THE ilOENING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1900.
FAVORS A WOOLEN MILL
THE MA2TUF.ACTURERS ASSOCIATION
T.VAXTS ONE IX PORTIiAXD.
Committee Reports That It Is a Pay-
ins; Proposition, and "Will Issue
a Prospectus.
A -full meeting of the board of directors
of the Manufacturers Association was
held last evening, President M. Zan In the
chair.
The committee appointed to1 investigate
the matter of establishing j woolen mill
In Portland made the following report:
Portland, Or., Jan. 2. To the Manufacturer
Association, Portland, Or. Gentlemen: "We,
jour committee appointed to Investigate the
matter or a. -woolen mill for the city of Port
land, beg leave to submit the following report:
From, all sources of Information -we are led
to bellee that such an enterprise will be a
good-pajlng- Investment as conditions prevail at
the present time and likely to continue in the
future.
Prom all reports received 2rom woolen mills
In Oregon, we learn that they have refused or
ders to the amount of eeeral hundred thou
sand dollars the last two or three months, all
mills having orders to their full capacity for
the next six months.
Tour committee think the time has now ar
rived for some action to be taken in this mat
ter, and an effort made to secure the necessary
capital to build, equip and operate a three-set
mill In our city.
We respectfully submit the following plan:
This organization, through a committee ap
pointed from the association, and other Inter
ested parties not members, organize themselves
Into a company with a capital stock of $100,000
1000 shares at the par lalue of $100 each, pay
able not less than 10 per cent per month until
fully paid up. -
As a protection to the minority stockhold
ers, we suggest that the amount of stock held
by any one indiUdual is not to exceed 50
shares, and that all stock for sale must be
first offered and refused by the company before
hclng sold to any outside parties. We suggest
that all moneys collected shall be deposited In
some bank until such time as the stockholders
shall elect directors and officers. All of which
is respectfully submitted.
H. METZGER.
E. H. KIT-HAM.
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Tne report was acceptea, ana a iuu ais-
cussion followed. The directors seemett. 4
to realize that this was the real thine
now, and the time had arrived 'for the
association to do something. T' -
President Zan said that the association
could give moral support, and its members
mhrht take all the stock they could. The
question was as to the best methods of
launching the proposition. The general
idea was to make It a popular measure,
and Mr. Coopey knew of many men who
would become small stockholders. They
could be given ample protection and be
retained as sharers in a paying proposi
tion. The only question was as to how
best to go about building a woolen milt
in Portland.
Finally, on motion of Mr. Killam, it
was voted that the same committee or,
three, which had made the report, be au
thorized to Issue a prospectus in regard
to the mill project and push the matter
along.
In regard to the permanent exhibit of
the state's manufactured products In con
nection with the mineral, agricultural and
horticultural exhibit, the directors strongly
favored the project, and Secretary Mc
Isaacs told of the progress already made.
Messrs. Holmes, McMonles and McMas
ters were appointed a committee to rep
resent the Manufacturers' Association in
pushing She good thTnTTSieaEr
The association is in crorrespondence
with Professor Trlpler, of New York,
witb a view of having him come to Port
land and give a demonstration of his
liquid air. He asks ?1200 net for one lec
ture.1 " President Zan thought that if the
pr&e&g3rnRnew hbw"muc"H liquid Portland
wasrjhftMiPfe'tejitfcy qwnnsjbj-rfrigre now, he
would not charge so much. The associa
tion will never agree to pay him any such
price, but may go in with him on a profit-
sharing lecture.
TRUTH ABOUT .SANTA CLAUS
One
"Who Disapproves Governor
Geer's Idea in the Matter.
MARSHFIELD, Dec 26. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian of December 24
Governor Geer has an article on the belief
in a Santa Claus by children, in which
he says:
'It is just and justifiable, and there
should be statutory penalty Imposed on
ever,y jersqn wjip presumes to disabuse
the, mind of any child of its beauties at
any period before the age of 10 years
has been reached."
While a little Innocent misrepresenta
tion may seem all well enough, there Is
still another side to the matter, and one
offjgreater and .of mpre far-reaching im
pprance4b.an,i at first, might be seen. It
iss.tated that.vwhatsoever a man soweth
that jshall-hejlso reap' and if he sows
thehseedsof -deception lit -the young and
confiding .mind of a child, and in after
years he harvests a crop of deceit himself
it might not be more than logical to trace
it back to his own planting.
I am curious to know what reply the
governor would have given to the little
5-year-old boy who is in our house when
he asked in all sincerity, "Isn't Santa
Claus just a man when his rags is off?
He sounded like John when he talked."
It seems,to.;me that in a case of that kind
the sort of answer we give will in the
future be returned to us. If we lie, flat
footed, and then in time get it back, of
course, we would have to lay it to innate
total depravity. It would be the easiest
way for us to get out of it.
Had there been a law imposing a penal
ty for disabusing the mind of the child,
there would have been no other way than
to .have lied to him, because, had we be
gun to equivocate, the boy would have
seen that he was on the right track, and
no doubt would soon have paid us back
in equivocation.
JVhen .h$ tender mind of childhood goes
to Jts parents to learn of things that are
puzzling its brain, and goes away after
havlng received an answer, confident that j
It knows the truth, and then later on
learns that It has been grossly deceived,
it has a disgust and lack of confidence to
Uil Its breast that is poorly compensated
for by any pleasure the deception might
have temporarily produced.
It -would seem that the Santa Claus
deception might be Innocent enough, but,
stripped bf all covering, it Is simply a
falsity, and a falsity that is planted In
very fertile soil, the Innocent mind of
childhood, and that it should bring forth
in after years would be but in conformity
with the law. "that each should bear
after its own kind." That we see fruit
of that kind, no one will dispute; even
politics Sis"-moti free ifrom it, and relig
ion has been accused? of. having it found
In Its make-up that Is, the other fel
lows religion.
