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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1902.
TORE DOWN A SIGN
So an Angry Citizen Has to
Pay $5 Fine.
REMOVED A BRIDGE BARRICADE
J. M. Conlter Wanted Easy Access to
His East Side Premises, and
Took Radical Measures
" to Get It.
A test case as to the right of a property-owner
to demolish a barricade
erected by order of the City Engineer
across the sidewalk of an East Side bridge
which has been. declared unfit for travel,
came up in the Municipal Court, yester
day, -when J. M. Coulter, fruit drier and
ladder manufacturer, 309 East Washington
street, was fined $5 charged with "unlaw
fully removing and destroying a danger
notice and barricade 'erected by the City
Engineer around a certain defective and
dangerous roadway and sidewalk situated
at East Washington and First streets,
said defendant not having- the written
permission of the City Engineer to re
move the same."
The warrant was Issued on. the com
plaint of George T. Bodman, 6f the.City
Englneer's office. "Saturday afternoon I
-was at work ?00 feet from Coulter's house,
when i heard the crash of-jrood at the
northwest corner of East "VSg&ington and
First streets, and when fme to the
barricade I had helped to erect, I ,saw
Coulter standing there with a nammeror
ax In his right hand," testified. Thomas
legge, of the City Engineer's office. "He
had knocked off seven feet of boarding on.
the sidewalk, and when I asked him if he
had demolished it, he said: 'Yes. And I
will take it down again. He said he
-wanted to walk through It from the rail
road, track to get to his house. Coulter
broke three boards and one post. The
place Is unsafe for travel, and a danger
notice is posted to that effect."
"The bridge at East Washington and
First streets is in a dangerous condition.
It is supported by decayed and rotting
limbers," declared George T. Bodman. "Jt
is one. of the oldest bridges in East Port
land, and It Is about ready to collapse,
under its own weight. Two different
danger notices have recently been re
moved from East First street, and one
from East Water street It is almost a
daily occurrence for people to break down
the barricades there."
"You people have placed a barricade
at the northwest corner of East Washing-,
ton and First streets, and have extended
the barricade beyond the property line on
First street?" asked Lawyer S. W. Markst
who represented Coulter.
"Yes", sir." replied the witness.
"Then how on earth .are people- to get
to their houses along East Washington
street from the railroad track, if a bar
ricade blocks the way?"
"They will have to jump over the bar
ricade." Here Municipal Judge Hogue took a
band and asked: "But how about women?
Do you expect them to jump over the
barricade?"
"I have seen women climb over barri
cades, but not over this one," cautiously
responded the witness.
"When the Tmrrldade was first erected,"
testified Mr. Coulter, who is an elderly
man, and wears spectacles, "I lodged a
complaint at the Police Station and also
at the City Engineer's office, and they
said they would see about it. Nobody
came from the City Engineer's office, Sat
urday, and I knocked a bit off the bar
ricade. I -wanted access to the door of
premises I have leased at the corner of
the street. This door Is on First street.
After I had torn down the barricade, a
young man In one of the offices at the
City Hall told me that he did not blame
me under the circumstances, for what I
have done."
"Indeed," remarked Deputy City At
torney Fitzgerald, "Do you know 'that
young man's name who gave this
opinion?" '
"Xo, sir."
The Judge observed that the defendant
-was technically guilty, as he had no
right under city ordinance Xo. 129G9, ap
proved last September, to remove any
barricade, of the kind referred to, without
the written consent of the City Engineer.
The fine would be $5 with the understand
ing that if the act complained of is re
peated, the punishment will be increased.
"I'll appeal the case." angrily said
Coulter.
"If the fine is only $5 you can't appeal,"
replied the Judge, "but I can make the
fine $atf if you like." Friends came to
Coulter's rescue, however, and got him
pacified, and the fine stood at $5. AOre
gonlan reporter visited East Washington
and First streets last night, and found the
roadway and sidewalk In a dangerous con
dition for travel. The roadway is slowly
sinking to one side, and may collapse
any moment. Lawyer Marks said: "I
represent property interests on the north
side of East Washington street, west
from First, and we shall try to have "the
sidewalk straightened, to make travel
safe. After this is done, we shall make
application to the City Engineer to re
move the barricade, and If he refuses to
do so, we will sue the city for damages.
My clients must get to their homes with
out being obliged to jump over a barricade."
