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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1902.
NOT FOR 35 YEARS
Councilmen Against the City
& Suburban Franchise.
WOULD GRANT 25-YEAR TERM
Street Railway Managers in Re
sponnc to 'Thin Proposal Say They
Prefer to Operate Under Their
Present Franchises.
The application of the City & Suburban
Railway Company for a blanket franchise
will meet with strong opposition in the
Common Council unless the company
agrees to a term of 23 years Instead of
So years, the period asked. Councllmen
Bentley and Merrill, at the meeting of
the street committee yesterday afternoon,
declared themselves as unalterably op
posed to a franchise having a life of more
than 25 years, and President Tyler "Wood
ward and Manager C. F. Swigert. of the
City &. Suburban, said that such a short
term would never be accepted by them.
The provisions of the blanket ordinance
were again stated by Chairman Rumelin,
who added that he had been informed by
the company's officers that the franchise
was acceptable and the only question was
as to its duration. There was no need
of discussing it section by section, for if
the terms demanded were not granted the
ordinance would be refused by the com
pany. "The question is a complicated one,"
said the chairman, "and I suggest that
we ask the Auditor to compile data of
the terms of the old and the late fran
chises so that the application may be
fairly considered."
Bentley Opposed lo Lottg Time.
"If the company asks for a franchise- of
more than 25 years It will never get my
vote." said Mr. Bentley. ,
"Nor mine, either," said Mr. Merrill.
"All we ask for," said Mr. Swigert, "is
the same relative increase that was
granted to the other company. It got, eo
I understand, an average increase of
three years. We ask -for 35 years, but
if the term is found to be -too long we
are willing to reduce It. If an agreement
should not be reached we shall continue
to operate our lines under our present
franchlsea Our application was not un
sought. Some Councllmen asked us to
present it, and as we wish some fran
chises we thought It only fair to com
ply with the request. "We ask these
franchises because the other company
is paralleling our most valuable lines."
"Tour outside franchises," said Bent
ley, "have a life of 3S years, but they
cannot be compar.ed in value with some
you hold in the city and which run only
17 years. My vote "will never give the
company a franchise for more than 25
years. I do not believe in a longer term,
and I said so when we considered the
troubles of ttio other company."
Will Xot Accept 25-Vear Grant.
"We had our doubts about applying for
the franchise, .but we were asked to come
before the Council by some members of
that body," said Mr. Woodward. "Our
company Is purely a local concern. Ninety
per cent of our stock Is owned here, and
we have the only company north of San
Francisco that has not gone into the
hands of a receiver one or more times.
Our bills are always paid and our stock
holders have always stood by us. If the
company's receipts exceed its expendi
tures, the money Is spent In Portland. We
have franchises running up to 38 years,
and we are willing to surrender them
and all we ask is the same treatment
relatively that you have given to the
other company. If you cannot give it to
us, we shall continue to operate our lines
as usual. We will not accept a 25-year
franchise, and If that is settled in your
minds I have nothing more to say on
that point. As to our applications for
our other franchises, we shall,- of course,
expect the same treatment that has been
extended to the other company, which Is
owned In Boston, New York and San
Francisco."
"If we consider the ordinance." said
Rumelin, "we will have to begin with
the life of the franchise, which is the
principal question."
"I have a number of amendments which
I wish to offer," said Bentley.
As the amendments were very extensive
the ordinance was set for hearing he
fore the whole Council at a meeting to be
held at 8 o'clock next Tuesday evening.
Cast "Water Street Vacation.
The ordinance vacating East Water
street, from East Ash to East Ankeny
and East Ankeny from East First jto the
river, was laid over for two weeka' The
petition for the . vacation had been re
ceived from W. M. Ladd, and had been
held several months, awaiting a re
monstrance, before an ordinance was
finally drafted. Yesterday objections
were presented. H. Hogue and J. M.
Nickum, who had purchased a site for a
lumber shipping depot near the streets
asked to be closed, said the passage of
the ordinance meant the practical con
fiscation of their property. On the East
Side there were only -four blocks south of
the Burnside-street bridge that could be
reached by deep-water vessels. The clos
ing of the streets would reduce the num
ber to two. -If Mr. Ladd had any other
site to offer them they would agree to a
trade, that Is, if the Council decided to
clo' the streets. Otherwise they would
neif t sell nor trade.
B. Cobb, at whose request Mr. Iadd
pn. anted the petition, said he and others
Intend to start a large lumber mill and
box factory on ground which they have
leased by May 1. The streets were unused
and dilapidated, and their closing would
not injure Messrs. Hogue and Nickum.
