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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1905)
ft FAIR MENACED I CHAIR SPECIALS J Here are two chair bargains that everybody will appreciate. They are of splendid value; call and see them together with other snaps that X we are giving at onr Anniversary Special Sale for it is on for the entire week. "Watch the papers and save money. lYBODTHMftKERS A $6.00 Rocker $3.75 A $3.50 Rocker, $2.50 Timely Discovery of Contract ing Methods Prevents Probable Delay. CONTRACTS BOTTLED UP THE MORNING- OKEGONIAN, -TUESLVAY, MAiT 9,-1905. . - i' otrlct Order Issued That Builders WJttf Unfinished Booths Will Be Ruled Off Grounds on May 20. A danger which, if not quelched in time, might have resulted in delaying the Lewis and Clark Exposition, was quietly nipped in its inciplency yesterday. Furthermore orders were issued, of a nature which cannot be misunderstood and which had the effect of entirely removing the dif ficulty, it is believed. The danger lay in the construction of booths. Upon making an Investigation tour of the various buildings yesterday morning. Exhibits Director H. E. Dosch found that the work was progressing very slowly. Some booths were going- up rap Idly enough and others had barely been started. A quiet Investigation into the cause of this state of affairs revealed that most of the work had been corraled by a handful of contractors. Having mora on their, hands than they could at tend to the contractor? were handling the work as best they could. This con dition has been in force for more than a week and but for Its discovery yes terday, serious delay might have re sulted. The contracts are let by individual ex hibitors and the Exposition management had no official method of knowing who was doing the work. It was only In the province of the exhibits department to know that the booths were being well and promptly built. Found "Work Dragging. In all there have been 700 contracts let up to the present time and these are thought to be controlled by about thirty contractors. It is said several petty con tractors have made a business of calling on exhibitors Immediately upon their ar rival In the city and making overtures for contracts. There would have been no objection to this and no hitch but for the delay. Contractors having a large number of booths to construct were naturally delayed In placing men and looking after their work and, being small firms, they had no facilities for carrying on this business on a large scale. To the casual observer the work appeared to be progressing favorably. All the buildings were filled with carpenters and boothmakers. But when a close inspec tion was made yesterday it was seen that the work had not been going forward as it should have done. Stringent Order Issued. Seeing that stringent measures were needed. Colonel Dosch returned to his of fice and made out an order. It was terse and to the point, stating that any con tractor who has not fully completed bv May 20 the booth or booths upon which I he is working will be ruled off the Expo sition grounds-and his contract "declared ! forfeited. i "We intend to enforce that order, too," i said Col Miel Dosch. "We are not going I to have the fair incomplete because of ! a lew mercenary contractors. If they cannot finish their work and finish It right by May 20. they will be ruled off the grounds without ceremony. In the event it becomes necessary the work left in complete will be finished under the direct supervision of the Exposition manage ment." XEW YORK DAY AT THE FAIR State Commission Plans for Opening Day and Placing Exhibits. BUFFALO. X. T.. May S.-At a meeting of the members of the New York Com mission for the Lewis and Clark Exposi tion, arrangements were made for the opening day of the Fair. June 1. It was also decided to arrange with the officials for a New York State day. Plans for installing the state exhibit were formulated. The exhibit will Illus trate the natural resources of the state and its history and ethnology. The state building will be one of the handsomest at the-Exposition. Massachusetts at Fair. Wilson H. Fairbanks, state commis sioner to the Lewis and Clark Exposition from Massachusetts, addressed the Mass achusetts Society in the Chamber of Commerce Hall last night. He was also the "Massachusetts commissioner at the St- Louis fair. According to Mr. Fair hanks, the Lew!?, and Clark Fair is bet ter known to the people of Massachusetts than was the 1904 exposition. Massachutts Day will be June 17. Connecticut Day is to be July 5. and the Massachusetts "building will be used for the celebration. About July 17 New Eng land teachers are expected. They will be entertained by the society In theMass acbusctts building. New England Day at the Exposition -will be determined later. The Massachusetts building will be the headquarters for all New Englanders. Break Ground for Lincoln Rome. