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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1911)
13 THE MORNING OREGOyiAX. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911. OWNERS TO PLEAD TO KEEP LEVY DOWN SOME OF HIGH-BRED FOWLS EXHIBITED THIS WEEK UNDER AUSPICES OF OREGON POULTRY AND PET ASSOCIATION AT ITS ANNUAL SHOW. ROOSTERS STRUT Jewelry Watches Clocks Cut Glass Silverware Novelties Diamonds Pearls Rubies Big Taxpayers May Organize to Demand Pruning of Toll for 1912. Chanticleer, Least Marketable of AH, is Cock of Walk in Display of Fowls. i i AND HENS ADMIRE FOWLS' 400 SHOW OFF EiWMt of Oregon Poultry and Pet Awritlon Include 1200 Out or 1,T53,34 Members of Urn Family In Stair. BT ADtriSOX BENNETT. Many conventions bar been held In Portland during the last few months, and many more are scheduled for the months to come, but one of th most Important of tbera all la the one now In full swing at the comer of Third and Pine strreta. under the unfinished Multnomah Hotel. It Is a convocation of the rr pro durera of the Northwest, but only the ellt and elect are In attendance, the 400. so to apeak, of those that make It possible to bar baron an and bam an' on our bills of fare, those who are responsible for the around work of the omelette and the frame work of the Tom and Jerry and the itinor. All day yesterday the active master of ceremonies was busy registering the guests and assigning them to their quarters, a he had been busy since rlaturday. This gentlemen's nam Is K E. Smith, and they call him secre tary. Looking; over the entry books, or rather the register. I noted the follow- Ing well-known names, with more com Ins; In every hour: PI. Minorca and family: B. U Wyandotte, husband and children: L- Brahma and relatives: 8. P. Hamburg. B. P. Kock and O. P. Kamburs;. with their uncles. aunts. cousins and nephews: B. Anflaluslsn. P, P. Rock and S. P. P. Rock and tbelr children and male escorts: XV. Minorca and B. Spanish and friends; Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Rock: P. and CaL Wyan dotte and relatives: W. P. Rock and R I. Red and their chaperons: Bl. Langshan. male escort and relatives; f. O. Itorklng. B. Cochin. P. O. Ban tam and friends. B. and P. Orpington and families: Bl. Orvlnrton and 8. C. .Ancona. brothers and sisters; f. C. W. Ieghorn. W. Lea-horn. B. 1-etrhorn. B. C. B. Leghorn and t. C. Leghorn and a whole platoon of lesser I-CRhorns; W. Langshan and R Lansshan and many other Lanashans. and alao the Came family. Including the celebrated Pit Game and f. I. Came. All rrisaped fnr t)w. In all there were over 1500 members of the above fam'lles. and each one of them, from the yotinicest to the oldest, from the smallest to the largest, was dressed In his or her best apparel. And such primping; and penciling. such manicuring and staining, such brush Ins; and combing, such washing and scouring had been done that even the best friends of the visitors would hardly have recognised them at home. A a setting there were many mem bers of the pigeon and pheasant fam ilies, and many of the Puck and Goose tribes. And In the war of embellish ments there were Incubators, brood ers, feeders snd feeds, rooets and nests and cure-alls? And not a word has been said about the noise the male visitors, rather the male delegates, were making: but the reader knows that the average "male hen" Is the noisiest fellow on earth, considering his six and his excuse for. making a noise. In fact, there has as yet been discovered no valid excuse for allowing the rooster to live be yond the cockerel age. beyond the time when he THeds his baby teeth, the time when he is delicious as a "fry." delec table In a stew, gustable when roasted. kaatlrleer Meatljr niaff. To watch one of these mnle escorts running at large, with a coterie of ad miring femnlnltv around him. one would Imagine that he was the most useful as well as the most admired creator on earth. Is there trouble ap proaching? Listen to his warning cries as he drops his tall feathers and ske daddles; does one of the ladles lay an egg? Listen to his exultant crows! One not knowing the difference would think he laid It himself. Anon he approaches a place looking like a favorite haunt for a worm: he gives a scratch nrst with the left foot, then with the right, steps back, erects his head and emits an exultant call for the nearest fe male to come and grab the worm and there Isn't a worm within a rod of Mm. Jr'or the real, simon-pure bluffer commend ns to the liens af.inltv. What has that got to do with the fact that the census says we had In Oregon on the first day of last SLty 1.751.231 members of the hen family, and the 1200 mentioned above are her as the appointed and accredited dele gates of that vast number, and with the hop of the promoters that Inter est will be so augmented that we may double the present flocks In the very near future. We might treble