RE-UNITED AFTER 41 YEARS
Former Portland Womnu Finds Her
LiOiiKT-Lost Jinsliand.
A woman who lived In Portland some 13
years ago as the wife" of Andrew J. Splcer,
a car repairer of the old iMultnomah
Street Railway, has been reunited to her
first husband after the long period of 41
years.
Porter Earle and Orllla S. Cressy were
married in Orangevllle, Mich., In 1SG1.
At the outbreak of. the Civil War, the
young husband, prompted by the pre
vailing patriotic spirit, enlisted and start
ed for the front. He served at first as
private in a volunteer regiment, but at
the end of his term re-enlisted in the reg
ular Army, and soon received a commis
sion as First Lieutenant. His young wife
received letters from him regularly until
his regiment was ordered to Texas, near
the close of the war. She received no
further letters from him, and a few
months after heard that he was dead.
Believing herself a widow, the young
woman came to Portland soon after the
close of the war. After a number of
years, during which she heard nothing
further of her husband, she married An
drew J. Spicer, who was then working as
a carpenter. Mr. Spicer had a black
smith shop for some time on "Washington
street between Fourteenth and Lowns
dale streets, and finally entered the.serv
ice of the Multnomah Street Railway
Company, which was afterward merged
into the Portland Hallway Compapy.
Several of the men of the latter com
pany remember Mr. Spicer, and say that
he moved to Southern, Oregon before his
death, some 12 years ago. The last ad
dress of the Spicer family was 315 E
street, according to the old numbering.
This would now be 515 Everett street. No
one in that neighborhood appears to re
member the Splcers.
After his death, his widow removed to
Flint, Mich., accompanied by her son, an
offspring of the second marriage.
Several weeks ago she learned through
a sister living in Decatur, Mich., that her
former husband, Lieutenant Earle, was
living at the Soldiers' Home in- Grand
Rapids, and she immediately communi
cated with him. The old soldier, who
aras employed as engineer at the Home,
was naturally overjoyed to hear from his
wife, for the, first time in 37 years, and
eag'erly accepted an invitation to meet
her at the home of her sister in De
catur. Their mutual joy after the long
separation may be Imagined. After the
romantic lajjse of 41 years Lieutenant
Earle will permanently take up his home
in Flint with his long-lost wife.
FAIR BOOMS IN THE EAST
PLAX TO STRENGTHEN THE WIL
LAMETTE HEIGHTS STRUCTURE.
H. C. Bowers Sny 1005 Exposition
Attracts Attention.
Manager H. C. Bowers, of the Hotel
Portland, accompanied by Mrs. Bowers,
arrived home yesterday from a four
weeks trip to the East. Mr. Bowers says
that the Lewis and Clark Fair has al
ready attracted attention there.
"Why, even at this early date," said Mr.
Bowers, "1 have heard several people ex
press their intention to visit Portland In
1905. There seems to be a very general
Interest In the "country. Travelers regis
tering at the New York hotels, from Ore
gon and Washington, are besieged by re
porters and others who desire interviews
and information on the West.
"In New York I met many Portland and
other Western people. Mr. I. N. Flelsch
ncr was in the city at the same time, and
he so impressed the American (Hearst's
paper) with the Importance of the Lewis
and Clark Fair that they agreed to pub
lish a column and a half article on, the
subject as soon as It could be prepared by
Mr. J. J. Montague. Mr. Montague is a
Portland man, formerly connected with
The Oregonlan. He is now with the
'American. Mr. B. S. Pagne. who used to
have charge of the Weather Bureau here,
is another Western man whom I met in
Washington.
"Mrs; Bowers, who accompanied me on
the trip, has been much benefited by her
journey, but, like myself. Is glad to get
back to Portland. It does me good, for
one thing, to ge.t a drink of good, clear
Bull Run water. In the Chicago, hotels
when you order water, they send you up
a sealed bottle of spring water, as the city
water Is full of pollywogs and other bugs.
In New Yor,k many of the drug stores are
selling distilled water, and the sign, 'We
Use Nothing But Boiled' Water, is often
seen."
PRINTER IS MISSING.
Friends of Ed-ward Herrlek
Fears of Fonl Play.
Have
Edward Herrick, a well-known poster
printer, was reported missing yesterday
by P. J. Inglesby, his former roommate.