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock ground win be broken for the Lincoln home replica which-Illinois is'erectir.g as a state building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. The ceremony will be-performed with littlng exercises; and all members of thellllnols Society and all others who' cariposslbly do so' 'aria ex pected to be present. Brief addresses will be made by Illinois Commissioner Cyrus Thompson; George L. Hutchins. president of the local Illinois Society, and H. W. Goo"de, president of the Exposition. Thurston Increases Amount. OLYMPIA. Wash.. May S. (Special.) The Commissioners of Thurston County today agreed to increase the appropriation for the county exhibit at itae Lewis and Clark Centennial from 5100 tp J90O. The amount now appropriated will place the exhibit and employ an attendant. - .Fire Endangers Trust Charters. TCEW YORK", May S. A fire on the ninth floor of the Commercial Trust Com pany's office building in Exchange Place, Jersey City, today endangered many val uable documents." In the safes of the Corporation Trust Company on the floor below were the charters and stock books of many great corporations and trusts organised in the state. The fire was con fined, however, to a storeroom on the ninth floor, causing a loss of only BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Ii Cntt-ter Teeth. Be (wi im us tfe&t e4 aaa well -tried rcsedy. 3ra Wteriew'e SeethiBj: Syrup, far eMMrea tecthta. It aaMfeea the cfcild. Kfieet Um iVKi,' Uar ail ytla. wm ntB4 eellc aad cUrrfeo. aiMMilBMWi JiBiilriB Wr Mmmmnr M tJt ' 'mmKTmSfb m BBBBBMiTTrHPII - BBEBBBBBBBBBBBBjBvj Tgy ''""s "rjSffiSTMAp' "8ffyffi3W FOUR STATES ASK FOB MORE SPACE Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Louisiana After Larger Areas at Fair. BIG RICE EXHIBIT OFFERED Louisiana Officials Revoke Former Decision Against Participation, and Press Claims for Space Allotment. Four states put In urgent applica tions for. more exhibit space at the Lewis and Clark Exposition yester day. Two of these states sent their requests by special representatives and two made telegraphic applications. Utah, Colorado, Wyoming; and Louisi ana were the four states In question. Utah and Wyoming- sent Commission ers and Colorado and Louisiana applied by wire. Every effort will be made to comply with the requests. Commissioner Clawson, of Utah, was the first to file a request for more space. Mr. Clawson appcare'd at the Exposition grounds early in the fore noon. He said his state wants 2000 square feet more than has already been awarded in which to make an agricul tural exhibit. Shortly aftorwards Commissioner William C Demlng, representing Wy oming, appeared at the Exhibits de partment and nsked for 3000 square feet additional in the Mining building and 3000 square feet in the Agricul tural building. During the afternoon wires were received from Colorado and Louisiana. Colorado asked for 1300 square feet for agricultural products. Louisiana Makes Offer. The Louisiana tolegram was sent from New Orleans by J. S. Lee, Com missioner of Agriculture. He asked, in behalf of the state, for 2000 feet in which to make a big rice exhibit. The telegram contained the assurance that should the space be awarded a live ex hibit will be shipped Immediately and its Installation perfected before the opening of the Fair. It is noted that the states, excepting Utah, which are now striving to in crease their space margins are those which -were somewhat slow in deciding INCREASED ADMISSION FEE HAS NO EFFECT l'lCTURKSQUE HCXGAItlAN CHAOKA to participate on a large scale during the exploitation period. In fact. Louis, iana within the pastth'ree months de cided not to participate at all. and similar action was seriously considered by Colorado prior to a month ago. Their anxiety to get all available space at this time is accounted for by the tremendous favorable sentiment in favor of the Exposition which has swept the country of recent months. However, it Is the intention of the Exposition raanagemcn. to treat those states that have been slow to see the light as cordially as the earliest par ticipants, and If any arrangement can be made to .get extra space, the Ex hibits department intends awarding- it to the late applicants. AMERICAN - BORN CHINESE They Will Celebrate Fifth Anniver sary of Their Society. The fifth anniversary of the organiza tion of the American-Born Chinese Asso ciation will be celebrated Friday evening in the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium. The event will include a musical and literary pro gramme in English, participated In by the members, of the association. Invitations have been Issued and may be obtained through any of the members. The follow ing programme will be rendered: Selection. "The Watermelon.- American Born Chinese Quartet; recitation. "A Te of Friendship." Goo Shuns; baritone solo, VAfleep in the Deep," C. Y. Fun: recitation, Tire Bell's Story," Thomas Horn; baritone solo, YV. B. Moy; recitation. "The MlJilon." John Chow: baritone nolo. "Utile Boy Called Tapr." Thomas Bom; violin solo, Kdwanl Lee; recitation. "Mr. Brown," C. Y, Fun; bass solo, Harry Bine; recitation. "Nobody's Child," Bony Goon; tenor foIo. "When the Sunset Turn the Ocean' Blue to GoW," William I.al; recitation. "Old Shoes." Frank Moy Ling; ocal duet. "I Don't Want to Play In Tour Yard," Grace and Bertha Hoy I.itic; recitation. "Jim Bludso," William I.al; baritone solo. "Good Night. Beloved, Good Night." Seld Back. Jr.; recitation. "Mr. Perkins, of Portland," Harry Moy Line; sons. "Bock of Ages." Grace Moy Ling; dialogue, 'Bruta and Capslus." W- B. Moy and "Will iam Lai; selection. "My Old Kentucky Home." American-Born Chinese Quartet; "America." by the audience. ArciI ejt-SIavc's Peculiar Suicide. BATTLE CREEK. Mich.. May S. Perry