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10 THE MOUSING OREGOXIAff, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1904. FT HOTLY Statuary Presented to the Exposition. VALUE SET AT $250,000 Expensive Groups Donated by St Louis World's Fair. FAMOUS WORKS AMONG THEM Statues Will Be Placed in Different Parts of the Exposition Grounds, and Will Do Much Towards Beautifying the Fair. The I-aWani Purchase Exposition has place the entire collection or Its fabulously valuH.be statuary at the dis pom! of the Lewie ami Clark Kxjxwltlon. ZMreeter of TVork 0kar Ilubcr made se-J-ctlen from the hundreds of croupe nl figure of such work? of statuary art at; scorn best filled t the World's Fair of Iter West. The St. Louis Ex roeltteR manarcment magnanimously de riir.ed payment for the statuary, award mi; it. with the eempHrocnUs or St. Tiouie. to the City of Portland. The only cost to 'the local Exposition -will be that of transferrins' the ptafjeB to this city, which will be done Immediate-. Statuary valued at nearly a quarter of & million dollars has been secured by the Lewis and Clark Exposition and Is row being packed for shipment to Port land. The list Includes some of the finest pieces that were shown at the St. Louis Fair ani will add immensely to the mag nificence of the beautiful grounds. Notable amonc the statues is "Cow boys." the famous creation of Frederic Remington. Thtz group will probably be X-Iaced at the main entrance In place of the public shelter tower, which may be torn down, as It had been proclaimed as hciing little artistic value and less prac-. t'cal use. The other statues are listed as filows: Statues Are Interesting. Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Thomas Jefferson." an admirable piece of work executed by Lopez &. RUck Ftuhl. Daniel Boone. woodsman, hunter, ex plorer and pioneer, by the sculptor Vau dell. "Buffalo Dance." showing Indians in onr of their aboriginal dance festivals, executed by Borglum. Resting Cowboy." showing one of the roughened cowboys cf th early West ly ing on the ground at the feet of his faith ful eayuse. While resting the cowboy is r-oi insensible to the many dangers of his environs and he is on the qui vive for danger, which may Interrupt his rest at any moment. This piece is by Borglum. Step to Civilization." in which is showing by suggestive figures and atti tudes the transition from the primitive to modern America, by Borglum. Piorieer Seeking Shelter. "Pioneer Seeking" Shelter" is a finely conceived piece and cleverly executed. It shows one of the hardy pioneers of the early days seeking refuge from the win try blasts and blinding snow. The r-lonecr Is crouched under the haunches of his pony and his cloak is drawn tight about him. But even on such a day he dare not draw himself under the cloak to shut out the blinding storm, for the treacherous redskin may he lurking near and the pioneer holds his musket clear of the snow ready for Instant use If danger comes. This piece, too, is by Borglum. Four Neptuncs. an Idyll of the sea, b Karl Bitner. The lines of this group are graceful and full of action. "Cherokee Chief and Sioux: Chief." two figures of typical Indians, embodying the superb physique of the leaders of red skins, by Karl Bitner. ' Buffalo Fighting Mountain Lion." In which the supreme struggle for survival between two powerful species of typical Western animals is shown, by Borglum. "Destiny of the Red Man." a group by "Weinman. In addition to the foregoing list of sta tues, 12 elaborately carved urns were secured and those will be scattered about the agricultural gardens and natural parks. Placing of Statues.' - Where to place these statues In the most appropriate manner Is a matter which Is receiving the consideration of Mr. Hpber and members of the executive board. While places have not been se lected for all of them. Mr. Huber has derided upon a few of the most prom inent. For instance, the Indians will he placed among tho trees and brush of the natural park, while the figures of the Resting Cowboy and his horse will be located a few hundred yards away, which arrangement will further the Idea of dan gers that existed In the early days. The Pour Ncptunes" will be placed on the lake front, and the "Pioneer Seeking Shelter" will be placed on the main plaza lying between the Agricultural and Ma chinery palaces. The Buffalo statues will go on the two ends of the balustrading ol the- parapet. Before placing the group of hilarious owboya at the main entrance a coat of bronze is to be applied to the statue and he same- treatment will be accorded several other of the works. The plans 'or placing the balance will be decided upon during next week. DESCENDANTS COMING. Lewis Day Will Be Appropriately Ob served at Fair. Nine descendants of Captain Meri wether