The committee had some doubts about the
matter and decided to lay- the matter over.
To Amend SIdevrallc Ordinances.
An opinion was received fr.om City At
torney McNary as to the status of the Sec
ond and Third-street cement sidewalk or
dinances. The questions submitted to Mr.
McNary were: Does the exemption of a
person from building a walk for a certain
time nullify the ordinance, and does the
passage of the second cement walk ordi
nance Invalidate the first? Mr. McNary
replied that if the exemption asked were
for a reasonable time only, and for good
cause shown, and riot for the purpose of
evading compliance with the ordinance,
and a proper bond given for such com
pliance, the exemption may be made with
out subjecting the ordinance to nullifica
tion. On the other question he said that
the passage of the second ordinance did
not repeal the first, as the two may be
construed together and the two-foot and
excess fill provision of the former would
attach to the latter. As a settlement of
all questions relative to he last matter he
suggested that a provision be added to the
later ordinance exempting property where
there is an excess of a two-foot fill. The
amemlment will be made and the ordi
nance will go to the Council next Wednes
day.
The petition for the Improvement of
Benton street, and against which a re
monstrance was filed, was laid over for
two weeks. Some of the residents along
the street want only a portion of it im
proved, and others want It opened from
end to end. A second petition will be cir
culated, and a second remonstrance will
probably follow In its wake. T. M. Rich
ardson s petition for damages by the open
lng of Kelly street also went over. -The
viewers allowed Richardson only 5200 for
property which he says Is worth $1500.
Bicycle Lair Postponed.
The SIgler bicycle ordinance was indefi
nitely postponed on the joint motion of
Merrill and Sharkey. Merrill said the or-
dinance left the wheelmen no place to ride
except .along the hillsides, and Sharkey
said thatmen going to and from work
could never ride through the muddy
streets.
The Albee grass ordinance was referred
back to Its proposer for an amendment re
quiring Its enforcement by the City En
gineer. The petition for the Improvement of
GHsan street from Twenty-second to
Twenty-third was Indefinitely postponed,
as a remonstrance was presented bearing
the signatures of more than half of the
Interested property-owners.
BEUTELSPACHER GETS ?2.
Bat Council Committee "Will Make
Health Ofilcers Pay.
At the meeting of the Council commit
tee on health and police yesterday, the
claim of William Beutelspacher for ?2 for
conveying a smallpox patient to the pest
house was allowed. This claim had been
heldsover for nearly six weeks, as the
committee thought it should properly be
paid by the Health. Commissioner or hie
deputy. Deputy Commissioner Evans
said that at the . time the patient
was found he was engaged in other busi
ness of the Health Department, and he
could not be expected to pay the claim.
"Some one in the Health Department
must pay it," declared Chairman SIgler.
"There is plenty of help in the Health
Office and there Is no need of engaging
others to do their work. The amount is
small, but I do object to establishing a
precedent We will pay the claim, but
we will hold the matter open for further
investigation, and I shall insist that the
$2 be paid by the City Physlclm, the
Health Commissioner or his deputy."
Plumbing Inspector Hulme called atten
tion to the fact that the terms of two
members of the board of examining
plumbers expire on the first of the year,
and as applicants are to be examined
soon after that date, some steps should
be taken to select the appointees for the
year. The retiring members are: Robert
Brady, representing the master plumb
ers, and John Lang, representing the
journeyman plumbers. The other mem
bers of the board are the health and po
lice committee and the Plumbing Inspec
tor. The committee took the matter un
der advisement and will announce its ap
pointments in a week or so.
DEFENDS HIS BROTHER.
J. B. Hnntinprton Snyx Ex-Sheriff of
Baker Is Not Dishonest.
Concerning the alleged shortage of ex
Sheriff Huntington, of Baker County, an
nounced by a press dispatch in yesterday
morning's Oregonlan, J. B. Huntington,
brother of the ex-Sheriff, said to a re
porter that he knows nothing of the facts
except that when his brother was elected
to the office in 1S9S, upon the advice of his
bondsmen, he appointed as office deputy
one of the most expert and accomplished
accountants in Eastern Oregon, who had
charge of the books of the office during
all of the time of his brother's four years'
term.
"Daily balances," said Mr. Huntington,
"were struck during all this period and
the taxpayers who took the trouble fo in
form themselves as to the conduct of the
office, without an exception, say that the
accounts were more systematically kept
than In an other Sheriff's administration.
