THE MORNING OREGONIAN, JTHURSDAY, "AUGUST 13, 1903.
3
TEACHERS TAKE "EXAMS"
'SCHOOL-MA'AMS FACE ANNUAL
ORDEAL AT PARK SCHOOL.
Tea Forlorn Men and. 133 ToHBg
Women Strive, to Ansi-rcr
Ilard Questions.
Three rooms full of rosy, wholesome
loo&n? "school-ma'ams" makes the spec
tator sigh to be a "scholar" once again.
It was a busy and anxious day at Park
school yesterday, for there began the reg
ular August examination of teachers for
the public schools of the county and e tate.
The work is In charge of Professor R. W.
Robl'Aon, school Superintendent of Mult
uonwh County. He Is assisted by Profes
sors Grout and Gregg.
Of the 113 applicants for certificates and
-liplomas to teach, 320 took the examination
lor county certificates, while 23 sought
utate papers. But one man Is applicant
for state certificate and nine men for
county certificate. -They are so heavily
outnumbered by the young, blooming
women that they look a trille forlorn In
their black coats, dotting the big room
like stumps In a flower garden.
"There Is always a good demand for
men teachers," said Professor Robinson,
"particularly in executive positions, but
commercial life and the more lucrative
professions bid actively for them and com
paratively few remain long at the work.
In this county about 15 per cent of the
teachers are men; elsewhere la the state
the proportion Is doubtless even consider
ably less."
Quite a number of applicants for county
certificates are from outside counties.
This arrangement Is by mutual courtesy of
the school superintendents throughout the
state, and saves the applicant the labor
and expense of travel to the county where
the applicant hopes to "'get a position
Jater. But the outside applicants' papers
are sent for grading directly to the school
Superintendent of the outside county. On
the other hand, several applicants for cer
tificates for this county are taking the
examination elsewhere, as at Salem and
Pendleton, whence their papers will be
ecnt here for grading. County certificates
are of four classes: tlrst, second and -third
grade and primary. First-grade certificates
are good for three years. The reauire
ments are 12 montlis' previous experience
as teacher, an average of SO per cent in
all studies, with a standing of ndt less
than 70 in a possible 100 in any study.
Seccnd-grade certificates are good for
two years. They require three months'
experience at teaching, SO per cent aver
age, with not lees than a credit" of 60 In
any one study.
Third-grade certificates are good for one
year, require no previous experience, a
75 per cent average and a credit of not
less than CO for any subject. Should an
applicant without previous experience
fiosa absolutely perfect, she can only get
a third-grade certificate, as experien.ee is
considered of great importance.
The county examination will occupy
three days. Subjects disposed of yesterday
were penmanship, history, orthography
and reading. Today the examination will
be in written arithmetic, theory of teach
ing, grammar and physiology.
Examinations for state certificates and
diplomas are much more severe than for
county certificates. Eighteen common
school studies are covered by a state cer
tificate and four additional by a state di
ploma. The manuscripts of the applicants
for state papers are sent to State Superin
tendent J. H. Ackerman, who distributes
them to the State Board of Examiners. A.
state diploma is greatly coveted in the
jirofession. for they are good for life any
where in tlje state. This means that the
holder may leave the work for a score
or more years and then return to it with
out necessity for another examination.
The programme for the state examina
tion follows:
"Wednesday Penmanship, history, spell
ing, algebra, reading, school law.
Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of
teaching, grammar, bookkeeping, physics,
civil government.
Friday Physiology, geography, mental
arithmetic, composition, physical geog
raphy. Saturday Botany, plane geometry, gen
eral history, English literature, psychol
ogy. Qu'te a little revenue Is derived from
theso examinations, which are held semi
annually. The fees for state papers ($6
each for diplomas and $1 each for certifi
cates) are turned over to the State Ex
aminers' fund, while the fees for county
certificates, at $2 each, are credited to tho
State Institute fund.
Questions for the examination of school
teaciiers are always interesting. In spell
lnr. tho test words yesterday were all
Blmi'le. common words of every-day use,
such as everyone feeis quite competent to
spell correctly, yet habitually falls to do In
many cases.
Following is the list of questions In
United States history in the examination
yesttrdaj for county certificates:
1. What wore the names or the first two great
political parties formed in the United States
a'ter the adoption of the Constitution, and
What were the dlrtlnctiv' principles of eaoh?
2. "Who was King of England In 1776. and
What was his character? Who was his Prime
M'nlMer?
3. Mention two leading events of each of the
following administrations: Wahblugton's; Jack
son'. Buchanan's; Lineoln'B.
4. What was the Alabama and what is
rti-ant by the "Alabama Claims?"
5. For what Is each of the . following places
dlstinsutuhed in American history: St. Augus
t ne; Annapolis; Charleston: New Orleans:
UUilford Court House; Monmouth?
G. Name two of the early French settlements
In America; two of the Spanish; two of the
ErgllHh.
7 Who was4Danlel Webster? Henry Clay?
John C. Calhoun? Robert Morris? Benjamin
Franklin?
6. With what events are the following dates
associated: 1007. 1019. 17S9. 1S03. 1620. ISM.
1601. 1685. 1S12. 1787. '
9. When was the Emancipation Proclama
tion" Issued? On what grounds? What did It
provide? and what was its effect on the Na
tion? 10. Gettysburg: Where fought, Union com
mander, turning point, result, effect on the
war.
11. When and by whom was the Hudson
BUer discovered? the MUsUelppi? -the Pacific
Ocean?
12. The President has lately sent a petition
to tho Czar of Rucsla. What did It relate to?
Some mighty good advice to teachers
and parents in general was Included in
the examination in reading, which, in part,
was as follows:
Every boy Is born bird student, but his
natural methods are too destructive for the
birds. In the nature study work children must
learn the habits of our common birds and
must learn of the benefits that the birds ren
der us. Give thm gllmMe- ef the work
our birds, bow they bulkl their little home.
care for 'their young, ana defend them at the
risk of thelc own lives. Show them to what
dangers birds are constantly exposed, and how
the Fall and Spring migrations always are
long, dangerous Journeys.