Lewis, the explorer, now reside within the borders of the state which was cpened up by the Lewis and Clark expedi tion. These nine descendants are all residents of the rural districts and will come to the Exposition next August to ee the great demonstration in honor of their Illustrious forbear which will occur on Lewis Day. August 12. Of the nine members of the family five reside at Cot tage Grove, one In the Soldiers' Home at Roseburg. one at Panther, Or., one at Foster and one at Oswego. In a letter to President Jefferson Myers of the State Commission, yester day, James H. Lewis, of Roseburg, gives the assurance that each of the nine will be here to the Exposition. HOTEL INSIDE GROUNDS. Mammoth Hostelry Will Be Erected at Lewis and Clark Exposition. In addition to the many first-class hotels already in Portland and the many new ones now being built, a large hostelry will be erected on the inside of the Exposi tion grounds for the accommodation of World's Fair visitors next Summer. The hotel will be known as the "American Inn." Mrs. Jeannie A. McCready. of Buffalo, X. Y., will be the manager of this mam moth Inn. Mrs. McCready conducted a most successful restaurant at the Pan American Exposition, and her American Inn at St. Louis was one of the most popular eating places at the Fair. The total cost of the hotel will le 5125. 000. fTbe project will be financed by a stock company, many of the stockhold ers being residents of Portland. Mrs. McCready, who will own a large part of the stock, will have entire charge of the management of the hotel. ISSUES ANOTHER LETTER. Chamber of Commerce Attempting 1q Shield Advertisers. A second effort is being made by the Chamber of Commerce to protect business men from the wiles of unscrupulous so licitors who implore them for patronage in various publications, alleging In most caees that theyhave the official sanction of the Chamber of Commerce. The offi cers of the Chamber of Commerce have issued the following Jotter addressed to all business men: Portland, Dec. 1C The Portland Chamber of Commerce respectfully calls the attention of its member and other business men to the fact that numerous publications and adver- MARCH OF THE WHITE GUARD. The Sunday Oregonlan tomorrow will begin publication of a beautiful story by Sir Gilbert Parker, author of "The Right of Way," etc. It Is moving tale of danger, irbose scene Is laid In the frozen north, of demotion to duty, sacrifice and sublimated friend ship. Publication will be completed In three Issues on hucceeslve Sundays. Using schemes are and will for the next few months be springing up. the main object of which will be the draining of the purses of the Portland business men. Several publica tions and other advertising schemes are now being foisted upon the business community 'which claim to have the sanction or the Cham ber or Commerce. None of these is genuine unless possessions- a letter from this organiza tion to that effect. Attention is called to the fact that the Cham, ber of Commerce has a special committee of disinterested prominent merchants, which in vestigates all publications and other advertis ing subscription and charitable schemes calling for the outlay of money on the part of the business men or this city, thus affording pro tection agalnt fake propositions. The Cham ber of Commerce therefore respectfully asks its members and all other business men of Portland not to patronize or recognize any new nublleatlon without first demanding a letter recognizing ita legitimacy, signed by the proper officials of the Chamber of Commerce. In case any business. man is approached In behalf or any publication or other advertising or subscription scheme, he is urgenUy request ed to call the attention or the assistant secre tary or the Chamber or Commerce. Mr. Moi6 sohn, thereto, either by telephone Main 5)93, or otherwise at the offices of the chamber. In the Mohawk building. (Signed) PORTLAND CHAMBER. OF COMMERCE, By W. J. Burns, President. Samuel Connell, Secretary- KITTEN LOCKED IN JAIL. Sea-Weary Sailor Brings Friend With Him When Arrested. Drizzling rain was falling In the North End last night, and poor little Fluff, a tiny HItten, had.no place to go to keep warm. Hundreds of people, stylishly at tired, passed her by as she sat on the curbing at Third and Flanders streets, mewing plteously for some one to rescue her from the wet and cold. Leonard BIshphem. drunk, friendless and alone in a big city, a deserter from the ship Lownsdale, reeled along Third, street, and at Flanders, he, of all the hurrying throngs, heard the wall of poor little Fluff. She was" like himself, cold, unhappy and homeless. So he took her in his arms, tucked her tenderly under his coat and walked the streets, passed in and out of saloons and went hither and t...er, having no