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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1907.
COURT ASKS PROOF
Husband's Testimony in Di
vorce Suit Not Enough.
P. T. FLETCHER IN DILEMMA
Must Have Witness to Fact That
Wife's Cold and Vnaffectlonate
Nature Makes His Life
a Burden.
If P. T. Fletcher insists upon having a
divorce from Mrs. Fletcher, he will have
to resort to strategy. The fact that Mrs.
Fletcher is cold and distant does not suf
fice. He must prove that fact by other
witnesses than himself.
Fletcher was denied a divorce by Pre
fixing Judge Sears, of the state Circuit
Court, yesterday. The decree had been
asked for on the ground of Mrs. Flet
cher's icy demeanor, and the only witness
concerning her temperament naturally
was the husband. But a husband's un
supported testimony isn't enough.
To proceed further Fletcher will have
to take a friend or two home to dinner,
for the wife cooks excellent meals and
attends to the house in praiseworthy
fashion, so the testimony shows. Having
finished dinner, it will be necessary for
the head of the household to endeavor to
caress the other half of the sketch. When
she scorns his advances, he can call the
attention of those present to the fact, and
thus lay the foundation for a more suc
cessful divorce suit.
The suit stands in a class by itself in
the annals of tho local dlvoTce courts.
Fletcher tiled action several weeks ago.
alleging his wife had become cold and
distant. Siie continued living with him.
cooked their meals and attended to her
household duties. But when he sought an
after-dinner caress she would scoff at the
idea. Fletcher's affectionate nature could
not endure this treatment, and after
standing It two years, he started out for
the divorce.
As to whether or not Mrs. Fletcher's
conduct constituted technical desertion
Judge Sears made no decision. He said
he found authorities divided on this ques
tion, but since plaintiff had offered no
corroborative evidence. It was not neces
sary to go deeper into the case. Just
how Fletcher will proceed to get his cor
roboration is a problem that he must
work out for himself.
Harry Dixon's matrimonial career has
been brought up with a shaTp turn, and
he Is In trouble. Dixon is a brute, ac
cording to his wife, Lena Dixon, -who
wants a divorce from him on the grounds
or continued cruelty. She has filed suit
asking for an order restraining Dixon
from visiting her pending a settlement of
the suit. Judge Soars issued the order as
requested.
Tt appears, however, that Dixon's de
sire to visit his wife was greater than
his fear of the consequences, which he
will now have to face, for Mrs. Dixon
yesterday reported a violation of the re
straining order, and an order was
Issued by Judge Sears directing the hus
Imnd to appear in court and show cause
why he should not be fined for contempt
of court.
Few divorce complaints recite such bru
tal treatment as that charged against her
husband by Mrs. Dixon. During the two
years of their married life he has beaten
her, cursed her, abused her and compelled
her to earn her own livelihood, sho says.
A few days ago he gave her a severe
thrashing, she says, and thereupon she
looked up a lawyer Rnd arranged for di
vorce proceedinRS. They were married in
Portland, November 3, 1001.
KSCAPKD CONVICT IS CAUGHT
William Winters Identified at Rock
pile by Deputy Sheriff Leonard.
Charles Winters, one of 10 men arrest
ed some days ago on suspicion that they
were professional criminals, has a crimi
nal record as well as a reward on his
head. This fact was discovered yester
day afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Archie
Ieonard. who unearthed- Winters' crimi
nal record and established the fact that
the man escaped several years ago from
the Government prison at Leavenworth,
Kan. The reward offered for his recap
ture is W0.
Winters was at work on the rockpiie
yesterday afternoon when identified by
Deputy Sheriff Leonard. At the time of
his arrest Winters was sent to the rock
pile for 90 days on a charge of vagrancy,
since evidence for a more serious charge
could not be secured. One object In de
taining Winters and his fellow toughs
was to give the police time to look up
their past records. And while Winters'
photo and description as a fugitive from
Leavenworth was on the police records,
the police department failed to connect
the two.
Deputy Sheriff Leonard identified his
man from the circular of escape sent the
county authorities several years ago and
placed on tile at that time. Bertillon
measurements of the fugitive were taken
during the afternoon and this completed
the identification. The authorities at
leavenworth will be notified at once.
Winters Is being held at the County JaiL
KUKS LANDLORD FOR DAMAGES
Eilers Piano House Says He Broke
Rental Agreement.
