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THE MORNING QREGONLAS, MONDAY, MEMBER 21, 1903. .
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MONEY FDR GIT!
Expenses for 1904 Esti
mated at $762,963.
IS MORE THAN LAST YEAR
But Levy Will Be Only Nine
and a Half Mills
FIGURES OF CITY AUDITOR
Municipal Needs Grow With Popula
tion and Prosperity, and $3,000,
000 More of Assessable Prop
erty Is Listed.
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t
How the City's Money Was Divided .
Among: the Departments In 1003. '
' ,
11 General expense $163,809.59
Fire Department 102.249.70 .
Police Department 79.0S7.75
i Street cleaning and sprinkl
ing 43,804.31 ,
, , Usrnt fund 54.134.61 ,
(1 Interest fund 122.575.00
,, Street repair fund.. 30,728.01 ,
$590,449.16
! .How the aioney Is Asked to Be DI-
vided In 1004.
, General expense $280,397.13 "
, Fire Department (estimated
for full paid department). 102.320.00 "
Police Department 100.015.01 "
Street cleaning and sprinkl
ing 72.183.13 "
Light fund 71,930.26 "
Street repair fund 03,511.16 "
,,
$762,003.29 .
Before these estimates become law "
they must be approved by the Mayor,
the Executive Board and the Coun- ',
ell.
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Nine and one-half mills will undoubt
edly be the city tar levy for the year
1954. This year It was 11 mills. Includ
ing I& mills for the flreboat.
An additional $3,000,000, or $46,000,000 al
together, will be assessable for the com
ing year. Though the above table shows
the estimated expenditures to be greater
by $166,514.13 than the expenditures of the
present year, this does not mean that
the amount actually spent will be In
excess of the sum expended during the
year 1903. Again, the Increased assessa
ble property will aid to counterbalance"
the larger sum aslied for by the various
departments.
Estimates of the receipts and- disburse
ments for the coming year were prepared
yesterday upon the basis of a 9&-mlll
tax levy- The receipts and disbursements
of the present year up to yesterday were
likewise prepared.
The official shears will no doubt snip
Off a few figures from the estimates of
several departments. As in every other
business, the heads of these departments
are in the habit of asking for more money
than they expect to receive. Therefore,
the table of estimates for the year 1904
shows what Is wanted, and notwhat will
actually be spent. Again, there will bo
receipts not included In the list. For in
stance, it is a significant fact that in
the estimate of the receipts of the Munici
pal Court, the gamblers' fines are not
taken into account. These have averaged
over $5,000 a month for the past several
months.
Improvements along so many different
lines are soearnestly desired, both by
the public and the heads of the, depart
ments, that heavy additional sums are
called for. To mako Portland a better
city means more money .spent. The es
timates for street cleaning and for light
ing show large increases. But great im
provements are planned in both these de
partments. A full paid fire department now seems
a probability, and the necessary appropria
tion of $162,320 will very likely be approved
by those who hold the blue pencil.
The $65,000 expenditure for the flreboat
will not be repeated in 1904. Sveral pay
ments have been made and there vet re
mains some $50,000 odd in the fund.
It is safe to say that there are few
cities in the United States whose munici
pal bookkeeping is in such perfect order
that two men and one stenographer can
In one day compile the receipts and dis
bursements for 12 months and also esti
mate accurately what will be needed for
the next year. The accounts of 1903 were
brought up to the evening of December
19 within a fraction of a cent.
City Auditor Thomas C. Devlin. Chief
Deputy Segel GruUe and Miss Florence
"Watkins worked overtime yesterday pre
paring the estimates. There was no
guesswork about the accounts of the pres
ent year or in adding together the es
timates for the year 1904. and the figures
can therefore be regarded as correct.
"It was easier to make up the receipts
and disbursements, as well as the esti
mates, than it has ever been before," said
City Auditor Devlin, as at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon he completed an eight
hours' continuous stretch on the ledgers
Everything was in such shape that It
could easily be put together."
CITY JAU IS OVERFLOWING
Police Make Extra Efforts to Clear
City of Vagrants.
The City Jail was taxed to Its limit
yesterday and last night. Prisoners who
would gain access to the confines of the
city dungeon now must boast of a crime
out of the ordinary. Minor offenses, such
as vagrancy, begging after hours, did not
admit the offender to a night's lodging
Ho was simply charged against a repeti
tion of the violation of city statutes, and
allowed to go. '
"There would not have been standing
room in the jail," said Captain Moore
last night. "If we had made an effort to
keep all of the men that were arrested."
This extraordinary tax on the capacity
of the City Jail is due to an effort Chief
Hunt is making to rid the city of undesi
rable characters. Sergeant of Police Hoge
boom. with Officer Vaughn to assist him,
is walking the streets these night with
the avowed purpose of bringing In men
who have no means of support, are not
working and do not want to work.
Of the arrests made since Saturday
noon, 33 have been made by Officers Hoge
boom and Vaughn, and the only offense
has been, that they could not give satis
factory answers to the fusillade of ques
tions asked by the policemen in citizens'
clothes. Minor charges have been made
against these men. Some have been turned
loose at once with the promise that they
will leave the city. Others will appear be
fore Municipal Judge Hogue this morning
to be subjected to a. small. fine or to have
sentence passed upon them, and suspend
ed. This sentence is then held over them
as a weapon to force them to leave the
city.
"Do you live in the city?" is one of the
first questions asked by the officers when
they accost a man whom they have picked
out as an undesirable character. If he is
a man who has any means of support he
usually answers with a complete tale of
hjs business and place of residence. If he
tries to evade the question lie is asked:
"Where do you live?"
