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THE WORKING ORE0ONlAtf, SATURDAY, QECBMBBR-, 13, 1002.
HABGES GRAFT
Municipal Judge Makes
Disclosures.
OPEN GAMES ARE RUNNING
Mr. Hogue Visits Houses and
Sees the Gambling.
POLICE ARE TO BLAME, HE SAYS
Fake Cases Arc Brought Into His
Court Alter Carefully Planned
Itnid Refuses to Sentence Un
less Law Is Equallr Enforced.
"Gamblers are paying some one for the
Jiriviiege of running their games openly,
in violation of the city ordinance," said
Municipal Jtfdge Hogue yesterday, and
he did not hesitate to say that the police
roust be the people who are receiving the
raft. The Judge is convinced that the
police are making no effort to stop the
gambling, and says that the cases in his
court tend to make it appear as if he were
a party to the graft. Against this he en
ters a strong protest, and says that here
after Justice shall be administered, what
ei'er the case brought in.
"Of all the raids that have been made
on the white gamblers." said he, "I do
not think there is one that was made in
good faith. AH have been carefully
planned. The gamblers knew that the
raid was coming, and took care that there
would be no evidence that could convict
"them. Some of the raids on the Chinese
houses have been In good faith, I think,
but it is because the Chinese refused to.
pay the graft. So long as I know that the
large gambling-houses are being allowed
to run. and there Is no effort made to stop
them, I will not sentence other cases that
may be brought in, even though they are
convicted. I am determined that the
Police Court shall not be made a party to
the graft. I stand ready to do my duty
where I see it, but I do not consider it
Justice to punish one man for a crime
when there are others allowed to go free
that are guilty of the same crime."
Judge Hogue declares that it is ridicu
lous for the police to say that they cannot
stop the gambling.
"For a police department that is so effi
cient in catching criminals of every sort
and keeping down crime in the city to say
that It cannot find out who is gambling If
they want to Is absurd. The fact is, that
they do not want to stop It, and are well
paid for not wanting to."
Seen Open Gambling.
The occasion of Judge Hague's remarks
was a recent visn 10 some oj. tne larger
gambling'houses of the city. Since the
administration has taken a decided stand
against gambling, he has been noticing
In his court evidence of bad faith on the
part of the police. Word has been com
ing to him that the gambling is open, but
the arrests that were made were poorly
handled, and the police did not get suffi
cient evidence to convict the offenders.
Every one knew that gambling had been
going'on. and that the people who were
brought into the court were guilty of vio
lating the ordinance, but in every case
pains had been taken that no evidence to
this effect' was introduced. The story had
always been that the entrances were so
closely guarded that the police could not
get in without forcing their way, and that
by that time all evidence of gambling had
been removed. Last Friday night, after
a banquet given by the University Club,
Judge H"?ue and 33. B. Beekman were
going home, and noticed lights in the.
uem Club.
"I wonder if those houses are so closely
guarded," said the Judge, "that it is Im
possible for the authorities to get evidence
of the gambling," and suggested that the
two tsy to get In. The task was not a
hard one. for the doorkeeper did not ask
them who or what they were, but only
opened the door and let them in. Think
ing that this care might be exceptional,
he decided to Investigate further, and vis
ited the Portland Club. The doorkeeper
at that place was a man who for some
reason knew the Judge well, but he did
not offer to stop him. After standing
around and looking at the games for a
time the Judge went home, but was con
vinced that it wasn't so very hard to gain
entrance to the gambling-houses.
Jodge Hognc'n Statement.
