v. 12 THE MORNING OREGOXIAy, MONDAY, APRIL' 13, 1903. EPIDEMIC SPREADS Violent Form of Smallpox in Eastern Oregon. LOCAL DOCTOR DIDN'T KNOW IT Treated Patient for Polion Oak, and Allorred Many to Be Exposed Dr. "VV'ooda lintcblnaon 'Will Take Choree of Fight. Smallpox of a malignant type Is raging through Eastern Oregon. One death has been reported, and several patients are on the point of death. The disease has spread from Shanlko, its starting point, to the surrounding country, and has now asserted Itself In The Dalies, Prineviile and other points along the road. Dr. Woods Hutchinson. State Health officer, left last night for the scene of the epidemic to personally take charge of the operations and. If possible,, to ' stop the spread of the disease. The smallpox reported In Eastern Ore gon is. of a different type to that which Oregon has seen for some years. The cases 'before hare been of such mild form as to even raise a question among the physicians as to whether or not they were really smallpox. The cases reported thus far In Kastern Oregon are very se vere, and regarded as highly dangerous. The members of the State Hoard of Health are alarmed over the outlook, and cay that nothing short of prompt action can keep the disease from causing a num ber of deaths. The difference between the present epi demic and those of recent years Is ac counted for by the fact that It started from a case which wns contracted In Pennsylvania. A man who came to Shan lko for the purpose of taking up a timber claim- was taken with the disease, and all of the cases can be traced directly to this one. At the time that the visitor came to Shanlko he wns feeling indisposed, but did not think that there was anything serious the matter with him. He went into the mountains by. stage, but was taken so sick that he had tb return at once. The drivers never dreamed of smallpox, and did not think of such a thing as vaccination or of disinfecting the stage lie had ridden In. In their Ignorance regarding the dis ease, the people of Shanlko were not en lightened In the least by the Shanlko phy sician, who Is said to have pronounced the case a serious case of poison oak, and to have treated the patient for it until he died a few days later. Xo Quarantine Unforced. During all of" this time the patient was kept at the hotel, and no effort was made to keep him secluded. The doctor did not recognize the disease, and the people did not see why they should question the word of their physician. Disease germs were scattered broadcast, and within a surprisingly short time the whole com munity was Infected. People who rode in the same stage the sick man Had ridden in were Infected, and the disease did not break out on them un til they were lu a different part of the country. People who stopped at the ho tel were exposed, but not knowing of their danger, went their way until smallpox manifested Itself, and by that time had scattered the contagion further. A sister of Dr. Homer I. Keeny. of this city, was among the first to contract the disease, and Dr. Keeny went to Shanlko at once to attend to the case. He saw the danger at a glance, and communicated with the State Health Board regarding the matter. Dr. Alfred King, of Ante lope, was called and assisted Dr. Keeny In an attempt to check the disease. Dr. Hutchinson communicated with the doc tors daily, holding himaelf in readiness to go to personally take charge of the fight. Drs. Keeny and King promptly quar antined every case ot smallpox and or dered a thorough vaccination of ail who had in any way been exposed to the dis ease. The people worked In sympathy with the doctors, and responded to every demand made by them. When Dr. Keeny returned to Portland a few days ago, he reported that the dis ease seemed to be under control, and said that he did not look for a further spread of smallpox from that source. The doctor had not taken Into account, however, the number of people that had been exposed before he arrived on the scene, and be fore any one knew that smallpox was In the community. During the past few days startling re ports have been reaching the State Health Board. People who mere exposed several days ago have only within the past few days commenced to break out with the disease. In some cases they have gone for Bome time before they realized their condition, and have exposed others to the lest before any precautions have been taken. Situation See-nin Serious. Yesterday the State Board decided that the condition was so serious that Dr. Hutchinson should take charge of it In person. Eleven cases were reported at Shanlko. and reports say that the disease Is breaking out In lrineville. The Dalles and other places whoso residents have visited Shanlko within the past few weeks. In every case the report is the same. The disease Is of a violent form. But one death has occurred thus far, but In sev eral cases the attending physicians say that there seems little hoic of recovery. "It Is the old form of smallpox." said a member of the State Board Af Health last night. "It Is not the mild form wo have been having In Oregon for the past few years. One main trouble In fighting the disease has been that the people are not afraid of it- But few deaths have oc curred, and they say they would as soon have smallpox as not. We have told them that It may become severe at any time, but they have still been as careless as -ever. The disease