"Where do you work?"
"Is your bed paid for?" x
"Have you money to buy your meals?"
As soon as the prisoner commences to
tell his hard luck story of how he has
tried and tried to find work and failed,
the officers march him directly to the sta
tion. If it is found upon farther questioning
that he has no money with which to pay
his way, ha no work, or no hope of get
ting work, does not live in the city, and
is simply eking out a living by bleeding
the habitues of North-End resorts, he is
given a chance to leave the city. If he
promises he Is allowed his liberty. If he
does not promise he Is taken before Judge
Hogue charged with vagrancy or with
being out after hours. The Judge then
passes sentence and tells the man that his
sentence will be suspended, giving him a
chance to get out of the city.
"If you return to this court for any
reason," concludes the Judge, "you will
have to serve the sentence I have already
passed."
This sentence Is usually a term on the
rock pile and the prisoner does not venture
a second appearance.
Of the 33 prisoners brought in since Sat
urday noon by Officers Hogeboom and
Vaughn six were men recognized by the
police officers as ex-convicts.
CHARIOT RACE US A BANK.
Clerks Wager on Merits of Novel Me
chanical Toys.
The numerous Ingenious mechanical
toys so common at this time as bicycles,
express wagons, locomotives with trains,
etc, which are all operated by concealed
machinery, are purchased by many,
grown-up persons for their own amuse
ment. The opportunity they offer for
leading men to indulge In gambling, Is
not readily apparent, but they are as
attractive to some as are the nickel-in-the-slot
machines.
A man who called at one of the leading
banks of this city Saturday afternoon
was astonished to find that the official
he wished to see and the heads of some
of the departments had gone duck shoot
ing, and that some 15 or 20 bookkeepers
and clerks, were having a regular circus
in the largest open space to be found in
the room. A number of them had pur
chased 'specimens of the mechanical
toys mentioned, and were showing them
off and comparing their performances
with much mirth and Jollification, creat
ing a great uproar. The Interest of the
crowd finally settled In two vehicles, ex
press wagons, or something of the sort,
the performances of which were really
wonderful. When wound up and started
they ran straight ahead for a time, then
turned and after awhile made another
turn so as to finally arrive at or about
the place from which they started. The
crowd determined to have a representa
tion of the chariot race in "Ben Hur."
It was agreed that there should be five
heats, and three laps to each' heat. The
machines were wound up and a starter
appointed, and, when he yelled go, they
went, and the betting and excitement
commenced.
Money in 10 and 15-cent bets began to
pile up .and the excitement Increased till
by the time two laps had been run It
had reached fever heat, and there was
$40 in the purse. Then the attention of
the crowd was called to the work which
had to be done. All hands flew at their
books and scratched away as fast as
possible, it being agreed that as soon as
the books were made up the race should
be resumed and the other three heats
run. It was about 5- P. M. before the
books were closed and placed in the vault.
As soon as possible the chariots were
wound up and started, and, amid great
and Increasing excitement, the race was
brought to a close. Then the squabbling
began over the stakes. It Is deemed in
advisable to state the exact amount the
purse contained, as it might alarm tho
patrons of the bank, but it was finally
decided to divide the money among the
most vociferous claimants, subject to the
protest of the protestor. Then the crowd
dispersed in a hurry, most of them ar
riving home "late for dinner.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Dr. Jay Tuttle, of Astoria, is stopping
at the Imperial.
Edward Currln, a merchant of Hepp
ner. Is a Perkins guest.
Mayor J. S. Cooper, of Independence, is
stopping at the Imperial.
E. H. Moreck, a Seattle hotel man. Is
among the arrivals at the Imperial.
William O'Donnell, a mining expert from
Baker City, is a guest at the Portland.
Senator and Mrs. John L. "Rand were at
the Portland yesterday on their way to the
Legislative session at Salem.
N. Pickard, of Eugene who owns tho
Sunset group of mines in Southern Oregon,
was at the Perkins yesterday.
Representative W. F. Butcher and
Sheriff H. K. Brown, of Baker City, wero
registered at the Imperial yesterday.
Dr. Hugh I. Cummlng, of the Marine
Hospital Service, with headquarters at
Angel Island. California, is at the Port
land. Robert L. Gerry, tho young Newport
millionaire who came to Portland a week
ago on account of the illness of his
brother, left last night over the Southern
Pacific for San Francisco.
N. Poston, of Seattle, representing the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company, is In
the city In consultation with local repre
sentatives of the line. Mr. Poston says
that his company has extensive plans
now under consideration for enlarging its'
carrying cspaclty. These plans contem
plate building or purchasing a number of
additional steamers and lumber schooners
for the coastwise tradeana an increase
in their California lumber mills.,
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (Special.) North
western people registered at 2Jew York
hotels today as follows:
From Portland J. H. Amos,at the Ash
land; H. N. Burpee, at the Imperial.
From Seattle E. Brainerd.at the Astor.
From Spokane L. Ellison and wife, at
the Herald-Square.
From Tacoma J. Jacoby, at the Im
perial. '-LEPROSY NOT INHERITED.
Nun Tells of Experience In Care of
Infants From Molokal.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20. After havihgpent
the past 11 years caring for the children
of the lepers of the Hawaiian Islands,
Sister Alblna, of the Franciscan Order,
who formerly was Miss Myrlam Sluder,
of St. Louis, has arrived here on a visit
to her parents.
Sister Alblna said that the common be
lief that children of lepers inherit the
disease is erroneous.