Hopestly now, (governor don't you think
it would be pressing matters a little too
far not to allow a parent to tell the truth
to bis chUdjtmtil after it Is 10 years old?
It oertaln7ywduii3.$ea.Avery stupid child
that, would Tiot A',cafcch n"i-Itself before
that aire."" and from -mv vjrnrinrv th.
can ,learn-o .deitfe. list enough without
having thatrkind iofra. standing lesson
before them all the 'time. After the 10.
years, and they had been told the truth,
tney would nave to lie to the smaller
ones all the time to keep them from find
ing out.
My Idea of the matter is "that honesty
Is the best policy," even though Santa
Glaus -should be unmasked. I am not
saying anything against Christmas f estlvl
tesr .and, Jj" like to takq a part in them
aaa wjeafeenerosjty manifest one day
in the-year' is better than no generosity
at all,' and the presents given make the
heart of a child glad in most Instances;
though I have seen where envy and jeal-
ousy have rankled so as to neutralize
quite an amount of heart and Joy on the
other side.
I, like thgrgpvernor,y"wiHr-not,oj) to
discuss whether SChrIs w-aspm 3h te
251H dayof December rnol, -"but. yill'-lej
theologians settfe tba matter, "-if "'they
can; but the winter solstice has been a
time for festiviry,and.:reJolcIng, for thous
ands of years before the time of Christ,
so-history shows, as upon that time the
sun turns back and moves northward In
Its rising and setting, which gives prom
ise of another spring and summer. Should
such a Jaw as the governor speaks of
be placed upon the statutes. It is my"
opinion that he would And It very difficult
to enforce; and in the common mind
it would create a disgust for law, and
make many feel that It was trenching
upon personal freedom to such an extent
that It would be set at defiance, as they
could argue that any law whose purpose
was but to protect and cherish a falsity
could be of no real good when all its en
vironments were considered. Of course,
I wish the governor a happy new -year,
but under no ancient fable of sacred
ness. - THOMAS BUCKMAN.
DECEMBER .WEATHER.
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Summary.
Mean atmospheric pressure, 30.10; high
est pressure, 30.52, on the 22d; lowest, 29.44,
on the 15th.
Mean temperature, 43 deg.; highest, 58,
.on the 23d; lowest;, 30, on. the 28th; great-
daily 'range, 5 deg., on the 6th, 9th" and
16th.
The following table shows the mean
temperature for the month of December
in the years given:
O
Temperature. 0S0
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f is fg: l&
ev j: ?t-fifs"
;hr - 1
"49T- 33 41 ..:.
44 39 42 .03
45 39 44 .24
49-e-40 44, .04-
54 43 48" ;09
47' 41 44 .24
45 40 42 .03
49 40 44 .82
47 40 44 .54
48 39 44 .40
46 38 42 ....
41' 33 37 .02
45 36 40 .31
39 34 36 .14
46 37 42 .04
47 35 41 ....
40 32 ,36 ....
46 , 36 -41 .36,
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'48 W 44". i .01.
43 34 38 ' ....
44 30 37 ....
42 36 39 ..20
51 36 , v44 ' .36
46 38 42 .05
47.7 38.5 43.1 5.91
1872 42 1879 39 1886 46 1893 44
1873 36 1SS0 40 18S7.....42 1894 40
1874 43 1881 44 1888 44 1895 41
1875 48 1S2 46 1S89 39 1896 44
1876 40 1883 43 1890 43 1897 43
1S77 42 1884 32 1891 42 1898 38
1878 40 1885 44 1892 38 1899 43
The mean temperature for December for
"T28years wasT2 'degr"" T " ""- "
Average excess of dally mean tempera
ture during month, 1 deg.; accumulated
deficiency of dally mean temperature since
January 1, 1899, 336 deg.; average deficiency
since January 1, 1899, 1 deg.
The prevailing direction of wind during
December was southeast; total movement,
6357 miles; maximum velocity, 14 miles,
south, on the 1st.
Total precipitation, 5.91 inches; number
of days with .01 inch or more of precipi
tation, 2L
The following table shows total precipi
tation (In Inches) for December in the
years givgn;
1871.. 7.62
1872.. 9.47
1873.. 5.25
1874.. 5.24
1875.. 3.41
1876.. 0.S8
1877.. 6.87
1878..
4.52
7.36
3.93
1885.. 7.17
1886. .11.52
1887. .11.34
1888.. 5.19
1889.. 5.79
1890.. 4.34
1891. .11.45
1S92.. 6.69
1893.. 4.61
1894.. 3.47
1895.. 7.79
1896.. 6.26
1897.. 8.84
1898.. 1.29
1879..
1880..
1881.
6.64
1882. .20.14
1883.. 6.34
1E84.. 7.52
The average precipitation for December
for, 29 years was 7.08 inches.
Total deficiency in precipitation during
month, 1.17 inches; total precipitation from
September 1, 1899, to date, 18.81 Inches;
average precipitation from September 1
to date, 19.37 inche-; total deficiency from
September 1, 1S99, to date, .56 inch; aver
age precipitation for 24 wet seasons, 46.153
Inches.
Number of clear days, 2; partly cloudy
days, 9; cloudy days, 20.
Greatest daily precipitation, .90 Inch, on
December 10-11.
GEORGE N. SALISBURY,
Local Forecast Official.
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IK AID OF MISSIONS.
Programme for Tonight's- Blecting
at First Baptist Chnrch.
