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THE . MORNING OBEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY,, JULY 8, .1903.
PROSPECT FOR HOPS
Hoist Weather Has Caused
Vermin to Appear.
HOPBUYER PREDICTS FAIR CROP
Tklalu Prices "Will Be L,evrer This
Year as He Cannot See "Where ilie
T0,OO0 Jferr Bales This Year
Will Be Marketed.
H. J. Miller, a hopbuyer of Aurora, said
last night that he -would not be .surprised
If growers would be troubled by "lice
this year. "In the past two weeks," he
remarked, "vermin have made their ap
pearance. This Is due to warm, moist
weather. Yes, I know today was nne,
but it wasn't warm nor dry enough to
stop the 'lice
"The crop Is out of danger now except
ior vermin. Of course scorching hot
weather might injure the vines and reduce
the yield, and some persons believe such
a contingency likely to happen to com
pensate for the ;ool summer we have had
thus far. By the middle of July It is
possible to predict with some approxima
tion to the truth how the crop is going
to turn out- But even then It is impos
sible to foretell with absolute certainty.
Vermin might get a start toward the end
of August, just before picking time, and,
abetted by adverse weather, might blight
a large part of the crop. I hai-e seen a
Tnlsrortune Jlke this come to pass within
three days from picking time.
"The Oregon yield this year, from pres
ent Indications, will be about 70,000 bales.
Prom the information I can pick up,. I
learn that the now hop areas will aggre
gate 1000 acres. Under the conditions of
last year, this acreage would produce
perhaps 5000 bales, and the state would
yield about 90,000 bales. Oregon produces
large quantities of hops more than any
other state In the Union. Why is the
yield per acre growing less in Oregon?
That's a hard question to answer. Some
growers allege exhaustion of the soIL But,
accbrdlng to this theory, new ground
should produce as large yields as did the
old soil before It becamedepleted of Its
resources. Yet this is not' the case, and
it is frequently observed that old soil
does as well as new. Once upon a time
Oregon land yielded as much as 2000
pounds to the acre, but we don't hear of
that any more, even from new soil. But
In those earlier days growers frequently
used fertilizers to force their crops. That
was before vermin appeared. Growers
have since learned that fertilization en
genders or promotes lice."
"The smaller acreage yields of the pres
ent, as compared with the past, may be
due to two causes, first, the absorption
of nutriment from the land, and, sec
ond, the neglect of fertilizers. But I have
a peculiar hypothesis of my own In this
matter. Ifseeme to mo that the acreage
yield has been lessened, not so much by
Impoverishment of the soil as by the in
creased acreage devoted to hop culture.
Hops draw nutriment from the air .as
well as irom the earth, and It may be
that the great absorption of that nutri
ment Is the cause of smaller acreage out
put. Perhaps this and perhaps something
tlse- Whatever the cause. It Is mys
terious, and we do not yet have full un
derstanding of It. Maybe we should take
account of all three causes."
Mr. Miller was asked If he thought he
knew how the market would go. This
question frequently gets an evasive re
ply from hop dealers, but Mr. Miller said:
"A- hopdealer must be able to forecast
the market, else he won't be in business
long. There's little or no profit in do
ing business on a margin basis, because
there are too many men to compete with.
So he must rely on his gumption to tell
him how prices are going. Some men In
order to get the sole benefits of their
gumption keep their forecasts secret, but
the fact- Is, that doesn't do them any
good; there are too many different opin
ions. Of course, out of a hundred opin
ions one or more are likely to be true,
but growers don't always know which !
way to guess. It's a bewildering maze
of ideas and theories that they have to '
pick from.
"Now, I don't mind telling anybody that
I think prices are going to go lower. The
market is extremely nervous Just now,
I may say almost panicky. Everybody is
standing from under in order to see how
the new market will open. Last week
prices declined 4 cents, and they're now
nominally at 17 cents. About 5000 bales
ore held by growers In Oregon, but there's
no- market for the product. Brewers don't
need hops. English brewers would once
have taken every bale of Oregon hops
at 25 cents, but some growers held out
for 27 cents and more. The brewers got
their backs up and refused to pay. Some
persons supposed the brewers ' had to
have .the hops. But brewers can get along
with far less hops than was imagined.
