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THE MORNING OREGONIAST, TUESDAY, JAUABY 21, : 1902.
BANFIELD GOES UP
New President of Port of
Portland Commission.
HUGHES' FAREWELL ADDRESS
With His Retirement, Session Is Held
in Shndc of Sheltering; Olive
Branch Harmony Here
after, Maybe.
"With the resignation of Ellis G. Hughes
from the presidency of the Port of Port
land Commission, and 'the elevation of M.
C. Banfleld to that exalted station, which
two Important events occurred at a meet
ing yesterday afternoon, the erstwhile pic
turesque proceedings of that body have
become humdrum and business-like. They
have changed from gay to grave, from
lively to severe, and the "balderdash"
entered upon the chronicles of the meet
ings, printed in these columns to the sin
cere regret of Commissioner Swlgert, will
Boon be but a memory.
All the Commissioners were present
when the meeting was called to order,
with the exception of Mr. Swlgert, who
drifted In and took a seat Just too late
to hear the glowing tribute paid to him
self and Mr. Adams in the document
which Mr. Hughes was at that time read
ing. Mr. Hughes wore his usual voice
of gladness and a smile. He beamed upon
the Commissioners as If they were his
guests at the partition of a Thanksgiving
turkey. He rapped gently but firmly on
the table when he discovered that a quor
um was present, and in Joyous accents
announced that the first business to come
before the house was action upon the
president's resignation. Following are a
few choice thoughts garnered at random
from the paper which he then proceeded
to read:
I was met at the outset by the opposition of
n. majority, which effectually prevented me
from carrying out my plans. ... If the
men who compose the majority have accom
plished anything, 1 trust one or more of them
will point It out. ... I should have re
signed Immediately on my position becoming
apparent, had I not considered It in the inter
est of the taxpayers that I should hold on and
secure for them what little I could. ...
"What the port will have In the end (speaking
of dredges) no one knows. "What I do know,
nnd that of which I have frequently warned
this commission, is that no one will be respon
sible for anything. ... In the hope that I
might secure something from the wreck, by
obtaining the resignations of two of the Com
missioners who are responsible for this state of
things, X have signed three of the contracts
for parts of what may be a dredge when com
pleted. The resignations have ben refused,
the evil is without present remedy. "
"When he had concluded, Mr. Hughes
observed that he would be much pleased
if Mr. Selling would move to accept the
resignation.
"I move that It be accepted," said Mr.
Adams, cheerfully.
"Second the motion," said Mr. Selling,
nothing daunted because he didn't get a
place in the race to make the motion.
"Now, gentlemen," said Mr. Rellly, "let
us get down to business."
Business was forthwith got down to by
Vice-President Swlgert, who took the
chair and presided over an election, which
placed Mr. Banfleld at the head of the
commission, his name being put forward
by Mr. Adams.
Dropping gracefully to the foot of the
table, Mr. Hughes next secured the adop
tion of the first measure of his that has
gone through without opposition since
long, long ago. He moved the adoption
of a resolution providing that a commis
sion consisting of the Port of Portland
Commission's superintendent, the chief en
gineer of the O. R. & N. Co. and three
other engineers, to be selected by these
two, look over the drydock plans sub
mitted, and report on them. The O. R. &
N. Co., Mr. Hughes pointed out, would be
the heaviest customer of the drydock, and
a dock satisfactory to them would be
surely Just about the thing. Mr. Adams
didn't see the need of passing along tne
matter to a second commission. He was
nearly ready to vote on the drydock as
matters stood. Mr. Rellly thought that
the commission ought to get business
transacted without delay. Mr. McCraken
said he thought one other engineer would
be enough, and put his opinion in the
'shape of an amendment, which Mr.
Hughes accepted, and the resolution was
adopted.
In the glow of this signal triumph, Mr.
Hughes departed, urging business else
where. After he had gone the commis
sion awarded the contract for providing
two ladders for the new dredge to Bowles
& Strow for $3900, and giving the Phoenix
Iron "Works the contract for repairs to the
dredge cutter for $42C Some references
were made to spud gear, but they were
not acrimonious.
Mr. Hughes resignation, as read and
accepted, follows:
Portland, Jan. 20. To the Commissioners
of the Port of Portland Gentlemen: In pre
senting my resignation as president of this
comntlsslon, I wish to say a few words to
the taxpayers, whose interests I have endeav
ored to serve.