According to Inglesby's statement Her
rick left his room about 11 o'clock last
Friday night, and from that time no trace
of him has been found. Before leaving
Mr. Inglesby Herrick made arrangements
to visit Coos Bay and he had packed his
satchel with the intention to depart last
Saturday morning. When he left his
room, he did not take his satchel with
him, and as he had some money on his
person Mr. Inglesby fears that he met
with foul play.
Herrick was well known In printing
circles about 14 or 15 years ago when the
job printers went on a strike. After the
strike had been declared he and a number
of other printers went to Chicago, and he
returned to the West only two years ago.
He is about 40 years old, of medium
height, smooth shaven and of dark com
plexion. What leads Mr. Inglesby to be
lieve that foul play is possible is that
Herrick expected and probably received a
sum of money from the East last Sat
urday morning, and as he had been drink
ing heavily he might have fallen Into the
hands pf men who desired his money
rather than his company. Mr. Inglesby
has made a diligent search for him, but
he has not obtained the least clew to
his whereabouts. It is possible, he says,
that Herrick received his remittance and
went to Seattle where he has relatives,
but inquiries in the Puget Sound city fall
to show that he was among the recent
arrivals.
g TO TEAR DOWN TRINITY.
Steam Engine and Powerful Cable
Will Demolish Old Church.
The Trinity Episcopal Church, at the
corner of Sixth and Oak streets, will be
ruthlessly torn down this morning by the
desecrating grip of a wire cable, backed
by a powerful steam engine. The blocks
and cables were adjusted yesterday after
noon, and the 150-foot steeple, so long a
landmark In that part of town, will doubt
less come down with a crash. Precau
tions have been taken that the steeple
shall not fall upon either of the Intersect
ing streets, and if the plans of the con
tractor, C. J. Cook, are carried out, the
pointed spire will fall directly upon the
body of the church. One block was placed
at the point of the gable nearest the parish-house,
and all the power will be ex
erted in that direction. Other blocks have
been securely anchored in different parts
of the steeple, and the top section will
come down early this morning.
Though many smaller buildings, such as
those at the southeast corner of Sixth
and Stark, and the old Gllman residence
at Third and Salmon, have been razed in
this way, the destruction of Trinity
Churchis by far the most Important piece
of work ever attempted here by the steam
engine method.
BUYS THREE-STORY BRICK
Clossct fc Devors Pay $10,000 for 30x
100 Feet.
Closset & Devers yesterday bought for
$10,000 a piece of property 30x100 feet, on
which is located a three-story brick build
ing, on Front street, between Ankeny
and Burnside. The building is already oc
cupied by the coifee and spice mills of
the purchasers. Several months ago Clos
set & Devers paid $18,000 for the property
on the northwest corner of Front and An
keny streets. This property faces 70 feet
on Front and 100 feet on Ankeny, and in
cludes a three-story building. Clcsset &
Devers have therefore bought a quarter
block of land, upon which stands a sub
stantial brick building, for $28,000, a price
which is regarded as very cheap. The
rest of the block is part of the S. G.
Reed estate. About 10 years ago a man
named Ncah Kellogg, bought the prop
erty for which $10,000 was paid yesterday
for $25,000. Mr. Kellogg gave a mortgage
on the property to the United States In
vestment Corporation for $12,000. The
mortgage was foreclosed In 15.
Teacliers Invited to Orient.
The teachers of Multnomah .and Clack
amas Counties have been invited to at
tend a meeting to be held at Orient, Sat
urday, November 15, from 10:30 to 6
o'clock. The Orient School, better known
as that of Pleasant Home. Is five miles
southeast of Gresham, and an excellent
bicycle path passes the schoolhouse. Su
perintendents R. F. Robinson and i. C.
Zlneer have arranged the following pro
gramme: "Ends In Teaching." Principal N. W.
Bowland, of Montavilla School.
"A Trinity of Principles," Principal A.
F. Hlrschner, of Gresham School.
"A Trinity of Processes," Principal H.
L. McCann, of Park Place School.
"The Teachers' Part," Miss Rebecca T.
Smith, principal Eastham School, Oregon
City.
"The Directors' Part," Principal V. A.
Davis, Harmony School.
"The Parents' Part,"' C. M. Lake, Clerk
Joint District, -No. 6.
Boy Cured of Colic After Physician's
Treatment Had Failed.
My boy, when 4 years old, was taken
with colic and cramps In his stomach. I
sent for the doctor and he Injected mor
phine, but the child kept getting worse.
