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TIIE MOENIXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1902.
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VETERANS GET MORE PAY
second oiu:no.- volunteers to
ltlSCEIVE $17,100 44.
Trensnry Department Alno Iamxes a
AVarrnnt of -ICIKJ no to Reim
burse Stiite of OreKon.
Governor Goer received a warrant yes
terday from the Secretary of the Treasury
for 21.799 11. together -with a statement
of differences from the Auditor of the
"War Department. Of this sum 517.100 44 is
for payment of claims of members of the
Second Oregon Regiment who volun
teered and wore accepted under the sec
ond call of the President, The remaining
?43 i0 Is to reimburse the state for per
d.cm paid about two years ago to men
who volunteered and were rejected.
" hile Adjutant-General Gantcr.bfin was
In Washington recently, urging payment
of these claims, strong objections were
rnado by the Auditor's office to the claims
presinted for the so-called "recruits." or
men who volunteered under the second
call, made May 25. 1S98. After a careful
consideration of the evidence offered and
the reasons urged for their payment, it
was decided to alio wthem. After Gen
eral Gantenbeln's departure from "Wash
ington the question was reopened, and
was referred t the law board, which ren
dered an adverse decision, for the reason
that "from orders and telegrams incor
porated in the Adjutant-General's report
for the j ear 1M)9, it appears that these
men were to be held only in readiness
until the dato when they should be as
sembled to meet the United States mus
tering officer, to be muttered into the
United States service." The Adjuiant-
I General has written for a copy of this de
cision, and will probably recommend a
'revision by the Controller of tho Trcas-
'ury.
IOf the 313 recruits of tho Second Ore
gon all but 123 were mustered into the
United States service the same day they
assembled at the rendezvous. The claims
of tliose 129 men and of all the members
of Batteries A and B havo been disal
lowed for tho reasons given.
The necessary blanks and warrants
have been prepared, and payment will be
made beginning with "Wednesday, Febru
ary 23. Persons who can conveniently
call at the Adjutant-General's office. 7.J3
I ililXUUUr III UIJ11UUJ-i;u, Ul 11UUU, Will uu
given a blank claim to be signed nnd ver
ified, and will be given checks at once,
(which, can ho cashed anywhero in the
state. Others aro requested to write to
I the Adjutant-General for blanks, which
they will fill out and forward to him for
(verification, together with a letter of In
structions. Upcm receipt of tho verified
blank he will mail them checks in pay
ment of their claims. In the cases of de
' ceased volunteers, their relatives are en
titled to recover the pay due them in the
following order widow, children, father,
'mother, brothers and sisters.
"With each check will be sent a letter or
instructions from Adjutant-General Gan
tenbeln. and alto a letter from General
Summers, In reference to the proposed
monument to be erected in the state mili
tary plot at Rivcrview cemetery. This
letter states that the plot is a state mil
itary wmetary in the same sense that
Arlington, near "Washington, D. C. is a
National resting-place for soldiers. Fif
teen men are buried there, and of the 15
only one Lieutenant Jameson, of Com
pany E was a resident of Multnomah
County. The need of a monument on the
plot had occurred to General Gantenbcln
some time ago, but in view of tho gener
osity of the public in subscribing for the
Second Oregon monument to be erected in
Portland, he hesitated to appeal to the
people at largo for additional contribu
tions. After reciting the action taken and
the resolution favoring the erection of the
monument, adopted at the mass meeting
of the Oregon Volunteers, the letter con
tinues: In tho unexpected payment "by the Govern
ment for our services at ntnte rates. In addition
to the payment at tho Government rate al
ready "made, an opportunity is offered us to
commemorate our less fortunatw comrades.
Action in accordnnor with this resolution will
1e entirely optional with each ex-volunteer. I
trust, however, that we may all contribute to
this worthy object, and by s-o doing may be
able to raise about .$2000, for which a very ap
propriate monument can be secured. It is In
tended to engrave tho names of all our com
rades who were killed in action or who died
of disease while in the service, on this monu
ment, whether burled at Itlverview or else
where. Tho names of contributors and the Indi
vidual sums contributed will bo published In j
u.ne urtgouian an or aoout tuo iirst flay of
each month.
General Gantenbeln will send with his
jletter of Instructions a tender, which each
volunteer may sign. It is as follows:
Of tho amount above claimed. I hereby eon-
I tribute 10 per cent to be applied to the pur
chase and erection of a military monument
I in accordanco with the terms of the resolution
unanimously adopted by a mass meeting of
Oregon Volunteer.. Tcbrtiary 7. 1&02, and I
(hereby authorize tho Adjutant-General of the
IStato of Oregon to lndorso la my name a
check for cald amount to O. Summers, chair
man. FOR CITY ADORNMENT.
jSIlstnlccs Made In Other Cities Should
Be Avoided in Time.
PORTLAND, Feb. 20. (To the Editor.)
i Tho very pertinent editorial which ap
peared in The Oregonian of February 13.
pSOl. regarding the selection of the me
jmorial to our fallen soldiers, brings to
jmind tho value and necessity of a mu
nicipal art association here, as In every
other town and city. Fortunately, we
'havo good material for such a body, as
Jwcll as tho need for It, and it only re
mains that public spirit should actively
realize how valuable such an organization
would bo If properly constituted for the
'thing to be accomplished.
