THE MORSISa OEEGOITAS, UGKtSkY, STAHGH 13. 1905.
VISIT THE FAIR
Sunday Crowd Enjoys
the Sights,
PLEASED ATTHE PROGRESS
' Many Surprised at Percentage
'of Completion.
FORESTRY PALACE POPULAR
Easterners Speculate as to Value of
Logs in Mammoth Cabin, Sight
seers Bet on Statues ' of
Lewis and Clark.
"Here Is the place to get your sou
venirs of the Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion." These are the words that em
anated from a solitary faker who had
established a stand immediately inside
the main .entrance at the Fair grounds
yesterday, and which greeted the ears
of the sightseers who had braved the
rather disagreeable weather and taken
fn the Exposition. Each person that
entered the gates served as the signal
for a series of "barks" from the faker,
who was determined to attract busi
ness. After several hours of unfruit
ful efforts to sell souvenirs, the faker
opened a satchel of salted peanuts and
candies. Still his prospective custom
ers passed by him without notice.
"I'll get you this Summer," mumbled
the faker to himself, when a bunch of
young people passed him the same as
did all the others. "I guess I'm a. little
premature and will have to wait sev
eral months before I can hope to do
any business. Why, do you know, I've
been out here all day and haven't sold
a thing," he remarked to a bystander.
"Nobody will spend a cent now. They
are soaking every tent they get to
blow it in when the Fair opens. Then
they will buy anything, just so it costs
something. They won't care as long
as they spend their money."
So saying, the faker grabbed up his
two heavy grips, bundled his coat
around him and meandered out of the
gate. He passed several fruit and
candy stands, behind which the pro
prietors were standing with a lone
some and hungry air. "Don't be dis
couraged, boys: it's coming. We'll get
it, and lots of It, too. Don't you worry."
The faker then took a car, and on his
way to town lounged back in his seat
and thought of the balmy days of the
coming Summer and of the eager and
expectant throngs of people he would
Cot first shot at whqn they entered the
Exposition gates. 'Til get mine." Tie
whistled Involuntarily to himself as he
swung oft the car on Washington
street and started for his room.
Forestry Building Popular.
The Forestry building at the Exposi
tion grounds still continues to be the
chief center of attraction. The East
erners are especially attracted to it.
"If I had about 4000 of these back
East," said a traveling man tapping
one of the huge logs of the structure
with his cane, "you would never catch
me getting up In the early hours of
the morn to catch a train. No, indeed.
I'd be through for good."
"How much do you suppose 4000 of
those logs would be worthy ques
tioned his companion. "I don't know,
but there are enough there to fix me
for life." The question as to how much
one of the big logs was worth seemed
to bother a lot of people. One man
said the biggest log in the building
put upon the market would bring at
least $400. Needless to say, he was
from one of the Eastern states, where
the cottonwoods and oaks are the
largest trees."
Two young girls yesterday at the
Exposition grounds wandered up to the
Forestry building, under the alcove.
"Let's get out of here quick," said one
of the girls, real suddenly. "The build
ing is not braced very well, and is
liable to fall on us." Her companion
actually ran out from under the build
ing before she realised how ridiculous
It was. She gazed up at the enormous
timbers that supported the building
and smiled. "A Kansas cyclone -couldn't
hurt that building," she said.
Civic Improvement Needed.
The question of civic improvement
has been so vividly impressed upon the
minds of Portland peeple that it was even
carried to the Exposition grounds yes
terday. "We'll have to put President
Wheelwright on the track of the Ex
position officials," said a man, pointing
to a pile of rubbish and debris that had
accumulated along the temporary side
walk. Many other comments of this
nature were heard among the visitors.
On man took a postal card and ad
dressed it . to the Civic Improvement
League of the Chamber of Commerce.
On the card was a complaint because
of a pile of boxes standing directly In
side the main entrance of the grounds.
This seemed to strike the man as very
funny, because the Civic Improvement
League probably owes Its existence to
the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
"Isn't this terrible," said a sympa
thetic woman, who was examining a
piece of statuary on which the paint
had been worn oft. "The rain has
ruined It It isn't a bit pretty now."
