THB MOHKIKG ORBQOSIAN, MONDAY, PEBRUAKT 6, IWt
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lETS A NEW
RIGHTS AT HAZARD'
Speaker Tells Why He Voted
Against Local Option.
Washington -Asks for
Better Plot at '05 Fair.
.ADDRESSES PEOPLE'S FORUM
SITE
MM CHOICE LOCATION
Long Meeting .Results in an
Amicable Adjustment
GOV. MEAD RETURNS HOME
New Building Site Is Located 100
Feet West of the One First Se
lected, and Meets All
Requirements.
Washington will not build her state
pavilion on the site where Governor
..Mead broke ground on Saturday, but
will build, instead, on a site about 100
yards farther west. This Is the result
of a series of conferences between, the
-State Commission and the Exposition
officials lasting through Saturday after
noon and all of yesterday.
After the first site tendered the "Wash
ington people by President Goode had
been accepted and Governor Mead had
broken ground for the erection of the
state pavilion, the State Commission
held a meeting at the Portland Hotel
to discuss plans for the Washington
building, and at that t time it was sug
gested that the Exposition officials be
asked for a better site. The suggestion
was mscussea ana ultimately the Ex
position officials were called Into -conference.
The Washington commissioners
declared they thought they ought to
have a better site for their building, as
the one selected wps in an out-of-the-way
place. They stated their belief that
the size of the appropriation made by the
State of Washington warranted the Ex
position officials in giving the state the
best possible site.
The Exposition people took the matter
Under consideration, after explaining
that the States of Massachusetts and
' California, which have the best building
sites on the grounds, obtained the de
sirable sites bjecause they applied for
tthem at an early date and sent commis
sioners to pick them out. At the meeting
Saturday afternoon the matter was not
feettled, and another meeting was called
for yesterday morning.
Hold Out for Better Site.
Both the Washington commissioners.
vernor Mead and the Exposition oftP I
llals were present at this meeting. The I
luestlon was thoroughly gone over, the
commissioners holding out for a better j
site. After the meeting was over a trip i
pas made to the Exposition grounds.
rhere the commissioners viewed all avail- I
table sites. They then returned to the
Ity and after luncheon held another
leetlng. At this meeting the matter
va.s compromised and Washington was
liven a new site, as they demanded. The
Ite decided upon is about 100 yards
lest of the first site selected, has a better
tew of the lake, is easily reached and Is
every way to be preferred to the first
fite. The matter was finally settled to
le great satisfaction of all concerned.
It was feared at one time during the
lontroversy that trouble would result.
tumors getting on the streets to the ef-
Eect that the Washington commission
rs had declared that they would make no
xhiblt at the Exposition .unless a new
3ite was granted for its building. At the
last meeting, yesterday, all details were
settled, the plans for the building were
fnpproved, and everything Is now In
readiness for the work of con
struction, which is expected to commence
i by the latter part of the present week.
lor the first part of next. Once commenced,
Ithe building will be rushed to com-
Ipletion, and it is expected it will be fin
ished, and all exhibits In place, for the
jpening day, when a great number of
Washington people will be present and
rill desire to be entertained at the Wash
ington building.
Want More Exhibit Space.
Saturday the Washington commission
ers asked the Exposition officials for per
mission to place a part of the
state exhibit in the regular exhibit
lbull?ings, in order that more space
might be reserved in the Washington
building for entertainment purposes.
Though this matter has not been settled
and probably will not be until the next
meeting of the executive committee of
the Exposition Board of Directors, it
is believed that the desires of the Wash
ington commissioners will be granted.
, Preparations are to be made by the
the date to be decided upon later. On
this occasion the Governor will again
be in Portland with his staff, special ex
cursions will be run from all parts of the
State of Washington, there will be special
ceremonies at the Auditorium at the Ex
position grounds and it will be "Wash
ington day" In ovcry sense of the word.
