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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1907)
Y THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAXD, JULY 7, 1907. TENNIS ETIQUETTE HINTS BY RAGQUET Writer Gives Counsel as to Proper Dress for Men on the Courts. EDEN STYLE WOT FAVORED Portland Should Send Strong Team couver Gossip on the Local Conditions. BT RACQITET. Thrre has been a vast amount of un necessary talk and newspaper com ment as to the tennis tournaments and the relations different climbs have to the game here in Portland. One not fully advised regarding: true conditions might think that there were several factions which were jealoiw of one an other, to put it mildly. Ten years ago lawn tennis was almost, a lost art In Portland. A few private courts were scattered about the city, but no one club made any pretense of supporting the game. To the Mult nomah Club should go all the praise of having stepped into the breech and offered facilities for the development of lawn tennis. There never has been a time when tennis proved a source of revenue from a "gate receipt" standpoint, and'surely the Multnomah Club ha never put forth any effort In building up the game for any other purpose than to foster the best interests of the same, and to offer to the members of the in stitution a class of sport that was popular and much desired. Last year the Multnomah Club had poor luck with their courts and there were those who said that the club was not giving: the tennis player a fair deal. Such talk might do for the nursery, but not for such an organiza tion as the M. A. A. C. Revival of Lawn Tennis. All over the country has sprung up a revival of lawn tennis, and history has only repeated Itself in Portland .over the foundation of a club whose in terests shall be devoted wholly to the Interests of tennis. The reports current that the Irving ton Tennis Club should make an effort to secure the state championship tour nament are also in the nursery cate gory. Such talk comes from those who grace the grandstand and occupy seats on the side-lines, and who know noth ing about the game Itself or true sportsmanship. What difference does it make to either club where the tournament Is held? Build up the game and Improve standard of play; these are the things to talk about, and write about, and leave to the juniors and kindergarten department the petty jealousies which are too small to be recognised by a true sport. The circumstances are just these: The Multnomah Club wasunfortunate in losing two-of Its best courts during the past Winter, so that the Spring found it without adequate tennis grounds. At great expense the club has installed two asphalt courts, which can be used both Summer and Winter. It would seem that as a fitting place in which to hold the state champion ship the Multnomah Club was more or less handicapped this season. There are no other asphalt courts in the Pa cific Northwest, and It would be apt to prove disastrous to ask outside players to compete under conditions which are so different to what we have been usej to heretofore and what doubtless will remain In vogue for years to come. Asphalt- courts will always be looked upon as an emer gency In the Pacific Northwest. Mult nomah Club should be highly com mendde for having insatlled them, for they have addded very greatly to the game here in Oregon. Two Courts Inadequate. There is another feature of the asphalt courts which will make a tournament most difficult. The Oregon entry list has always been a large one and bids fair to be larger than ever this year. To run off such a 'tournament on two courts would be well nigh Impossible. It would mean that play would have to start at 8 o'clock each morning and continue till dark each day. It would also mean that those playing the last two days would have to work almost continuously and there Is a limit as to how much work a person can do on an asphalt court. The women would suffer most seriously and there is strong possibility of the tourna ment proving a failure If the club tried to pull it off on two asphalt courts. It would not be possible to play aome of the matches on clay and some on asphalt,, for this would not be fair to the player. But why all this talk? The chairman of the tennis committee is a man equal to his task and the club will not try any experiments on the tennis players of the Northwest, nor will the success of eur sacred state tournament be jeopar dized. The serving of the best interests of the game Is what is foremost In the minds of both the Multnomah Club and the Irvington Tennis Club. There can be no rivalry between the two clubs for the playing members of the Irvington Tennis Club are amongst Multnomah's stanchest supporters. The Irvington courts have been open to the Multnomah Club -for the state tournament, should they so desire, and the Multnomah Club would certainly have no hesitancy in using the Irving ton courts should it best serve the In terests of the game In Oregon. Team for International Meet. What would be far more to the point Is a little talk started In the interests of ending a big delegation to the inter national meet, held August 12, in