She did not seem to realize that every
thing would be given a fresh coat of
paint before the Exposition opens. On
a number of the ratlings and small
ornamental buildings the paint has
worn oft in places. This caused consid
erable worry among a number of the
visitors.
Tho statues of Captains Lewis and
Clark, which are located on the plaza
overlooking Guild's Lake, offer a
game of chance to the strangers who
visit trie grounds. The statues are
quite ' a distance apart, and as yet the
names of each have not been placed
upon them. Bets are made as to which
statue is Captain Clark and which is
Captain Lewis. One man lost $5 bet
ting on Lewis yesterday. The guards
are generally asked to decide the bets.
FOR INDIAN SCHOOLS' EXHIBIT
Additional Space of 900 Square Feet
Secured in Agricultural Palace.
CHEMAWA. Or.. March 12. (Special.)
Assistant Superintendent Campbell. In
passing through Portland Saturday,
stopped over and secured from Colonel H.
E- Dosch. director of exhibits Tor the Fair,
an allotment of 900 square feet of space
for an exhibit by the Indian schools of
the State of Oregon. Tbo space allotted
Is In tho gallery of the Agricultural
building. Superintendent Chalcraft, of
the Chemawa school, having charge of
the Indian exhibit for the United States,
-only received an allotment of 455 square
feet in the Government building, and as
nearly the entire St. Louis exhibit has
been forwarded to Portland, the space
was' totally inadequate for that alone.
without being supplemented by exhibits
from the Indian schools of the North
west. The management of the Chemawa
school conceived the idea of dividing the
exhibit and having one representing the
schools of Oregon, and this was the in
tention in applying Tor tble apace.
This will include. In addition to Che
mawa, exhibits from Grand Bonde, Siletz,
Yalnax. Klamath, Umatilla and the
Warm Springs reservations and schools.
The exhibit will be largely of an in
dustrial character and will show the ad
vancement of the Indian along Industrial
lines wagon-making and blacksmithlng,
carpentry and cabinetmaklng, harness
and shoemaking. tailoring and drcsscnak
ing. carpet weaving and basketry, house
keeping and cooking and the other trades
and Industries taught at the schools will
be shown. ,
Both the general and the special ex
hibits will be compact and selected from
material that would All more than twice
the space alloted. hence arr excellent
showing is assured.
PREPARE FOR THE CONGRESSES
Commercial Club Planning for Enter
tainment of Delegates.
Two of the most Important conventions
among the many great organizations
which will hold their sessions in Port
land this summer are the Trans-Mlssls-sippi
Commercial Congress and the Na
tional Irrigation Congress.
The date of these two great gatherings
has not as yet been determined, and it
is for the purpose of deciding this and
other details relative to advance corre
spondence, entertainment of delegates
and other incidents connected with these
conventions that a meeting has been
called by a joint committee for Wednes
day evening, at 8 o'clock, at the rooms
of the Portland Commercial Club.
It Is already known, however, that one
of these conventions will immediately
follow the other, giving the hundreds
of delegates who may be interested in
the proceedings of both an opportunity
to participate in their sessions without
making an extra trip to Portland.
Pleased -With Courtesies Received.
BOISE, Idaho. March 1 (Special.)
Exposition Commissioner S. R. W. Mc
Brlde and ex-Commissioner C. B. Hurtt
have returned from Portland, where they
went to select a site for the Idaho build
ing. They express themselves as being
much pleased with the attention accorded
them by the Exposition officials.
President Goode and Director of Works
Huber accompanied them on their tour of
inspection, and when the selection had
been made these officials stated they would
do anything possible for Idaho. An In
spection of the Idaho exhibits shipped to
St. Louis showed the Exposition officials
had taken splendid care of them.
Mr. McBrlde states the treatment they
received was in strong contrast to that
which they met In St. Louis.
THIEF CAUGHT AFTER CHASE
Neighbors Pursue and Capture Man
Who Had Ransacked Residence.