They have chemical processes of brewing
In which they can use a small or large
hop ingredient. Just as they choose. The
men who insisted that hops would go
above 27 cents, a price far beyond the
normal value of hops, revealed an un
fortunate lack of knowledgo of conditions
of supply and demand."
MONUMENT FOR OREGON.
To Be Erected in Monumental Hall,
at Mammoth Cave, Kjr.
UNION. Or., July 6. (To the Editor.)
Your Union correspondent in reporting
the meeting of the Union County Pioneer
Association omitted, no doubt inadvertent
ly, to mention a matter that created
much interest to the pioneers and which
they hope will meet with enthusiastic
support by The Oregonlan, the press of
the state, the mining Interests, the rail
roads and the advertising committee of
the Xrewis and Clark Fair.
The circumstance which I. refer to is
fully explained in the following resolu
tions, the substance of which was unani
mously adopted by the Union County
Pioneer society, namely:
"Whereas. It has become an established cus
tom of the various states of the Union to
erect and maintain a monument named for the
states In Monumental Hall In Mammoth Cave,
Kentucky; and
Whereas. It was not until a youne Oregon
echoolboy by name. J. Harlan Stacy, visited
the Mammoth Cave. March 13, 1001, and dis
covered that Oregon had no monument, and
he at once proceeded to erect a monument In
a crude way from the material at hand: and
Whereas. We, the Pioneers of Union Coun
ty, now assembled In' -our. 14th annual re
union, feeling that Oregon 'should be entitled
to a monument erected of her own rich min
erals and In memory of Lewis and Clark,
at tho close of one century after their
triumph, do therefore
Resolve. That our president appoint Harlan
Stacy as a committee of one. and to have
power to appoint such other assistance -as he
may deem necessary, to solicit contributions
and - secure minerals and erect a monument
to represent Mount Hood, the base to be ot
dark iron and copper ores and to contain &
vault, on which shall be the Inscription.
"Erected by the People of Oregon in Memory
of Lewis and Clark by Harlan Stacy, 1005."
The Oregonlan has a deep-seated abid
ing place In the hearts "of not only the
pioneers of Union County, but of the en
tire state, ior the reason that it has ever
been in advance in advocating "Oregon
to the front," the Lewis and Clark Fair
and each and every measure that has
seemed to tend to make Oregon the great
Pacific Coast state that it is and is yet
destined to become.
Thousands of people from every state
in the Union will pass this monument, a
correct reproduction of Mount Hood and
erected from the native xniqerals, well
set in cement, glistening with all the
precious metals and speaking in silent
but impressive tones, not only for the
Iewis and Clark Fair, but at the same
time for the mining industry of the state.
The steel vault will contain the nam
of every man, woman, child, county, city.
Chamber of Commerce, lodge or other
organization that may contribute to Its
erection; and .the sum necessary can be
contributed in small sums that will be
donated with patriotic pride and pleasure.
There should be two keys to this rault,
one in the DOSsesslnn of the fnnnrtpr'.nf th
enterprise and one to be In the hands of
the Governor of the State, to be-passed to
his successor on and 'on until many -centuries
have been enrolled on tho tablet of
time. '
This must and shall be made a success,
and the pioneers of Union County earnest
ly ask you to give the proposition the
strength of your support and the mo
mentum of your journal's wide circula
tion. E. S. M'.COMAS.
REPAIRS TO BE LIMITED.
City Engineer "Will Enforce JTevr
Sidewalk Ordinance.
No more will wooden sidewalks be al
lowed to be repaired so extensively as
before. The City Engineer will enforce
the new ordinance, which ties down more
completely those who have been trying to
evade the law against building plank side
walks instead of the cement walks now
In favor.
