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10 THE MOENING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 190I. Meier & John S. Brown & Sons Fine Table Linens Greatly Reduced. Priestley's Famous Blaok Goods at Clearance Sale Prices. , OLDS, IBM & KI sT J j, 7 f jf J mnixJmH f THE EFFECTS OF OUR , W ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE On the big domestic department are very apparent Here thrifty housekeepers find opportunity for handsome savings on very important home furnishings. The choosing from our fresh, clean stock, so high in character and carefully selected, makes this opportunity of double importance. WE SPECIALLY MENTION TODAY HEMSTITCHED LINEN TABLE SETS About 50 of these sets, comprising: cloth, and one dozen fnll-slzc dinner napkins to match, pure snowy linen, and -attractive patterns, to be closed at these low prices: $25 sets for $16.50 $22 setsfor $15.50 1 Crochet Bedspreads Soft and easy to launder. To day 300 of 75c spreads, 81x 72 inches, nice assortment of patterns; now COp a 175 Dozen Turkish Towels Unbleached, 22x45 inches, full 15c val- lip pa "Cleanliness is akin to Godiinfess" And can be cheaply purchased from our well-stocked soap department BEST SPANISH CASTILE SOAP, box of 15 cakes, worth $1.35; lZr noW iJL FAIRY FLOATING SOAP, 3 cakes for 10c. RED "M" SCOURING SOAP, 2c cake. CASTILE SOAP, bar worth 25c, at 18c bar. ,'TQ BEGIN A CRUSADE 'Portland Ministers Unite Against Gambling. PETITIONS OF THE CHURCHES Gamekeepers Dcupondent Because of the Threat of the Authorities nnd Unprofitableness of Business Trust of Blgr Houses. A crusade against gambling In Portland will be begun at a meeting of ministers of all denominations, at the Toung Men's Christian Association building at 1:30 this afternoon. Those In charge of the crusade, which received Its first Impulse from Rerv. J. E. Snyder, of the Third Street Mission, say that the meeting is not to be one of the ordinary gatherings of the Ministerial Association, but an executive session to receive the petitions against gambling signed yesterday In the various churches, and to take the neces sary action to present the petitions to the authorities. Every minister In the city Is expected to be present, and Invi tations are specially extended to clergy men of the Roman Catholic church, Jew ish synagogues and other religious or ganizations. Speaking of the crusade last night. Rev. Mr. Snyder said to an Orego nian reporter: "We believe that -we shall be ablo to show the city officials that a large per centage of the leading business men anrt taxpayers are opposed to any system ol licensed gambling. In the crusade we have Inaugurated, I feel confident that we shall bo able to suppress gambling of all kinds. Including slot machines nnd other device In saloons and hotels. If the city officials are not willing to enforce the law after this petition Is presented, we will take the matter Into our own hands and see that the laws are en forced." From a number of inquiries made. It appeared that the petitions against gam bling were largely signed by church peo ple yesterday, and the canvassers to whom had been deputed the task of ob taining the signatures of business firms reported that their labors had been suc cessful during the pat week. Gamblers were In a despondent mood yesterday, because of tjie action of the Police Commission In deciding that gam bling must cease in Portland, if the peo ple so will, and because three of the gambling-houses have been so hard hit lately by losses at the tables that the pro prloors may shut down for good, without waiting for the law to be enforced. Five hundred professional gambling employes, whose wagos amount to about $10,000 a week, will, in that event, lose their em. ploymont Six of these gamblers aro cripples, -who say they are unfitted for any other work. They ask. How and n here. If the gambling-houses are closed, they are to earn a livelihood The heavy expenses connected with run ning the six largo gambling-houses are se verely felt by the proprietors, and the rerorts which are slated to closo, unless the proprietors of these houses securo new partners -with big capital, are one on Bumslde street, one on Sixth street, and one on "Washington street. So strong -was the desire to cut expenses and place the gambling-houses of August Erlckson, Blazler Bros., and Fred Fritz, on Burn side street, between. Second and Third streets, on a paying basis, that negotia tions were recently begun by representa tives of these games, to form a trust. It was held that the three resorts, if consoli dated Into one large building, would mak money, and fave quite a sum In rent employes' -wages and cost of electric light "Tako Fritz's place as a sample of the average saloon and gambling-house," said a dealer, yesterday, "and you will find that his month's expenses will look like this: Electric light. 