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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,
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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
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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.