Too much direct forbidding and preaching Is
haruifull. for In the heart of every boy sleeps
the spirit of opposition. Soft sentiment or
gushing talking Is also harmful. In connection
with the study, road such articles as "SUver-
epot," "The Crow," and "Redruff. the Don
Valley Partridge." In Thompson's "Wild Anl
tnals I Have Known." Literature of that kind
creates true sympathy with nature, and after
that Is awakaned tho boy Is converted.
Tell the children about the hardships that
Winker birds are exposed to, and teach them
bow to feed birds In Winter and In unfavor
able weather at other reasons. Let the boys
make nesting boxes and etudy the tenants of
the boxes. This bird study should not be mere
play, but should b xnadu profitable although
pleasant work.
Let teachers do all they can to spread pood
bird literature and to Aght such tradlt(enal Ig
nor&nce that does, for Instance, still prevail
against hawks and owls. This work roust, how
ever, also receive due attention In high schools
and normal schools from which our teachers go
cut. In theso schools, as well as in cescaaa
schools, llrd etudr clubs can do much good, li
they strictly refrain from coIIctln? birds tu2
eggs, and If the teachers see to It that nests
are not too frequently visited. Every bird
actually placed in a collection by schoolboys
probably means the wounding or4 kllllrg -of
half a dozen.
ACTED ON IMPULSE.
Inquest Ordered lr Dr. Fierce; Not
by State Board.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 12. (To" the Editor.)
In as much as I have been entirely mis
quoted, in your paper, and my actions In
the matter of the Investigation of the
death of Mrs. Lease have been unfairly
criticised, I tlislre to make a statement.
which, I trust, you will give full puDii
catlon. I was Informed on Saturday, August S,
at 11:20 A."M., that a Mrs. Lease had
died the preceedlng Thursday night, and
that at her request an autopsy hau been
performed. I at once called up Dr. J. "W.
Reynolds, who informed me of the re
sults found. The day previous I had In
quired of the State Printer ana had been
informed by blm that the burial certifi
cates required by the laws of the state
and prepared by the State Board of
Health, were finished. I at once procured
copies of these certificates and placed
them with the undertakers of this city
and asked that the law be enforced.
Rule 5, Rules and Regulations of the
Oregon State Board of Health, reads as
follows: It shall be the duty of all County
Health Officers to deputize each and every
Individual within his Jurisdiction who sells
or handles caskets or undertakers' ma
terials, as a Deputy County Health Officer,
and to supply him with blanks for issuing
burial permits upon application, when ac
companied by a certificate from a practic
ing physician, or. in the absence of the
attendance of a physician, from a house
holder, as to the probable cause of death.
If. in his ODlnlon. there Is no reason why
an investigation as to the cause of death
should be made one of official inquiry.
then he shall Issue a burial permit and
keeD either a carbon copy or a stub record
of the same and make a report to tho
County Health Ofllcer'not later than the
fifth day of each month, the report cover
ing the deaths occurring In the preceding
calendar month, with certificates of death
and cause of death as Issued by the phy
sician of householder."
Owing to our Inability to secure printed
matter until this time, the Deputy County
Health Officers have not been appointed.
and neither the undertakers nor County
Health Officer were conversant with their
duties In the matter of burial permits.
This was a case, in my opinion; for official
inquiry, and I. acting as a memoer oi mo
State Board of Health, In the absence of
a Deputy County Health Officer, ordered
the Coroner to investigate the cause of
death.
The evidence adduced at the Coroner s
Inquest were that the lungs were healthy.
excepting two or three excapsulated
nodules at the apex of the left lung about
the size of a pea, the left pleura being
thickened and adherent and a sinus or
passage leading from the right pleural
cavity to a bronchial tube, the right
pleural cavity being partly filled with
fluid and the bronchial tubes being
flooded. These facts prove conclusively
as was testified to by Drs. Reynolds and
Lane, who performed the autopsy, that
death was due to strangulation caused
by the bursting of the pleural membrane.
Drs. Lane and Reynolds further testified
that any practicing physician with an
ordinary amount of ability could have
determined the cause of her protracted
illness and frequent discharges of fluid
from her mouth, and that her life could
have been saved bj a simple operation
for the removal of the fluid accumulation.
These operations are simple and attended
with scarcely any danger. She had been
under treatment by the Osteopaths since
January of 1903, and Mr. Lease testified
that they Informed his wife that they
could "help her. Mrs. Lease had been
up and about much of the time of late,
and on the day of her fcath she was feel
ing exceptionally well and cheerful until
she was attacked by pains in the side,
violent attempts to expel the pus fol
lowed, and In the miint of which she
strangled and died. She did not have
consumption, as some people have been
led to infer. I am convinced that rt?ath
could have been prevented had she been
treated by a physician of ordinary skill,
and applied the simple remedy that would
have removed the cause of her suffering
and have effected a permanent cure.
This is not a case in which any of the
physicians of the so-called regulars,
eclectic, homeopaths, or In fact any ex
cept the osteopaths and Christian Scient
ists, differ regarding treatment. There is
but one rational methot of treatment, the
removal of the pus, which would be done
by any competent physician of any school.
I protest against the statement accred
ited to the State Board of Health, of hav
ing begun a war againnst the osteopaths.
In this matter I have acted on my own
Impulses, and feel that human life Is too
sacred to be so needlessly and ruthlessly
sacrificed by any one that claims to prac
tice the healing art, be they regulars,
eclectics, homeopaths or any of the num
erous healers of which we have so many.
li mere is any censure to be placed in
this matter, I desire that it fall uDon me
lndlvidunlly for having acted in what I
believed, and still believe, was my duty in
so needless sacrifice of human life.