00; rent, $300; dealers and attendants, say 50 men, $5000; Insur ance. $10; police fine, $22. That amounts to $5735 per month, or $8S,S3) per year. Cf course, the cost may vary some months, but my figures are a fair aver age. The dally sales of beer, whisky and cigars must foot up $45. Novr, you can figure up how much of a gambling busi ness Fritz must do to clear anything after expenses. The fixtures, etc, cost him about $3000, and he will stand a chance to lose these If he has to close his house." Another dealer said that the same fig $20 setsfor $14.75 $17 sets for $12.40 Fancy Worsted Dress Goods, 9c yd 2000 yards' of these double width 15c and 17c fabrics; checks, plaids and mixtures; extremely cheap at 9c yard. For Evening Wear Dainty silk mulls, in solid colors and satin stripes, at reduced prices. FANCY TOILET SOAPS Oatmeal, Glycerine, Cucum ber and Glycerine, Lily of the Valley, Carnation, Rose, He liotrope, Gardenia Bouquet, !,0ca:..box..of 20c box ENGLISH VIOLET TOILET SOAP, box of 3 cakes, at 10c box. ures would probably apply to Blaster's and Erlckeon's, and that about 1E0 deal ers, attendants and bartenders were em ployed In the three Burnslde resorts. "A good dealer at a gambling table getB $6 per day In Portland," admitted one proprietor. "Such a man works six days a week and works hard. Other deal ers, cheaper ones, get $5 and $3 dally, but hardly any of them save a cent. They dress well, live well and spend all the money they get. The consequence Is that they are nearly 'broke' all the time, and if they have to leave Portland the ma jority of -them will be forced to borrow money to pay their fares to San Fran cisco which will bo their destination if gambling-houses are closed in Portland. Thoy cannot, and I suppose will not, work at anything else. I hope the hangers-on at resorts will suffer more than the deal ers." "My losses for the past six months have been $10,000," another gambling-house pro prietor' admitted. "Still, it Is my loss and I'm not complaining. I've been hard hit, though, by losses; and I was con sidering whether we would not shut down until this trouble blows over." A North End gambling boss confessed that his losses for 1900 were $800, and that tho "talent" had "stuck" him badly, so much so that there was hardly any use keeping open much longer. The partnership In a Sixth-street gam bling resort changed last week, when one of the owners got out with a few hundred, glad to dispose of his Interests to three men who think they can weather the storm. "Five months ago I owned about 70 per cent of my business, and now I own 12 per cent," said a veteran gambling-house proprietor. "A man won $3300 recently in a Port land gambling-house," said a well-known man about town. "It Is not necessary to say where the house Is." Two Denver men won $700 one evening last week in a roulette game, at a house where high play is the rule, and fooled the dealer by making lightning exchanges with poker chips, indicating what was the number it was best to play. The boss sharply reprimanded the dealer and said that the trick was as old as the hills. Tho two Denver men then visited a Washington-street resort and "stuck" the people there for $100 at one sitting. "A CIRCUS GIRL." Lively Farce-Coniedy Returns to the Metropolitan. "A Circue Girl," which was the succeso ful Carnival week attraction at the Met ropolitan Theater, returned to that play house last night, and the reception it was accorded by a crowded house proved it to be as much of a favorite as ever. Al though there are no new faces In the caist, many of the songs have been added since the comedy appeared here, and there has been marked Improvement in the manner In which it is presented. As a farce-comedy, requiring no specialties to make It "go," and with a plot which possesses considerable continuity, it Is a decided change from the regular theatrical diet of the clientele of the Metropolitan, and appeared to be an acceptable one. The fun of the play Is well sustained, and there are few drags in the performance. The songs that are introduced are well sung, and In every Instance were given hearty encores. Altogether. It Is an even ing's amusement which the frequenters of the Metropolitan will find far from dull, and will, without doubt, play to aa good business as It did last Fall. R. A. Graham aa Arthur Hummlngtop, the husband whose lapses from the straight and narrow path keep him In continual trouble, has the chief comedy character to sustain, and -is fully equal to it. Maude Sujtton, starred in the part of the Circus Girl, sings a number of songs in the style of one who knows how to sing them, end contributes her share toward the amusement of the audience. Harry L. Bedly is sufficiently English as Joshua GiUebrand, W. H. Delman. us Ralph Omerod, would be better If he spoke more distinctly, while May "Wells