Tho commissioners, the Governor and
his staff spent the greater part of yes
terday settling the question of site, and
there was little time left for entertain
ment. In the evening, however. Gover
nor Mead walked about the business part
of tho city with a part of the commis
sion, while other members remained at
the hotel or strolled about the streets
as they desired. The Governor attempted
to catch a train out of Vancouver in
the early afternoon, but failed, and left
last night at 11:45 o'clock for Olympla
over the Northern Pacific. Several mem
bers of the commission remained behind
and will return today.
TRAVELING MEN MAY BUILD.
Are Considering Plans of Particlpa'
tion at Portland Exposition.
The traveling men of the Northwest arc
beginning to prepare for the Lewis and
Clark Exposition, and ia another week
will know tho programme which is to be
carried out by them.
Yesterday morning a meeting was held
between committees appointed by the
"United Commercial Travelers and the
Travelers Protective Association, at
-which preliminary steps were taken, with
a view to providing for traveling men's"
day at the Exposition. Nothing definite
was done at the meeting other than to dis
cuss the various plans for the entertain
ment and caro of tho traveling men who
will visit the Fair during tho Summer.
The meeting was adjourned until Sun
dav, February 12, when another session
will be held and some definite action
taken. During the week the committees
will confer with President Goode, of the
Exposition, and his views on the question
will be heard. It is probable that Mr.
Goode will meet with the committee' on
Sunday next and help the members In
their plana for making traveling men's
day one of tho features or tne exposition.
The traveling men now have a proposi
tlon to erect a building for their order,
and this will in all probability be made
one of the most attractive headquarters
of the wholo number promised and pro-
ONE OF THE FINISHED DRIVES IN CENTENNIAL PARK,
i. ... ,
posed. In addition to the general ar
rangements for the entertainment of trav
eling men and their families when they
visit the Exposition, it is desired to set
aside one day particularly for the travel
ing fraternity, at which time they will
have a great part to do with the special
exercises of the day.
This plan will be argued and deter
mined upon at the next meeting, or, at
least, will be outlined primarily- and com
mittees started to carry the matter up
to a successful termination.
The traveling men are very enthusias
tic xtver the success of the Fair, and from
the first have done much to advertise it
throughout the territory in which they
travel. If their efforts towards securing
a special day are successful, the entire
membership will unite in trying to make
the day one of the most-talked-of special
events of tho fair.
WILL SEND PARTY TO FA! R.
California Publication Inaugurates
an Unique Voting Contest.
To show the Interest Callfornlans are
taking in the Lewis and Clark Exposition
the contest inaugurated by the Fresno
Evening Democrat may be cited. That
publication has agreed to send IS young
men and women to the Exposition, paying
all transportation charges and all ex
penses for a limited time in Portland.
This same paper sant five young ladles
to the St. Louis Exposition in the same
manner. The contest consists of voting,
tho 18 receiving the highest number of
votes to be declared the winners.
Invitations to Eastern Friends.
LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. B.-(SpecIaL)
Union County's School Superintendent, E.
B. Bragg, has his work well under way
for the Lewis and Clark Fair. About 500
letters have already been written, and
by the middle of the month 500 more will
have been mailed. This includes the
schools in the smaller communities out
side of La Grande; with the La Grande
district there will, be about 2000 written
from Union County by pupils to rclativos
or friends in the East, mentioning the
Lewis and Clark Fair and inviting them
to pay a visit to the Coast during the low
rates.
Making a Good Roadbed.
LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.)
The general roadmaster of tho O. R. &
N. and his assistants on this division have
been doing some excellent work between
Baker City and La Grande, a distance of
50 miles. Tho gravel ballast of the 90
pound steel-rail track Is being lined upon
both sides of the rails In cvon panels,
about 18 inches wido from the rail. This
makes a solid embankment a little above
tho level of the roadbed, impervious to
water, forming a perfect drainage bed.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
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Mrs. Wln&low's Soothlnc Syrup, for children
teethlnjr. It sootbet the child, ooiteno tha Euros,
allay all jiala, cure wiod cello aad diarrhoea.