I "then gave him half a teaspoonful of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy, and in half an Tiour he
was sleeping and soon recovered. F. L.
Wllklns. Shell Lake. Wis. Mr. Wllklna
Is bookkeeper for the Shell Lake Lumber
Co. Fur sale by all drucslsts.
REPAIR BRIDGE BY CABLES
Timbers Will Be Examined, and, If
Practicable, Scheme Will Be
Carried Oat.
Plans are being laid for the strengthen
ing of the Willamette Heights bridge by
means of powerful wire cables. The
bridge was closed to street-car traffic a
week ago today, and the threat of the
City Engineer that all pedestrianind ve
hicle traffic must soon be prohibited has
brought home to'the property-owners and
residents of the affected neighborhood the
fact that something must be speedily
done to preserve their line of communica
tion with the outside world.
Though . the plan is still in the air, it
will in ail probability be adopted after
the detailed inspection of the structure
soon to be made by City Engineer W. C.
Elliott.
The greatest apparent obstacle to the
plan Is the question of who shall bear the
cost. The city would have repaired the
structure before Its condition enforced a
partial closing, had there been any funds
in the treasury with which to prosecute
the work, but as the money-bag of official
Portland Is very light these days, the
property-owners and the Portland Rail
way Company will probably divide the
expense. No definite plans have as yet
been made as to how the cables shall be
pla.ced, and only the Inspection of the City
Engineer will reveal the entire practica
bility of the project.
It is expected that the structure will be
safe for all traffic that has heretofore
passed over it for at least one. year after
it Is strengthened by the proposed cables.
These must naturally be exceedingly pow
erful, as the structure will then be prac
tically a suspension bridge. This plan has
never beeh tried In Portland, but has met
with marked success in Spokane and
other cities.
The cable repairs will be temporary at
best, for positive need has been shown for
either a steel bridge or a fill of earth at
Thurman street
"I proposed this plan as a temporary
measure," said Oskar Huber, of Huber &
Maxwell, yesterday. "If the bridge was
supported In this way it would probably
last a year or "more. No definite steps
have been taken yet. I do not believe an
other wooden bridge will fiver be put up
across that gulch, for nothing but an iron
bridge or a fill will ever meet all the re
quirements. A fill would, I am sure, be
the best thing in the long run, for, unlike
a bridge, it can never wear out,, rust out
or fall down. Again, the hills near by
furnish any quantity of filling material.
The Thurman-street bridge could therefore
be filled at a much lower figure than an
iron or steel bridge would cost, especially
if the structure was in such a condition
that It could be filled from the top instead
of the sides, which is a much slower proc
ess. That is the way railroad bridges ,are
filled so rapidly. The cost of a fill would,
I believe, not exceed $24,000, which is far
less than the cost of an iron bridge.
"The cables must be thick and power
ful, for the structure would then be
virtually a suspenaion bridge, and a great
strain would be thrown upon them."
"We have made no estimate of the cost,
and will not kuow whether or not it is
possible to repair the bridge in this way
until fb.e inspection of the City Engineer,"
said F. I. Fuller, manager of the Port
land Railway Company, last evening. "In
fact, the plan is not very definite as yet,"
he added.
City Engineer W. C. Elliott saye that he
will begin the examination of the bridge
this week. Every timber will be examined,
and he will ascertain whether it is possible
to repair the bridge by the cable plan or
by any other means.
FIREMAN BACK FROM NOME
Perry Jackson Tells How Fire Is
Fought In the XorOi.
Big, stalwart Perry Jackson, formerly a
fireman attached to truck No. 1, ,at fire
headquarters in this city, returned yester
day from a six months' trip to Nome,
Dawson City and other points in the far
North, and was Interviewed last night by
an Oregonian man, as follows: ,
"I won't talk about mining, trade pros
pects, etc., as these matters are pretty
well understood along the Pacific Coast."
said Jackson. "I'd prefer to talk about
the Nome Fire Department, where I was
a member. It is a call department that
Is, only the .engineer, the foreman and the
driver of the combination chemical-hose
wagon are fully paid. The other nine fire
men work at other trades, and when the
whistle blows, as a signal that a fire has
started, these men get to work to extin
guish the blaze. They are partly paid,
just the same as the call men in the
Portland Fire Department. The Chief of
the Nome Fire Department Is Captain
Baldwin, and he Is a big, hearty man.