Following Is the programme of the In
terdenominational meeting to be held to
day, in the First Baptist church:
Afternoon Session.
2:00 Devotional service, leader, Mrs. L.
E. Rockwell.
2:20 Temporary organization.
2:30 "History and Aim of Missionary
Social Unions," Mrs. J. F. Ghormley.
2:45 Hymn.
2:55 "Echoes From Great Assemblies,"
Mrs. Frederick Eggert.
3:10 Hymn in Malayan language, Mrs.
Whlttaker, of Singapore.
3:15 "Cbrea," Miss Ellen Strong.
3:30 Hymn in Chinese language, glrl3
from Chinese mission home.
3:35 "Results of Unselfish Service," Miss
Carrie O. Millspaugh.
3:50 Hymn, Chinese children from mis
sion school.
3:55 "Question Box and. General. Confer-
ence,". Mrs. Belle J- Sellwood.
4:20 Report of committees and organi
zation of missionary social union.
4:30 Social season.
6:00 Dinner.
Evening Session.
Rev. Alexander Blackburn, D. D., presi
dent Ministerial Union, presiding:
7:30 Hymn, "Praise God From Whom
All Blessings Flow."
Prayer Rev. H. W. Kellogg, D. D.
Scripture reading Rev. George B. Van
Waters.
Swedish duet "Fram en Suck zlg Smy
ger," Misses Schultz and Lindell.
Address, "The Transvaal Crisis and Mis
sions," Mrs. Mary F. Farnham.
Song "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,"
Afro-American choir.
Collection.
Hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus'
Name."
Address "Missionary Outlook In the
Philippines," ex-Chaplain Gilbert.
Hymn (In Japanese language and na
tional air) Japanese mission students,
Hymn "From Greenland's Icy Moun
' "Closing prayer and benediction Rev. J.
."Gibson. 'J f. i ,;,
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College Totto Afraid of -Football.
Weston Leader. .
"Bye and bye' therejll be no football play
ers left alive, and the nation will return
to baseball, sanity and peace. Then Wes
ton will go down to Pendleton and proudly
remove the scalp of the county seat team
as of yore, but football-crazy people
there need never expect any rural con
tingent from this part of ,the county to Do
led Into slaughter. Some of our young
athletes have met the Mauser without
flinching, but they are too discreet to go
up against football
CONTRACT LET FOR SHOPS
POHTIiAND MAN WTLI ERECT
SOtJTHERX PACIFIC BUILDINGS.
Sadden Death of an East Side Candy
" Dealer News From Across
" the River.
The contract, for the erection of the
machine shops, of the Southern Pacific
Company was yesterday let definite
ly to J. p. Bridges, a Portland
contractor,- and the work of construction
of this first building will be commenced
as soon as the weather will permit. For
this building the contract is for $17,000.
The machine shops will be 243x179 feet,
and the brick walls will be about 30 feet
high. It will stand back on the open
ground west of the present office, where
the clearing was made last fall. Grading
for the foundation of this structure will
first be commenced, and this will con
sume considerable time before work on
the foundation walls can be started. It
will probably require from three to four
months to erect this building. It will be
modern, and will contain the best machine
tools and equipment. It is to be erected
first for the reason that the present ma
chine shops are wholly inadequate to the
demand made upon them. The old build
ing has stood ever since the grounds have
been used for railroad purposes. It is
understood that this structure is the first
of several to be erected and that eventu
ally all the wooden structures will be
replaced with brick ones.
There wiir'be considerable changing in
the trackage in the grounds also within
the next few months. The recent pur
chase by the company of about five acres
at the south end and on the west side of
the main line 'was for the purpose of al
lowing certain changes in the trackage.
The other acquisitions of land at the north
end of the grounds were also for this pur
pose. For the next four months there
will be some lively times on the grounds,
as building operations are. being pushed
forward.
'Died From Paralysis of the Heart.
At the inquest held by the coroner yes
terday morning, at the East Side morgue,
te j evidence. Indicated that George H.
Freeman. foAind dead at his home near
M&untSb"pttKdted from paralysis of the
?h'6art, wnlclnay have been the result of
a'falntlng spll. The first evidence given
Was by the Italians who found the body
Sunday, while they were keeping an ap
polntpient at his place to consider the
ipurchase of his ranch. The body was
found bent forward, and in a very
cramped position, in a narrow space. He
appeared to have fainted first and then
fallen forward. The statement of Dr. Ar
thur H. Johnson, who performed the au
topsy, was that the death was the result
of paralysis of the heart. He gave It as
his opinion, from his examination, that
deceased fell In a fainting spell, and the
collapse resulted from his cramped posi
tion, which compressed the lungs and pre
vented the action of the heart As near as
could bo ascertained, he had been dead
since about 8 o'clock Sunday morning.
There were no marks of violence on the
body, and Dr. Johnson said the organs
were in a healthy condition. The verdict
of the jury was in accordance with the
facts brought out. The funeral of the
deceased took place in the afternoon, at
2 o'clock. Lone Fir cemetery was the
place of Interment.
-. .jerohaMy-started,,, bx JS$!&u
The only reasonable explanation of the
starting of the fire In Captain Coleson's
house, East Second street, Monday even
ing, is that It was probably started by
rats Igniting matches in the upper por
tion of the house, above the door. An
examination of the door and the surround
ings showed -that this might haye. been
done. The door, which was charred, is a
suaing one. iu.is. uuicwu " Jtiiu..u.j
that the door was pushed back into the
casing, and that she pulled it outward,
when she discovered the fire. The blaze
was inside the casing, and it can be seen
that the inside casing in which the door
was inclosed is charred, showing that the
fire started there and not on the face of
the door, as first supposed. As the casing
is open at the top, there is a possibility
that some matches dropped there may
have been ignited by rats running in
that part of the house, and, dropping
down, set fire to the casing first and the
door afterwards. Mrs: Coleson's nephew
dashed water down from above and ex
tinguished the fire in the casing, and a
pan of'water extinguished the blaze on the
face of the door.
