark passed In both April and May. a record of more than nine times that of 1900, or but tx years since. It was In the fall of 1907 that the 2'aciftc Builder and Engineer made a complete canvass of the new work ac compllshed that year In the city and published In the Issue of November 9, 1907. with a map and several Illustra tions some 33 new buildings between Burnslde and Main and First and West Park. In many respects it was the most remarkable year In the building history of the city. The year 190? was the beginning of the mo.U-rn steel business block, the passing or the snacks, and consequent ly a decided chance In the physical appearance of the city. The following rear was-one of prog ress, but not so notable. There were 471 permits Issued, with a valuation of more than ten million dollars, and In July and December the million-dol lar mark was crossed. Last Year's Total Huge. Another Jump was made last year. when the million-dollar mark was crossed six times during the period. and the totals reached 13.S:.5i5. The present year has witnessed the largest amount of business ever put through the building department, and twice. In April and in August. Port land lumped icto the two million dollar class. In the month Just passed. Portland's permits reached I2.55H.3TS. the second largest month's building on record north of an Francisco. Portland's total for the year to data exceeds twelve millions, almost a mil lion more than Seattle's for the same period. The outlook Is favorable for Portland closing the year at the head of all Greater Northwestern records. FEED FAMINE HITS INLAND Few Fanners Have Winter's Supply on Hand: Crops Short. DATTOX. Wash.. Sept. 21. (Special. V- That a feed famine looms for this Win ter In the Inland Empire Is the opinion of many farmers here. A. I- Land. pioneer 'farmer who has made a close study of the situation, says he estimates It will cost more to keep a team this Winter than it does to provide a living f"r a family of four. He says: "Barley straw, which is better for feed Irg than wheat, owing to Its brlttlenesa and fineness. Is almost Impossible to get n-w and wheat straw Is at a premium. Kay is retailing at 1 a ton and la stead lly advancing. The shortage Is due to a light crop of grain, short straw and to the increasing number of combine har vesters which make straw unavailable for feeding. Few fanners have a Win ter's supply of feed on hand this FalL' their session at which they checked up the work of the year. The road building In the county this year cost nearly COO.OOO. A large part of this sum was appropriated by the coun ty and the balance was raised by special assessment and In some cases money was donated by the property owners. Both of the stage roads from Coos Bay to Roseburg have been Improved. The Myrtle Point road was .resurveyed and about 131.000 spent on this side of the county line, while Douglas County has done almost as much. On the Coos Bay wagon road, over which the mall Is carried, much Improvement has also been made and by next year both of these mads will be good automobile routes. In all parts of . the county road Improve ments have been made. The county has also spent large sums In building bridges. A new bridge was built over South Slough near this city at a cost of $11,000 and a steel bridge, costing S9000 was built ovem, the south fork of the Conullle River. B h of these bridges connect different sections of the county which were formerly difficult to reach. The county has also done Its share of the bridge work which will make the waterfront drive between Marshfteld and North Bend. In all about IJ'J.wO has r been spent on bridges this year. Another big Improvement made by the REPORTS ARE MADE Oregon Methodist Conference Opens at Hillsboro. BISHOP SMITH PRESIDES I . f X v k nuated and 12 undergraduates present. Dr. I r-- s-. f I ir- v . . Fletcher Human, president of Willamette L '..-.!.--,. I fc '- ' I I'nlverslty. opened the session with a k ----"i- V i.t r. -..'. , devotional meeting, and at 9 o'clock Vi.s. ..J 1 '". ' I Bishop Charles W. Smith took the chair. r - , , j .. ... 71. Dr. Fletcher Unman, President of Willamette I'nlverslty, Opens- Ses sion With Devotional Serv ice Speakers Are Heard.- HILLSBORO. Or.. Sept. 21. (Spe cial.) When the 5th seesion of the Ore gon Methodist conference opened here 'this morning, rollcall showed 67 minis ters, one supernumerary, six superan v -. - -''"w.J -' V"MaV",'v"-- r - r sv - . . . f k '. i..