He was a Captain of volunteers during
the Spanish War, and I think he comes
from California. He is partly paid. Nome
has one fire engine which never, leaves
the fire station, and the hose is taken to
a fire on the hose'wagon, the hose being
paid out as the wagon is being hauled
along. The hose wagon carries a main,
as there are no water mains in Nome.
The engineer at the fire station pumps
water 'through a pipe from the sea. The
necessary connections are rapidly made,
and the fire foreman drops a three-way
Siamese reducer, the hand cart coming
up behind taking as many streams of
water as are required, but not exceeding
three. The wagon Is also equipped with
a chemical tank."
"Do you have the same firemen all the
year?"
"No. In Winter we have the regular
call men, but in Summer they go out
prospecting, and when a fire breaks out
In Nome the alarm Is responded to by the
floating population. Of course all wood
is imported, and we burn coke up there.
The fire .station is made of Oregon tim
ber, with corrugated iron cpverlng. There
are no trees there, and no brush."
"What dress do the firemen wear in
Winter?"
"They protect themselves from the In
tense cold by wearing parkies fur gar
ments covering the head and body to the
knee. The legs are protected by muck
lucks in place of boots, and the feet, en
cased in German socks, rest on a straw
bottom, wrapped around by pieces of
blanket. These articles are made by the
Eskimo. There were no serious fires at
Nome when I was,, there. Three members
of the Fire Department recently resigned
to return to the States Chief Engineer
Stetson, who was formerly connected with
the Minneapolis Fire Department, and
the president of the Fire Department, and
the foreman of the engine company. The.
other boys presented them with gold fob
chains and nuggets, as a mark of esteem.
October 16 a fireman was drowned by the
capsizing of a boat, and he was buried
by the Fire Department, the hose wagon
being used as a hearse. I also went to
Dawson City, and they have a call fire
department there, with a chemical, fire
engine and hose wagon. I left Nome Oc
tober 29, on board the Oregon, and landed
at Seattle. -I look for a big rush in the
copper- country near Cape Nome, next
Spring."
Meier Frank Company Meier d
Frank Company
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A
complete set of Table Tennis free with every six packages of Malt Breakfast Food In the Basement Food
great offering of 500 dozen ladies' all-linen hemstitched Handkerchiefs Good size Remarkable value 5
Store.
5c each.
dren's Scarfs and Sets-
Have you made the acquaint
ance of our second-floor ,Fur
Store? Missing something if you
haven't. . We are doing the fur
business in no half-hearted fash
ion Aiming to give you the larg
est selection and admittedly the
best fur-value the town has ever
known!
Thfe fur business, is a peculiar
one; descriptions and price quo
tations don't amount to much.
For instance, here are Sable Fox
Scarfs, all approximately the
same length, ranging -in price
from $9.00 to $30.00. It's a ques
tion of quality and for that you
must depend pretty largely on
the integrity of the dealer.
But enough moralizing. Here's
a magnificent assortment of neck
pieces novelties that should
have your attention. Second
floor:
American Fox Scarfs, Isabella
Fox Scarfs, Wolf Scarfs, Squir
rel Novelties, Stone Marten
Opossum, Sable Opossum, chil
Everything very reasonably priced.
onte Carlo Coats
The Monte Carlo is winning dis
tinction as a favorite that seems not
to diminish as the days roll by. Cloth
or silk as fancy may prefer. Some of
the more elaborate ones have trimming
of coarse braid running over the
shoulders and down the front others
are perfectly plain in very richeffects
Best shapes. Yesterday s express
brought us, about 100 new Monte Carlo
Coats in just the materials and styles
many store friends have been wait
ing for.
Special attractions in the garment
store this week consist of extraordi
nary values in high-class Costumes
and Wraps, $28.00 and $30.00 Suits for
$23.85. Bargains in Jackets, Dress
Skirts, Waists, Petticoats and chil
dren's Coats. Bargains in Fucs,
Boas and Seal Garments.
Governed by the soundest princi
ples of meritorious merchandise at the
fairest possible priees we have build
ed a garment business here that is
nothing if not phenomenal. The gar
ments are here to be shown and salepeople are here to show them.
(SECOND FLOOR.)
The Thanksgiving Linen Sale continues with more and better offerings than can be found elsewhere.
Free lessons in Art Embroidery Work by an expert Class daily Morning and afternoon Second floor.