Dropped Dead of Henrt Disease.
Leander Quivey, an old-timer of Port
land, died suddenly of heart disease
yesterday afternoon in Albina. At the
moment of his death he was visiting a
friend named Mrs. Reed, at Ross and
Clakamas streets. He entered the front
door, passed through the house to the
kitchen, where the family was gathered,
and fell prostrate upon the floor, without
warning. Quivey kept a small confection
ery stand near Russell street and Williams
avenue, and also owned the little fruit
stand and confectionery out on the Canyon
road, a few hundred yards above the
reservoirs. Hislace there was well known
to bicyclists and ramblers up this pictur
esque road. He was 73 years of age, and
for many years has been a familiar char
acter of the city. One son-in-law lives in
Boise City, Idaho, who was telegraphed
at the request of friends of the old man.
Late in the evening a response was re
ceived by Edward Holman from Mrs.
Quivey, the old man's wife, stating that
she would be here Thursday evening, and
asking that the remains be held until
that time.
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East Side Notes.
G. W. Miner and wife will leave for San
San 'Francisco this evening, where they
will be absent for about two months. The
trip is made for the benefit of Mrs. Miner's
health.
Jack Penney, a well-known East Side
fireman, left yesterday for Alaska. It is
his intention topugh on through to Daw
son and try his fortune in the far north.
His friends hope that he will come home
with a long sack.
TAME STURGEON.
He Is
Said to Catch Fish for His
Owner's Living.
The following story is contributed to
The Oregonian by an old subscriber. It
Is not vouched for:
A citizen who has an old friend residing
on the lower Columbia was surprised
and delighted by receiving from him a
fine mess of Columhla river smelt every
few days af,ter the smelt put In an ap
pearance, and when they were selling in
the market here for 50 cents per pound.
A few days ago he visited this old friend
and found out how the smelt were caught.
His friend has a huge sturgeon, over 12
feet long, which Is kept in captivity by
a long rope attached to an- ingeniously
contrived "harness," and which is Treed
tov operate a "pleasure boat, used 1?y the
family on a large bayou near tne House,
and which is often used to tow the boat
back" and forth across the Columbia,
where it Is aboqt three miles in w'ldth.
The sturgeon is staked out whep' no't
needed, and picks up his own living.
About December 1, when the smelt are
expected along, the sturgeon fs staked
out in an eddy which is frequented by
them, and generally has the first 'mess
,of smelt caught on the river. Every
morning he is hauled up to the shore
and examined, and as soon as smelt
'are at all plentiful, and before the gill
nets begin to catch them In any numbers
the sturgeon will be found chockful ffnd
running over with them. Now a large
sturgeon has a sort of flexible trunk or
suction pipe, which he can extend for a
I foot or more, and which Is large enough
to take in a man's armband when this
is found filled with smelt, all alive and
kicking, which have not reached even the
mouth of, the huge fish. It is an easy
matter tp secure eight to 10 pounds of
the delicious little fish, and this is the
way those sent to the sturgeon owner's
friend here were secured.
"SLIM PIETr "'TEiXS TRUTH
There "Was Gnile, hat There Is Nose
Now.
New York, .Tribune.
General Joubert, as we" have hitherto
frequently remarked, Is one of the worthi
est figures In the whole Transvaal oli
garchy He is a brave soldier, a skillful
commander, a clear-sighted statesman and
an honest man. His countrymen call him
"Slim Piet," or "SlyPeter." That is a
deserved tribute to his shrewdness, but
no reflection upon Ijls Integrity. In the
present war he has conspicuously vindi
cated his right to the name, for not in
all the century has any military leader
more completely outwitted the enemy than
has he the British. "Nofr-eyen the French
in 1870 were quite so deceived" by the Ger
mans, or rather, so much deceived them
selves, as the British tirmy staff was de
ceived at the beginning of this campaign.
And so far as they were anything more
than self-decelv.ed, it was "Slim Piet"
who deceived them. That, too, we may
say without reflection upon his Integrity,
for deception of the enemy is fairplay in
the great game of war.
"Slim Piet" now tells us how hedld it.
In a letter to the Echo de ParlB he says
frankly' that the Boers have for years
ever since the Jameson raid been secret
ly preparing for war. "To arm ourselves
unremittingly and to ' hide these arma
ments from the British such was our
object. We have fully succeeded therein.
We often allowed secret English agents
to penetrate into our arsenals, where there
was merely old artillery material, but we
carefully concealed our modern material,
of which they thus knew nothing until
the very eve of the war." Thus were the
British tricked, as they have since been
tricked in the field. It was clever work,
akin to that of Hannibal, and Washing
ton, and Dundonald, and all great cap
tains who have eked out Inferior strength
with superior and successful skill. Of a
truth, "Sly Peter" is worthy of his name.
In what predicament, however, does this
honest statement of an honest man place
the pretenses of. those overzealous friends
of the Boer states who would have us
believe that the latter were unprepared
f6r war and undeslrous of it, and that all
the aggressloa was on 1 Great Britain's
part? General Jouberts plain tale and
the corroborative events of the last two
months show beyond all question thatit
was the Transvaal that began arming,
and that when Kruger resorted to the
diplomatic ruse of protesting against the
sending of a few more British regiments
to Natal the Transvaal already had, In
trim for instant action, a force many
times as large as that with which It was
"menaced." Instead, therefore, of there
having been British aggression upon a
couple of peaceful -pastoral communities.
there was Tiothing.but a tardy British rls-
lng and arming to meet a great menace
of military aggression against British col
onies. For, while "Slim Piet" has told the
truth, he has not told all the truth. He
has not told us the object of the Boers
In thus secretly and formidably arming.