This correct and businesslike method of
collecting and depositing the public funds
caused many prominent taxpayers of op
posing parties to support him for a sec
ond term. If there is any shortage it
will be fully explained and accounted for
on the return of the ex-Sheriff, who has
many friends throughout the state, who
are asked to suspend Judgment until fur.
ther developments. The duties of the
Sheriff, outside qf the office, and espe
cially since the acquisition of the pan
handle of Union County, have been ardu
ous, requiring him to be absent from the
office nearly all the time. If the financial
branch of the office Is out of order, it
will be foiuid to be the result of inatten
tion rather than corrupt practices. The
ex-Sheriff Is a. man of modest and cor
rect habits, and all who know him feel
certain that if the reports are founded in
fact the trouble is not the result of ex
travagance or dishonesty."
PRESS CLUB BENEFIT...
"We- tins of Tennessee" to Be Given
at the Baker.
The performance of "We-uns of Ten
nessee," to be given for tW benefit of the
Portland Press Club at th6 Baker Theater
next Thursday night, is an assured suc
cess. The Nelll Stock Company are en
thusiastically preparing to show the peo
ple of Portland how generously they can
display their talents, and Manager Baker
is putting everything .in readiness to gild
the fullness of his giving.
Tickets are already sold for a large part
of the house, and all who delight in the
finished work of the company that has
done so much for the stage in Portland are
hastening to show their double apprecia
tion of both theater and press.
The play is a very fine one, and scenic
ally and musically it will be the equal of
any ever put on the boards In this city.
Indeed, everything. Is being done to please
the most critical, and the newspaper men,
always admirers of the Nelll Stock Com
pany, have spared no efforts to show 'their
grateful appreciation of the courtesy of
Mr. Baker and the company by insisting
that all their friends go to hear "We-uns
of Tennessee." v
The audience next Thursday night will
represent the best of Portland society, and
all who are fortunate enough to procure
tickets will remember the occasion as one
marked by brilliancy and joyous festivity.
The Christmas holidays put everybody in
a good humor anyhow, and when Art lends
her enchantment to giving, who can re
frain from enjoying?
Tickets may be bought anywhere In
town-, and they read for Thursday night,
December 18. Come aS purchasers, stay, as
guests and go home as friends.
AGREE TO MUTUAL COUNCIL
Settlement of Difficulties of Second
Baptist Church In Sight.
There are prospects that the difficulties
in the Second Baptist Church will soon
be settled. It was found that the con
ference council, called from the various
Portland churches, could not effect a set
tlement, mainly for the reason it had no
authority to enforce its findings, no mat
ter what they -were. Through the efforts
of some of the leading Baptist ministers,
and laymen the conference' council has
been changed to a mutual council. Lead
ers on both sides of the church contro
versy have consented to the mutual coun
cil, which means that they will submit
to its findings.
In the form of a mutual council the
body will commence taking testimony
on both sides at the Second Baptist
Church next Tuesday. Just how long It
will take to hear both sides is not known,
but probably all the testimony will be
in next week, and the council will make
up the verdict, when all parties will have
to abide by the decision, whatever it
may be, for they have agreed to do so.
The mutual council will probably try to
end the controversy for all time. The
leading ministers and laymen of the
Portland Baptist churches are members
of tho council, and probably will not hes
itate to apply whatever remedy may seem
necessary to end the trouble for all "time
to come.
A Druggist's Advice.
Mr. C. L. Thompson, a druggist of Dan
ville, Jnd., gives the following wholesome
advice to his customers: "If you should
ever need a remedy for croup or whooping
cough, get Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
It absolutely has no equal for the preven
tion and cure of croup, and if taken in
time and according to directions, it is a
most excellent remedy for whooping cough
and all throat and lung troubles. I would
recommend that a bottle of this medicine
be kept in the home at all times, especi
ally where there are children in the fam
ily." Forf sale by all druggists.
IS NO PLACE FOR MICE
PEDIGREED CATS OS EXHIBITION
AT THE CYCLERY.
Owners of Blue-Blooded Felines
Place Their Pets on View, for
Public Approbation.
Today will see over 100 cats on exhi
bition in the coops, of the poultry show,
.all meowing, scratching and Svashing
their faces and fur in vain efforts to get
'rid of the sawdust that is evident all
over the showroom. The first cats to ar
rive showed up yesterday, and were put
In their quarters, but by far the larger
number will put In an appearance today.
