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10 THE MORNING OEEGONIAN- FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, llMU. NOW HIGH SCHOOL GETS IT BASKET-BALL. LEAGUE REVERSES DECISION- ON DISPUTED GAME. Portland Academy Taken a Hand and Ueciufres the YonnR Lndlea to Pall Out of the Avuociatlon. The mighty squabble In the Girls' Inter Echolastlc Basket-Bali League did not end with the award of the game to the Portland Academy team. Yesterday af ternoon the girls met, at the cill of the president. Miss Bessie Jones, In the of fice of the principal of the Portland High School, to reconsider the matter. Al though the academy girls had been duly notified of the meeting, and had, so It is said, signified their Intention of being present, at 4 o'clock no representatives from that Institution appeared at the High School. The six members of the leigue present three from the High School and three from the St. Mary's Academy agreed to reconsider the action taken at the meet ing held Tuesday. Several rules and in terpretations covering the case were read, and so was the sworn statement of the referee. It was moved and seconded, and unanimously carried, that the dec's'.on regarding the protest made at the last meeting of the league be set aside on the ground that it was Illegal, according to the rules found In Spalding's basket ball rule book of 1901-02. The rules re ferred to are: Rule 10, Sec. JM. There shall be no protest against the decision of the officials, except In regard to Interpretation of rules. Rule 10. Sec. 2. Duties of Timekeepers. He Fholl note when the game starts, and shall blow his whistle at the expiration of 20 min utes' actual playing time In each half. On page C3 of the rule book, under In terpretation of rules, Is found one that fits this case: Question Two teams play a pame in a local league. Timekeeper has no whistle. At end of time In second half timekeeper calls time, but Is not heard, and before referee can blow his whistle team "A" makes a basket. Does bas ket count? Answer Tes. Timekeeper should have had a whistle. Players are not supposed to pay any attention to anything but a whistle. Rule 7, Sec. 5. The referee phall be Judse of the ball, shall decide when ball Is In play, to whom It belongs and when a goal Is scored. After the matter of disposing of th's protest was finished, the absence of the Portland Academy team was explained. The president read a letter from them announcing their withdrawal from the league. It seems that the faculty of the academy has taken the matter In Its hands and sent the following letter to the captain of the team: December 19. 1901. Miss Marguerite Labbe, Captain of the Portland Academy Basket-Ball Team: It Is our wish that you officially and Immediately withdraw your team from any further participation In the contest for the A. X. Wright trophy. Because of present conditions, we think It best that the Portland Academy team with draw from the Girls' Interscholastlc Basket Bail League. You will therefore tender the resignation of the Portland Academy at the first meeting of the league. J. R. WILSON. S. R. JOHNSON. Principals. Acting upon this notice. Miss Labbe , sent in the resignation to the league: To the Members of the Girls' Interscholastlc Basket-Bali League: We hereby announce to you the withdrawal of the Portland Academy Basket-Bali Association from the Girls' Inter scholastlc Basket-Ball League. Our reason for doing so you will llnd In the accompanying request of the principals of the Portland Acad emy. Wc wish It to be distinctly understood that we cheerfully comply with this request, that we realize that In so doing we forfeit the two remaining games, and that we relinquish all claims to the Wright trophy. We call your attention to by-law No. 9 of the league, whlch reads: "Thirty-three and one-third per cent of the net proceeds shall go to each of the contest ing teams." As you are aware, all the net proceeds of the games played are In the hands of the treasurer of the league, no division having as yet been made. We leave It to you to make whatever disposition you please of this money. M. LABBE. Captain. E. STRONG. Business Mgr., H. H. HERDMAN. Jr.. Representatives of the Portland Academy Basket-Bail Assoclat Ion. After much discussion, the resignation was accepted, the members realizing that further Investigation and attempts to have the team remain in the league would be useless, considering the stand the fac ulty has taken In the premises. The read ing of that part of the letter relating to money matters created quite a little mer riment. Although the young ladies great ly appreciated the offer to do as they pleased with thf money, they took such action as was probably expected of them, and ordered the money for the games played up to date to be divided equally among the three schools. There is one point, however, that has not been set tled. At the close of the last game the. academy girls got away with the league ball, which was to go to the team win ning the trophy. In a letter, the Port land Academy stated that they would forfeit the games and relinquish