"I do not wish it to appear that I am
making a fight against the police, or
against any one." said the Judge, yester
day, when seen about the matter. "The
only part that I am interested in. as far
as my official capacity goes. Is In the cases
"that come into my court It is not my
business how milch gambling is going on
as long as It Is not brought before me for
trial. Neither is It my business how much
of a graft any one is getting out of letting
the games run. When It begins to appear
that I am a party to the graft, however, is
when I want to protest. After having
seen how openly everything is run, and
how easy it Is to enter a gambling-house
and get evidence. I can see more than
ever what perfect farces the cases that
have been brought before me are. In or
der to make It appear that they are doing
their duty, and that there Is no way to
convict the gamblers, a number of cases
have been hatched up by the police when
It was known that there was no chance
of conviction. The keno raid that was
made at the Portland Club was nothing
more than a farce. It must have been
known beforehand that the' raid was go
ing to take place, for there was not a
stranger in the number that were arrest
ed. Every man was a well-known rounder
or a man that was in the direct employ
or the gambling-house. A greater farce
than the Erickron raid I cannot imagine,
The evidence of the officers showed that
the men were sitting about a table, and
not engaged in a game of any sort. Yet
every one knows that there is rambling
going on at this place all the time, and
was at that time. There are three wavs
that the police could stop this gambling
and have an easy time of It Any officer
In civilian clothes can gain admission
while the gambling is going on the same
as I did. and can then get evidence which
cannot fall to convict. A policeman could
be stationed at the entrances to the gam-
bung-houses and could make every man
that goes 'into them give his name and
address, and it would be but a short time
until there would be no one go there. The
patron? of the gambling-houses are afraid
they will be caught, and anything that
would scare them would make them stay
away, Tne proprietors of the houses.
however, tell their customers that there
Is no fear, and that they always know
when there is a raid coming. Of course,
I cannot swear that they do know this,
but I know that in even' raid there is no
one brought In but the employes of the
house. Or If the Chief was acting In per
fect good faith and wanted to stop all gam
bling, he could simply Vend orders to the
houses to close down, that he was going
to make a raid. Every one knows that
they close down every time they are told
tbat there Is to be a raid made v
"J -would much rather not ihavejsaid' any
thing about this matter," said he, "but it
has been forced upon me. If-ne police or
the Mayor or any of the others want the
gambling to go", on. tfcat is not my busi
ness. But they onust" leave roe alone. If
gambling is allowed to run wide open, I
will not have a wordj to say. But for
some to be allowed to run becausp they
pay the graft, and the others to be brought
to me for punishment because they will
not pay the graft, 1b discrimination, and I
will not allow my court to be a party to
such a rank act of injustice.
"It has been said- already by some," said
he, "that I am standing in with the gam
blers. If the police or any one else think
that is so, let them bring some bona-fide
cases into my court, and bring with them
evidence enough to convict, and see how
heavily I will fine the offenders. I notice
that the gamblers do not regard me as
their friend, or they would want to try
their cases before me. In every case they
insist upon a Jury.
"I want it understood that I am not
making any complaint, only in so far "as
the Police Court goes. The police or any
one else may do as they like in this mat
ter, but they roust not bring their farce
cases Into my court and make it appear
that I am with them."
Chief Will Tallc Later.
"There Is really nothing that can be said
about the matter that will be of weight at
the present time," said Chief of Police
McLauchlan when seen last night.. 'JlFor
the present I wish to act and not to talk.
I will make a statement later on.'' He ad
mitted that it is generally known that
some of the gambling-houses are running,
but said that it. Is easier to talk about
stopping them than It is to do it.
"We have made a number of arrests,"
paid he, "and have brought all of the gam
bling devices into the court, yet we can
not get a conviction. In the keno case we
brought the whole keno outfit down, and
the men were caught in the act of playing,
but they were not convicted. The case to
day was as plain as could be. We had tht
whole fantan outfit and over $200 In mohey
that the Chinamen had In front of them,
but a cock-and-bull story was hatched up
and the Jury preferred to believe that in
MOORESHOWSFIGHT
Holds Board of Trade Office
as His Fort, .
"PAY HE MY $300," HE SAYS
Ex-Secretary Seta Up Claim to Back
Pay and Office Furnltnre Excca
tfrve Committee of Old Board
fleets Today
There'll be a hot time in the Board of
Trade this afternoon or the barometer
is out .of kilter.