The cats are a new feature In the
Oregon State Poultry - Association shows,
and the few that were on exhibition yes
terday attracted no little attention. Proud
owners from all over the Northwest will
PRIZE CAT ENTERED
have pets In , the coops, and . visitors will
have a chance to see some really fine
animals.
Judge Shellabarger finished going over
the chickens yesterday, and all the premi
um cards . have been Issued by Secretary
Ladd. Some of the coo'ps have six and
seven premiums on show, proving that
many of the birds present are of the first
order.
The decisions arrived at yesterday by
the judge have been announced as foL
lows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Cocks Second, E. J. Ladd, Portland; j
third. J. L. Anderson, Seattle: V. H. C,
J. L." Anderson, Seattle; H. C, George '
W. Downs, Portland. . t
Hens First, C. B. Staples & Ryan. '
Tacoma; second, J. O. Watts, Eugene;
third, Frank Fenwick. Portland: V. H.
C, Bl F. Keeny, Goshen. Or.; H. C, C.
B. Staples & Ryan. Tacoma.
Cockerels First Wllllamv Arps, Santa
Cruz, Cal.; second and third, Murrow &
Son, Oregon City; V. H. C, Staples &
Ryan, Tacoma; H. C, J. O. Watts, Eu
gene. Pullets First and second, J. C. Murry,
Woodlawn; third, J. O. Watts. Eugene;
V. H. C. Orlo Cahow, Goshen, Or.; H. C.
tie, J. Murry & Son, two birds; William
H. Arps, Santa Cruz; Orlo Cahow, Gosh
en, and-B. F. Keeny, Goshen.
Pens First. J. C. Murry, Woodlawn;
second, J. Murrow & Son, Oregon City;
third, C. B. Staples & Ryan, Tacoma; V.
H, C, William H. Arps, Santa Cruz, Cal.;
H. C, C. B. Staples & Ryan, Tacoma.
First collection C. B. Staples & Ryan.
Tacoma; second, George W. Downs, Port
land. Buff Plymouth Itockn.
Cocks First,. L. R. Short, North Yaki
ma; second, J. Henry Penn, Yaqulna.
Hens First, J. Henry Penn. Yaquina;
second, third and V. H. C, M. O. Wil
kins, Portland; H. C, J. Henry. Penn,
Yaqulna.
Cockerels First and .second, L. R.
Shott, North' Yakima; third, W. H,
Drlggs, Portland;. V. H. C, L. R. Shott.
North Yakima; H. C, J." Henry Penn,
Yaqulna. '
Pens First, L. R. Shott, North Yakima;
second, J. Henry. Penn, Yaquina.
First collection First, L. R. Shott,
North Yakima.
Silver-Laced WyandotteN.
Co cits First and second-, F. A. Ball,
Portland. -
Hens First, second, third. V; H.C, F.
A. Ball.
Cockerels First, second and-third, F.
A. BalL
Pullet First. second and third, V. H.
C, F. A. Ball.
Black Minorca.
Cocks First, N. L. Wiley, Rex, Or.;
"WHITE WYANDOTTE, "3IT. HOOD."
second, Frank Fenwick, Portland; third',
Oscar Winters, Rex, Or.; V. H. C, I. I
Hoskins, McMlnnvllle.
Hens First and second, N. L. Wiley,
Rex, Or.; third, E. H. Bauer, Sellwood;
V. H. C. T3. F. Peterson, Portland"; H.
C. J. L. Hoskins. McMlnnvllle.
Cockerel First and second, N. L. Wiley,
Rex, Or.; third, E. H. Bauer, Sellwood;
V. H. C, Oscar Winters, Rex, Or.; H. C.
tie between E. F. Peterson, Portland,
and Mra C. D. Nairn, Ballston, Or.
Pullets First, N. L. Wiley. Rex, Or.;
second and third, E. F. Peterson Port,
land; V. H. C, and H. C, N. L. Wiley,
Rex, Or.
Light Brahman.
Hens First, second, third and V. H.
C, Edward Carlisle. Portland.
Cockerels First, Edward Carlisle, Port
land. ,
Pullets First, second, third, V. H. C.
and H. C, Edward Carlisle, Portland.
Golden Wyandottcs.
Cocks First, A. W. Glesy, Portland.
The committee in charge of the show
wishes to announce that the exhibit will
be open all day Sunday, so that those
who have been unable to attend during
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AT THE SHOW.
the week, days will have a chance to at
tend. All the cats will be In place before
the Sunday opening, and visitors will see
everything. In connection, with, the show.
ANOTHER PIONEER DEAD.
