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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1901. ' PROGRESS ON CHARTER 3I0RE SECTIONS ADOPTED WITH LITTLE DISCUSSION. 3Ir. Holmnn, Leader of the Minority, "Wins One Victory Several Amendments Referred. Frederick V. Holman, who has been a strong and persistent fighter against mu nicipal ownership of public utilities in any form, won his first victory, over J. N. Teal, the utility leader, at last night's meeting of the Charter Commission. He entered the Council Chamber with an air of resignation that was saintly. "When the session began he explained that the policy of the commission was apparently determined, that his position was well known, and that he would not waste time T)y factious opposition. "When section 13 was under consideration he offered an amendment excluding railroads from all streets from First and Seventh, inclusive, between Jefferson and Everett streets. Mr. Teal did not oppose the amendment, contenting himself with voting against It. Chairman Burrell and J. T. Morgan. Mr. Teal's colleagues on the utilities commit tee, voted with, Mr. Holman, and the amendment prevailed by a vote of 11 to 6. Thereupon Mr. Morgan celebrated Mr. Holman's lonesome victory by retailing the story of the Irish jockey, who, after many defeats, finally won a race As he drew rein after passing under the wire, be said: ''Hurrah, b'ys! I'm first at last. I've been behind before." When President Mills called for order, the commission resumed consideration of the utilities committee's report at section 4. Mr. Holman made many attacks on the report, and lost them all except the one he won, as Mr. Morgan will probably say when he writes a history of the Char ter Commission. He first proposed that a two-thirds vote pass a franchise over the Mayor's vote, instead of a five-sixths vote, as section 5 requires. He said there is such a thing as giving the minority of the Council too much power, thus endan gering meritorious measures. One or two Councilmen could, if they were disposed to be venal, put themselves in a position to be purchased. Mr. Teal defended the live-sixths vote as a wise provision, and Mr. Holman's motion was voted down. Reports From Franchise Holders. Section six was adopted without divis ion, but Mr. Holman jumped on section seven with a motion to strike out the provision requiring holders of franchises fto make to the City Auditor quarterly statements "In summarized form as well as In dotail," and of "all expenditures for all purposes, together with a full state ment of all assets and debts, as well as other Information as to costs and profits of said service and the financial condition of such grantee as the City Auditor may require." Mr. Holman said there was no reason why the city should pry into the af fairs of a busipess enterprise and In spect its vouchers and expense account. He denounced the system as un-American and said it smacked of European super vision, something from Russia, for ex ample. Even the courts, he declared, have no right to go on fishing expe ditions Into private accounts. Mr. Teal replied that if the provis ions to which Mr. Holman objected were stricken out the entire section might as well be defeated. He said that holders of franchises will be In partner ship with the city, and the city will have a right to know that Its accounts are correctly and honestly kept. Mr. Holman's motion to strike out was rejected. Mr. Holman renewed the attack when section nine was read by a motion to strike out the provision that franchises "shall be granted only on condition that such franchise shall be taken and deemed as property for the purpose of general taxation as other property is taxed." He said It was unfair to make franchise holders pay a tax on franchises in addi tion to the tax on their other property. It was, he said, like taxing the good will iOf , a, mercantile enterprise. Mr. Teal said a franchise is property and should pay a property tax. "If a franchise is good enough for valuation for a bond Issue." he said. "It is good enough for valuation for taxation." Thereupon Mr. Holman's amendments were rejected. Dr. Harry Lane and C. E. S. "Wood offered amendments and the section, together with the amendments, was sent back to the utilities committee. Section 10, as adopted, is a substitute offered by Mr. Teal, in lieu of the fol lowing heretofore reported by the utili ties committee: 10. All franchises must be granted upon the express condition that the grantee will within 100 days commence work, and continuously thereafter In each and every month until the completion thereof, expend in construction at least the sum of ?2000. or in case of small works estimated to cost less than $12,000, such sum as would equal 10 per cent of the entire cost of construction. But on proper cause shown, any such grantee may be permitted to expend less than said monthly sum in any one month, or not to expend any of said sum In any one month; provided, however, that Jn any consecutive 12 months said grantee. In the case of small works as above set out. must ex pend in construction a sum not less than the cost thereof, and In case of works estimated to cost to exceed $12,000. not less than $24,000, If the cost thereof equal said amount. Section U was not touched. Section 12 was amended on motion of ,Sol. Hirsch so as to require two-thirds instead of a majority of property owners to be on an application for a railroad on any street. The purpose of this- is to make