COUGAR SS IN GITY
Wild Beast Has Haunts
Marquam Gulch.
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SMALL ARMY ON ITS TRAIL
Brute Has Been Prowling in Vicinity
for Several Weeks Live Calf
Used to Decoy Animal to
Its Death.
A mountain-lion hunt was held by ten
men within the city limits last night. At
tho head of Marquam Gulch, on the
northern slope of Council Crest, they
staked a bull calf in the brush and lay
close by to shoot the wild animal when It
came to attack the tethered quarry.
They did not expect any results till
shortly before dawn and the result of
their cold vigil is not yet known.
For several weeks people living along
tho range of hills from Council Crest
to the southeast as far as tho spurs that
Jut out over South Portland havo heard
cries In tho dead of night which have
brought them standing from their beds.
It seemed as if somo woman or child
was in terrible distress. They groped
feagcrly for their shoes and trousers, but
before they could find them, the cry
would turn to a laugh of fiendish delight,
and the agitated householders would
whistle:
"Gee, mountain Hon!"
But there have been no known depre
dations on the livestock on the outskirts
.of town In that vicinity and when morn
ing came tho householders would smile
at themselves and call it nightmare
When the snow fell last month the
man living on the old Marquam place, a
mile from Council Crest, found large
cat-like tracks close by his house when
he went out in the early morning. He
could not identify them, as ho knew noth
ing of wild animals, so he called to his
aid Fred Nickerson. who lives in the
neighborhood. . Nickerson has been about
In the mountains considerably and he
knew what the animal was immediately.
He called It a rather largo mountain
Hon or cougar.
A few nights later another neighbor
heard a noise In the direction of his
stable and chicken yard that sent him out
into tho cold night with a lantern 'to
Investigate. As he approached, he saw a
long, dark body dart through tho air
and a moment afterwards heard a heavy
crash In the brush.
News of the animal spread rapidly,
and for a number of days now the hill
sides from the Crest down to Portland
Heights, along the Seventh-street road,
and as far over as South Portland, have
been scoured, but the haunts of the ani
mal were not located till yesterday when
It was decided that he lay crouched some
where in the thick brush and woods at
the head of Marquam Gulch, not over a
quarter of a mile from the farthest
point on the loop-line on Portland
Heights.
All the grown men In that particular
locality gathered at nightfall, armed with
rifles, shotguns, revolvers and knives.
They selected a likely-looking bull calf,
half-grown and docile, and tied him in
an open place In the brush close by the
spring from which flows the stream
down Marquam Gulch. They then
crouched In the brush in the chill dusk,
awaiting developments and preparing to
sit dead-still all night. In the hope of
shooting the fjeast.
PIONEER WOMAN DIES.
Mrs. Eleanor Dimick Succumbs to a
Short Illness.
Mrs. Eleanor Dimick, a pioneer of
Oregon, died shortly before 12 o'clock
Saturday night at her homo, 155 Tenth
street, corner Morrison. She had been
III about a week, and It was thought
she would recover up to a short time
before she passed away. All her living
children were at her bedside at the
time of her death.
Mrs. Dimick was born in Lyons, N.
T., and "was 82 years old. When a girl
she moved with her parents to North
ern Ohio and thenco to Illinois, where
she was married to M. H. Dimick. In
1S62 she and her husband crossed the
plains, making their home in Salem
until 1S6S, when they moved to Port
land, where she had since lived.
Mrs. Dimick was a pioneer, first in
the Middle States and then in Oregon,
and while she was known and loved by
a wide circle of Portland friends, it
was in the quiet of her own homo she
preferred to live, and her death was as
peaceful as had been her long life.
Her husband, M. H. Dimick, died ten
years ago, and she is survived by five
of her eight children Mrs. Mary D.