Van couver, B. C. Every athletic organiza tion In the city ought to contribute to a fund to send the best players the city affords to this meet. The Irvington Tennis Club should bead th list with a liberal subscription, and the Multno mah Club should duplicate It. Then Bhould come the Waverly Golf Club and the Y. M. C. A. We should send to Vancouver at least four of our best men, and four of our best ladles. There should be a keen competitive play-off for the honor and chance of representing our Rose City, and when they get there they should do , 8.11 to make our town proud. Lesson In Tennis Etiquette. Dog days are here, so another snarl or two on the tennis subject may be pardoned, but there have been a few slipups fn the matter of tennis eti quette that we may do well to heed. Out on Multnomah Field there hav been those who have appeared on the courts without much more on their persons than a small pair qf trunks and low tenni slippers. Now, fellow, this won't do. Tennis Isn't that kind of a game. If you want to play it get yourself an outfit that is used this side of the Garden of Eden and wear it. .' Then there is the man who has ap peared both at Irvington and Mult nomah, and whose clothes have not been laundered since the Fall of 1305. Any comment on this condition is unnecessary, but really, fellows, give the laundry man a chance at you at least once during the season. Don't play In your undershirt, and it will pay you to keep your eye peeled as to what is the proper- way to dress. Re member that you are appearing In a public place, and you may be making it embarrassing' for some shy maiden who Isn't used to seeing men appear on the tennis courts in their union suits. Cut out the Tpsilanti busi ness. . The matter of defaults in a tourna ment is one In which Portland has al ways been far" too lax. Players dur ing tournament week should expect to be on the courts ready for the game or take their default with good grace. It you show the proper amount of anxiety to facilitate the work of the committee and the handling of the tournament Is that all players will be treated fairly, you won't be de faulted. If you are thinking only of yourself you will get the chop-chop In the neck-neck. That's" what you ought to get. . P. S. If some of the ladies out at Irvington wouldn't yell so loud right in the most important part of a match It would be better. GRANGERS DISCUSS TRUSTS Warn Voters to Scan New Laws for "Jokers." Local combinations for the purpose of "boOBting" the price of fuel and other commodities used in the home received severe condemnation yester day afternoon m a meeting of Evening Star Grange, at bouth Mount Tabor. Lecturer Gher was n charge, and an nounced as one of the topics for dis cussion the proposed state anti-trust law. Mr. Gher said that President Roosevelt was taking care of the Na tional question, but the matter was i,,.,Kf hnm tn every householder in Oregon, for there. Is scarcely an article in common use that is not controlled by combinations for raising prices. Mr. Guer mentionea iuci, uo of which, he declared. Baa Dcen reisna beyond all reason by a combination be tween the dealers and the sawmills. Oregon, he said, had no law with which to regulate or break up these combina tions, hence tnis agiiauou m Started. B. C. Wright made a brlel taut on ui subject. Ho advocated great care in handling the matter, and remarked that the trades unions of Portland had isken ud the anti-combination ques tion with the view to submitting a law to the people through the initiative. "I do not for a moment question the motives of these labor unions," said Mr. Wright, "ror the motives of the attorney who are preparing that law for submission, but every intelligent man and woman ought to examine it with great care before voting. Every Interest has combined. We have the wood combine, the grocery combine, the plumbers, the cannerymen and nearly everything else, while the out siders, the consumers, are the orango that is being -squeezed. These com binations have great power. They can get into the trades unions wtfth their own numbers and with lawyers who may do their bidding and frame up a law in which there may be a "joker.- I don't say that this will be done, but It is your duty to look well into any law that may be proposed as a matter of precaution. "I was asked in Portland to bring the matter of the fuel combination to the attention of the Council, with a view to getting something done to stop the wanton destruction of fuel by throw ing it into tho gulches. I agreed to go before the Council on condition that a petition signed by 1000 residents waj furnished. Only 200 signatures were obtained for that petition. People did not have time to press it They were too busy, and nothing has been done. "'.These trusts are formed through eWshness. The Portland wood trust was so formed. The trust that con trols cotton thread is one of the great est. Let us study the question care fully and then act Intelligently." Timothy Brownhill, editor of the Beaver State Herald, of Gresham, de clared that If the masses could be made to understand fully the opera tions of combinations for boosting the prices of household