object in view, save keeping his charge dry and comfortable. But great as the homeless wanderer's desire wasto care for his little pet, he was hardly aole to navigate. As the hours lengthened, he became more and more drunk. At last he went to the edge of the sidewalk at Fourth and Davis streets, where he sat down. There, with his kitten friend the only friend he had in all Portland he lingered until Policemen Baty and Burke came along and sent him to the Central Station, charging him with being drunk. At Captain Moore's desk, BIshphem had but one request to make. He still carried the homeless kitten under his coat. Fluff peered out. glancing at the bright, shining lights of the station, as though to Inquire the meaning of all the strange transac tion. "Please, sir, let me take this kitten to jail with me. won't you?' asked BIshphem of Captain Moore. "It's only a harmless creature that's like myself homeless." So with him to Jail went Fluff, for the Captain bad not the heart to separate two suci good friends. NEW GEANGE OEGANIZED. Patrons Start at Woodlawn With a Large Charter Membership. Woodlawn Grange, Patrons of Hus bandry, has just been organized at Wood lawn with a charter membership of 33 to start -with. Counts' Deputy W. e. Cras well, assisted by State Deputy Wr. A. Young, instituted the new Grange De cember 7. H. O. Robblns is master and Mrs. Clara V. Garnett is the secretary Other offi cers will be elected and Installed by Mrs. E. A. Niblln on Tuesday evening,. Decem ber 20, in the Oddfellows Hall at Wood lawn. This new Grange has a most prom ising outlook. It has a large territory to draw from and a large membership Is possible. EMBRYO TAB, HEADED OFF.- Young Navy Recruit Arrested and May Never Get to Sea. A career In trie Navy was probably cut short yesterday, when Carl I. Cutting -was arrested by Detective Vaughn on a charge of .robbery of J30 from a safe at The Dalles. He was later released, by order of Sheriff Sexton, as It was feared the evidence against Him was Insufficient to convict. Cutting, whose age is 19 years, had just enlisted in the Navy and was en route to Mare Island station when captured. Al though released on this charge, the Gov ernment officials have been apprised of the fact that the lad has served a term of five years in the State Reform School, and it is thought he wtyl be released from his contract with Uncle Sam. CARD OF THANKS. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Sundeleaf, 493 Market street, desire to thank friends and relatives for the tender sympathy and kindness extended them through the death of their baby. Harvey Abner. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Bab-r T Cutting Teeth. Be rare and uie that old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. "SVlr.ilow's Soothing Syrup.- for chllirea teething. It xootbes the child, orts tho'gusu, Jx-a all pain, cures wind colic aai Urrto. Harrl Trade C. 231 Morrison. Is "headquarters for trunks, suit case and bags. .Trunks repair. MAKES HIS REPORT Madison Welch Says Bridge Is Properly Constructed, MADE -CLOSE INSPECTION Reports That All Materials Used Were According to Plans and Specifica tions, and That There Is but One Deviation From Them. From one fourcc the Morrison-street bridge Is declared to be a first-class struc ture so far as measurements and 'materials are concerned, while from another source another investigation was begun yester day. . Madison Welch, an engineer, who Is a member of the Legislature, was employed by the special Morrison-street committee of the Executive Board to make an ex amination. This is the first act" of the committee for a long time, except to rec ommend the extras now under scrutiny. Charles S. Blhler. of Tacoma, has been engaged by the bridge investigation com mittee of the Council to expert the struc ture. He .was one of tho. .engineers en gaged last Winter to go over the bids sub mitted on the bridge in conjunction with City Engineer Elliott. Though his name has twice been published as the probablo man, the committee did not make the an nouncement until yesterday. The Morrison-street bridge committee of the Executive Board held a meeting yes terday afternoon, at which Mr. Welch's report was read. Those present were W L. Boise and H. W. Goddard. beside Mayor Williams. His report was as fol lows: W. L. Boise: Dear Sir I have the honor to submit herewith a report of my investigations and examination of the steel bridge spanning the Willamette River, between Morrison and East Morrison streets. In this city, which ie now ncarlcg completion, cald work having been authorised .'by you. My Instructions were to measure all steel used in the construction of said bridge, to compare the same with the plans and specifications of said bridge on file in the office of the City Engineer, and to