As damages for his alleged failure to
keep a rental contract, the Eilers Piano
1 louse wants the sum of $3633 from
Thomas Scott Brooke. In a suit filed in
the Circuit Court yesterday the piano
company sets out that it contracted for
the entire second floor of the new brick
building at Park and Washington streets
They were to have had possession last
October, the complaint states, and. in an
ticipatlon of this move, laid in additional
stock valued at $1U0,009, hired extra sales
men and mechanics and made other ex
tensive arrangements for the move.
But when the time came to move they
found that A. P. Armstrong had secured
the second floor, and they were shut out.
Btorage and demurrage on extra stock
Bnd. salaries and other expenditures en
tailed by this alleged breach of contract
cost them $3633.10, the piano people say.
and they think the amount should be
paid by Brooke, who is trustee of the
building in question.
Bill of Exceptions Filed by Mays.
A bill of exceptions, containing 818
pages of typewritten matter, was filed
yesterday In the Federal Court by W. D.
Fenton. attorney for Franklin Pierce
Mays, convicted of conspiracy to defraud
the Government in conjunction with
Ueorge Sorenson and Willard X. Jones.
Since last September a stenographer has
been employed typewriting this document.
which probably is one of the most volum
inous of its kind ever filed In the Federal
Court. The bill contains something like
200 exceptions.
Sirs. Huntsman's Statement.
Mrs. Katherlne Huntsman, who sued
R. I. Bckerson for $20,600 damages, alleg
ing malicious prosecution, declares that
the jury, which disagreed, stood nine In
her favor and two for the defendant. The
Jury -w as made uq of H men. During the
deliberations of the Jury, she says she is
informed that one juror who voted for
tho defendant offered to vote for a ver
dict in her favor if the nine Jurors would
consent to make the damages only J50.
But. she says, a verdict could not be
reached on this basis. The case will be
tried for a third time.
Real Estate Man Loes Suit.
James Humphries was not acting as an
authorized agent of Mrs. Z. White when
he sold her property at Fourth and Oak
streets for $100,000. Accordingly, he is en
titled to no commission. This was Judge
Frazer's decision yesterday, in Hum
phries' suit for commissions on the sale
aggregating $2:00. The real estate man
claimed he was instructed to sell the
property, that he disposed of it to Dr.
E. H. Parker, and that his commission
was withheld. Mrs. White denied hav
ing authorized Humphries to make any
sale, and offered corroborative testimony.
Judge Frazer, in his ruling, said there
was nothing in the evidence to show that
Humphries was acting as Mrs. White's
agent, and that he was entitled to no
commission.
Jurors Inspect the Scene.
The Peninsula Lumber Company's mill
and grounds were inspected yesterday
forenoon by a Circuit Court jury which
is trying the damage suit of Rankin
against the company. Rankin wants
$10,300 to recompense him for the loss of
an eye. an accident which befell him
last June while he was working near a
lathing machine at the mill In question.
FANATICS LOSE IN COURT
TONGUES OF FIRE RIOTERS
FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Cult's Special Policemen Fail to Con
vict First Victim of Their
Authority.
Tlie three special policemen, recent
ly appointed by Mayor Lane to guard
the hall of the Tongues of Fire on
Second street, failed in their effort to
have G. Karlson and Fred and R. Fos
ter fined for disorderly conduct yes
terday morning in the Municipal Court,
where the charges were heard by
Judge Cameron.
In a rough-and-tumble fight in front
of the Tongues of Fire hall last Sat
urday night Karlson was beaten to
a pulo by Special Policemen Harper,
Miller and Brown, when he refused to
move on at their command. He re
sisted arrest and put up a gallant fight.
landing' a knockout blow on Millers
forehead and proving himself too much
for that officer to handle alone. Spe
cials Harper and Brown came to the
rescue and a battle ensued that threat
ened to end In a riot, but Patrolman
Wanless, In full uniform, arrived in
time- to prevent this, and Karlson was
taken to police headquarters.
A charge of "refusing to move on"
was placed against Karlson by Special
Policeman Miller, and in default of $25
bail the prisoner was lodged in the
City Jail.
Monday morning the case was called
In the Municipal Court, and a portion
of the testimony was taken, but when
Fred and R. Foster, brothers, took the
The Sanwi Special Ready for Action.
stand in behalf of the defense. Judge
Cameron wished to ascertain why they
were on the scene during the battle,
and ordered both placed under arrest.