"Watch my smoke," says each faction
in the sauabble. J
"We're not done yet," sings one volco
of the duct.
"Neither are we," sings the other.
The one party is the Portland Board of
Trade. The other is the Oregon Board
of Trade. The former is headed by F.
E. Beach and C. M. Idleman; the latter
by James M. Moore and others, whose
identity Mr. Moore says he wilt reveal at
the proper time.
The executive committee of the Port
land Board will meet this afternoon at
1:30 o'clock to size things up and to see
where it "Is at" It will demand a finan
cial accounting from ex-Secretary Moore
nnd-a statement of finances and assets
on hand. Mr. Moore says he will gladly
submit his accounts, but declares It is for
the Portland Board to make- a financial
IN TOMORROW'S OREGONIAN.
Additional to all the news and the culstomary departments, The Sunday Ore
gonlan tomorrow will contain:
LAY EDITORIALS ON FIVE PROBLEMS Of "Government by the People,.',
by the Marqul of Castellane; of "Universal Peace," by the Princess "VVlsznlews
ka, founder of the society for universal peace; of "The Distribution of Wealth."
by William T. Stead; of "Religion," by Cardinal Richard, archbishop of Paris;
"The Woman Problem," by Julia Ward Howe.
SCHOOL GIRLS AT COOKING SCHOOL Portland youngsters seem to retain
culinary knowledge gained there. Illustrated. .
OREGON CAMERA CLUB'S EXHIBIT Review, of the very creditable work
shown last week. t ' )
NEW TWENTIETH CENTURY CRUSADEr-First steps "taken for an interna-'
tlonal- peaceful movement to redeem the Holy Land. '
HOW THE SWISS TRANSACT BUSINESS Glimpses of Zurich, the busiest
cell in the great Industrial beehive. Illustrate.
SIMPLE CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS Several games that are easy to
play and inexpensive to prepare.
GEORGE ADE'S FABLE IN SLANG Of the philanthropist whose right hand
was stricken with paralysis.
preference to the testimony of my officers
who have been on the force for years."
"There can be no reasonable complaint
as to the Juries selected, either." he con
tinued. "I have always aelected represen
tative men. For the case today I had
Judge Hogue "go over the list with me,
and three of the men were selected by
him," and he drew from hip pocket a list
of names that he had called on recent
juries, which showed them to all be well
known and representative citizens. 1
CHIXAMEX GO FREE.
nineteen Escape Conviction for Fre
quenting Gambling Hoaxe.
Another failure to convict in a, gambling
nnoo oorno nr In tVlO "Pnllrf Pfllirt VPS-
terday, when 19 Chinamen charged with
frequenting gambling-houses were acquit
ted before a jury composed of: J. H.
O'Bryan, Ambrose Cronln, Frank Barrett,
H. C. Coleman, D. W. Crandall and W. H.
Bradford.
The policemen had forced their, way past
the lookout man, and upon gaining en
trance had found the 19 Celestials sitting
about a table on which was a'fintan out
fit, and each one had a pile of money in
front of him. Over $2C0 wa4 In the sack
that was brought into the courtroom as
evidence. For a while It looked as if the
conviction was sure this Ntime, but Seld
Eack came to the rescue of his country
men. "Those men had been working for me,
picking cucumbers," said he. "One of
them was my bookkeeper, and I had giv
en him the money to go down and pay
the rest of the men. They all stayed at
this place, which. Is a lodging-house, and
had gathered about the table to get their
money. The fantan outfit was not used
for gambling, but for playing' for pastime."
UNKNOWN SUICIDE.
Man Takes Overdose of Morphine In
iiOtigrlnrr-House.
An unknown man, presumably from Se
attle, committed euiclde last night at 251
First street, by taking an overdose of
morphine. -Aa soon as It was known that
the man had committed the act Dtr. Fred
Gullette was summoned and . found the
man still alive, but in a very bad way.