it practically Impossible for the Southern Pacific to get hold of Front street- The section was referred to the utilities com mittee on another amendment offered by Jdr. Hirsch. Section 13 was adopted after Mr. Holman's amendment had been accepted. The following was offered by C. E. S. "Wood and will be considered At the next meeting, on August 15: Hereafter no franchise of any kind shall lxs granted to any person whatsoever which shall vest In the franchise-holder any Interest what ever In or to the street, alley, highway or the casement therein, but their Interest In and con trol over said street, alley or highway, and all tracks, pavements. Improvements or appur tenances whatsoever, by whomsoever placed In 6aid street, alley or highway, shall be In every particular, exclusively and absolutely, In and within the city. Following Is the status of the 14 sections of the report which have thus far been considered. Unless otherwise specified, the sections have been adopted: City's IUsrlits Inalienable. L The title of the City of Portland in and to all water front, wharf property, land under water, public landings, wharves, ' docks, ferries, highways) bridges, avenues, streets, alleys, lanes, parks and like property that it now owns or may hereafter acquire is hereby de clared to be inalienable, except as Is oth erwise in this charter provided, but the Mayor and Common Council may sell and dispose of any building or parcel of land not needed for public use. If such pro posed disposition and sale shall be first approved by the Board of Public "Works; and such sales shall be made only at pub lic auction In pursuance of an ordinance which shall be passed by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the Coun cil, and shall be approved by the Mayor; and the Board of Public "Works may rent for fixed and limited terms any of such property not needed for public purposes, but no lease shall be made of any prop erty for a longer period than two years Without the consent of the Common Coun cil, nor shall any lease of any such prop erty be made for a longer period than five years, except as herein expressly pro vided. 2. The Mayor and Common Council may, subject to limitations, grant for a limited time specified franchises or rights in. or to any of the public property at places mentioned In the preceding sec tion: provided that such grant shall have first been authorized and set forth In an ordinance duly passed. Every such grant shall specifically set forth and define the nature, extent and duration of the fran chise or right thereby granted, and no franchise or right shall pass by implica tion. At all times the power and right reasonably to regulate, In the public in terest, the exercise of the franchise or right so granted shall remain and be vested in the Mayor and Common Coun cil, and said power and right shall not be divested or granted. Life of Franchises. 3. No franchise or lease or right to use the water front, ferries, wharf property, land under water, public landings, wharves, docks, highways, bridges, ave nues, streets, alleys, lanes, parks or any other public place, either on, through, across, under or over the same, nor other franchise, shall be granted by the city to any private corporation, association or In dividual except as set out in section 1 of this article, for a longer period than 25 years, nor without fair compensation to the city therefore; and. In addition to the other forms of compensation to be therein provided, the grantee may be required to pay annually to the city such per centage of the gross receipts arising from the use of such franchise and of the plant used therewith as may be fixed In the grant of said franchise. Every grant of a franchise shall contain provisions fixing the amount and manner of the payment of the compensation to be paid by the grantee for the use of the same, and no other compensation of any kind shall be exacted for such use during the life of the franchise, but this provision shall not ex empt the grantee from any lawful taxa tion upon his or Its property, nor from other licenses, charges or impositions not levied on account of such use. Every such grant and contract In pursuance thereof may also provide that upon the termina tion of said franchise or right granted by the city the plant, as well as the prop erty, if any, of the grantee, situated on. In, above or under the streets, avenues and other public places aforesaid, and used In connection therewith, shall there upon be and become the property of the city, without other or further compensa tion to the grantee, or said grant may also or In addition provide that upon such termination a fair valuation of the plant and property and business connected therewith, In Its entirety, become the property of the city, upon its election, upon Its paying to the grantee said valua tion, but In no case shall the value of the franchise Itself be considered In fixing such valuation; provided, however, that within one year prior to the expiration of such grant or franchise the question as to whether or not the city shall acquire or take said plant or property shall first bo submitted to the voters of the city In accordance with and subject to the limita tions of article of this charter. Every grant reserving to the city the right to acquire the plant, as well as the prop erty, if any, of the grantee, situated In, on or under the streets, avenues or other public places of the city, shall in terms specify the method of arriving, at the valuation therein provided for, and shall mako adequate provision by way of for feiture of the grant or otherwise for the effectual securing of efficient service and for the continued maintenance of the property In good order and repair throughout the entire term of the grant; but the terms of this section, so far as they relate to the acquisition of the plant, property and business of the grantee, shall not apply to rights given railroads under sections 12 and 13 of this article. 