as Mrs. GiUebrand, and Annie Mitchell aa Mrs. Hummlngtop are admirably suited to their parts. "A Circus Girl" will run all the week, with the usual Saturday matinee. Severe "Weather for Quails. The Ashland Tidings says that the deep snow In the foothills has been very severe on qualL Large numbers of them have been In the hedges and brush along the creek and around town hunting food. W. G. Kropke, the game warden, scattered a large amount of feed for them. The snow storm of 11 years ago destroyed most of the quail, and sportsmen and others Interested determined to prevent a like occurrence this year, If possible. Any one can take Carter's Little Liver Pills, they are so very small. No trouble to swallow. No pain or griping after taking. GREAT SALE XVERY ARTICLE REDUCED 300 Bargains In Lace Curtains, Portieres, Couch Cov ers, Blankets, Comforts, Tapestries and Drapery and Curtaining Materials. Every economical housekeeper in Portland should visit the upholstery and ho me furnishing department on second floor. Bargains in SilKs, Dress Goods Linens, Sheets and Pillow Cases, Jew elry, Books, Muslin Underwear, Woolen Underwear, Hosiery, Laces, Ribbons, Embroideries, etc. The entire Lipman Wolfe stock of flrst'dass merchandise at greatly reduced WEIGHING FREIGHT CARS HOW THE TERMINAL COMPANY DISPATCHES BUSINESS. XiOads Registered as Easily as a Farmer Counts His Sheep Jump ins Through a Fence. The Terminal grounds have, under the management of E. Lyons, been equipped with every facility for the transaction of railroad business. One of the most valua ble of the additions which have been made to the plant is a machine which weighs a train and automatically registers the weight of each car as easily and swiftly as a farmer counts his sheep as they Jump through a gap in a fence. In these days, when all freight, from feathers to green lumber, is carried by the pound, this facility for weighing cars Is a prime ne cessity at a terminal station. When It is necessary of an evening to run a train oi 30 or more cars down to the lumber mills to be loaded, the cars are made up and an engine runs them down to the weigh ing machine, where they are weighed, ana the weight noted. After they are loaded", they are run over the scales again and weighed, and the company has a recora of every pound on each of the cars. The machine used Is the Streetre-Amet automatic weighing recorder. It Is on a track east of the passenger tracks In tho rear of the station. This track has been constructed especially for weighing pur poses, and has a slight down grade. The balance Is placed under a section of track long enough to hold the longest car, and the recording machinery is In a little house alongside this track, where the man In charge has his office. When cars are backed up to the weighing track, a brake man throws a switch so that they will pass over the scale. He then uncouples the first one, and It rolls by gravity upon the weighing track. When It is in the proper position, the front wheel depresses a lever, the car depresses the platform more or less, according to the weight of It, and this turns a wheel inside a box in the office, which Is covered around the flat rim with figures. When the weight is reached, an arm comes down, and the weight Is printed on a slip of paper which runs off a reel. As one car passes off the scale another comes on and Is weighed and the weight automatically registered, the superintendent at the same time not ing on the slip the number and mark of each car. About five cars per minute are weighed, and go gliding down the slight decline out of the way of those coming. As soon as all the cars are weighed, the switch Is thrown back and the engine crosses over the scale on a solid track, picks up the cars, which have been cou pled together, and draws them to the lum ber mills, or wherever they are wanted. This Is the only machine of the kind in the Northwest, and it is found inval uable where so many cars have to be weighed. Anything more efficient or more convenient for the purpose cannot be Im agined . The paper slip on which the weight of cars unloaded and loaded la recorded, Is filed, and forms a record from which the weight of the load on any car may be ascertained at any time. GOVERNMENT BY PETITION What "Old Hiclcory" Would Do About Gambling. PORTLAND, Jan. 13. (To the Editor.) The new century seems -to have begun In Portland with the utterance of a new sysjm of civil government Our officers are asking most solemnly and sincerely, apparently whether it is the will and pleasure of the citizens that the laws upon our statute books be enforced. They tell us that by means of petitions and by other means they are going to find out what the people want done. And yet we spent much valuable time and money electing legislators, who again spent more valuable tlmo and money making laws, one of which, as I