"We take the children when they are
two days old," she said, " and we have
never had a case where leprosy has de
veloped in after years. The childron
mostly all come from the Island of Mo
lokal, where the leper colony Is located."
B. B. RICH CHxIr-HOLDERS.
Gold mounted cigar holders make a
good present. Any"B. B. Rich cigar store.
GRANULATED EYELIDS.
Murine Eye Remedy cures this and other
Eye troubles, makes weak eyes atrong.
ROAD IN-FARHORTH
t-ailllilftb Ul YYIIIIB rdbS -Oil
Yukon Fail Off,
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OFF C ALS ARE NOT WORR FD
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President Tells How Pleased Ladies
Were With the Trip, and Ex
presses Confidence In the
Klondike's Future.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2a (Special.) Tho
annual report of the White Pass & Yukon,
the most northerly railroad, is extremely
Interesting as affording the first official
sketch of the troubles that afflict this
unique and very peculiar railroad. It is
noteworthy that trouble seems to sit light
ly upon the men that are running the
road. In 1902 they paid a regular dividend
of 5 per cent and a special stock dividend
of 23 per cent. In 1903 earnings had fallen
off to such an extent that the total amount
available for dividends was reduced 'to
$354,876.
This total is not the total of the rail
road company, whose year ends June 30,
but of the entire local and mail and other
services, and the year Is made to end
December, 1902. The report Is peculiar In
this respect, containing two distinct- sets
of .figures, one for The Company, and the
other for the so-called local companies.
The income account for the railway
company, whose year ends June 30, 1903,
shows as follows, with comparisons:
1903 1902 Dec
Net income Ry. $333,500 $565,005 $171,505
Net Income Riv div. 126.766 129,835 13,059
Mall 50,045 90.045
Total Net $353,530 $769,434 $415,901 .
"increase. i
Net Income, for river division in 1902 was
for fourteen months and mail Income in .
1903 was for eight months only.
The profit and loss of the senior com- J
pany shows as follows:
1903 1902 " Dec I
Surplus after charges $60,410 $136,967 S,313
UlUUtllUa .......... .. OO, IIAJ OO.I3V I
Deficit $ 8,440
Surplus $68,217 $76,557
Even In the face of this truly disap
pointing showing the president and direc
tors appear cheerful. The former dwells
upon the bright features of the year and
sketches In the causes that led to the big
decrease In earnings, concluding with the
remark that things might easily have been
worse and win probably be better next
year. The report is very naive in its lan
guage, the president, for Instance, assur
ing his stockholders that ladles who have
told him about their trip via the Winter
mail service from White Horse to Daw
son have talked to him about it and as
sured him that they considered it a de
lightful experience.
The line is narrow guage and seems to
be largely built on trestles. The total num
ber of bridges in the 312 miles of railroad
has been 10L but this number Is being cut
to 28. During the year several curves
were taken out of the road and the road
bed was widened in places. The rail divi
sion carried 16,059 passengers and 2S.095
tons of freight. The average load per car
was 9.77 tons and the average haul per
ton was 10S.09 miles. The river division!
carried 7006 passengers and 21,847 tons of
freight. The fleet steamed 112,269 miles
during the year and served 175,539 meals
aboard the boats. Only 1001 passengers
took the trip by sleigh and coach over the
trail from Dawson to White Horse during
the Winter, though 140 trips were made.
The trip takes five days.
Considering the small tonnage the earn
ings are something Immense, looking at
the matter from the standpoint of the
American railroad. Nothing Is said to hint
at the rates charged, but they must be
something startling. Expenses of "con
ducting transportation" show something
less than 20 per cent of total gross, which
may be taken to prove that the best way
to operate a railroad Is to charge the
freight all it will pay.
The president explains at some length
that certain large merchants Irf Dawson
City, who thought they were paying too
much freight, tried during the year to
cripple the WTiite Pass Railroad by sell
ing goods that they Imported themselves
by river very cheapen Dawson City, even
going so far as to sell some stuff at a
loss. Toward the end of the season, how
ever, amicable relationships were again
established, and the end of the season
saw a rush of goods and freight, of which
the railroad got its share.
President Graves' remarks about the de
velopment of the Yukon country are ex
ceedingly Interesting. He explains why"
the gold shipments fell off so badly in
1902 as follows:
"In previous years the output was large
ly from ground of such marvelous rich
ness that the gold could almost be picked
out by hand without the aid of mechani
cal appliances, while in 1902 it was neces
sary to "wash more gravel and the machln-
USE FUNDS WHERE RAISED .
George H. Maxwell Says Separate States Should Have Benefit of
Sales for Irrigation Purposes within Their Own Borders r jr.
St. Paul Globe.
On Invitation of Benjamin F. Beardsley,
general secretary of the National Irrl-
gation Association. 25 business men were
entertained at luncheon yesterday at the
Commercial Club, to meet George H.
Maxwell, executive chairman of the asso-
clation. In the course of an address Mr.
Maxwell said In part:
"I am glad to comply with a request to
Interest the business men of this city In
irrigation efforts, to tell them what will
be done and to show them how deeply
their own Interests are involved. Great
projects, as you all know, are now under
way. The Irrigation fund already amounts
to $16,000,000, enough to carry out the
plans under way for perhaps two years
to come.
"By far the greatest contributors to
this fund, derived from the proceeds of contributes to the fund could be expend
publlc land sales, are the states of North ; ed most profitably within her boundaries.
Dakota and Oregon. The big enterprises ! It land can be whnt f ii,i i.,--
contemplated are outside of the limits of;
those states, and the people of North'
Dakota are In favor of a practice that
will permit the funds accumulating un
der the Irrigation law to be expended
where they are raised.