- . : - - . i .. : . . - C. C. Rarirk. pastor at Astorli lected secretary, with W. R. J U:'jy.trirf ' eM3i ? Urate Aldridge, Charged W I Horse Stealing, Who 1i 4 Stevens County Sheriff Lous; Chase. ads I UsT I county was the repairing of the Court house which was made necessary by the increase in business. About $5000 . was expended on the Courthouse at Coquille. STRANGE CHASE AT END GIRIi CATGHT AFTER FXrDI"G SHERIFF TWO WEEKS. I7-Tear-Old Mlsa Rides Alone Over Lonely Mountain Trails and Prai rie to Evade Arm of Law. GIRL-WITNESS RUNS AWAY Ida West Loves Freedom Than Her Mother. Better VALE. Or.. Sept. 21. (Special.) Ida West, the girl arrested some time ago to appear as a witness at the recent term of court against a Murray pool rooirrTobber. who was found guilty, yes terday escaped from the custody of her mother, in wnose charge she had been placed. Despite the search of a posse In the rills, in which direction the girl fled. s.ie has not been located. The srirl had been turned over to her mother at the closing of tne term of court as her services were no longer required, but she apparently loves her freedom better than her parent. The search Is being continued. " RELIEF TRAIN DUE TODAY Work -on Broken Bridge Is Slow. Seaside Still Cut Off. ASTORIA. Or, Sept. 21. (Special.) Cwtng to the condition of the river bot tom, considerable diiffculty is- being en countered In driving the piling for the rebuilding of the railway trestle near the loungs Bay drawbridge and the Indica tions now axe that the first train to be run across to the west side will be one arriving at noon tomorrow. However, should the repairs be com pleted before that time, a local train will be started Immediately from here to Sea-S.de BIG SUM SPENT ON ROADS Improvement to Highways In Coos County Cost 9200.000. MARSH FIIJLD. Or, Sept. 21. (Spe cial.) Public Improvements In Coos County this year represent the expendi ture of many thousands of dollars. The County Commissioners have completed 8POKAVE. Wash.. Sept 21. (Special.) After mhm than two weeks of per- anent pursuit on the part of the officers of three counties, almost famished with hunger and fatigue, and with only tattered clotrdng upon her frail body while she rode into fastnesses of the un peopled mountains or like a phantom when at night she crossed wide wind- swept prairies in the Big Bend country. tttle 17-year-old Uxxle AJ bridge, wanted by the Stevens County authorities to newer a charge alleging the wrongful nd unlawful taking of a team, harness nd buggy from a Loon Lake livery ertable, September 4. was captured at Boundary nty last Saturday by Deputy Fherlff Anderson, of Northport. through dvtces from . Sheriff Graham, who had located her at that place. Phe Is now In Oolvllle at a Deputy Sheriffs home. She was born in PrlnevlIIe. Or. She hired a team to go to her father, who waa III and concluded later to visit her brother at Keller. Learning a warrant was lsetied for her arrest she fled on horseback Into the mountains. Alone, whe fled, sleeping In deserted cshlns or in the open. Then she rode to Almlra, many miles south, crossing the Colum bia River and giving the Sheriffs the slip. Thence to llbur she rode, across country to Odessa, by train to Spokane and then north to Boundary a few mile from the British Columbia line. MURDERER TAKES OWN LIFE Wife Killed With Hammer; Hus band's Body Found In River. . BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Sept. 21. A corpse taken from the Fraser River, a short distance below the bridge at Mis sion. B. C. yesterday, with Its throat cut from ear to ear. was positively identified this morning as that of Charles Reld. wanted at Clayburn. B. C for murdering his wife two weeks ago. Mrs. Reld was found with her brains battered out with a hammer. Her husband was missing. Northwest Washington and British Co lumbia have been scoured by Canadian and American officers in search of Reld. The murderer had evidently made his way to the Mission bridge, four miles from the scene of his crime, cut his throat with a rasor. which was missing from hts home, and leaped Into the stream. 1 BUT $7 GIVEN IN 10 YEARS ia. was Jeffrey R. M. Allen a.nd W. B. Pepper as amlst- ants. Rev. D. U. Fielda jvaa elected tAtlxtlcian and hla assistants are Joseph Knotta C. L. Cressr and F. N. Jasper. M. R. Salisbury waa chosen treasurer, with A. B. Calder assistant. V. C. Stewart waa appointed conference post master. Rev. E. S. Mace, of the New York con ference; Rv. J. F. Hopkins, of the Da kota conference, and K. V. Fisher, pastor or the Hiilfiry.ro church, were Introduced. Rev. Mr. Fisher waa formerly in Alaska. Rev. Mr. Hopkins, of the Dakota con ference; Rev. B. B. Green, of the North Nebraska conference, and James Lisle were received Into the Oregon confer ence, and 8. M. Nlckle. of this confer ence, was transferred to the Columbia River conference. Dr M. C. Wire, for six years superintendent of the Eugene relation upon .his own request. All pastors were instructed to state net Increase or decrease In membership. in addition to the disciplinary require ments. In the conference body were the following superannuated ministers of note: John Flinn. J. Hoberj?. W. T. Kerr, C. A. Leewls. J. H. Skid mo re and C. A. Stock- ell. The bishop reported drafts in the sum of $1561 on the conference Income from the book concern, the charter fund and the board of claimants, and the money waa paid to the conference