Isabel McDougall's forc'ble articles In
33rush and Pencil regarding Chicago's
"Munielpal Art" and "Soldier Monu
ments are quite applicable to other
American cities, and the following quota
tions from thorn may provoke thought
,anJ action in these matters for our own.
city new while It is yet time to prevent
costly and lasting blunders.
"After all, we learn from our mistakes.
Every one remembers tho time when a
statue, costing, if memory may be trusted,
S3Q.O00, was erected on our lake front. It
was settled by a committee of hard
headed, clever business men. Had they
he n purchasing ' land they would have
been glad of the advice of real estate
mcr ; had they been stocking a depart
ment store, they would havo recognized
that a silk expert should decide on pur
chases of silk, a china expert on china, a
practical grocer on groceries, and so on.
That is the A B C of business. They
did not, however, apply these common
s-ense principles to their investment in
art. They spent their $50.00) upon a
statue which, almost from the time it was
eterted, became the- laughing stock of the
public, and which was fairly hooted off its
pedestal. As an object-lesson it was the I
most valuable piece of statuary Chicago
has ever possessed. It taught, for one
thing, that $50,003 worth of bronze and
granite is not always worth having, al
though any one who reads the newspa
pers will notice that this is the point
made prominent in any account of the un
vclllrg of a new monument. How much
it cost, who presented it to tho town,
what Alderman or 'prominent citizen
made tho speech, what other persons of
local Importanco were present, sometimes
the toilets worn by their wives, and al
ways, always, the cost of the thing Is
teld. Rarely the sculptor's name. Yet
if It Is to be worth more than junk to
future generations, that is of vital impor
tance'. The bronze and granite endures
after every one of 'those present' at its
erection are earth In their earthy beds.
And whether they havo deserved well or
ill of their town depends in this particu
lar instanco on how they have selected
their artist. The man who supplies the
money may have given a blot that future
citizens will be feverishly anxious to bo
rid of, or he may have given something to
delight and inspire futuro generations.
"In buying for his own private gallery,
every man has a right to consult his own
taste and waste his money if he pleases.
In buying for the public, particularly
when the public's money pays for it, he
cannot be too careful. There should be
no rash reliance on Ids own judgment.
He should seek the opinions of those who
have made a lifelong study of the sub
ject. They may not be Infallible, but
they are less likely to make mistakes than
others, and even if their selection falls to
please at once it is pretty sure to do so In
tho long run. For knowledge is constant
ly reaching higher levels. "Where only the
leaden stand today the mass of the peo
ple will stand tomorrow. Some sort of a
municipal art society we require. Some
sort of leadership in the right way of
beautifying our city. Some sort of guar
antee that funds for that purpose shall
not be worse than wasted. llun"'iir.l art
is the highest kind of art. It c not
for tho gratification of the few. ; for
the enjoyment and elevation of th many.
It expresses our belief in the dignity of
our Government, in the worth of our citi
zenship; It exalts our heroes of the past,
holds up Ideals for tho future and makes
life better worth living in the present."
In writing of "Soldiers' Monuments"
Misa McDongall says:
"Seventy-five per cent of the soldiers'
monuments In the United States nre the
everlasting Infantryman nt parade rest;
50 per cent of them are made from the
same model. They nre turned out
In quantities like shoes and umbrel
las. A state of affairs absolutely
incomprehensible to foreigners. An intel
ligent foreigner asked who selected our
public monuments. Ho was told a com
mitteo of old soldiers generally performed
that task. He looked puzzled, as well ho
might, whereat tho prominent sculptor
to whom he was talking added: 'We gen
erally appoint a committee of painters
and sculptors to manage our military op
erations.' And the intelligent foreigner
exploded with laughter. He had heard
of American humor, and he knew that it
consisted partly in practicing on the cred
ulity of strangers. Both of these state
ments were evidently huge jokes.
"The civilized world generally under
stands by a monument a noble statue,
with pedestal and surroundings calculat
ed to set it off. "What a stone contractor
understands by a monument is as much
stone as there is money to pay for, with
'figures' filling up any odd spaces. The
usual thing is a high column, the higher
the better, and a base built up of fancy
blocks and gingerbread ornaments, about
on a level, architecturally, with the
block-building of the nursery. Around
this base they scatter a few superfluous
'figures.' and they set another on top of
the shaft. It can hardly be seen there,
which, on the whole Is fortunate." What
gives a monument value is its beauty,
not the mere weight and cost of stono
or metal tastelessly put together. Good
workmanship is needed rather than raw
material; and an artist rather than a
stone-cutter should be consulted.
In erecting monuments to express our
higher feelings and beautify our sur
roundings, money is a very good, and.
Indeed, a necessary thing, but if our ob
ject is really to bo nttained, knowledge
and judgment arc still more Indispensa
ble. The simplest memorial which Is
artistic and in good taste will be a last
ing satisfaction, while costly ugliness is
a burden which will Increase with years
and the universal growth in feeling for
the beautiful in art.
PORTLAND SKETCH CLUB.