"You may suppose that, as' one inter
ested in the whole great Irrigation scheme,
I would look upon this with disfavor.
On the contrary, it meets with my hearty
approval. The irrigation projects to
TtVlfrtV tVlA lirtY lc Twicnlrr mmlftnrl
nuv.. -. ..v., . n.oi.., v.uiutu.t.tKu uncci interest ot at. aui Business men
are of enormous magnitude. In the val- in these projects, Mr.- Maxwell referred
leys of the Columbia, the Yellowstone, to the experiences of Los Angeles and
the Snake, the Eacramento and the Colo- Omaha. In the former city, though . the
redo there are tens of millions of acres areas to be Irrigated are not directly
that may be reclaimed by projects that tributary to it, the business men stated
will cost from $10,000,000 to $50,000,000 each, that the making of the surveys had so
An underestimate of the population which increased their trade by the demand for
these reclaimed lands will support Is 50,- supplies that they had 'derived great bene
000,000 people. And the land so prepared , fit, and that they, therefore, saw that
for cultivation will be worth immediate- the actual construction work would add
ly from $100 to $500 per acre. i millions to their commerce. Omaha aln
"These great works will be carried
through eventually by a -larger policy
on the part of the general Government.
The proceeds of public land sales would
never be adequate, vhe Government will
prosecute them by the aid of direct ap
propriations, charged up against the irri
gation fund, and repair by charges upon
the land so made available We are
scarcely yet at the beginning of thp great
irrigation iaea ana lis accompusnment,
ery was not available except in a few
cases."
The president Is a great believer In the
future of the Klondike region.
i RECENT ACCESSIONS.
The following new books have been
1 added to the Public Library:
MIND AND BODY. .
Hudson, T. J. Law of mental medi
cine , 131HSS6
RELIGION.
Peloubet, F. N.. & Peloubet. M. A.
Select notes: a commentary on the
international lessons for 1904.
R220.6P392
SOCIOLOGY.
Colburn, B. L. Graded physical exer
cises 371.7 C6S3
Hart, A. B. Actual government as
applied .under American condltlons-
233 H325
Irving, Washington. Fur traders of
the Columbia river and the Rocky
mountains 333.1Ji2
Marx. Karl. Capital 331M392c
Quick. R. H. Essays on educational
reformers rr..... 370.9 Q5
SCIENCE.
Thompson, S. P. Elementary lessons
' in eletrrclty & magnetism 537 T476
USEFUL ARTS.
Jones. A. R. Classified gymnasium
exercises of system of K. J. Rob-
erts 613.7 J76
Knight, James. Food and Its func-
tions 643 K69
Thompson, W. G. Practical dietetics
613.2 T478
FINE ARTS; INCLUDING SPORTS.
Robinson. C. M. Modern civic art; or.
the City made beautiful rSPSJ3
White, S. E. Forest 799W5SS
LITERATURE.
' "ahtorvJn btllads..r.:.:..r.8ri.0SHl61
Kipling, Rudyard. Five nations.. S21 K57t .
Landor. w. a. roemB, aiaiosuem
verse and epigrams; ed. by Charles
G. Crump. 2v S21L261
Nlebelungenlied. Fall of the Nibelun-
gers; tr. by William Nanson Lett:
iom 31 N379L
Norris, Frank. Responsibilities of the
' novelist and other literary essays,
i S0S.3NS53
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
I Austin, Marj'- Land of little rain...
917.94 A937
' Church. A. J. Roman life In the days
of Cicero 913.31 C361
. Clement. E. W. Handbook of modern
japan io.j v.aio
HISTORY.
Dawson, T C. South American repub
lics sani-i-i
T)raV S. A. Malclnc- of New England.
15S0-1643 974Di63m
D'e' Mrs',E; 5f:L!..!!..l. sliDSMs
GordonV'j." B." Reminiscences of
the civil war 973.7 G663
Ladd, H. O. History of the war with
.UCiUJO ............ .
Parker, Sir Gilbert, & .Bryan, j. u.
Old Quebec? 97L4P233
Tlghc, Ambrose. Development of the
Roman constitution 9S7T566
BIOGRAPHY.
Gladstone, W. E. Life of William
Ewart Gladstone, by John Morley.
, 3v BG543Mo
Hawthorne. Nathaniel. Hawthorne
and his circle, by Julian Haw
tWne BH359H
Hoar, G. F. Autobiography of seventy
years. 2v B H679
Putnam, Israel. Israel Putnam, by
William Farrand Llvingston..B P991 L
Who's who in America. 1S03...R920.07 W62S
x FICTION.
Couch, A. T. Qulller-iHetty Wesley
CS53h
Deland, Mrs. M. W. (L.). Dr. Laven-
dar's people D337d
Duncan, Norman. Way of the sea..D9l2w
Garland, Hamlin. Hesper G233he
Holland, J. G. SevenoaUs H735s
Howells, W. D. Letters home HS591e
Merrlman. H. S., pseud, of Hugh
Stowell Scott. Barlasch of tne
guard 11571b
Norris, Frank. Deal In wheat and
other stories of the new and old
West N855d
Payne. Will. Mr. Salt P346ml
Rlls- -- ' Children of the tenements
R572c
Reed, Myrtle. Shadow of victory; a
romance of Fort Dearborn R325s
Tarklngton.N. B. Cherry .....T187c
Wharton, Mrs. E. (J.). Sanctuary-.Wo53s
Wliltelng, Richard. Yellow van....W593y
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
Cilman, Arthur, Discovery & ex
ploration of America 973.1 G487
Johonnot, James, comp. Stories of our
country J973J73
Johonnot, James, comp. Stories of the
olden time '. j904J73s
Perry, W. C. Boy's Iliad J93S P465
Thompson, E. E. Seton Two little
savages jT4695tw
Wells, Carolyn. Folly in the forest..