4. If, by virtue of the terms of any grant or franchise, and as set out In sec tion 3, any plant shall become the prop erty of the city, the city shall have the option at any time either to take and operate the same on its own account or lease the same for limited periods, or to sell the same to the highest bidder at public sale, or to renew the said grant and franchise for any period not exceed ing 25 years. 5. Ordinances granting franchises must be published. On final passage they must have the votes of two-thirds of the mem bers of the Council. A five-sixths vote of the Council Is required to pass an ordinance over the veto of the Mayor. 6. No ordinance for a grant of any franchlso shall be put on Its final passage within GO days of its introduction, and no franchise shall be renewed before one year prior to Its expiration. Quarterly Reports to City Auditor. 7. Every grantee or holder of a fran chise rendering service to be paid for wholly or In part by the users of such service, shall keep full and correct books of account and make quarterly reports In writing to the City Auditor, which shall contain an accurate statement In summarized form, as well as In detail, of all receipts from all sources, and all ex penditures for all purposes, together with a full statement of all assets and debts, as well as such other Information as to the cost and profits of said service and the financial condition of such grantee as the City Auditor may require. In case of failure the city may proceed with pro ceedings in forfeiture and the Common Council may pundsh by fine or imprison ment or both for such failure. . The Mayor and Common Council shall have full municipal superintendence, regulation and control over franchises. 9. Franchises shall be granted only on condition that they shall be deemed as property for the purpose of general tax ation, as other property is taxed. Rail ways and tramways shall be required to keep in repair the portion of the streets they occupy. "When a street has been abandoned by a grantee, he shall remove his tracks and put the street In good or der. Electric wires, tracks, etc, shall be so placed as to prevent damage to the city's property. Section 9 was re-referred to the com mittee on utilities, together with the fol lowing proposed amendment: By Lane That the owners of any and all franchises granted by the city shall be compelled to make a sworn statement of the valuation of their franchises to the Assessor for purposes of taxation. That such valuation shall not be disputed but shall be accepted by the Assessor as the representative of the city as to, Its true and actual value. But that the city re serves the right at any time thereafter up to the next following time of assess ment to purchase such franchise at the valuation so placed upon it, with the ad dition of 10 per cent thereof. By Wood That the motion be amended that the valuation which the franchise holder returns for the purpose of taxa tion may, at the option of the city, either bo disputed, or If at any time within the year during which It Is made the fran chise shall be bought In the manner here inafter provided by the city, that the price shall be determined and the fran chise holder shall be estopped by his own valuation. 10. In addition to the conditions other wise required by this charter, and such other conditions as may be prescribed by the Common Council, franchises may pro vide for the time of the beginning of the construction work under such franchise, the time within which same shall be com pleted, the estimated total cost of such work and the monthly or yearly sums of money to be expended on such work, all such penalties as the said Common Coun cil may provide. 1L Sections 2, 3, 4. 5, G, 7. 8, 9. 10 shall apply to any renewal or extension of the grant, er franchise or leasing of the prop erty to the same grantee or others. Railronds. 12. The Mayor and Common Council shall have the power on application" or assent In writing of the owners of two-thirds in extent of the front feet of the lots front ing on each side of that portion of any street or part or parts of the street over or on which It Is desired to lay or con struct railroad tracks other than those of street railways to pass, subject to the provisions and requirements of sections 3, 5, 9 and 10, such ordinances as shall be necessary to authorize the construction of any track or railway of a steam or other railroad than street railways on and along such streets or parts of streets. The city may at any time revoke such franchise upon payment to the railroad of the actual cost of the tracks, but if the railroad has occupied the street for five years Is shall not be entitled to com pensation. Section 12 was sent back to the utilities committee on Mr. Hirsch's motion to strike out the last sentence, which also gives the Council authority to make street grades convenient for railroads. 