Neither the City nor County Physician
responded to the call for aid, and the
man was taken to the Good Samaritan "e rooms
-tr Y. AnA ennn nfter hl i Exchange.
settlement with him, because it owes him
$300, and theJonger the debtruns the big
get it will get
A reporter encountered Mr. Idleman
yesterday anq asked:
"What are you going to do to Moore
now . . '
"Just wait and see," and Mr. Idlemans
mouth compressed its lips gravely and his
eyes tdok oh a far-away look. The re
porter stifled to the other foot, and es
sayed again:
"How about the story that you're going
to have a warm time?" I
"We'll do nothing except that which is j
for the welfare of the city," returned His ,
ex-Attorney-Generalship, oracularly, and
added with a reassuring air:
"But you'.d .better come to the meeting.
I think there'll be something to interest
you," and sunshine again beamed from
his countenance.
President Bench Serene.
President F. E. Beach last night sent
lls message over the wire from his hqme
on Portland Heights.
"Will there be a warm time tomorrow?''
the reporter asked.
"No, I don't anticipate any," said Mr.
Beach, cheerily. '
"Will you ask for a financial accounting
from Mr. Moore?'
"I don't know anything about his ac
counts. In fact, we. can't get any finan
cial report from Mr. Moore at all."
Max M. Shlllock, the newly elected sec-
L retary, will assume his duties "today.
the way," said he. "I don't care what
he does, but he'd better not stand In the
way. I did riot seek the office, but it
came to me, and I shall accept it."
"Does he own the office furniture?"
"I hear he does, and the records, too'
"But you can make new recbrds."
"Yes; indeed. Besides, I hear the old
records are not worth much, anyhow."
"Mr. Shlllock will make a good secre
tary," remarked President Beach.
Moore Holds the Fort. (
Mr. Moore breathes easily amid these
sulphurous fulminatlons. A.s secretary of
the Oregon Board of Trade, he holds the
fort in the former headquarters of the
Portland Board. He says that all the
King's horses and all the King's men
can't budge him, because he has paid the
rent, and will hold the office furniture
until the Portland Board pays him what it
owes.
"Will there be two boards here, .lined up
together?" and the reporter gazed over
the rooms of the Oregon Mining Stock
Hospital, where he died soon after his
arrival. He was a man weighlrig about
1S5 pounds, 5 feet 9 Inches tall, and evi
dently not a laborer. There were no
marks of identification about him, ex
cept that his coat ana hat had tbe.en
purchased from M. Praeger, Seattle.
AID FOR THE TANNERS.
Federated Trades Start Subscription
for California Strikers.
Instead of. the holiday ball that was
talked of by the members of thp Feder
ated Trades Council, they decided last
night at their regular meeting that they
would raise a subscription for the otrik
lng tanners of California. The council led
off with a liberal donation and will send
committees to the various affiliated unions
asking thorn all to -make an addition to
the fund. The Portland council has done
much to help the California strikers win
their fight and now is willing .to send
them all of the financial aid they can. Tha
strike has been going on for n much
longer time than was expected and the
workmen are getting short of funds.
12.50 SUIT SALE
At the Brownsville Woolen Mills.
Until. the holidays, we will sell all our
$15-00, $16 50 and 518 00 men's suits or over
coats at ?12 50. We have now in the store
several hundred suits, which have just
been made up from the choicest lot of
fine materials -we have ever made at our
Woolen Mills.
The old reliable "Brownsville Woolen
Mills have never before had such bargains
to offer, and never before was having
such a large trade-as at the present time
at the new store, on Washington street,
between First and Second streets.
California Winery Burned.
FRESNO, Cal., Dec 12. The; St. George
winery at Maltemore, five miles east of
this city, was totally destroyed by fire
this afternoon. The Joes is estimated at
$150,000.
Pprtland-St. Loals,
Do you know labout the new tourist
service between Portland 'and St. Louis
and Memphis? Call up O. R. & N. ticket
office, -Third and Washington.
"Perhaps; isn't there room enough?"
"Where will the Oregon Board stack
up?"
"Maybe over there. See those rocks?
