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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN,
i902.
TJBDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,
GOES ' VIA ROSEBURG
Route for Great Centra! East
. From Coos Bay.
CONSTRUCTION IS UNDER WAY
Contemplates Acquisition of Present
Sprcclsclx Railroad Booth-Ivclly-'s
His Lmiil Deal Closed Pro
gress Along the Line.
Major I. D. Kinney, clilef engineer of
the Great Central Railroad,' returned last
night from a trip to Coos Bay. He had
epent two weeks on Coos Bay and at Rose
burg. He announced that he had settled
the route of the railroad between Coos
Bay and the Southern Pacific that it
-would practically be the route of the Coos
Bay, Roseburg & Eastern, forming the
junction' at Roseburg. His plan Is to
build up to the present line of the Coos
Bay. Roseburg & Eastern at both ends,
then buy the Sureckels road If it- can be
had on reasonable terms; if not, to par
allel that road. This does away with all
possibility that the road will 'get -out by
way of jrain or Eugene. It is definitely
settled that It will go to Roseburg.
Major Kinney also brought the news
that the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
had taken up Its option for the land grant
of the Oregon Central Military Wagon
Road Company, a deal involving $2,000,00!).
The Booth-Keily Company did this on the
assurance of Major Kinney that the Great
Central Railroad would go, and that it
would afford adequate transportation fa
cilities for the timber on the grant.
Another important announcement was
that Nelson Bennett, the well-known con
tractor, who built several hundred miles
of the Northern Pacific, will undertake to
construct the Great Central Railroad, and
the contract for that part between Empire
City and Roseburg will be formally award
ed at the first meeting of the board of di
rectors to be held m a day or two. That
stretch of road- is to be ready for opera
tion within 15 months from the date of
the contract. The work will be done
through the Instrumentality of the Empire
Construction Company, In which Mr. Ben
nett will figure prominently.
Several subcontracts have already been
let, Henry Sengstackcn, of Marshfleld,
will get out the piling fqr four miles of
trestle. D. W. Small, of Walla Walla, is
already at work on a contract for grading
the remain.ng three miles between Empire
City and Marshfleld. He has a dozen teams
of his own at work, and the remainder Of
his force he will hire from among farmers
of that locailty. C. E. Cook has taken a
BUDcontract for grading from Myrtle Point
toward Roseburg, where some heavy cuts
are to be made. He has 75 horses in Eu
gene that will be started for the new work
today.
Ail who ?re interested In the Construc
tion Company agree not to go too heavily
into the risk of construction in an Oregon
"Winter. The plan is to get the work well
organized along the line and proceed care
fully with certain portions during the
"Winter, and to have everything ready for
crowding construction in the Spring.
"I told you some time ago that we would
begin active construction work on the
"railroad by September 1," said Major Kin
ney. "Well, It was September 3 when the
-work was actually begun. That was not
a bad miss, was It?"
Chief Engineer Kinney says the wharf
at Empire City is completed, and crews
of workmen arc busy on the "new townslte
of Bangor, and on the Belt Line Railway.
He reports a notable change In the senti
ment of Cocs Bay people toward the Great
Central enterprise, who are now warmly
supporting where they formerly were dis
trustful. The chief engineer expresses great regret
that all the mvrtle of Coos County has
been secured by San Francisco people, who
will take it to the Bay City for manu
facture. At Myrtle Point he found men
grubbing out myrtle stumps for shipment
to .San Francisco, and a Mr. Hall, who
represents the California people, told hint
?16 a ton was paid for that w.ood. Mr,
Kinncyhas offered $20,000 as an inducement
' to have the wood manufactured Into fur
niture on Ccos Bay, which offer has been
taken under consideration.
On his way out Major Kinney spent two
days in Roseburg. His announcement to
the Rosebu-g people was made In the fol
lowing Interview that appeared .In the
v Roseburg Review:
"Yes, sir! You may say to your readers that
the Great Central Railroad will be built, and
that Itoseburg "will positively be the point of
its intersection with me Southern Pacific line,"
eald Chief Engine . --vlnriey, to a Keview rep
resentative. "In this conclusion we have been influenced
by natural conditions only. There is no other
route feasible for us. A contract for the first
division has already been let, and the grading
betweta ilarshneld and Roseburg. via Myrtle
Point, will be pushed as . rapidly as men and
money can accomplish the work, and while the
rainy season may delay operations In this sec
tion, work will be pushed on other divisions
. where the conditions are more favorable. Con
utruction work on the four-mile trestle between
Empire City and Marshfleld is well under way,
and the grading force under Contractor Small
will be Increased as soon as the men and
teams can be secured."