13. The Mayor and Common Council may permit any transcontinental or other rail road company having not less than ... miles of road actually constructed and In operation, subject to the provisions and requirements of sections 3, 5, 9 and 10, to enter the city with Its road and run Its cars to the terminus of such road at the most suitable point for public conven ience, on condition that it shall permit other roads to use its tracks. Provided, however, that no such transcontinental or other railroad company shall be al lowed to lay its tracks, or run its cars as provided by the section on First street, Second street, Third street, Fourth street, Fifth street, Sixth street or Seventh street, between Jefferson street on the south and Everett street on the north, ex cept upon the application or assent in writing of the owners of a major part in extent of that portion of any of said streets or parts of said streets, over or on which it Is desired to lay or construct such railroad tracks and run cars thereon. AT PRAYER MEETING. Enwortli Lengners Entertained at Several City Churches. Last evening regular weekly prayer meetings were held In each of the Meth- :; SUPERINTENDENT OF 1901 odlst Episcopal churches of tho city, and tho visiting Epworth Leaguers were scattered among the various congrega tions. At the Taylor-Street Church, which has become known as the League headquarters, the Northern Indiana Quartet, led by Rev. Mr. Guild, treated the congregation to some very fine vocal selections. Personal testimonies were given by Methodists of both sexes, from-several distant states, and a genu ine Methodist love feast was enjoyed. The coming of the quartet had not been announced, and so the appearance of the Indiana gentlemen was a pleasant surprise. Yesterday the Gillespie party, from Pennsylvania, took a trip up the Colum bia River on the Regulator, and did not return until quite late. They resumed their journey northward, however, taking the train .for Tacoma. An Illinois party is expected today, and the headquarters at Taylor-Street Church will be, kept open for their bene fit. The parties arriving hereafter will come, up from California as convenience suggests, and no large crowd is expected until the IGth instant, when a party of 200 now doing California Is to arrive. The reception committee of the local chapters will be on hand at the Grand Central station when any considerable number of visitors shall have been an nounced, and the same attention will be paid them as heretofore in order to ac quaint them with Portland and enable them to carry home pleasant recollections of their brief visit to Oregon. Visiting Epworth Leaguers found a warm welcome awaiting them last night at the lecture room of Grace Methodist Church. Hon. J. E. Haseltine was chair man and he voiced the pleasure felt by all Methodists In greeting such welcome guests. Lawyer J. H. Burhams, of Chi cago, said that one of the main thoughts for thankfulness among Epworth Leaguers was that so many of them had been preserved from peril and danger after traveling so many thousands of miles from their homes. "We have been preserved from railroad wrecks," said he, "and we have escaped alive from railroad lunch counters. Such pies we had offered to us some of them as hard as the rocks of Colorado. As for juice In those pies, I presume it Is In them yet, for we did not discover any, on investigation. These pies will live In our memories. Then in Salt Lake City, one of our lady Leaguers said she had seen the original Brlgham Young address one of the meet ings held at the Mormon Tabernacle In our honor. On Investigation, however, It turned out that she had seen one of Brlgham Young's sons." The speaker concluded by tejllng of mission work at Pacific Garden Mission, . Chicago, and thought that the one gift necessary in saving souls was God's grace implanted in our hear,ts. Short talks were also given by Rev. J. M. Frost, of Bangor, Me.; Rev. E. L. Smith, of Bangor, Me.; Rev. Henry Rasmus, a former pastor of Grace Church, and now of South Park Avenue Church, Chicago, and Rev. George "W. Izer, of Philadelphia, formerly pastor of Taylor-Street Methodist Church. CONVENIENT TIME CARD. " The O. R. & N. service between Portland and the seaside is proving very popular with the public. The steamer T. J. Pot ter leaves Ash-street dock dally, except Sunday and Monday (get a seaside time card from O. R. & N. ticket agent), for Ilwaco, connecting at Astoria with trains for Clatsop, The Hassalo leaves dally except Sunday, at 8 P. M., Saturday .at 10 P. M. for Astoria, connecting there with trains and boats for Clatsop and North Beach. Round-trip rate to all beach points, good for season, 54 00; Saturday round trip rate, good for return following Sun day night, $2 50, and the lowest rates to Astoria and other river points. All round trip tickets for the beach sold at Portland are good for return via boat or rail at passenger's option. Time cards, berth reservations, etc., at O. R. & N. ticket of fice, Third and Washington. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting: Teeth, Be Eure and use that old and well-tried remedy, lira. "WInslow'a Solhlns Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the sums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. OREGON'S JULY WEATHER OFFICIAIi RECORD OF PERFECTLY PLEASANT CONDITION'S. Highest Temperature in Portland "Was S3 and Only Four Cloudy Days A Sharp Contrast. The monthly meteorological summary for July, 1901, just issued by the Portland "Weather Office, is of especial Interest in view of the excessive hot spell that pre vailed In the Central "West and Eastern sections of the United States the past month. No thunder storms are reported and there were 27 clear or partly cloudy days and but 4 that were wholly cloudy. The afternoon temperatures averaged 73 degrees and the maximum degree of heat on the warmest day was only 83 degrees. The nights were uniformly cool, with temperatures never higher than 60 de grees at their, coolest periods. The rec ords of the Portland "Weather Office also show that the conditions were quite simi lar in other portions of Oregon as far as the coolness of the nights was concerned and that at none of the four "Weather Bureau Stations In this state was there a minimum temperature recorded above 60 degrees and that as a rule they ranged CARNIVAL. between DO degrees and 55 degrees, which is a most refreshing and restful temper ature to experience after a hard day's toil. The afternoons along the Coast aver aged even cooler than at Portland, but In the Eastern and Southern sections of the state they went as high as 90 degrees or 92 degrees on two or three occasions, although their average was -slightly less than 80 degrees. Contrast this report with tho official returns from New York sent out yes terday by the Associated Press: Hottest July on Record. New York, Aug. 1. Hottest of all Julys In the history of New York was the month Just passed, according to the Weather Bu reau. July of 18S7 came nearest, with a mean temperature for the month of 77 de grees. The highest temperature for July of thlg year was 00 degrees on tho second day. Tho lowest was 64 degrees, on July 27. Tho mean temperature for the month was 78. August for the first few days at least will not be ao unbearable, for Forecaster Emery is satisfied that the humidity will be less. Oregon Weather In Detail. The summary, showing the weather each day of the month and also the com parison of general weather conditions dur ing the month with the corresponding month In other years, follows: E. W. ROWE. . Temperature. O Date. IS la U 41 : : ; ; o : : : : P ' I"-"- g 49 57 0 Pt Cldy 2 61 51 56 k04 Cldy 3 63 50 56 .OS Cldy j 73 45 59 0 Clear f 81 54 68 0 Clear 6 75 53 64 0 Clear 74 51 62 0 Clear 64 53 58 0 Cldy 9 68 53 CO 0 Pt Cldy 10 76' 50 63 0 Clear 11 66 .,55 60 0 Pt Cldy 12 72 51 62 0 Clear 13 68 51 60 0 Pt Cldy 14 77 51 64 0 Clear 15 74 55 .64 T Pt Cldy 16 -.. 2 56 64 T Pt Cldy H 77 51 64 0 Clear 18 72 55 64 0 Pt Cldy 19 69 56 62 0 Clear 20 S3 52 6S 0 Clear 21 73 58 66 T CHy 22 73 64 68 T Cldy 2 75 60 6S 0 Pt Cldy 21 74 51 62 0 Clear 2o 70 50 0 0. Clear 26 ... 71 48 60 0 Clear 2 70 50 60 0 Pt Cldy 2S 82 52 67 0 Pt Cldy 29 S3 55 G9 0 Clear 3? 79 55 66 0 Clear 31 76 56 66 0 Pt Cldy Mean 1 72.8 52.9 62.8 0.12 Summary. Mean atmospheric pressure, 30.02; high est pressure, 30.19; date, July 8. Lowest pressure. 29 77; date, July 20. Mean temperature, 63 deg.; highest tem perature, S3 deg.; date. July 29; lowest temperature, 45 deg.; date, July 4. Great est daily range .of temperature, 31 deg.; date, July 20. Least dally range of tem perature. 9 deg.; date, July 22. Mean temperatures for -this mon.thin: 1S71 701SS7. 1872...: 60 18SS. 1873 67 18S9. 66 6S 7ft 1874 681890 66. 1875 701891 18"i6 , 66 1892... 1877 66 1893... 1S78 64 1894... 1879... :....: 65 1895... 1SS0 66 1S96... 18S1 65 1S97... 1882 67 189S... 1S83 6S 1899... 1884 65 1900... 18S5 70 1901... 18S6 691 Mean temperature for this month for 31 years, 67 deg. Average deficiency of dally mean temperature during month, 4 deg. Accumulated deficiency of dally mean temperature since January 1, 279 deg. Average dally deficiency since Jan uary 1, 1 deg. Prevailing direction of wind, northwest. Total movement of wind, 5SS5 miles. Maximum velocity of wind, direction and date, 27 mile, north west, July 1. Total precipitation, 0.12 inches. Number of days with .01 Inch . or more of precipi tation, two. Total precipitation (In inches) for this month in: 1S71 0.551SS7 0.03 1872 0.20I188S 1.04 1873 1.021889 T 1874 0.191890 0.59 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1SS0 0.02 0.96 0.54 L10 1.75 0.59 1.16 1891.. 0.24 1S92 1893 0.70 0.14 0.10 0.23 T 1894 1895 1S96 1897 1881. 0.65 1S82 0.95189S 0.79 1883 0.00! 1899 0.47 1900 0.34 1901 0.12 18S4 1.80 1885 0.24 1SS6 0.32 Average precipitation for this month for 31 years. 0.54 inches. Total deficiency In precipitation during month, 0.42 inches. Total precipitation from September 1, 1900, to date, 42.70 Inches. Average precipita tion from September 1 to date, 46.23 Inches. Total deficiency from September 1, 1900, to date, 3.58 Inches. Average pre cipitation for 29 wet seasons, 43.14 Inches. Number of clear days, 16; partly cloudy days, 11; cloudy days, 4. Dates of killing frost, none. Greatest 24 hours' precipi tation, 0.12, on July 2. EDWARD A. BEALS, Forecast Official. "Weather Bureau. CAN A DEAD MAN MARRY? Some One Is Answered According: to His Folly. FOREST GROVE, Or., July 30. (To the Editor.) Does the law of Oregon prohibit a man from marrying his widow's niece? Please answer and oblige a subscriber, and settle a wager of $10. C. L. LARGE. This query aroused no 'end of mirth In The Oregonian office. It was given to the various members of the staff to answer, with the following result: Court Reporter A marriage of a man to his widow's niece Is not illegal In Ore gon, but It Is the opinion of Judges and leading attorneys consulted about the Courthouse yesterday that It ought to be. Such a marriage would be a ghastly and a ghostly affair. The Cupid In the County Clerk's office says