necessities there would be a revolution, for they would not stand it. Ho declared that the Patrons of Husbandry is the most powerful organization to overthrow E, G. JONES RETIRES FROM THE 0REG0NI AN STAFF TO ENGAGE. IN PRIVATE BUSINESS A v ' x J- ' A;AV A A - ! l V' ---- I - - A - a ; ' I i . j( a-- ;a i 1 a ""at J The many friends of E. G. Jones, who is well known in business circles over a wide stretch of territory as having had charge for about 20 years of The Oregonian's advertising, will be sorry to learn that he has Just severed his connection with the paper. Mr. Jones will spend two months at the seashore with his family before going into business again, in which his undoubted business talents will be the best guarantee of his future success. Mr. Jones first came to reside in Portland in the year 1S68, when this city only contained about 8000 people, and ever since then he has, grown up with it. In the Fall of 1887 Mr. Jones entered the em ployment of The Oregonlan In the advertising department, and after going on the road for one year he entered the city office to manage its advertising business. In those days The Oregonlan was published at the southeast corner of Front and Stark streets, when its issue consisted of a paper four pages three times per week, and eight pages three times per week quite a contrast to the metropolitan appear ance of this newspaper today. For many years Mr. Jones has had entire charge of The Oregonian's advertising, in both the local Beld and in the Eastern States. In a large degree, through these busy years, the business which, has come to this newspaper and helped to build it up has been due to the untiring, energetic assistance of Mr. Jones; and his assoolates now parting from him as a member of the business staff do so with a genuine regret. Mr. Jones is yet a young man in the business sense of the word, and has many years of usefulness before - him. Mr. Jones enjoys perhaps a larger acquaintance with publishers through out the United States and with representative general advertis ers than any other newspaper man on the Pacific Coast. In Masonic circles Mr. Jones hag reached conspicuous place. He is a Scottish Rite Mason of the thirty-second degree, and is a life mem ber both in Oregon Commandery No. 1, Knights Templars, and Oregon Consistory No. 1, the highest body of Scottish Rita Masons in Oregon. these combinations, and urged action by the Granges. The subject was discussed extensive ly, and the audience expressed entire sympathy with the sentiment for regu lation. All the Granges In the county will consider the subject during the next few months. DROWNED IN SANDY RIVER IVUIard Frldley, of Hood River, Aged 1 7, Loses Life at Troutdale. TROUTDALE, Or.. July 6. (Special.) While in swimming In the Sandy River at this place at 3 o'clock this afternoon, Willard Frldley, of Hood River, was drowned. Young Fridley, who Is 17 years of age, went swimming with two boy friends, and is supposed to have been taken with cramps, for he shouted for help and sank. His com panions attempted to save him, but their efforts proved fruitless. The body was recovered two, hours later. Fridley had come to Troutdale with his younger sister to attend tho con ference of the Willamette Valley Ad ventists, which is now in session here. The body was sent to Hood River tonight. Bachelor Goes Insane. M MINNVILLE, Or., July 6. John Ste prath, who lives beyond Morris Valley, In . this county, was brought in by the Sheriff today on a charge of insanity. He has been acting In a "queer" manner for some time and it Is said threatened to kill a family. He isa bachelor. MEETING NOT LEGAL Woman's Home Missionary Society Upholds Board. HEEDS OREGON PROTEST National Organization Rules In Favor of Executive Body of State Conference Mrs. Royal's Work Is- Commended. A letter has been received in this city from Mrs. Delia L. Williams, of Delaware. O., corresponding secretary of the National organization of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which clearly sustains The action of the ex ecutive board of the Oregon Conference, Woman's Home Missionary Society, .as set forth in the letter of protest re cently sent by Mrs. Osman Royal, Mrs. J D. Lee and Mrs. O. J. Bales to the so-called annual meeting of the society held at the First M. E. Church, in this city, June 28 last. The letter shows plainly that this meeting was illegal and that its action cannot be recognized as having any authority. Mrs. Royal's work as conference cor responding secretary is most highly commended and assurance given that the action taken by the executive board will be upheld. Referring to the time for holding an annual meeting Mrs. Williams says: "It is not at all necessary that it should be. held on the anniversary of a previous meeting, for it is always un derstood, and usually expressed, that officers hold over until their successors are elected. "You say you have decided to hold your annual meeting in the Fall. I in fer it was 'decided' either at your con ference meeting or at your executive board meeting, either of which would be altogether proper. "Because conditions differ in differ ent conferences, each conference