"Has the route through the Cascade range
been determined upon?"
"It has; and while it Is no part of our pol-
Jcytp show our hand at this time. I can state
positively that a route" through"the range has
been decided .upon.
"- "We are asking nothing of the people of
'Touglas County except their good- will, and in
" . xeturn we promise them a rail outlet from tlde
svater at Coos Bay to Salt XAke City, as soon
as It Is possible to construct It."
"Do you care to state what railway In
. itercsts are associated in the enterprise?"
"Further than the fact that prominent East
: iern railroad men are interested, and tthat not
one share of stock is for sale, I cannot speak
of hat matter."
"Do your plans contemplate the use of the
Epreckels- road?"
"If the road can be purchased reasonably,
yes. If not, we shall set our stakes at Myrtle
Point and proceed lndeie'ndent of the old line."
.- "I Infer from your statement that the locat
ing engineers are on handready for business?"
"They are. A locatlngToree is now at work
on the west end. and the corps. now with me
"will commence operations from this -point.-This
force will bo augmented by an additional corps
from Portland. Seventy-flve head of horses
bave been purchased at Eugene, and the pre
liminary work will be commenced at once upon
their arrival at Roseburg."
"WILLAMETTE VALI.KT FIRST.
Forwnru Deserlptlv.e Matter to the
EnMt Reception of Konieserkt'rs.
"Willamette Valley towns are the first
to get descriptive matter forward to G.
M. McKinney, general Immigration agent
of the Harrlman lines. General Freight
and Passenger Agent Coman has already
forwarded a supply gotten out by the
Greater Salem Club, describing Marion
County's Inducements for new settlers. It
consists of 20,000 pamphlets of .22 pagest
about the size of a lo. 6 envelope, bound
in a cover carrying a three-colored orna
mental design, in which is-woven the le
gend: "Adam and Eve lost paradise; we
have found it" A revised edition with
more matter in It will soon be issued.
Ashland's pamplet Is complied and Is
now on the press, and other towns in
"Western Oregon have their pamphlets
well along toward completion. From no
part of the Harrlman lines haa the re
sponse been so prompt as In the Willam
ette "Valley, and this Is taken to mean
that this part of the state will get its full
share of the Immigration that is to be
brought to the-Northwest. But the other
Oregon tons are at work on their adver
tising matter-; and the whole Eastern field
will soon be sown with information about
this tjtate. All this matter Is freshly com
piled and sets forth the conditions In this
country as they are today.
Advertising Agent Hall, of the O. R. &
N., is of the opinion that a very import
ant part of the new immigration scheme
remains yet to be arranged, and It is a )
part that" the railroad companies cannot :
well do. It Is the proper reception of the
people who come out to examine this coun
try. If the railroad companies were to do
this, the homesecker would at once be
come wary, thinking the railroads were
interested In making money out of land
oales or In some other way outside the
railroad business. So this must be left
largely to local organizations and citizens :
in general. A friendly welcome and rea-
sonablc courtesy and interest will do as"
much to make a favorable impression on ;
the homesecker as fruitful soil and mild I
climate. Those seeking a new country will I
not choose one where the people are
grasping and inhospitable,; no matter what
Its natural beauties may be.
OREGOX SHORT LINE BOXDS.
Company' Surplnn Fljfnred
at
Xcarly $3,500,000.
Bolssevaln & Co., Wall-street brokers.
PROMINENT
have Issued a circular with respect to the
new Oregofi Short Line 4 per cent partici
pating bonds, which contains a good deal
of Information with respect to the posi
tion of the Short Line Company after
the issue of these bonds. The circular
gives the following statement of tne
company' position on the basis of last
year's earnings:
On the basis of earnings from operation for
year ending June 30, 1001, the Income of the
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company is as
follows:
Gross earnings $9,073,270
Operating expenses 4,382,520
Net earnings ..... $5,280,753
Taxes $ 278,478
Net receipts from operation $5,012;274
Add:
Int'st from bonds In treas
ury $ 42.735
4 rer cent dividend on O.
R. & N. pfd. stock 30.040
4 per cent dividend on v
North. Sec. com. stock.. 3,299,674 $3,381,449
Total $8,393,723
Deduct Interest 'charges:
Funded 'debt ?2.004,7C0
4 per cent purchase cer
tlHcates 2.440.000
4 ier cent and participat
ing .bonds 1,240.000 $0,584,700
Surplus : $1,808,903
Add: .