he cannot remember of a marriage of this sort being arranged. He also says he cannot think of being confronted by such a couple as the corre spondent mentions without having a creepy feeling run up and down his back. However that may be, the law does not forbid it, though it ought to. There is a growing feeling among lawyers that the marriage laws of the state are lax. They ought t0 be tinkered up a bit. This mar riage is permitted. So are marriages be tween a man and his widow's sister, or his widow's cousin, or his widow's aunt. There Is tho most woful freedom permit ted In marriages of this sort. One of the attorneys consulted went to the trouble of rummaging through the code. Then he said: "No, It Is not Illegal. The code pro hibits marriages when the parties thereto are nearer of kin to each other than first cousins, whether of the whole or half blood. A widow's niece would not come within the forbidden degree of consan guinity. But horrors! Think of marrying your widow's niece I" That Is the legal aspect of the case. The correspondent Is to be thanked for calling attention to ho need of the state to have this loophole In Its marriage laws soldered up. But there would be some practical dif ficulties In the way of bringing off such a marriage, legal though it undoubtedly would be. These might be so difficult as to make such marriages infrequent. The law requires the parties to take out their license in person. Think of standing up before the County Clerk with your wid ow's niece! How would she feel? How" thin and incorporeal you would feel! Thirty cents could cover up the size you felt yourself. But then If you spoke up bravely and dodged like a sneak behind another man, why, maybe you would get your license. And then think of your dif ficulty Iii getting the ring and carrying it! Think how the minister would feel! And there you would meet the biggest snag of all; but I give way to the relig ious reporter. Religious Reporter "Is a marriage be tween a man and his widow's niece legal In Oregon?" There are no marriages in heaven. This every one that reads Scrip ture knows. See Matthew xxii:23-24, and especially verse 30: "For In the resur rection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of heaven.' This establishes that point con clusively. It can thus be seen, that -to solemnize the marriage would require a contravention of divine law, the two par ties being under different Jurisdictions. The widow's niece, poor creature, being a subject of that earthly province of ours where moth and dust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal, while the man Is dwelling In the heavenly city, or else let us hope not In the place of eternal torment. Being under a Jurisdic tion where marriages are forbidden, there Is a grave question In my mind whetner he would be allowed by St. Peter or the other fellow to return to earth to marry his widow's niece, and no self-respecting minister would solemnize such a union. Of course, the man wouldn't think of marrying unless his widow were dead. If she were In proximity, you may rest as sured that her Influence would prevent It. Man proposes, but woman disposes, as the book truly says. The question of legal ity In Oregon is a little out of my beat. The city editor says, "Cut it short when you get through with heaven." P. S. I cannot resist saying how shock ing it Is for men to mako wagers on such a sacred subject as matrimony. Sporting Editor (overheard after ques tion Is laid on his desk) "Please answer and settle a wager of $10." "Wager?" In English that's "bet." "Well, that's right in my line. I wonder If It's the usual thing. "Did Sharkey twist his thumb on Ruhlln's beak In the first or second round? Please answer and oblige your old friend. Sport" H'm! Is It legal for a man to marry his widow's niece In Oregon? (He repeats the question.) Ha-a-a-a! Pretty good for the old sport. Who thought he had It In him? The sporting editor then got busy, and this In the answer he hammered out: "It would be a crime to take the money. Is a man out when the umpire, calls three strikes? Now, whether this guy will ever hear the wedding bells a-rlnging depends upon the degree of widowship grass or sod. It's the same as asking. 'Which will you have, beer?' You see, a man, If he had a widow, might be In a deuced narrow bed, with cold furniture. He would have ridden at the head of the procession to get there. In stead of being close up to the hearse, he would have been better off, or better out. He would have been strictly In It. Now, whether It Is legal for him not to stay out raises a big question with your nibs. If he had been wise and had a 'widow of the grass order, he could have gotten busy for six months, made a nice stake and copped off the wldder's niece Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes, and no ques tions asked. But I do hate to bother, ex cept with a live subject. A good many people die on my be'at most of them at first base. Good Rosrne River Frnit Crop. MEDFORD, Aug. 1. Olwell Bros., C. E. Stewart, Weeks & Orr, and other prominent fruitgrowers of this vicinity, will begin picking Maiden Blush and Gravensteln apples about next Friday. They will probably be shipped about the middle of next week. The points to which the first shipments will be made are as yet undecided upon, on account of the unadvlsablllty of quoting prices ahead of time. The peach and apricot crop Is almost disposed of. The early pears will be picked and shipped about the 20th and 25th of