(pointing to a pile of ores); that's a pretty
good place'
"Will this desk and these tables and
chairs go over there, too?"
"Not until I'm paid for them:"
"Have you your plans outlined?"
"Well, I .know what I want"
"What?"
Moore Claims Bade Salary.
"There's $300 coming to me,-' and Mr.'
Moore r6ostcd back In his chair and took
a mental calculation by squinting with
his lefteye along his nose toward the
ceiling.
"For back salary?"
"Yes; and the longer it runs the bigger
It gets."
"That means it will be $450 by Jan
uary 1."
"Exactly. My salary Is $J50 a month."
"And the Portland Board owes you for
two months' back salary?"
"Just so."
tAnd this furniture Is yours?"
"It Is."
"And the Portland Board can have it
by paying up?"
"It can." ' ' .
"You virtually have a mortgage on, It?"
"Yes, and there are some outside bills.""
"How much?"
"A little." -
"W.ill they go over $100?"
"Oh, yes" (significantly). '
"Who are the heavy-weights of the Ore
gon board?"
"None In particular" (evasively).
"There's lots of work to do."
"What kind?"
"For the betterment of Portland and
Oregon. We shall organize a state board.
All plans are laid and we'll file articles
of incorporation next week."
"What will be the name of the corpora
tion?" "Oregon Board of Trade. We'll prob
ably have an Eastern Oregon man for
president."
"Who?''
"That's not decided yet."' Here Mr.
Moore had a twinkle In his eye; The re
porter mentioned it.
Who Will Twinkle Lnst t
"He that twinkles' lasC twinkles best,"
commented Mr: Moore.: .f",Yes, it's tjulte
natural 'to have a "twinkle In myr eye.
Meier (& Frank Company Meier (k Frank Company
, Misses' Furs in all the leading style skins and at very reasonable prices Third FJoor.
Holiday purchases made now will be carefully packed away and delivered at any time you desire.
Store open tonight until 9:30. Come and see the illumination. Toys 3d floor
Christmas Things in Abun
dance
Portlandites needn't worry about suitable things for Christmas presents
- Simply look around at Meier & Frank's. From now until Christmas time
articles, garments and goods especially intended for Xmas presents will be of
first importance throughout the whole store. The entire establishment is
completely filled with Christmas things, gifts for all members of the family. The
third floor is simply overflowing with toys, games, dolls, etc. Leather goods,
handkerchiefs, fancy goods, stationery, books, men's furnishings, furs, art
goods, picture, umbrella, are some of the other sections that are specially
replete with things for gifts. Simply look around here. The Christmas pres
ent problem will speedily solve itself.
Store News
During these rush days overlook any slight inconvenience caused by de
layed parcels, slow attention, late delivery, etc We are trying our best to
keep the service in general satisfactory, but there will be slips where hundreds
of new employes are distributed throughout the store to meet the require
ments of the holiday rush. We are anxious, to right any wrong. Do your
shopping mornings whenever possible.
"Perrins" famoils Gloves for women make a
pleasing holiday '.gift All the leading shades
All sizes Glove orders sold $1.00 to $3.00 pair.
Holiday Novelties
For men. and boys A hundred styles to choose
from, all the best" styles and leathers ranging,
in price from 50c to $5.00 per pair. .
em
Visit our fancy ' goods sec
tion if you wish to see
the. largest gathering of holiday
novelties ever shown in the
Great West. Such a gather
ing of things beautiful makes
selecting an easy matter. Included-
will be found Cellu
loid Goods, Toilet Sets, Shav
ing Sets, Manicuring Sets,
Comb and Brush Sets, Albums,
Work Boxes, Sterling Silver
Novelties, Opera Glasses, fan
cy box Perfumes, fancy box
Stationery, Jewelry, Watches,
Souvenir- Spoons and hun
dreds of other pretty and Use
ful things.
'Entire new stock of Ladies' Golf Blouses in
plain and fancy colors Best styles and quali
ties Lowest prices.