Equity In O. R. & N. Co. .surplus,
being 10 per oent on ?1C.2S1.400 com
mon slock owned by the Oregon
-Short Line R. R. Co $1,628,140
Balance $3,437,103
Equal to 124 per cent on the capital stock of
the Oregon Short Line R. R. Co., of which
over 09 per cent is owned by the Union Pa
cific R. R. Co.
As the net earnings of the Union Pacific
system show an Increase of 16 per cent
over last year for the fiscal year ended
June 30 last, the Oregon Short Line re
sults this year should be a good deal bet
ter. The circular points out, moreover,
that the constituent companies of the
Northern Securities Company this year
earned well over 6 per cent, thus Increas
ing the Short Line's equity In the prop
erty. WANT HIGHER WAGES.
Locomotive Engineers to Make De
mand on Southern Pacific.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 12. The Call
says that the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers will, on January 1 next, made a
formal demand for an Increase of wages.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, it is said. Is not affiliated in its
fight with the Western Association of
General Committees, composed of rail
road conductors and brakemen. The Pa
cific system of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers is at present In session
In this city. All their conferences are ex
ecutive. In 30 days' time the locomotive engineers
and the conductors and trainmen of the
Southern Pacific will send a delegation
V this city to meet Manager Alger, as
their two years' contracts with the com
pany will expire and will require renewal.
Construction Tools on the Ground.
DALLAS. Or.. Sept. 12. (Special.) Ne
gotiations that have been pending between
citizens of Dallas and Falls City and L.
Gerllnger, of Portland, for the construc
tion of a railroad from Dallas to the large
timber belt west of Falls City, have been
brought to successful; conclusion and work
will commence on the new read next week.
The committee appointed to solicit sub
scriptions to the subsidy has met with
great success, closing up their work to
day. A carload of plows, scrapers and
other grading Implements arrived here
this week, and several carloads will ar
rive In the next few days. Two large
tents will be used by the grading crew
for sleeping and eating quarters. The
contract .requires the - road to be com
pleted by Juno 6, 1903.
England to Have Large Coal Trust.'
LONDON, Sept. 12. The Evening News,
of this cltysays a syndicate, with a cap
ital of $50,000,000, is being organized by
the coal combine, which proposes to pur
chase the Fife and Clyde Companies'
mines.
CARD OF THANKS.
I desire to express the heartfelt grati
tude of myself and the family of my de
ceased wife to -our many friends, who so
generously extended their sympathy in
our recent bereavement. Their many
tokens of estepm and kindly services were
most overwhelming. R. H, BOND.
WANT BRIDGE RENEWED
EAST SIDE CITIZENS WILL WORK
FOR NEW STRUCTURE.
BUI Will Be Introduced in Legisla
ture Authorizing- City to Issue
$200,000 Worth of Bonds.
East Side citizens are working to have
the Morrison-street bridge renewed. Many
good people on that side of the river pro
fess to be "leery" of the structure. Al
though the venerable bridge has not be
trayed symptoms of being dangerous, a
reporter butted Into several people yester
day who said they were afraid to go
across it in a crowded car, unless pro
tected by life insurance.
There Is no cause for alarm about the
safety of the bridge, at least none has
revealed itself; but the structure was
not meant to bear the heavy burdens to
which it is subjected, especially at Its
present ndvanced age.
The next Legislature will be asked to
authorize construction of a new bridge.
EDUCATORS WHO SPOKE AT
W. D. Fenton, president of the East Side
Improvement Association, will present a
bill to the Multnomah delegation, to per
mit the city to Issue sufficient bonds. The
cost of the reconstruction would be about
the bill. He is averse to saying much
about It until plans have assumed more
definite shape. A number of prdmlnent
East Side citizens have thoroughly dis
cussed the project and are determined to
push It along for all there is in it.
"Reconstruction has to come," said Mr.
Fenton last night, "and the sooner it
comes the better."
The plan is to build a double-decked
bridge similar to that of the O. R. & N.
The structure would have the full width
of Morrison street, or nearly that width.
It would be at least as wide as the Burn-side-street
bridge, which has 50 feet width.
The roadway of the Burnslde bridge is 36
feet wide.
Although the lower deck would have to
be beyond the reach of high water, the
approaches to the upper deck would be on
an easy grade. East Morrison street would
be filled In up to the harbor line, where It
would meet the bridge, and end in an
abutment. The elevated wooden road
ways would be done away with, East
Morrison street would be a safe, well
paved thoroughfare, and in connection
with the new bridge would be an avenue
of which the city would be proud, instead
of ashamed, as at present.