AN IMMIGRATION BUREAU.
An Appenl to the Citlzcnx of Portland
to AtlverllMc the State.
PORTLAND, Feb. 19. (To the Editor.)
Tou are probably aware that the de
mand from the Eastern and Western
States and Europe for immigration litera
ture from Portland is now estimated at
10 times greater than during 1KX5 and 1S97.
Portland had then 40.00) copies of pamph
lets on Oregon for distribution free
of charge. Today there are not 10) copies
left, while The Oregonian has only a few
New Year's editions and handbooks In
print, and tae O. R. & N. Co. has but a
very small lot left undistributed of its
homeseekers pamphlet.
This is a serious matter for Portland,
for If the tide of immigration has at last
turned in the direction of the States of
Oregon and Washington .are we to sit still
and let it drift past us, as I assure you
it is every day doing, so the railroad em
ployes tell me. into Washington and
through Portland, too. If one-fourth of
our residents contributed 2 cents a day to
immigration pamphets for a local infor
mation bureau to distribute, describing
Oregon and Portland, there would be
$S0.0V) at the end of six montiss in the
treasury to republish and distribute the
selected extracts from the New Year's
addition, the latest and most reliable
data.
We in Portland "must make hay white
the sun shines." that is, when the tide of
immigration is looking to us here, to edu
cate them, as to Oregon's resources and
climate. Other Western States are work
ing hard for immigrants with money do
nated by their several Legislatures. We
are not so fortunate; but as new people
are essential to the growth of our mer
cantile and manufacturing interests, in
Portland we need not growl at this, re
membering that the Lord helps those who
help themselves.
What is wanted Is a contribution of only
$5 a month for four months, and no more,
from. say. 250 citizens, and larger sum--from
the various railroad companies and
corporations, these payments to be made I
to the Oregon Information Bureau, an in- j
corporation to be created with five or six l
unpaid dlrectorr. and a secretary, to be
selected only by the contributors. If the
mode is objectionable, let us have free
cash donations instead, but my aim was
to create a permanent information bureau
nt Portland, whose directors would be
patriotic citizens of experience, responsi
ble to the 27-0 contributors, both for the
cash received and for the legitimate dis
tribution of Oregon immigration pam
phlets outside the state.
If I were footlose, with time to spare, 1
would cheerfully procure this association,
in running operation. After some one or
ganizes it I am willing, however, to spend
a day or two jointly with two other citi
zens to go around and canvass for sub
scribers nnd explain the advantages to
to accrue therefrom.
The Oregonian Publishing Company has
been kind enough to volunteer to donate
the whole matter it published in its New
Year's edition and has thus given us
free of charge the essentials for an ac
curate pamphlet In book shape; conse
quently, with services free of all con
cerned In conducting the proposed In
formation bureau and everything donated
except the printing, paper and map, I
venture to think wc can raise a fund
for 59.000 copies for free circulation and
supply the demand outside, the state and
to immigrants arriving at Portland.
Surely such men as W. M. Ladd. H. W.
Corbett. Henry Hahn, W. D. Wheel
wright, Robert Livingstone, I. N. Flelsch
ner. H. S. Rowe, L. Allen Lewis and
many others I could name, must see the
necessity of an Oregon information
bureau, and giving it the benefit of their
services, or otherwise taking up this
matter. WILLIAM REID.
General IJrnprK'w BIrtluIny.
FOND DU LAC, Wis., Feb. 21. General
E. S. Bragg, the sole remaining com
mander of the old Iron Brigade, has just
passed his 73th birthday. Telegrams of
congratulation were received from Colonel
W. H. S. Burgoyne in behalf of the sur
vivors of the Army of Northern Virginia,
who met the Iron Brigade at Gettys
burg, from the Wisconsin delegation in
Congress; from old comrades In Washing
ton and many others. The Lond du Lac
Association marched In a -body to the
General's residence to tender their felicitations.
MINISTER IS DECEIVED
SUPPOSED CONVERT IMPOSES OX
REV. 31. 31. BLEDSOE.
Impostor Enjoys Honpttnllty of tho
Pnntor and MnltcN R.ikcIcmk Prom
ises of 92000 Gift to Church.
Rev. M. 01. Bledsoe, pastor of the Cal
vary Baptist Church. East Eighth and
East Grant streets, who Is conducting re
vival meetings in his church, had a pe
culiar experience with a young fellow
who Is evidently an impostor. Mr. Bled
soe is ever ready and desirous of help
ing any one ho can, even at the
risk of being Imposed on.
A strange young man had been attend
ing the meetings held In Calvary Church,
and professed to have been converted.
He was cared for by the pastor at his
home for several days, and said that ho
was a nephew of a prominent Portland
citizen. The young man also said that i
ui.- iiuu i u'ij lurjjc irans account, ana ne
desired to show substantial evidence of I
his desire to lead a better life by making "
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HANDSOME NEW THREE-STORY BUILDING
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ERECTED nv THOMAS "WALKER AT SIXTH AXD STARK.