Sanford. the oldest colored citizen of this city, an old 'Kentucky slave, at tempted to commit suicide last night at Nicholas Hospital by cutting- his throat with a Jack-knife. Five months ago San ford became paralyzed on his right side, and was. taken to the hospital. It took him over an hour to open his knife with his left hand and his teeth. He cut a gash four Inches long on the left side of his throat-, but was discovered In the act. "by a nurse, and was disarmed. He will probably die. Sanford is the last surviving witness of the invasion of this state in 1S4S by armed Kentuckians. who forcibly attempted to capture a fugitive slave at the ramous Quaker settlement In Cass County. The failure of this invasion and the subse quent excitement throughout the South ern States resulted in the passage of the fugitive slave law by Congress. CROWDS ENTERING THE EXPOSITION GKOCNOS. ON THE BANKS OF GUILD'S LAKE. N STOCK ROUNDUP M. J. Wisdom Will Tour West in Interest of Fair. PREMIUM LIST IS ISSUED Superintendent of Livestock Exhibits Leaves on Lone; PiltjrlmaRC lo" Arouse Interest of Breed ersClose July 25. M. D. Wisdom, superintendent of the livestock department of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, left yesterday for Cali fornia arid point throughout the Middltt West in the Interest of the big livestock exhibits at the Fair late this Summer. Mr. Wisdom will be away about six weeks, and during that time will get in touch with the stockowncrs and breeders throughout the West and Middle West. Before his departure he announced -the Issuance of the complete official prize list and rules and regulations for the livestock exhibit. The department Is di vided Into four divisions, one for horses, asses and mules, one for cattle, one for sheep and goats, and one for swine. The prize awards arc not large, ranging from 55 to &. on different points of ex cellence In stock. The value of the ex hibit to breeders aside from cash re muneration is explained tersely in an an nouncement in the front of the booklet, which follows: "In offering these premiums on live stock the Lewis and Clarke Exposition recoglnzes one of the greatest Industries on the Pacific Coast. While the prizes are not so large as those offered at the World's Fair in St. Louis, the opportunlty for advertising the different breeds and individual breeding farms covers a larger field than at any world's fair ever held. The entire Pacific Coast and Pacific Northwest is well adapted to the breed ing, feeding and development of live stock, and with the expectant trade of the Orient with the Pacific Coast States, the breeding of live stock is bound to develop into one of our greatest indus tries. To supply this trade the Pacific Coast breeder will draw heavily on the Middle West and the Eastern States for foundation stock, and the breeder who ex hibits at this Fair will form an acquaint ance, and the introduction of his stock In this section will be worth many times more thancash prizes. Breeders wishing to reach out for new trade In one of the best undeveloped fields In America are requested to -give this matter due con sideration, and come to a land destined to be the greatest breeding grounds in the world." Mr Wisdom will first visit the ranching ON ATTENDANCE districts of California and arouse in terest In the exhibit. From California he will go direct to Chicago and Interesx tne Breeders' Association. Leaving Chi cago' he will tour the farming districts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana. It has been decided to ikeep the entry lists open until July 23.' The livestock deparment will be opened for horses Aug ust 23. This division will close September S. The departments- for catttie. sheep, goats and swine will open September 19 and extend to September 20. ART IN THE GREATER WEST .Mrs. Marion A. White Tells or the Inspiration of Nature. Mrs. Marion A. White's lecture, given yesterday under the auspices of the Wom an's Club, might be called an apprecia tion of the West, and especially of the "Oregon Country, rather than "Art in the Greater West," as the lecturer, said so many things calculated to warm the hearts of loyal Oregonians. That her audience received her praise of Western talent. Western enterprise and western scenery with approval was evident by the enthusiastic and frequent applause. Mrs. White warmly commended the "Women of the Northwest for their work Jn erecting a statue to the honor of Saca Jawea. the brave and cheery guide of the Lewis and Clark expedition, saying that they showed great hearts In doing this, and abo In securing the services of a Western sculptor. Miss Alice Cooper, of Denver. The Oregon School Boards were commended for their excellent discrimi nation in the selection of books of local history and Nature-study for the chil dren, who, as the speaker said, were taught to see all that was great and good in the state. Mrs. Eva Emery Dye's "Lit tle Stories of Oregon" and Miss Johnson's "Short History of Oregon" are among these, and Mrs. Dye's "The Conquest," which Mrs. White calls the "Iliad of the West." Mrs. Whites impression of the upper rivor country, as one enters It from the east, were vividly presented. "You come through the mountains." she said, "you see a town, a church spire, and rush along streams swollen and full, and then you see that wonderful river, the Columbia, the darling of the gods, with. Its great rocks on each side, telling what Nature has done In the ages. I have seen the Rhine and the Hudson, but here it is as If the great Architect had said, after making all else. 