re port any and all variations, if any were found. In accordance with said Instructions, I made accurate and careful measurements or every part or said bridge, using callipers in almost every instance, thus obtaining the most reli able measurements possible; I am positive that no piece of steel In said bridge was overlooked. I measured all the steel on the top and un derneath said bridge, and even the angle iron ueed In constructing said bridge. In every la stance the measurements were tally up to the requirements -of the plans and specifications furnished by the City Engineer, and in the majority of cases the measurements showed the material used to be slightly in excess of the specifications, and in some Instances very much heavier material was used than was called for. "On the skew plan a slight deviation was made from the original plans by substituting a box-hanger for a flat bar-hanger; this, in my Judgment, is an improvement. I am of the opinion that the contractors for the construc tion of the co-called -Morrison-street bridge have fully complied with the requirements of, the plans and specifications for cald bridge, so far as the size of the material used la con cerned. Very respectfully. MADISON WELCH. AT THE THEATERS What the Press 'Agents Say. "THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER." Very "Fine Production at Columbia Theater. No prettier piece of stagework has been seen In Portland for many a day than the acting (and singing, too) of Miss Brandt and Mr. Bowles at the Columbia Theater this week in "The Prodigal Daughter." Miss Brandt is first a little Quaker girl who loves and weds a gay Lord. By gradations the girl grows gay and the Lord demure, the operation punc tuated by bits -of inimitable comedy touches. Bravo, Miss Brandt and Mr. Bowles! Your friends and appreclators adore you. People about town are say ing that "The Prodigal Daughter" (the regular stock production- at the Columbia this week) is as good a show, if not bet ter, than the big musical comedy that played Thursday night as an extra per formance at the Columbia. "The Prod igal Daughter" is given at popular prices the musical comedy at higher prices. This "well Illustrates the splendid value given by the regular Columbia stock pro ductions. Scenlcally and artistically. "The Prod igal Daughter" is the best and most beau tiful piece "that has been put on at the Columbia this season. Last performances Saturday matinee and Saturday evening. Next week's bill, beginning Sunday mat inee, December IS, will be a superb pro duction of "Camllle," with Miss Countlss in the title role. FLORENCE ROBERTS MATINEE Gifted Actress to Present Ibsen's Great Drama This Afternoon. Florence Roberts will give a special priced matinee of "A Doll's House" at the Marquam Grand this afternoon and to night she will close, her engagement with a magnificent production of "Marta of the Lowlands." She will appear in the title role, supported, by Melbourne MacDowell as the shepherd hero, Mancllch; Lucius Henderson as Sebalan, little Olllc Cooper as the child Nuri andthe full strength of the cast. It Is a magnificent performance and production and a fitting conclusion to a thoroughly artistic week. "The Fatal Scar." Frank James is the greatest drawing-card any theater lias had this sea son. The past two nights the Empire Theater has been crowded to the doors to see this famous Missouri character, and among the audience both nights there has been a. number of people who lived in the section of Missouri where the James brother, Frank and Jesse, lived. Mr. James .has held a reception each night to meet his old friends. "The Fatal Scar," the play in which Mr. James Is introduced Is Interesting and exciting and the company present ing it is far above the average. There are only two more opportunities to see Frank James, at the matinee today and tonight. Columbia Matinee Today. This afternoon's matinee and tonight's performance are the last chances Port land has to sec the beautiful production, "The Prodigal. Daughter," at the Colum bia Theater. , COMING ATTRACTIONS. Advance Sale Today. This morning at 10 o'clock the advance sale of seats will open for the Oriental musical comedy, "A Chinese Honeymoon," which comes to the Marquam Grand The ater for two performances only, next Tuesday and Wednesday nights, Decem ber 20 and 21. One of the most attractive features of the performance Is the 'stun ning group of girls who appear as the eight Djidesmaids. They are said to rep resent the acme of feminine grace and modern dash. All told the organization numbers 65 people and is considered the most expensive of all the Shubert attractions. "The Princess Chic" Coming. Music lovers are anticipating a real treat in the presentation by the Kirke La Shelle Comic Opera Company in "The Princess Chic" at the Marquam Grand Theater In this- city next Thursday, Fri day and Saturday nights, December 22. 