gathered from a recent number of The Oregonlan, enjoins the executive branch of the government to arrest all gamblers and bring both them and whatever instruments they may ubo in gaming, to a court, where the breakers of the law shall be duly punished and their implements confiscated. I did not find any clause modifying this to once a month or once a week. The law seemed to expect the officers to enforce it all the time in all parts of the state. Furth ermore, our officers swore solemn oaths to support the laws and constitution of the state, and yet, after all this, the ex ecutive officers hold a meeting to discuss whether the business men want the law enforced. Now, when South Carolina declared the tariff acts of 1829 and 1832 null and void, Jackson had no doubt as to what he should do. He held no public meetlngr and asked for no advice. In a proclama tion (December 10, 1S32,) he declared -hat "the laws of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on the subject my duty Is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution." And yet we know he was largely in sympathy with South Carolina on tho tariff ques tion. But he didn't allow himself to palter with the law. The law was thus and so, and he had sworn to enforce It. Would it not be well to bring- a little of Jackson's clearheadedness and directness Into this matter and cease debating the - . . prices. question as to whdthor Vi ). , be enforced? There are certain actions nondebatable. This Is one of them. One other matter I wish to touch upon and that is gambling "on the square." This again Is repeated so often and so seriously that some chivalrous people probably associate It with their ideas of fair play, honor and Juatioe. But gam bling Is a vice. It lg pernicious, It Is base and this draping of Itself with a falsa glamor of respectability shows It to be cowardly. If a man always lost, he would soon give up gambling, but be cause he wins sometimes he goes on gambling- until he has lost his. money, his homo, his honor, himself. It is not long before he begins to He in wait for others tho ignorant and the unwary and he finds this talk about honor and fairness very serviceable. So, as a teacher Interested In the suc cess of the youth of this city, I would add my voice to those all round me who demand that the laws, Including the law against gambling, shall be executed. HERBERT LEE, Portland High School, OREGON KNIGHTS WILL GO. To Attend Templar Conclave at Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 1L The 23th triennial conclave of Knights Templar of the United. States will be held In Louis ville, August 27-30, next, and Oregon is expected tobe well represented. Colonel J. T. Gathright, chairman of the com mittee on hotels and accommodations', is In receipt of a letter from Right Eminent Sir Curtis B. Winn, who Is past grand commander of the grand commandery of Oregon, asking for Information about quarters for the grand encampment Mr. Winn is located at Albany, Or. He writes that at least 30 "swords" will come from hl3 state to the conclave. Oregon has six subordinate commander les Oregon. No. L of Portland; Ivanhoe, No. 2, of Eugene; Temple. No. 3, of Al bany; .Malta, No. 4, of Ashland; DetMolay, No. 5, of Salem, and Eastern Oregon, No. 6, of La Grande. Each of these will prob ably be well represented In the Pullman sleeper from Oregon. The Louisville Knights are determined to make the coming triennial the greatest In the history of Templarlsm. Forty committees are now actively at work on preliminaries. An entertainment fund of $100,000 has been raised, and will be used In providing the most attractive pro gramme for visitors ever offered at a con clave. The big parade on the first day will have 30,000 uniformed Knights and 125 bands of music in line. On -the second day a competitive drill, the first since the San Francisco Triennial, in 1883, will be held. Five handsome, sterling' silver trophies wilUbe awarded the successful contestants. One pretty feature of this drill will be a company of Kentucky beauties, the most fascinating belles to be found in the Slue Grass State, who will pin on the lapel of each member of the several drill corps as they go on the ground a little bouquet. A grand ball will be given Thursday night at the Amphitheater Auditorium. It will undoubtedly be the most gorgeous -social function ever given In the South. Arrangements are being made to accom. modate over 5000 dancers on the floor at one time. There will also be a three nights' horse show at Reunion Hall, where only Ken tucky's equine aristocracy will be on ex hibition. This will give every visitor an opportunity to see two of the things that has helped make the state famous pretty women and fast horses. Boat excursions Will be given nightly, besides several big receptions to the dis tinguished guests then in the city, among whom will