that Is now raging In Eastern Oregon Is the kind we have been trying to tell them about, and if it gets much of a foothold they will change their minds about smallpox not being danger ous." Vaccination Stoat Effective. Dr. Woods Hutchinson's plan of fight ing the disease is based upon quarantine and vaccination. "There can be no question as to the effectiveness of vaccination." said he. "During an epidemic of this kind every one should bo vaccinated." It Is In the power of the State Board of Health to enforce a rule of compulsory vaccination, end a member of the Board last night said that this means would be considered If the epidemic continued to spread. "After a patient has been vaccinated, and the. vaccinnatlon has taken effect." said Dr. Hutchinson, "smallpox will not occur in a violent lorra. and It Is only upon the rarest occasions that it will oc cur at all." Every care of smallpox that Is reported will be strictly quarantined. In this way people will not be exposed to the disease, but without vaccination the members ot the State Board say they are able to do but little. Often before a case is discov ered several people have been exposed. The doctors have no way of knowing who has been exposed, and cases will ap pear where they are the least expected. Dr. Hutchinson left last night Intend ing to go directly to Prineviile. As roon as he has made the necessary arrange ments there, he will leave the field In charge of a local physician, and win visit other places where the disease Is reported. HER FAVORITE POEM. Ella Wheeler Wilcox n Verr ' Many of Them. "Which of my poems Is my favorite? Oh. I am sure. I don't know. There are so many of them." Ella Wheeler Wilcox stood in the hill of the Portland Hotel last evening, at tired in a black gown that seemed com posed of naught but lace end glistening black beads. She fingered three calling cards In her hands, shuffling them over. "There are the 'Poems of Passion'," the reporter began. "Oh, my. they are ancient history, all past, you know. Now, of my later, there Is 'High Noon' Yes. I think that 'High Noon' Is my favorite. But you know it's Just like a mother with several chil dren." And Mrs. Wilcox looked up with a "Tou-know-how-that-ls" smile. "Now, I have no copy of 'High Noon.' which appears in Poems of Power. Nei ther have I a copy of "Gethsemane,' which Is another favorite. But I like very much a New Year's poem for 1S0B, which I hive with me. You might say it is the favorite of the past year." Xtw Year, 1003. When with clar.rtnr and with rinsing Coro- the year's initial car. I can feel the rhythmic awlnricr Of the iroria upon it sway. And tho RUM still wears her fetters. And tbo' Jj;tlce (till 1 blind. Time's beyond l always better Than the paths he leaves behind. In oar eors ot existence As we circle throurh the ntsht. We annihilate the distance 'Twlxt the darkness and the llsht. Frcm beginnings crude and lowly Round and round our souls hare trod, Throurh, the circles winding slowly Up to knowledge and to God. With each century departed. Some old ert! found a tomb. Bome old truth was newly started In propitious souls to bloom. With esch epoch some condition That has handicapped the rare, (Worn-out creed or superstition) Unto knowledge yields Its place. Though In folly and In blindness And in sorrow still we erope, Tet In man's Increasing kindness Lies the world's stvpendous hope. For our darkest hour ot error Is as radiant as the dawn. Set beside the awful terror Of the rkts that hare gone. And abov the sad world's sobblnc And the strife of clan with clan. I caa hear the mighty throbbing Of the heart of Ood In man. And a voice chants through the chiming Of the If Hi. and seems to ssy: We are climbing, we are climbing. Aa we circle on our way. Mrs. Wilcox visited Mrs. Eva Emery Dyo at Oregon City yesterday after noon, and had lunch with the authoress of "The Conquest." When she arrived back in Portland she found a number of callers, and was in consequence very tired at the close of the evening. Mr. Wilcox left last -night for Seattle, from which city he will return on Tueadiy. NO FRIEND OF CLUB WOMEN Writer Takes Exception to Their Re ception ot Ella Wheeler Wlloox. PORTLAND, April 1U To the Editor.) I have been watching with considerable Interest the manner In which Portland club women have attempted to lay vio lent hands on the organization ot the 1 woman's department of the Lewis and Clark Fair, and I must voice my approval of the action taken by the directors In declining to be a party to furthering the petty Jealousies and ambitions of a cer tain few whose desires outrun their Judg ment. I believe that "the mice ess of the Fair will not depend upon the women of Port land, although their co-operation la very necessary, but should be the work of the women from all parts of the state, who certainly have as much Interest In It as their sisters In Portland, and who should be given an opportunity to assist in the work, ag wall as credit in the success thereof. Not satisfied with creating considerable unfavorable- comment regarding the Fair, I see. by The Sunday Oregonian, that they are to have charge of the reception to be tendered to Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and that same has been postponed until Tuesday evening, when each clubwoman may bring two friend. It was announced some days ago that Mrs. Weatherred. whose friend she is, had arranged for a