Charles Weston does not appreciate the
kindness of fate. If he did he would
take a different view of things. He would
argue that If he had not strayed into the
house of A. Boutledge, at 555 Gllsan
street, and purloined the rings he would
not have been chased over the entire
country and at last captured and put in
jail, where he can have a chance to re
cover from the "dope habit," But he
takes another viewpoint and looks un
kindly on the agility of Mr. Boutledge
and curses the. chance that brings him
face to face with a charge of burglary.
At any rate, he has the satisfaction of
having given the neighborhood a run for
the money of Mr. Routledge.
Weston is a man of the species that
looks with kindly and entreating eye -upon
the pleasures of the seductive "hop."
The pleasures mentioned have taken from
him his flesh, the brightness of his eye
and his conscience, but have left a won
derful agility when the City Jail stares
him In the face.
Yesterday afternoon the young son of
Alexander Boutledge, the president of the
Portland Oyster Company, went home
from the office to look for the top to a
bicycle lantern and heard Borne one walk
ing about In the rooms overhead. Just
as the boy started to run back to the
office and give the alarm to his parents
the man jumped out of a bedroom window
and ran up the street. Unluckily he ran
toward the office, and hearing the breath
less Btory of the child the family started
In pursuit on wheels and on foot.
Mr. Boutledge and a son formed the
advance guard of the infantry column
pursuing, while the rest of the attacking
squadron was made up of a rapidly ac
cumulating band of neighbors.
Weston by this time was getting into
his stride and spurned the ground with
flying feet. He scaled back fences,
dodged Into basements and skipped around
houses until Mr. Boutledge, who is out
of practice, began to lose breath and
hope, not to mention various portions of
his apparel, left on the fences surmounted
in his chase. At the end of a race of
several blocks the thief ran on a porch
on Hoyt street, where, by a superhuman
effort, his pursuer overtook him, and as
the culprit was about to jump to- the
ground, caught him by the collar, where
he held him suspended and wriggling.
In this picturesque tableaux the pair was
found by Officer Wendorf, who had come
from the station with the patrol.
Weston thoroughly ransacked the Bout
ledge house and made away with two
rings and a small quantity of change,
which he found. He threw the rings
away in his flight, but the money was
tanen from him at the Police Station. He
Is being held for a hearing on a charge
of burglary, preferred by Mr. Boutledge.
THE PHRASEOLOGY STORK.
How It Brought a Famous Saying
About Missouri.
PORTLAND, March 10. (To the Editor.)
In reply to an inquiry throush your col
umns as to the origin of, Tm from Mis
souri." I will say that It Is based on the
following1 Incident: A party of men were
seated In a hotel In a Western city discussing
different subjects as they presented them
selves. Finally the subject of naUvltv cama
'tip, and it was agreed that each one pres
ent snouia ieii rrora wnot state at came.
One came from Pennsylvania, another from
Ohio, another from Ionic and so on until
more than a doten states had been named.
One fellow was seated behind the stove
away from the crowd, and he seemed en
tirely disinterested. He wore a slouch hat.
had his pants tucked into the tops of bis
boots and the crop of alfalfa that he. wore
on his hln looked as If it had been Irri
gated from the tall-race of an Iron ore
washer. ITe had taken no part In the dis
cussion. When It came to him he sat
sll.nt and morose. After considerable Insist
ence on the part of those In the bar-room
be arose fcUllenly and. drawing a big six
shooter from his belt and leveling It at the
crowd, said: "I'm from Missouri; now, damn
you, laugh."
It Is needless to add that nobody laughed
until the man from the state of Old Joe
Bowers had disappeared. E. S. GARVER.
Strange Ending cf Concert.
London Chronicle.
In the middle of a charity concert at
Datchet-on-Thames on Tuesday night the
accompanist, mistaking his cue, struck up
'God Save the King." Before any one of
the performers realized what had baji
pened, the hall was empty, the audience
having gone home with the Idea that the
concert was over. As a consequence comic
singers and ballad vocalists, soma of
whom had traveled long distances to ren
der their services, could not give their
turns, and yesterday the organizers of the
concert were walking about the village
apologizing to everybody.