be Reor-Adrolral W. S. Schley. A monster reception Is down for one night at the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home, the pioneer Institution of the kind in the United States. This will be in honor of Most Eminent Sir Reuben H. Lloyd, the grand master, of San Fran cisco, and other grand encampment of ficers, but all templars will be invited. In fact all knights In uniform will be admitted to everything in the city free of charge. Louisville Is prepared to take care of 150.000 visitors during conclave week. Be sides the 40 hotels, 230 boarding-houses and thousands of homes that will be thrown open, a "tented city" to accom modate 4000 will be erected at Fountain Ferry Park; a city on wheels, to take core of 100 sleepers, or 3000 people, will be built with all modern conveniences at the old baseball grounds. If necessary, all river packets then in the local har bor will be available for overflow crowds. Several commanderies are planning to take ptdetrips during conclave week, and this will be a feature that will doubtless appeal to Oregon Knights. Some will go to Mammoth Cave, a few to Chickamau ga Park, many 'to the .Blue Grass stock farms, while others will make the run to the Buffalo exposition. Odd FeUows' Hall Association. The Odd Fellows' Hall Association, of Alblna, will meet about February 8 to se lect officers for the ensuing year, and to consider the proposal to erect a two. story brick building- on Vancouver av&: nue and Russell street At the meeting held last week there were not enough of the stockholders present to take decisive action. Women Femc-Lenes, replace cod liver oil, liquid tonics, nervines, Iron Dills, etc. They make rich blood and build up the weak: parts of the body All druggists, 60c r r HER MAJESTY'S CORSET I JEiL iw The New 91.50 Corset. Here Is a corset any woman win be flad to wear, and glad to pay $1.50 for. fs cheap at that price cheaper than any corset sold for the same money. We'll tell you why. Jt Is made by the makers of Her Majesty's Corset who do not know how to make anything that Is not good. In it are used only thoroughly good materials, and tho most carefully tempered steels are used to bone it It Is shapely; It Is strong: What more for $1.50? FLOUR MILL AT FAIRVIEW MANUFACTURERS INVESTIGATING THE) WATER POWER, Abundant Capital Behind the Enter prise Building: Plans of Tilrd Presbyterian Church. Manufacturers are investigating the water power at Falrvlew. with a vtrw to starting a flour mill with a capacity of 100 barrels a day. They empldyed A. Q. Bachrodt, of Alblna, who has had wide experience in mills, to report on the pow- TSmlth estate. Mr. Brachrodt says he Is not at HDerty to Bay anything about the enterprise, but admits that he was asked to report whether there is sufficient power to operate a 100-barrel milt. Ho has also been aBked to become a partner in the enterprise. Mr. Bachrodt thinks there is abundant backing to the enterprise, and that it will be a success If the men in terested decided to proceed. There Is a small stream at Falrview which has power to operate a small manufacturing plant. It has a fall of 60 feet in 100 yards. Tho mill would also grind chop, for which there is a flno market In Eastern Mult nomah County, owing to the increasing dairy inteiests. It 1b said that building of the mill depends on whether the O. R. & N. will furnish a switch for handling the output Installation of Officers. The seventh annual installation of offi cers of Cornelia Chapter, No. 27, Order of the Eastern Star, took place in Hill Hall, corner of Williams avenue and Russell street, Saturday night There was a largo attendance of members and visitors. The new offioers are: Worthy matron, Mrs. Emma G. Watts; worthy patron, C. A. Welgand; associate matron, Mrs. Carrie J. Miller; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah G. Trego; secretary, Miss Nellie McKInley; con ductress, Mrs. Amelia L Cutler; associate conductress, Mrs. Lulu A. Hamlin; chap lain, Mrs. Lucy A. Sherrod; marshal, Mrs. Barbara Welgand; Adah, Mrs. Jennie Stanton; Ruth, Mrs. M. Emma Nichols; Esther, Miss Llnnle Watts; Martha, Mrs. LUlidn P. Doty; Electa, Mrs. Annie E. Coofe; warden, Mrs. Eudora C. Jameson; sentinel, J. K. Whipple; organist, Mrs. A. Dupeo. The musical features were: Piano solos by Miss "Hazel Coote, Miss Rlnlaub and Mrs. Staples, song by Miss Fay Klllingsworth, and a recitation by Miss Lulu M. Buddemer. Looking Forward and Backward. At the Third Presbyterian Church yes terday, the second anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. Robert McLean was observed. Dr. McLean came to the church from Grant's Pass. His morning sermon was a review of the two years and a fore cast of tho future. While much has been accomplished, he said, the future Is the most important The church Is committed to the task of rebuilding the present edi fice, or