It, then double It again, before every Oregonlan wanting an egg could get on of the home product. As It Is now iwo-thlrds of the eggs we eat com from east of the Rocky Mountains many of them from "Rotterdam. I think. Anyhow. If the Interstate commerce law would work overtime many of the alleged eggs that we now ship in would be dumped at the state line. Even at the best when you now order an egg at a caravansary you do not know whether It was put in storage before or aince the Hpanlsh War. Jadgea' Task Hard. Nor has that got anything to do with the two gentlemen who are down at the hen convention looking for dead earlobes. microbes, fleas. Imperfect feathers and false teeth on those 1200 fowls. These gentlemen are Judge El mer Dixon, of Oregon City, and Judge W. M. Coates, of Vancouver. B. C. It Is their duty to decorate certain of the tribe with different colored ribbons, award the cups, the breakfast foods and the brooders that the enterprising merchants hereabouts have asked to hare awarded to the finest specimens of each family represented. May a kindly providence have mercy on those Judges. I have had some experience as a Judge of baby shows have fre quently been asked "how much did you get?" for giving this or that baby a blue ribbon or overlooking some other. I have on occasions refused kindly invitations to go out behind th tent and have It out man to manor rather man to woman. But, Lord bless us, think of Dixon and Coates! They will likely escape with their lives, but If Inaudible harsh language could cut they would be mincemeat before Sat urday night. By this time I have got right down to th meat of the matter and beg to say that the Oregon Poultry and Pet Association Is holding its annual show at the place mentioned and over 1200 fowls are on exhibition and all of them worthy of exhibition. Indeed It is about as fin an aggregation of poul- I""- I i;$lff 4; . & ..-J ' J. . . ;- . I. ) ' "-v : : " a.i f t . . t ." r. ...;. -. --S , v . H : ,v .. ' (mmm? s -asBajaaaaasaaasHSBSSjasBSBSBBBBaBBBBaBSssaBSBas try as one will ever see. and the event promises to draw large crowns, ir me number of visitors yesterday Is any criterion. If you are In any way Interested in poultry, or even If you like cnlcken meat or eggs, you anouia oy ail means go down and see th exhibits. It will pay'you. and It will pay th community o have mora interest taaen in pounrj nd one of the best ways to arouse that Interest Is to encourage tne breeders by making these shows rec ord-breakers for attendance. CAR PARKING ONE TOPIC rastsrnjrr-r Officials t Tacom to Discuss Plan for Klks. Many Important questions will be const. lered at the monthly meeting of he Northwestern Passenger Assotia lon In Tacoina today. Included among hese Vlll be the uniform parking of rains In the Portland railway yards during the Klka' Convention next July. Numerous delegates who will come to Portland on special trains are desirous of having the cars remain on a con venient siding that they may sleep here every night. It Is estimated that he various railroads will be able to thus accommodate about 1000 cars. It Is probable that an effort will ba organised to obtain an extension of the sal datea for Eastbound tourist tick ets from various points In the North west. Some passenger men want to have the low far round-trip rates cover th Thanksgiving period and probably th Christmas period. For he last few years mere nav neen no reductions on Kast bound tickets for the holiday season. A similar reduc- ton may be sought on the westbound ates. The question of reduced rates between points In the Northwest fot he holidays also will be discussed. fnlform methods of advertising win be considered. The following Portland passenger of ficials left last night to attend the meeting: A. D. Charlton, assistant gen eral passenger agen,t. Northern Pa cific: William McMurray, general pas senger agent, O.-W. It- & N. Company; John M. Scott, general passenger agent Southern Pacific; E. C. Robblns. chief clerk, passenger department. Northern Pacific and W. C. Wilkes, assistant general freight and passenger agent. North Bank road. VICTORJRECORDS Make pleasing presents. Our Victor parlors are open evenings for the con venience of our many customers. Sher man. Clay & Co.. Morrison at Sixth. Where the Locality doea aot Coast Wherever there are people suffering from kldnev and bladder ailments, from backache, rheumatism and urinary Ir regularities, Foley Kidney Pills will help them. Belvlclere. 111. E. A. Kelly, sn ex-englneer. says: "Three years ago m v kidneys became so bad that I was compelled to give up my engine and quit. There was a aevere aching pain over the hips, followed by an In flammation of the bladder, and always a thick aedimer.t. Foley Kidney Pllla made ma a sound and well man. I can not say too much In their praise." For sal by all druggists. ,.:'.-. -V '.Ha-s?