E. A. PIERCE.
The Oregonian is pleased to publish this
statement from Dr. Pierce, though he does
not attempt to bear out his assertion that
he has been misquoted and does not at
tempt to show that the facts have "been
misrepresented. In t,ruth. his statement
entirely bears out the news dispatches
and contains nothing of which the public
has not already been Informed, except
that he alone is responsible for the actloa
of the State Board of Health In this
matter.
ur. erce raws to snow any reason
whatever, why an inquest should have
been held. He says that in his opinion
this was a proper case for an official In
quiry, but upon this point he evidently
disagreed with both the Coroner and the
Deputy .District Attorney, and he dis
agreed with the general public He does
not point to any law authorizing him as
a member of the State Board of Health
to order an inquest. It Is the Corone:
duty to hold an inquest in such cases only
when there Is "reasonable grounds to sus
pect that death has been occasioned by
criminal means." "We fancy there will
be some lively times In medical circles if
crime Is to be suspected every time
patient dies when different treatment
would have prolonged his life.
Oregon needs a State Board of Health.
"When these needs were clearly and force
fully set forth by Senator Andrew C
Smith, the act creating the board passed
the Legislature without opposition. But
among the purposes of the board there
was no suggestion that an inquest might
be ordered, whenever,, in the opinion of
one member thereof, a doctor failed to
cure a patient by means which other
doctors will testify would have been suc
cessful.
Dr. Pierce says that in ordering the in
quest he acted upon his own impulse.
which is quite evident, since it is clear
that he did not act upon reason. It is
also apparent that he acted upon impuls
when he asserted that he had been mis
quoted, for a careful comparison of bis
statement with what has already been
published will show that there Is no ma
terlal variance.
LOW AUGUST RATES.
O. R. fc X A-galn Glvea Lo nit-Tim
"Limit and Stop-Over.
A-irnst IS. 19. 23 and 26 the O. TL & X.
again sells long-time tickets to points In
tho East, with stop-over privileges. Par
ticulars at City ticket era. Third nd
wtshinstos.
BOY BURGLARS AT WORK
TWO EAST SIDE STORES
ROBBED
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Gaag of ToBBg Tot-glia Suspected of
Stealing Mosey and Cigars
by Breaking la.
A. burglar entered M. Moulder's tobacco
and candy store on the northwest corner
of Union avenue and East jaurnsiae
street Tuesday night and stole $5 in
money, besides a quantity of cigars. Con
sidering the central location or tne store,
the burclary Is remarkable, though there
Is no arc light within a block of this cor
ner.
Entrance was effected by prying open
the front and side doors. From the ap
pearance of articles strewn around In
side, the burglar seems to have been sur
prised or alarmed, and beat a retreat
without getting an ne mtenaea to uwe.
On tho floor were the contents of the
Cigar case, consisting of a dozen boxes
or more of clears. As far as could be
Judged, only one box was taken. All the
change in the till was removeo. a sioi
machine was forced open, and a small
bank, containing a few coins, was carried
away. The night patrolman passes this
corner pretty often, and likely the bur
glar timed his work so he would be In
the store during his absence.
The grocery store of Wren & Faust, on
the northwest corner of East Twenty;
sixth and Powell streets-,- was broken into
Tuesday night. Mr Faust discovered the
back window thrown upward when ho
opened the store yesterday morning. It
had been forced upward, although it was
held in place by nails. Within three feet
of the window is a cottage, but the occu
pants heard nothing. Only a box of
cigars was missing. Mr. Faust said, how
ever, that many other articles might have
been taken without being missed. He
attributes the robbery to the gang of bad
boys who hang around the old carbarn
across the street from the store building.
and thinks It probable that they only stole
cigars. No money was secured.
ARE MADE GRANGERS.
Tliomim C. Devlin, and F. E. Beach.
Initiated Date for Fair ArranRed.
At the night session of Evening Star
Grange, No. 27, Patrons of Husbandry,
City Auditor Thomas C. Devlin, r.
Beach, president of the Portland Board of
Trade; B. Lee Paget and some others
were riven the first and second degrees.
There were about- 70 present, and the
evening was pleasantly spent. Ice cream
and cake were served by the young worn
en of the Grange. Evening Star has now
a number of business men of Portland as
members. F. A. Miller, master, presided
The committee on Grange fair C
Milam. Mrs. H. L. Vail, Mrs. E. A. Eaton,
H. Welch and Mrs. Anna Lehman de
elded to hold the" fair Saturday, October
3. On that occasion there will be no busi
ness meeting. Full plans will be laid for
the fair in a short time. Every enort
111 be put forth to make it an event of
importance.
A. F. Miller. Commissioner of .Horticul
ture and Agriculture for the St. Louis
Vnir. has reouested that the best exhibits
at the Grange fairs to be held this Fall
be saved for the St. Louis collection he is
making. Besides the Evening Star fair,
the Mllwaukie, Pleasant Home and Os-
mto Granges will hold fairs in October.
A considerable display can be gathered
from these district fairs for the St. Louis
exhibit.
BOY STARTED THE FIRE.
Albino- YoungHtcr Snupccted of Re
cent Acts of Incendlnrlsm.
District Engineer Holden has collected
evidence to show" beyond question that
the houseboat on East Ash and East First
streets was set on fire by an Alblna boy,
Whose name he has been unable to ob
tain. He Interviewed seven small boys,
who said that they saw this boy creep
into the shack, turn down the covers of
the bed, start the fire and then run away.
Damage was confined to the house, but
the department was caused much trouble.
The information was turned over to the
police yesterday further to investigate.
It Is the ceneral impression mat several
recent fires were started by young toughs
who wanted to create an excitement. It
is thought that the fire that destroyed
the barn of Contractor George jierccr ana
the house of M. McBreen, adjoining, was
the work of some youngster who slipped
Inside the barn and touched a lighted
match to the hay.