If ever the harbor at Portland ahd the
channel from Portland to the sea is opened by
this commission, so a" to admit vessels of all
classes, at all stages of water. It will be when
some man, having the ability to thoroughly un
derstand what Is necessary to be done, the
appliances to be used, and how to provide and
use the ways and means, and who is willing
to devote himself to the work, to the same
extent that the most successful business man
devotes himself to his own private affairs, is
placed in charge and given a commission which,
having no private interests to serve, will at
least allow him to do, If It does not aid him In
the work. He will not be able to carry the
work through without making some mistakes,
but he will be the first to see and remedy
them. "When this Is done. the river and har
bor can be kept open for vessels of any size,
at a cost to this port direct but little if any
in excess of the amount now expended for little
oc no results. The work cannot be done by a
commission holding perfunctory sessions, nor
can a commission bo secured, save of experts
under pay, each member of which will devote
the tlmo to the work necessary to enable him
to so far understand It as to act intelligently
thereon.
"When I took the office of president of this
commission I had devoted several vyears to the
study of the work to be done, the appliances
to be used, and the ways and means which
were at hand. I -was and am convinced that
the river and harbor could and can be opened
to vessels of 30-foot draft, at all stages of
water, with tho means provided in the act
constituting this commission, and that other
ways nnd means might readily be provided,
which would reduce the burden to the tax
payers below the rate provided in that act. I
was ready to give my entire time to the
work, not out of pure patriotism, but for the
reason that my fortune, such as It Is, being
bound to that of this city, I considered It of
vital interest to mo that some one should do
so, and no one else appeared willing to give
his entire time. I should not, in my own in
terest, have assumed, the work, had I not
believed 1 could accomplish it. "Whether or not
I overestimated my own ability, or underes
timated the work to be done, I do not know,
nor does anyone else. I was met at the out
set by the opposition of a majority, which ef
fectually prevented me from carrying out my
plans. "What that majority has itself done is
shown by the records of the last 10 months,
for which tnosc members of the commission
which compose the majority, and they alone,
arc answerable.
During my term of office I have been able to
secure four good results: First, placing the
general work on the river In the hands of s,
competent civil engineer. Second, increasing
the capacity of the dredge Portland, by pro
viding It with an efficient dredging pump.
Third, reducing the consumption of fuel Dy
about one-third. Fourth, preventing the reduc
tion of the size of the dredge, now building,
from 30 to 24 inches, though 1 was unable to
prevent the employment of an unknown, un
tried, and, In my Judgment, thoroughly in
competent, 'so-called expert, to design and
superintend Its building. If the men who
compose the majority have accomplished any
thing, I trust one or more of them will point
It out. Comment from me is unnecessary, on
the competency of men who have now been in
labor since the 13th day of September last,
with two wood barges, then, ever since and
now, urgently needed, who, after repeated
adopting, advertising and rejecting, have at
last adopted and are now advertising for bids
on plans prepared by their dredge expert from
Seattle, on which they before advertised, which
were the laughing stock of the builders of
Portland (than which there ore none better) and
on which one of the best-known of those
builders absolutely refused to bid, as being
ashamed to have It said that he had 'built
barges of that character, even on plans pre
pared by some one else.
From tho first my position has been not
alone a false, but also a very disagreeable
one. As president I have appeared as the
responsible head of this commission, while in
fact without the nower or Influence to carry
a single measure which I knew to be necessary,
and I should have resigned Immediately on my
actual position becoming apparent, had I not
considered it in the Interest of the taxpayers
that I should hold on and secure for them
what little I could. I resign at this time In
stead of allowing my term of office to expire
by limitation, for the reason that It Is evident
to me that the time when I could be of even
slight service has passed, and the business
-nethods of this commission are such that I do
not feel that I can. In Justice to myself, ap
pear to Indorse, by signing as president, con-
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; , PRESIDENT HUGHES RESIGNS, AND NOW THERE IS A PATR PROSPECT FOR HARMONY. ', ',
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tracts now being adopted "by the board, and tojd him that they wanted to set out
which I could not well refuse to sign. If I hundreds of acres of small fruit suitable
remained Its chief executive officer. Without for canning If there is to be a cannery
any complete general plan of the new dredge ' ear at hand. Many are less than a mile
having been submittal to or adopted by this j trQm the fiIdetrack and for. them a can-
TinX ner- on that sIte would be a sreat thing.