50 dozen children's all-linen fringed Baby Feeders Large size An exceptional bargain'at 3c each.
Thanksgiving sale of Silverware Hundreds of useful and ornamental pieces greatly reduced
49c a yard for a special lot of $1.50 Dress Fabrics Best colorings Desirable patterns Bargains.
A mammoth showing of new holiday Aprons in short and long styles Prettily trimmed 50c and 60c.
Thanksgiving sale of Kitcheq Utensils and Cutlery Hundreds of bargains for the economical housekeeper.
Cannot think of carrying
over any of the Millinery; that
would be an injustice to you?
So we say half price and less
today for most of the trimmed
Hats for dress-up or street
wear. Prices were not so
very high to begin with, as you
know. The styles are all
strictly up-to-date, trimmings
the very best, shapes to be
come everyone. Your oppor
tunity to buy a superb new
Winter Hat for Very little
money. Second floor.
40c
38
Hosiery 29c
A special purchase of 75 dozen la
dies' Cashmere Hose at exceedingly low
prices. Guaranteed fast black, seamless
and all sizes, always sold regularly at
40c a pair, special price
per pair
We will alsp offer for three days
50 dozen ladies' black Cotton Hose with
natural wool feet, all sizes, regular 50c
value at
46 Willamette
Sewing Machines are finding new owners
every day. The best machine that money
can build and instead of $50.00 or $60:00,
the price charged by tegular sewing ma
chine stores, we say
Full ball-bearing, prettiest and best cabinet,
most complete 'set of attachments to be
found with any make, easy-running and
fully guaranteed for 10 years. Let our
,expert show them to you before buying.
Second floor.
Sale
s
Tomorrow, the 690th Friday Surprise Sale A
great offering of 50 dozen Flannelette Wrappers at a
price below the cost of manufacturing. Very best pat
terns and colorings in large variety.' AH have wide
flounce, ruffle on shoulder, braid-trimmed front and
ruffles, very best styles in Flannelette Wrappers we
have shown this season. Remember,only 600 of them.
it's prooauie tnat tney won t last through
the day. All sizes. Tomorrow only, pick
at. each
See Fifth-Street Wmdow Display.
No Mail Orders Filled-None Laid Aside.
Meier & Frank Company Meier & Frank Company Meier & Frank Company
Meier & Frank Company
WAREHOUSE FULL OF HOPS I have their private business to . attend to
and none of whom Is receiving pay for soliciting.
Ten Tlionsand 'Bale,. Worth $500,000,
Are Stored On Kant Side.
The Southern Pacific warehouse on the
East Side contains about $500,000 worth
of hops, approximately 10,000 bales. About
a month ago the value of the hops in
storage amounted to close upon $1,000,000.
This great quantity of the product,
about 20,000 bales, or one-fourth of the
Oregon crop, made insurance agents
scurry around lively. They had a hard
time covering the hops on account of
the fact that' insurance companies have
reduced their carrying power on all
classes of risks in the past year. The
carrying power of companies represented
In Oregon several agents estimated yes
terday does not exceed $500,000 or $600,000
on one line of goods, such as hops. In
oztler to insure to a greater value, the
companies resorted to reinsuring, by
which they transferred the liabilities in
excess of their own limits to other companies.
1DOSCH TO MAKE REPORT
GET ON ROLL OF HONOR.
Tlse Fpnr Track Xews.
The Four Track News, an Illustrated
magazine of travel and education, pub
lished by George H. Daniels, general pas
senger agent of the New York 'Central
& Hudson River Railroad, publishes In Its
November number an attractive sketch
of "The Northwest Corner." written by
the late P. Donan. It Is Illustrated by
several Washington views and a full
page reproduction of Celilo Falls, Oregon.
The contends of this number of the mag
azine are specially varied and interesting
and will cause the supply received by
Agent W. C. Seachrest, in the Sherlock
building, to go in a hurry.
Committee 1'rgen Business Men to
Subscribe to Immigration. Bureau.
People who donate to the Immigration
Bureau and the exhibit will be named In
the roll qf honor which will be printed in
literature of the bureau. Inasmuch as
county bureaus will worlc conjointly with
thq one at Portland and will use the
printed matter Issued by the head office
at Portland, this mention .of the pro
moters of the enterprise will have Influ
ence on the distribution of trade in coun
try districts.