-s '.; . , ... . ' i i FOWLS DISPLAY BEST Expert Judges Declare Exhibit Leads Northwest. NUMBER-AMD CLASS EXCEL Judging of Birds In Oregon Poultry and Prt Association's Show Is In Progress Every llrood of Chicken Is Cooped. Judges arfd officials agree in declar ing the poultry show that opened yes terday under the auspices of the Ore gon Poultry and Pet Association, In the Multnomah Hotel at Third and Pins streets, to ba the best In quantity and quality that has been held in the North west this season. "I have Judged mora than a dosen shows In British Columbia. Washing ton. Idaho and Oregon before coming to this show," said W. M. Coats, of Vancouver, B. who with Elmer Dixon, of Oregon City, Is scoring the fowla entered, "and I can safely say that this Is the largest show In which I have officiated this year. There are more fowls entered and they are of as VL I high clasa In every respect as any of 1 th fowls! have Judged at Previous J shows. The number of disqualifica tions we have mad so far Is not only much less than It was last year, but Is far less than I expected to be obliged to make, although I was prepared to find an Improvement In the stock over last season." , Scoria; la I sder War. Mr. Dixon has acted as Judge in eight shows this season prior to this show, and confirms th statements made by Mr. Coats as to the magnitude of the exhibit.- The Judges began scoring th fowls yesterday morning, and com pleted the cards of the entries In the White Leghorn class late in the after noon. This class has the largest en tries in the show, consisting of mor than 200 fowls. The Judges expect to finish their scoring Wednesday after noon, although It may not be possible to have all the cards averaged and the results announced before Thursday. "Little of the scoring can b done in the evening," said Mr. Dixon, "except ing in the classes of th games and fowls where color does not count. All other classes must be Judged by day light. But for this, we might be able to have the results tabulated sooner." White Leghoras Shine. Most Imposing of all the exhibits, in point of numbers, are the White Leg horns, filling more than B0 coops. Th heaviest exhibitors In this class are Millar Bros., of Taooma; William Fhands. of Mllwaukle; Calkins Poultry Yards, Lents, and the Independent Foul trv Yards, of Rldeefleld. Wash. H. O. Hayes & Son, of Portland, have entered a large exhibit of Brown Leg horns and E. N. Keeney has a large representation in the Buff Leghorn class. Miller Bros., of Tacoma, have slfo several entries In both of these classes. Washington Is represented also with two entries of Anconas. by G. G. Sneller. of Walla Walla, and L Uellne. of Olympia. Next to the Leghorns In numbers are the Plymouth Rocks. The old reliable "Barred Rock" Is entered In Its largest exhibits by M. J. Myers, J. C. Murray, of Portland: B. F. Keeney, of Eugene, and G. W. Speight, of Portland. A. J, Volght, of Lents, and G. S. Shanen are the heaviest exhibitors of White Ply mouth Rocks and Merton E. Degulre, of SUverton, has coops of Plymouth Rocks In Columbia, Partridge and Sll ver Pencilled classes. Buff Orplagtoaa Shows. Many coops of Buff Orpingtons make a fine display of fowls, the chief fan ciers who hava entered exhibits In this class being M. Feldman, I. N. Flelsch ner. C. M. Beech am. of Portland; G. N. Llttlehales, of Forest Grove. Smaller exhibits In other classes are the Rhode Island Reds, entered by E. S. Russell, of Centralis; L. D. Elliott, of Portland, and E. J. RusselL of Port land: White . Wyandottes, by B. Lee Paget, of Portland; Black Minorcas, by G. W. Speight, of Hubbard, and R. H. Greer, of HUlsboro; Silver Spangled Hamburgs, by Walter Roswurm, of Forest Grove, and Orrln Belnliardt. of Kennewlck. besides numerous coop en tries In breeds not so widely raised la the Northwest. One hundred saucy little White Pyle Bur. tarns make the most attractive ex hibit In the entries of games, while Phillips Beck bas a good display of Cornish Indian Games and Pit Games are eDtered largely by J. P. Limerick, T. W. Beachlll and J. C. Withers. Fully 1000 visitors attended the show during the first day and the Interest shown seems to predict an Increasing attendance as the show progresses. FIREMEN QUIZZED TODAY Elgtrt Iteutenants and Captains to Seek: Battalion Chief Post. Eight lieutenants and captains of the fire department will take part In a civil service examination today, that an ell i glble list may be established from kl.k . L .. r. hBM.llAn fhlaf In " ' ..