of the commission of what the new dredge Is ,r -,,, , . vA..t v, -. ,
to be like, or whether it will, in fact, be a ! Mr- Bn ta very hopeful that some good
dredge at all. when the different parts for I propositions will be received at the meet
whlch it is contracting are assembled as a ' S of the committee tomorrow evening,
whole, the commission has let separate con- ' The commltte invites those who are de
tracts for two trusses, for some boilers, and J slrous of making an investment to con
for an engine, less condenser and connections, fer with them at that time. Mr. Ball
aggregating over 50,000, and is about lo
continue to let con tracts for separate things,
which may or may not prove to be adredge in
the end. What the port will have In the end
no one knows. What I do know, and that of
which I have frequently warned this com
mission, is that no one will be responsible for
anything. A more complete and perfect meth
od of increasing the cost of this dredge, squan- j
derlng the money of the taxpayers, and secur- ,
Ing them nothing In return, could not bo de
vised.
In the hope that I might secure something
from tho wreck, by obtaining the resignation of i hope that it is true. They think there
the two commissioners who arc responsible for J is room here for several large fruit can
thls state of things, I have signed three of the ncries. The output of the two East Side
contracts for parts of what may be a dndge
when completed. The resignations have been
refused, the evil Is without present remedy.
The commission is now proceeding, not alone
to let other piecemeal contracts, but also to
adopt appliances which our experience has
proven cannot work successfully under our
conditions. I refuse to be longer, even In nj
pearance, a party to what I consider a willful
disregard of the Interests of the taxpayers of
this port. I hereby tender my resignation a
president of this commission and request its
acceptance. Respectfully submitted.
ELLIS Q. HUGHES.
ALL THROWN FROM A WAGON
Mrs. Deidcr, of Linnton, Hart
Runaway Accident.
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In an accident where her two horses
of Linnton. was thrown out of the wagon "" "" UU""K " "lTOt """"
she drove, along with her three children, acy between the Gentiles and Mormons,
on Everett street, near Fourteenth. One e waa, th,e leader in the movement for
of Mrs. Delder's ribs was broken. Her ' h exclusion of Brlgham Roberts from
8 months old baby girl fell on her head, i the House of Representatives, so he spoke
but strange to say, was not seriously in- , rom personal contact with the Mormon
inrort n fnr ns onn bi nspprtalripd nt church and Its leaders. He first said that
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present.
Mrs. Deider was driving into town to
meet her husband, who works in this
city, and had her baby on her left arm.
while she guided the reins with her
right. Beside her were her son. 3 years
old. and a daughter. 8 years old. Sud
denly, part of the neckyoko broke, and
the horses started to run down Everett
street, wild with fright, and in trying
to control them Mrs. Deider and her
children were thrown out. The baby
landed on her head in a soft pool of mud,
and when picked up her white hood was
black. The elder daughter picked up t
Via. VioViv ctetfi. nn vna 4,llcVlfnnr'f 4VlA
little one when Mrs. James H. Roberts,
491 Everett street, whose husband is
clerk to the Chief of Police, ran to the
assistance of the party. Mrs. Roberts
took the Injured woman, and children.
Into her house, and sent for City Physi
cian Zan. When she had sufficiently re
covered, Mrs. Deider sent her elder
daughter to Inform her husband of tho
accident, and then Mr. Deider came and
took his family to a friend's house, at
the northeast corner of Fifteenth and
Everett streets. The party drove home
to Linnton, In the afternoon.
AT THE FREDERICKSBURG.
Thl3 is the lart week of Flynn's London
Gaiety Girls at the Fredericksburg. Their
engagement has proved a very popular
one. They met a hearty reception irom
the first night. The girls are pretty and
lively, and all the members of the com
pany have been well adapted to the bur
lc&Que and farce work presented.
A promising booking for the week Is
that of Bryant and Savllle, the clever
knockabout sketch artists. In their open
ing burlesque, "Irish Justice," they in
troduce as much life and animation as
the average man can. stand in the time
covered.
The American Cigar.
Good as the nun. Buy the best.
WANT FRUir CANNERY
FARMERS AROUND MOKTAVHiIJL
SAX PI.AX WOULD PAY.