The handsome three-tory building of Nwbrg preod brick at the southeast
corner of Sixth ami Stark -tree:", built by Thorns Walker for the Merchants'
Trust & InvejUment Cr irpany. of this city. Is completed, and was yesterday
turned over by M". Walker To the owners. The building is being fitted and
furnished In very eltraat style throuchout to match the finish of mahogany.
Spanish cedar and fancy redwood The upper two stories will be used as a lodg-ing-houte.
Thi appenrancv of the building Is .xceedingly neat.
a contribution of S2030 for the benefit of
the church. There was a ring in his tone
thut seemed to indicate that he was sin
cere, and It was decided to give him the
opportunity of making the contribution,
inasmuch as $2000 is a considerable sum
and would come In handy in paying oit
debts and meeting expenses. To the
young man. however, the sum was a
small matter, and would not make much
of a hole In his cash account. It was ar
ranged that he should pay over the money
a few days ngo to the trustees but when
the time came he did not make his ap
pearance1, and has not been seen since.
FOR "WASHi:SGTO.-S BIRTHDAY.
Pleasing; Exercise Were Held in the
Brooklyn School Yenlenln-.
Patriotic exercises commemorating
Washington's birthday were held yester
day afternoon by the pupils of the Brook
lyn School. The first-grade pupils gave
an interesting account in concert of the
13 colonies, this being the opening exer
cise. Several songs and recitation-; fol
lowed, including a sketch of the ma'klng
of the llag. by a pupil of the fourt.i
grade. Thi main feature of the pro
gramme was a dialogue between two boy
of the fifth grade, who gave a scene from
George Washington's life about the time
be was starting off en a surveying trip.
The actors were very effective In their
colonial costumes, and elicited considera
ble applause from the children and large
crowd of spectators. The gnots of four
well-known Generals of Revolutionary
fame next appeared, and told of their
troubles in deep sepulchral voices. It
proved a very realistic bit of acting; so
much so that one little fellow was thor
oughly frightened at the apparition?. The
beautiful Mclvinley memorial hymn, sung
ly the assemblage', closed the cxercises.
In the absence of a regular ase-mbly-hall
the programme was given in one of the
recitation-rooms, which was crowded with
interested parents. Mss A. L. Dlmlck.
principal of the school, was in charge.
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WILL 1 1. WE TO SEK IX A TEXT.
There I Xoiv Xo Hnll South of DI- j
vision Street for Public Gntherlnvr.
South of Division street there is now
no public hall. The Lee Chapel building t
was used for public gatherings, but it Is j
now a classroom of the Clinton Kelly '
Schoolhouse. and cannot be us'd. All
other buildings that had been used for
public gatherings have been changed into
apartments. There has been some figur
ing on the proposition to build a suitable
hall, but no definite steps have been
taken.
Frank Blanck has about decided that '
he will buy the present Mizpah Presby- ,
terlan Church, which stands on Powell
and East Thirteenth streets, and make a
hall out of 1L If he takes the building he '
will move it to his lot on Powell street.
The church will seat several hundred peo-
pie. However, the congregation of the 1
church will need it until the new building '
shnll be finished, which will be late in the '
FalL By the time the campaign gets '
warmed up the Brooklyn Republican Club !
will put up a tent for public meetings.
3IORE RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
New Route Authorized for Territory
South From Town of Mllvi nukle.
Postmaster Wlsslnger, of Mllwaukle,
has received notice from the Postal De
partment that a rural free mall delivery
route had been granted over territory ad
jacent to that town on the south. This Is
In response to a petition from residents of
the district. The Postmaster has for
warded the names of six applicants to be
come carriers, and In a short time tney
will take an examination. There will be
one carrier, and he will have to provide
a cart. There are about 100 people in the
district to be servedVand It extends south
along the river road- to the Clackamas
River and takes in Oak Grove.
X"v "Wnltlnir-Room.
By request of the Clinton Kelly Board
of Trade the City & Suburban Railway
Company has rebuilt the waiting-room at
the Junction of the Richmond and Wood
stock Railways on East Twenty-sixth
street. It is a neat and comfortable room,
but how long it will remain so depends
on the bad boys, who utterly ruined the j
one that was built on the spot before. A
large number of citizens use this waiting
room, and the Board of Trade will cer
tainly make an example of some young
scamp who may damage it. The other
room was quickly rendered unfit for use.
Repair Wooillnwn Depot.
The Woodlawn Civic Improvement As
sociation has taken up the matter of re
pairing and repainting the station-house
at that place. For this purpose the Port
land Railway Company has ngreed to
furnish the paint for the building, and
soon the building will assume a more
presentable appearance. Residents are
taking an Interest in civic Improvements.
There will be a general cleaning up out
there this Spring.
At Highland the residents will shortly
make a sweeping cleanlng-up of the sur
roundings. A huge bonfire will be made
of tho rubbish. Residents there are Inter
ested In tho general movement.
East Side Notes.
TJie Progressive Commercial Club of St.
Johns will hold a meeting this evening in
the schoolhouse, to adopt rules and per
fect an organization.
The funeral of Mrs. Mao Jane Yettcr
was held yesterday afternoon from the
Central Methodist Church of Alblna. Rev.
W. T. Kerr, pastor, conducted the scr-
vices. Lone Fir cemetery was the place
of interment. Deceased died February IS.