23 and 24. Special matinee Saturday. "The Princess Chic." with beautiful and tal ented Sophie Brandt In the prima donna role, and the excellent company of asso elate .singers Is winning throughout the West the same ungrudged triumph that characterized its presentation In the Bast. "Shore Acres." It makes one better to iee such a play as "Shore Acres." . "Shore Acres' is an old play, and yet it is a new one new In that one never tires of seeing It, and one finds something more to admire in every presentation. This is "Short Acres " 12th season, and that In Itself Is the great est proof or the play's value. The scenes enacted In the old Berry homestead, where dear old Uncle Nat brings In a whole car load of toys-for the children, bought with his last pension money that was so sorely needed for a new overcoat, la one of those bits of human nature that has helped to endear "Shore Acres" to every lover of home life in America. There arc other scones" equally, as touching. No play now before the" public has so honestly deserved the success It has achieved, and every lover of refined stage art sincerely hopes that "Shore Acres" will continue to be played for many years to come. Afine scenic production of this ideal work -will be given at the Empire Theater tomorrow matinee and -night, also .Monday night which" will close their engagement. The sale of seats has "been extremely large. Black Patti Troubadours. The great Black Patti Troubadours will play a five-nights' engagement at the Em piro Theater starting Tuesday night. There will be a regular matinee Saturday An eminent New York dramatic critic writes as follows after seeing this season's Greater Black J"atti Troubadours: "One of the largest audiences in the history of the house welcomed the "Black Patti Trouba dours" to the Star Theater last night. and was rewarded by hearing a splendid singing organization. 'Looney Dream land' is the title given to the one-act ex travaganza that serves as a medium for the performers, and while even the faint est semblance of a plot Is lacking, the lines are replete with wit of the highest order. It is a toss-up between the come dians and the singers, but the honors of the performance go to Black Patti. who appeared during the action of the second act and sang several melodies with rare sweetness. Her range is bordering on the wonderful." Interest in Concert. Them Is much interest bInir trVf in the concert to be given this evening In the auditorium of the High School by the Glee and Mandolin Club of the University of Oregon. The programme Is an excellent one, and will be under the direction of .rroressor I. M. Glen, who Is one of tho best baritones In Oregon. The club is sure of a hearty welcome.' The Portland boys who are' members in It are Harvey Glafke, fat. Clair Thomas, Horace . Fenton and -KODert. itountree. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS Bijou's Great Variety. Music, thrills and merriment. All of these and some others that are just as good are at the Bijou. De Shields' slack- wire performance makes the audience sit straight up. Miss Thompson's bugle calls will stir the latent patriotism In any one's blood. Ben Jarrett is just too funny with his little dance. The Star's Great Show. Theater-goers will miss the opportunity of their lives of seeing the best vaudeville show ever presented in Portland If they do not witness the Star Theater's great show this week. Today and tomorrow are the last chances. The Molassos, -whirl wind dancers; the four Close Brothers, acrobatic marvels; Bimm Bomm Brrr, musical wonders; the Fielding Comedy Four, are the most expensive acts ever presented on a Portland, stage and are drawing capacity houses of pleased pa trons. Next week the big' acts are the Mexican Quintet, direct from the City of Mexico. and Shak Hadji's troupe of Arabians in a sensational whirling act. Great Crowds at the Grand. Don't fail to see the Cliffords In their wonderful sword act at the Grand. They end their engagement Sunday night, so today and tomorrow is the last chance to see them. The rest of the programme is more than excellent, and has drawn the biggest audiences of the season. It seems an Impossibility, but the programme for the coming week actually surpasses all of the Grand's previous entertainments. It will offer the best comedies, the most unique novelties and the best music ever presented In vaudeville in the City of Portland. Crowds at the Arcade. The Arcade is enjoying liberal patronage this week. The word has been spread abroad that the show Is "the best ever," and the appearance of the famous Ronnee family Is the reigning vaudeville sensation. These five charac ter change artists are up-to-date perform ers and the three youngsters, aged 3, 4 and 5, are the most winning trio that ever earned a shower of nickels as applause. THALIAN GIRLS GIVE PLAY. Interesting Performance for Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. Arion Hall was filled with a delighted audience last night to witness a comedv In three acts, "Offerings to Folly," played by the Thallan girls for the benefit of the Boys and Girls. Aid Society. The cast: Frederick Salmon Miss Lou Boulan Paul Turbot M!s Berntza Olsen Herbert urayung miss uertrude Graham Dr. Pollock....:..'