Xew Oddfellows' Lodge
Woodlawn Lodge. No. 171. L O. O. F..
was instituted at Artisans' Hall, Wood-
lawn, by Richard bcott, deputy grana
master, with 12 charter members ana n
Initiates. The following officers were elect
ed and Installed: George F. DashlelU noble
grand; Robert Gustln. vice-grand; L. U.
Robinson, secretary; iohn T. Moe, treas
urer; E. S. Craig, warden; H. N. Haines,
conductor; Onslow Young. R. S. N. G.;
W. W. Frazler, L. S. N. G.; W. G. Stll-
welL L G.; a H. Jackson. O. G.; H. O.
Carpenter, R. S. V. G. A mixed team of
the various lodges conferred the iniatory
degree. A lunch was served at about 11
o'clock, by Mrs. Nellie L. Gustln. past
president of Rebekah degree, ana .sirs. j.
T. Moe. About 100 visitors were present
from the different lodges in the city, 'lhe
remainder of the degrees will be conferred
by Portland lodges. Last night Samaritan
Lodge conferred the nrst degree, uricnv
will confer the second next Wednesday,
and Hassalo the third next Friday even
ing, August 2L, The new lodge will short
ly tane steps to build a ball at Wood
lawn. Compromise on Gravel Pita.
After Contractor John O'Nell has taken
out about 3000 cubic yards of gravel from
the block on the corner of East Eighth
street and Ainsworth avenue, that will
wind up the gravel business In Wood-
lawn. J. H. Burgard and J. i. -Kenny.
adjacent property-owners, purchased the
block from Mr. O'Nell. and tney auow
him to remove gravel for his contract on
Union avenue, after which they will fill
ud the excavation thus made. This com
promise was reached In time to avoid an
injunction suit. A lawyer had been en
caged and papers were prepared. This
outcome, with the ordinance passed by the
Council, has settled the question.
Clinton-Street Railway.
One block of track Is to be laid to com
plete the Clinton-street . branch of the
Richmond railway. The City & Suburban
Railway Company Is changing the route
to extend straight eastward on Clinton
street. The old line makes a wide detour
to the south and swings around by the
Baby Home back to Clinton street. The
new line passes through a district that Is
buUdlnc; up rapidly. It is not announced
whether the old route will be given up or
not. Cars will probably be running on
the new track ir. ten days.
Accident Shorten His Vacation.
Joseph C. Gibson, salesman for Mason,
Ehrman & Co.. living at in isast xnirty.
fourth street,' was compelled to give up
his vacation, which he was spending with
bis family on the farm of his brother on
Johnson Creek. on account of an acci
dent. Monday, while fishing, he fell heav
lly on his right side, and has suffered pain
ever since. He came home yesterday.
when Dr. J. A. Pcttlt made an examina
tion and found two ribs were broken.
East Side Xotes.
Dr. F. W. Brooke will leave today for
Wilson River, where he will spend" two
days, and then proceed to "Tillamook,
where he expects to remain a month.
Miss Roberts, living at 3S7 East Sixth
street, met with a painful accident at the
East Side asnroach to the Morrison-street
bridge last evening. She was riding
bicycle, but becoming frightened at an
approaching car. fell to the roadway and
was severely bruised. Patrolman Wendorf
picked her up.
. Mrs. E. C Minor, of Mount Tabor, who
has been critically ill for several months
with heart trouble at her home In Sunny
side, Is now able to be about her house.
F. O. Minor and family, of Wisconsin,
have arrived and will make their home at
Sunnyslde. Ther were In Oregon three
years ago, but returned East, riotmng
milted them so well as Oregon.
FAR3IS SHOW GOOD YIELDS.
Crops ef All Kinds la Eastern Malt-
aomak Are Excellent.
GRESHAM, Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.)
Threshing has begun In this vicinity and
will continue for 'about two months.
There are four machines to do the work
for all of Eastern Multnomah, and their
owners are confident of having a profit
able season. The grain .fields are small,
scarcely one of them amounting to 20
acres, but their number is great. Every
farmer raises enough for his own use in
the way f oats and wheat, and generally
has a small surplus to selL The oat
fields have nearly all been cut and wheat
is ripening very rapidly. All the crops
are good and the yield will be heavy and
of splendid quality.
Good Hop Prospects.
Multnomah's only hop field, belonging
to W. W. Cotton at this place. Is look
ing well and gives promise of a large yield
this year. It receives the best of atten
tion and the product is always of the
best quality. Mr. Cotton refuses to con
tract his hops but sells them to the best
advantage whenever the price is Just
right. He shipped a carload East last
week, the last of the past year's crop.
xiis yara or m acres gives employment to i
the women and children of Gresham ex-
cluslvely during the picking season, thus
putting a great many dollars In circula
tion that do much good right at home.
Crusher Ready Again.
Engineer Prettyman has the county rock
crusher set up again at the Schelfer
gravel pit and will begin opeprations in
a few days. A new feature is the es
tablishment of a boarding-house in the
vicinity where the men can board, thus
avoiding a tedious trip to and from work
every day sometimes a distance of sev
eral miles. The rock to be crushed will
be put on the Sandy road for a distance
of about four miles and the crusher will
be kept at work nearly all the remainder
of the year. A railway has been run
into the pit and the banks of gravel will
be thrown down by blasting. It will then
be loaded on the cars and drawn up to
the machine ready for crushing, after
which it will be taken to its destination
by team ond wagon.
Brief A'otea.
D. M. Roberts has a few samples of oats
and wheat which are wonders. One stalk
of oats has 220 grains upon It. The
samples were grown near here.
Road Supervisor HUlyard has Jus com
pleted a cement cistern, surrounding
spring near the roadside, and has raised
the water high enough to supply watering
troughs for teams. The spring was two
feet below the level of the roadway.
A L. Stone's right-of-way project along
the Columbia Slomrh Is DroKressIne fav-
S SSb. SSSKnS
farm and has promlsearaU the war to
Troutdale. The Idea is prevalent that
the City & Suburban is Intending to own
line to Troutdale or 'farther, and that
it vrill get Its power from the works on
Trout Creek, where operations have been
going on for over two years past. Such
a road would pass through a rich section
and have plenty of business from the
start.