all claim to the trophy, but no mention was mado of the ball. The faculty of the Portland Academy gave no reason for demanding the res ignation of the team from the league in Its letter, and the cause Is somewhat of a mystery. When seen last evening, one of the faculty would make no statement, simply saying that it was a private mat ter that they did not wish to make public. The game which was to be played to morrow between the Portland Academy and St. Mary's Academy teams was called off, and the High School team was substituted in the place of the Portland Academy team. Tonight the St. Mary's Academy players are to be guests of the High School team at a banquet at Baum & Brandes. COME BACK, PROF. MARS. Your Presence Mncli Needed to Re store Confidence. Several of the French residents In Portland, and incidentally nearly all the French ship captains in the harbor, would very much like to see Professor A. M. Mars, arti.st, teacher, and legal adviser. Who boarded at G5 North Seventh street, and who left this city December 12. after $S35 had been paid to him by four or five French ship captains, to start proceedings against sailor boarding house keepers with whom they had a feud concerning sailors who had desert ed. The whereabouts of the $S35 is about as- much of a mystery as Mars' present address. Lawyer James Gleason repre sents the belligerent ship captains, and lie saw District Attorney Chamberlain to find out what action could be taken in the matter. Mr. Chamberlain said that, if a request for a warrant was made, he would Issue it, but has not since heard from Mr. Gleason. The lat ter refused to discuss the case for publi cation. Mars is about 40 years old, has a fascinating address. Is good looking, is a good photographer, and also poses as a teacher of French. He Is believed to have had .a career at San Jose and San Francisco," Cal.. and Seattle. About three weeks ago he arrived In this city from Seattle, and in making inquiries around the Terminal depot for a suitable French boarding-house, he was recom mended to Alfred VermereVs house, G6 North Seventh street, and won his new friends' hearts by paying his board In advance. Vermere is a well-known French cook here, and when Mars asked to be taken to Lawyer William Foley, whom he said he knew In San Francisco, Vermere found out that Mr. Foley was sick at St. Vincent's hospital. Mr. Foley received Mars 'cordially, and knowing that French men like to meet each other, he Intro duced Mars to Monslgnore Blanchett, the administrative head of the hospital. Mars spoke excellent .French and Eng lish, and told how he came to Oregon tc write a book on the diversified product of this state. He also spoke of the Inter est felt In the French community as to the success of the Lewis and Clark Cen tennial. Mars was treated as a wel come guest, and he took several excel lent photographs of pupils in Catholic educational Institutions in this city. It so happened at this time that most of the captains of French ships then In the harbor got Into a wordy war with the proprietors of a sailor boarding house In "Whitechapel. because several of their sailors had been Induced to leave their ships, and they applied to a leading Catholic clergyman to find them a person they could trust, who spoke English and French, to start a legal campaign against the boarding-house bosses. Here was an opportunity lor an enterprising man like Mars. He was introduced as the re quired article, and so much confidence had the captains in their newly-found countryman that soon afterward they found the sinews of war In the shape of a pool amounting to ?S35, which he said he would place In a well-known bank, to pay the expenses of the forthcoming legal battle. That night the captains breathed easier. The captains waited for legal develop ments, but none came. Inquiries about Mars were made at his boarding-house last Sunday, and the French captain who called was astonished to learn that Mars had left the place and had taken his baggage with him, two days previously. Lawyers were then consulted to learn of the whereabouts of Mars and the $S35, but without success. Mars lived very quietly while In this city. He dressed well, but wore no jew elry, and his habits were of the best, as became a gqntleman from France. .Once, an acquaintance asked him, in St. Vin cent's Hospital: "M'sleu Mars, is it true that you are a French Count?" "I'm no account. I'm simply Mr. Mars," said the person addressed, laugh ing heartily. He also said that he was a correspondent for a French newspaper called L'Echo de Paris, and that he was writing articles for the Encyclopaedia Russe. He al?o showed a book he had written on the rose fete at San Jose, Cal., and another book In which he compared France with California, as to the fruit raising industry. C. H. Labbe, the French Consul, said he had met Mars, but had had no busi ness dealings with him. Telegraphic Brevities. The transport McClellan sailed from Bermuda for New York. Lord Marcus Bfresford has been appointed to manage the stable of King Edward. Fire In the McConncll block. Clarksvllle. Ark., destroyed