But Mr. Reltz has done so, In a plain talk
with Olive Schrelner's brother, and Mr.
Kruger has done so, in his ultimatum to
Great Britain, and, "Indeed, the Boer gov-,
ernments have done so still more recent-,
ly, in their "annexation" of British terri
tory. The object was not defense, but
offense. It was not to keep the British
out of the Boer states, but to drive the
British out of Cape Colony and Natal
and all South Africa. It was, in the words
of the founders of the Afrikander Bund,c
to make South Africa a Dutch confedera
t, j th t th f ,
I '
turpitude. The rights of rebellion and
conquest are "unalienable rights," provid
ed you have the strength to enforce them.
The Transvaal had the same right to take
Natal and the Cape from England if it
could that England had to take them
from the Dutch a century before. The
Cape Dutch had the same right to rebel
against Great Britain that the Thirteen
Colonies had in 1776, or the Southern
states against this Union in 1861. Only,
it is to be regretted that a "decent re
spect to the opinion of mankind" did not
move them to "declare the causes which
impel them to the separation."
By all means let us on all points have
General Joubert's straightforward truth
telling emulated; and whether we sym-
pathize with Briton or with Boer, or re
main unsympathetic In our impartiality,
let our attitude be based on facts, not
fancies. Both parties to this sad war
are too brave and manly to heed the shel
ter of the baby act.
0 a
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Real Estate Transfers.
James S. Polhemus and wife to Prls- -cilia
M. Daly, lot 9, block 6, High
land; December 30 $ 650
Zelma Underwood to Amanda M. Jer
man, lots 7, 8, block 2, Farrell's ad
dition; December 15 500
Associated Banking & Trust Co. to
C. V. Kllppel, lots 9, 12, 13, block 11,
Portsmouth Villa; December 28 65
Northern Counties Investment Co to
Albert W. Olson. W. lbtsriJl,5c2,
block 6. Elizabeth Irvlng's addi
tion; December 30 650
Northern Counties Investment Co. to
Edward J. Grahs, E. lots 1, 2,
block 6. Elizabeth Irvimr's addi
tion; December 30 650
Elizabeth J. Ryan to Northern Coun
ties Investment Co., lots 5, 6, 7, 8.
block 4; lots 1, 2, block' 5; lots 1, 2.
block 6, Elizabeth Irvlng's addition;
December 29 l
Maria Llndhard to Frank Burkholder,
lot 4, block 41, Sunnyslde; January
2 400
Births.
December 31, boy, to the wife of Ludwig
Folk, 628 1 Second street.
December 1, boy, to the wife of Eertram
F. Hancock, 403 Second street.
December 20, boy, to the wife of George
Moore, .122& Union avenue.
December 4, girl, to the wife of Andrew
Hohn, 251 East Thirty-sixth street.
December 25, girl, to the wife of Chris
Hanson, Cosmopolitan hotel.
December 21, girl, to the wife of Will
iam L. Abrams, 325 East Nineteenth
street.
December 19, boy, to the wife of John E.
Kane, Twelfth and Marshall streets.
December 22, boy, to the wife of Philip
Surad, 306 Sherman street
December 4, girl, to the wife of Fred D.
McDonald, 764. Missouri avenue.
December 13, girl, to the wife of Julius
Calfelt, 369 Factory street.
December 20, boy, to the wife of Louis
Haar, 511 Jefferson street.
"December 21, girl, to the wife of Carl
Caltfeit, 553- Clay street.
December 29, boy, to the wife of George
Eisenhauer, 415 North Twenty-third street.
December 27, girl, to the wife of Will
iam Barton Wilson, 211 Bancroft avenue.
December 8, girl, to the wife of W. W.
Harts, 405 West Park street.
December 23, girl, to the wife of Charles
Lownsdale, Forty-third and East Salmon
streets.
December 12, girl, to the wife of William
'A. Groce-, 228 Columbia street.
December 11, girl, to the wife of John
W. Jiaker, 649 Hood street. .
Deaths.
"December 31, George H. Freeman, age
,76 years, Lents; by fall.
January 1, Ji D. Churchley, age 54 years,
347 Everett street; caeclnoma.
Contagions Disease.
Mrs. Bamfleld, typhoid fever, St. Vln
.cent's hospital.
Marriage License.
C. E. Rogers, aged 46; Annie Akin, 22.
l O E
When the hair la thin and gray, Parker's
Hair Baleam renews the growth and color.
Greve's Ointment makes a healthy skin, 6O0.
IN THE SEVERAL COURTS
judges cake wul ciosb up maky
estate: matters.
About 250 Coses Since 1800 That
Have Not Been Disposed Of
Notes of Litigation.
Judge Cake has had prepared from the
record journals in the office of the clerk
of the county court, a list of about 250
estates, dating back as far as 1860, which
Bhould be finally disposed of. The list wa3
made up from nine different books, con
taining several hundred pages each, by
Miss Bertha Waldman, the court stenog
rapher, and considerable time was con
sumed In the work of copying. An exam
ination of the list has disclosed that in
the first record journal there are 29 es
tates on file, in which there Is no property,
and in the other books there are many
Instances of the same kind. There are,
perhaps, 20 or 30 cases where no adminis
trator or executor was ever appointed.