She was 5S years old.
A six-Inch water main is being laid on
East Alder street between East Twelfth
and East Twentieth streets. Pipe was de
livered some time ago. but bad weather
prevented it being put down.
John McCarty. an old resident of Al
bina. Is now an inmate of the Veterans'
Home at Napa. Cal. lie wrote recently
to an Alblna friend that he is well pleased
with his surroundings, and although now
in the hospital, hopes soon to be out.
The I-uiics Aid Society of the Sen
wood Presbyterian Church gave a pleas
ing entertainment In Firemen's Hall Wed
nesday evening. A programme made up
of vocal and Instrumental music, recita
tion" end other exercises was rendered. A
large audience was present.
The City & Suburban Railway Company
is completing the Mississippi-avenue
branch from Btech to Shaver street. Car3
will be running to Shaver street in a few
days. Sewer contractors are also laying
laterals in every direction In that portion
of tho city. Sewer construction will be
carried on In Central Alblna for a long
time yet.
The funeral of Frances Fols-om Baker
was held yesterday afternoon from Cal
vary Baptist Church. East Grant and
Eapt Eighth streets, and wis largely at
tended by friends of the family. She was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Bak
er. Rev. M. M. Bledsoe conducted the
services. The Interment was in Lone Kir
cemetery-
MARKET FOR MESS BEEF.
A KlOO-IInrrel Order Tlint Portland
Could Xot Kill.
Stress has been laid on the need of a
large meat-packing plant at Portland for
the trans-Pai Itic trade. A local export
company recently had an order from the
Rr:-ian Government for 1G00 barrels of
mess beef. As It could not fill the order
here it had to send the order on to Chi
cago. On account of the cheaper freight
i ate by Suez than by this Coast, the en
tire shipment was made" from New York.
"I notice this has moved somebody to
say that Portland could supply such an
order, and more of them. If it had a beef
packing establishment." paid a locat
packer yesterday. "I would not say any
thing wilfully to discourage such an en
terprise, but I fall to see how it could
succeed. The reason is that in packing
mess beef, only about one-seventh of a
beef can be used. The other six-sevenths
has to be disposed of in some other way.,
.Ai e-nicngo mere are plenty ot people to
consume quantities of meat sich as would
be cast off In packing mess product. Be
sides, the business there Is highly organ
ized, so that packers readily dispose of
their meats in many ways that would be
impossible here.
"Here is the proof of figures: A barrel
of mess beef weighs 2 pounds. Sixteen
hundred barrels weigh 3T0.UC0 pounds. A
good-sized beef, dressed, weighs 600
pound. About iO pounds of such a beef
may be used for mess product. Therefore,
for 220.f) pounds of mess beef 4000 cattle
would be required. That number of cat
tle in dressed beef would weigh about
2,-K'OOOG pounds. Of this amount 320.000
pounds would be used for packing. Thus
2,e,sO.0C0 pounds would be left over to be
sold in the regular channels of trade. As
Portland does not consume more than
25.000 pounds of beef per day. you can sec
what a strenuous operation It would cost
to get rid of 2.OS0.OO0 pounds."
The market In all kinds of meat Is act
ive. Beef comes mostly from Idaho and
Eastern Oregon. From 4 to 45 cents Is
paid for deliveries at Portland on foot.
The dressed product is sold to retailers
for eight cents per pound. Mutton, deliv
ered on foot, costs jl 23 and $4 35 per hun
dred, and is sold to the trade at " cents
per pound. Eastern Oregon wheat-fed
pork brings gross about ?5 90 per hun
dred pounds. The trade pays from S to
SU cents for it.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Bnby Is Cuttlntc Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy,
Mrs. Wlnelow's Soothing Syrup, for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens the gumt,
alia j all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea.
CITY MAY COMPELTHEM
STREET RAIIIVAY COMPAXIES
MUST KEEP UP IMPROVEMENTS.
Should Contribute Their Portion, Not
Only Between Tracks, but
Outside.
In response to a request from City En
gineer Chase. City Attorney Long gave
an opinion yesterday regarding the duties
of railway companies In the matter of
the Improvement of streets on which
they have been granted franchises. Mr.
Long Is of the opinion that tho com
panies must comply with the three or
dinances now in force. When a street
improvement is under way, they must
contribute their portion; if they do not,
the city may compel them to do so, or It
may advance the funds for the improve
ment and then sue to recover them. The
opinion is as follows:
Ordinance 3477 reads: "That said Budd, his
successors and assign", shall plank, pave or
macadamize, as the municipal authorities shall
direct, that portion of the street or streets
along which the railway shall be laid, the
whole width of said railway between the rails,
nnd for the width of one foot outside the rails."
It also authorizes them to lay down a single
or double track, by another section.
Ordinance 3GS4 provides, section 4, that the
space between tho rails and one foot of the
street on either side shall be planked, paved
or macadamized, as shall be prescribed by
ordinance, by the owners of said railway.
Ordinance oCGl provides, section 5. that the
company shall Improve as the authorities may
direct the wholo width of the railway between
the rails and the width of one foot outside tho
rails, and the space between doublo tracks.