property valued at $100,000. Mr. and Mrs. Rudyanl Kipling arc to sail from London foi South Africa tomorrow. The Atlantic Rubber Shoe Company, capital $10,000,000, was Incorporated at Trenton. N. J. Fire in the Riddle Moser building. Baltimore, caused a loss of $210,000, fully covered by in surance. Cecil Rhodes has suffered from a heat stroke, and has abandoned his trip from Cairo to Khartoum. Flro at Huntington. Pa., destroyed the Opera-House block, including several stores. Loss $150,000. There have been further fights at Barcelonla between striking Ironworkers and laborers who refused to strike. Harry Dewlndt, who will attempt to reach New York overland, started from Paris on his way to Behrlng Straits. A heavy gale swept over Lisbon. A Portu guese ship was wrecked In the harbor and 15 of her crew we-e drowned. The grand Jury at Denver Indicted the pro prietors of 17 gambling-houses and 12 owners of buildings used for gambling. Charles Gordon, a sheepherder, was Instantly killed at Dillon. Mont., by the accidental dis charge of a revolver he was carrying. The Colonial Brewing Company, of New York, assigned. The company was Incorpo rated In 1897 with a capital of $1,200,000. Indian Territory officials have Identified Sam Roper, who escaped recently from Arkansas, after murdering a Sheriff, as a member of the Bill Cook gang. Rev. Charles Henry Brent, of St. Stephen's Church, Boston, was consecrated the first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church In the Philippines. The Coroner's Jury which Investigated the Great Northern wreck at Essex. Mont., found that tralnwreckers loosened pplkes and angle bars connecting the rails. The California Mining Company, of New Haven, was Incorporated at Hartford. The capital stock Is $3,000,000. Philadelphia men are the Incorporators. James H. Glfford. prominent In the baseball world as manager of the Washington "Sen ators," St. Louis "Browns," and Cincinnati "Reds," died at Columbus. O. Miss Emily Carcw, cousin of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, who has been living In Genoa, has arrived In New York, en route to Washington to be the guest of the President. The Treasury Department extends the pro hibition against the Importation of meat cat tle from Austialla and New Zealand Into the United States so as to Include Hawaii. The police of Berlin are seeking for a young American, Harry Marshall, who disappeared Tuesday. Marshall obtained several thousand marks In cash and Jewelry from American resi dents. v Troops at Scenlta, Upper Albania, who bad long been unpaid, surrounded the citadel. Im prisoned the civil and military commanders and threatened them with death unless the pay was forthcoming. They were paid. Hurl up: the Feet at Worship. Athenaeum. In India Hindus and Mussulmans alike wear both sandals and shoes, (slippers.) and the latter boots also. The sandal (the word Is Persian) was evidently the orig inal covering for the feet over all South ern and Eastern Asia, while the shoe was probably Introduced into India by the Persians, Afghans, and Mo(n)gols, to gether with the "tip-tilted" (Hlttlte and Etruscan) boot Both are usually made In India of leather, but never of pigskins: and while the shoes are always colored red or yellow, the boots are generally brightly partl-colorcd; both, among the upper classes, being also richly embroid ered In gold and silver and variegated silk thrrnd. iinil iji'lfrh linnfrlnc Hurriou and seed pearls, after the manner of the ! ancient Persian boots represented on Greek vases. But, of however rare and costly elaboration, the Invariable rule is to remove them after entering a private house. Just when stepping on to the mat or carpet on which the visitor takes his seat. They must be cast off the right boot or shoe first before the wor shipper enters a temple or mosque, and It Is still regarded as an absolute pro fanation to attempt to enter either fully shod. But the domestic habit arose out of its obvious propriety, and the relig ious ritual of "the Shoes of the" Faith ful," now and for centuries past ob served throughout Islam, can be dem onstrated to have been dictated by. If Indeed It be not derived directly from, the universal social etiquette of the East, To Stop Rnte-CnttliiK. CHICAGO. Dec. 19. Presidents and ex ecutive officers met today to put a stop to the Indiscriminate rate-cutting that has been going on west o fthe Missouri River. It was deemed Inadvisable to take any concerted action that might be construed as a violation of the anti-trust law, so each road pledges itself Individually strictly to maintain tariff rates after Jan uary 1. Shippers have been notified that jio more cut-rate contracts will be made. All the old contracts. It Is believed, will be disposed of by January L Death of Mrs. J. W. Plllman. Mrs. J. W. Pillman, mother of Mamie. James and John Pillman and Mrs. Sumner Shaw, died at her residen.ee, 173 Sixteenth street, this morning. If you wake in the morning with a bitter taste in the mouth, coated tongue, per haps headache, your liver is torpid. You need Carter's Little Liver Pills. Thomas County, Kansas, has