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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-
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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
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SUNDAY'S OREGONIAN.
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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).
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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
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these little helps to housekeeping. And Ivory Soap
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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
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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.
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This question arista In the family every da.
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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.
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