is ht liberty to fix its own date, hut, of course, no so-called annual meeting would be legal unless the time fixed were by the common consent of the conference board or their representatives, and un less each auxiliary were notified suffi cient timi in advance so that all might send delegates." It is also plainly set forth that "the executive board of the conference must necessarily be, the ultimate authority." A criticism has been made of the fact that Mrs. Royal, the conference corresponding secretary, has "run" the society. Mrs. Williams quotes the duties imposed upon her by the constitution and then adds: , "The implication is that the corre sponding secretary is responsible for all the work of the conference as trans acted by correspondence, because she is supposed by her conference to be familiar with every phase of the work, and any corresponding secretary that does not assume the leadership in her conference, and responsibility for its success, is not meeting what Is ex pected of her. The board of managers holds her responsible for the repre sentation of her conference." In closing, Mrs. Williams commends the work ot Mrs. Royal In these words: "I am exceedingly gratified with the evident prosperity of your conference since you took hold of the work, and trust tha.p ail the good women of the conference, and especially those of the executive board, may co-operate with you most heartily in your plans for the advancement of the Interests In your conference." The regular monthly meeting of the old executive hoard was held yester day. Reports are coming in showing that this year is to be the most suc cessful one in the history of the so ciety. The date of the annual meeting to be held In the Fall will be an nounced later. Packers Lose Ground. CHICAGO, July 6. Representatives of livestock exchanges throughout the West, tn conference with representatives of all the big packers yesterday won what they considered an Important victory, doing away substantially with the oroposition 1 ' x - r ' . - . -i -1 fr V, l.v I "f v l i , - ? - . . 1 fcUiiJ 'V :1 vv'i t'-vT JT)t MV4t?,- , --V'.l H ,:mmm ytr-i II-v.': K- f I - -r-- - . - , - -IX I - -A A. : ' & Z --. t - - " --- A AA '7 'A ' A'A, -2, . J. " - f Ai STEAMER T. J. POTTER LEAVING PORTLAND WITH SO PASSENGERS FOR THE BEACHES. The steamer T. J. Potter made her first run after Independence Day yesterday and carried over 39J passengers to Long Beach. The steamer ' left the Ash-street dock at l'oclock and will go through to Ilwaco this evening. As a usual thing the beach business does not begin until after the celebration of the Fourth of July. This year is no exception to the rule. Th first trip of the Potter was made June 3J. The second two days before the Fourth. On neither of these trips did she carry a large crowd. The T. J. Potter Is allowed 608 passengers and later in the season she will carry the limit on every trip. Rest and Recreation When a man has passed the years of activity he seeks rest and agreeable recreation, but is unable to enjoy it by reason of constantly recurring business annoyances. His life so far has been employed in accumulating his estate, and it is natural that he should be concerned about its protection. Why should he not be relieved from' this tnnoyance and enjoy the fruits of his industry? Our company is properly equipped to take over just such work. It can care for estates more economically y reason of this equipment than can the owners themselves, making whatever disposition of the revenues, or the properties themselves, that may be required. Let us advise "with you about this important matter. Merchants'Savings & Trust Company 247 Washington Street Capital Fully Paid In - $150,000.00 J. Frank "Watson, President. R. L. Durham, Vice-President. "W. H. Fear, Secretary. S. C. Catching:, Asst. Secretary. 0. "W. T. Muellhaupt, Cashier. of the packers that all cattle be received from shippers subject to post-mortem examination. This proposition which had been fought by all the livestock exchanges will now apply only to dairy cows and to common canning cows. The packers agreed to pass all range cattle. This will mean a large proportion of the receipts at the big stockyards. The livestock exchanges represented were tho?e of St. Louis'. Kansas City. St. Joseph, Sioux City, Milwaukee, Buffalo and Omaha. Mixes Religion and Printer's Ink and Does It Successfully Nolan Best Rice, Editor of the Interior National Organ of Presbyterian Church, Visits Portland Practical Man of Affairs in Religious Work. "I BT ARTHUR A. GREENE. F a man's religion is any good he'd better get busy and work at It." said Nolan Rice Best to me the other day; it struck me that here was a man worth cultivating. Mr. Best li editor of the Interior, official organ of the Presbyterian Church in America, and naturally a man who is leaving his im press upon the affairs of our time, more especially as those affairs concern re ligious thought. That he is practical to a degree is sufficiently evidenced by his aphorism heretofore quoted. While he is in a position to mould public sentiment inside his church and out, he is making the most of his time, for he lives by the rule