Mrs. Sophie Hefty, Who Came to
America in 1S40, Passes Array.
Mrs. Sophie Hefty, a resident of Oregon
for 24 years, died at the residence of her
son-in-law, Eugene F. gillie, 471 Mont
gomery street, yesterday afternoon, after
an illness of some five weeks. She was
known both in this city and in e East
as a woman of wide benevolence, especial
ly to Institutions of her denomination, the
German Methodist Episcopal. Mrs. Hefty
was born In Switzerland 76 years ago, and
with her husband came, to this .country In
1849. settling in Wisconsin. Here her hus
band died, and she brought her children
to Oregon 24 years ago, residing In Salem
until about a year ago, when she moved
to Portland, making her hetne with her
daughter, Mrs. Willie. She was the moth
er of fix children, four of wom survive
her. They are: Mrs. E. F. Willie, of Port
land; Rudolph Hefty, of Washington; Mrs.
F. E. Legle, of Wisconsin, and Mrs. H. E.
Luethe, of Colorado. The funeral will be
held today from 471'Montgomcry street, at
2 P. M. The body will be Interred at Sa
lem. Xevr Infernal Machine Invented. -"Dolls
which are warranted to talk and
cry and sleep like a baby." was what the
father of a colicky baby read In the ad
vertising department much the largest
department, by the way of a 10-cent mas-.
azine yesterday. "The man who Invented
such a 'toy' o.ught to be sentenced to take
care of one of them for life," he ex
claimed. "A French invention, too," he
continued.- "The French are always seek
ing out new Inventions, each worse than
the last. The very thought of a doll that
really cries like a baby Is enough at thl3
season of long, cold nights to drive one
crazy. Think of walking the floor all
night with one of those Infernal machines.
Couples who have no babies should be
made to purchase the whole output of
these dolls. They would soon be thrown
to the jealous pet dog, which such people
always keep, which would do the first
useful deed of its life by tearing the doll
to pieces. The Government should pro
hibit such things being brought into the
country to shatter the nerves, and ruin the
health of patriotic citizens," and he threw
the advertisement down and walked all
over it.
BILLS, NOT POLITICS
Multnomah Delegation Busy
With Legislation.
MANY PROPOSED MEASURES
Water Rights, State Banking; Law,
.Relations of Debtor and Creditor,
and Landlord and Tenant Sub
jects to Be Considered.
Politics Is the least of the troubles of
the Multnomah delegation In the next
Legislature. While all of the members
from this county are giving more or less
attention to matters of legislation, they
are neither considering nor discussing
such subjects as organization or the elec
tion of a Senator. Probably each mem
ber has views of his own, but these opin
ions are not being exchanged by the gen
tlemen who will go to Salem from this
.county next month. As C. W. Hodson,
chairman of the. delegation, expressed It,
"We are spending no time on political
questions, because we have no doubt that
such matters will force themselves upon
our attention soon enough. They always
do. The organization of the Legislature
an'd the election of a Senator are of less
Importance than the enactment of laws,
and whatever time we have to give to our
Legislative duties, we are not spending
on politics. I do not know what any mem
ber of the delegation Intends to do regard
ing the selection of presiding officers, and
I doubt whether any member knows the
opinions or intentions of any other mem
ber in this respect.
"All the talk about the Multnomah dele
gation being solid for this man or that
man Is pure speculation. We may be
solid and we may not be, but that remains
to be seen. We have no agreement or
understanding upon any of these subjects,
and, so far as I know, there Is no Inten
tion of deciding before the Legislature
meets what bourse wo will . take. Of
course. . upon auch matters of legislation
as the charter. ))lll and the Centennial ap
propriation, we have already taken action.
"There are notvso many applications for
clerkships as yoii would expect. - The fact
of the matter, is that people are finding
out that a Legislative clerkship is not
such a profitable position as has been gen
erally supposed.. Because Legislatures
In the past have expended considerable
sums for clerk hire, and these expendi
tures kare called 'grafts,' people conclude
that a clerkship Is an opportunity "to
make a good sum of money. But tlose
who have gone to Salem and worked 40
days for $3 or $4 a day, and have spent
the greater part of their money for travel
ing expenses and board, find that the
positions are not worth going after. Some
come back with even less money than
thcyNhart when they went away, for one
attending a session of the Legislature will
spend money for many things besides rail
road fare and board. There "will be plenty
of applicants for all the positions we
have to fill, but since most of the people
are "employed at more 'profitable work at
ihome, there are not so many applications
as I had expected.