August. The crop Is promising and has been sold almost entirely on consignment. Prunes will furnish an average crop and will be of average size. Taken altogether the fruit crop of the Rogue River Valley Is unusually good and the driers will be mil to their fullest capacity. SUMMER. LOCKSLEY HALL, SEASIDE ONLY FOUR HOURS FR03I PORTLAND BY RAIL. Delightfully situated among pine groves, on one of the finest beaches In the world. Everything entirely new. Table unexcelled, service perfect- Rates rea sonable. Hot and cold sea-water baths. Two beautiful annex cottages. Mira-Monta and Bollnas. having attractive rooms en suite. Applications and Inquiries from In terior points of Oregon. Washington. Idaho and Montana will receive prompt atten tion. MRS. L. A. CARLISLE. LONG BEACH HOTEL American and European. THE WELL-KNOWN OCEAN RESORT Centrally located. Trains stop at the door. We'll furnished. Table service unsurpassed. Choice Wines and Liquors. Hot and cold sea-water baths in connection, included In rates If desired. Information de sired from interior points cheerfully furnished. H. H. TINKER. Prop, and Mgr. NEW GRIMES HOTEL Seaside, Clatsop Bench. A strictly first-class house. Only hotel In Oregon or Washington directly facing the ocean. A glorious view. Table service first class, furnishings up to date; sanitary plumbing throughout the house; hot and cold water. Inquiries and applications from interior cities will receive prompt attention. G. G. KEE, SEASIDE RESTAURANT The best? bill of fare at any ocean resort. GROCERY A large, fresh, clean stock at reasonable prices. You can buy all your supplies here as you need them. BAKERY Fresh bread, cakes and pies always on hand. Orders filled and delivered dally. WILH01T SPRINGS All kinds of private rigs for the springs at Young's stables, opposite Electric Hotel. Ore gon City. A Strange Phenomenon A Freeze Predicted, but strange to say, one that most people will enjoy. For full particulars inquire at the -Weather Bureau connected with nur ICE CREAM HKZELMOOD BOTH PHONES 154 BY RAIL TO MOUNT HOOD AGITATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELECTRIC LINE. It Is Pointed Out That .There WI1 Be Steady Local Trafllc, to Say Nothing: of Tourlnts. E. S. Bramhall, a well-known resident of the Bull Run district for the past 13 years, will begin tho agitation of the project for the construction of an electric railway to Mount Hood. He has had tho matter on his mind a long time, and has come to the conclusion that now is tho time to start an agitation. In view of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905. After looking over tho route and estimating the probable income, he is of tho opinion that such a line would pay well from the start. "There will be two constant sources of revenue," says Mr. Bramhall, "to be con sidered. One Is from the produce of the country through which the line will pass, and tha local passenger traffic. The reve nue from these sources alone will be large, as the country Is rich, fertile, and rapidly settling up with farmers. New land Is being cultj ated every year. Large quantities of hay Is raised and hauled to Portland. All the produce would natur ally go rr. a railway If there were one to Portland. But there will be another, and perhaps a still larger source of reve nue for most of the year, and that Is the tourist travel. Already the travel to Mount Hood and the Cascade Mountains for several months of the year by vehi cles of varicu3 kinds Is very large and growing every year. I have noticed that this travel has increased remarkably dur ing the past five years. It can be seen that if there were an easy and quick method of reaching Mount Hood the trav el would be an hundred fold larger than It Is at present. Hardly anybody from the East who came to Portland would miss the opportunity of being carried to the foot of Mount Hood on an electric car In a few hours' time. Every tralnload of excursionists could be sent out there over the electric line. If Portland has tho Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, this electric line will be one of the neces sities of the time. It ought to be built by that time by all means, and I think It will. "There Is a good route out to Mount Hood. The best route, in my Judgment, would be through Powell Valley and Pleasant Home district, striking the Sandy at Fig Rock. Then the line should follow the Little Sandy to the pass at Marmott, on Salmon River. The grade of the route would be easy. The Talbot grade at Sandy Hill could be followed. "Then, there Is the great water power. There is enough water power to operate the finest electric railway in the world. It is practically without limit, and un failing. The cost of operating such a line by water power generating electricity would be small, and certainly should In vite' the attention of capitalists. As far as I am able I shall take hold and do all I can to get a movement under way that will result in the -construction of this railway. It is one of the things that Portland ought to have, and, above all things, by 'the time of the holding of the Lewis and Clark Centennial." Public Entertainment. University Park Sub-Board of Trade will give a free public entertainment this evening at S o'clock at Odd Fellows' Hall. "Women are specially Invited. The pro gramme follows: Address P. Chapelle-Browne. Piano solo Mrs. A. L. Johnson. Address Samuel Connell. Son? Miss May Stiles. Accordion solo A. Braunsteln. Recitation -TTT. Miss Verna Lyman. Song: A. Coon. Piano