of action he lays down for others. He believes his re ligion is good and so he gets busy every day. In Chicago, his home, they say that Mr. Best does three men's work and wears out everybody around him. However that may be, he has of a cer tainty made things hum since he ar rived in Portland. ' He came to the Coast primarily to attend the Chris tian Endeavor convention at Seattle, but at the insistent invitation of leaders among local Presbyterians he decided to spend a week here and see what account the local churches were giving of their stewardship. He is a smallish man with red hair and florid complexion, a straight, direct-talking youg man whom one naturally, some how takes to. This may be because his sincerity Is so manifest. Mr. Best is probably nearing 40 years of age, for ha told me that he grad uated from a freshwater college in 1892, which was 15 years ago as a few of the more expert may be able to figure out. He has been editor of the Interior for six years, succeeding the late Dr. TV. C. Grey, who was iden tified with the publication for more than 30 years. During these six years Mr. Best has built up the circulation of the Interior far beyond its former high-water mark and has greatly Im proved its editorial columns. "There are 1,000.000 Presbyterian's In the country and naturally It is to be expected that such an organization of people who have a unity of faith, should bear a considerable part of the burdens laid upon the Christians of America." the editor continued, after explaining that he had nothing es pecially to say. "Tlere is an unmis takable tendency toward church union and I am not opposing the idea. In terdenominational! sm has many things In its favor. All orthodox churches have a community of Interest and even tually perhap a dream of one great church may come true. The Presby terian Church has no creed-test as a requirement for membership and those who say they cannot accept the Pres byterian creed are not Informed as to the requirements. Only In the case of our church officers, ministers and elders do we require that a, man sub scribe to a certain interpretation of the Word of God. "The world is turning more and more toward Christ. Socialism is an in dication of this, but we have already progressed beyond Socialism. If the church will only give a practical every day show of Christianity it can pull the world after it. All this talk that Christianity Is losing ground Is the sophistry of those to whom the wish is father to the thought. Never in his tory, since the wise men Journeyed to Bethlehem, has the world so been af fected by the faith of the Christian. There is no reason why we should be anything but optimists. A liverish re ligion in which weeping and tooth gnashing figures in lieu of works is worth little or nothing in the fight for the redemption of humanity. "T came here to become acquainted with the condition of our church work, and am more than satisfied with what Presbyterians are doing. They are cer tainly moving as fast as we are in Chicago. The big churches back up the smaller ones and everybody seems to be doing his part. The Men's Resort Is an admirable charity and is a credit to Portland. In fact, every detail of church work here seems to be well in hand. I have known Rev. William Hiram Foulkes, pastor of the First Church, for a number of years, and have the highest confidence in his attainments. He Is making himself felt in the cause of righteousness and has a brilliant future before him." Mr. Best will be the leading figure In the Presbyterian rally to be beld at the First Church tonight, and to morrow night will be the guest of honor at a dinner to be given at the Commercial Club. His hc-t. J. Thor burn Ross, entertained at luncheon at the same place yesterday. Paroled to Mend Arm. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., July . Em mett Dalton, serving a life sentence in tha penitentiary here for participation in the famous Coffeyville raid of the Dalton gang, was released by Governor Hoch this afternoon on a temporary parole that he might go to Kansas City and undergo an operation on his arm, shot in the raid. Dalton started for Toiwka. and there will meet his mother, the two making the trip to Kansas City together. Aged Couple AVed. NEW YORK, July . William Shinton. of Los Angeles. Cal., and Mrs. Eleanor G. Ronk, of Passaic were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal church in Ridgewood, K. J., yesterday. Mr. 8hlnton, who Is S6 years of age, was formerly a . resident of Paterson and came here to be married early this week. Mr Ronk was the widow of the lata M. K. Ronk. She is In her 77th year. CHILDREN'S PARADE! PHOTOS. , Delightful KIser Imperial Hotel. Without Alcohol A Strong Tonic - -A Body Builder - -A Blood Purifier - - - Without Alcohol - Without Alcohol - Without Alcohol Ayers Sarsaparilla NON-ALCOHOLIC A Great Alterative - - Without Alcohol A Doctor's Medicine - Without Alcohol Ayer's Sarsaparilla - - Without Alcohol The new kind contains no alcohol ''MMssWMMBBBsl We have no secrets to hide! We pub- . lish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. 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