The case was then continued until yes
terday morning, to give them time to
produce evidence. They were able to
show they took no active part In the
melee and the charges against thern
were continued Indefinitely.
Karlson was found guilty of the
technical violation of law in refusing
to "move on" when ordered to do so
by an officer, but the offense was con
sidered so trivial by Judge Cameron
tnat ne imposed no fine, and the pris
oner went free. Karlson and the Fos
ters, however, were warned never
agnin to be found around the Tongues
or f ire nan. under penalty of punish
ment. Great interest attached to the case
because of the peculiar circumstances
under which the arrest of Karlson was
made. He declared to the police that
he was not molesting the fanatics, but
that he was attacked in a eavacre man
ner by Special Policeman Miller for
an unknown reason, and that because
of this ne refused to move when Mil
ler ordered him to. Karlson says ho
win take the case before the Police
Commission.
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"A Tongue of Fire" Special on Guard J
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J The Sanwi Special Ready for Action.
HERE TO CONVENE
Hardware Men Come for An
nual Session.
MAY FORM A FEDERATION
Retail Hardware and Implement
Dealers of Northwest Will Spend
Two Days in Talking Shop and
Completing Organization.
After a delay of two days in opening
their session, due to the blocking of
the Washington railroads by storms,
which prevented the Spokane and other
Washington delegations from reaching
Portland, the hardware men of the
Northwest will meet at 9 o'clock this
morning In the Chamber of Commerce
Hall. The convention is the first an
nual meeting of the Oregon State Re
tail Hardware and Implement Dealers'
Association, an organization that was
formed here last year. It is expected
that a Pacific Coast federation of the
various implement and hardware asso
ciations in the Pacific Northwest will
be formed here this week.
A lengthy programme, consisting of
discussions of interest to the hard
ware trade, has been prepared. The
session will last two days and will in
clude a banquet at the Hotel Portland,
when tho dealers will be the guests
of the -Portland jobbers.
The executive committee, consisting
of 11. J. Altnow, of Woodburn; Henry
J. Goff, Forest Grove; Frank Dayton,
Portland; E. F. Willis, Banks; F. E.
Chambers, Eugene; and Frank Spen
cer, of Salem, will meet this morning
at 9 o'clock and complete the arrange
ments foV the convention. At 10 o'clock
the convention will be formally opened.
H. J. Altnow, president of the organi
zation, will preside, and he will re
spond to the address of welcome to
be delivered by E. M. Brannick, man
ager of Studebaker Bros.
Reports from the various officers
will be given, showing the strength
the organization has gained during the
past year. The election of officers
for the coming year will be the last
order of business and will occur
Thursday afternoon.
The reception committee ot tne asso
ciation is composed of F. Dayton, Day
ton Hardware Company; V. A. Avery,
Avery & Co.; George J. Kadderly, Kad-
dojly & Co.; C. L. Seaquest, Seaquest
Bros.; C. N. Stockwcll, Columbia Hard
ware Company; II. C. Ross, Coleman
Hardwaro Company; A. H. Anderson,
Portland Hardware Company; and F.
R. Chown, all of Portland.
Members of the Portland jobbers' re
ception committee are: John S. Pat
ton, Moline-Bain Company; George
Royer, Mitchell. Lewis & Staver Co.;
E. M. Brannick. Studebaker Bros.;
Charles Lownsdale, Pacific Hardware
& Metal Association; and J. S. Beall,
Beail & Co.
The following programme has been
arranged for the session:
Wednesday afternoon: Announce
ment of standing committees; "Mutual
Insurance," E. W. Evenson, Spokane,
Wrash., secretary Washington Hard
ware & Implement Dealers' Mutual
Fire Insurance Association; "For Pes
simists," Andrew Kocher, Canby, Or.;
"Organization, Co-Operation and Bene
fits Derived Therefrom," T. M. Shear
man, publisher Implement and Vehicle
Record (others are invited to discuss
this subject); "Catalogue House Com
petition." J. J. Kadderly, Portland;
"How to Gain Trade, Benefiting the
Community in Which You Reside and
Yourself." discussion.
Thursday morning: "Credits and
Collection of Accounts," discussion;
"Peddling and Trailing Through the
Country," discussion; "Display of
Goods, Show Windows. etc.," John
Hardy, Portland; "The LI ve and Suc
cessful Salesman and the Practice of
Salesmanship." E. M. Brannick: "Mark
ing the Selling Price," discussion;
"Railroad Rebates," Pier, Portland;
"Equalization of Freights," discussion.