. Miss Jessie Hagemann Slgnor Pescatori Miss Gertrud Ballln Crab Miss Estella Snre Mrs. Salmon Miss Ruth Ballln Maud Miss Xellle Borse oea Miss Charlotte Ballln Mlna Miss Ermel Miller All the characters were well plaved. Miss Lou Boulan doing admirable work. Miss Jessie Hagemann made a hit, and was natural and graceful. Miss .Gertrude Ballln gave a pleasant study of the polite Spaniard. Miss uerntza ojsen and Miss Gertrude Graham received their share of applause, as did also Miss Ruth Ballln. Miss Ermel Miller and Miss Stella Bog- gess. Between tne nrst ana second acts Master Tom Dobson acceptably sang "Three Little Bonnets," and received en cores, and between succeeding acts the Nordstrom brothers gave an amusing spe cialty act. enuuea. i wisn the Band Would Play" and "'When We Are Mar ried." PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Spencer nave returned from California. 3. A. Ellis, foreman of the Standard box factory, has gone to Southern California on a pleasure trip. He will return soon after the holidays. A. J. Dufur and C. P. Batch, prominent stockmen of Eastern Oregon, accompanied by their wives, left last evening on a tour of Southern California and Mexico. A GUARANTEED CURE TOR PHJ5S. Itching.. Blind. Bleeding or-Protruding Piles. Tour druggist will refund money It Pazo Oint ment to cure you la 6 to li days. 50c tt THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY" A large-gentleman 's Rocker, band full rattan roll seat; the regular onr special tonight at.'. Only one to a customer. BUY HOLIDAY GIFTS NOW PAY LATER SEE THE FIREBOAT Insurance Men Inspect the George H. Williams, WELL PLEASED WITH WORK Agents Praise the Fire Department, but Say Protection Against Fire at Exposition Grounds Is Very Inadequate. The first session of the second annual meeting Of the Special Agents' Assocla Hon, an organization composed of fire In surance men, was not much In a business way, but was spent In "seeing things" in Portland. The vanguard' of tho associa tion, some 38 members strong, met In the Falling building, and, after a brief busi ness session, the Insurance men were the gueats of Fire Chief Campbell, on board the flreboat George H. Williams, and were later driven through the Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds. Chief Campbell took the agents over the entire city water front and gave the men who risk their money against fire a splen did chance to see Portland's great river industries. The flreboat steamed as far down the river as the Portland Flouring Mills, and up the river as far aa Jones' Mills. Every advantage arid disadvantage for using the new flreboat against fire3 along the river front was carefully noted. It did not take the Insurance men long to discover that the flreboat was practically helpless in case of a fire among some of the lumbering mills. This was due to the fact that before almost All of them great booms of logs were moored, which made It impossible for the beat to get within sev eral hundred feet of any of the structures. It was pointed out that this was a serious setback to the value of the boat, and the owners of the mills will te' requested to leave openings for the fireboat between their booms. If they do not. the Insurance men declare there will be no reduction in the rates. After landing his party of sightseers Chief Campbell ordered the boat mid stream and gave an exhibition of what the boat could do In the way of throwing water. The tests were watched with a great deal of interest, and the Insurance men spoke In high terms of the new boat. Eleven strcama were thrown from the boat, averaging about G00O gallons. Tbe following committee was apolnted to make a report on the boat: J. C. Stone, W. Harvey Wells and W. B. Honeyman. The afternoon was spent at the Lewis and Clark grounds. The agents assembled at the Falling "building and were escorted to the Fair grounds. 