"I do not know when the delegation will
hold another .meeting. A. few persons who
are interested In proposed measures have
presented, them to the members of the
delegation, and these will receive consid
eration." Law of Water Rights.
Representative John GUI, secretary of
the delegarlon. received a letter today
from a Portland real estate, dealer calling
the attention of the delegation to the need
of an act limiting the rights of riparian
proprietors on the streams of this state.
Since irrigation in Eastern Oregon has
become of so great general interest, Mr.
Gill thinks the subject of water rights Is
one of the most Important to which the
Legislature can give attention. In his
letter the real estate man inclosed a
newspaper article from, a recen issue of
The Oregonlan reciting some of the
changes wnlch are proposed in the law of
water rights in California. The letter Is
as. follows:
"To the Multnomah Delegation: The de
velopment of Irrigation projects will do
more good to the State of Oregon and to
Portland, than any other class of enter
prises. Laws should be enacted at. the
next session which -will be more favorable.
The doctrine of riparian rights, as passed
upon by the Supreme Court is a mon
strous wrong. It simply means that the
water?- r.f running streams shall continue
to run to waste forever.
"The builder of every Irrigating canal
Is held up by every owner of a foot of
land bordering the stream below, and
every such owner can say that the waters
of that stream shall run to waste. I
hope the Multnomah delegation will con
sider this matter fully and draft and se
cure tne passage of a bill modifying as
far as possible this great wrong, both
to tho builders of canals and those who
would make homes on arid land."
State BanUinj? Lnw.
Representative Hodson believes a state
banking law should be enacted for the
purpose of regulating banks for the better
protection of depositors. Several attempts
have been made in the past to secure the
passage of such laws, but they always
met such vigorous opposition that they
failed to pass. Mr. Hodson believes that
a bahk other than a National bank should
be required by the state law to make re
ports similar to those required of National
banks by the Federal "laws. Under the
present laws a private bank can receive
deposits though Its assets are exhausted
and it has not enough money to pay the
depositors. If banks were required to
make reports whenever called upon to do
so, and an official were authorized to ex
amine the affairs of the bank whenever
he thought it advisable, all banks would
be compelled to conduct a legitimate busi
ness and pursue conservative policies.
While the owners of banks can sec little
use for such a law, the people generally
favor It, for it would afford them protec
tion to their deposits. Mr. Hodson will
probably Introduce a bill for a state bank
ing law.
Judgment Debtors.
Representative W. W. Banks has In
mind several measures which he thinks
should be passed by the Legislature, and
to these ho will give some attention. It
was recently held in the Circuit Court
that when a judgment creditor brings
supplementary proceedings to enforce pay
ment of his Judgment, the creditor must
set forth In uls petition the specific prop
erty which he thinks tho debtor owns
but refuses to apply to the judgment. Mr.
Banks thinks the law should be framed-so
as to enable a creditor to examine the
debtor concerning any property he may
have unknown to the creditor, and he will
Introduce a bill authorizing a procedure of
that kind. Mr. Banks will also endeavor
to secure the passage of a bill limiting
the wages exemption to $0, and if he has
time to do so, he may prepare a complete
law for the government of the relations
of landlord and tenant. As the present
laws were passed at different times and
are composed in part of court decisions,
there are some uncertalntle-s which Air.
Banks thinks should be remedied by
statute
Want Fire Protection.
Councilman Dan Sherrett, of the Eighth
Ward, is being strongly supported by his
constituents in his efforts to secure a fire
engine house arid fire-engine on Powell"
street. The petitions he placed in the
hands of various citizens have been gen
erally signed. They read, as follows:
"We, .the " undersigned residents and
property-owners of the City of Portland,
do .most, "respectfully petition your hon.
oracle body to make provisions for the
establishment and maintenance of an engine-house
in that part of the city south
of Division street and cast of the Wil
lamette River. The territory in this dis
trict is densely pbpulated and has within
it a number of business houses and manu
facturing enterprises which are now en
tirely without fire protection. We beg to
represent that the City of Portland has
in its possession a piece of land at the
Intersection of Powell and Mllwaukie
streets which would serve as a location
for an erfglne-house, as it would be prac
tically in the center of this district herein
referred to. 'We are also Informed by
the Fire Commissioners that there is in
service a fire-engine that could be spared
for the purpose, and, therefore, the ex
pense of establishing an engine-house
would be very small, as compared with
the benefits to be derived therefrom. 2md
we would respectfully ask that in mak
ing appropriations for 1903 consideration
be given this request."