Thursday afternoon: "Organization
and Co-Operation and the Benefits De
rived Therefrom," Jay Smith, manager
Marshall-Wells Hardware Company,
Portland; "The Jobbers' and Retailers'
Duty," John J. Gammie; "Parcel Post
and Third Class Postal Rates on R. F.
D. Routes," discussion; "The Retailers'
and Jobbers' Duty," T. D. Honeyman.
Portland; "Man with the Grip." Charles
Archerd, Portland; "Business Outlook
for 1907." Edward J. Failing, Portland;
"Business Outlook for 1907," Mr. Mc
Callam: election of officers.
The out-of-town delegates to the hard
ware convention were the guests of J. W.
Fuller & Co., at a "Ham Tree" theater
party last night, under the chaperonage
of F. R. Brydle. The red badges worn
by all members of the party of 100 were
quite conspicuous and kept the audi
ence guessing as to their identity until
it was revealed by the direct "plays" of
the comedians. Songs were twisted into
appropriate local rhymes for their bene
fit and there were jokes galore about
the hardware business. It was evident
from the moment the curtain went up
that the whole company knew how to
entertain special guests, and when Fred
erick V. Bowers sang in tuneful lay
about painting the whole town red with
Fuller's red paint the visiting delegates
became the center of attraction.
This was undoubtedly the largest the
ater party which has been given in Port
land this year and was well managed, the
seats being all in the same section and
SWEARING OFF IS NOT A PART OF
CHINESE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION
Instead the Celestial Drives Out the Devil, Pays Off His Dehts, Makes
Merry, and Then Goes Back to His Old Ways.
THERE is not such a great deal of
difference between the Oriental's
New Year's and the white man's. Being
a free moral agent, the Occidental at
tributes his shortcomings and vices to
himself, ' while the heathen attributes
them to unseen devils. Once a year the
pale-face person decides to Improve upon
his moral caliber by a series of good res
olutions, while the orange-colored man
aims at the same end by driving out the
halucinary devils. But It doesn't matter,
for they're both back in the same old
ways before the sun of the second day of
the first week after goes to rest.
But there's one good thing about the
Chinese New Year's, and which was very
much in evidence yesterday. This is
John's habit of paying up all his debts.
If some almond-eyed . beat owes you
money which you despair of ever col
lecting, now is the time to go after him.
It has been drilled Into his superstitious
head ever since he was born, and Into
the heads of his forebears for more cen
turies than most people ever heard of,
that he must pay off his debts with the
dying of the old year. Otherwise tho
devils will hang around. A man who
owes money has a hard time getting
away from the Chinese devils. They seem
the party, arriving In groups, did
not become scattered. "The Ham Tree"
company was at its best, and every
hardware man present declared it the best
show ha had seen In many seasons.
BRUIN HAS NO FEARS
Captain of Detectives Believes Leg
islature Will Not Take Away Job.
Captain of Detectives Patrick Bruin
laughs at the Idea of the Legislature's
effort to oust him by Its action in legaliz
ing all of the civil service appointments
with the single exception of his, and de
clares that the passage of the bill now
before the House would be illegal and
of no consequence whatever. He ap
peared last night to be perfectly confident
of retaining his position in the police de
partment, and said that if his enemies
are not careful they will boost him into
a good Job.
"The action of tho Legislature relative
to my case is Illegal and would undoubt
edly toe declared so by the Supreme
Court." said Captain Bruin. "Even if It
were legal, I could take another examina
tion and get back into the department."
During the afternoon yesterday Captain
Bruin was in consultation with Mayor
Harry Lane at the City Hall, and from
his strong confidence in retaining his
ACTIVE WORKER IX TAYLOR
STREET M. E. CHURCH, IS DEAD.
Mrs. Martha T. Jones.
Mrs. Martha T. Jones, whose death
occurred Monday at the family home.
BS7 Kast Twentieth street, was well
known In Portland and an active
member of the Taylor-Street Metho
dist Episcopal Church. She lacked
less than two months of reaching
her 7Sth year, having been born
April 3, 1820, at Cleveland, O.