There are other cases where there was
property which may or may not have been
legally accounted for by the administra
tor or executor, but no reports have been
submitted showing the same. In numer
ous instances the administrator or execu
tor has long ago died, and in the remain
ing cases there Is property still in the pos
session of the executor or administrator,
and probably no heirs. Judge Cake will
close all of these estates of his own mo
tion, if necessary, and make orders set
tling accounts, and where there is prop
erty will leave it In the hands of the
administrator or executor until the proper
authorities can be notified and escheat
proceedings brought.
Probnte Matters.
In the contempt proceedings institutea
by Miss Alice Gibson, administrator de
bonis non of the estate of E. J. Partridge,
deceased, against George M. Weister, tne
former administrator, Attorney A. King
Wilson for the plaintiff, and Attorneys
Williams, Wood & Linthlcum for the
defendant, were granted 10 days time to
file briefs. The supreme court, over a
year ago, decided that there was aue
from Weister to the estate as administra
tor about ?4700. He was ordered by Judge
Cake to make a settlement with the aa
minlstrator de bonis non, and paid over
only some 51600. She recently filed- a pe
tition asking that he be made to appear
and show cause why he should not be
committed for contempt, because of fail
ure to liquidate In full. Counsel for Weis
ter demurred to the petition on the grouna
that the court has no jurisdiction to com
mit Weister on account of his failure to
pay the money. This is the point on
which briefs are to be filed. There Is a
decision of the supreme court that In an
action other than one for the recovery or
money, a person cannot be committed by
contempt proceedings for refusal to pay.
Whether the decision fits this case or not
remains to.be seen.
The final account of H. Cook, adminis
trator of the estate of A. C. MacDonala,
deceased, wag approved. The receipts
were $2996. There was considerable liti
gation over certain matters, and the at
torneys for the estate were allowed 5300
for their services. The fees of the ad
ministrator were 5160. Lemuel Scott es
tablished a claim against the estate for
51693, which was made a lien on property
in Stephen's addition. One-half of tne
property was sold, and recently the other
half for 5450. This claim used up most,
of the estate. All of the lunds have been
disbursed.
D. J. Moore, administrator of the estate
of H. B. Borthwick, deceased, was author
ized to sell the barge Defender subject to
a chattel mortgage held by S. A. Mllea
for 52000, and the barge Columbia subject
to a mortgage of Miles for 52512. Tne
administrator thinks something over and
above the amounts of the mortgages may
be realized. The administrator was also
empowered to accept 5693 in settlement 01
a contract with the Pacific Export Lum
ber Company.
The final account of Benjamin R. Patton,
executor of the will of John R. Patton, de
ceased, was approved, and he was dis
charged. Inventories in the matter of the estate
of Thomas J. Black, deceased, were filed.
The property In Multnomah county Is val
ued at 5522, and that In Halsey, Linn coun
ty, at 52699.
An account wa3 filed by the administra
tor of the estate of Mary M. Overhaltzer,
deceased, showing 5154 receipts from rents
and 540 balance.
Melissa E. Hug, administratrix of tne
estate of John Hug, deceased, was author
ized to receive 51025 balance of the sale
price of the" west 47 feet of lot 5, block
113, Caruthers' addition to Caruthers' ad
dition. The property was sold to Herman
H. Stelnforth for 51800.
B. Pape, executor, and Louise Strube,
executrix of the estate of Gustave Struao,
deceased, were discharged.
Divorce Cases.
Antonio Decico has filed suit again3C
Rosa Decico on the ground of cruel treat
ment, and other cause. He avers that she
commenced a suit against him for tho
dissolution of the matrimonial bonds, June
1, 1898, accusing him of cruelty and drunk
enness, and on a trial Defore the court
the case was dismissed. Decico states that
four days thereafter the defendant se
cretly carried away their children to San
Francisco, and caused them to beg upon
the streets of that city. The plaintiff al
leges that upon being Informed of this
he went to San Francisco and, with the
police, went to remove the children from
his wife, when she viciously struck him
upon the head with an ax, inflicting a
dangerous wound. She repeatedly threat
ened him afterward, and on November
16, 1899, he caused her arrest on a charge
of threatening to kill, and had her bound
over to keep the peace. Decico asks for
the legal custody of the children. The lit
igants were married in this city in Janu
ary, 1894.
Anson C. Rogers has sued his wife, Edith
Rogers, for a divorce, in the state circuit
court. He charges her with Improper con
duct at the Imperial hotel. In December,
18S9, and at other places. T hey were mar
ried In Coos county in January, 1899.
There is no Issue of the union.
It "Was a Gambling Debt.
In the suit of Dudley W. Evans against
James S. Ray, to recover. 5121, in which
Ray was arrested as an absconding debtor,
it being alleged that he was about to
leave the state, Attorney Schnabel yes
terday filed an answer setting up that the
debt was a gambling debt, and not col
lectible. It is alleged that Ray gambled
In the place conducted by B. Gildner and
A. L. Belliveau, losing a large sum of
money, and that he borrowed 5221 so as to
continue the game. Of this sum it Is said
he paid back $100. Belliveau and Gildner
assigned the note representing tho claim
to Evans. Ray's counsel has also filed a
motion to vacate the writ of arrest, and a
motion to strike out the complaint, and
further a demurrer to the complaint, evi
dently desiring to catch his opponents
both coming and going. The defendant is
at liberty on cash bail. Judge George will
hear the matter today.
Another Trial Denied.
Judge Frazer yesterday denied a motion
fOr a new trial in the uuit of J. M. Hu
ber against Charles "W. Miller, and the
defendant was allowed 30 days to file a
transcript for an appeal to the supreme
court.