GRAXBLATED EYELIDS.
Murine Eye Remedy cures this and ether
"Eya troubles, mxe weak eyes strong.
UNSIGHTLY
FAIR WILL BENEFIT
After-Effect Not, Feared by
Tom Richardson.
BUSINESS BLOCKS NEEDED
Manager of Commercial Club Regards
Hostelries Necessary, and Says
Exposition Will Be Making of
Portland and Oregon.
"I have been more than pleased," said
Manager Tom Richardson, of the Port
land Commercial Club, "In noting that
all seem to agree that Portland will be
benefited as a result of the Lewis and
Clark Centennial Exposition. It Is grati
fying to see that almost everyone now
seems a unit In the belief that building
operations after the Fair will be even
larger than at present. Colonel Dosch's
optimistic opinion as an exposition ev
pert, given in the Sunday Issue of The
Oregonlan of February 26, was especially
valuable.
"A little retrospective view as regards
expositions and their Influence upon the
growth of cities Is interesting at this
time, for unfortunately there are a vast
number of people who have gotten It
into their heads for some reason or other
that expositions have been a detriment
rather than a benefit to the deles in
which they have been held.
"Thia opinion gained a foothold as a
result of .the Chicago Exposition. The
people of the entire country, but espe
cially those of the lake metropolis, got
the impression that all that would be
necessary for them to make a fortune
was to get a building in Chicago, par
ticularly In the vicinity of the Columbian
Exposition. Great hotels, apartment
houses, boarding and rooming houses of
every description, and business blocks
actually covered many square miles In
the neighborhood of the grounds. Many
of the hotels near the principal entrances
were never occupied, some still in course
of construction during the earlier days
of the- Fair were never finished. It was
a city within Itself, and within ten days
after the Exposition had opened, thou
sands of people realized that their In
vestments were not worth SO cents on the
dollar.
"The railroad men of the country fig
ured out an enormous attendance; the
people of Chicago were certain that they
would entertain more people than were
ever gathered together In any city in the
world, and It was thought that almost all
the people of the United States and Can
ada, with a million or so from Mexico,'
European and other foreign countries,
would attend the Exposition. Prices of
real estate went sky-high, and while the
Exposition was a great success. It was a
disappointment in many ways.
Followed by Hard Times.
"Then it was followed by a year of
hard times that was only equaled dur
ing the last half of the nineteenth cen
tury In 1SS7 and 1S72. The year after
the Chicago Exposition I sood In front
of Marshall Field's great retail store on
State street, it was during the month of
August and In the middle of the after
noon, and for an Instant of time there
was not a single vehicle on 400 feet, or
an entire block of State street, which Is
usually the busiest thoroughfare in Amer
ica, especially from Congress street to
tho Temple. But then times were hard
all over the "United States and people, of
course, said that & great deal of it was
due, both In Chicago and In other sec
tions, to the great Exposition.
"Now the Chicago Exposition Is the
only instance in this country that was
followed by depression, and of course the
Exposition had nothing to do with that.
The Omaha Exposition was a financial
success and it had a great deal to do
with the placing of Omaha on the map
as a live, up-to-date and enterprising
modern city. Omaha had the misfor
tune in ISM to have some slelght-of-hand
enumerators, and through their legerde
main tho city was shown to be almost
twice as large as it really was, exceed
ing Kansas City In population, and then
In 1900, after Omaha had enjoyed ten
years of at least moderate growth, she
apparently had decreased In population,
and her successful Exposition got the
credit for a matter with which it had
nothing to do.
Why Omaha Fair Failed.
"Certain parties In Omaha attempted
to run the Exposition a second year be
cause it had been a success, and the
fact of this second year being a failure
has been associated by many people with
the Exposition proper.
"The Exposition at Atlanta was of vast
benefit to the Georgia .metropolis, and.
by the war. there are few better built
cities in this country or Europe than
Atlanta.