Mrs. Jones spent her childhood In
Cleveland, going with her parents
to Burlington, la., when she was 11
ysars of age. During her residence
there she was united in marriage to
J. F. Jones, a merchant, who later
engaged in business In Portland in
the firm of J. P- Jones & Son. W. B.
Jones, the junior member of the.
firm, was the last to die of six chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Be
sides her husband, Mrs. Jones is sur
vived by a grandson. J. F. Jones,
Jr., a student of Portland Academy.
The funeral -hf Mrs. Jones will be
held at the residence at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
place in the police department, his state
ment that his enemies might boost him
into a "good job" could easily be con
strued to mean that, if the light against
him continues, he might be named as
chief to succeed the -presen head of the
force, should Mayor Lane be re-elected.
Mayor Lane has stood by Captain Bruin
through thick and thin, and there Is every
reason to believe that he will continue to
back him up in all the onslaughts made
by the enemy. Meanwhile, Bruin is on
duty as head of the detective bureau and
inspector ot police.
MULTNOMAH CLUB ELECTS
Board of Trustees Chosen Which
Will Name a President. ;
The annual election of trustees for the
Multnpmah Club was held in the club
gymnasium last night. H. C. Campbell,
Edgar Frank, George McMillan, E. D.
Morgan and J. R. Rogers were elected
to the offices, each to serve for two
years. The gathering last night was
large, and about 100 of the older mem
bers of the club assembled in the gymna
sium to ratify the choice of the nominat
ing committee.
The meeting was called to order by C.
K. Swlgert, in the absence of the presi
dent. The important question of issuing
the club bonds to club members was then
taken up, and, after a short talk by the
chairman, a motion was made by V. C.
Dunlway ' that bonds ranging from $100
to $500 bo issued to the members. It was
unanimously adopted, and a second mo
tion making the Interest on the bonds
5 per cent, was also made and carried.
The indebtedness of the club now is
J35.000. and it was estimated that if one
half of the active members would take a
J100 bond, the debt could be paid. Noth
ing will be done for a few weeks, as the
matter will rest with the board of
trustees. The board elects its own offi
cers; it is generally understood that
George McMillan will be elected president.
to like him. Possibly that's the way
they got their high rank In his Satanic
Majesty s service.
A lot of good money resolved itself Into
smoke and noise last night. Firecrackers
worth several hundreds of dollars were
exploded. At 6 o'clock Chinatown rever
berated with the rattle of small crackers
and the heavy boom of larger ones.
There was a lull then until quite late,
while John feasted on roast pork, can
died fruits and various Oriental delica
cies. After this there was more noise.
The chasing out of the devils does not
have any direct ethical effect on John.
He will work himself into a fever chas
ing Imaginary devils and then retire to
his game of fantan or his pipe of opium.
But, then, those are not iniquities ex
cept under the Occidental's social scheme.
The white man, not the devils, fret about
such things as those. The province of the
devils is not to put temptations in poor
John's way, but rather to deprive him of
his good fortune In worldly matters.
Visitors were numerous in Chinatown
last night, but the Chinese were not in
clined to admit them freely. The first
few days the celebrators wish to have to
themselves. They have always Insisted
upon this. Later they will throw their
doors ajar and welcome all comers
white, black, red or powdered.
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EXPLOSIVE FOUND BY TRACK
NITROGLYCERIN CARTRIDGE IS
TOtXED OYTER TO POLICE.
Pedestrian Picks Up the Explosive
on the Waverly-Woodstock Line.
Investigation Will Be Made.
A cartridge three Inches long and three
quarters of an Inch in diameter, supposed
to contain nitro-glycerln enough to blow
to bits any car on the system of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power Com
pany, was found early yesterday morn
ing beside the track of the Waverly
Woodstock line at Thirtieth and Glad
stone streets by a pedestrian, and was
turned over to Patrolman Fields, who
lives three blocks distant.
Patrolman Fields kept the cartridge un
til he reported for duty at headquarters
at 3:45 P. M., when he turned it over to
Captain Slover, commanding the first re
lief. It was then given in charge of
Chief of Police Gritzmacher, who ordered
an immediate Investigation, and called for
an expert to determine the exact charac
ter of the explosive believed to he within
the shell, this could not be done last
night, but this morning the test will be
made.