Arthur !. Miller returned from the
Cascade Mountains a few days ago with lar.est flaeBt and most up-to-date plano
an express wagon full of blackberries. He ho se on the Coast, and that Is why we
went out with a load of glass Jars, picked offerlng such Inducements at this time.
TORMENTED A SMALL BOY
Street-Cnr Conductor Permits Cru
elty by Hoodlums.
GRESHAM, Or., Aug. 12. (To the Ed
itor.) On coming from 8L Johns to Port
land this morning, on the car that leaves
St Johns at 6:20 A. 2d. I noticed a most
disgraceful affair. On the car that runs
from Piedmont to the city and connects
with the above car a boy about 12 years
old got on the car, also three young
fellows .about IS years of age, who be
gan gibing and picking at the little fel
low. They snatched off his hat and
tossed it to the other end of the car,
and when the boy went to get It they
would close up the place where he had
been sitting, although there was plenty
of room in the car. They also threw the
little fellow on the bottom of the car.
to the great indignation of women pres
ent This was allowed to go on for some
time, and the conductor, iso. 179, went
up and down the car several times, and
once or twice stood and laughed at them
as If it was great sport, but most of
the passengers on the car could not see
the sport, as I did not. I took It in hand
nnd stnnned the row mvself. Now. It
spems to mn that the officers of the
City & Suburban Company should take
some steps toward protecting passengers
from such indignities and mistreatments.
W. H. HAMILTON.
CAUGHT THIEVES AT SALEM
Colored Men and Women Arrested on
Charce of Theft.
A merry gang of alleged thieves will be
brought to Portland this morning by .De
tective Hartman. On telegraphic infor
mation from Chief Hunt, Chief of Police
Gibson, of Salem, arrested four colored
persons and held them to await the ar-
rival of the Portland detective. They are:
Eva and Grace Attlebury, Frank Lamb
and Andrew Cole. The police here be
lieve that the women gave false names
to the Salem chief.
Lamb and Cole are wanted on a charge
of grand larceny from the boarding-house
of Mrs. Sarah Mendenhall. 261 Thirteenth
street. Articles to tho value of $75 were
A BACK NUMBER.
The Mlllc and Egg Diet.
Starving the patient who has a sick
stomach is an out-of-date treatment and
no longer necessary with the predlgested
and nourishing- food. Grape-Nuts, that the
weakest stomach can handle and grow
strong upon.
There is plenty of proof of this: T had
suffered from stomach trouble for bIx
years, and for most of the last two years
had been confined to my bed, the trouble
having become chronic In spite of the very
best medical attention. I had always been
a coffee-drinker, but for the past year I
could not drink it at all because it made
me so nervous I could not sleep and my
anoetlte was almost entirely gone.
Then some friend advised me to try
the predlgested food Grape-Nuts, and
about three months ago I do so, and since
that time my improvement has been so
rapid that my customers and friends are
astonished, and every day some one re
marks upon my changed condition. I have
gained 15 pounds, sleep well, my appetite
Is good and my digestion is perfect.
Where I have lived on milk and light diet
for years. I now eat most anything I want
and don't suffer any Inconvenience, either.
The way Grape-Nuts food has built up
my stomach and strengthened my nerv
ous system particularly Is Just wonderful.
"I drink your food drink Postum. too,
and no longer feel the want of coffee.
There Is absolutely no doubt that leaving
off coffee and using Grape-Iuts ana r"os
turn has brought me out. of my bed from
an Invalid back to fine health." Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason.'' and that reason Is
plain to any one who will spend a few
minutes Investigating In the Interest of
health.
Send to the Company for particulars by
mall of extension, of time on the $75$9.$9
a cooks' comtest for 736 moaer prie
NONE SO GOOD
Never was Ice Cream Better
Than Hazclwood
ICE CREAM
Hazclwood Never Better Than Now
PHONE 154
HAZEL-WOOD CREAM
382 WASHINGTON STREET
BUY YOUR
PIAMO
NOW
., . ....
The Great Midsummer Uear-
ance Sale of High Grade
Pianos at Portland's Big
Music Store of Allen & Gil-
bert-Ramaker Co.
Whv nut off buvinir a piano till Fall.
when you can buy one now at the big re
duction we are making? .cveryimns
our stock goes, and here you will find the
Knabe, Hardman, Everett, Ludwig,
Fischer, Packard. Baldwin. Smith &
Barnes, Cable, and 20 other makes. We
are constantly receiving new goods, and
you have access to everything that is
latest and best in case design, finish, etc
These are the prices that bring- the trade:
Regular $690 Pianos go for $496
Regular $550 Pianos go for $446
Regular $500 Pianos go for $394
Regular $450 Pianos go for $348
Regular $400 Pianos go for $324
Regular $358 Pianos go for $284
Regular $300 Pianos go for..:... $238
D,nI,ar Piann? flfl ffir S196
KCgWaT GJU HdllUi yu IUI J1C7U
Regular $225 Pianos go for $1 72
We have some nice second-hand pianos
at almost your own price. Organs at a
corresponding discount. All pianos sold
on our easy payment plan of J6, $S and J10
per month, and all contracts taken are
held by vs. thus securing safety to you in
case of sickness or out of employment.
As stated before, we have to dispose of
a great many pianos before we move into
our new Quarters at tne corner oi sixin
and Morrison, where we will have the
ALLEN & GILBERT-
RAMAKER COMPANY
Successor to
The Wiley B. Allen Co.
209-211 First Street
LARGEST
PRACTICE
IN PORTLAND
I The Oregon optical uo. nas tne Deau
equipped optical Institution in Oregon as
well as the largest practice in Portland.
Examinations free and painless.
OREGON OPTICAL CO.,
173 Fourth Street, near Yamlilll.
stolen from there by men said to be the
two negroes now In Salem. The police
believe that the women left their hus
bands to join Cole and Lamb. The crowd
made their headquarters at the home oi
George J. Newsome, 240 Woocte street.