Meservc, Adelia A.. Milo M., M. E. and
Miss Alpha A. Dimick, and one grand
son, M. E., Jr., all of Portland. The
funeral will take place tomorrow af
ternoon from her late home, 155 Mor
rison street, and the services will be
conducted by Rev. Thomas L. Eliot, of
the Unitarian Church.
Curtis Succeeds as Manager.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) T. H.
Curtis, of Astoria, arrived today and will
assume management of the Corvallls &
Eastern Railroad, succeeding the late Ed-
win Stone.
EVIL HO LONGER TOLERATED
Rev. E. Nelson Allen Says Laws Are
Being Upheld and Offenders of
High and Low Degree
Brought to Bar.
At the First Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, Rev. E. Nelson Allen preached
to a large audience yesterday morning
upon "Portland's Great Awakening." He
took for his text the 11th verse of the 13th
chapter of Romans: "It Is high time to
awako out of sleep." Ho said in part:
"These words are the Dattle-cry of Port
land's great awakening. The pastors of
this city in their Ministerial Association
have repeated that text and from their
pulpits have called upon the people. Irre
spective of political belief and religious
faith. That a great awakening of the
public conscience regarding the duties
of citizenship has come about no one
can doubt. They will no longer tolerate
conditions that flagrantly violate the law
and public decency. Offenders will be
punished, notwithstanding the statements
to the contrary of the officials In power.
The Municipal League is to be congratu
lated upon its splendid achievements.
"The courts in upholding the law and in
pointing out in unmistakable terms the
duties of executive officials, have added
strength to this forward movement. Jur
ies havo not been slow In the indictment
of men whether in high or low estate.
Trial jurors havo brought in verdicts of
guilty when the evidence was found suf
ficient. "The public has awakened to tho neces
sity of dealing vigorously with the liquor
traffic. The temperance forces of Port
land played a conspicuous part In secur
ing the present local option law. and
they are now putting forth an arduous
effort to maintain Its Integrity. They
have sent strong delegations to Salem to
protest against all amendments, and the
Legislature will do well to maintain a
strict neutrality.
"With the coming of Dr". Chapman and
the opening of his revival services, the
whole city will move as one body under
his leadership and enter upon a religious
and civic life hitherto unknown."
NOW IS THE TIME.
Rev. H. T. Atkinson Bewails Presence
of Procrastinating Church-Goers.
At the Epworth M. E. Church, Twenty-third
and Irving streets. Rev. Hcnry
T. Atkinson has been preaching a sc
ries of Interesting sermons based on
the words of the three different pros
pective disciples referred to in the last
few verses of the ninth chapter of
Luke. The second in tho series, "Tho
Procrastinating Disciple," was deliv
ered last night to an attentive congre
gation from the text Luke ix:59. In
part Rev. Mr. Atkinson said:
'This man was a member of one of
three different classes of would-be
disciples. He was one of a large num
ber who. while they believe In tho ne
cessity for certain actions, aro con
tinually seeking to put off their pres
ent performance. He had heard the
former man say. 'Lord I will follow
thee whlthorsocver thou goest.' and
J had heard Christ's answer. The foxes
have holes and tho birds, of the air
have nosts, but the son of man hath
not where to lay his head;' he felt that
while it would be the safest and the
best thing to follow Christ, it would
be better not to be too rash about it.
that a future time would do just" as
well. "When his father was laid away
and the affairs ot the estate settled
up he would be in a much better po
sition to be the follower of Jesus,
but it would mean too much incon
venience now. Christ's refusal to ac
cept the man's excuse teaches two Im
portant facts, one that the kingdom
of God overshadows in importance every
human Interest, and the other that no ex
cuse, no matter how Important, is suffi
cient to justify delay In making up one's
mind to be a Christian. The mistake
the man made was In counting on
what did not belong to him; he thought
that a future time would bring- future
opportunities, and it Is a painful fact
that plenty of others just like him are
today doing just. what he did. God
speaks to a soul prompting instant ac
tion in the acceptance of Christ, but
the spirit of evil suggests a future
time and such impressions grow
weaker the oftener they are resisted.