In view of the fact that a big stick of
powerful dynamite was found on the
tracks of the St. Johns division of the
railway company January 2i, combined
with this find, leads the police to the
belief that some insane person is trying
to blow up the cars on the system, but
Chief Gritzmacher says that the act is
so diabolical that he cannot conceive of
any person making such an attempt, and
he is Inclined to think perhaps It is the
work of a person who wishes to intimi
date the crews operating the trolley-cars.
"I do not believe that Portland contains
a person so devilish and fiendish as to
deliberately place explosives such as
dynamite or nitro-glycerln on car tracks
to blow up cars and destroy lives," said
Chief Gritzmacher. "I think rather that
It is the work of some one who wishes
to frighten the car crews. An examina
tion of the cartridge may reveal that it
is an innocent thing, but it is supposed to
contain a big charge of nitro-glycerln.
The police will make a thorough investi
gation." The cartridge was stored at police head
quarters last night, and early this morn
ing Chief Gritzmacher will renew his ef
forts to locate an expert, in order to
have an analysis of the contents of the
shell.
This is the second scare of the year
occasioned by finding high explosives
along streetcar tracks, and, while it is
thought likely by the police that it is
done for intimidation, it is also realized
that great danger to life and property
is thus brought about, and all possible
efforts will be made to bring the perpe
trators to justice.
SOLICITORS ADD $785, MAKING
GRAND TOTAL $214,0 70.
Heavy Subscriptions Looked for by
Y. W.-Y. SI. C. A. Workers Be
fore the End of Week.
STATUS OF ASSOCIATION BUILD
ING FUND.
Subscribed at Fall Canvass. .$230,733.80
Subscribed February 6-11 .. 12.552.00
February 12 785.00
Total K44.O7O.80
The Y. M.-Y. W. C. A. building fund
continues to grow as a result of the
"long pull, the strong pull, and the pull
all together," now being made. The re
turns of the solicitors yesterday at noon
showed that nearly $800 more had been
added to the total reported Monday
night. It is expected that some heavy
subscriptions will roll in within the next
few days, which will materially swell the
fund.
The names and amounts subscribed yes
terdav were as follows:
tV. F. Burrell ..$500
Hey wood Brothens Company loo
K. W. Aylesworth 10
W. B. Chaee ;r
E. L.. Pettlii r,o
D. B. Maclcle loo
Total $785
A whirlwind campaign to secure 300 new
members has been inaugurated by the
Boys' Department of the Y. M. C. A.
The contest among the boys for the
largest list of names began this morn
ing at sunrise and will continue until the
evening of February 22. At that time a
banquet in honor of the boys who have
secured one or more names will be
given at the association building.
This large number of new names added
to the list in the Boys' Department will
put this branch of the Portland institu
tion at the head of the list in this
country. Lindslpy Ross, of 590 Main
street, brought in the name of the first
new member yesterday morning at 6-.J0
o'clock. If the membership 1 is increased
and the work forges to the front it will
mean that the boys will have a larger
space and more equipment in the new
building than they will with their pres
ent membership.
The project is the boys' own. not being
fostered to any great extent by the
main association.
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Portland Produce Association Electa
Trustees and Plans for Banquet.
The Portland Produce Association,
which held its annual meeting last night
at the oftice of the association, elected
directors for the ensuing year. At a spe
cial meeting of the new board to be held
this week the other officers are to be
elected and a secretary appointed. It was
decided to hold an annual banquet at the
Commercial Club dining hall Saturday
night, -February 23. This banquet will be
largely a subscription affair, as there is
no large sum in the treasury for the pur
pose. No regular nominations for the board
of directors were made before the time
of the meeting, the association following
the plan of previous years of having the
nominations made .in open meeting. The
names of the directors to serve during the
coming year are: Mark Levy, W. B.
Glafke, J. A. Bell, Fred Page and H. C.
Thompson.
PROMOTION FUND GROWS
F. A. Seufert, of The Dalles, Con
tributes $120 Local Men $600.
The Portland Commercial Club is In re
ceipt of a communication from F. A. Seu
fert, Sr., of Seufert Brothers Company of
The Dalles, Oregon, in which that gentle
man Inclosed $120 for use by the club and
the Oregon Development league In ad
vertising the resources of the state. This
is the first and only subscription ever
I given to the advertising fund of the
league by anyone outside the city. It Is
highly appreciated by the club.