All these ordinances make an exception in
reference to bridges. The courts aro Inclined
to hold to the rule that wherever an ordlnanco
Is doubtful, the construction shall be placed
upon It that is most favorable to the public
and most stronfjly against the grantee of the
franchise. At common law. all klnd of rail
ways. In the abence of special statutory pro
visions, are required to keep In repair that part
of the street occupied by them, nnd courts
have been Inclined to limit them to the part
of the street Inside of the rails. All theso
ordinances use the phrase "between the rails."
They do not say between the rails of the
track, but the ordinances that do not speak of
the ground between the tracks, say: "That
portion of the street along which the railway
shall b. laid, the whole width of said railway
between the rails, and to the width of one foot
outside."
The ordinance" nlso provide that they shall
lay their tracks as near the center of the
street as possible, contemplating thereby to
surrender whatever rights the public have In
the street to that extent that Is necessary for
the street-cars to occupy. Tills Is also sup
ported by the further theory that they are re
quired to keep In repair one foot outside the
tra-ks, and It seems to mo that the proper and
losltal construction to le placed upon the
franchises., having In view, as I have hreto
fore ttated, that the construction should be
more favorable to the public as against the
gr.mtee. Is that these franchises nre Intended
to coer all that space in the middle of the
street necessary to be occupied by these cars
with double-track lines, and for one foot out
side of the rails; therefore, I am of the opin
ion that this includes the space between the
tracks.
Ordinance 5G01 answers Itself upon the Ques
tion. a- It says not only between the rails, but
between the track, nnd for a certain distance
outside. Therefore, I am of the opinion that
the proper method of procedure is to pass a
resolution notifying these people to pay for
th" Improvement of a certain portion of the
street, and requiring them to pay for a cer
tain space, defining It. and then when the ordl
nanco Is passed fixing a reasonable time In
which they must Improve It. at the expiration
of that time to bring mandamus proceedings
to compel them to do so. or if the city desires
to advance the funds, they might do so. and
then sue the company to recover them. I
think, however, that the bettr method would
be by mandamus proceedings, although I un
derstand from the Washington-street line that
they are ready to improve. Its part at any
time that the balance of the street Is Im
proved. PLACE FOR A PARK.
Why Xot Improve n Choice Ea.st
Side Spot.
PORTLAND. Feb. 19. (To the Editor.)
In these days of push clubs, civic im
provement societies, sub-boards of trade,
park commissions and what not, all tend
ing, it is hoped, to our permanent beauty
and stability, urban and .suburban, the
wonder is that some one had not men
tioned this another park. Any one who
rides on the many street-cars going to
ward Irvington, Vancouver, Woodlawn
and the Alblnas will recognize as an ideal
spot for a "Morningside Park" the beau
tiful slope extending from Union avenue
to the river's edge and from Holladay
avenue south from one to three blocks,
possibly wider in some places. It is a
tract not likely to be needed for expensive
homes, probably not available for Inex
pensive homes, and suitable neither for
wholesale-, retail nor manufacturing busi
ness. If real estate concerns, private
owners, the railroads (both street lines
and large roads) and the public, repre
sented by the city, would put their several
"shoulders to the wheel" we would have
In a short time a "thing of wondrous Joy."
There are now some trees, bushes, wild
roses, etc., as a "starter" in shrubbery
the meadow larks sing about the tract all
Winter (and, of course, in Summer), and
It is the abode of many birds the greater
part of the year.
If the O. R. & N. nnd the Southern
Pacific would lend their aid In terracing
the high bluffs between the steel bridge
and the Southern- Pacific's East Side sta
tion, and improve in a park-like manner
the ground adjneent to their tracks, what
beauty would be added and what a re
freshing sight (and advertisement) for
travelers reaching the city over their
lines. Tho whole from Union avenue to
the river will form a most beautiful
"Morningside Park" to delight the eyo
from river and shores. Will some one
pleaso "second the motion"?
HOLLADAY HILL.
SILVER IS CONSERVATIVE.
Dwelling Anonjr the Myth.i and
SuperMtltloim of Dehnwed Cnrreney.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 20. (To the Editor.)
The Oregonian is wont to speak of silver
men as visionary cranks, and recently in
an editorial classed them with Dowieltes,
spiritualists and Christian Scientists, ap
plying the above appellations and
worse to all. Silverlsm has a feature that
Is distinctively its own. Dowie has al
ways had his opponents, spiritualism its
doubters, while Christian Science from
the first has hael the opposition of the
old school Christians nnd physicians.
But with the exception of England and
some minor states, until some 30 years
ago. silver stood unquestioned as pri
mary money. In 1S73 the scheming com
menced to depreciate it and ended a few
months ago in lowering this metal to be
used when as money only as secondary
currency. Now, truly. In a few months of
prosperity under the gold standard, time
enough to condemn as visionary a uni
versal sentiment that has existed since
the dawn of civilization almost down to
the present time, when we still remember
that we also sometimes had good times
under the double standard. The date Is
too recent for silver men to determine if
this flush of business Is because of the
gold standard, or In spite of it. When
Galileo looked out through his small
tube and was the first to know the dream
of the philosophers was true that the
world did move, and felt the quiver of this
old earth as it rounded in to its perlhlllon
at the speed of over 63,000 miles an hour,
the historian says In effect that Galileo
was not wise in calling the people fools
and visionary cranks because they did
not Immediately catch on to this tre
mendous astronomical fact. The silver
man as a sllverlte is a conservative. He
may be a back-number, he may be slow
ALWAYS
WALTER
COCOAMOCOfcATE
LOOK AT THE bABBbS
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to evolute, but by no degree of con
sistency can he be spoken of as a vis
ionary crank. E. O'FLY'NG.