The promoters of the new project ex
pected that the location of the 1906 fair at
Hawthorne Park would help out their
scheme. After the site at Guild's Lake
was chosen, they had some misgivings
about success, but they have now finally
decided to go ahead anyway.
Morrison-street bridge is the main ar
tery of travel across the Willamette
River. It was not built to sustain the
heavy traffic it has to bear. A civil Engi
neer said yesterday that the ordinary life
of a wooden bridge Is 11 or 12 years, but
the age of the Morrison-street bridge is
more than that, for the structure was
built in 1887.
EAST SIDE CITIZENS KICK.
They Want & Xctt Itoadvray on Mor
rison Street, but How to Get it?
East Side citizens don't like the way
they are treated, a little bit, and are get
ting hot under the collar. "Wouldn't that
Jar you," said one yesterday, as he poked
his thumb toward the East Morrison
street roadway. "What are we going to
do about it? Well, I guess we'll Just have
to raise a roar and a racket and go on the
warpath."
The roadway on East Morrison street is
going from bad to worse, and even be
yond the superlative degree of the adject
ive. It needs to be renewed from the
deck to the ground. But what the East
Side wants In place of renewal of the
roadway- ffc- the filling lit of the street.
City Engineer Elliot estimated yesterday
that to fill the street up to the grade re-
quired would cost approximately $25,000.
I But how to get the money that's the
1 rub.
! The owners of property along the street
will not stand for the cost and would
warm things up against any attempt to
make them do so. "Why should we be
j made to pay for a Toadway which is more
of a benefit to tno public tnan to us?"
they say. "Why should we have to build
a roadway for the entire city? It is" no
more than Just that the city should put
up the money."
Under the new charter, to be approved
by the Legislature, districts will have to
bear the expense of improvements llko
that needed on East Morrison street. This
will free the owners of property abutting
on the street from the excessive burden
which the present charter would Impose.
But the serious problem Is how to get
the roadway to last until the new char
ter gets Into action. It is now patched
and propped up to the limit. The deck is
getting so thin that it breaks through
every day, and the supporting timbers
groan and quiver as If each load would be
their last. When a new hole appears,
down goes a slabwood patch on It. The
street now looks like tne physiognomy of
a football player dressed up with court
plaster. "It's a disgrace to the town," exploded
a citizen yesterday, whose nerves are
shattered every day by driving a light
buggy over the patches. "The Idea that
such a street should be allowed to exist
In the busiest part of a big city like this
say, you're not going to print this, are
you?"
His apprehensions wero allayed, and
VVAtu F
then he expressed himself In expletives
that don't sound any better In the spoken
word than they look fn print.
The elevated roadways have engendered
a serious question on the water front of
the East Side, also, In the matter of fire
insurance. A firm which deals in ma
chinery and vehicles and carries a large
stock of goods that have to be protected
Is having a hard time in getting It cov
ered. That district Is one jn which com
pjmles have been reducing their limits
severely. The cause Is duo largely to the
presence of .the inflammable wooden road-,
ways. If the roadways were replaced with
earthen fills, the difficulty would be lifted.
Besides, the approaches to the hazarded
buildings arc precarious In any event.
"The time is coming when all those
wooden roadways will have to be re
placed," remarked an Insurance agent
yesterday. "The sooner It Is done the
better. Next to a flreboat, these fills are
needed more than anything In -Portland."
FIGHT FIRE IN IRVINGTON
By Hard Work the Flames Have
Been Kept Out of Suburb.
The people of Irvlngton have been fight
ing fire since 2 o'clock yesterday morning.
By hard work they have managed to con
fine the flames to the district east of the
CLOSING SESSION OF TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
Slough road. Early yesterday morning
chemical No. 3 wa3 called out, and gave
help as long as the chemicals held out. It
was then returned to its station and
brought out again later In the morning.
It did efficient work till about 3 in the
afternoon, when the wind died down and
the fire seemed under control. At present
the fire Is raging In the timber back of
Gravel Hill and along the Slough road. It
Is feared that a rising wind may fan the
flames Into such fury that the brush this
side of the road will take fire. In pro
vision for this contingency the district
engineer warned all residents of Irvlngton
yesterday to be ready to flee. Many of
the people have started to move out, and
unless the fire speedily dies down more
will do the same. So far no houses have
been burned.
FIRE GOBS 10 MILES IX FIVE HOURS
Velocity of the Flame in Eastern
Clackamas County.