The club also appreciates the Way in
which tho merchants of the city have
gone down in their pockets for the bene
fit of the advertising by the club and the
league. Since the last monthly dinner the
following firms have pledged to the fund
for the year:
Ben Selling $120
Bank of California.... 300
Bullum & Pendleton fiO
Oregon Hotel f,o
Bushong & Co ao
Total $(500
On February 14 a meeting will be held
by the Astoria Commercial Club, at which
a number of delegates from Portland will
be present. The object of the meeting is
the reorganization of the club at Astoria,
and the advertising of the resources and
opportunities of that city.
Hon. J. H. Ackerman, superintendent of
public Instruction, has written a personal
letter to every county superintendent in
the state, requesting them to put the
facts regarding the colonist rates to this
state before the teachers of all the
schools that they may In turn tell the
school children of the matter. In this
way it is expected that the fact that the
low rates are in force will become gen
erally known. P. L. Campbell, president
of the State University, has posted the
rates at Eugene.
POLITICS AT ST. JOHNS
Candidates Are Suggested for Munic
ipal Election in April.
With the approach of the city election
in St. Johns, the first Monday in April,
names are being mentioned as possible
candidates for the Important offices. For
Mayor several are under consideration.
Councilman S. C. Norton is frequently
mentioned in connection with this office,
but he has not yet said he would take
the nomination. R. W. McKeon, editor
and publisher of the Review, also is
mentioned. He has been a member of
the charter commission. The names of
D. C. Rogers, president of the St. Johns
Commercial Club, B. T. Leggett, a former
Councilman, Mayor "W. P. Hinman. and
V. H. King, a present member of the
Council, are also suggested as available
candidates.
The Recorder is the next office in im
portance. V. L. Thorndyke. the present
incumbent, will be a candidate for re
election, and Is considered a strong man
for the place. F. O. Downs also is
mentioned as a possible candidate for
Recorder. He ran independent last elec
tion for the office.
The charter will also come up for adop
tion at the coming election. G. J. Perkins,
the clerk of the Commission, is type
writing the new charter, doing the work
himself, owing to the complicated char
acter of the copy, but will have It ready
for Inspection within a few days. How
ever, it is pretty well understood what
the new charter contains. It is simply a
revision mainly of the present charter.
It will be voted on under the initiative,
provided the Legislature passes an en
abling act giving cities power to use that
act.
It is understood that the temperance
people will again make an effort to make
St. Johns go "dry" at the April election.
They were defeated by only seven votes
at the election last year. There will be
enough politics to keep the voters of
St. Johns busy until after the first Mon
day in April.
MEETING OF SCHOOL BOARD
Four Resignations of Teachers Re
ceived and Successors Named.
Four new teachers were employed, a
like number of resignations were ac
cepted and several transfers made by
the Board of Education at its meeting
yesterday afternoon. The new teachers
engaged are: Ada Alrtrioh, of Independ
ence, Mount Tabor School; Martha M.
Irvln, of Greshani. Arleta School: Miss
Cramer, of Cascades, Sellwood School,
and T. A. Hays, of Albany, West Side
High School. Resignations were ac
cepted from Edna L. Henley, of the Ladd
School: Ethel Powers, of the Ladd
School; Ella M. Acheson, of the Thomp
son School, and Morton Hughes, of the
manual training department.
Lulu Campion, of the Ladd School, and
Mabel Winter, of tho High School, were
granted leave of absence, and transfers
were made as follows: Miss Nelson,
Chapman to Ladd: Miss Wakeman, West
Side High to East Side High; Miss A.
Andresnn; Holladay to Stephens; Miss
Shives, Mount Tabor to Shaver: Blanche
Ross, Ockley Green to Stephens; Miss
Hibbard, Stephens to Shattuck; Ella
Nicholson, Woodlawn to Shattuck: Mar
garet. O'Connor, Thompson to Highland,
and Mabel Smith, North Central to Ock
ley Green.
The board took up the consideration of
building a new school at Creston station,
near Mount Tabor. The proposed loca
tion lies between the Clinton Kelly and
Arleta schools. The building committee
will look over the situation and report at
the next meeting of the board.
FREE WATER AND BRIDGES
Mr. Moore Speculates on the Dual
Combination.
PORTLAND, Feb. 12. (To the Editor.)
I have just read Tho OreRonian's In teres t
lnic editorial comment on the principal
speech at the free water meeting last Sun
day, and vlnh to ask for an explanation of
your comments.