At the last meeting of the Council an
ordinance was passed which provides as
follows: "Upon the above-described and
designated streets (referring to the cement
district) no wooden sidewalks shall be re
paired, reconstructed or altered to an ex
tent greater than replacing1 one-sixth of
the covering plank of the sidewalk of each
lot, and after a wooden sidewalk has been
once repaired, either under the terms of
this ordinance or any former ordinance
of the City of Portland, or at all, so that
one-sixth of the covering planks of the
sidewalk of each lot has been replaced,
then and in that event no furtfier or other
repair or repairs shall be made upon said
sidewalk."
This ordinance passed the Council July
1, and was approved by Mayor Williams
on the next day. It means that stringers
for the sidewalks will not be allowed to be
placed, as the ordinance specifically says
that the repairs shall bo upon nothing
but the covering planks.
The ordinance under which repairs to
wooden sidewalks were formerly allowed
specified that the repairs should not cover
mors than one-sixth of the cost of a new
walk. Those now actually repairink wood
en sidewalks and who have taken out per
mits under the old ordinance cannot be
interfered with, as they have 30 days In
any case.
To Condense Meat Ordinance.
Councilman Zimmerman says that he
will make a big cut in the new meat-inspection
ordinance which will come before
the Council committee on health and po
lice next week. The ordinance as it was
prepared covers many pages of, foolscap,
and Mr. Zimmerman declares' that by the
time he Is through with it no more than a
single sheet of paper will be reauired.
The members of the Health Board will
probably attend the meeting where the
meat-inspection ordinance Is to be dis
cussed. The new ordinance as amended
will be ready for the Council in a short
time.
REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING
Status of the Telephone Linemen's
Strike Seems Hard to Discover
The telephone company and the execu
tive committee of the Western Federation
of Electrical Workers, which Is engineer
ing the strike of the telephone linemen,
do not seem, to agree as to tha present
status of the strike. The report sent out
by the company's officials says most posi
tively that the leaders have notified their
men unofficially that the cause was lost.
This Is contradicted by the messages re
ceived at the local headquarters of the
strikers.
One of the local unions In San Fran
cisco has had a falling out with the Build
ing Trades Council of that city, and as a
consequence very contradictory reports are
being sent out. The Council ordered the
linemen who struck in San Francisco to
return to work, which they refused to do.
It is possible, however, that they will
soon do so. The strikers want It under
stood that this is a local trouble and does
not affect the general strike all along the
Pacific Coast, or wherever the lines of
the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
Company are concerned.
The Portland members of the Electrical
Workers' Union received the following
communication from the San Francisco
headquarters yesterday:
San Francisco, July 5. Dear Sir and Broth
ers: Bakersfleld telegraphs for an organizer
to get a charter for nine men.
The operators at Fresno are all out.
Twenty-seven collectors for the telephone
company in San Francisco all out. Operators
are organizing all along the Coast
We are taking out two men for every poor
man the company puts on.
Reports from all over.are in our favor. Two
men went to work at Santa Rosa. Committees
are out to get them off.
Some bad ones left the Snoqualmle Power
Company and went to work at Tacoma. Jim
Brown has gone over so we believe he will
get them out. All other places report favor
ably and getting In new members.
Remember, brothers, this Is the fight of our
lives. We are out to win or get out of the
business. If you have been working hard.
work harder than ever you may never have
so good a chance to win again.
Beware of false reports and bunco tactics.
EXECXJTIVE COMMITTEE.
A CONQUEST.
Fine Pianos at the Small Prices Xovr
.Offered, Creating: a Itesrnlar Cas
toxn Monopoly at Eilcrs
Piano Ilonse.
Yesterday was another busy day at
Ellers Piano House. Customers at the
store were numerous, beside a large num
ber of out-of-town orders, which taxed
the delivery department to the utmost to
get them all out.
A number of the elegant Weber pianos
used the past. season by the members of
the Maurice Grau Opera Company, which
are being sold at a big discount from re
tall prices, have been sent out of town.