"The Pan American. Exposition a't Buf
falo should never have been held. When
people from anywhere as far West as In
diana or as far South as Kentucky got
to Buffalo, It a? as only a night's run -to
BILLBOARDS AND SHACKS GREET THE EYES OF NEWLY ARRIVED TOURISTS
LOOKING EAST OX AXKENTl STREET ERO.M FIFTH.
New York, and they were not going to
waste any time In the metropolis of West
ern New York, when they could run down
to the mertopolls of the Nation In fact,
their stays at the Exposition were very
brlof. The people of Philadelphia, Wash
ington and New York City didn't attend
at all. Buffalo suffered no bad results
from the Exposition, but the people of the
city never really got interested in It.
"Now. In regard to the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition at St. Louis, the people
of the 'Mound City have already forgot
ten that they had an exposition, and they
are going after business and are building
new buildings Just as though nothing un
usual bad occurred In their midst last
year.
"St. Louis today has no more hotels
than she needs in the ordinary business
of the city. The same Is true of Buffalo
and Atlanta. Chicago tore down her tem
porary structures, and the part of the city
devoted to the Exposition Is now its most
beautiful and exclusive residence district,
and the Fair Is seldom referred to.
Not Too Many Hotels.
"I have yet to meet the man or woman
In Portland who thinks we have too large
hotel or rooming-house capacity, and that
Is the only feature in which the city
could possibly be Injured from a real
estate or Investment standpoint,
"I don't think I heard the Exposition
at New Orleans referred to a dozen times
during my residence In that city, but it
was of great benefit-Its most Important
effect was the bringing of the business In
terests of the North and South together.
"There is little or no use In discussing
Nashville. Charleston or other points. In
a way I have been associated with all of
these expositions. At Omaha. Texas
made a very good presentation, and It
was handled by a group of us, I don't
suppose more than 20 people were really
Interested. I was vice-president from
Texas at the Pan American Exposition at
Buffalo, but the state wasn't Interested in
even a remote way. In fact, the people
of Texas paid no more attention to the
Exposition than did those of New York
City.
"I would very much appreciate any good
reason why Portland should suffer In even
the slightest degree as a result of the
Lewis and Clark Exposition. Our chief
development andadvancement has been
in the way of home-bulldlng I am In
formed that 75 per cent of the money that
has gone Into residences and flats is being
placed by people who are building their
own homes. In some sections of the city
every building In course of construction
Is being erected as a home.
"The only relation the Lewis and Clark
Exposition has to the future of Portland
Is that through It as a vehicle many thou
sands of men and women will become
more familiar with this city. The resident
of Portland who argues that the Fair will
injure the city forgets the superior loca
tion of Portland from both, a business and
residence standpoint.
Business Blocks -Needed.
"If Portland capital would begin at once
the erection of several modern, fireproof
office and business buildings, so that our
visitors would see that the people of Port
land have confidence In Its future, every
dollar Invested would not only pay hand
some returns, but would bring enormous
returns In the future.
"To sustain a population Increasing
with the rapidity of Portland. Oregqn and
the Pacific Northwest, great Industrial
institutions must be established, as this
is the only avenue through which surplus
labor can be employed.
Will Be Beneficial.
"The business men of the country will
come here to rest a little while, not to
stop one day at a hotel, see some custom
er here and then get out on the first train,
but the residence district.' the manufac
turing district, as well as the Fair, will be
thoroughly looked over, and I am con
vinced that this will be beneficial to Port
land. "The magnificent attractions of the Co
lumbia Blver are already fairly well
known, but as a result of the Fair to see
this Incomparable stream, and Its wonder
ful scenery will become a necessity. The
three new things that will live as a result
of the Exposition are. first, the superb,
drinking water enjoyed by the people of
Portland; the marvelous Portland Heights
trolley ride, which has no parallel any
where In tho world, and the Forestry
building.
"The glorious Summer climate of the
Pacific Northwest will be experienced by
hundreds of thousands of people, many of
whom will be able to build Summer homes
for the future, and certainly no other city
in the world offers as many attractive
sites for such "buildings as does Portland."