Committee of Board of Trade "Will
Meet to Consider Proposals
Other East Slde.Kevrs:
The Cannery Committee of the Monta
illa Board of Trade will hold a meeting
tomorrow evening in the office of Secre
tary "William Deveny, third floor of the
Alisky building, for the purpose of con
sidering propositions for the erection of
a fruit cannery on the O. R. & N. side
track. Just completed at Montavllla. Tho
committee is composed of Chauncey Bait,
chairman; Dr. William Deveny, S. Arata,
George Lewis and Harry Yountx.
The farmers In the surrounding country
are very much Interested In this cannery
enterprise, and are anxious that It should
succeed. Mr. Ball said yesterday that a
great many had come to him urging that
the committee hold an early meeting and
get the matter Into concrete form. They
is quite sure that the advantages that
fruit cannery, located on thla side
track, would have would be very great.
It would be on a through railway and in
the midst of an extensive fruit-growing4
country, the possibility of which cannot
be estimated.
Upon good authority It is stated that a
large concern from the East is coming
to Portland shortly to look up a location
for a cannery of large capacity. Fruit
men are Interested in this report ana
canneries was larger last year than ever
before, and both did well.
DR. T. C. ILIFFS LECTURE.
He Spoke to a Large Audience
in
Centenary Church Last Night.
Rev. T. C. Hlff, secretary of the Metho
dist Church Extension Society, delivered
a highly Interesting .lecture last 'night In
Centenary Methodist Church. He spoke
on the subject, 'Thirty Tears Among the
Mormons." An audience of about 700 peo
ple greeted the speaker, and listened for
two hours to his words. Rev. L. E.
Rockwell Introduced Dr. Illff, referring to
the work of the Church Extension Society,
and said that Dr. Illff was Its honored
representative.
Dr. Illff spent 20 years In Salt Lake City
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tho Church Extension Society had built
12,000 churches and saved many others in
financial distress. Centenary being one of
the latter. Taking up the Mormon ques
tion, he rapidly traced the rise and prog-
ress of that church. He spokeVith great
force, and his lecture wa sintensely inter
esting, although his subject Is one on
which much has been said and written.
Dr. Illff paid high tribute to the women
and press of the country for the part they
had taken in 'efforts to wipe out polygamy
from Utah. He gave special credit to the
Salt Lake Tribune for its work along this
line. It was a lecture well worth listening
to. lhe recital of the efforts made for the
exclusion of Brlgham Roberts from Con
cress was related with great force. At the
close of the lecture a largo collection was
taken for the Church Extension Society.
Alter the meeting many came forward
and thanked Dr. Illff for his address.
FURNISH ODD FELLOWS' HOME.
The Lodges Are Now Accumulating
Money for This Purpose.
Odd Fellows are preparing to furnish
the rooms of the Odd Fellows Home, near
Kenllworth, in good style. The Kremlin
Baku, of the Muskovites, has appro
priated $50, and a call has been issued to
each Muskovlte to contribute $1, or as
much more as he may feel able. There
are 70 members of the Kremlin, and it
is expected that over 5300 will be secured.
It Is proposed that a picture of the offi
cers and members shall be taken to hang
in the room so furnished, after the dedi
cation of the building.
All the lodges and Rebekah degree
lodges will contribute liberally toward
furnishing the rooms of the Home.
Utopia Rebekah has about $S0 on hand.
Omega 5100 and Columbia $250. The list
of lodges which will contribute are as
follows: Orient, Samaritan, Hassalo,
Portland Samaritan, Industrial, Harmony,
Peninsula, "Villa, Omega, Utopia, Colum-
i bia. Golden Rule Encampment, Ellison
Encampment and Acme. These lodges will
likely raise between $1500 and $2000 for
furnishing the Home, without much
trouble. The building will be dedicated
April 26.
POWBM, STREET II? BAD SHAPE.
Necessary Improvement "Would Cost
Abo at 825 Per Lot.
The plank on Powell street is badly dis
rupted from Mllwaukle to East Twenty
first, and In places the street Is in dan
gerous condition. The Brooklyn branch
of the City & Suburban Railway Company
Is being laid on the south side and takes
up nearly seven feet. The street is only
60 feet wide. Of this about 18 feet are
taken Up by sidewalks, leaving less than
35 feet roadway, while the track takes up
about seven feet, which is planked and in
good condition. Taking out the space oc
cupied by the street railway there Is
little available room left abutting each
lot. It Is estimated that It would cost
between $25 and $30 per lot to replank tjio
street, and necessity for bls Is great, as
the present condition of the street, a main
thoroughfare. Is disgraceful.