Second-hand pianos anf organs at the
prices they are now offered-ure finding
ready sale right and left, to say nothing
of the regular sales of high-grade pianos,
such as the Chlckering, of Boston, and
the Kimball, of Chicago; Hobart M.
Cable, Victor, Whitney, Pease, Crown and
Haddorff, besides the Pianola. This lat
ter little Instrument Is now being enthu
siastically sought after by all lovers of
fine music, who lack the ability to play
a piano, as well as by numerous cultured
musicians, who use them in interpreting
intricate and complicated compositions.
Terms are always reasonable" with this
house, and prices more advantageous than
any place else on the Coast.
Will Carry Steamheat.
A deep trench is being dug across Yam
hill street Just below Fifth to contain a
pipe to carry steam from tho Goodnough
building to heat the new quarters of the
gas company on the opposite side. The
Iron pipe to convey the steam is about
three Inches in diameter, -and Is wrapped
thlckl In felt, and then run through a
terra cotta pipe about 8 inches in diam
eter All these precautions are taken to
prevent condensation of the steam or
the loss of heat which occurs if the steam
Is allowed to condense. The conveyance
of steam in underground pipes for heat
ing purposes is quite common in lome
cities, and the pipes are often run for
some distance, but it is not known that
this has been tried In Portland before.
Feed the nerves on nure blood bv talHrur
j Hood's Sarsaparilia. Get only Hood'.
THEY CANNOT BE TAXED
FOREIGN , CORPORATIONS SELLING
FROM SAMPLES.
Atterney-Ueneral Decides That Wo
License Can Be Collected From
Them Under the Statnte.
Attorney-General A. M. Crawford has
delivered an opinion to Secretary of State
Ihmbar concerning the new corporation
license law, stating that a fprelgn cor
poration selling goods in this etatd by
sample through agents and having no
office or place of business in this state,
is not doing business in this state within
tho purview of the act, and also that it
is engaged In Interstate commerce and
cannot be affected in its business by state
regulations requiring payment of an an
nual license fee as a condition precedent
to doing business.
Secretary Dunbar states that he will
be guided and governed accordingly In re-
WINNER'OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK $500 PRIZE FOR
SY7ABOLIC DESIGN.
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RAPHAEL BECK,
gard to foreign corporations doing busi
ness in this manner.
There has been considerable discussion
regarding the application of the law to
foreign corporations by attorneys and
others, who will be interested in reading
the opinion expressed by the Attorney
General, a copy of which Is as follows:
Hon. F. L Dunbar, Secretary of State
Dear Sir: Relative to your Inquiry of recent
date as to whether a foreign corporation who
occasionally bas a representative come into this
state, solicit and receive orders for goods,
which orders are filled by the corporation by
sending the goods from the state where It Is
domiciled Into this state, must file the state
ment and pay the annual license fee pre
scribed by the act of 1903. permit me to say
I am of the opinion that they are not.
Section 5 of the act approved February 16.
1003, requires every corporation, foreign or do
mestic, now iolng business In this state, or
which may hereafter do business In this state,
to pay an annual license fee, and If It falls
to pay the same. It shall not be permitted to
maintain any action, suit or proceeding In the
courts of this state, and must pay a fine of
1100. A foreign corporation selling goods In
this state by sending out agents to take or
ders and then filling the orders by shipment
from outside of the state direct to the cus
tomers. Is not doing business within the state
within the meaning of tho act. under the
rule laid down In the case of the M. N. &
M. Company vs. Gorton et al., holding that a
"foreign corporation which simply contracts
to furnish milling machinery and place It In
a mill, vlthout having any office or agency
In the state Is not carrying on business In the
state within the meaning of a statutory pro
hibition ot carrying on business. It Is an -act
ot Interstate commerce for a foreign correl
ation to sell and set up machinery in a stats
where it has no agency or office," and being
such, can be regulated by Congress only.
It Is well settled by the courts that a sale
of goods In another state by & foreign cor
poration and a delivery of them in tho state
constitutes. Interstate commerce, which can
not be affected by a state statute requiring a
foreign corporation to file Its articles, etc., as
a condition of doing business.