stew ards. - . Upon motion a message of hope for re covery was sent to Dr. D. L Rader, of the Pacific Christian Advocate, who was stricken with paralysis several months SRO. Rev. W. B. Holllngshead. who retires as superintendent of Portland District, reported great progress all over the field, and expressed his deep apprecia tion ot kindnesses shown, him d urine the six years of his superintendence' He praised the pastors and people, and especially called attention to the pre at increase in membership. In the in creases of ministerial salaries and be nevolent contributions. Concerning- the Portland and Colum bla River Churches, he said: At Centenary a new parsonaire waa nnr- cniwn. nr. titrvnee jru wiison. wno am 9 fV'nt1jr been called into the larger field of temperance reiorm. naa served tneae peopi inrpf ywi. we wish a run measure success in hla ner and tmnnrtant field. ai i union Keiiy Memorial a new cnurrn Is In process of erection with all bills paid to aaie. mis is a new class, run of hooe and pronnf. W. H. Hamilton has rendered faithful aerv1rdurlns; the past year. The location of the church la most excellent. At L-aurei woort on the Mount 8cott Una. a das or Z4U has neen aathered toeether. a new church erected and paid for. Thla 4b a ncici oi areai promise. k. c. juevei haa been pastor during the present confer ence ynr. At Mounf Tabor, where J. W. MrDoura) has been pantor for three years, a beautiful new concrete chureh has been erected; In fact, one of the moat home-like churchea we have within the bounds of our confer ence. H. Oberg haa served Montarilla for four years witn great acceptability to the peo ple. AH the Interests of the church have been advanced, membership Increased and a new arm nasi um. at the coat of about I4.0UO. erected. I C Poor haa served th Hell wood church for three year, d urine- which time th church building has been completed and all the depart men ta of the church show the work to be In moat excellent condition with advances in all department a i or two years n. T. truster baa served the Sannyalde Church. The membership haa oeen increased ; tne rtenevoiences increased. tne ministerial claims paid in run : all ob ligations tor tne stone cnurcn now In pro cess of erection paid to date- This 'Is a great church. Ita quarterly conference re ports show activity in all lines of work. Rul little heed should be given reports to in contrary. nrotnr Kuster put forth every poaslhle effort to bring this work to successful completion. we confidently expect great thin est of Kunnvsid. It can not well be otherwise for the elements of Ufa and power are within the church. The late pastor has recently been transferred to (iRiinomi conference ana stationed at Still water. L. P. Smith haa served Trinity for four yeara. It seemed absolutely necessary that this cnurcn p aoid. New iota were nurchased and a beautiful- horn or parsonage haa been constructed and Is practically finished, lo cated on the new Ladd tract in one of the most beautiful sections of the city of Portland. The lower floor of the par sonage will be used for church services until sucii time as sufficient funds are rrovlded for the erection of a new church. We are expecting great thlnga of Trinity. Two Caurclfcea Built liiYesu-. At Woodstock. w have built two entirely new churchea within one year. Rev. J. T. Voce has served nearly t wo years, A. El Ayrs tilled out the unexpired term. The membership haa been greatly Increased, sal ary and benevoiencea advanced. The first church erected was entirely destroyed bv fire, bat the National Mutual Church In surance Company met their obligation promptly, making possible the erection of a second church. The heroic efforts and aelf- aacrlflce of the people, and the generosity of the Portland people brought thla second church to successful completion. This la one of th most attractive and convenient churches in the district. New churches and parsonages have been built all over the city of Portland and some new ileitis nave been occupied. I do not know what may be the record of this present year, but the five years ending In lfOf the Portland District had reduced Its Indebt edness 237. while the other districts In our English speaking work in Washington. Oregon and inano have increased their in debtedness ranging from 91277 to xy.1.245 Toll Gibbs. fate. Morrison at Seventh Toll Sz Gnbtos, Mc. Portland's Leading Furniture and Complete Homefurnishing Store Liberal Terms Extended to Purchasers of Housefurnishings Exclusive Agents in Portland for Reynier Glace Gloves, Modart Corsets, Lily of France Corsets and Madeleine Corsets. Leona Combination Undergarments for Women. The Newest and Smartest Things in Women's NecKwear and Belts. Artistic Designs in Stencils for Home Decorative WorK Drapery Dept. 6th Floor. An Abundance of New Things in Drapery, Curtain, Upholstery Fabrics io PQsrfclaod, hy iLflne Toll A Splendid Selection Marks the Initial Showing of