reception at the Portland Hotel, and the lmpreslon went forth that the ladles of Portland would have an opportunity of meeting Mra. Wil cox. Irrespective of whether they were club women or not, but It seems that this Is not to be. I, for one. am greatly disap pointed, an I am a great admirer of Mrs. Wilcox, and there are, no doubt, hundreds of others here like mysedf, who, not being clubwomen, and not having the honor to count among their friends these distin guished persons, cannot hope to be pres ent on that occasion to offer their con gratulations at her recovery from her re cent illness and welcome her to Portland. , Being a world-wide celebrity. It does not s'eem to me that she nhould be hedged In by a barbed wire fence of class distinction, as I fancy, had she to depend on club women alone as readers of her works, her fame would hare been more or Ues cir cumscribed. We can connote ourselves, however, with the knowledge that Presi dent Roosevelt is not a club woman, and that every oho will have an opportunity to see blm when be visits Portland. NOT A CLUB WOMAN. PIANO AGENT ARRESTED Salenmnn for Ellers Piano Honse Accused of CmbesEllnir $400. Charges too numerous to count can be preferred against Bert Prout, who was ar retted In Pendleton a few days ago, brought back to Portland yeaterday by Sheriff Storey, and sent to Moscow, Idaho, last night by one of the Sheriff's deputies. Prout's original Intention seems to have been to embezzle J WO from the Ellers Pi ano House, by which he was employed as agent. In trying to cover up his first crime he apparently committed a number of others, and the company does not know which one to prosecute first. Prout was Ellen agent between Spo kane and Moscow, and his work was su pervised by George A. Heldlnger, who is the agent at Spokane. He sold a piano to a man in Moscow for $400 cash, and rep resented to the firm that he had sold It on the installment plan. As nrat payment on the nlano. he sent in $20 of the money and kept the rest for his own use. When a oale Is made on the Installment plan It Is necessary for the buyer to sign articled of agreement. "I am doing a little business with this man," said Prout to the Postmaster, and If there are any letters come to him from the Ellera Piano House, "put them In my box. and I will take them out to him." The Postmaster consented to'thla arrange ment, and when the contracts came to be signed they were placed In the box used by Prout. The piano had been paid for, and he saw no reason to take the agreements to the kbuyer. so signed the buyer's name himself ana returned them to the company. This act added tampering with the malls and forgery to bis list of crimes. When tbe time came for the second pay ment to be made and no money received, the buyer ot the fine piano was taken to taek and the whole matter leaked our. Prout by that time had made an attempt to get away, but was caught at Pendleton. Prout was well known In Pendleton, and -served a term in the County Jail there iwo years ago. He was taken back to Moscow to be triad. Insist on having Just what you call for when you go to buy Hood's Sarsaparllla. RUN OFF WITH $1000 E. C. Bulman Flees With a Client's Money. ARRESTED IN GRANT'S PASS Miss Clara, Kroenke Gave Him Com. mission to Bay m. Lodclng House Abased the. Trust, She Says. Erwln C Bulman. a well-known real estate man of this city, was arrested yes terday at Grant's Pass. Complaining wit ness against him Is Miss Clara Kroenke. who says that she has been defrauded out of 71000. Bulman when searched bad over JSOO In cash on his person. He will be brought back to Portland at once, arriving here today. Miss Kroenke la a young woman, who has had a considerable amount of money left, to her from an estate In the East, and came to Portland for the purpose of going Into business. W. E. Groat, who lives at 432 Hawthorne avenue. Is an old friend of the young woman, and, as soon aa she came to the city, she went to his place to stay. Miss Kroenke's idea of business was to buy a lodging-house and for the first pay ment she had a check for J1000. Living at the same house was E. C. Bulman. whose business is dealing in real estate, but who does not exclude deals ot any description that look good. "I think I can find the kind of a lodging-house that you want," he told ths young lady, after he had held several con versations with her, and had formed an opinion of what she wanted and a better opinion of what ha wanted out ot the money himself. "I may find a lodging-house for sale," he continued, "that Is a great bargain. If I do, shall I bind the bargain at oncer' "Of course," she said, "make the bar gain at once It you find a place that you know is a good buy." When Mr. Bulman came home the next night he had not bought anything, but he had noticed a good bargain. It took some cash down to get It, and another eager real estate agent had stepped In ahead of him before he could get the money. To make It a sure thing that he would not let the next good bargain get away he suggested to his customer that he had better take the J 1000 check in order to have It ready when the opportunity came. Pleased to avoid, the responsibilities of business, the trusting young lady readily turned the check over to her agent, and fully expected that he would come home Friday night with the announcement that he had bought a fine place for her. Saturday morning he was out of bed