A sale by sample of goods not yet brought
Into the state and owned by a nonresident
cannot be subjected to & state tax or license
fee, as that would constitute a regulation of
Interstate commerce.
Applying the principles of the foregoing au
thorities, and ft follows that foreign cor
poration selling goods in this state by sample,
through agents, and having no office or place
of business in this state. Is not doing business
in this state within the purview ot the act.
STATISTICS OF THE ATTENDANCE IN PORTLAND
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903.
Number
remaining
at close of
month.
Number
registered.
MONTHS.
September ...
6200
l5717U,917I6059i
15563111.6221
October ...
November
December
January ...
266
14S
S3
42
239
135
123
505 6131
11.7SS
283:6072
5645jll.717jll,S46
5616 ll.GOo'ii Kfln
206
53S4
43
53S8;
5562!ll,550jll,514
....I in Roi
Total 1st term
6739
6257
112,995
February .
March
April
May
June
437
101
352
S2
29
2
5S6
7S9
164
6103;5679;il,7S2,ll,S77
6049.5651 11.700 1L818
82
35
j5923
15718
5517111.440)11,644
64
O317I11.035 11.264
520910,S2910.S71
4
Total 2d term
639;
1245 ....
Total year.l739S
16543
l4.24li562o!5200il0.829il.543.3
and also, that it Is engaged In Interstate com
merce and cannot be affected In its business
by state regulations requiring an annual license
fee as a condition precedent to doing business.
Tours, respectfully.
(Signed) A. U. CRAWFORD,
Attorney-General.
The statute provides that reports from
corporations must be filed In the office
of the Secretary of State on or before
July 15,. and delinquents are subject to a
fine of $100. The Secretary of State will
report the delinquents to the District
Attorneys of the several districts with In
structions to proceed against such cor
porations and collect the licenses and
tho fines.
Charles J. Schnabel, who says he in
tends to test the constitutionality of tfie
law, says he has decided, after examina
tion of the subject that an Injunction
proceeding will . not He, and that he
will get the question before the court by
snaking a defense of unconstitutionality
the law In some cases brought "by the
District Attorney to enforce payment of
the license.
Te Build. Tire-Story Brick.
The vacant lot on Taylor etreefbetween J
Second and Third streets, whero stood the
old shack la which a Chinese woman
was murdered, and which was partially
burned down in an effort to conceal the
crime, and which- was afterward ordered
cleared away by the city 'authorities, is
not to remain vacant much longer. Plans
have been agreed upon for a nice two
story brick bulklinr to be erected there,
and the contract for Its construction bas
been let. Work will begin as soon as Otto
Schumann can clear oft the huge blocks of
granite he has been having cut there.
Work would have been started before now
if ma granite had not been In the way.
A new concrete sidewalk has been laid
the full length of the block, lately, except
In front of this lot, which is owned by
Dr. W. la. Wood, and a number of large
locust shadetrees have been removed. As
soon as the building is up the sidewalk
will be laid in front and the next thine
will be the Improvement of the street.
HE OFTEN WINS.
Raphael Beck, Who Carried OS Prise
for Fair Emblem, an Artist of Note.
Raphael Beck, the artist who designed
the emblem for the Lewis and Clark Ex-
OF BUFFALO.
position, Is of a family of artists; his
father, J. A. Beck, and three brothers,
being well known In art circles of this
country. Mr. Beck spent the three years
following his graduation from the Penn
sylvania .schools in his father's studio and
then went to Europe to study landscape
work. He spent a few months at Duseel
ctorf and then went tp the more progres
sive Munich, where, for two years, he
worked in the studios of Schultze and
Weber. His studies there were confined
to landscapes, but Independently he was
devoting considerable time to figure work
and to copying the pro'ductldns of the old
masters. He traveled somewhat, making
at one time a foot tour of Switzerland
and the Tyrol.
Mr. Beck has had exhibits in the Na
tional Academy and with the Water Color
Society and Etching Clubs of New York.