The suit Ib to recover 52000 money, which
Huber contends he loaned to Miller. Judge
Frazer, in passing upon the case said he
previously granted a new trial on the evi
dence because Hubers only evidence was
that of himself and some letters as
against Miller and five or six other wit
nesses for the defendant. His honor fur
ther stated that he did not feel disposed
to disturb the verdict of the jury after
KliiTiiii'ii 1 in ir iiiiiiyhiMfiifitiitiii,pKSafe&.
Red, Rough Hands, Itching, Burning
Palms, and Painful Finger Ends
ONE WIC3-I1T CUISJEDo
Soak the hand's on retiring; In a strong not, creamy latner of
CUTICURA SOAP. Dry, and anoint freely with CUTICURA,
the great skin cure and purest of emollients. "Wear, during; the
night, old, loose kid gloves, with the finger ends cut off and air
holes cut in the palms. For red, rough, chapped hands, dry, fis
sured, itching, feverish palms, with shapeless nails and painful
finger ends, this treatment h simply wonderful.
Complete External and Interna! Treatment for Every Humor.
THt ufelj $!iio
all elio fails. Portsa
two trials, both verdlct3 being in favor of
the plaintiff.
Concerning the alleged abuse of the de
fendant by Attorney Henry E McGinn.
In his argument to the jury, the court said
"Thompson on Trials" allowed considerable
latitude In arguments, and the court did
not think Mr. McGinn went beyond the
limit.
Nerv Snita.
James B. Montgomery has commenced
suit against Carl B. Skogler to forecloso
a mortgage for 5300 on lot 12, block 14,
Albina.
A. J. Farmer has filed an action against
J. "Westenf elder to recover 5100 on a note
executed to O. P. Mason, m May, 1S95. and
has attached some property. The note was
In favor of O. P. Mason, who assigned
it to L. Delschnelder, and the latter
transferred it to the plaintiff.
A. Fehrenbach has commenced suit
against P. A. Marquam, Jr., et al.. to fore
close a mortgage on block 3, Alberta, for
52S90, executed in 1S91.
Guardian for a Spendthrift.
John Epperly yesterday petitioned tho
county court to be appointed guardian of
his nephew, Charles Schmeltzer, a spend
thrift. Schmeltzer Is said to oe 30 years
old and a habitual devotee of cocaine and
morphine. He- Is now in jail, serving a
sentence for having unlawfully used these
drugs. The petitioner recites that Schmelt
zer Is to receive 5900 from the estate or
his uncle. Isaac Epperly, who recently
died Intestate in Iowa, and that Schmelt
zer will squander the money for cocaine
and morphine, as he spends every cent
he gets hold of in this way.
Decisions.
Judge George today, at 1:30 o'clock, will
decide the motion for a new trial in the
case of Peter Briborg, convicted of lar
ceny, and a like motion, in the caso cf
Charlie Law, convicted of selling lottery
tickets.
Court Notes.
Judgment by default in favor of J. S.
Polhemus against Charles Ohle, for 5230,
was rendered by Judge Frazer yesterday.
Counsel for Frank E. McDanlel was al
lowed 60 days' further time by Judge
George yesterday to prepare and argue
a motion for a new trial.
The motion for a new trial In the case
of Lang & Co., vs. Fisher Bros., was with
drawn, and Judgment was rendered on the
verdict for the plaintiff. The case was
twice tried. At the first trial, Fisher Bros,
won, and at the second trial the Jury re
turned a compromise verdict for Lang &
Co., for about half of the sum sued for.
IS IT POSSIBLE?
Here Is n Correspondent With a
Word of Praise for Somebody.
PORTLAND, Jan. 2. (To the Editor.)
I note the complaints appearing In your
columns on the management of the steel
bridge. I have been crossing that bridge
since the day It was built, in all kinds
of vehicles, weather, floods and at all
hours. The steel bridge Is the finest struc
ture spanning water west of the Mississ
ippi river, and I consider It the best
managed draw on the Pacific coast. Per
haps more valuable freight, commerce,
shipping and men of war have passea
through this bridge than any bridge In
the United States, excepting the Brooklyn
bridge. More passengers have passed over
the bridge than over any bridge on tne
coast. It has had less accidents tnan any
similar structure with which I am ac
quainted. The man selected to handle this
bridge was for 14 years superintendent of
the Burlington bridge, spanning the Miss
issippi, and he made no mistakes there.
The company made no mistake In select
ing him as superintendent of thi3 bridge,
and he has made no mistakes since the
day he opened the draw. No engine, no
Pullman car, no street car with Its pas
sengers has plunged into the 80 feet of
water from this draw. No Monterey or
Lennox has struck this draw while the
superintendent was asleep. If there Is any
structure in Portland of which I am proud
it 13 the steel bridge and its calm, cau
tious, careful and considerate manage
ment. Patience, gentlemen, patience! Stand on
the Grand-avenue bridge, of Milwaukee.
"Wis., and see two Swedes and an Irish
man pulling their fishing smack through
the draw for 15 minutes and 1500 people
waiting. Then stand on the steel bridge
and see a 5000-ton Oriental liner within
300 yards approaching the draw and in
six minutes the draw closed behind it.
Superintendent Follett knows every boat
approaching, its velocity. Its destination
and tho time he has at his disposal to
dispose of It, but if the battleship Iowa,
under full head of steam, within 300 yards
from the draw whistled for an opening,
some belated pedestrian, on his way to
Albina to feed his dog, would insist on
crossing first and block the man of war
or damn the management. That man on
the fence can always play ball the best.
MAC MAHON.
The Twentieth. Century.