JFaW453f
A BOY'S CHRISTMAS.
""' "?. U4t.",cieai "a. . V'
Will last all the year If a Y. M. C. A.
"""" c"1 IUfV, '8 "nu m, n "K;
"Q. ; "" . ma use ul WIG UOVS
clubrooms, games, reading-room, baths,
swimming pool, gymnasium, can attend
the Manual Training School or Join the
Printers, or 20 other boy educational and
"good-timo" clubs. Cost of tickets' $2 to
$6 a year.
A B. B. RICH CIGAR.
B: B. Rich cigar stores only selj flrrft
selections ana iuii zactory sizes.
Aberdeen Laborers' Wages Cut.
ABERDEEN, Wash. Dec 20. (Special.)
The wages of laborers on the street
railway were cut Saturday from $2 to $1.75
a day. A strike followed. The company
claims the smaller sum Is what the mill
men are paying.
"The first effort Of pvorv frlonrt nt r:
rlgation should be to ictirr thA n.no.1
of the existing desert land and stone
acts. The irrigation fund will not suffer
Its receipts from these sources are not
( worth considering. But the opportunity
which they afford for fraudulent nnnro-
priation of the very lands that we are
seeking to recover must be taken away.
These are the areas that Irrigation will
make most valuable, and their alienation
must be prevented.
"There Is another phase of Irrigation
that Is too little understood. Men think
of It generally as the, reclaiming of ac
tually desert and unproductive land. But
an absolute control of" the water supply
will enhance the productiveness and in
crease the value of other lands. Tako
, North Dakota, for example. All that she
flooded;" that Is, if it can be saturated
with water before It freezes In the Fall,
then the moisture Is there when the seed
is planted in the Spring, and there can
be no. fear of drought. With ditches to
carry off the excess and Irrigation canals
to supply a deficiency, the productive
ness and the value of North Dakota
lands would be Increased at least five
fold." In answer to & question relating to tlie
j ,3l.-. Ji. - - . . .
I expected that her nonulatlon would r.
expected that her population would dou-
Dle in ten years and her business grow
correspondingly through the completion
of Irrigation projects on the North Platte.
"What," asked Mr. Maxwell,, "may not
the merchants of St. Paul reasonably
expect, not only from the carrying out
of these gigantic plans, but from the set
tlement of tens of millions of new people
in the country tributary to it- commer
cially?'
lARF THFY A I f FVII ?I,,sr,SSS,sSis:fCASTE THE GREAT CURSE
nilL. 1 11L.I JILL, LI!L.i and clergymen are doing a noble work
Rev Mr. Small Discusses
Three Amusements.
ARE NOT BAD IN THEMSELVES
Card-Playing, Dancing and Theater-Going-Their
Abuse, Not Their
Use, That Is Objec
tionable. Rev. W. F. Small, pastor of the First I
Unlversallst Church, East Tenth and ! by electrical appliances after the congre
Couch streets, preached yesterday morn- t gation had assembled. Professor Boyer
Ing on the topic, "Our Attitude Toward i
uara-Flaying, Dancing-and Theater-Going."
Mr. Small said:
"There are three mean3 of amusement
that have always been resorted to, are
now and doubtless will be, so long as
man stays on this earth. TheV are card-
piaymg, dancing and theater-going. These
three forms of amusement are vigorously
denounced by some churches, and it Is 1
freely asserted that no consistent Chrls
tlan will indulge in any of them. I con-
fine my remarks to these three
First, Card-playing: It doe:
does not seem
necessary greatly to discriminate the kind
of cards; because, at bottom, when viewed
broadly, the Issue Is the same, "whether
the cards be the ordinary playing-cards
or the cards used for many other games.
There Is an element of chance in most
card games, except those which consist
merely of questions and answers. The
objection to the common playing-cards Is
partly due to the fact that they are so
generally used in gambling. But this does
not weigh against the thing in itself,
any more than it would weigh against the
game of pool or billiards. Those same
playing-cards are also used as the means
of genuine social fellowship. The fact
is, if a man wants to gamble. If he is
solost to honor and decency that he will
try to get something for nothing, he will
find a way. He uses cards because they
are easy to use; and if all the playing
cards were destroyed, he would Invent
others, or else resort to other means.
The gambler is a moral fungus, a para
site; and he means to get his living
without honest work, if he can.
"Another objection to cards Is that so
many become fascinated, and waste val
uable hours in merely chattering- and
shuffling the cards. There Is force in
this objection. Too many people do act
foolishly over this. They do not want
to visit anywhere, and they bore every
one except their fellow-fiends with their
prattle about the cards. Here Is an ar
gument against absurd, almost criminal
-waste of time, not against proper use of
tnis rorm of amusement. Put sentimen
tallsm and prejudice aside card-playing
as an amusement is an accomplished fact;
and noisy denunciation will not alter the
fact. Our churches and ministers must
keep at work trying- to lead men to love
high ideals of honor and truthfulness and
right; but for churches to legislate against
this amusement Is sheer folly. Under the
unreasoning prejudice that card-playing is
a sfn, parents have forbidden their boys
to play. . The boys have sneaked away
and learned; and thus has many a gam
bler been made. And the policy of a
church's legislation against this amuse
ment Is responsible for a peculiarly anom
alous situation. Some church's members
play cards, and some of them sell the
cards.