The completion of the street railway,
and starting of cars on the line will bring
added prosperity to that part of the city.
Probably if the property-owners under
stood how small the cost would be to re-
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plank the street they might be willing the
improvement should be made.
President White, of the Brooklyn Board
of Trade, says, "the property-owners In
this part of the city are missing a great
opportunity by not pushing the Improve
ment of more streets. Lack of good
streets Is the drawback of Brooklyn, and
until we make Improvements in this di
rection we cannot hope for much growth."
Fruit All Right.
The fruit seems to be all right so far.
A grower at Mount Tabor said yesterday
that the sap In the treer had not gone up,
and that under the circumstances there
was no danger from a sudden freeze.
Flowers are In bloom, but the fruit has
been held back by the cold, and growers
are not fearing the result of the ln
vitablo cold snap which they think Is
surely due next month.
Not Candidate for County Judge.
The name of Justice T. W. Vreeland has
been used several times In connection with
a. nomination for the office of County
Judge of Multnomah County. He says
that this has been done without his con
sent. Justice Vreeland emphatically de
clares that he Is not a candidate for
County Judge, and asks that his name be
not used in connection with that office.
Association Meets Tonight.
The East Sldo Improvement Association
will hold Its regular meeting this evening
at the office of Justice "Vreeland, East
Morrison street, near Grand Avenue. Re
ports are due from several important com
mittees, Including light, transportation,
filling of the streets west of Union avenue
and other matters.
East Side Notes.
The funeral of Andrew J. Donaldson.
j a well-known Pioneer and Portland con
tractor, was held yesterday afternoon
The Interment took place in Love's ceme
tery. J. Heiler 1b now the sole owner of
the Heller brick oh the corner of Haw
thorne and Grand avenues. He purchased
back the half he sold some years ago
for $15,000.
The excavations for the foundations of
Dr. F. D. Miller's flat, on the corner of
East Ankeny street and Grand avenuo,
are nearly completed. The house will be
of an attractive plan.
Wise Bros., dentists. Both phones. Ths
Tailing.
DR. H. K. HINES' FUNERAL.
Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon
In Taylor-Street Methodist Church.
The funeral of Rev. H. K. Hlnes,").
D., will bo held tomorrow afternoon at
1:30 o'clock, in the Taylor-Street Method
ist Church. At a meeting of the Port
land Methodist Mlnesterial Association.
held yesterday forenoon, arrangements
for the services were practically complet
ed. Dr. Lathrop, president of the associa
tion, presided, and there was a large at
tendance of the ministers.
Rev. A. J. Joslyn, of Ballard. Wash.,
a long-time friend and co-worker with
Dr. Hines, will preach the funeral dis
course. There will be no other address
es. J. K. GUI will 'prepare a Hs.t of the
pallbearers, who will be prominent citi
zens of Portland. The body will be
brought from the residence in the fore
noon, and at the church the casket will
not be opened. The Interment will take
place In the Lee cemetery at Salem.
A delegation of ministers, composed of
Rev. L. E. Rockwell, Rev. J. R. T.
Lathrop. Rev. H. B. Elworthy and Dr.
Alfred Thompson, will accompany the
body to Salem, where Interment will take
place.
TRY GRAIN-O! TRY GRAIN-OI
Ask your Grocer today to show you a pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. The. children may
drink It without Injury as well as the adult.
AH who try It. like K. GRAIN-O has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or. Java, but It Is
made from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives It without distress. U the
prlee of coffee. 15c and 25s pr package.
Sold by all grocers.
FOSTER MEN MEET HERE
WASHINGTON POLITICIANS DISCUSS
HEUSTIS, RETENTION.
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If Port Towasead Collector Holds
His Job, How Can Ide Be
Taraed Oat They AsIc
There was a conference of "Washington
politicians in Portland yesterday, at which
were present B. D. Crocker, of "Walla
"Walla candidate for Collector of Customs
at Port Townsend; S. A. Madge, editor
of the Olympian, of Olympla, "Wash.,
George Stevenson, who is managing Levi
Ankeny's campaign for the United States
Senate; and "Walter Christian, a well
known Tacoma lawyer and politician.