duett Mrs. A. L. Johnson, Miss Eda Boechler. Address "W. J. Peddlcord. Finale By the band. Death of Carl Trappc. Carl Trappe, who fell from a building on Washington street, resulting In a broken back, several days ago, died at his home at Midway, on Milwaukie road, "Wednes day. He was 45 years old and a carpen ter. A widow and six children survive. The funeral will take place this afternoon from his late home, at 2 o'clock. He be longed to Carpenters' Union, No. 50, and the members will generally attend. Lined With New Dwelling. The Improvement of East Taylor street, which has just been finished, has proven a good Investment for property-owners, it would seem. Between East Twelfth and East Thirty-fourth streets, on East Tay lor, seven handsome dwellings have been finished and seven more have been start ed, some of which are nearlng completion. J The average cost of these buildings will RESORTS. -- ELK CREEK HOUSE, Elk Creek, Oregon. Advantages of mountain and sea beach com bined. River and deep-sea fishing. Finest beach In the world. Hay Stack Rock. Tilla mook Rock and Seal Rocks near by. Good home cooking, plenty of sea food and a quiet, healthful place for rest and recreation. Stagd from Seaside. Or., makes regular trips. JOHN M'CORMICK. Proprietor. THE NEWTON Lone: Bencti. Open for the season of 190L Every homa comfort. An excellent table for families desiring pleasant, home-like entertainment for tlie Summer. No more attractive placo than the Newton can be found. SEA BATHING. SEA FOOD. SEA AIR. .Address MRS. STRATTON AND JOHNSON. THE HACKNEY COTTAGE Seavlew, Wash. Is now open for the season of 1001. All homa comforts. Excellent table board, and a moat desirable place for families. Centrally lo cated and beautiful surroundings. Fine surf bathing. Reservations made on application. MRS. J. HACKNEY, Seavlew. Wash. DEPARTMENT CREHM CO. 382 WASHINGTON STREET be about $2000. East Taylor street is on the highest ground between the Base Lino and Section Line roads, and Its Improve ment has started a building boom. Tho indications are the entire street will ho flanked on both sides with new dwellings before long. Emit Side Note. Professor W. A. "Wetzell, formerly su perintendent of East Portland schools, and late of Salt Lake City, has been en gaged to teach the school at John Day for the ensuing year. The deed for the Y. M. C. A. lot and building on East Sixth and East Salmon streets has just passed to the United Evangelical church. It Is the intention to erect a German United Evangelical church on the ground next year. Rev. H. B. Elworthy, pastor of the Sun nyslde Methodist Church, and family aro camped on the bank of the Molalla, near Canby, where they will remain till the middle of the month. "While Dr. Elworthy is absent the Sunnyside Methodist Church will be renovated and the interior deco rated. FIREMElf RESIGN. Some of Them Are DIxsntlsfled Be cause of Low WaRCn. Chief Campbell, of the Fire Depart ment, reported these changes In the per sonnel of the working force yesterday: Oliver F. Hussey has resigned as driver of Truck Company No. 2, and George Stokee, hose-wagon driver of engine com pany No. 4. was appointed In his place. Charles Smith, extraman of truck No. 2, was promoted to fill Stokes' place. These other resignations are also reported: Thomas Richardson, engineer of engine No. 4; William Harrow, driver of chem ical No. 1. and W. Groce, extraman of truck No. 2. E Fanning, engineer of No. 8, has been transferred to fill Richardson's place; and P. M. Lowe has been appointed to succeed Fanning. Several of the men who have resigned have-done so to engago In other business, and one or two havo left because of low wages. On being In terviewed, Chief Campbell said: "The firemen's salaries were cut down by tho Pennoyer Administration, and have not been raised since. Mayor Rowe, tho Council, and the Fire Commissioners have been trying to devise some way of rais ing the firemen's salaries, but what tho result will be I do not know, as yet." The past month has been a busy one In the Fire Department, as there have been 36 alarms of fire, and not one of them has got the better of the fire-lighters. The proprietors of the Smith & Watson Iron Works have complimented the firemen for the fine work done on the occasion of the recent blaze at the works, and say the firemen saved them from great loss. Engine company's house. No. 3, at Six teenth and Washington streets, will be finished about the middle of the present month, and It Is satisfactory to know that most of the work has been performed by men In the employ of the Fire Depart ment. When completed, none of the wires In the house will be visible. The new switchboard and gong-case has been made by District Engineer Holden, and Is ono of the finest In the city. The unhltchers, which release the horses, were made by George Walker, superintendent of the fire-alarm system. . WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOIt DES- SERTf This question arises In tho family every day. Let us answer it today. Try Jell-O. a de licious and healthful dessert. Prepared In two minutes. No botllnr! no oaklng! simply add bollinp water and set to cooL Flavors; Lemon. Orange. Raspberry and Strawberry. G.t a packacn at your xrocer's today. 10c SHOE Clearance Sale 1 1 SPECIAL 1 Broken lots of Women's Shoes, $2.50 and $3.00 values, sizes 2 3, 34, 4, 44, at 95 CTS. Misses' and Child's Va cation Shoes, $1.50 and $2.00 values, at T5 CTS. L C GODDARD & CO. 120 SIXTH ST. OREGONIAN BUILDING. I I