early, supposedly to have time for a good search for bargains, but really to 'catch the early morning train. He didn't como home to dinner. Per haps he was then making & contract -with some one. or maybe in his kindness he was missing his dinner in order to argue with some stubborn property-owner. Night came and he did not come to sup per. Now the woman felt very much ashamed that she should have to put a stranger to so much trouble for accom modation. Only when a friend came In In the evening and suggested that a man could do quite a little traveling on J10M did she sucpect that anything had been wrong. Tho friend at once went to the police station and reported that the man was missing, and also added to the report that the money was missing. It was thought that he had gone toward California, and Chief Hunt wired to Ash land to stop the man if he was on the train. "Your man got off at Grant' Pass," was the answer from the Chief of Police of Ashland, and word was wired to ar rest Bulman at Grant's Paso. Half an hour later the answer came back that the fugitive was arrested, and that he bad over POO on his" person when searched. He will be brought back to Portland at once. Bulman la well known In Portland, pay ing been engaged In the real estate and trading business here for some time. "He tried to get on the police force." said Chief Hunt yesterday, when he was toid of the matter. "He came to me and asked me to help him, but I told him that I could not." What the charge made against him will be is not yet decided upon. Miss Kroenke said last night that she would not prose cute the case If the money was returned. HARMONY THE MOTIVE. Member of Woman's Clab Explains Why Chance Wns Suggested. PORTLAND, AprtTlZ To the Editor.) I am satisfied that the attitude In which the Woman's Club placed Itself In pass ing the following resolution last Friday is misunderstood by many: "Resolved. That the Woman's Club of Portland does hereby petition the direc tors of the proposed Lewis and Clark Fair to appoint a general committee of 23 women who shall have charge of woman's work In connection with the Fair, sub ject to the control of the board of Fair commissioners." The motive that actuated the large ma jority who placed themselves on record in favor of a central organization selected by the Fair commissioners without refer ence to any clubs, was one of harmony. This Was tho action ot the Woman's Club which Is but one of the federated clubs ot the city and state, and at a subsequent meeting of tbe board of the Federated Clubs the same day. the action ot the Woman's Club In adopting the above res olution was Indorsed. The resolution was offered as a suggestion of an easy and practical way ot allaying the feelings that had been engendered, feelings that it was considered advisable to regard rather than disregard. Those who are In a position to know are fully aware that the directors of the Fair In charge of woman's work have made no mistake in tentionally. According to the statement of one ot the committee tbey thought they were proceeding with a full regard to the or ganized club effort of the city, because one of the high officers of a club and "a mem ber of the federation. Introducing herself as such, asked that Mrs. Weatherred be allowed to go ahead and organize a Lewis and Clark Club in Portland. The commis sioners went ahead with the organization of this club in Portland, believing that the Woman's Club and the officers of the Federation were anxious to have that very thing .done. Not to override "the Woman's Club, whose federation had gone to work earnestly, and not to hurt the feelings ot the new Lewis and Clark Club either, was the aim of the Woman's Club last Friday In petitioning the Fair commissioners to make a selection ot S representative women without reference to membership ot clubs, to form a cen tral board. Many thought that a woman of wealth and Influence and high social standing should be selected by the directors as gen eral manager of the woman's depart menta woman who Is known to be en ergetic and capable, a woman who could easily enlist the co-operation of the well-to-do women, and at the same time bring to herself the support of all other classes, and that her assistants, making -up this central body, should be selected for their capability from not only Portland, but from all over this state and the sister states, which are contributing to the financial support of tho Fair, not Port- land's Fair, but tho Lewis and Clark: Ex position of the great .Northwest. For example, a woman who wouldxaake an excellent general manager of the woman's department would be Mrs. J. B. Montgomery, the representative ot the State of Oregon to the St. Louis Exposi tion, under whose leadership all the women ot the Northwest would work har moniously. This plan was practically carried out In the great fairs of the country. Mrs. Pot ter Palmer was put In charge of woman's work of the Chicago fair, and through her influence tbe woman's department was made one of the most attractive features of the Columbian Exposition. The effort ot the City Federation of Portland during the two years of its ex istence has been to aid any and all meas ures calculated to benefit the community as helpers and not leaders. In this spirit It proposed to take up work that would aid the Lewis and Clark Fair, and aa a preliminary step appointed a committee of 33 women from Its