erecting a new building on. another site, and this work will be undertaken without delay. Plans have been prepared for tho reconstruction of the present edi fice. Many mombers are In favor of mov ing several blocks eastward and putting up a new church. Those wo favor mov ing think the center of population on the East Side will be nearer East Sixteenth street than East Ninth, where the churCh now stands. The question of location will soon be settled. Dr. McLean spoke hope fully of the future of the Third' Church. Sanger in a Snowball. Oscar Gustafson and George Peters are employed In the same house on the East Side! During the recent snow storm Oscar thought it would be a fine thing to swat George with a hard snowball, and ho did. The ball landed on George's ear with the force of a cannon ball. George did not take It as a joke. He seized an iron mal let and hurled it at Gustafson. The mallet grazed the back of Oscar'B head and struck the side of the brick building with force that would have felled a mule. When tho exchange of courtesies was over, the men congratulated themselves, Oscar that he was not killed and George that he was a poor thrower. One More Campflre. The veterans of German wars will gather at a Hawthorne-avenue restaurant at 4 o'clock January 20 for the purpose of having a reunion. It Is said that about 50 of these German veterans are In Port land. The majority of them are old and feeble. East Side Notes. Special revival services will be held every night this .week at the Sellwood Presbyterian Church. Rev. W. O. Forbes, of the- Forbes Pres byterian Church, Upper Alblna, will leave for Moscow, Idaho, today, to assist Rev. D.0. Ghormley in special meetings. Ex-soldiers are invited to come to Cen tral Hall, corner of East Morrison street and Union avenue, this evening. They will be entertained by Gilbert Camp, No. V and Gilbert Auxiliary Camp, No. L There will be a candy pull and other amusements. Councilman Sherrett Is working to get the firemen's building at Sellwood lighted by electricity, and thinks he will suc ceed. The request for electric lights Is reasonable, as the company gives protec tion of property In that portion of the city without compensation. Notices have been served on the agent of the three-story brick building on the southwest corner of East Oak street and Union avenue, and the owner pf the Heller building on Grand and Hawthorne avenues to put up fire escapes. Both buildings are occupied by families. Prosperity In Eastern Oregon. D. M. French, of Eastern Oregon, re- jcently said to the Arlington Independent: "Our country or .astern Oregon was never in a more promising condition than at the present time. All casses of In dustry are thriving; and the farmers and stockmen enjoy an unprecedented pros perity. We have this year demonstrated to the people of the Willamette Valley that as a wheat-producing- section we take T'f9''W'f'''&k'S Store in Clearance Sale in all departments. Exceptional values in Ladies' Shoes. $2.25, $2.50 values at $1.78. $3 values $2.08. $5 values reduced to $3.68. All the latest copyrighted Books at $1.05 each. Ladies' Winter Underwear at low prices. French Flannel Waists at low prices. Ladies' Suits at prices below cost. Toilet Articles at very low prices MEIER & 1 J. O. GILJ-BN St CO. MAltmrACTimRiiij nr STBK2UE PIFB RND HOT AND COLDWATER PIPE COVERINGS. 220-28' SECOND STREET, 'PIx0ao the lead of every section in the state. The shortage of crops in the valley country I consider Is a step toward advancement to that section. They will not turn their attention to diversified farming, to which they are particularly adapted. It has come about that It costs less to farm 300 acres in this section than 100 acres Id the valley, and I consider that farming in Eastern Oregon Is 10 times more ad vantageous than that of the Willamette Valley. I would rather take my chances In Eastern Oregon than any country I know of. I have a farm In Sherman County of 160 acres, off which I harvested 41 bushels of wheat to the acre. At New berg; I have another farm of 320 acres, the highest rent for which I ever re ceived wa3 230. About 12 years ago I could have aold the same piece of land for $S0 per acre, and I doubt now that the farm would sell for $30 per acre." MANS PROPER SPHERE. Should Build Homes and Make Them Hnppy. PORTLAND, Jan. 12. (To the Editor.) Tlje heading, "Woman's Proper Sphere," caught my attention In last Sunday's Ore gonlan, and although I have seen the same phrase many times, it never falls to fill me with a mild degree of indignation, and I think now the time has come when all such fossilized theories should be stored away with the other relics of the past century. For womanhood, despite Its well-developed traits of patient endurance, is becoming tired of being "sphered" on every hand by one-Bided men. actuated by solf-lnterest superstition or