This New Section Main Floor That standard of quality that in every instance characterizes the merchandise of our other store sec tions and that price-fairness that has made our Apparel sections so popular with the women of Portland and vicinity, will be recognized in this our newest section. . Revillon Fre res, founded in 1723, is one of the larg est and oldest fur concerns, with branches in the princn pal cities of the world. Every fur-piece or fur garment bearing the Revillon Freres label is guaranteed to be of the best selected skins. The women of Portland and vicinity will thus have an opportunity to buy Revillon Furs at prices usually asked for furs of inferior quality. Our Hudson Seal Coat, 54 inches long, beautifully lined with all-silk brocade, ' and, with long shawl collar and cuffs, at $175. Russian Pony Coat, 52 inches long'and lin5d with Skinner satin, with long shawl collar and cuff, at $49.50. ' Russian Pony Coat, 40 inches long, with "shawl, col , lar and cuff, and lined with Skinner satin, at $45. A handsome Russian Pony Coat, 52 inches long, has wide shawl, collar and cuff, with beautiful brocade lin ing, at $69.50. At $115 is -another handsome Russian Pony Coat, ' 52 inches long, with raccoon shawl, collar and cuff, with 4-inch band of same around bottom. Many handsome Mink Pieces, both large and small, including muffs, and small neck pieces, made in the ani mal scarf styles, from $15 to $50. Large, handsome Shawl ana Cape Shoulder Pieces of beautiful matched skins, from $75 to $175. Muffs to match from $55 to $145. Beautiful Black Fox Pieces, both single and double scarfs, with or without heads; one would almost think they, were Ijtix; from $20 to $65. Muffs to match, in different stj'les, from $20 to $45. Genuine Black Lynx Neck Scarfs, two skin effects, with head in the baekr from $27.50 to $05. Genuine Black Lnx Muffs to match, both plain and fancy, from $27.50 to $50. . From $12.50 to $125 are genuine Siberian Ermine Neck Scarfs and Throws, both large and small, natural tail trimmed and beautifully lined. " , Genuine Siberian Ermine Muffs, natural tail trimmed, with down beds, medium and large size pillow, flat or envelope style, from $30 to $95. . . . Australian opossum, commonly called the chinchilla, in both Neck Pieces and Muffs, from $35 to $50. "We carry the finest line of mink, fox, Persian lamb, sable, Alaska seal and Hudson seal skins and plates and can make up any neck piece or garment to your order at lowest prices. Ira'. mimsmmBi Wmk Every fur guaranteed to give satisfaction. All Skinner satin linings guaranteed to, wear for two seasons. SLAYER HIDES IN WOODS MAX WHO KILLED ANOTHER IX FIGHT OVER DOG FLEES. despite his wounds, on the ground that he is still an ahle-botiied man. RAILWAY IGNORES FINE Witnesses at Coroner's Inquest Give Testimony Showing Premedi tation by Mock. nir c . . . T7 . K n A twa vA c . I ter district. "j" iAu-OT.... oujnjri l Th.re re ,fvral Important field which Her, Thongh She's Crippled OREGON CITT. Or. clal.) A new phase came to liffht In the Kanne divorce suit yesterday, when Sirs. WUhelmlne Kanne riled an answer and cross complaint, through, her at torney. J. E. HedRes. In It. Mrs. Kanne says her husband has acted as though ashamed of his wife and children, has cursed, and struck her. and though she is Si years of age. and her- hands crippled, she lieges that Kanne compelled her to do hard labor in the fields. Durlnir the past 10 years, she says, he has only given her $7. Mrs. Kanne admits that the.nronertv involved is JS0.00O. but she stronarlv denies all of the other charges In her ntsoand s complaint. ene asks for 1 100 a month alimony. "Foley Kldaey Pllla Rave Oared Me." The above is a Quotation from lat ter written by H. M. Winkler. Kvans- vl lie. ind. "I contracted a severe of kidney trouble. My back gave out and pained me. I seemed to have lost all strength and ambition: waa both ered with dlxiv spells, my head would swim and speck float before my eves I took Foley Kidney pills reguiaflv and am now perfectly well and feel i"ke a new. man. Foley Kldnev Pills hv cured me." Sold by ail druggists. should have been occupied and church cullrilnirs erected, but the .Methodists of Portland have built more churchea In the laat five or als veara than were built In a Sept. 21. fSpe- lvquarter of a century prior to this term and our willing and loyal membership haa given as freely and liberally as could be expect ed, even un to the breakins; point. In tne six rears new cnurcn nuildlnxs have been erected at Central. Epworth. I.au relwood. Mount Tabor. Sellwood. I'niveralty Park. Woodstock. Rainier. Hudson. and Beastde. New parsons res have been pur- chaaed or butlt at Aatoria. Clnlskanle.Nl.lnn- ton. Centenary. Epworth. rtot. Johns, t'ni verally Park, and Seaside. . There la not a church In the entire district which has not been repaired and Improved. Churches are under process of erection at Clinton Kelly Memorial. Bunnysiaa and iTinity. During the five yeara ended Peptemhar 30. 