STUDENTS IN DEBATE.
To-Logreion Society Entertains Audi
ence at HiRh School.
The To-Logelon Society of the, Portland
High School celebrated its fourth anni
versary by an excellent entertainment In
the assembly hall yestertlay afternoon.
The Interlude of Pyramus and Thlsbe,
from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's
Dream," wno given by 12 students. The
other number on the programme was a de
bate on the question: "Resolved, That all
executive duties in American cities should
be concentrated in the hands of the
Mayor, and that his appointments should
not require confirmation." The affirmative
was defended by Coulson Soule and Harry
Raffety, while their opponents were Lee
Wells and Lloyd Magmess. The Judges
Miss Friendllch, Miss Balrd and Mr.
Breece, all teachers in the High School,
decided in favor of the negative.
A short address of welcome was made
by President Couleon Soule, who spoke on
the record of the To-Logelon Society and
remarked that it had furnished many high
standard graduates and editors of the
High School Cardinal. He then resigned
the gavel to T. J. Lanford.
Preparatlono for the debate have been
going on for the past two months and all
four speeches showed a most thorough in
vestigation of the history of city govern
ments In the number of facts drawn from
the experience of other municipalities on
the subject. The affirmative held that
municipal government was a failure In
this country because of the corruption and
heavy taxation, and declared that the rea
son of this failure was because the power
wafl not sufficiently centralized in the
hands of the Mayor. He had no authority
to curb corruption and maintain good
government.
The negative held that corruption in
cities was not due to the form of govern
ment, but for the reason that the best peo
ple In the community were indifferent and
apatheMc and permitted the corrupt ele
ment to rule and control the reins of gov
ernment. Nunsrous illustrations were
given by Messrs. Wells and Mngness of
cities where tho Mayor had autocratic
power, and they declared that under such a
regime corruption was greater than under
any other form. So well did they support
their etatements that the judges decided
In their favor.
The presentation of a part of the "Mid
summer Night's Dream" was the- most
ambitious production ever given by stud
ents of the High School, and the perform
ance was well conducted in every par
ticular. The actors showed an aPDrccI
ation of the thought of the play far better
than do some older and more experienced
actors, and the performance was entirely
out of the class of the ordinary amateur
theatricals. Much credit Is due to the
To-Logelon' Society arid to the teachers
who coached both the debaters and the
young actors.
Following Is the cast of characters r
Theseus, Duke of Athens.. ..... Arthur Plnkham
Hlppolyta, Queen of the Amazons, bride ot
Theseus .' Maud Cleveland
Phllo3trate, master of the revels for The
seus Albert Youngr
Demetrius, a Lord attending upon Theseus.
Harley Olafke
Hermla, lady attending upon Hlppolyta....
; iMHdred "Walrath
Helena, lady attending upon Hlppolyta
... . Edna Church
Quince, a carpenter.. ...Ralph Holman
"Bottom, a weaver Nathan Blackburn
Flute, a' bellows-mender. . . .Charles Henderson
Snug, a Joiner Claude MpCulloch
Snout, a tinker Hugh Bellinger
Starveling, a tailor. Victor Wilhelm
STORES IN HOLIDAY GARB
Christmas Sennon Ih Marked by
Xovel Decorations.
Never before In the history of Portland
has there been seen such lavish and mag
nificent displays of holiday goods; never
have stores been so decorated or so
crowded with goods and customers as at
present. This is only natural, for never
before was Portland so wealthy, so popu
lous or so prosperous as at present.
The great department stores are packed
and jammed with the products of all
sorts of the world from basement to
roof, and so thronged with buyers that
it is difficult for one to make way,
through them.
From the displays of rich and elegant
and costly goods appropriate to the sea
son displayed, in the show windows one
might, suppose that all the attention of
the proprietors had been given to these
"decorations," and when the Interiors
have been visited it is easily understood
that the space for mere decorations and
the time to arrange such display must
be grudging spared.
The art of decorating these great estab.
lishments for the holidays has become a
specialty, like the dressing of show win
dows, but the public has come to ex
pect It, and It cannot be neglected. Bach
of the great stores strives to have a
change In the style, and If possible an Im
provement in their decorations from year
to year, and as much time and space as
can possibly be spared Is given to them.
Sometimes the decorations are spread
over many departments: sometimes they
are concentrated, but they are always
attractive and beautiful, and are appreci
ated by the public.