prejudice, and now women should turn the tables by tak ing man's own argument which, by as serting that "spheres" are sexed, Implies that man also has a "proper sphere." Then why don't people define and discuee man's sphere awhile? Here Is "something new under the sun" for twentieth century thinkers and writers. And besides it Is so much easier to judge an average man's fitness and adaptability for a given work or occupation than woman's, for reasons stated later. On looking backward and noting- man's progress through the ages, we can see that his Improvement has been gradual; thought not steady; it has often been re stricted, and sometimes turned back by superstition, vice and avarice. But he has had all the advantages of the civilize tion of the age in which he lived. No op pression, suppression, cruelty, supersti tion, prejudice, ridicule or custom, ex cept such as he Is responsible for and was tho author of, has interfered with or forbidden his education, or mental or physical development So we can say that the average man stands before the world today normally and naturally developed, and we need not expect any great strides forward, as might be the case If there were some restrictions to be removed. And so we ase enabled more clearly to outline "man's sphere." Man's muscular form and physical cour age prove that he was meant, first of all, for an active life and occupation. He was first a hunter, next a soldier, then a tiller of the soil, then a home-builder; he engaged in commerce on land and sea, built cities and roads, ,and delved in mines. In fact, everything that requires physical strength v, and engineering is "man's proper sphere," and until all the land is made Into cozy homes and farms, to take the place of the dilapidated col lection of filthy corrals and pig pens, patches of weeds, stumps and logs that have remained since the year 1 that go by the name of "farm" in many places in Oregon and Washington, there will be plenty for man to do in his "proper sphere." v I have even known of men living on 160 acres of fertile farm land, mostly In grass or capable of being converted Into mead ows, who would buy their milk and but ter, or go without, though they would never go without tobacco. And In some cases, the only roads to such places seem Intended to be traveled only by goats. So until we have an abundance of good roads and bridges, and substantial architecture planned nnd executed by skilled labor In fact until all the occupations for which thousands of men are, or ought to be, In demand all the time, are skillfully, In telligently and faithfully filled, how can man have the selfishness to covet the lit tle, easy, sheltered positions of bookkeep er, clerk, teacher or typewriter that wom an seems to fill, giving as good, If not better, satisfaction than man? Women prefer for husbands strong, active, hardy men, full of life and vitality, and only an active life will make them so. And the question of the decrease of marriages might be answered differently If there were more such men. The same strength, time and training that are de voted to football, prize fights and other brutal sports could be better employed In making roads, clearing land or farming by better methods. In the home, a nun. also has his duties and work. He should help train, teach and govern the children, and If they should have to do their own housework, he should help all he reason ably can. That a woman is the natural servant is an exploded Idea, as Is also the notion that a man must be allowed com plete rest when he comes home, however light his outside work. For if a woman does a part or all of her own housework, and Is bearing children, where Is her rest to coma In, day or night? This Is the true reason of the decrease of marriages, and the desire of woman to do otner than housework. They aro tired of the posi tion of servant In their own or some one ejse s nome, ana or raising a zamlly alone. What would be joy and happiness to do ff shared by the husband witty, cheerful and lovtnsr help and sympathy, becomes ,ayaxv.-J?TJr!P!?a - jfarjB"sssHsHssssPjy.JiP s&saj- iBA VaCTissssssssss!ssssssssivOBlMav . If55!! ""'" ' tM TMMiilSMfgnl'i1issfi K MBMnnfl""" mPtx. iMnsssJssffTTssHssssssI News Brief FRANK CO. BOILER COUSR1NCS ASBESTOS MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS. 042- PORTLAND, OREGON. irksome drudgery when burdens are borne alone. The "rough world" that working women are supposed to come In contact with, and that makes them bold and self reliant, and, therefore, undesirable as wives, I suppose Is only visible from the point of view of the office, store, school room, etc We surely don't come In con tact with It on the street, in society, or In the church, or we would all have been demoralized long ago. It is not woman's fault that she Is given lower wages than man, but because advantage Is