He Is one of the most prominent members
of the Bohemian Sketch Club, of Buffalo.
During recent years his work has been
more along the line of designing, and he
won the competition for the emblem and
diploma of the Pan-American Fair and
the design used by the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition, as well as the Lewis
and Clark competition.
-The press and publicity committee of
the Lewis and Clark Fair received a letter
from Mr. Beck yesterday, acknowledging
the congratulations sent him by the com
mittee. Incidentally he suggested that
his picture would make an excellent
model. As Mr. Back"Is a sculptor as well
as an artist. It is possible the committee
may ask him to carry out the plan he
suggests.
Fickle Natare of the Weather.
The fickle nature of the weather at
present was being severely censured
about 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon by
three business men, who met. at the
corner of Third and Washington streets.
It was threatening to rain and only one
of the three had an umbrella, and another
of them waa wearing a straw hat He ex
plained that the sun was shining brightlr
when he had finished his breakfast, and
as he had three clocks In the house and
each was 20 minutes too fast he had
started out too early and had put on a
straw hat and left his umbrella, and he
now saw the folly of it The second man
said he had left his umbrella at home to
get a rest, as Its life had been so stren
uous of late that It was about used up,
but he had not been so foolish as to put
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on a straw hat. The third said It looked
fine when he started down town, but he
would not trust the weather any further
now than he could throw a bull by the
tail, and so put on a felt hat and took
his umbrella along. When they met at
lunch he was laughed at for the weather
had, turned out fine and uncomfortably
J'3"11' anii he was wishing for a straw
hat The weather Is bound to be fine
some of the time even In July.
EXCURSION RATES EAST.
Via Great Northern Railway.
Chicago and return $71.50
St Louis, an H rMim tn zj
S5rta and return '...'.Y. 63.25
i ?h -am ano return 60.00
I Minneapolis and return 60.00
Duluth and return CO.OO
oi saie duiy xi. is, 14. 15. 16.
August 18 and 19, August 25 and 26. Tick
ets good for 90 days.
or full Information call on or address
H. DICKSON. City Ticket Agent
122 Third St, Portland, Or.
llrdteeaiC
alcohol, which to Injurious in kidney and blad-
COMPARED WITH ST, PAUL
CITY AUDITOR DEVLIN TELLS HOW
PORTLAND STANDS." v
Strcet Improvement a Baralng Qaes
tlon In Eastern Cities, Who. Par
High Prices For It
The. remark of City Auditor Devlin on
his return from the East to the effect
that after having looked rather carefully
over several cities of good repute there
he had reason to be pretty well satisfied
with the condition ot things In Portland,
attracted the attention of many. Tester
day a reporter who found him at leisure
for a few minutes asked him to explain
what he meant by the remark and If he
were really glad to get back to Portland.
"Yes," he replied, "I am glad to get
home. The salubrious climate, the green
fields and abundant crops of the Willam
ette Valley present a pleasing contrast
to the alternately parched and flooded
sections of the East. While I was In the
New England States there had been 4S
days of continuous drouth which was fol
lowed by almost continuous rain, and re
ports of stock killed by lightning were
common In every, neighborhood.
"Overabundance of flowers is a luxury
which we never fully appreciate. One
can ride all through an Eastern city
where there are state mansions and beau
tiful lawns without finding a single rose
garden that will compare with those we
see In almost every block in the resi
dence portion of Portland. We can make
Portland world-famous If we make it such
a rose city as has been suggested, which
can easily be done."
In reply to n question as to the object
of' his Journey, Mr. Devlin said: "No, I
did not go East especially to study mu
nicipal affairs. I went to visit my people,
but I cannot wholly divorce myself from
the study of the municipal conditions
which prevail elsewhere. I like to see
what other cities have done and are do
ing. This helps me to appreciate Port
land, mors fully and suggests wherein we
may better it Portland is now a good
city to do business In, and I honestly be
lieve the best city in America to live in.
"I spent six hours In St. Paul, most of
the time with the Mayor and Controller.