Crocker Is also a manager for Mr. An
keny, and has charge of the Walla Walla
banker's political fences In his home
town.
It has been quite generally understood
that In the event of Crocker being ap
pointed Collector, Madge was to be his
first deputy, and It was to discuss the
Collectorship muddle, which has been
complicated by the President's tender of
reappointment to F. D. Heustls, the pres
ent incumbent, that Messrs. Crocker and
Madge met here. The other parties to
the conference deny that they came to
the city for that purpose, and say they
accidentally happened to be here.
The dispatch published In, The Ore
gonlan that Collector Heustls was to bo
reappointed by the President, If he de
sired the place because of his past record
and the urgent request of Secretary of
the Treasury Gage, has upset the plans
of the Foster adherents. From the out
look the apprehension exists that both
Crocker and Hopkins will be turned down.
"When Ide was talked of for the Collector
ship it was understood that Hopkins
stood an excellent chance for landing the
Marshalshlp. But the precedent estab
lished by President Roosevelt in offering
Heustls reappointment upon his past
record would apparently indicate that Ide
would also be reappointed; that the wish
es of the Washington delegation have
been sidetracked, and the President has
taken the matter Into his own hands.
None of the participants In the con
ference would talk for publication, except
to say that their advices from Washing
ton, D. C, confirmed the announcement
in The Oregonian of Monday. While the
statement was not made In direct lan
guage, there Is reason to believe that ef
fort will be continued to prevent the ap
pointments of Ide and Heustls. Just
how far this opposition will be carried
is problematical. Senator Foster is a
new man In Congress, and would hardly
oppose the Administration to the. extent
of fighting Presidential appointments on
the floor of the Senate.
While the Foster men admit the action
of the President to mean defeat of their
plans, the tender of reappointment to
Heustls Is not regarded as a Wilson vic
tory. If the President retains Heustls
the Foster men do not at this time haye
any great hope that Hopkins will be ap
pointed Marshal, for the President, to be
consistent, will apparently have to re
appoint Ide upon his record and the
recommendation he has from Attorney
General Knox, as Heustls had from Sec
retary Gage. Altogether it Is a puzzle
that may be delightfully amusing to out
siders, but to candidates on the anxious
seat the only hope Is that President
Roosevelt may again do the unexpected,
overlook Ide's record, and the precedent
of Heustls's probable reappointment, in
disposing of the Marshalshlp plum.
HOW MAY CLAMS BE FED?
Discussion of a Great Question Has
Reached Atlantic Shores.
A short time ago The Oregonian pub
lished a conversation in which exceptions
were taken to the theory of Captain
Absalom Bonfante Brannan in regard to
fattening clams and oysters by sprinkling
oatmeal, over their shells. In the article
It was stated that it would appear as
sensible to nail Captain Brannan up In
a box and throw mush at it, with the
idea of fattening him, as to sprinkle
meal on the shell of an oyster or a clam
with the idea of fattening them.
The article has been copied by a num
ber of Eastern papers, especially along
the "Eastern Shore," where clameaters
greatly abound, but none of them has
made any statement tending to confirm
Captain Brannan's theory.
Yesterday The Oregonian received a let
ter dated January 14. "Executive Depart
ment, Mayor's Office, New Bedford,
Mass," bearing the seal of that ancient
and far-famed city at the head, embossed
in gold, and signed by the Mayor's clerk.
The seal Is encircled by a Latin "legend"
stating that New Bedford was founded in
17S7, and that their present charter was
granted by the state In 1847, from which
It is to be inferred that the citizens have
not been worried by charter commissions
for over 50 years at least. Inside the
circle appears the Latin motto. "Lucem
dlffundo" "I diffuse light" which prob
ably Incited the Mayor's clerk to endeav
or to throw light on the question of
feeding clams. He saw The Oregonian
article In the Boston Sunday Globe, and
hastens to write as follows:
"In regard to feeding oysters I would
say that I have known of the same for.
a great number of years. It was first
made known to me by an old caterer at
one of our beach resorts. He would pile
the oysters In his cellar, wet them down
and cover them over with meal and they
would turn out fat, nice and plump, fit
for a King.
"I do not know of any reason why soft
shell clams could not be fed In the same
way, as they feed on sand and mud; why
not on meal?