. Second Floor.
onses
Toy Land Bargains
We want the toy-land crowd to commencV coming early
this morning, and is special inducement we offer from 8 to 12
a. m. these tempting bargains: '
Crokinole Boards with Checker. Board on reverse -side, hard
wood, well made witfr polished center board, -size
30x30 inches, this morning v V
Crokinole Boards like above with felt lining, spe- 9
cial this morning only
Two new games for young, and old, Bob Ten Pins, 22c
Fishing for Frogs, 47c.
Tvo popular games: Louisa, 47c; Nellie BIy, 28c. -
Regulation Rugby Foot-Ball, each one in a pasteboard
box, good quality at 83c.
Foot-ball Clothing, Punching Bags, Boxing G2oves.
"YVe have also ready-made dresses for dolls, 30cto$3.50
Third Floor.
Our Easement Store
Don't miss the Basement Store on
your travels in search of Holiday things
There's a world of them in this big
Basement Store Fancy china, lamps,
solid silver, plated silverware, cut glass,
cloisonne, candelabra, beer steins, salad
sets, chafing dishes, 5-o'clock teas, and
scores of other sensible things.
i
rf
For Mm
Men's 'white
The array of useful things for
Holiday-giving-is remarkably large
and best of all the cost of useful
and pleasing gifts is surprisingly
small.
Fancy silk suspenders in new style,
each pair in a pretty box, prices
from 50c to $3.00 pair.
Men's mufflers and full dress protectors in
' new and pretty styles, all prices.
Men's umbrellas from $1.50 to $18.00. t
Men's handkerchiefs, laundered or unlauh
dered from 10c to $1.00 each. '
Men's fancy hosiery in new effects, 25c to
$3.00 pair.
shirts, E. & W. collars in newest styles. '
,en s
Men's smoking jackets in larger and better variety than any
where in town Prices range from $4.50 to $15.00.
Men's bath and lounging robes Prices from $2.50 to $17.50.
For today we offer men's heavy weight all-wool blue serge
suits, single or double-breasted, warranted fast 1 2
Men's finest grade velour oxford overcoats, hand- tf O
somely tailored throughout, big. bargain at Vw
On the SeconcJ Floor Thousands of new pic
tures and pieces of statuary, frames, mirrors,
curios, etc. Easy to choose Holiday gifts here.
Make your selections early.
"w Boys' Clothi'g
f:
Saturday offerings in the Boys' Clothing Sec
tion Inviting bargains in desirable styles and
materials.
Boys' all-wool two-piece suits in dark mixtures,
double seat and knee, ages 8 to 16 rf yi
years, great value at
Two-piece, kilt suits' for little boys 2 to 4 years
old, dark blue cloth, red shield
and braid trimmed, $3.50 value for ip&JJ
Boys' fancy blouses in all-wool French flan
nels, browns and greens, ages 3 to ri? 9
years-...
The -Book Section
Is a busy place these days Books of every description for
young or old and in such extensive variety that everybody is
easily pleased Book Store is four times the usual size from
now until . Christmas, giving ample space to move around at
your leisure. '
Calendars and Christmas cards by the thousand.
Meier & Frank Company
Meier & Frank Company if Meier. & Frank Company
Meier &. Frank Company
I'm glad lt's.qof a beam or a cordwoo3
stick, like the other fellow has In his
eye."
"Is this the new or the old board?"
"Well, I don't know that a new secre
tary has been elected.''
Just then a bill collector .came in to har
vest $2. The- bill was an aftermath of the
irrigation convention, of which Mr. Moore
was secretary. .
"Won't $1 do?". asked Mr. Moore, with
another twinkle in his eye. -
"You'd get us Into trouble," responded
the visitor. "We'd have to cut prjees for
everybody."
"Well, I don't wish to get anybody into
trouble. I have hard work keeping oat
of It myself. Here's: your money."
Here the" reporter .mentioned the com
plaint about the lax methods in .which
Mr. Moore is alleged to have kept his
records and accounts. Mr. Moore respond
ed quickly:
Says Accounts Arc O. It.