Mayor Smith Is 75 years of age. He Is a
very active man, and It is said that if
he will, he may serve as the chief execu
tive of St Paul as long as he lives. He
inquired about many Portlanders whom
he met during his visit to this city about
14 years ago.
"Mr. Betz, the Controller, furnished me
with some statistics which are Interesting
to compare with those of Portland.
"The estimated population of St Paul
IS 175,000; of Portland. 125.000. St Paul
has 330 saloons, and the annual license
Is $1000 each. Portland has 320 saloons,
and the annual license Is $400 each. The
annual interest charge of St Paul, ex
clusive of interest on water bonds, Is
J311.8J5: that of Portland Is $135,000. As
sessed valuation ot property In St Paul,
$90,000,000: of Portland. $44,132.92. Annual
municipal expenses of St Paul, exclu
sive of schools and water department,
$2,094,505: same ot Portland (1902), 571,303.
Estimated receipts from tax levy for
St. Paul for 1903, exclusive of levy for
schools, $1,461,435; same for Portland (In
cluding special levy). $4S3,487.
"The following comparative statement
will show the expenses of certain de
partments in both cities:
St. Paul. Portland.
Fire Department $215,000.00 $103,000.00
Police Department .... 1S5.000.00 75.000.00
Lighting .... 1S5.33S.S0 60.000.00
Bridge building and
repair fund 114.500.00 35.000.00
Library fund 49.800.00 8.790.0O
Park fund 75,000.00 25.000.00
"Other departments cost In about the
same proportion. St Paul has well
paved streets, asphalt and brick prevail
as hard-surface streets. The cost of street
Improvement Is about the same there as
here. Asphalt has cost In St Paul as
high as $3.10 per square yard, which Is
very much higher than the highest price
ever paid in Portland. Many of the resi
dent streets of St Paul are paved with
asphalt. A comparison of the cost to
property for street Improvement in St
Paul and Portland would convince the
most skeptical that If we would have
good, hard-surface streets here we must
prepare to pay the price other cities have
paid; we cannot' get something for noth
ing. "I'spent one day" In Detroit and used all
the time. This Is one of the most ex
pensive of American cities. It has "long
been famous for the clean, well-paved
streets. I took a horse and buggy and
made a tour of inspection. There Is a
good deal of asphalt but a larger area of
cedar blocks. Both pavements wear out,
and I found many that would make one
seasick Just as readily as Third, Sixth,
Morrison and Washington streets In
Portland. The city is clean and the peo
ple apparently take unusual interest In
keeping it so. I visited Belle Isle Park,
which Is an Island in the river of about
900 acres. It Is one ot the very beautl
fpl parks In this country and suggests the
possibilities of our river islands for park
purposes.
"In many pf tho smaller New England
cities a lively contest prevails between
the advocates of asphalt pavement and
thoso of bltullthlc pavement The result
may be to make both' pavements better.
At Rensselaer,, opposite Albany, N. T., a
comparatively small city, was preparing
to spend $200,000 in hard-surface pave
ments. Committees representing both
citizens and officials were sent to numer
ous other cities to inspect both pave
ments before final action would be taken
by themselves."
When asked If he had made any com
parisons In the matter of pavements In
the larser cities he had visited, Mr. Dev
lin said he had not for the reason that
tho conditions governing street pavement
in Naw York or Chicago do not apply to
Portland. Street paving In the larger
cities is a very great problem, but not
always In the same way that It is in a
smaller city.
When asked to specify some of the ad
vantages over other cities which he
thought Portland possessed, Mr. Devlin
said:
"Well, we have many, some of which
no other city ever will have, and others
In which we will never be surpassed. We
haVe our climate, our everlasting ver
dure, our mountains, our rivers, our
grand scenery and our abundant crops.