1!H9. the net Increase in membership In the City of Portland alone was equal - to that of the previous 18 years. The present year will probably show the largest gain in the history of Portland Methodism. The Increase of church and parsonage property sot Including the preaent year, was equal to that of the prevloua fifteen yeara with about S.10.00O or to. 000 to add thla year. The net advance In ministerial support for the same five years was equal to that of the previous 20 years, and this yeac will show another very substantial Increase. The net Increase In benevolent offerings for the district was $10,812 or probably a larger sum than the diatrlct had reported In anv previous year. The total paid by the district In liKfJ naa f !.!. There la no city In the United States hav ing lO or more churches which carried as little Indebtedness on the records of the church In the year Vjpi as the city of Port MEDFORD. Or.. Sept. 21. (Special.) J. A. Mock, who killed Jesse Smith In Medford last night. In a quarrel over a dog, thus far has baffled his pursuers and ie now running, free In the moun tains between Ashland and Jacksonville. No trac of the fleeing man had been discovered up to a late hour this even lng. The fugitive is an expert shot and good woodman and known to be a des pirate man. It Is expected that he will sell hts 'life dearly. Since the fugitive limps on account of a stiff kneecap he will be readily recog. niei?d as soon as he touches civilization. In the) Inquest held today by Coroner Kellogg over the Tody of Jesse Smith, Mrs. Mock, wife of the slayer, who may be held as an accomplice, was a reluc tant witness. She maintained that her husband's act wae unpremeditated. ' .Against the wife as a star witness for the state wa 13-year-old Mary Martin. daughter of one of the eye witnesses of the tragedy, who lives next door to the house in which Smith and his friend John McMullen. 'hatched." The little girl said that on the afternoon of the day of the tragedy she had seen sharpening his big-bladed knife. The little girl and aleo her mother testified that Mock had said, as he came out of the house after stabbing Smith, that he had done what he had told hlswlfe he was going to do. Smith had at first refused to give up the dog belonging to the Mocko. at the request of Mrs. Mock. Mock had ac cused Smith of trying to steal hts dog and of calling Krs. Mock a liar. Smith denied both. A scuffle ensued and Mock stabbed Smith to death before McMullen and Martin, the eye witnesses, realized that Mock had a knife In his hand. Smith served four years in the Sev enth United States Cavalry and several years as a Texas Ranger. His body contains four bullet scars and the marks of one bolo cut. Sn-.lth received his wounds In the Philippines and In the bor der uprising in China. In his m personal efects a letter was found from" Govern ment officials refusing bim a pension , Commission Will Make Test Case Against O. R. & X. Company. COLFAX. Wash.. Sept 21. (Special.) The battle between the State Rail way Commission and the state railways which are making a test case of the fine of (1000 and orders given them by the Commission, will be fought out at Colfax, Thursday. The Commission ordered the O. R. & N. Company to put in a station and agent at Hay, in Western Whitman County. The railway company refused to obey and was fined (1000, which it refused to pay, though it later built the station where it wished it, but would not install a regular agent. The Commission has Imposed about 30 fines 6f (1000 each on the various railways of the state, refusal of the payment of which has caused this test case. J. W. Lawrence, chairman of the Commission, and Assistant Attorney General W. H. Tanner will represent the state, and the railway attorney will arrive from Portland. J. A. Morgan, of Hay. who made the complaint, is the chief witness. Association Meeting Called. The next meeting; of the Portland Foot ball Association will be held In District Attorney Cameron's office, in the Cham ber of Commerce building, September 25, at 8 o'clock. All officers of the associa tion and representatives of teams to en ter the competition for Jhe Portland Football Association are urged to be pres ent. At the meeting Saturday night it was decided to have all applications for admittance into the league made in writ ing to W. C. Climie. secretary, care the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. Im portant business and much soccer football talk is promised for the next meeting. Glorified pipe amoking is the latest fart among clubwomen of London. The pipe UBed la a dainty Japanese affair known as the klsseru. It has a gold and silver bowl and mouthpiece. The bowl holds a pinch of tobacco from which about seven whiffs can be obtained. A Baby Wants a Well-to-do Home See Announcement . Page 12 of This Paper Under Heading For a Louis XV Room' t&