'Here shall rise the greater part, the nobler part.' "Portland has its own darling, the beau tiful Willamette: I have seen it as blue as the Mediterranean, have seen the orch ards and fruit ranches on Its banks and at the foot o the city, where the river Is broad and deep, the commercial flags of every nation. Roses grow wherever you choose to put them, and over all watches a solemn white mountain the Indians call it the Witch Mountain we call it Mount Hood, why I do not know, but witch mountain it certainly is. Mount Hood Is never the same, sometimes with a mist like a floating veil over the top, which you may watch for hours before you see the mountain in all its beauty. One cannot live in its vicinity and not be inspired." The characteristic American art, which Mrs. White says Is yet to come, she thinks must find its inspiration in the West; the .artists of the East succeed in painting pictures like the ones they see of .the French and Dutch schools, and the ar tists of the Middle West copy but indif ferently the work of the East. Mrs. White has "done a splendid work In Interesting the people of Chicago and other cities in the Lewis and Clark Expo sition, and she expects to bring a car load of guests, many of them prominent clubwomen, to Rortland In June. ilN MEMORY OF MRS. LENT i 1 Kvcnlnic Star Granpc, Patrons of : Husbandry, Passes Kcsolu'lions. At the meeting of Evening Star Grange x No. 27, Patrons of Husbandry. Saturday! , the memory of the late Mrs. O. P. Lent, pioneer woman and charter member of the Grange, was honored. Mrs. P. Kelly. Mrs. B. Peterson and Mrs. C. H. Welch, committee, submitted resolutions on the death of Mrs. Lent, eulogizing her vir tues and describing the loss to the Grange and her friends.' Following the reading and adoption of the resolutions remarks' were made by Mrs. P. Kelly. John F. j Caples. "Father" Plympton Kelly, Mrs. C, Mllem. A. F. Miller.. Mastr of the j Grange J. J. Johnson and some others. I Mr. Johnson had known Mrs. Lent since ; he was a boy and spoke of her work In i church, Sunday school and In the homes of the community In which she lived for so many years. The hall was well filled during the day. Luncheon was served at noon. In the afternoon there was-practice degree work. A large class In the third and fourth de grees was received. May Not Saw Wood In Streets. It Is against the law to saw wood in th streets of Portland unless you revert o the 'good old-fashioned ' method em ployed by the pioneers of t3 and erforaa 116 A splendid Oak Rocker, handsomely carved Back, and neatly turned spindles, saddle seat : sells regnlarly at $6.00, but is priced at this $3.75 special sale at only. Please ask for the number EVUBT. : 173-175 FIRST STR. GH1RARDELLIS GROUND CHOCOL.ATEJ the operation with the aid of a sawbuck and bucksaw, those implements revered by youth. The Civic Improvement "Board of the Chamber of Commerce has asked for an ordinance prohibiting the opera tion of steam or other woodsaws, com monly known under the name of steam woodsaws, on any of the streets of the city paved in any manner. This ordinance haa been passed and provides a penalty of not jnore than 5100 fine nor more than 30 days imprisonment or both fine and Imprisonment. This ordinance is sweep in in- its character and stipulates that no saw may be operated In any manner on any of the paved streets of the city. This provision, if carried out. win drive the steam saws out of the central portion of town and force all down-town resi dents to purchase their wood ready-sawed of the woodyards. Copies of the ordinance have been Just because my trousers are reasonably priced, don't jump to a wrong conclusion' smartness and goodness are. the main char- acteristics; it is my system moderates their price. . At your dealers bearing mark---$3.50 to $8.00. My Mark Send for my style book. ' Rosenwald & Chicago New The Best Hot Weather Medicine SALE TEN MILLION M3XES A YEAR CANDY CATHARTIC Mc 25c. 50c mCVKNT ALL SUM S923 A good, comfortable rocker that sells regularly at $3.50; has cobbler seat, neatly turned spin dles, swings well and is strong and durable. It goes at this sale it vou ask for $2.50 number, for onlv 219 - 227 YAMHILL, Of course Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate is a per fect morning drink, but it tastes good and does good at any time of day. Ghirardelli's is the drink ideal for every meal. i More convenient and economical than cake chocolate. printed and will be sent to each owner of a steam woodsaw In the city, together with a notification that the Civic Im provement Board will make an effort to see the provisions observed. -- Demurrer Argument Continued. The demurrer to the indictment to the information against Councilman Charles E. Kumelin -was set for argu ment yesterday afternoon and was continued indefinitely because District Attorney Manning and Judge Frazer were not present. Mr. Manning- was engaged in the grand-juryroom and Judge Frazer was absent at a funeral. The information charges Rumelin with having attempted to bribe City Engi neer Elliott. The argument may take place today. that my OS Weil York AI 717; HEX BOWEL TROUBLES