Second, Dancing: Man has always
danced, and doubtless will for a long
time to come. And "there will be those
who will continue to say that who dances,
dances himself straight to hell. Dancing
was very generally employed In certain
religious exercises up to the Midle Ages.
But It was not the dance as we now
see it. It is the modern dance that is ob
jectionable; that is destructive of piety,
of spirituality. Of a certain type of spir
ituality, no doubt it is. But that dancing,
properly and resonably indulged. Is de
structive of high-mindeness, honor,
cleanness or reverence, is utterly false.
"Dancing Is objectionable when It In
volves a promiscuous mlrigling of the
sexes. It leads to a familiarity which
breeds a deadly contempt on the part of
each sex for the other. For the ordinary
public dance, at which any one is admitted,
there Is very little good to be said;, and
the men and women who respect them
selves will .remain away. But whenlThe prophets had been speaking of him
practiced under proper conditions, thlsM
form of amusement may be and is
healthful. The objection so often raised
nowadays, "that Christ didn't dance, and
so his followers ought not, is pitifully
absurd. . Jesus didn't dance, so far as we
know; but there Is a story of his attend
ing a wedding feast at which dancing wa3
one of the diversions.
"Third, Theater-going: It is regarded
as a heinous sin by many." The trouble
with tfie average philippic against the the
ater is Its lack of discrimination, and
hence Its superficiality. Occasionally,
grudging concessions will be made that
some plays and players are good. But
today the general tono of the theater is
said to be bad, and that the characters of
too many of the players are by no means
above reproach. TH; theater of today Is
charged with corrupting the tastes of the
players and the audiences, with bcincr an
j enemy of the Christian Sunday, with de
veloping artinciality of life among the
dramatic profession, with catering to the
sensual tastes of the masses. There Is
some truth In these charges; but, as
ordinarily, they are not qualified and, bal
anced by' other facts, are little better
than patent untruths. It Is too true that
the tone of the stage today Is low, gen
earlly speaking. But there Is one hope
ful fact, recently mentioned by The Ore
gonlan that many members of the pro
fession are sick of the atmostphere In
which they are obliged to live and work,
and long for the time when the conditions
will be different and better. The re
sponsibility for this situation cannot be
put upon the 'theater,' or the players
alone. It must be shared by the man
agers, by playwrights, by the public, and
by those churches that have so bitterly
denounced the theater as the 'vestibule
of hell,' raising a barrier between them
selves and the players that has conduced
much to moral carelessness on the part
of many actors and actresses.
'The allegation that the theater sub
verts the Christian Sunday, while hint
lg at the truth. Is not the truth. It is
commercialism, greed, using the theater
as a means, that Is the real enemy of
the Christian Sunday the same greed
that uses the trolley lines for -a. Sunday
excursion to Canemah Park or Columbia
Beach, or St. Johns. Sunday theatrical
performances are bad, they are vicious in
their -Influence on the moral life of a
community, and those concerned cannot
escape their responsibility for the ef
fects. "The fundamental question is, Is the
theater In Itself an evil? No! But, If It
is so low as Is often asserted today, what
then? Shall we denounce It, and keep
utterly away? The first Is absurd and
Ineffective. It is observable that great
numbers of church people attend the the
aters; and In the production of such plays
as 'Ben Hur "The Christian,' 'The Old
Homestead,' 'Our New Minister,' find an
atmosphere much more stimulating, mor
ally, than the unsparing and unqualified
denunciation of theaters and players that
come from some pulpits. And the way
to elevate the theater Is not by denounc
ing it as a hideous enemy of good. The
theater will be elevated as the church
gives sympathy to the high-minded mem
bers of the dramatic profession, who shall
labor to uplift the moral tone of the
in this direction.
"I do not offer these considerations as
the teachings of the Unlversallst church.
Our church does not legislate concerning
these matters, but leaves them with the
judgment and conscience of the individual,
who, it holds, can be trusted to decide the
Issues in the light of his privileges and
responsibilities. And this Is finally where
all churches will see the matter placed;
since the Individual church member will
assert bis right to determine such ques
tions for himself."
PREACH CHRISTMAS SERMONS.
Many Churches Take Cognizance of
Approaching Festivities.
Christmas sermons were delivered at
several churches yesterday and many
beautifully decorated chancers were noted.
At the First Congregational Church the
greens were used with a lavish
hand about the altar, and a large
star which hnnir nhove the or-
can was tnrnprf Intn a hlaze of Heht
had prepared several special musical num
bera which were heautlfully rendered by
the choir. At the evening services Miss
Vesta Townsend recited "Sandolphon"
with feeling and effect.
Dr. E. L. House spoke on "The Pre-Eml-nent
Christ." He said in part:
Nature hta pre-eminent things. There
is the highest peak, the largest river.
the greatest waterfall. And in humanity
there is one Dre-eminent and Paul de
Clares that Christ is that personage. Ac
cording to Paul this pre-eminence begins
in creaforship. "All things are created
by Him."
The Scriptures give the pre-eminence to
Christ. Not to Paul or to Moses is the
honor given. Whoever is the speaker or
the writer, each vies with the other to
give Christ the pre-eminence. He Is the
foundation stone of the building; he is
the captain of our salvation; he is the
advocate; the counselor; the true vine;
the Illy of the valley; the rose of Sharon:
the Hon of the tribe of Judah; the lamb of
God; the bright and morning star.