- t-u- appointment of former Battalion Chief Doweil to tne Dosltlon. of Fire Chief. It is thought the Civil Service Com mission will reinstate Lee G. Holden to fill the vacancy, and for that reason a number of the firemen who had intend ed taking the examination did not file applications. The eligible list to be es tsbllshed by today's examination prob ably will be kept until the end of 1912, and those successful in the examina tion will be In line for appointment In case of vacancy until that time. Today's test will be undergone by Alanxo W. Dolson, John B. Simpson, Charlea F. Neale. Frank D. Heath, Harry E. Hawkins, W. C. Slaughter back, Edward Grenfell and James Dil lane. Library Architects Retained. Doyle. Patterson & Beach, architects, have been retained by the Portland Library Association, the County Court concurring, to draw the plans and spec icatlons and superlntena the construc tion of th new library to be erected on the block bounded by Tenth, Elev enth, Yamhill and Taylor streets. The architects will receive a commission of 5 per cent of the gross cost of the building. What the new structure will cost is problematical, but it is esti mated that there will b between $i"5, 000 and toOOiOOO available. 25-MILL TAX IS BEARED Increase of Three Points Over This year's Impost Added to Bigger Assessed Valuation Deemed Burden on Citizens. Aroused by the prospect that the tax levy on property in Portland will reach 25 mills, an increase of three mills over the tax for this year, heavy taxpayers are threatening to effect an organiza tion and go before the various tax levying bodies with a view of keeping the levy at the lowest possible amount. Unless this is done, property owners fear the 2j-mlll levy will, be reached, if not exceeded. An increase in the levy will prove burdensome to the small homeowner In the same proportion as to the large business man or manufacturer. For Instance, with a tax of 22 mills the worklngman whose home was assessed for 11500 this year paid 33 taxes. Un der a 25-mlll levy next year on the same valuation he would pay taxes to the amount of 137.50. or an lacrease of $4.60. This Increase in the amount of this man's taxes is based on the same valuation for the two years. The as sessable value of a great deal of the residence property, as well as property in the business district of the city, was Increased by the Assessor this year, with the result that the tax burden with an Increased levy would be in creased even more. Owners Oppose Increase. With scarcely an exception, each of the . various departments of state, county, city and district government Is making increased demands for appro priations at the hands of the taxpayers. They are not only asking for, more money, but an Increased levy. This amounts to a double blow to the tax payer in view of the fact that the ag gregate of the taxroll this year Is about $18,000,000 greater than that on which taxes this year were levied and collected. Already Mayor Rushlight has asked the Council to fix the levy for munici pal purposes at 6.8 milfs, as against 6 mills this year. This increased levy will give the city approximately $300,- 000 more money than It received and expended this year. Protesting tax payers will demand that the levy for cltv Dumoses be not Increased, con tending that the business of the city, with the Increased assessable valua tion of property, should be conducted with the funds produced from tne same lew made for 1911. Word bas come from saiem xnat tne demands of the state on the several counties next year will be greater than this year, when the levy for general purposes was 2 mills. In all probabil ity a heavier levy will be required in order for Multnomah County next year to raise its share of the state tax. For school purposes It Is believed the levy of 1.8 mills, which was raised this year, will be adequate. County's Expense Larger. Increased expenditures planned for Multnomah County next year In all probability will necessitate a larger levy by the county. This is brought about largely by reason of additional money nedded to complete the court house, the construction of a county library building and the ma'ntenance of that institution. The School Board Is expected to ask for an increase in its levy, which for this year was 6.3 mills. More new buildings and needed additions to the buildings now used are assigned as the principal needs for , more funds. There Is a possibility that the Port of Portland Commission may be abla to get along next year with a slight re duction in the levy that was made this year, amounting to L6 mills. To date this is about the only ray of hops left to the taxpayers, but any saving mad in the tax for this corporation will be wiped out several times by th in creased demands of the other depart ments. It is this general demand from all sources for Increased funds that Is causing the taxpayers to take a keen Interest In the situation. The agitation has reached a state that promises to result in an organized movement on the part of those who pay the taxes In presenting a vigorous protest against any unnecessary Invasion of their purses by the tax collector. Mortgage Irregularity Causes Arrest. Charged with removing from Port land to Clackamas County eight horses and a wagon on which J. B. 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