The time to decide for God Is when
the power of his spirit has been felt In
the early period of life before the
frosts of later years have succeeded
in hardening the heart, before the time
when the black night of spiritual death
shall have shrouded the soul In the
awful darkness that Is unpenetrated
by even the light of the world."
DEDICATE PATTON CHUKCH.
Ceremonies at New Albina Edifice
Conducted by Bishop Moore.
Rev. David H. Moore, resident bishop,
yesterday morning preached at the dedi
cation services of the new Patton Meth
odist Episcopal Church, on Michigan ave
nue. North Albina, In the presence of a
large congregation. He was assisted by
Rev. Asa Slceth. pastor, and Rev. D. G,
Stephens. The building has been recently
reconstructed, a lecture-room having been
built under the entire structure at a cost
of about $2000, all of which has been paid
for. Tho sum ot 5125 was raised yester
day, completing the amount required.
The services were hold In the Sunday
school and lecture-room, as the auditori
um Is not yet completed, and Bishop
Mooro spoke from the text, "Father, for
give them, for they know not what they
do."
A. F. Flegcl, "William KIHIngsworth, J.
T. Beach, W. H. Mooro and "William R.
Stokes, trustees, were called upon, and
the future of Patton Church was commit
ted to their care by Bishop Moore. Rev.
Asa Sleeth. the pastor, announced that
$320 had been subscribed toward the seat
ing of the auditorium of the church.
Patton M. E. Church was organized by
Rev. C. M. Pierce in 1S92, and the build
ing put up the same year, in what was
then a wilderness of brush and trees. The
pastors of the church has been as fol
lows: Rev. George F. Rounds, Rev. "W. C.
McCarty, Rev. D. H. Glass. Rev. G. R.
Arnold, Rev. F. J. Brown, Rev. D. G.
Stephens. Rev. Andrew Monroe. Rev. C.
P. Hesper and Rev. Asa Slceth. the pres
ent nastor. who came in 130C v HUam h.
Moore Is superintendent ot the Sunday-
school.
At the conclusion of the rededication of
the Church a window, set in the south
wall of tho new Sunday-school room, in
honor of the long services of Hon. A. I.
Fleeel. as Sunday-school superintendent.
was unveiled with appropriate ceremo
nies. Tho window is of attractive art
glass., inscribed with Mr. Flegel's name.
and bearing a base surmounted with a
wreath of laurel leaves. It was placed in
tho wall by. the children of the Sunday
school.
Baseball Costs Him His Leg.
GARFIELD. Wash.. Feb. 5. (Special.)
Jackson McMillan, the 19-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. George McMillan, pioneers
of Garfield, was taken to Spokane this
evening by J. C. Lawrence to have his
right leg amputated. Young McMillan had
hi3 leg injured three years ago while
playing baseball, and has been obliged to
go on, crutches ever since.
Wallace McCamant Gives Views on'
Local Conditions, Declaring Lo
cal Option Contrary ti
Personal Liberty.
"On the evening of election day, last
June, I met tho secretary of the T. M.
C. A. on the street, and he asked me how
I had voted on the question of local op
tion. I answered that I had always been
an advocate of personal liberty and that
I had accordingly voted against local
option. He seemed antonlshed that
any one should vote against local
option on such a ground, and he contend
ed that In questioning the right of tha
majority in a community to impose pro
hibition on the minority I took a posi
tion antagonistic to the principles on
which all popular government Is based.