Christ Is pre-eminently the universe's
greattst personality. 1 see a man, but
at the same time I see a God. As a
man he was born of a woman as a God
his advent was sung by angels. As a man
he ate and drank as a God his simple
word multiplied five barley loaves Into
a festival sufficient for the wants of
famished thousands. As a man he slept
in Peter's boat as a God he rebuked the
winds and the waves, and they were still.
As a man he wept at the grave of Lazarus
as a God he snapped the fetters of mor
tality. As a man he was laid In a tomb
as a God be forsook the tomb, and
triumphed over principalities and powers.
Again Christ is pre-eminent in the work
hehas accomplished for the race. Christ
is jthe summing up of advancement in civ
ilization. Jus as there resides in a kernel
of wheat the vital force which will or
ganize all the particles of matter neces
sary tb complete that life in a full-grown
stack and head of grain, so in Christ
.Is the pdwer that works for perfect human
life and society.
At the First Baptist Church special
Christmas services were held. Rev. A. S.
Coates preucnlng on "The Child Savior."
The music was exceptionally fine. Mr.
Barber, of Chicago, was the soloist, and
his selections were much admired.
Dr. J. F. Ghormley, of the First Christ
Ian Church, was assisted in the Christmas
services by Rev. T. F. Brown. The music
was especially selected for the occasion.
Dr. Ghormley chose for his subject "The
Birth of Our King," and said in pari:
We hall with Joy the return of memorial
days. The birthdays of friends and rela
tives, all seasons of gift-making. The
wise men still bring gilts of gold, frank
incense and myrrh to the cradle of royalty
and every child. In a. sense, is born a
king. T4e memorial days of the church
are significant. They have been observed
from time immemorial and will continue
to be observed. The event in Bethlehem
more than 1S0O years ago, which gave to
the world the King of Destiny, was far
more than the ordinary. The place It
self, Bethlehem, had been foretold by
the Prophet Mcha. Being the city of
David and the place 6f many memorable
events. It was suited as the birthplace of
the King. The journey of Josepn and
Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem was to
the world in obedience to a decree from
Augustus Caesar that every one should
go to his own city to be enrolled, but to
the Eye that sees all things It was that
the King should be born in the divinely
appointed place. His birth was an
nounced by the angels, who sang on the
first Christmas morning the blessed story
of redemption. The lowiy heard It, and,
responding to its Invitation, found Em
manuel. , Philosophy, following Its best
light, came to Jerusalem seeking the new
born King, and aided by revelation dis
covered him In the manger at Bethlehem.
Hatred was defeated for It found him not.
Great men had lived and wrought. They
came Into the world on great missions
and filled them. However, there was a
work to be accomplished which philosophy
declared it was unable to do, and It dedi
cated an altar to the unknown God, and
waited the fulfillment ot the prophecies In
the coming of tne .Desire or an nations.
and when the fullness of time was come
that for which tney were looKing came
clothed in flesh and the power which
makes for righteousness in human person
ality was named "Jesus."
LIKE ASTOR'9 TRAMP.
Stranger Sleeps in Bathtub, Think
ing He Is at Home.
Thinking he was at his own home, when
he was in a strange part of the city, a
man whose Identity has not been learned,
yesterday entered the bath room at the
Ockley lodging house at Tenth and Mor
rison streets, and finding the water at
an agreeable temperature, went to sleep
in the tub. He locked the door from the
Inside, and the proprietor of the house
was unable to rouse him from his slum
bers. Police Officer Phillips was sum
moned, and after throwing a few articles
of furniture through the transom, awak
ened the man and persuaded him to leave
the house. Considerable excitement was
occasioned In the neighborhood by the
incident, but the most excited man of the
entire proceeding was the visitor, after he
had discovered his mistake.
"I do not mind a man taking a bath
in my house," said Mr. Crocker, proprie
tor of the house, "but I do not like to have
him monopolize the bathtub for half a
day so that my guests cannot use It.
"I saw tho man when he entered and
knew that he was not one of my lodgers.
He walked Into the bathroom as if he
owned the house and prdteeded to pre
pare for his bath. After he had been
there for some time I began to wonder
why he did not come out. When I went
upstairs and tried to open the door I
found it locked from the inside and the
key in the keyhole.
"Officer Phillips responded to the call
and decided the man must have fallen
asleep. Climbing on a chair he peered
through- the transom and saw the visitor
calmly sleeping. The water completely
covered his body and part of his head.
Little more than his eyes, nose and mouth
were above the surface.
"What do you mean by coming into a
strange place and alarming the people
in this way?" asked the officer after he
had aimed a bar ct soap straight enough
to awaken the sleeper.
"Guess I have a right to take a bath
in my own house," said he, angry at.
such Interference.
"You are not In your own house," said
the officer. "Dress yourself and get out
of here at once."
The man realized his mistake and
seemed much confused.
"I was up all night," said he, "and I
thought I had gone home. I was very
tired and" wanted to take a bath before I
retired to my room. When r was in the
warm water it felt so good that I wanted
to lay still and rest for awhile. I fell
'asleep and knew nothing until I was
awakened by the officer.
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INDIA'S MISERIES ELOQUENTLY
DEPICTED BY SOAMI RAM.
Missionaries Have Their Hands Tied
Education in America
Will Do Good.
y
In an address that rang with the spirit
of Christianity and reform,' Soami Ram
told the large audience which thronged
the Marquam Grand yesterday afternoon
of the awful conditions which exist in
India, and laid before them his plan of
correcting such conditions and Intro
ducing Christianity among them. Mayor
Williams- introduced the Soami to his
audience, and commended their closest
attention to the matters he had to tell
of concerning conditions in his darkened
country.