Their host was unaware of the characters
borne by his boarders, but found out to
his sorrow when several small articles
were missed about the house. It is be
lieved that the women calling themselves
Attlebury are responsible for- the thefts.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Aug. 12, S P. M. Maximum
temperature, 76; minimum temperature, 00;
river reading. 11 A M-, 7.1 feet; change in
24 hours, .3 of a foot; total precipitation.
5 P. M. to 5 P. M., 0; total precipitation since
September 1, 1002, 41.32 Inches; normal precipi
tation since September 1, 1002, 46.30 Inches;
deficiency, 4. OS Inches; total sunshine August
11. 1903. 14:24; possible sunshine. 14:24; barom
eter, reduced to sea level, at S P. M., 29.90.
STATIONS.
Baker City
Bismarck .........
,1 6210.00' NW (Clear
:2i t
OjS Cloudy
6INW Clear
Boise
SOJO.OOl
540.00'
soo.oo
soo.oo
Eureka
kw itrioudy
S'.W IClear
OF ICl6udy
6'W Iroggy
10W IClear
NW IClear
Helena ............
Kamloops. B. C. . . .
North Head
Pocatello
Portland
GOjO.OU
660.00
76 0.00
Red Bluff ,
940.00! S.SB
IClear
Clear
Roseburg
62.0.00110; N
Sacramento .......
S4 O.OOilOiS Clear
PO'O.OOi 8!N Clear
58i0.00j22 W Clear
SSi0.oqi2jSW Clear
74J0.001 SW Clear
34o.O0l4!S Cloudy
9210.00! 61 SW Clear
Salt Lake CUr...
San Francisco ....
Spokane ..........
Seattle
Tatoosh Island ...
Walla Walla.
Light.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Foggy, cool weather continues along-, the
coast from Capo Mendocino north to Cape
Flattery. In the Interior It is clear and mod'
erately warm. The indications are for fair
weather in this district Thursday.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 23 hours
ending midnight, Thursday, August 13. 1903:
Portland and vicinity Fair; northwesterly
winds.
Oregon and Washington Fair; northwesterly
wmos. - .
Idaho Fair.
EDWARD A BEALS, District Forecaster.
Wind. I ES -
1 1 i
? I :
CO.
CLASSIFIED AD. KATES.
"Rooms." "Rooms and Board." "Housekeep
1ns Rooms." "Situation Wanted." 15 words or
less. 13 cents; 10 to 20 words. 20 cents; 21 to
23 words. 25 cents, etc No discount for ad
ditional insertions.
UNDER ALL OTHER HEADS except "New
Today," 30 ceats for 15 words or less: 18 to
20 ivords, 40 cents; 21 to 23 words. SO cents,
etc. first Insertion. Each adltlonal Insertion,
one-half; no further discount under one month.
"NEW TODAY" (gauge measure agate), IB
cents per lino, first Insertion; 10 cents per lino
for each additional Insertion.
ANSWERS TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ad
dressed care The Oregonian. and left at this
oibce, should always be inclosed in sealed en
velopes. No stamp is required on such letters.
The Oregonian will not be responsible for
errors ii advertisements taken through the
telephone.
AOTSEMEXTS.
1MB
THEATER
TWELFTH AND MORRISON
'Phone Mala 78,
George L. Baker. Resident Manager.
Tho only theater In Portland devoted to high
class vaudeville.
THE REAL, SHOW TONIGHT.
Nine new all-star Eastern acts, headed by
JULIAN ROSE. .
Direct from the Orpheum, San Francisco.
Brand-new show. Acts that you read about.
Evening. 30c. 20c. 10c; matinees, 20c, 10c
Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
A TIP DON'T MISS THIS SHOW.
SHIELDS' PARK
ISth and Washington S200 seats.
Same old story hundreds turned away Sunday
night.
Greatest Bill of the Season.
10 ALL-STAR ACTS 10.
AMATEURS FRIDAY NIGHT.
Next Sunday, moving picture Sunday's ball
game.
GENERAL ADMISSION, 10c.
AUCTION SALES TODAY.
At Gllman's salesroom, NO. 413 Washington
street, 10 A M. S. L. N. Oilman, auctioneer.
At Baker's Auction House, comer Alder and
Park sts., furniture, etc. Sale at 10 o clock.
tieorge Haker Bi Co., auctioneers.
MEETIXG XOTTCES.
M.T. TABOR LODGE. NO. 42, A
F. & A M. Stated communication
this (Thursday) evening, S o'clock.
All M. M. invited. By order of the
W. M.
GEORGE P. LENT, Secretary.
OREGON COMMANDERT NO. 1.
K. T. Stated conclave this even
ing at 8 P. M. Sir Knights courte
ously Invited to be present.
W. S. MAUKuai, itecorner.
Regular meeting this (Thursday) evening at
8 o'clock. Initiations. Visitors welcome.
is. JvLiUMS, fcecretary.
COLUMBIA LODGE. A. F. & A M.
Special communication this (Thurs
day) evening. Masonic Temple, 3d and
Alder sts. Work In E. A degree
Masqns cordially invited. Refresh
By order of the Master.
B. S. PAGUE. Secretary.
MEMBERS ABD-UHL-ATEF
TEMPLE.
117. D. O. K. K.. AT
TENTION! There will
be a meeting Monday
evening, August 17, in
K. of P. Hall. Mar-
euam bldg.. for the
purpose of selecting a
team to go to Astoria
August --. a. fun at
tendance is earnestly
requested.
G. C. MOSER, R. V.
FUNERAL NOTICES.
CHRISTENSEN Aug. 11, 1903. at St. Vin
cent's Hospital, unnst unrisiensen, age w
years, 7 months, 18 days. Funeral Thurs
day, August 13. 1003. at 10 A M. from par
lors of the Edward Holman Undertaking Co.