WANT TO SHARE THE PROFITS
Street-6ar Operators Will Ask for In
crease During Exposition.
To have a bigger share in the 'increased,
profits of the street car companies during
the Fair, a request is to be made by car
operators of all kinds for an additional
live cents an hour during that time. A
petition is now being signed by the em
ployes of the Portland Consolidated to
be presented when a sufficient number of
names are added to It.
The increase asked, for will amount to
20 per cent or over, as the maximum price
paid operators Is 25 cents an hour for
three-year men. F. I. Fuller,, general
manager of the Portland Consolidated,
refused to make & statement about the
matter yesterday, saying that no petition
had been prwentHL.
EAST SIDE IS BUSY
Buildings. Being Erected
Every Locality.
in
HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Many Business Blocks Are Being Put
Up in St. Johns, While Other
Suburbs Point With Pride to
Many New Dwellings.
It is estimated that above 1500 houses
are being built on the East Side, includ
ing those under. way in the suburbs,
averaging in cost about $1500 each, the
more pretentious costing as high as
$10,000. Scattered over so wide an extent
of territory is the building area that
only a personal investigation shows the
extent of the building movement. On
Holladay avenue and northward there
Is a group of new buildings and foun
dations for others that will cost $50,000.
Between Morris street and Woodlawn
and St. Johns, along the Peninsula, 37S
new houses were counted last week, at
St. Johns, half a dozen business houses
are under way, besides small cottages
almost without number. Along Willam
ette Boulevard, overlooking the Wil
lamette Biver, the territory la being
covered with cozy homes. This is par
ticularly true on the bluff above the
Peninsular Lumber Company's milL
In anticipation of the big Fair, houses
are being built In bunches. Four cot
tages, costing $14,000, are being built
for H. E. Stemler at Union avenue and
Fargo street. About the new car barn
of tne Portland Consolidated 24 dwell
ings are being put up. John Davidson
Is putting up three double houses on
East Third street and Holladay ave
nue that will cost about $5000 each. J.
W. Parrlsh and A. Gouley have Invest
ed In property near the east end of the
Steel bridge. Theyv own half a block
on East Second and Hassalo streets
and another half block on Third be
tween Wasco and Multnomah streets,
which they will cover with dwellings
costing on an average of $3000 each, so
their investment will run above $50.
000. On the Ladd tract and along Haw
thorne avenue a fine type of dwelling
la being put up. Here Whitney L., Boise
Is putting up a residence that will cost
about $10,000 and there are others
that will cost upwards of $5000. To the
south of Sellwood It is the same story
of new dwellings everywhere. Also out
to Lents and Montavilla the building
movement for the Spring is fairly under
way.
It is estimated that In dwellings of
all kinds $2,000,000 is now being ex
pended on what are under way, and it
may be said that the Spring building is
hardly started.
Large Sand Dock and- Bunkers.
In the larger structures much is do
ing and more is promised. NIckum &
Kelly are spending $16,000 on their
dock and sand bunkers at the foot of
East Washington street on the site
of the old Standard Box Factory.
H. C Campbell, Joseph Supple and
others will start work on a large fac
tory building on East Water and Bel
mont street, for tha purpose of manu
facturing rotary engines, a plant that
will cost; with the machinery, about
$10,000.
At the east end of the Steel bridge.
Cord Sengstake Is erecting a $15,000
two-story frame building.' The first
floor is occupied by five storerooms
and on the second floor aro flats.- Wil
liam Cox is also erecting a $10,000
structure at the end of the bridge for
stores and apartments. On Union ave
nue ground has been broken for a two
story brick for Edward Sharkey for
enlargement of his factory, and on
Grand avenue work on the foundation
of the two-story brick for Albert Heintz
is being completed.
Hotel for Sellwood.
At Sellwood work wil be started this
Spring on a $10,000 hotel, for D. M.