Mr. Wagnon was probably incorrect In
saying that the landlord would not, to an
extent, reap the benefits of free water. The
landlord reaps a benefit from every im
provement, whether peat or slight to the
city or the nation. This Is self-evident if
a community Is prosperous and Law-abiding,
rent Is high. Under the reverse conditions,
rent Is low. No one can deny these facts,
for Improvement is what causes rent. But on
the other hand, I think you will have to
admit that you are wrong In your analysis
of the speaker's free bridge analogy. You
say that no one consumes a bridge in cross
ing, and that everyone consumes water. Are
you not getting tangled up in your own
phraseology?
A bridge wears out and Is replaced. At
first, piece by piece, and finally Is replaced
in Its entirety. In other words. It has been
consumed by the people passing over it.
Furthermore, while I am on the bridge I
am appropriating a portion of it to my ex
clusive use. as well as actually consuming
a part. And It Is proportionately a greater
uart of the whole than is the water I con
sume. On the other hand, when I pay my
water tribute I am not paying for the
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water T have "consumed.' But I am pay
ing for the wear and tear on the water
mains, and also a part of the coat of
maintaining, exactly as in the case of the
bridge.
Mr. "Wagnon's analogy was correct and
exact. The Oregon ian has simply become
used to "free" bridges and not yet used to
"free" water. A few years hence It will
undoubtedly oppose some then newly-pro-posod
reform by showing that It is essen
tially different from "free water." That
is the necessary course of progress. Not po
long ago I was reading newspaper comment
on a public that had "voted itself 'free
transportation serosa the Willamette River."
Why does not The Oregonian put its ear to
the ground and then get up and climb into
the band wagon ? A. M. MOORE.
KEEP EXISTING NORMALS
Pica for Maintenance of Drain and
Monmouth Schools.
prRTLAD. Feb. 12. fTo the Editor. 1
If we are to believe reports from the state
capital, it Is the purpose of the majority
of the Oregon Legislature to eliminate the
Normal Schools at Drain and Monmouth, by
cutting off appropriations for their mainte
nance. This will leave only 1h two normal
schools at Weston in Eastern Oregon, and
Ashland in the extreme southern portion of
the state. At the present time, every nor
mal school in Oregon Is filled to its utmost
capacity with students who are equipping
themselves as teachers and for the various
strenuous vocations of our modern life.
No one, T think, will challenge the fact
that graduates from these Institutions maka
valuable citizens of the . commonwealth,
when their time conies for active partici
pation upon life's stage.
Is this a question of Oregon's financial
Inability to maintain Its educational Insti
tutions? Is this state so poor and so bank
rupt that it cannot afford a relatively small
sum to assist in the education of those wn
are to become in their own time the teach
ers and leaders of our children? Have we
really come to that pass?
If figures are not deceptive if they do
not lie the State of Oregon has, accord
ing to its population more available funds
for public education than any other state in
the i:nion. Should an intelligent Legislature
In its laudable efforts to curtail expenses
chop at the very root of our educational In
stitutions? Is that the sane policy? If cur
tailment of expenditures is necessary in the
maintenance of the various departments of
the state, is it the part of wisdom to apply
the ax at the foundations of our seats of
learning ? Why not chop and prune where
"grafts" really exist?
The Normal School at Prain is located in
a small town. So Is that at Monmouth.
These locations were originally made as a
matter of geographical convenience. The
moral atmosphere of these towns is all
that could be desired. The boys and girls
who attend these schools, and who in due
time are to teach our boys and girls fun
damental knowledge and the ethics of mor
ality, are free from the temptation and sin
ister environments of large cities. They
grow up clean and wholesome, and they will
impart this wholesome virility to coming
generations.
At the Drain Normal School there are 20
pupils in attendance. The other three
schools ore filled to their utmost capacity.
And yet these educational Institutions do
not and ewmot equip one-haJf the number
of teachers required by the state.
Remember this: Oregon Is increasing In
wealth and population by giant bounds. It
Is no longer the frontier state of a decade
ago. The state owes it to coming genera
tions that Its educational Institutions shall
he maintained at the highest possible point
of excellence. There cannot be too much
from this standpoint.
It Is to be remembered that the parents
who take advantage of Normal School train
ing for their children to fit them for teach
ers or other callings in life, are not usually
the cIass of people who are financially able
to send their children to college. But these
children must receive an education adequate
to equip them for the requirement of mod
ern life else they will be at a disadvan
tage from the very beginning.
F. C. RAMSEY.
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