"I come to tell you a message," said
the quaint little Hindoo in perfect Eng
lish. "To young, strong, free America comes
a cry from the Orient. From sisters and
brothers In diametrically opposite parts
of the earth comes the cry. piercing the
very center of the heart. Little hands
are stretched out for help and infant
voices plead plaintively for succor. Young
girls, whose doom is forever sealed
through enforced widowhood send you
a message written In blood."
Caste as existing in India Is claimed
by this young priest to be the greatest
curse that could be visited upon a people.
The Impossibility of progress In any line
or walk, of life and Its great drawback
to commerce or industry through casta
were given as examples of the harm it
accomplishes.
"In India a man must forever be what
he is born. A merchant's son must
necessarily be a merchant; a laborer's
son a laborer; a Brahmin's son always
a Brahmin; the daughter of a public
woman must be the same as her mother.
WThen members of one caste come in con
tact with members of another, they con
sider themselves defiled. A merchant
could never enter the house of the Brah
min, nor touch the hem of his garment
No caste, however low, can come In con
tact with the foreigner or have aught to
do with him, for in so doing he becomea
an outcast.
"For this reason the missionaries you
send to those darkened people have their
hands tied. They cannot mix with them
or go among them, freely. The few
whom they have succeeded In converting
to Christianity form a caste to them
selves and are ostracised by the Hindoos.
They are simply labelled Christians, and
they can do no further good for they
cannot work among their own people.
"The English government means well,
no roubt, but It is claimed by many that
it has not tried to break down caste. It
provides universities and gives the higher
born an education, but they do not teach
them, knowledge of any practical U3e.
Dead languages, Sanscrit and mythology,
are of no use to them when hundreds
of millions of people are living In dark
ness. If such a people are to be reformed
It fciust be through their educated men
and thinkers, and these men must havo
the right kind of training and education.
"All reform comes from within. Show
them the light and let them work It out
for themselves. Regeneration cannot be
forced upon a people.
"What is the obstruction? What keeps
them from seeing the light? It is the wall
of caste. Break it down, then mission
aries will have a field In which to work.
The converts now are not really Chris
tions, they yet need the spirit. Casta
can only be broken by the people them
selves. When this Is done and they arc
unchained from their darkened lairs, they
will come out to the missionaries' call,
and the true spirit of God can be in
stilled among them. '
"I want to tell - of one Incident that
came under my personal notice. A yortyi.
graduate of the English University ot
India ' came to this country and spent
several years In study. He observed the
wonderful benefits and privileges of free
dom of thought and equality among the
people. When he returned to India ha
called a great meeting of all who be
longed to his caste. They came from all
parts of that country, and tne result or.
his teachings and pleadings was that
they decided to abolish the awful prac
tice of child marriage. With that particu
lar caste' helpless children will not be
married to men and boys. They will bo
allowed to reach the age of maturity be
fore they are married. This is only one
caso among thousands, but it shows
what education in a country like this
will do for them."
The Soami made an eloquent appeal
for his countrymen. He wants them
brought to America after tho English gov
ernment ha3 given them all It has to
give. He considers the civilizing effects
ot a few years of study and life in Amer
ica of greater benefit than anything else
could be. He wants them taught the
spirit of equality and love, and to be able
to observe its benefits. Then, he claims,
would they return and teach their own
people tho same, and in a few years
caste would be broken down and many
of the. horrible practices now prevalent
there entirely done away with. Once,
caste Is abolished the missionary will ba
enabled to accomplish permanent good.
Soami Ram makes the statement that
the spirit of Christ existed on earth long
before the Christianity was known of. He
also says It now exists in many to whom
the Bible Is a sealed book. The original
Hindoo or Vedantic. scriptures, he claims,
teem with this spirit of Christ and are
most beautiful, but they have .been hid
den away from the masses by the Brah
mins and In turn forgotten by them.
Dr George C. Cressey addressed the au
dience briefly in partial explanation ot
the scheme to do missionary work on
this new line. He and Judge Webster
also explained about the committees who
would handle the funds to be raised.
Mr Edward M. Courtienne gave two
beautiful piano numbers which wero
highly appreciated by the large audience.
DOG 37ANGIERS PLEASED.
Salem's First Bench Show a Flatter
ing Success.
The Portland dogs that participated In
the Salem Kennel Club bench show, In
Salem, last week, arrived at the Union
Depot on the Albany local at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning. All of the local
canines were In the pink of condition In
spite of the fact that they had been
chained in their benching stalls for the
past four days. Three of- the dogs were
chained in the express car, the balance
being expressed In crates. With the Port
land dogs were several from outside
points, among them the famous pointer
dog Minnesota Joe.
Frank Turner, ot Victoria, B. C, who
judged the dogs, also came in on the
morning train and departed shortly after
ward for Seattle, en route to his home.
Mr. Turner's decisions In Salem met with
general satisfaction and to him Is due no
small share of the credit of making the
Salem show the decided success that It
was.
The Portland fanciers who attended the
show cannot say too much in praise of
the management of the club's first banch
show. President Frank J. Moore is de
serving of the pralse that Is being given
him by the focal enthusiasts as well as
those of Salem. The bench show was
one of the best-managed affairs of the
kind ever held on the Coast and every
one is highly elated over its success..
The Salem Kennel Club will hold an
other bench show next year and the suc
cess of this year's attempt i3 evidence
enough that the next show will prove
even a greater success. The Salem club
has been organized only a few weeks,
which makes last week's show the mora
I commendable.