a dugr-out schoolhouse, In which seven scholars are taught dally by a jcnics woman. I lDPITPTC, RAVIN PftllDT I t5flea that he went to Mr- Kleeman's of lLnl I LXI J UAl 111 LUUK I Pee nnd looked at plans there, but found OTTO KLEE31AX SUES RUDOLPH KISSLING FOR ?25. Question at Innue In "Whether Charge May Be Legally Made for Pre liminary Plans. It was architects' day In Justice Vree land's court on the East Side yesterday. The plaintiff was an architect, and all but one of the witnesses were architects. The great question of what are reason able architects' charges, and If at a cer tain stage of proceedings he may charge at all, was thoroughly threshed out. The case was one wherein Otto Klec man. architect, sued Rudolph Kissling. baker, for $25 for drawing preliminary plans for two houses to be built on the East Side, and to cost about $2500. Mr. j w-cuc icouucu IUUI XViCSUHS CJIIICU Oil NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR OF ASHLAND. ASHLAND. Or., Dec 10. D. B. 3 ' (JgV -:: ' D. B. GRAXT. will take, now that the people have declared for high license, cannot be learned at this time. Whether Ashland will be a "dry" or "wet" town the coming year will not be known until the first meeting of the new Council, which will be held early next month. him last March, and outlined what kind J of houses he wanted, and took him around J In his baker's cart to show him the kind of houses he wanted. The architect told the baker that the regular charge for drawing the plans and superintending the work would be 5 per cent of the total cost, but that he would let him off at 3V per cent Kleeman prepared prelimi nary plans and left them with Mr. Kiss ling, who returned them after ten days, and telephoned that he had secured the services of another architect at a lower rate. Mr. Kleeman wrote the baker two letters asking $23 In payment for plans, but never received any answer. It was customary, Mr. Kleeman said, for ar chitects to charge 1 per cent on esti mated cost for preliminary plans, where farther work was not done by the same architect Mr. Kleeman exhibited the preliminary plans he had made, and said that a reas onable charge for the work would be $23. Counsel for the defendant tried to show that the two sketches were of only one house, and an incipient wrangle, nipped In the bud by the court, was started over technicalities and conversations and dickers that occurred and did not occur. "If you were an architect you would not ask so many questions," said Mr. Kleeman to defendant's attorney. The latter was about to make business for the express companies by haing the chltect's books brought from his office, so as to see what charges had been made against other men, but the court thought It unnecessary, and then S. W. Marks, the well-known bill collector, volunteered a few words of wisdom, sandwiched with as much professional dignity as could be found before the Supreme Court. Mr. Kleeman testified that the making of the preliminary plans, had spoiled the best part of two .days for him, and that the work was reasonably worth $25. E. M. Lazarus, architect, testified that under the scale adopted by the American Association of Architects, and the United States Government, the usual charges for J preliminary sketches were 1 per cent on structures costing $10,000 or over; on smaller sums, a higher rate. A reasonable conpensatlon for the two days' work on Mr. Kleeman's sketches, on witness scale would be $25 to 550. It was cutom- and went further than preliminary sketches. R. Martin, Jr., architect, said that a reasonable compensation for Kleeman's sketches would be $35 they were studies, and nearly working drawings. William Franklin, Emi! .Schacht and Joseph Jacobbergcr, all architects, testi fied that Mr. Kleeman's changes for mak ing the preliminary sketches were low enough. In such matters they tried to follow the scale of the American Archi tects' Association, although none of them vcre members of that organisation, which had only three members In the state. Berthold Brelthaupt testified that he was a draughtsman, and while not a pro fessional architect, ho made plans, speci fications, contracts, etc. His charges for preliminary sketches depend on the agree- - FEATURES FOR NEXT . fH ,'"," fe" ! of the Quaker on board ship who refused of Mr 2 " "S These sketches , t0 Ue a but thrcw the Frenchman of Mr. Kleeman's were scale drawings. . i ., : , ,..,. ., .... CHRISTMAS SERMONS BY LAITY. To this symposium Mrs. T. L. Eliot Hon. George It Williams, Professor Frank Strong and Hon. D. Soils Cohen con tribute. A CALL TO SIMPLICITY. A Christmas sermon without a text, by Rev. John Watson (Ian Maelaren). SANTA CLAUS AND TWO JACK-KNIVES. A Christmas story, by Mary E. Wllklns, Interesting alike for youth and grown folk. THE OTHER RUTH. A Christmas story by Miss Hazel Mills Dolph. of Port land, wilch won a prize In competition from the San Francisco Post KING EDWARD'S MILLION-DOLLAR CHRISTMAS. London letter dcscrlb-' Ing what promises to be the greatest royal Christmas celebration in this gen eration. GEORGE ADE'S CHRISTMAS FABLE. How a young