FOREST GROVE, Jan. 1. 1900. (To
the Editor.) In your issue of the
Weekly Oregonian of December 29, you
say: "Did It or did It not take 100 yeara
to make the first century?" I answer it
did. Tou then say: "If It did, then It must
be admitted that the second century be
gan with the beginning of 10L" I see
no necessity for making this admission,
and will give my reasons. To do this- let
us- go back to the beginning not of tho
present era but to the time when, the
v Ktf- X
mm
Vyonaiaungot uutxcuisa aoxriiac.;, 10 cjcanso mo sua 01 crosia auu
scales andioften the thickened cuticle; Ctmoxnu. OnmreMT (50c),
to instantly allay ltchlny, inflammation, and irritation, and soothe and
heal; and Crnornu Rssoltest (50c), to cool and cleanae the blood.
a. atNOLE HtTU often aunicient to cure tne moat torturing, msugunn?,
and humlllatintr skin, scalo. and blood humors, with lots of hair, when
Sana msb C&xx. Cob?., Bole Prop., Boston,
' earth was made and started rolling In her
orbit around the sun. Did time, or did !t
not then begin? If it did. then it must bo
admitted that the year 1 would be writ
ten when the earth had completed her first
circuit. It could not be written when tho
earth first started, for there had been no
year. From this point of view I argja
that the dates we use indicate thia num
ber of years already past. When wo
wrlto as we do, thi3 morning, January
1, 1900, we mean that 19C0 years of ou1
era Is past, just as the year 1 was raa:
before It was written. When a child la
born we wait 12 months before we say It
is 1 year old. When the clock strikes ID
we understand that 10 hours are past.
The Nineteenth century has been ai
eventful one. and this morning g'cs
place to the twentieth. Let U3 not wa-o
the first year of It in trying to find ot
where we are, but with the clear-hea led
emperor of Germany take a fair start.
"A. E. DAVIS,
"A Victim of the Fixed Idea."
The correspondent would bo correct if.
as a matter of fact, we had waited Li
the first year had passed before wrltig
1 A. D. The year 1 A. D. began w'tfc
the first moment of our era. Therefore
the first century ends with the close o
A. D. 100, and the nineteenth century wilh
the close of 1900. When the child is ber
we do not wait 12 months before saying
he is In his first year. In chronology tho
clock strikes at the beginning" of tho
year or tho century, not at its close
This might have been arranged otherwise,
but it wasn't.
m e ' '
NEW YEAR'S DAY GOLF.
HncKlns Wins First Prize In Men's
Singles Tie for Second Place.
At the New Tear's contest on the club's
links, T. A. Huggin3 won first prize for
men's singles, and Wirt Minor and D. C.
Lewis were tied for second prize. There
was a large attendance, and the weather
was pleasant, though the grounds were a
bit sloppy. Scores were as follow:
01 a 2i
3 2i?2J
rt tn M r r, I
PLATERS.
:?3
Men's singles
T. A. Huggins, first prize
W. Minor
D. C. Lewl3
P. G. Glfford
Dr. H. E. Jones
P. H. Blyth
J. B. Toung
J. K. Kollock
J. C. Alnsworth.....
J. H. Soadone
T. N. Strong ....
R. Livingstone
J. W. Ladd
M. H. Insleyv
Mixed foursomes
T. Kerr and MSss Macleay
Blyth and Miss A. Heitshu....
Linthlcum and MI33 Ayer
Glfford and Miss King
Whidden and MIs3 Lewis
Burns and Mrs. Koehler......
Alnsworth and Miss Flanders.
Macmaster and Mrs. Burns..
Stevens and Miss Russell
97
107
6 i:.
1. 1 :
ill
1021
... 1I
U4i
10 1!M
101
108
120
4 lu3i
2 IMS
10 113
7 VL2l
10) llll
6 1151
10 1151
119
121
122
1261
132
132
52
53
122$
1:
61
57
64
66
m
78
831
.Owe points Indicated.
Tne men's foursomes were not coraplet
ed, owing to lack of time, and will bal
played over again next Saturday after
noon. Steel Rail Prices.
Tho yearly average prices of steel raI'3,S
at the mill3 in Pennsylvania, from. 1867 tap
1897, were as follows:
Tear. Price.
1867 5165 00
1863 153 50
1869 132 25
1870 106 75
1871 102 50
1872.... 112 00
1373 120 50
1S74 94 25
1875 68 75
1S76 59 25
1377 45 50
1878 42 25
1879 48 25
1880 67 50
1S81 6113
1882 43 50
Tear. Pric?
1883 $C7 73
1884 30 73
1885. 23 :i
1886 31 Of
1837 C S
18S8 23 131
1889 2D 5
ISSO CITS
1891 23 '2J
1SS2 20t Of
1893 2S 12j
1S94 4 008
1805 24 '3f
1896 2S00
1897 13 751
The highest price in 1S98 was 518. frol
January to May, the lowest was 51? Ie
July, and the average of the year was
about $17 65. Thus far In 1899 the highest
price has been 535. the lowest 513, and the
average nearly 527 50.
m
The Clearwater "Truce.'
Athena Press.
Despite reports to the contrary, indlca-i
uons rather go to show that there w!J
bo no permanent truce between
Northern Pacific and the O. R. & N lai
tha Clearwater country. February 4 th '
present truco will cease, and it Is
lleved that construction will be resume
immediately fallowing that date. Coaaij
and Eastern papera of late have bee-
publishing articles alleging that the tw:
roads had come to an agreement, but giv
this simply as rumors. lacking conflmaz-
uon. Happenings last week at Lewistrr
indicate that the O. R. & N. proposes ts
build In that section.
For Infants and Childreiu
Tha Rind You Have Always Bought
Bears tha
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