Don&ugh, John W. Campbell and others,
for building which a stock company
has been formed. The building will
stand on Umatilla avenue, near the cor
ner of East Thirteenth street. Plans for
a convenient and attractive building
have been drawn up.
Work Is progressing on the resort at
"The Oaks," near Sellwood, where, it Is
said, $100,000 will be expended In dredg
ing and filling and erecting buildings.
At Caxadero work on the O. W. P.
power plant la going aheaL This week
the contractor commenced building a
bridge across tbo Clackamas two miles
above the site- of the big dam. to fa
cilitate the transportation of material
in the construction of the plant. Soma
idea of the magnitude of this enterprise
may be had .when, it is stated tha res
ervoir "below tha dam will costal
acres, and that the total cost of the
completed plant will be upwards of
$1,030,000.
WANT BETTER TRADT SERVICE
Growth of Newberg and Dalla.3 De
mands Facilities.
POBTLAND, March 1L (To the Edi
tor.) Having organized and built, and
aitcrwaros ror two years operated, as
manager, the Portland and Yamhill divi
sion (now leased to the Southern Pacific).
85 miles. I am asked by many citizens
along this line of "railway to address
The Oregonlan in their behalf, and point
out the reasonableness of their request
for Increased train service. Seventeen
years ago, when I operated that line, the
train service was about the same thereon
as it Is now, yet the population along the
road has since not only more than dou
bled, but the freight traffic has increased
300 per cent. Towns all along that terri
tory have Increased in population in sim
ilar proportions, except La Fayette. For
instance. Newberg. when wo first built
to it (against considerable opposition from
the Oregon & California Ballroad), had
only a few straggling bouses with less
than 100 people, now over 2000 popula
tion, and with its neighboring suburb of
Dundee, together command over S00O pop
ulation, and compose the largest fruit
producing district of Oregon, from which
more carloads of freight are now hauled
Into and through. Portland to Western
towns than other fruit points on the
Southern Pacific's lines In Oregon. So
with Dallas, whose county seat was only
saved to It by railroad connection; it
has Increased 360 per cent In population
of its district.
Do we then wonder why trolley lines
are being projected to Invade the terri
tory already occupied by the Southern
Pacific? Simply because of inadequate
train service, and what makes the ques
tion more economical to the 3outhern Pa
cific to operate Is tho fact that this Yam
hill division is 12 to 12& miles shorter
than their West Side road. Strange to
Bay, when branch lines in the Interior
do not wish to compete with the South
ern Pacific, but co-operate with it, and
ask for traffic connections, the New York
management fights and opposes the same
In the State Legislature, and the right to
compel the loaded cars to be hauled by
the Southern Pacific Company Into Port
land, and in such opposition were sup
ported by 16 Representatives and Sen
ators from Multnomah County.
WILLIAM BEXD.
Gorky at the Show.
London Chronicle.
Anecdotes of Maxim Gorky are on the
wing. Here is one they tell In Paris. He
went to the theater at Moscow, one eve
ning to see a play by a popular writer.
Instead of paying attention to the stage,
the entire audience rose and greeted Gor
ky with, prodigious acclamation. Then
he delivered this address: "What on
earth are you staring at me for? I am
not a dancing girl, nor the Venus of Milo,
nor a drunkard Just picked out of the
river? I write Btorles; they have the luck
to please you, and I am glad of it. But
that is no reason why you should keep on
staring. We have come here to see a
charming play. Be good enough to attend
to that, and leave me alone." More de
lighted than ever, the audience shouted
with joy. Perhaps they thought they
would get another speech, but Gorky
jumped out of his seat and left the thea
ter in disgust
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all through the long
night, just the same !
No need spending another
night this way. Just a dose
or two of Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral will soothe the
throat, quiet the cough, insure a good night's rest.
Ask your doctor about the wisdom of your
keeping tins remedy in the house, ready for these
night coughs of the children. Doctors have the
formula. They know all about this medicine,
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BOOKS ARE TO OPEN
Registration for Voters Begins
Next Wednesday.