The Meier & Frank Company has this
year concentrated Its decorations princi
pally on the main floor. A gigantic Christ
mas tree has been erected on a huge stand
in the rotunda, about the only place in its
establishment where space could be had.
This tree, a genuine 'Oregon fir, Is 45 feet
in height, reaching abpve the third floor.
A four-horse team and the services of 10
men were necessary to bring It In from
the hills back of the 'city, and it was"
necessary to employ mechanics with
blocks and tackle to hoist it Into place.
This young monarch of the forest is deco
ratefd with tinsel and all sorts of ap
propriate pretty things, and Is lighted
with hundreds of electric lights Incased
In colored Japanese lanterns, 10 men
climbing into the tree to do the work.
The corridor from the main entrance to
the sides of the rotunda are lighted in
the same manner, there being in all over
1000 electric lights, and the-e.ffect in the
evening, when all these lights are turned
on, Is magnificent. A large portrait of
Santa Claus, in whose, honor all the dec
orations have been prepared, stands at
the majn entrance.
Olds, Wortman & King have changed
the style of their decorations this season.
There is a lavish display of palms and
other greenery In all the departments
where any space can be found, giving
some of them a truly tropical appear
ance. On the third floor Is a Christmas
tree beautifully decorated In the most
lavish style. A large figure of Santa
Claus Is on hand.
Woodard, Clarke & Co. have not neg
lected the usual decorations In greenery,
and have a large Christmas boll, but they
have made their main display this sea
son with Oriental art work.
Llpman, Wolfe & Co. are preparing to
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decorate, and will try to find room for
some artistic work In this line, but have
been so crowded' and rushed with busi
ness that they have not got fairly started
in the work yet.
Any one taking a look through the dif
ferent department stores can easily un
derstand how difficult it must be to find
the time and the space for mere orna
mentation, when there Is barely room for
the tremendous stacks of goods and the
never-ending throng of customers.
TWO BANKS "CONSOLIDATE
In Them Dip: Life Innnrance Compa
nies Pool Interests.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. A banking con
solidation was announced today, which
will bring into' harmony the large finan
cial and Insurance Interests of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, the Equitable
Life Assurance Association and the Mor
ton Trust Company. This was brought
about at the meetings of the directors of
the National Bank of the United States,
which was acquired some months ago by
the interests which control the trust
company,' and of the Western National
Bank. The directors of the Bank of the
United States voted to amalgamate with
the Western and to make the combined
capital of the banks $10,000,000. The direc
tors of the Western National, in which
the Equitable Is largely Interested, voted
to fuse with the National Bank of the
United States upon a bas'is mutually
agreed upon by the Interests In control
The new bank will continue under the
management of V. P. Synd'er, the presi
dent of the Western; and "will be known "
as the Western Bank of the United
States. The vice-presidents will be Rich
ard A. McCurdy. president of the Mutual;
James E. Hyde, president of the 'Equita
ble Life; Henry A. Smith, vlcerpresldent of
the Western National Bank, and Thomas
F. Ryan, president of the Morton Trust
Company. The Mercantile Trust Com
pany, the Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany and George J. Gould are interested in
the consolidation.
Factory. Will Replace Them.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 12. The-Gazette
this morning says: The town of Florence
Is to be erased from the map and a large
industry, involving millions of dollars and
employing hundreds of men, planted there,
according to a well-founded report. Op
tions cfti every lot have been secured,
which stipulate for possession on April 1.
Florence, which is a suburb of St. Jo
seph, consists of about 500 lots and has
400 houses.
BRINGS CHICAGO NEARER.
Seventy Honrs Is the Time East Via
"Chicago-Portland Special."
The time between Portland and Chicago
via the "Chicago-Portland Special" now is
70 hours, or two hours less than three
days. Train leaves every morning at 9
o'clock. Inquire O. R. & N. ticket office-.
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Frank Wallls, the Illinois champion
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it finally put me In such a condition that
training for any fight was almost impos
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ertion always made me very tired. J
could not understand It, for I was other
wise well and strong, until one day, in
training quarters, a friend and admirer
of mine asked me if I drank coffee. I
told him 'yes,' and he said that was what
ailed me.
"This was two weeks' before an im
portant fight of mine was due. He ex
plained how coffee affected the heart and
nerves, and told me of the good qualities
of Postum Food Coffee. I Immediately
commenced to use It In place of coffee.
The result was wonderful. My nervous
ness left me. my breathing bothered me
no more, my confidence returned, and I
was as good as ever in a short time.
"I returned victor of the fight, which 1
am confident I would not have been had
I continued the use of coffee."
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