members. It ap pears that some have confounded this committee with the committee petitioned for In the resolution adopted by the Woman's Club, which it was proposed should be a committee chosen regardless of clubs. Thus It will be clearly seen that the Im pression that the women of the Federated Clubs wanted to control the women's work ot the Lewis and Clark Fair Is er roneous. MBS. W. WYNN JOHNSON. WORK FOR THE FAIR. Plea for a Board of Men and Women Commissioners. VANCOUVER, Wash., April li To the Editor.) Many of ua have been anxiously waiting for several months to know whether the women of Oregon and the Northwest were to be recognized In the organization for the promotion of the Lewis and Clark Centennial.. Funds have been raised by private sub scription, by both men and women, amounting to many thousands ot dollars. The Legislature of Oregon, representing Its citizens, male and female, has appro priated JjOO.000 for an Exposition fund. Yet. while all the world knows that to the pioneer women of the Northwest all honor and praise Is due for their courage, faith fulness and loyalty to all tbe Interests ot home and country, amid dangers, hard ships and deprivations until, they have been humiliated by seeing the machinery for the exploitation and exhibition of their country's progrers and productions set In motion and commissioners appointed to undertake this work, without so much even as an aside recognition of them selves. Could anything be more selfish and ego tistical than the cool manner in which the men of the state have arrogated to them selves the right to vote this Exposition fund, which represents women's as well as men's labor, and their assumption that they' alone must hold all tbe salaried or unsalaried places of honor and responsi bility? How magnanmious ot them to tell the women that It they want any place in this affair they must raise their own funds! How this can be done is a problem, seeing that the community purse has been drained and their property taxed to the utmost to meet the previous Legislative appropriation. Fairs, balls and entertain ments are suggested as a means by which the women may be able to raise funds to carry out the hospitalities which, as host esses ot a Nation, may be expected of them. But we hope they win have suffi cient self-respect to refuse to make them selves the slaves of any such methods. With such women in the state as Mrs. Eva Emory Dye. who has done more than any other person to arouse an Interest In the Centennial and spread a knowledge of the great Northwest: Mrs. Edith Tozlcr Weatherred,-Mrs. Robert Miller. Mrs. Hen rietta Brown. Mrs. A. 8. Dunlway, 3Irs. M. H. Elmore, Mrs. T. T. Geer and many others of great ability, there was no lack of capable women to serve as commission ers. Not a woman in all the Northwest but Is proud of Its resources and progress and stands loyally waiting for an oppor tunity to promote the Interests of this Exposition. Why not give them a fair chance? Perhaps it is wise to appropriate sep arate space for womens exhibits. But the interests and achievements of men and women are so interwoven and almost Iden tical, that It Is wiser not to separate them. Neither Uncle Sam nor any of his male progeny ever made succrenful housekeep ers. There needs the united wisdom of the entire family to cope with questions which Involve the success and welfare of alL What a graceful and proper act to have made Mrs. Dye a commlenloner or honor ary president, and if The Oregonian has given us correct reports of the work done by Mrs. Edith Tozier Weatherred at Buf falo and Charleston, we must say that not a man in all the state could be more val uable on the Board of Commissioners, be-c-:jse of her experience and knowledge of Exposition affairs generally. It Is not tbo late to add their names and others to tho board. Then, with proper representation, tbe women of the North west could, with self-respect, work with a will. Now women everywhere must hes itate before they commit themselves to such undignified service, as the present plan Involves. The hospitality department is one of the most Important. To expect women to car ry out its intent by funds raised via balls, fairs and entertainments Is ridiculous and unjust. Men would never think of assum ing such a burden. If there Is to be harmony and success In all the coming arrangements of the Expo sition, there must be a union of effort di rected by a united head, composed of both gentlemen and lady commissioners. MARIA L. TRENHOLM HIDDEN'. Definition of Wallowa. VANCOUVEB,Wash.. April 1L (To tbe Editor.) An article in a recent Issue of The Oregonian by your special cor respondent from Wallowa, in which two definitions o, the word Wallowa are sub mittedone that it signifies a cross to mark the location of a flshtrap in the lake, and the other simply a "flshtrap" Is quite Interesting to one who has fre quently visited "that valley before tbe whites settled there. I therefore venture an. Intrusion upon your generosity to submit the definition of the word as given me by an Indian in 1ST1 while in camp with them on that stream. The Indians pronounce, tho word in three) syllables, with the accent on the second, the last two being pronounced exactly like the Chinook Jargon word wa-wa (substituting an 'T' for tho first "w") with the third sound of "a." The first syllable Is as we would sound "wa" in was. Pronounce the word wa-lah-wa, with the sound or the first "a" barely perceptible, accenting and dwelling slight ly on the second and you get the correct Indian rjrnnunrlstlnn. L Being asked the meaning of tho 'word. --... tuAh ujq suTdiii was SO rapid that they could not build a flshtrap In It without placing wallowas below them to keep them from washing out. and ex plained that a wallowa was made by lashing together the tops of three heavy poles; the other ends, being free, were spread and set up on end in the form of a triangle and" placed In the stream to resist the force of the water against their nshtraps, which were constructed of poles and brush diagonally across the stream. x If the Indian's definition Is correct, Wallowa means a tripod of poles to sup port a flshtrap from washing out. W. A. GATES. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting: Teetb. Be for and ass that eld and wsu-trled remedj, Mrs. WuuIsWs Soothlax Syrup, for chUdrca usUitag. It soothes th child, soruna ths runs. . allays all pain, cans wind coUe and diarrhoea. Constipation, which gives rise to many, graver troubles. Is cured and prevented by Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them and you will be convinced. Meier & Frank Company McKiBky MemoriaJ Certificates on sale at picture department-Secore one of the Itho graphed certificates to represent your contribution to tie fund 2d floor. For Details of Today's Bargains See Sunday's Oregonian Extraordinary Values in the Millinery Dept. Bargains in Hosiery, Beading, Applique, Wristbags, Corsets and Handkerchiefs The Specials in Dress Goods are Excellent Values Great Values fa Suit Cases, Traveling Bags Meier Frank Company HE MADE A QUICK PROFIT IIILLSnonO MAX CLEARS 12,GOO IX FORTLAXD REAL ESTATE. Property on First Avenue Shovrs Rapid Increase In Values, Ovrlns to Erection of Xeir Buildings. Real Estate. Monday S 18.713 Tuesday 68.070 Wednesday 18.311 Thursday 6.631 Friday 8.044 Saturday 41.1(2 Total .J1S2.731 Building Permits. Monday J 11.610 Tuesday ........................ 49.bOO Weinesday lS.tn3 Thursday 10.108 Friday 1S.OM Saturday j S.300 Total ...;:.S102,3 S. B. Huston, tho Hlllsboro attorney, was a party In two large Portland real estate deals last week. He sold the north west corner of First and Washington streets for XTiXM and bought the north west corner of Park and Morrison streets for $H,M0, Both transactions were con ducted through- Rountree' & Diamond. William Gadsby, the occupant of the property for many years, bought the corner of First and Washington. Tbe deal involves a quarter-block, 100 by 100 feet. It Is covered by a three-story brick structure built a number of years ago by the Dekum heirs. The Hlllsboro man bought the property some months ago for $60,000, and as he has Just sold it at an advance of 312,500. Is consequently very well satisfied with his recent purchase. The brick building now upon the prop erty is an old-timer, though In good re pair. Mr. Gadsby Intends to make a num ber of Improvements upon It, so that tha comer hereafter will present a more mod em appearance. While tbe melancholy shacks on the opposite comer remain, however, this win be a difficult matter. Tbe other deafKvlth which Mr. Huston was connected was the purchase of SO by 100 feet at Park and Morrison streets. This lot Is occupied by a one-story brick on the comer and a residence In the rear. L. Gerllnger was the former owner of the property. The. amount Involved In this transaction wns $3 1.500. Deals In which one person is concerned to the amount of J10S.CO0 are not made every day In any town. The fact that Mr. Huston profited to the extent of '12.500 within a few months on a single piece of Portland real estate Is an excellent evidence ot the rapid ap preciation of value in property In this city. Tbe deals, both purchasing and selling, were conducted as ordinary busi ness transactions: there, were no forced sales under the Sheriffs supervision, nor was a fanciful price charged when the property was sold. It was merely an in stance of the marked rise which has over taken Portland real estate within tbe new year. First street for several years was dead to the world as far aa transactions In real estate were concerned. When the retail trade moved further up town this thoroughfare remained out In the cold for a long time. Within the past few months, however, a new spirit has been felt, and First-street property Is again In demand. The new buildings of the George Law rence Company, J. W. Cook and Cook Brothers, have had much Influence In starting a new movement in this direction. When more than 1100,000 Is placed In new brick buildings all within a block of one another, surrounding property feels the Influence of the Investment and responds with added values. The northeast comer of Eleventh and Alder streets, purchased by two lodges of tbe Knights of Pythias ot Portland some weeks ago. will soon be the scene of a new building. Though the deal with the Hamilton heirs was chronicled more than two months ago, the transaction was defi nitely closed Saturday. The price of the property, 60 by 100 feet. Is J1200. It was the original purpose of the Knights to buy the ground before it in creased in value and not to erect a build ing for several years. Since the deal was made, however, several proposals have been made to the lodgemen. One which they are now considering Is to place a building upon the property at once. Part will be reserved for the use of the lodges, while the remainder will be put to busi ness purposes. The matter will be de cided this week at a meeting of those in terested. A brick building at least four stories In height Is tbe desire of the Knights of Pythias. According to the plans now In mind It will cost In the neighborhood of $60,003, In addition to the furnishings of the lodgerooms upstairs. A rumor Is current that the Hamilton heirs intend to erect a brick building upon the southwest comer of the same block, at Tenth and Alder streets. This would anjom me inree-story brick of Morton Conn, at Tenth and Washington streets. 