"Who makqs the1 complaint? I!d like
to se.e the color of his hair; I- rendered
financial statements to the board every
six months, and several financial reports
In addition. The books have always been
open to members of the board for-exam-lnaUoir."
"Is It true that . all. the o6. members of
tjhe board are against j'ou?"
"Not a bit of it,' and you can't correct
this report.too. soon."
Mr. Idleman was asked .if the new ele
ment of the board would ie represented
at the-meeting today - -, -
"Indeed, they will. That's what they're
In the board for."
Irrigation People Interested.
C. C. Hutchinson, president of an Irri
gation company which Is seeking privi
leges in Deschutes under the Carey act,
said that Mr. Moore had stirred things up
against the Irrigation companies, without
reason.
"It's his business to draw .capital to
Oregon, not to drive it .out," said Mr.
Hutchinson. VAnd investors of capital
are capable of placing their mpney with
out asking Mr. Moore how to do It."
The Irrigation people are crowing over
the way they have eradicated an influence
that has been Irritating them for several
months. The Board of Trade vas as
a keen.-edged sword hanging over them.
By Joining the board in a body, they have
outbalanced the element that was giving
them trouble. That they mean to hold
possession is quite evident
"Will you- put through a resolution
favoring private irrigation?" a company
man was asked.
"No, but we shall prevent the. passage
of any resolution Inimical to private Irrigation."
shelter behind a pile of shingles,, while
they gazed aV the partially completed ex
cavation, .and the plow which steod In
the uncompleted furrow. "When asked
how It came tfiat- the shingles were dellv-
ered before thefoundation was built, one
of the workmen ' saltl that he understood
that, owing to bad feather. It was in
tended to construqt the, roof of the build
ing first, so that .the men employed would
j be sheltered while working on the rest of
tne Duiiamg. ii tnis -works, it will- bo a
better thing than "the awrilng got up by
George Langford to slielteAthe bricklayers.
Bnild the Roof Frst.
. Building operations were generally sus
pended about the city yesterday, owing to'
the very unfavorable weather early in the"
morning. At the northeast corner of
Fourth and Columbia streets, where Phil
1d Chaneron is buildinc- two-ntnrv fi.its.
r several workmen assembled- and found
Competing; Displays at A'pples.
The competing displays of apples from
Hood. River and Rogue RIverSdisRlayed In
the window at the permanent exhibit on
J Washington street are attracting, much
aiienuon, as sucn a display woma m any
city in the world, for it would be. hard to
find the equal of It anywhere. Where all
are so beautiful, It is hard to say which
Is the best, but several skilled Judges'. In
looking over the lot (concluded that the
Hood River people had a little more skill
in selecting the most perfect of their ap
ples, having regard to shape and coloring
as well as size. A rivalry among fruit
growing districts In regard to excellence
of products will prove beneficial to all.
concerned, but It will take several years
to decide which district is tho best. The
magnificent onions sent in by Holmes
Bros, from Butte Creek, near Central
Point. 'are larger-than the apples, and Just
; as fine- of their kind, and- attracted even
more attention than the apples, being a
rarer exhibit. There are several varieties
of onions, Oregon Yellow Danvers, Silver
Skins" and others, all of large size and
fine appearance, and their qppearance and
odors combined made standing room
scarce In. front of the display at times.
Some people have an unreasonable preju
dice against the aroma of onions, espe
cially on the breath of others, which can
be quickly dispelled by eating some. The
onion is a vary wholesome and nutritious
vegetable. Mr. Hazelton, of Central
Point, who raised lCO.OCO pounds of them,
hail no trouble in disposing of them all to
miners and others on the spot for a cent
a pound, which paid him very well for
cultivating two acres. Some very fine
on'ons 'have also been sent to the exhibit
by h- Floss, of " X.atourelI, which were
grown on hillside land, 800 feet above the
i river, which shows that the land is good
l up there.
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