man snatched victory from defeat ORIGIN OF SANTA CLAUS. Some facts about St. Nicholas and the founda tion of many Christmas customs. A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM. Original Christmas story of the Idaho .mines, by W. J. Cuddy. COLLEGE WOMEN. PAST AND PRESENT. A. thoughtful article by Miss M. Carey Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr College. TWO CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., tells . of the crowning of Charlemagne and of the first Christmas of the Pilgrim Fathers. nuent made. If selected from studies he made no charge. Plans for plain work, such as Mr. Klssllng's houses called for. and which he planned and supervised, he charged 2 per cent oo total cost James Foley, contractor and builder, testified that charges for preliminary plans depended on circumstances.. The rule was to charge 1 per cent If plans are made and the job Is then given to another architect Rudolph Kissling, the defendant, tes - I nothing to suit him. Mr. Kleeman sata I he would get up some plans and furnish them. The regular rate for all the work would be 5 per cent, but he would let defendant off at 3 per cent. Mr. Kissling continued: "I received the pencil sketches from Mr. j Kleeman. I recognize parts of these plans In court as the same ones, Dut ao not recognize the yellow parts. Two days after I received the plans I tele phoned Mr. Klccman that r would re turn his plans, as I had found something I liked better. I kept his sketches 10 days. There was no agreement on ac count of the sketches. Mr. Kleeman did not tell me that he would not charge for them. I was to pay him 3& per cent for the entire Job If I accepted his plans. I told him that if his sketch suited I would make a contract. Otherwi.e would return It. The sketch was not suitable, because It was too long for the lot. I engaged Mr. Brelthaupt at his offer of 2 per cent for the entire Job." Mr. Kleeman was recalled and said that the preliminary plans had not been changed, and that there was no express Grant, who has Just been elected Mayor of Ashland, Is a native of Ohio and 46 years of age. He came West from his native state 17 years ago, and for five years was a commercial traveler, with head quarters at Portland. About 12 years ago he engaged In business at Genessee, Idaho, where he was prominently Identified for 10 years and was twice elected MaVor of that city. In September. 1000, he removed to Ashland, built a nice home and purchased a hardware business, which he successfully con ducts. Ashland has been a prohibition town for a year past, but Mr. Grant was elected upon the Citi zens ticket, which declared In favor of the license system for the control of the liquor traffic Two Councllmen of his ticket were elected, but two Councllmen were also elected upon the Independent or Prohibition ticket. Two hold over Republican Councllmen were elected last year, when prohibition carried the day. What stand they agreement that he was not to charge for them. The trial consumed the entire afternoon, and the court took the matter under advisement. A decision. Is expected today. "VY. J. Makellm conducted the defense and R. A. Lelter was attorney for plaintiff. WILL BE SETTLED PEACEABLY 'Negotiation Between Chile and the Argentine Republic. BUENOS AYRES. Dec 19. Senor Con cha Subercaseaux, the Chilean Minister here, has reiterated to a friend his as surance that the dispute between Chile and Argentina will be eettled peaceably. The Argentine Government Is sending to Senor Portela, the Minister of Argentina at Santiago, fresh instructions which will facilitate the efforts being made to come to an agreement. A dispatch received here from Santiago says Senor Portela and Senor 1'anez, the Chilean Ministers of Foreign Affairs, have had another long conference, at which they discussed the changes which Argentina desires Chile to make In the latter's last note regarding the ultima esperansa feature of the ne gotiations between the two countries. The dispatch adds that the belief prevails at Santiago that a definite result will b? reached- before Sunday. Bceit Not Ufilng Their Stings. Spectator. There are a number of honeymaklng bees which apparently do not use their stings, or In which the stings are atrophied and too blunt to hurt. Some are very small, so diminutive that they are called mosqulto-bees. They gather quantities of honey, of which Bates. In one of the for ests on the Amazon, took two quarts from one of the nests. In Jamaica, where some of these amiable bees are also found, they are called "angelltos," a name given them by the original Spanish settlers In honor of their good temper. Some Australian dwarf bees also "angelltos" so far as hu man beings are concerned do not use their stings, perhaps because they are not sharp enough to hurt, but deal with their enemies something after the manner several of the bees, who gradually put him on the rack by pulling his limbs out tight and keeping them so, for as long as an hour, by which time the prisoner "dies a natural death." Bumblebees are popularly supposed not to sting. The males have no stings, but the females have, at any rate In the common bum blebee. There are so many sizes in a bumblebee's nest, large females, small females, and males, that It Is a safe spec ulation not to take the risk, though bum blebees are very easy-going creatures and only sting when pressed or hurt. Siberian Railroad Expensive. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. The Odessa cor respondent of the London Times and New York Times says reticence Is shown by -o SUNDAY'S OREGONIAN. 0a the Russian official publications In regard to the actual cost of the trans-Siberian Railway. According to the Odessa Xo vostl, the line, when It was begun. 10 years ago, was estimated to cost 330,000,CCO rubles ($180,250,000), but the difference esti mated and actual, up to a year ago, was over -130.000.000 rubles. Before the line can possibly be put In working order, says the correspondent there is reaso nto be lieve that the total cost will be over 1,000,- j OOO.OOO-rubles ($515,000,000). w - mw Am t .. J WU U 1"! AA JJ BIG EAST SIDE BUILDING FOUR-STORY STRUCTURE IS GOING UP FOR STUDEBAKER BROS. Cost Will Be if30,00O Site In at East Second and Morrison Streets Decrlng Warehouse. Preliminary work on the erection of a building for Studebaker Bros., on East Second, between East Morrison and Belmont streets, to cost about $30,000, is now under way. It will be practically a four-story structure, 100x200 feet, and will stand alongside the Second-street side track of the O. R. &. N. Railway. It will be one of the most elaborate and largest buildings of the sort on the Pacific Coast. ,The front, which will face East Morrison street, will have an attractive finish, with large plate-glass windows. For the office In the frontpart a space about 50x60 feet has been reserved, which will be hand somely celled and finished. At the en trances in the front of the building there will be recesses which will be floored with tiling. There will be a large ele vator for lifting vehicles to the upper floors, and also a stairway. At present the ground on. which the big structure will be erected Is occupied by a large building. The wagons and buggies are now being removed prepara tory to. demolishing the structure and clearing away the place for the founda tion. The structure will rest on concrete footings well sunk In the ground, which Is the favorite method employed for foundations In the low district. Heavy tlmbers are being delivered. Contractors have submitted bids, but it Is understood that no contracts have yet been let, and that the structure may be put up by day's work. Th'e intention is to push construction as rapidly as possi ble while the season Is slack. It Is also stated that the building occupied at pres ent has been leased by another firm and will not remain vacant. The outlook for a considerable building movement In this district is considered encouraging. The Deerlng Plow Company has secured a half block on East Yamhill street, and, it Is announced, will put up a warehouse In the Spring. TO FINISH SCHOOLHOUSE. Last "Work Will Be Done on Gresh nm's New Building:. GRESHAM, Or., Dec. 19. The finishing touches will be given Gresham's new schoolhouse this week, if the weather permits. Although school has been In Ses sion for two months there has still been some details to finish, among which were a cement coating to the foundation and some work on the heater and ventilator. Contractor Brown will attend to the ce ment work, while W. H. Moore, who is In charge of the neater, has been here the past week, completing his Job. Ar rangements are being made to grade and otherwise beautify thfe grounds and to put a new fence around the block. A se rious drawback Is the scarcity of water for use In the school, as several wells which have been dug have been filled up again because the water Is unfit for use. It Is necessary to carry water about two blocks for all purposes. Just why the school wells do not yield good water Is not known, as all the other wells here are supplying excellent quality. Bob White's Increase. A small flock of Bob White quail was turned loose In the timber near the Beav er Creek schoolhouse last March. They were brought from Ohio by C. E. Fritz, who saw that they were protected from hunters daring the Summer and Fall, and he says they have made a substantial, Increase during the season. The lot com prised six hens and five cocks, and was divided into two separate colonies, about a mile apart. They are thriving, and seem to be perfectly at home In the tlr tim ber where they were first liberated. The Tie Industry. Tie-hauling has been resumed to Fair view, the teams now coming down th Base Line as far as Terry since the grade at Baker's Hill has been cut down. Load ing of cars continues at Troutdale, and will be kept up at that place until the yard Is empty, when operations will begin at Fairview, at which, place there are now about 150,000 ties awaiting shipment. Notes of Eastern Mnltnomah. A. H. Bell's new store building at Rock wood was finished on Saturday last, at a cost of nearly $2000. Shattuck Bros.' new store at this place is about ready for occupancy. It