1 The building permits of the past week are larger than usual. In spite of the scarecrow of strike so persistently held up to property owners. The American Can Company has taken out a permit for its now factory at Twelfth and Front streets. The cost Is given as $14,000. Thus far the painters' strike has not "tied up the town." tho bugaboo of which a number of pessimists have been ranting for so long. Work Is suspended upon the Mohawk building, of the Fall ing estate, at Third and Morrison streets, through the action of the -painting con tractors In placing a nonunion painter upon the Job. Otherwise construction goes on the same as ever. Unless con tractors in other lines follow the ex ample of the Master Builders Associa tion in putting nonunion workmen upon the buildings, there is little probability of construction being suspended. Ap parently many property owners and busi ness men of Portland have been need lessly frightened at the prospect of a general strike, according to the state ment of a merchant who recently re turned from an Eastern city which has been as nearly tied up as any place can be. "Portland Is Just like a nervous old woman." said he. "Whenever there la the least possibility of a strike that may affect 2 per cent of Its population every one immediately cries that the town h? mined for the year. I know this city mighty well, but for the past year I have been In a place where they have Just had a worse strike than Portland ever had or will have, I think. The ordinary busi ness of the town went ahead Just as though no strike was on. When the strike was over every one went to work again, and they didn't talk about tbe town being ruined for the year, either. If people here won't get scared at noth ing, the strike will not disastrously affect the prosperity of the city." "WHERE LIES THE ERROR? Employer May Be to Blame for Brit ish, Trade Decline. Chicago Tribune. Hear both sides. Mr. Benjamin Taylor and others of the same stripe have been saying that the British workman, with his penchant for trade unionism, is largely reonslble for the comparative decline of British Industry. This is one side. Tha other side Is that of men like Mr. Mac Donald, delegate ot the London Trades Council on the Mosely Commission. The ilosely Commission came to America and took a look at American conditions. It has now returned to England. According to London dispatches, Mr. MacDonald has expressed himself to the effect (1) that America has sweaters' dens that England would not tolerate, (2) that the English workman Is superior to the American workman b solid workmanship, and (J) that while the English workman has lit tle to learn from the American workman, the English employer has a great deal to learn from the American employer. This shifting ot the blame from the shoulders of the English trade unionist to those of the English capitalist Is to be marked. It Is to be marked especially by Mr. Benjamin Taylor. Mr. Taylor has tried to show that the American work man works harder and longer than tha English workman. He has not called much attention to the less dubious fact that tbe American employer works hard er and longer than the English employer. The. leisurely ways of English business men, their content with existing methods and their aversion to inconvenient changes have been the amazement of American observers. Late at office in the morning. long at lunch In the afternoon, frequent in attendance at 5 o'clock tea such Is the characterization of the London business man which has been returned to us by our countrymen who have gone abroad. Let not Mr. Benjamin Taylor, when be Is apportioning his censure, ap portion 100 per cent of It to the British trade unions and none of It to the British captains of Industry. During the Boer War It became appar ent that the trouble with the British army was not Its privates, but Its officers. The privates behaved with the greatest pos- sioie steadiness ana gallantry. Tbe off! cers were often Ignorant of the art of war. May it not be that a similar- discov ery will be made with regard to British trade and commerce? ' Of course, the members of the Mosely Commission may be prejudiced in favor of the British workman, but if their conclu sions are not altogether inaccurate' It Is probably about time to give British capital as well as British labor a place In the dis cussion of alleged British commercial In efficiency. THEY FOUGHT. Later It- Searla and Albert Rogers 1 Meditate in Jail. The people passing Sixth and Stark streets last night were treated to an Im promptu duel of no small dimensions, when R. Searla said to Albert Rogers: "Tou are a liar." After this there, were Immediately "things a-dolng." Before any serious damage could be done, however, the burly form of an of ficer