The velocity of the fire In Eastern
Clackamas County varies with the tim
ber conditions, but yesterday It made a
progress of about 10 miles In five hours.
The timber, brujh and grass are perfect
ly dry. and the atmospheric cortdltlons
favor quick Ignition. Large burning splin
ters of wood are carried high In the air
and drop down again a quarter, half, or
even a mile away, still burning. They
set fire to the grass, the old dead snag?
catch quickly, and soon a new area is a
sea of fire. Old snags 30 feet tall catch
at the base, and In an Instant they are
ablaze the whole length. Such dead tree
trunks and fallen logs burn for hours
and give out an Intense heat. When the
trunks are burned down the fire follows
J the roots underground, and though the
fire shows but little, the heat and smoke
continue.
The way the fire travels Is sometimes
most peculiar. In one field near Spring
water the fences were burned, wooded
pastures surrounding were a roaring fur
nace, but in the center of the field a
grain stack stood uninjured.
Sometimes the fire leaps over a farm,
leaving it unscorched, while again it will
creep from one farm to another with
nothing but the fence row to feed upon.
Difficulty in Fighting: Fire.
The great difficulty In fighting the fire
Is that no one knows where It may break
out next. A farmer dare not leave his
home to help his neighbor, for at any
time a flying spark may fall upon his
own rpof and start a blaze. Many fam
ilies who were going about their work
with a feeling of security, because the
fire was nowhere near them, suddenly
found their own fields afire, and the
flames slowly but steadily creeping upon
their, homes.
Some able-bodied men were so terrified
by the impending danger that they at
once gave up in, despair and fled while
there was yet a chance- of saving their
homes. Others fought the flames while
there was no possibility of success. Carl
Howell, a man of 70 years, residing
In the Sprlngwatcr nelghbornood, saved
his house, barn and frultdrler by pump
ing water nlj night to pour upon the
buildings. By thl9 means he prevented
the falling sparks from settling lire to
the roofs. Some Ignored the fact that
the fire was surrounding them and shut
ting off the means of escape, but re
mained In their homes because the lire
had not yet approached them. When at
last driven out they were compelled, to
make a run for their lives through the
gauntlet of fire.
FIRE IX SOUTH PORTLAND.
Blazing: Brush-Piles Attack Bridge
and Threaten Residences.
The residences of South Portland were I
threatened by fire for a time yesterday I
when the old bridge on the Fulton Street
Hallway on Mabel avenue was caught
from"" the brush fires that had crept into
the city. Engine No. 5 was called out
and worked from 2 o'clock until 8 before
it was considered safe to leave the scene.
Slavln road bridge, which Is very close
to where the fire was hottest, was saved
by the efforts of the ilremen. When the
engine returned to the barn the fire was
working toward the west In the direction
of the hill. Should It continue to burn
in this direction there will be no further
danger to the houses t of South Portland,
but If the wind should change the de
partment expects to be called out at
any time tonight to protect-the property.
TEACHERS END SESSIONS
ANNUAL MULTNOMAH COUNTY INSTI
TUTE COMES TO A CLOSE.
At Reception and Banquet Educators
Decide lo Bring National Con
vention Here ia 1005.
The closing day of the Multnomah Coun-
ty Teachers' Annual Institute was as gen
j erously filled with Inspiration and IntCr
t est to the assembled Instructors as was
the opening session. The section work
was full of suggestions, and the addresses
in. the general meeting were unusually
worthy of the careful attention they re
ceived. It has been felt through the three
days that this institute has overshadowed
j the previous ones In -all-round inspiring
suggestions, and that many new lines of
thought have been opened up to the teach
ers, and they feel, one and all, that they
will resume their work filled with a. new
spirit, and resolved to test some of the
hints of the trade which they have heard
illustrated.
Section work, as usual, "occupied the
morning session.
J. L. Heaton spoke on "The Dally Pro
gramme" before the county section, while
W. C. Hawley and Superintendent Frank
Rlgler made addresses upon "The Im
peachment Trial of President Johnson"
and "Primary Numbers."
The primary teachers concluded heir
number work and listened to T. L. Hea
t&n on "Geography Through Nature
Study," and Frank B. Cooper, City Su
perintendent of Schools, Seattle,' on "Lan
guage Work." Superintendent Cooper also
appeared before the intermediate section
on the same subject, while Frank Rlgler
gave some practical Illustrations In arith
metic, and T. L. Heaton discoursed upon
reading.