Silver became Incapacitated as money
not through legislation, but through
cheapness of production. The silver man
truly Is a conservative. He clings to su- i
perstltlons as foolish as those exploded by
Galileo. The cheap money craze on which
silverlsm. rests was never true in silver's
palmiest days. Free coinage Is Just as
wise and honest today as it was in lSDo.
Prosperity has no bearing on its miser
able fatuity.
Men's Resort Entertainment.
Tonight, 7:45, the Men's Resort nnd
Third-Street Mission, 69 North Third
street, the programme for the regular
Saturday evening entertainment will be
furnished by the Y. P. S. C. E. of the
Third Presbyterian Church. It will con
sist of male quartets, vocxl and instru
mental solos and recltat'ons. No admis
sion charge is made, and all are wel
come. Many persons keep Carter's Little Liver
Fills on hand to prevent bilious attacks,
sick headache, dizziness, and find them
Just what they need.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL. It El' OUT.
PORTLAND. Feb. 21. S P. M. Maximum
temperature. SO; minimum temperature. 30;
river readlnc at 11 A. II.. S.C feet: chance In
the past '21 hours, 0.4 foot; total precipita
tion. T P. M. to 3 P. M., 0.00; total precipita
tion since Sept. 1, 1001, 23.70 Inches; normal
precipitation since Sept. 1. 1901. 31.12 inches:
deficiency. 7.42 Inches; total sunshine Feb. 20.
4:2S; possible sunshine Feb. 20. 10:42.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A storm of decided character Is central thlw
evenlnc off the North California coat. whleh
will probably move northeastward, and cause
hlfrti northeast winds Saturday along the Ore
gon and Washington coasts and brisk to high
eat to northeast winds on the Straits and
Sound In Western Washington.
Heavy rain has fallf-n In Northern Califor
nia durinc the laFt 12 hour?, and cloudiness
Is Increaalns In Oregon. Indicating tho near
approach of rain In this state.
Storm warnings are displayed at the mouth
of the Columbia River and along the Straits of
Fuca. and the shipping In the I'uget Sound
ports have txen advised of the force and char
acter of the storm.
The Indications nre for rain In Oregon and
Western "Washington Saturday.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 23 hours
ending at midnight Saturday. February 22:
Portland and vicinity Occasional rain; brisk
to high northeast winds, shifting to southerly.
Oregon and Western Washington Occasional
rain; brisk to hlsh northeasterly winds, shitt
ing to southerly.
Eastern Washington and Nortnern Idaho In
creasing cloudiness; easterly winds.
Southern Idaho Cloudy and threatening, with
probably rain In the west portion; easterly
winds. pWAUD A. REALS.
Forecast Ofllclal.
MUST BE SHOWN.
Coffee Drinker Require Proof.
"When persons Insist on taking some
kind of food or drink that causes disease
it Is not fair to blame a doctor for not
curing them.
Coffee keeps thousands of people sick
in spite of all the doctor can do to cure
them. Thcro is but one way to get well.
That is to quit coffee absolutely: a great
help will be to shift over to Postum Food
CofTee.
A case of this kind is illustrated by
Mrs. E. Kelly, 233 Eighth' avenue, Newark.
N. J., who says: "I have been ailing for
about eight years with bilious trouble
and indigestion. Every doctor told me to
give up coffee. I laughed at the idea or
coffee hurting me, until about three years
ago I was taken very bad and had to
have a doctor attend me regularly.
"The doctor refused to let me have cor.
fee, but prescribed Postum Food Coffee.
I soon got to making it so well that I
could not tell the difference in taste be
tween Postum and the common coffee.
"I began to Improve right away, and
have never had a bilious spell since giv
ing up coffee and taking on Postum.
When I started I weighed 109 pounds,
now I weigh 120. My friends ask what
has made the change, and, of course, 1
tell them it was leaving off coffee and
taking up Postum.
"I know husband will never go back to
the old-fashioned coffee again. You can
use my name if you print this letter, for
I am not ashamed to have the public
know Just what I have to say about
Postum and what It has done for me."
ASK FOF
BAKE
US
1 1 i&sgl & Ik Si
ESTABLISHED 1760 3 3
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- A&tfSHCAN EXPOSITION
AMUSEMENTS.
Marqunm Grand Theater Calvin Helllg, Mgr.
Trlday and Saturdaj nights. Feb. 21. 22.
special Matinee Saturday (Washington's birth
day) at 2.15 o'clock. TIIE CHICAGO SYM
PHONY ORCHESTRA of 30 muslchuu; Adolph
Rosenbeclter. conductor. Evening prices En
tire lower tloor. fl.rni. Ualconj, first :t rows.