The Idea contained In this, the opening
statement of "Wallace McCamant In his
address on "Individualism or Paternal
Ism. "Which?" given before the People's
Forum last night, was the basis of the
argument as to whether the people should
be governed by purely Individual expres
sion or the rule of the majority. The
speaker who Is against any form of pa
ternalism, used many illustrations of a
local character to affirm many ot his as
sertions, and in that way forcibly
brought out the question of local option.
Following his introduction Mr. McCamant
said:
"Americans will ordinarily concede that
each man knows his own business better
than any one else know3 It for him, but
there is a strong public sentiment to the
effect that this principle must yield to
the proverb that 'Two heads aro
better than one. If two heads are
better than one. It follows that 1000
heads are better than 999. If you have
community made up of 1999 voters.
paternalism claims that any thou
sand of these voters, under any and all
circumstances, know and can be trusted
to declare what is best for the community
in general, and also what is best for each
individual in the community. Paternal
Ism, therefore, lays to the majority the
duty of serving as guardian for the indi
vidual and protecting him as far as may
be from the consequences of his faults.
Messrs. Amos, McKercher and Stone are
probably wholly lacking In personal and
experimental knowledge of the taste and
effects of spirituous liquors, yet they be
lieve It their duty to devoto their politi
cal franchises, to imposing their opinions
on this subject on other men of large
personal experience.
Influence of Liquor.
'The argument is advanced that the con
sumption of liquor Induces tho commis
sion of crlmo, and, inasmuch as tho pre
vention and punishment of crimes are
proper governmental functions, therefore
the Government is entitled to prohibit the
sale of liquor as a means to this end.
But extravagant habits lead to dishonesty
and therefore to crimes Against property.
Should the Government forbid extrava
gance as a means of checking crime?
There aro probably five thousand men In
the City of Portland who drank some
spirituous liquor last evening. Perhaps
of these a dozen or maybe' a score.
through tho lnfluenco of Uquor, were led
to violate the law. Should the right of
thousands to exercise their own voli
tion bo infringed in order that the score
may be protected from an influence which
leads them into wrong-doing? Should the
whole community be placed in a straight-
jacket In order that thestate may throw
its protecting arm about tne weaKiing?"
Continulng on the evil results wnicn oc
cur through a paternaUstlc form of gov
ernment, tho speaker showed that In the
line of prohibition more damage to the
community had been wrought by the pre
vention of the sale of liquors than if it
had been permitted.
The aim of government should be, ne
said, "not to protect the weakling from
the consequences of hl3 errors, but by a
largo measure of freedom to evolve a
high type of manhood and self-reliance."
Cites Local Conditions.
In his arraignment -of purely majority
rule, without individuaUsm, Mr. McCam
ant not only called the National Govern
ment Into question, but cited several
events In municipal affairs. The matter
of lands for the reservoirs, the late fill on
Hood street, land frauds and other affairs
of local Interest were brought up against
.tho present system of government. The
speaker, however, In these cases exempted
tho officials, his attack being directed
against the system.
In concluding, he said: "As I read mod
ern history I find no civiHzed people with
whom IndividuaUsm had such a play as
among the early settlers of the 13 Ameri
can colonies." He thought that from that
settlement had como all the great men
ot the United States, and that a political
system which evolved such men was right
and wise. "Paternalism, which looks to
protection and guardianship of tho indi
vidual, rather than to tho evolution of
manhood, is always wrong and always
unwise."
According to the usago of the Forum,
an hour was devoted to a discussion of
tho subject treated by tho speaker, divid
ed Into five minutes for each of those who
wished to express their views.
It required the strong hand of Dr.
Stephen S. Wise, the chairman, to hold
down several of tho more socialistic at
tendants, who had moro to say than could
be told in the time allotted.
J. D. Stevens required the floor several
times in order to express himself, and
after a direct question to the speaker as
to whether ho had ever read the works of
Carl Marx, which was repUed fn the nega
tive, had no hesitancy In saying he
thought the speaker did not know what
he was talking about.
Others expressed their individual views,
without, however, arriving at any satis
factory settlement
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