Is much more roomy and convenient than the one destroyed by fire. Rockwood public school will give a free entertainment on Christmas eve, and close the exercises with a tree. An excellent programme Is being prepared for the oc casion. Clarence Stevens was seriously kicked by a horse at his home south of Powell Valley yesterday. His shoulder was dis located and his leg badly bruised. BUILD SHIPS AT NAVY-YARD. G. A. R. Post Passes Resolutions on Construction of the Navy. At the last meeting of M. A. Ross Post, No. 29, G. A. R., department of Oregon, at Pleasant Home, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas. It Is the duty of every member of the Grand Army of the Republic to aid com rades In every manner possible: and. Wher'eas. The building of our naval vessels In the Governme-nt navy-yards by the Govern ment employes will largely Increase the sources of employment for all veterans by reason of the preference that Is given them In the employment of mechanics and laborers at all naval yards; therefore be It Reyolved. That Representatives In Con gress are requested to use all the means In their power to have a law enacted directing the construction of a naval vesrel at each or the Government naval yards having the nec essary facilities to perform the work; and ba It further Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the various G. A. R. posts, re questing co-operation with us in securing the passage of such a law. MASOXIC ELECTION AND REUNION. Washington Lodpre Holds an Inter esting Meetlnjy. At a meeting of Washington Lodge, No. 46, A. F. & A. M., held Wednesday night In Masonic Hall In the Burkhard building on East Burnslde street, the an nual election of officers was held, fol lowed by a general reunion of the mem bers. First the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Worshipful master. Harry Richmond; senior warden, W. G. Selllngbarger; Junior warden. Charles R. Frazler; treasurer. R. B. McClung; secretary. J. A. Newell. There was a large attendance. Many of the old members who had not been present for a long time were there. A banquet was spread In the banquet hall which was partaken of with speeches, and the best of feeling prevailed. TO WIDEN HAWTHORNE AVENUE. An Effort Is Helnpr Made to .Make It Uniformly Seventy Feet. An effort Is being made to widen Haw thorne avenue to 70 feet betwetn East Twelfth and East Twenty-first streets, so as to correspond to the remainder of that street Hawthorne avenue was widtned several years ago as far out as East Twelfth to 70 feet, each side giving five feet From East Twenty-first It has also been widened, and the fences set back, but between East Twelfth and East Twenty first it Is still a narrow street The object sought Is to get the avenue well improved through to Mount Tabcr, but the flirt steps will be to make the width uniform. Prospects are good that It can be accomplished. Some very hand some residences have been put up on the avenue beyond East Twenty-first, and If It wore improved, as contemplated, it TO THE MAN OOTC Vnttrcolf crm ' h-- ' . wmw Muuiwy lii uic ieu-c etna see (Mm' y-U are not ashamed to be without J VOttr wife is withmif th Tf i UoA r,rU for a man, though a man often doesn't care how his comfort is mis-spelled. But a woman misses all these little helps to housekeeping. And Ivory Soap is one; its great potency makes it actually cheaper than yellow soap for general work. It floats. corritiSMr utt tr tmi nocxi , never in bulk 2 lb packages W SI! cm p w I LPs i te m&mm.mmmmmt' would be one of the most popular high ways on the East Side. INSPECTOR HURLBURT HOME. He Has Been Where a Slice of Bacon "Was a Great Luxury. Thomas M. Hurlburt, Government In spector of Surveys, Is at home from Idaho, and will remain through the holidays, dur ing which time he will make his report for his last work. Mr. Hurlburt said that on some of his expeditions In the Interior there were times when his party could get no meat for weeks but trout They caught the finest trout In the world In the streams they crossed and camped on, but they would get so tired of trout thut a piece of bacon was considered a luxury. Mr. Hurlburt has been Government In spector for several years, ami has traversed New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho and other territory until he knows the country like a book. COMPLETING BROOKLYN' RAILWAY. Track Is BcinR Bnllnstcd Between Entt Hnrrlion nnd Mllvrauklc. The work of completing the Brooklyn branch of the City & Suburban Railway was resumed yesterday. A considerable force of men started to ballast the track, which is finished between the Intersec tion of Grand avenue and East Harmon and Milwaukle streets. Two electric gravel cars were put In service hauling gravel from the North Mount Tabor pit The heaviest part of the work is finished. The bridge over Stephens' Slough is repaired, and the Iron extended over. Near Milwaukle some more track will have to be laid before reaching that street, but this will not take much time. New Street Slns Wanted. New street signs are wanted all over the East Side, so that a stranger can