"I not only know of this fact as above,
but do the very same thing today when
I want a good feed out of a good lot of
oysters.
"I think my friend Absalom, for friend
I can call him, as he is a lover of shell
fish, knows a thing or two about the
good things of this world.
"Tn fact I can name you numbers of
places here in the East where the same
thing Is done at the Summer resorts."
Now the writer of the article In ques
tion Is also a lover of shellfish, and fish
of all kinds, which he eats In largo quan
tities In a vain effort to restore vigor to
an enfeebled brain. He has caught
shrimps, dredged oysters, trapped crabs,
and hardshell and softshell clams, even
the giant clam of the Pacific Coast, whose
neck is a foot In length and as thick
as a man's wrist. He has broken the
finger pholas or rock oyster out of the
rockrlbbed beaches of Oregon, and has
penetrated the bowels of the earth In a
hot chase after the elusive razor clam,
which goes down in the wet sand faster
than a horse can trot, and never stopB
till caught. He has also seen sacks of
oysters displayed In front of oyster shops,
liberally coated with corn or oatmeal,
but he has never been able to believe
that the oysters could add one whit to
their adipose tissue on account thereof.
He has been taught that oysters and
clams feed by passing sea water through
their gills, and extracting therefrom cer
tain microscopic organisms or fragments
of marine vegetation, which Is their nat
ural food, and believes that oatmeal, if
Introduced into their digestive organs,
would ruin them, and that a clam or an
oyster would reject oatmeal In any form
with as much disdain as would a Con
nemara Irishman who had been brought
up on an exclusive diet of potatoes.
Besides, it Is well known that clams
and oysters take their food under water,
and It would probably be as Impossible
for them to eat out of water, especially
when In a pile or enclosed In a sack, as
It would be for a human being to partake
of blanc-mange with his head under wat
er. As to the statement that they feed
on "sand and mud" this is probably a de
lusion of the same character as Is the Idea
that they con absorb meal through their
shells.
Yesterday a letter was received from T.
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organs that we have taken In exchange for now Instru
ments. They are going too be sold. If we cannot get
our price, we will take yours, for we are going to clo&e
out the whole lot this week at some price.
SALE OF SECOND-HAND
PIANOS AND ORGANS
In the lot are two very fine squares of standard makes,
a vnrfotv nf nnrlit nonrlv nil nf tvhloh will meet the
requirements of new beginners; in fact, nearly all of
these pianos will do good service for a number of years.
The organs are almost as good as new; but they will go,
and, as stated above, if you are not satisfied with our
prices, we will leave it with you. It's all the same to us.
ALLEN & GILBERT CO.
I Successors to the
Retnil Store. 200-211 First Street.
Wholesale, 210-212 Second St.
PORTLAND.
QODDARD-KELLY SHOE CO.
Successors fo E. C. Goddard & Co.
CLEAN-UP
MEN'S SHOES
BOYS' SHOES
PRICES REDUCED ON ENTIRE
: STOCK
EXCEPT PRICE -ADVERT IS ED SHOES
CORNER SIXTH AND
COPVuiomt
The Umbrella of Today
Is the umbrella we want to sell you Maybe It's a silk, maybe
a gloria. "We have all kinds and we do not expect you to buy
unless you are suited.
JOHN ALLES1NA, (Tn-oStore)
286 WASHINGTON ST. 309 MORRISON ST.
Near Woodard. Clarke & Co. Near Meier & Frank Co.
T. Mating, of Salem, Mass., who states
that clams dug from their beds and put
Into a tub of water with a quart of In
dial meal will thoroughly clear them
selves of all sand ahd gravel, and fill up
on meal until It would seem that they
must burst. It makes them fat and a
great deal better flavored, and they can
easily be kept alive for a week in cool
weather in a tub of cold water with the
meal.
This appears much more reasonable
than the idea of sprinkling the meal on
the shells of the clams or on the sack
In which they are, and there may be
something In it.
BICYCLE THIEF CAUGHT.
Confessed to Detectives That He Had
Stolen Many "Wheels.
As he was about to sell a stolen bicycle
E. P. Tomllnson, from Kansas, was ar- J
rested yesterday, In a bicycle store on '
Front street, near Salmon, by Detectives
Snow and Kerrigan, charged with stealing
wheels. The detectives happened to be
passing when they noticeir Tomllnson s
actions In trying to hide the wheel, and
they became suspicious. "This wheel Is
my own property." asserted Tomllnson.