We have Bull Run water, magnificent
churches and good schools. We have
men and women who are mostly all heart
and brain, and we have abundant re
sources that are Inviting to that kind of
people. But say. If you want to convince
anybody here that Oregon Is a good place
to llvo you Just send him back East and
let him drink muddy water till he grows
so "thirsty that he would pawn his soul
for a drink from Bull Run.. Let him
tramp the hard pavements of an Eastern
city and his eyes will grow weary for a
sight of Mount Hood or the silver-tipped
fingers of our young firs. Let him sit In
the sultry heat of a July day in the East
until he grows hungry for the cool shades
that border the beautiful Willamette, and
he will then return with gratitude In his
heart and a keener appreciation, of tho
23d Psalm."
The reporter had no time to inquire
what there was particularly worthy of
appreciation in this psalm, but as all
readers of The Oregonlan either have a
Bible or know where to procure one, they
can look Into this matter for themselves.
' Old Pioneer Dead.
Adam Andre, a pioneer settler of the
Bull Run region, and founder of the
village of Bull Run, died at the Good
Samaritan Hospital July 4, of heart dis
ease. He had been suffering from this
trouble for thretf years. He had been in
the hospital twice before, and had been
greatly benefited, but on this third visit
all skill and attention were of. no avail
and he tieapefnllv nn khat! nwnv Tiler
mains were taken to his home at Bull.
Run, and on Monday afternoon were laid
to rest in the old country burying ground
near Ravennas bridge, on the Sandy
River, where sleep many pioneers who
croosed the stream in the.50s. The esteem
in which Mr. Antire was held was shown
by the very large number of neighbors
and friends who attended his funeral,
many of them coming long distances, and
by the floral offerings- which were placed
on his grave. Mr. Andre was 74 years of
age, of Swiss descent a giant in stature,
and ha6 always been a hard worker. He
leaves three sons and a daughter by his
first wife, and a widow with one young
son. He will be pleasantly remembered
by many people of Portland, who have re
ceived kindnesses from him and his
family, while Summering in the Bull Run
region.
TRIBUTE TO DR. BLACKBURN
Baptist Ministers Give Him Farewell
Reception and Banquet
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Bluckburn
were given a reception and banquet at
Watson's at.l P. M. yesterday by the
Baptist Ministerial Association, ot Port
land, the occasion being their approaching
departure from the city. Several members
expressed their appreciation of Dr. Black
burn and his work, and their ocep regret
that ho would soon be lost to them. Mrs.
Blackburn was also spoken ot in the
highest terms. Both Dr. and Mrs. Black
burn made replies expressive of much
feeling.
There was a full attendance of members
and their wives, and there were present
from the state at large: Rev. Joseph
Beaver, of Oregon City, president of. the
state convention; Rv. A. L. Veasle, pres
ident of the state convention board; Rev.
A. J. Hunsaker, chairman of the executive
committee; Rev. James Falling, treasurer
of the convention, anci Rev. L. W. Riley,
general missionary and corresponding sec
retary. Against Street Improvement.
Residents In the district about the junc
tion of Hooker and Meade streets with
Water street are relieved from the
troubles which are worrying people on
Savior and Sherman streets, by not In
dulging so extensively in street Improve
ments. Two blocks on Water, from
Arthur to Hooker streets, are about to
be Improved with maccadam, and Meade
street from Corbett to Second is also to
be Improved. This Is creating quite an
excitement In the neighborhood, as such
Improvements are unusual there. A man
who has lived there for 12 years says that
no street improvement has been made
there during that time, except one block
on Hooker street last year. Strong re
monstrances were mado against both the
new improvements. The remonstrance
against the Water-street improvement,
lacked a few names and did not prevail.
There were enough remonstrators to de
cleat the Improvement of Meade street,
but the scheme was pulled through on a
technicality, one man having put oft filing
his remonstrance a little too long. An
effort was mada to have Arthur street
Improved from Front to Water streets,
one block, all there Is of the street ready
to be Improved, but the residents on this
block succeeded by prompt and energetic
action in defeating the scheme. There are
residences on both sides of the block and
wagons go down to the hubs In the street
As It was no worse than Water street
and not likely to deteriorate much more,
there seemed to be no need of improving
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