find his way through this portion of the city. It is found that nearly all tin signs are so badly worn and blurred by exposure that they cannot be read. H. H.' Newhall. chairman of the street committee of the Push Club, will address a communication to the City Council, asking that steps be taken to replace the street signs where ob litered and put up others where needed. City Engineer Chase says that first-class signs for the entire city will cost not less than J1000. He thinks that better signs than tin should be used. IvInderKnrten ExerciicK. The kindergarten class of Miss Mnttie Webb will observe the Christmas season. with appropriate exercises this morning at 10 o'clock In the primary room of the Second Baptist Church, East Seventh and Ankeny streets. A programme of songs and recitations will be given by the chil dren. There will also be a Christmas tree loaded with the articles made by the chil dren. Parents and friends are Invited. Enst Side Xote. Mrs. M. J. Armstrong died at her home In Montavllla on December IS. She was 57 years old. The funeral will be held to day, and the mterment will be In Gresham cemetery Mrs. Henry Ingram, who had been un conscious at the Good Samaritan Hospital since last Sunday evening, was reported more rational yesterday. She was able to talk at times. Her condition warrants the belief that she will recover. V"Ise Bros., dentists. Both phones. The Falling. The German Police. Independent A stranger In Germany soon makes the acquaintance of the police, little as he may desire It A German Socialist once said: "It takes half of all the Germans to con trol the other half," and one who sees Germany's immense army, her cloud of officials, great and small, and her omnls clcnt policemen. L? Inclined to believe that vmk PORTLAND OFFICE, 250 1-2 ALDER STREET, COR. THIRD San Francisco Olllcc, 01)7 Market, Corner Sixth. I lllOtt(tlt89(9l0ltlt(i WHO THINKS. 1 - afoftr it-, l-U. t- 1 kC VilUUj.ll a cmu.i co. cmcoui re las s m i M all reliable grocers the Socialist was right. You have been in Germany a week, more or Uss, when the policeman, calls. At first you cannot believe that he is really after you, and then your mind runs back guiltily over your past. He takes out his litt.e boo one of a small library of little books which he carries in his blouse and in quires your age. your nationality, and how long you Intend to stay. You learn subsequently that a record of every rer son In the empire Is carefully kept, with full details as to his occupation, ma terial wealth and sociil standing. If you move ip.to a new houe. you must notify the police; :f you move out. you m'J.it notify the police; if you hire a serv mt girl, you must purchase a yellow blank and report the fact, the girl also mak'ng a report. When she leaves you must send in a green blank statirg why she Is dis missed, where she is going, and so on. If you fail in any one uf these multitudin ous requirements of the government and I have mentioned only a few of them there is a fine to pay. each fine gradu ated to the enormity of the offense. There are offenses graded as low as 2 cents. Suit Ajjijlnnt Great Northern Rnllvvny VICTORIA. B. C, Dec. 19. An interim injunction has been Isatied here enjoining the Great Northern Railway from using a section of the Victoria. Vancouver & East ern Railway in the boundary country of British Columbia, used by the Great Northern to get around a section of the State of Wnslvngton. through which it was next to impossible to build. WHAT SHALL AVE HAVE FOR DES- SEUTf This question arista In the family every da. Let us aibAer 1: today Try Jell-O. a de licious and healthful i-saert. Prepared In two minutes. No boiling! no baking, simply add bollins water and st to cool. Flavors: Lemon Orange. K.-tpbcrrj and Strawberry. net a pt " it oi-r Krocer's today 10.- Do you know the most luxurious bath in the world? Have you used Pears1 Soap? Sold all over the Torld. ANOTHER WONDER OF SCIENCE. Dlolojcy lint Proved That Dandruff Is Cnuicd Jy n Germ. Science Is doing wor.ders these days in medicine as well as in mechanics. Since Adam delved, the human race ha3 been troubled with dandruff, for which no hair preparation has horetolore proved a suc cessful cure until Newbro's Herplclde was put on the market. It Is a scientific preparation that kills the germ that makes dandruff or scurf by digging into the scalp to get at the root of the hair, where it saps the vitality; causing Itch ing scalp, falling hair and finally bald ness. Without dandruff hair must grow luxuriantly. Herplclde at all druggists. It Is the only destroyer of dandruff. "ALL WRIGHT-FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY" '""TTTI'TlTfTs uTI.eff.lj.JfcntT, -"w'w,!!; ,l iu. f -i w.,1 m IruSii Ljk. JM-ll!!t....iBL,.ii .j.. 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We have prepa-el a col ored chart, which we will send free an applica tion, by which any one interested can readily understand why. If he has been treated for a weakness, he has not been cured. We par ticularly solicit this class of ca.ses. and can promise a speedy cure without stomach drug-King.