Friends Invited. Interment Lone Fir Ceme
tery. ALBRIGHT The funeral services of the late
Mrs. Jennie Albright, beloved wire or a. A.
Albright, who died August 11. 1903, at 301
Sellwood st.. will be held at the Evangelical
Church, cor. Kerbv and Fargo sts.. at 2 P. M.
today, August 13. Interment at Lone Fir
cemetery. Friends invited.
J. 1. mXET Jt 8 OTI. ProgreiilT.
Fonersl Directors and Embalaen,
cor. 3d sad Madlaou streets. Com
Detent lady ui't Both phones So. U.
EDWARD HOLMAN, Undertaker,
4th sad 1'aablll ats. Reaa Btlaaoa,
lady assistant. Both Phones Ko. SO 7.
CLARKE BROS., FIXE FXdWEHa,
Floral OeilgBt, USU Morrlxoa.
DUXXIXG Jfc CAMPIOX, UNDERTAK
ERS, hare moved to 45 ji. Utu.
F. S. DUNNING, Undertaker, 414 E.
Alder. Lady assistant, 'let. Lit 52.
NEW TODAY.
ILLUSTRATION NO. 10.
The Oldest Trut Company In Oregon.
PORTLAND TRUST COMPANY OF
OREGON.
Incorporated April 22, 1887.
A short time ago a certain man sold a saw
mill. He deposited the funds, with us upon a
certificate payable on ten days' call. Shortly
afterward be bargained for another mill, and
called our certlncate. The negotiations, how
ever, fell through, and he canceled his call.
This enabled him to continue in the receipt of
interest without losing a day s tune or a dollar
of fnterest.
Almost any business man occasionally has ex
periences of this kind. The next time you have
iunas on wnicn you wisn to get some return,
call upon
PORTLAND TRUST COMPANY OF OREGON.
1TO UHlltD STKEtTT.
SHERLOCK'S ADDITION
Lots for sals on favorable terms. Apply to
Hen.y Hawett & Co., room 223 Sherlock bldg.,
corner itd and Oak sts.
PIKE ORCHARD
SS acres Italian prunes, 5 acres
Winter apples; a large fruit drier;
only 14 rail cm from Portland. Special
price. See owner, Gaa Chamber' of
Commerce.
MORTGAGE LOANS
Cm Portland Ttxl estate at lowest rataa.
Titles loured. Abstracts furalssed.
Title Guarantee & Trust Cd.
XEW TODAY.
Uny tour Cos! Now!
Special rates on B tons and upwards. Tele
phone Main H25, King Coal Company.
OB lmCrOVed CUT Uli (ami mn-rrv Ktittill
loans, luullnwt loans. WJ1. MACMAdTEie
U Worcester blovk.
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE THREE FINE BUILDING LOTS
$430v Corner lot and fc-room nous.
Very tine S-room nouse, with lot.
ou Corner lot, with 10-room house
All in Hawthorne Fark. Easy terms.
CATiU & POWELL, 701 Chamoer of Com
merce. Pnone Mala ISO.
WAKKHOUsli SITE. lOOxSwi. IN EAST
IMrtlanl bottoms, oa railroad and Improved
street T30i; a buy. Slow for luoxaw feet,
one of mott sightly pieces at Mount Tabor;
a. splendid homeslto for the price of an ordi
nary East l-irtuad lot. Hart Land Co.. lur
hherlock bldg.
Td INVESTORS IT WILL BE TO TOUR AD-
vaciage to see Abraham at the Valley
Land Co.'s office. 43 1st, cor. Ash; estate
llshed IS years, whicn enaDlea him to secure
the best bargains In all kinds 'of real estate
on the market for nls customers. Hood 4M.
COMB MONDAY MORNING 200 ACRES, l
cuiiivuieu. aw iigai orusn. iw excellent um
ber, 12 miles froni Oregon City, on nne road,
living water: good orchard; Slz per acre.
C i. Plowman & Co., Oregon City, Or.
J. W. OG1LBEE. ROOM li. U5i 1ST ST. 5-
acre tract all in cultivation with house of
seven rooms, one block from car line. 3 mile
southeast of Morrison-street bridge; will
make a nice home. Price $3000.
51000 3-ROOM COTTAGE. ALL MODERN
conveniences; cash or installments; terms to
suit. $lt0 buys S-room house, bath, pantry,
lot 10uxl2S, trult trees; 'i blocks from car.
Sisley, Montavllla.
FOR SALE ,25 PER ACRE, GOOD STOCK
zarm, too acres, 40 acres cleared, living wa
ter, good buildings, plenty of trult, 24 mliea
eat of Portland, bee Mrs. C. A Sweet,
Gresham. Or.
DESIRABLE WEST SIDE HOME, FURNACE,
gas, porcelain Data, location unsurpassed;
also choice corner lot; special bargain for
short time; "S" car to 807 Corbett st. Owner.
$210075X100 ABOUT 3 FEET ABOVE
grade; a choice corner, and 4-room cottage,
Stephens' add., only $tiut cash, bal. long tla
at per cent. Call 220& Morrison st.
TWO ACRES IN CORVALLIS; GOOD 1M
provements; will sell or trade for stock, feed
and implements, and rent farm. Address
owner, J 11. Mattley, Corvallls, Or.
CHOICE CORNER LOT. WHITTAKER AND
1st st.; snap. 200 acres, farm and timber
land, 2 miles west from Scappoose Landing.
Bargain. See Beswlck, 250 Oak. st.
NEW 0-ROOM COTTAGE, NEAR WOOD
stock car line; fine view; It's a snap 'at
SHOO; $400 down, bal. Installments. i M,
Johnson & Co.. 321 Falling bldg.
.CHOICE LOTS. CLOSE 1, FOR 5350, AT ,5
per month; money for building purposes at
o per cent. W. It.idt, room lb, Washington
blag., 4th and Washington.