CLERKS READY FOR THE RUSH
County Clerk Fields Prepares to Reg.
ister Party Affiliation of 20,000
Voters Within 30 Days-Tells '
Who Must Register.
To enable Republican and Democratic
voters to participate in the primary nomi
nating elections of May 6, County Clerk
Fields will reopen the registration books
next Wednesday for a period of 30 days,
so that they may record tho party affil
iation in accordance with the direct pri
mary law, which permits only those elec
tors registered as to their party affinity
to take part in primaries.
Mr. Fields has books and clerks all
ready for a big rush and expects to be
kept very busy. The registration made
last Spring contained names of 21,000 city
clectora who drifted to tho County Clerk's
office through a period of four months
and a half, between January 4 and May
15. All but perhaps 2000. whom the re
turns of the June election show as hav
ing voted the Prohibition and Socialist
tickets, must be registered again If they
would vote at the primaries, since none
registered his party affiliation last Sprlnc.
Bnt this time only 30 days are allowed by
law for registering.
If electors shall register wfth as much
alacrity as last year tha County Clerk
will be visited by an estimated host of
20.000.
"We can receive them all," said Mr.
Fields yesterday, "If 'they will come early
and not crowd one another out. at the
wind-up." V
About SCO electors who registered their
party membership last Fall will not reg
ister this time.
Who May Register?
Those to whom the registration books
will be open are:
First Those who registered last Spring
but did not record their party affiliation.
Second Those who have changed 'their
residence s'.nce last registering.
Third Those who have not registered
heretofore.
Fourth Newcomers who shall hava
lived In the city six months at the time
of the election or primaries.
The first group need not register again
to vote at the election June 5; only to
vote at the primaries. -
The second, third and fourth groups
must register again to participate in
either the primaries or the election.
Petitions Await Registration.
Until the new registration has got un
der way primary petitions will not b
circulated because signers must be reg
istered as to their party affinity if they
attach their names to such documents.
Aspirants for office will be placed on
primary ballots as candidates for their
party nomination, if their petitions con
tain two per cent of the party vote cast
last June for Representative In Congress
which for. Republican aspirants neces
sitates IDS signers and for Democratic 67,
If the goal be an office of the city at
large.
Accordingly few gentlemen who hunger
for office will be brought before the foot
lights for a week or two perhaps.
.Potato Growing Overdone.
PORTLAND, "March U.-i(To the-"' Ed-'
itor.) No doubt during tho coming sea
son a large percentage of the farmers
will plant another largo crop of potatoes,
to be again disappointed, as the days of
the high-priced potato are practically
over. Each year sees a larger potato area
in Oregon. More land is being used for
the purpose of potato-growing than ever
before, and now Colorado Is clamoring to
market her huge surplus crop both here t
and in California. Now, if the above
be facts, why don't the farmers turn
their efforts for a while to something
more profitable? Take, for example, car
rots, turnips, beets and cucumbers. The
latter are always in big demand. Tha
pickle factories are always unable to se
cure the required amount, and at the
average price paid one acre of cucumbers
will bring nearly fourfold in price mora
than if planted in potatoes, besides re
quiring very little extra labor in the culti
vation. Carrots always bring good re
turns, and are always in demand. Cab
bage never goes begging. No farmer need
be afraid to bring to market his cabbages
if -well grown, as the Oregon product Is
much, more in demand than the California
product. There are numerous other veg
etables that, if properly cultivated, will
yield better returns than the potato.
S. G.
At Work on Educational Exhibit.
HOOD RIVER, Or., March 12. (Special.)
County School Superintendent Neft has
been inspecting the work of the Hood:
River schools being prepared for the edu
cational exhibit at tho Lewis and Clark
Fair, and states "that the pupils will ba
able to make a very good display. The
meeting of the Wasco County Principal's
Club at the rooms of the Hood River
High School Saturday was well attended,
and several able addresses were delivered
by teachers of the valley schools.
"What kind of a chap Is' net" "Oh, one of
the ort that will lie when tha truth would
do jcat aa vrell'-yPuck.
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