'The party was de lighted with tho progress Of the buildings and the plctureequeness of the grounds. They were high In their praise of the coming Fair, and freely predicted that it would be a great success. The main ob ject of their visit, however, was to look over the fire protection. This they found faultv. Everett W. Crosby, general agent of the Eastern department of the North British & Mercantile Insurance Company, who Is an authority on proper fire protec tion, was the chief spokesman. Mr. Crosby criticised the water supply, saying It was Inadequate, and that the hydrant service was extremely poor. Of the Fire Department and of Chief Campbell Mr. Crosby spoke In glowing terms. He de clared that Portland's paid department compared favorably with any town of 'its NSlze in the country. Those who saw the flreboat. the river front and he Lewis and Clark Fair grounds follow: Charles Gilbert. A. W. Thornton. Charles Anderson, C. E. Beck wlth. Walter Fortman, J. C. Stone, T. J. Cunningham, P. E. Gerould. Harvey Wells. W. B. Roberts, F. J. Alex Mayer, John Andrews. D. R. Atkinson, W. H. Miller, F. W Gaston, John W. Gunn. E. J. Young. E. N. Crosby, W. S. Bcrdan. Jr., J. A. Murphy. Toll Thompson. EA. King, B. F. Clayton. C. W. Hawxhurst. Walter Raymond, Charles R. Thompson. W. A. Williams. A. W. Whitmer. John Burgard. Lee McKensie, C. A. Wendler, W. C. Web- SATURDAY NIGHT!!! iFROIVl 6 TO 1 'woven with price $S.00, .5100 ' , First and Taylor ster. H. J. Scharffer. Chief Campbell, H. P. Blanchard, George A. Crux. PHOTOGRAPHS WORTH SEEING Exhibit of the Salon Club Which Will Be Shown in Portland. Of local Interest is the exhibition of the Salon of America this week in New York, for the reason that the pictures will be brought to Portland and that they In clude the work of five Oregon amateurs. The high character of the studies is set forth as follows by the New York Even ing Post: "The Metropolitan Camera Club of New York and the Salon Club of America, in co-operation with the American Federa tion of Photographic Societies, an asso ciation' comprising camera clubs in Bos ton, Brooklyn, Chicago, New York, To roto, and other cities, have opened at the Clausen galleries, 3S1 Fifth avenue, an ex hibition of about 350 photographs which will be seen later in the various cities where clubs belonging to the federation now exist. According to the catalogue, nearly 10,000 pictures were submitted for the present exhibition to a jury of which John La Farge was chairman, and such artists as William M. Chase. Frederick W. Kost, Douglas Volk, Dwlght W. Try on. E. H. Blashfleld, Will H. Low and J. F. Murphy, members. The offerings came from far and wide, even from Eu rope, but the bulk of the pictures selected are from this city, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington. The Far West is well represented. j..ie pictures are uniformly and simply framed In black. "Whether the fad for eccentric experi ments Has largely passed, or whether the good taste of the jury led to the elimina tion of freaks, the association is to bo congratulated upon the absence of pho tographs which are called pictures only owv outline thnt mf-hfr rr.n J.u t, could make out enough to be sure that they meant anything at all. Every pho- tographlc exhibition of late years lias had plenty of these curious affairs, which are good enough as ghost pictures, but lack mrnfy atiTjb?te that a sasactory craze In the present show-prints that have all the defects of a poor mezzotint ana none of its qualities, outlines so vague ana nign ngnts so uncertain that the spectator needs a key to tell him what they represent, but they are not extreme products of an affectation that, happily, i may have run its course. The bulk of the pnotographs that fill the walls of two large rooms are fine examples of what may be dono with a camera in making pictures that will find a welcome any where. "Among the strong and effective por traits upon exhibition, one of the foreign exhibitors, Frederick Rilse, of Copenha gen, comes pretty near carrying off first honors with 'An Old Physician, which looks as If It might be as excellent a like ness as It Is artistic in pose and lighting. Homer W. Gilbert's portrait of Ben Fos ter, the artist. Is also an interesting rtece of work, although the fashion of placing ine- neaa so iar up in tne corner of the plate Is an eccentricity for which there seems to be no excuse. A group of chil dren playing at jackstraws. hv rrnrtia Bell, and some chllJren sinsrlncr. hv .T p Hodgins. of Toronto, are chajming in every respect. Many of the decorative heads are excellent, particularly those sent by Mrs. Jeanne E. Bennett of x-nr York; Hana Robison. of BorkeiVv fni - Walter Zimmerman, of Philadelphia, and Charles O. Axell. of Chicago. There are a number of landscapes of exceptional beau ty, among tne most remarkablp. hinn- contributions of W. H. Evans. Georsre F. Holman, of Portland. Or.; William Clay den, of Plymouth. Encland: TT a tvtc Ing. of Berkeley, Cal.. and R E. Weeks. ol nicago. Air. Zimmerman's IntoHnr nf cathedral Is a rare achievement -nrJth the camera." Agents Pursue Him. 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