NEW 0-ROOM MODERN HOUSE, TWO 5
room houses; small payment down, balance
monthly. Call SCO East 7th st. North, near
joason. Jfnone .asi oio.
S-
FOR SALE MODERN 7-ROOM HOUSE,
bearing fruit trees; lot 50x100. Call after
noon, 724 East 13th st. Dahlgren, owner
care Oregonian.
FOR SALE NEW S-ROOM HOUSE AND LOt!
corner Dupont and Benton, between ferry
and steel Dridge. Inquire Monday morning
on premises.
GRAIN, STOCK. FRUIT AND DAIRY
ranched la Oregon and Washington. See us
.before buying. McArthur & Mahoney. 242
Stark st.
S750 AND S1150 TWO 0-ROOM HOUSES,
full lots, fruit trees and flowers. Michigan
ave., Alblna. Address Owner, COO. 4th at.
SOME GREAT BARGAINS ALONG THE
line of tne o. W. P. electric railway. O. K.
Additon, Lents, Or. Mount Scott car, 5c
iort SALE lu-KOOM HOUSE AND TWO
lots in best residence portion of city, cheap.
Apply Mrs. W. A Daly, 533 Morrison.
FOR SALE 5-ROOM HOUSE. LOT 63x100,
lawn and fruit trees. 613 East 26th st., near
Clinton Kelly School. Woodstock car.
FOR SALE ALL KINDS OF FROPERTT
cheap. tLll at veranoa noiei. jquwamue, yf.y.
WANTED REAL ESTATE.
WANTED. FOR CASH TWO TO TEN ACRES
improved, near city; stato location, ana price.
H 85, Oregonian.
i'OK SALE FARMS.
THE CELEBRATED GEO. V. JAMES STOCK
farm of WO acres, ncn, araoie pasture ana
woods, within driving distance of Portland;
water can be piped over buildings; good im
provements; bearing orchards; near two milk
condensers, at the very low price of $30 per
acre; terms easy. T. Witnycombe, Farming
ton. Or.
WANTED BUYERS FOR 40 GOOD IM-
proved farms In the rain belt, wiinm a miles
of the East Oregon State Normal School,
In the center of the largest wheat-growing
county in the State of Oregon. Address
Western Real Estate Assn., Weston, Or.
CHOICE YOUNG ORCHARD, ADJOINING
the notea iiemti aruuuu, in ijwr v-iccti
Valley, Jackson County, Oregon, for eale.
Write Holmes Bros., Central Point; Spltzen
bergs and Newtowns.
IMPROVED FARMS FOK SALE IN ALL
parts of Oregon ana wasmngton; payments
made to suit purchasers. For particular,
apply to WM. MACMASTER, 311 Worcester
block.
FOR SALE IMPROVED DAIRY FARM,
near Portland, 240 acres, 100 acres bottom
land; good orchard, 7-room house, barns,
dairy bldg., etc.; a bargain. Owner, 190 3d.
I
BEAUTIFUL FARMS. HIGHLY IMPROVED.
In Willamette Valley, near Portland; from li
to 060 acres, from fS up. per acre. Se or
address T. Wlthycombe, Farmlngton. Or.
FOR GRAIN, STOCK. FRUIT AND DaIKY
farms in Oregon and Washington, see Mc
Arthur & Mahoney, 242 Stark.
FARM LANDS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, ON
easy terms. J. L. Cliff, 26S Stark.
FOR RENT FARMS.
A GOOD FARM FOR RENT TO A GENUINE
farmer; not Immediate possession. D 83, Ore.
gonian.
FARMS WANTED.
FOR EASTERN BUYERS, WHO WILL AR
rive within 30 days, as result of extended
Eastern tour of one of firm. Owners com
municate at once with Ogden, Maxwell &
Perry. Ablngton bldg.
WANTED TO RENT FARMS.
WANTED TO RENT CULTIVATED. FARM
and buildings. Address W. E. Thomas,
Lents, Or.
TIMBER LAXDS FOR SALE.
SCHOOL LANDS ARE THE BEST. BECAUSE
there's no contests, no holding up patents.
Just a straight buy. $2.50 per acre, oae-flfth
cash, balance on yearly payments; also bare,
assignment of choice scnool land. $2 per acre;
have descriptions of all school lands la Ore
gon; good homesteads and timber clalme lo
cated. B. J. Sanford Co.. 16714 1st-
FOR IMMEDIATE LOCATION 50 CHOICE
yellow pine timber claims; cruise 3,000,000
each; lo good flr and cedar, crulso 4,000.000
each 12 nne farm homesteads; all extra
well located, near good R. B. town; rellablo
cruisers; fees reasonable. Wm. Hawks,
room 303, Commercial block, cor. 2d and
Washington ats.
A SNAP FOR A LOGGER-G14 ACRES FIR
and cedar, being N. and NE. of SW., sec
tioi 7. and NW. V4 and W. of NE. and
NE. of NE- section 0, all In township 10 N
R. 1 E., Cowlitz County, at slo per acre.
jj, v. Faulkner, owner, Anita. Ia. No
agents.
FOR SALE-40 ACRES. 20 Ef CULTIVATION,
balance pasture, orchard; new house, large
barn, outbuildings; two wells; near Beaver
ton. Address Owner, box 73, Beaverton, Or.
FOREST RESERVE SCRIP FOR SALE IN
large or small blocks; ready for lmmediato
delivery. L. W. Whiting. 408 Ablngton bldg.
Finest homestead lands and timber claims:
alio holding timber for scripplng in state.
Ogden, Maxwell & Perry, Ablngton bldg.
LOCATIONS MADE ON TEN FINE TIMBER
claims; satisfaction guaranteed. Address Lo
cator, box Z. Jacksonville, Or.
BARGAIN A SECTION PATENTED TIMBER
land, well located; good quality. Addresa
box 162. Medford. Or.
PACIFIC TIMBER CO.. TIMBER LANTJS.
farms nd real estate, go McKay bldjg" "