taken of the fact that women workers are not or ganized, have no one to fight for their interests, and are rot a political factor. I don't know If others have thought of It, but It Is a cruel fact that the averago woman as we find her toiay is artificial and a combination of physical and mental deformities, and to Judge the capabilities and possible attainments of the whole sex by the average woman as we find her would do them a cruel injustice. I believe that woman was Intended by the Great Architect to be the brightest and purest creature on earth, so that all immortal souls born would have the advantage of prenatal training, and the stamp of nobil ity and moral purity. How far women have been forced from this Ideal we can not tell, but long ages of suppression and deforming by custom and fashion, and dwarfing of the Intellect, by inaction, which have lowered and narrowed the foreheads of so many, have caused a great change from the high standard we were Intended to reach. But woman is like a fountain that has been confined in an Iron casing, composed of superstition prejudice and custom, which has been built around her throughout ages, but it is growing rusted and weak with time, and Is broken in many places, whence individ ual streams rise, dazzling the beholder with their brightness and beauty. In a little while the whole structure will give way, allowing the fountain to spring forth in all its sparkling and prlsmatlo beauty, marking by the height It attains its source, which Is God. OLIVE A. WAGER. t SHIP RAN SHORT OF COAL. German Steamer aillos Also Encoun tered Saturday's Gale. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. lS.-Tho Gorman steamship Milos arrived In port last even ing 26 days from Moororan a very long passage but without accident During the entire trip she experienced head seas and gales, and for several days made little headway. The Mllos sighted no vessel of any description until lost Fri day evening she almost ran down the pilot schooner Joseph Pulitzer, which was cruising around the whistling buoy await ing incoming vessels. Pilot Woods went on board of her, and his first greeting was that there was only enough coal on board to last until noon the next day The gale of Saturday then camo on", and It was of equal force as on shore. Pilot Woods, after consultation with tho chief engineer, ordered one of the engines shut down, as the vessel is a twin screw steamer. By so doing her fuel supply could be better saved for an emergency. While having a full cargo, it was all of light material, and the Mllos drew but 13 feet so when the gale was at Its height she spun around like a top with both propellers sticking up In the air. Cap tain Woods kept her aa close up to tho bar as possible, and at high tide last night brought the vessel inside and anchored her below Sand Island. When the anchor was dropped there was less than two tons of coal In the bunkers, and the steamer could not have carried steam to go to the quarantine station. While at Moororan the Mllos took on four days' supply of coal In addition to her regular requirements. This afternoon after the quarantine officer had inspect ed her. tho Milos was taken to the wharf at Flavel before proceeding up the river. Domestic and Foreign Forts. ASTORIA, Jan. 13. Sailed at 8 A. M Steamer Geo. W. Elder, for Son Fran cisco. Arrived at 9 A. M. and left up at 10 A. M. Steamer South Portland, from San Francisco. Arrived at 3 P. M. Steam er Robert Adamson, from Nanalmo. Un known steamer reported in last evening was the German steamer Mllos, from Kobe. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.. rough; wind, south; fog and rain. San Francisco, Jan. 13. Arrived Steam er Walla Walla, from Puget Sound; steamer Robert Dollar, from Seattle; steamer 'Areata, from Coos Bay; steamer Bonita, from Newport; steamer Alliance, from Portland. Sailed Bark Guy C. Goss, for Vancouver; steamer Columbia, for Astoria; schooner Roy Somers, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Newbury, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Columbia, for Portland; steamer Despatch, for Portland. - New York, Jan. 13. Arrived Phoenicia, from Hamburg and Boulogne. Sailed Menominee, for London. Damage Suit Against Prosser. Papers are being prepared in the case of Professor O. Carlyon for a damage suit' for $12,000 against Prosser. The allega tions set out by the plaintiff are that he was fined and imprisoned on a charge of mutilating the sidewalks of Prosser by making chalk marks advertising his show. While in the custody of the City Marshal he was forced to draw water from a deep well, and with water and scrubbing brush remove the objectionable marks from the walks of the city. He declares he was ruptured by the exertion. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism, dyspepsia and catarrh, because they art blood diseases.