hove in sight, and as a referee he seemed to be the real thing. He didn't seem to like the way either man fought, 'or they were quickly disarmed and an ambulance In tbe form of the new patrol' wagon sent lor. The fighters could not produce ball, and so were locked up and given time to meditate on the folly of Imbibing too freely. Today they will face Judge Hogue on a charge of disorderly conduct. Rev. Rlram Hntcblns. of the Bedford-Avenue Baptist Church. Brooklyn, celebrated his jcolden weddlss the other day. The extraordi nary feature of tho event Is the fact that ths wirs who participated la the obserranee Is the clers7xnan's third partner. Dr. Iltttrhlni Is 83 years old. PARK TAKES ON COLORS ASSUMES COAT OF CREEX WITH COM1XG OF SUMMER. Lewis and Clark Shaft of Granite I in Place Soon Will Be a Monument. With the coming of Spring, the City Park has awakened, and is now donning Its coat of green for the Summer months. Yesterday a goodly crowd of nature-lovers visited this place of recreation, and strolled over tho soft grass, or watched the animals at their play. During the Winter and the arly Spring Superintendent Lowitz has had his force of men busily engaged In getting things into shape for- the Summer. Banks and terraces that were washed out of shape by the winter rains have been put In place again, and are already verdant with a new growth ot lawn grass. The. walks and paths have been worked over, and the animal cages repainted and fixed u,i so that even the occupants do not know them. Probably never In the history of .the park has It been in such good shape as at the present time, and indications point that It will be the favorite outing place during the warm weather. Of course, many will visit tha ,1005 Fair site, bu thia Is so far from the center of the city, and In such unimproved condition at the pres ent time, that It is not as attractive as the park.- Yesterday was the first Sunday that has brought out a good crowd to the park, and most of the visitors seemed glad to have an opportunity of enjoying nature again. The fact that the President will visit the park has also Increased interest, and many persons take a little trip over the proposed route of the procession. Just to see if he will get good views and pleas ant bits of nature. Up at the head of Park avenue lies the great shaft of granite that is to be cut Into the monument for Lewis and Clark. It weighs 33,600 pounds, and it. was an extremely bard task to get it to its final location. No work has been done on it yet. but it will soon feel the chisel, and within a month It will be a monument In fact. Park avenue Is one ot the main en trances to the park, and it Is understood that an effort will be made to Improve It from its present Impassable condition. The sidewalks west of Ford street are broken and battered out of place, and the street Itself full of holes. The Macleaj Estate Company owns the adjacent lots, and it has expressed its Intention of lay ing a good street pavement and of put ting In cement walks. Washington street Is another main entrance, and It. too. Is In very bad condition. The Portland Railway Company has Just finished tho cunsirucuon ot a new carDarn, ana ine scraps of waste material are still littering the street. These wUl be removed as soon as possible, and the entrance will then be in fair condition. New heavy rails have been laid by the company right to the gate of the park, and it will not be Ions before the entire street from Sixteenth to the park is paved with new asphalt- IMPROVEMENT OF STOCK Valley Farmers Xo Looser Satisfied, With Scrub Animals. EUGENE. Or.. April 12. With the opening of Spring weather in Lano County there Is evidence among the fann ers and stockralsers of the county that more enterprise is displayed In the mat ter of Improvement of the stock Indus try than ever before. The stock business In the county is greater than many people suppose, and the exports for the past year of stock have amounted to approximately JIM. 000, which is a greater figure than would Tjo estimated by most people without careful study. , Tha great Improvement noticeable at tho present time is the Introduction of Improved blood and an effort at scien tific improvement In breed. The cattle on all the ranges show evi dence of this and their value In the mar ket is correspondingly increased. Like wise the sheep that graze upon the hIJIa bear evidence of breeding and the wool as it comes Into the markets Is of a superior quality and brings a correspond ingly good price. Time was that almost anything with wool was called a sheep, and a clip of four to six pounds was sufficient to sat isfy the desires of the owner. But sow the most Improved breeds are In demand, and careful attention Is given them so that a clip of six to eight pounds to the fleece Is very common. The heavy fieeca and improved quality are produced with, no greater expense thin was the Inferior clip a few years ago, and the farmer reaps the additional profit. So It is throujhout all branches ot the stock Industry; and the bank accounts of the stockmen and the evidence of their prosperity in their dealings with mer chants are unmistakable evidence of tha great change that his taken place for " tne gooa oi ine country. Walla Walla Won. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. April 12. In the' baseball game here today the scar's was: Walla Walla 10, Thirteenth Rat terymen 3.