The committee already has one-third
of the $13,000 fund raised and about three
filths In iight. yesterday it secured sub
scriptions from Allen &- Lewis and Ma
son, Ehrman & Co. of $300 each..
The committee asks that business men
decide that thej will contribute to the
fund before they are approached 'for sub
scriptions. This will save, time for the
members of the committee, all of whom
Lewis and Clnrlc Board Will Meet
Tomorrow Afternoon.
The Lewis and Clark Board will meet
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. H. E.
j of an Oregon exhibit at the International
Exposition at Osaka, will present his re
port. The board will then proceed to de
vise means for sending a display of Ore
gon products overvthe sea.
President Corbett has not yet an
nounced the personnel of tle 14 standing
committees provided for In the recent
amendments to the by-laws.
Chairman Wesslnger, of the site com
mittee, has submitted a proposal to the
Terminal Company for a switch from the
tracks of the company to the site. The
track where the switch will branch off
Is the property of the Northern Pacific,
under lease to the Terminal Company.
The switch will run up York street and
200 feet Into the grounds of the Fair,
owned by the Mead heirs. Two other
routes verft ponslrtprprl nni of ivhJrh
j would be 5200 feet long, and the other
The route chosen will require a
track 2900 feet long.
Mrs. C. B. "Wade, president of the Ore
gon Federation of Women's Clubs, has
suggested to the board that it make use
of that organization in enlisting the aid
of the women of the state for the fair.
At the last meeting of the board, the ad
visory committee was directed to organize
auxiliary women's clubs throughout the
state. Mrs. Wade writes as follows:
"I should like to suggest that in having
women's clubs to promote the Interests of
tne i,ewis and Clark Fair, you use, as
much as possible, the women's clubs al
ready in existence, and that Instead of J
having a new state organization among I
the women, you aid the State Federation .'
to co-ordinate all these forces into one',
strong body to work for the fair.
"Our women's clubs are organized for
exactly just such work as this the up-
building of Oregon s higher Interests. We
could Interest many women who are now
in the outside clubs to unite with us, and
we could give you far more efficient aid
with this state organization of women
than you could obtain from new organi
zations. "From the day this fair was suggested
by the late L. B. Cox, our clubs have had
a close interest in It. I wish to assure
you that we are organized, and are ready
and willing to aid."
THOUGHT HE WAS ROBBED
Bnt When Searched, Henry Jnllns
Fischer, of Seattle, Ha His Coin.
When Henry Julius Fischer, of Seattle,
alighted from . a train at the Terminal
Depot last night he hurriedly made a
search through his various pockets, and
then he loudly announced that he had
been robbed. Full of wrath, he started
to find a policeman, and ran against Po
liceman Maliett, and eaid to him: "I've
only been three minutes in Portland and
I've been robbed of a bank check for $70?
and about $40 in money. I' haven't a cent.
What sort of a town is this, anyway,
where a stranger can't "
"You've been drinking." Interrupted
Maliett. "Yes. But I ain't drunk," insisted
Fischer. "And I've been robbed. 'I tell
you." By this time a sympathetic crowd
had gathered. a Fischer did not spare
his breath in talking. Leaving Fischer to
tell his woes. Maliett telephoned for the
patrol wagon, and Jailer Johnson cams
and escorted Fischer to the police sta
tion, charged with drunkenness. All the
way, the stranger was abusing everybody
and everything in Portland. As each pris
oner is searched before being placed Into
a cell, Johnson started to search Fischer,
and the latter objected, again calling out
about being robbed, and that the robber
ought to have been arrested not the vic
tim, etc. The first pocket Johnson
searched was found to contain the check
for $700 on a Seattle bank, and in another
pocket was $44.
"Then I ain't robbed, after all. Port
land's hie all right," said Fischer, and
then he slept.
Xew Texas Oil Steamer Clears.
TOLEDO. O.. Nov. 12. The new steel
tank steamer Toledo, built here for the
Sun Company, of Pittsburg, cleared direct
for Galveston today to engage in carry
ing crude oil from the Beaumont oil field
to the Sun Company's refinery at Philadelphia.
KECK13ATIO'.
If you wifah to enjoy a day of rest and
pleasme, take the O. R. & N. train from
Union depot at 9 A. M. for a short trip
up the Columbia, returning, if desired, by
boat from Cascade Lccks. Tickets and
particulars at O. R. & N. ticket office
Third and Washington.
. G. Smith & Company
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