$1; econd 3 rows. 75c. lust ( rows, oOc. Gal
lery (.reserved). 35c; balance. 25c Boxes and
logis, $lo. Matinee priti Entire lower floor.
?1. Balcony, first C rov.-n, 75c; last ". row-..
Wkr. Gallery (reserved). 35c; balance. 23c.
ltoxes and loges, 7.50. Seats now selling.
i
Marquam Grand Theater Calvin Helllg. Mgr.
Monday. Tuesd.ij. Wednesday nights. Feb.
24. 2.. 2t. Matinee Wednesday at 2 o'clock.
VIOLA ALLEN, presenting "IN THE PAL
ACE OF THE KING." Evening prices En
tire lower floor. $. Balcony, first G rows.
$1.50; last G rows. $1. Gallery (reserved). 75c;
balance, 5oc. Boxes and logio. $12.50. Matinee
prices Entire parquettc. ?2. Entire parquette
circle. 1.50. BaKonj. first 'J rows. 1.50; last
fi rows. 1. Gallery (reserved). 75c; balance.
IMic. Boxes, and loges. 12.50. Curtain rUea
evening performance promptly at b o'clock.
Matinee at 2 o'clock. Seats now selling.
CORD RAY'S THEATER
ONE WEEK.
COMMENCING SUNDAY, FEB. 1G, AND
SATURDAY MATINEE.
W. E. Nankevllle presents an Idyl of the Ar
kansaw Hills,
"HUMAN HEARTS,"
"HUMAN HEARTS."
"HUMAN HEARTS."
A companion play to "Shore Acres."
A STORY OF INTENSE HEART INTEREST.
SPECIAL SCENERY AND EFFECTS.
A SPLENDID COMPANY".
CORDRAY'S THEATER
ONE WEEK. COMMENCING
SUNDAY NIGHT. FEB. 23.
AND SATURDAY MATINEE.
LINCOLN J. CARTER'S GREAT COMEDY
DRAMA. "THE ELEVENTH HOUR."
SEE I The Mill on the River.
SEE The Blockhouse Tower.
SEE The Millionaire's Drawing-Room.
SEE ! The Bismarck Gardens.
A Splendid Cast, headed by the Eminent
German Dialect Comedian. CIIAS. A. (KARL)
GARDNER.
Uual prices 25c and 50c.
-,
THE BAKER THEATER
GEO. L. BAKER. Mgr.
Phones Oregon North 107G. Columbia 50(.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HEAR THAT MOST
PHENOMENAL CHILD.
LITTLE ALICE BARNHAM,
IN POLITE
VAUDEVILLE.
NEVER-CHANGING PRICES.
Evening 15c. 25c. 35c, 50c.
Matinee 10c. 15c. 25c.
BRING THE CHILDREN TO THE MATI
NEE SATURDAY.
FREDERICKSBURG MUSIC HALL
SEVENTH AND ALDER STREET3
FAIRBANK BROTHERS.
The World's Greatest Club Jugglers.
The Marvel of the 20th Century,
PROF. A. J. TOPPING,
Mind Reader nnd Psychic Wonder.
TIIE EDISON BIOGRAPH.
GUS C. SAVILLE. Comedian.
XEW TODAY.
FOR RENT NEW U-ROOM HOUSE. SOUTH
east corner l!th and Marshall. B. M. Lom
bard, 514 Chamber of Commerce.
Stop Paying Rent and Interest
We will pay off the mortgage on your homo
or farm, and give joa 1G years and S months
to return th money at the rate of 5.50 per
month, without Interest. Contracts are as
signable THE AMERICAN HOME CO.. OF
FICE nil MARQUAM BLDG. Open evenings
till S o'clock. Agents wanted.
IVkKlNiNON'S
173 Third st.. bet Yamhill and Morrison.
100-lb. sack granulated sugar 4.
3 cans table raspberries
1 can table strawberries
2 cans HIcUrr.ot asparagus
l-lli. can ground chocolate
2 cans table peaches
2 cans table pears.
2 cans table apricots
100 Geese, 75 each
Chickens, per pound 15c
Turkej. per pound 17c
Frch ranch eggs, per dozen 25c
Eggs, 2 dozen 45c
California creamery butter 50c and 55c
Best creamery butter 00c and 65a
Fresh dairy butter 40c and 45c
Country butter 35c
Best sugar-cured hams ...13c
Picnic hams !c
Cottage hams 10c
5-pound pail lard 50c
Laf lard. 5-pound pall 60c
50 pounds compound lard 4.75
(ioc tea 35c
Arbuckle and
Lion Coffee
All goods retailed at wholesale prices.
LA GRANDE CREAMERY. 2iU Yamhill.
STOP RENT NOW
We build houses only at Uni
versity Park. $25 cash and $15
monthly will stop rent within six
weeks. It will get you 75x100
feet of ground, a convenient
barn and a snug cottage. Not
ail in six weeks, but in due time.
If you depend on paying rent
until ihe Exposition is over you
will come out a financial wreck.
Rents are high now, but will go
many points higher.
Portland Homebuilding Co.
151 Sixth, Near Morrison.
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