"My father Is pretty hard-fisted about
money matters, and he won't give me
money to get my education completed at
a business college. My mother lives on
Eleventh street, and I've got lots of
friends In town. You'd better not arrest
me, or there will be trouble."
The detectives, however. Insisted on go
ing to the nearest telephone, to reach
the relative Tomllnson had named, and
Tomllnson went with them, unwillingly
Cured of Piles
After Many Years.
Mrs. D. E. Reed .of Albany, says: "I
would not take $500 and be placed back
where I was before I used Pyramid Pile
Cure. I suffered for years, and it Is now
IS months since I used It, and not the
slightest trace of the trouble has re
turned." For sale by all druggists. Little
book, "Piles, Causes and Cure," mailed I
free. Pyramid Drug Cov Marshall, Mich.
Going
"Wiley B. Allen Co.
SALE
CHILDREN'S SHOES
WOMEN'S SHOES
WASHINGTON STREETS
RELIABLE BATTERIES
For bells, annunciators, gas lighters and
all open circuit work, can always be had
of us. Furthermore, we can do the neces
sary wiring, using the beat materials and
doing the work with pleasing dispatch.
Our guarantee goes with every job leaving:
our hands. We do not need to guarantee
our prices they speak for themselves.
Western Electric Works
305 Washington St.
Portland, Or.
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enough. But just before the party reached
the store where the 'phone was, Tomlin
son said: "Boys, it's up to me. I stole this
wheel, and others. I must take my medi
cine, I s'pose." He was then arrested,
and from information he gave it was
found that he had stolen bicycles from
these persons: "W. "YV. Green, 244& "Wash
ington street; Joseph Donellot, East Sal
mon street, and F. A. Milord, of Cloyer
dale. The police say that Tomllnson Is
Implicated as to three other stolen bicy
cles, and thut he stole a blanket from
the Imperial Hotel. A bicycle recently
taken from the Worcester bulldin? has not
f yet been identified. One rim is painted
light red and the other dark.
DAILY 3IETEOUOLOGIOAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. 8 P. M. Maximum
temperature. 45; minimum temperature. 37;
river reading at 11 A. M., 3.2 feet; change In
the past 24 hours, O foot; total precipita
tion. 5 P. M. to B P. M., 0.00; total precipita
tion since Sept. 1, 1001, 16.08 Inches; normal
precipitation since Sept. 1, 1001, 24.00 Inches;
deficiency, 7.10 Inches; total sunshine Jan. 10,
0:00; possible sunshine Jan. 10. 9:12.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHEll.
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Kamloops, B.
Neah Bay ...
Pocatello
Portland
Red Bluff ...
Roseburg- ....
Sacramento .
Salt Lake ...
San Francisco
Spokane
Seattle
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Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear"
Cloudy
24 0."l
32 0.1
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I Rain
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44
Snow
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36.
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Cloudy
45lO.
Cloudy
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Clear
Pt. cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Pt. cloudy
Cloudy
Light.
"WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The pressure has generally fallen along the
coast from Cape Flattery eouthward to San
Francisco, and a storm of moderate Intensity
Is this evening central oft the Southwest Ore
gon coast. The pressure la highest over South
eastern Idaho.
Light rain has fallen during the last 24
hours over Northern California and Southwest
ern Oregon. Elsewhere cloudy weather has
prevailed.
The indications are for cloudy and unsettled
weather In this district Tuesday, with ehow
ers west of the Cascade Mountains.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 28 hours
ending at midnight Tuesday, January 21:
Portland and vicinity Cloudy and unsettled,
with occasional rain; winds becoming south
erly. "Western Oregon and Western Washington
Cloudy, with occasional rain; winds becoming
southerly.
Eastern Oregon. Eastern "Washington and
Idaho Cloudy, with probably light snow or
rain In Eastern "Washington; east to south
Winds. A. B. "WOLLABER,
Acting Forecast Official,
I.O0I10I NE
1.00 SE
1.00 01 NW
1.00 iNW
1.28 S SE
1.00 sw
... 00 Clm
.00 14 E
1.00 V
i.OO 12 NE
1.00 SE
.01 !NW
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LOO 8 SW
1.00 E
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