"The Power of the United States Sen
ate" was the subject of W. C. Hawley be
fore the advanced section. Frank B.
Cooper conducted the language lesson, and
W. G. Hartrauft spoke upon "The Reci
tation." In the afternoon State Superintendent
J. H. Ackerman was present and opened
the concluding session with a few con
gratulatory remarks to the teachers.
Frank Rlgler. then spoke upon the
course of study In the elementary school
and what It should do for the child. "The
Intellectual function of the school is to
produce skill In the art of reading and
ability to compute," said he. "The school
should bring the child In touch with out
side influences that, will later govern his
life, and should develop the moral, and
spiritual side of his nature." It was a
clear and forcible talk and thoroughly ap
preciated by the listeners.
T. L. Heaton supplemented his talk upon
"Art In Education" by showing a number
of handsome etchings. He urged the im
portance of educating the artistic sense
of the child, and that it should be taught
to see the beautiful in nature. Of all the
cities orr the Pacific Coast, Portland in
his opinion stood easily the highest In the
appreciation of art, but expressed his
surprise that'there wejre not more and far
better pictures in the schools. "Every
school building should be an art gallery
for that part of the state," said he.
Frank B. Cooper, of Seattle, followed
with an able essay upon "Questions of
Quality' '
"The 'universal desire of the human
heart Is that the product of effort shall
have something to commend it. The dif
ference in product depends upon prepara
tion, personality and energy, but most of
all upon the attitude assumed toward
work. Permit the Joyless element to en
ter in, and the work becomes that of a
drudge."
Professor E. D. Ressler, of the Mon
mouth Normal School, was Introduced
and spoke a few words of greeting and
congratulation to the teachers for their
successful assembly.
The Institute was brought to a pleasant
close by the singing of a soljL.by "Miss
N. M. Greer, of this city.
County Superintendent R. F. Robinson
expressed himself as very well pleased
with the success of the Institute. "The
Institute has been more of a success this
year," said he, "than ever before. We
have been trying to install the sectional
plan for some time, but this Is the first
year we have seen our way clear to do
so. I heartily appreciate the co-operation
which the teachers have extended toward
the meeting, and I think it speaks elo
quently for the successful accomplishment
of the work of the coming year."
TEACHERS AT BANQUET.
Reception nt Commercial Club Last
Evening.
A number of members of the scholastic
profession In Multnomah County gave a
reception and banquet to the visiting edu
cators at the Commercial Club last even
ing. Principal J. T. Gregg, of the Cen
tral School, Acted as toastmaster. Pro
fessor T. L. Heaton, of the University of
California, responded to the toast, "Edu
cation on the Pacific Coast." Having ex
pressed his appreciation of the cordiality
tendered him, he said: "Here on the Pa
cific Coast we may build ur our educa
tional Institutions without the hindrances
of Eastern traditions, and here at no dis
tant day will be the source of the great
est educational Institutions In the Na
tion." J. H. Ackerman, Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, spoke upon the education
al conditions of Oregon, and expressed a
hope that a more fraternal bond might
unite the educational interests of Oregon,
Washington and California.
ounty Superintendent R. F, Robinson,
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OPEN EVERY DAY
Programme by Days
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
MARDI GRAS-8 P. M.-Grand Mask Kamival. Every
body invited to mask and participate in the closing revels.
10 P. M. Loop the Loop.
MIDWAY
PROGRAMME
Gates open at 2:30 and 7:30 P. M. every day.
Performances begin simultaneously in all the -shows at 2:30
arid 8:30 P. M., and will be given every half hour.
The Bis Show
2:30 and 8:30 High Dive by Charles Bigney.
2:45 and 8:45 Sigumento Troupe of Japanese.
3:15 and 9:15 Austin Sisters' Aerial Return Act.
3:30 and 9:30 Mile. Aimee, the Human Fly.
3:45 and 9:45 7 Grunatho Sisters German Acrobats.
4:00 and 10:00 The Marions on the Grotesque Ladder.
4:15 and 10:15 The Cycle Dazzle.
Mile. Lisette, H. W. Cooper, Norman Sheffer.
4:30 and 10:30 Austin Sisters on.the Revolving Trapeze.
4:45 and 10:45 Sheik Hadji el Tahar's Troupe of Mameluke
Arabs.
5:00 and 11:00 Kartool and His Trained Leopards.
The German Village
Continuous Vaudeville Performance by Famous Artists of both
Europe and America.
Admission to Midway
50c; Children, 25c. This price admits to all shows
and all performances In the Midway.
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