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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1907)
TH-i MOKAIXi OKEGONTAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 190T. PUSS OVER BROW OP HILL TODAY Association Solicitors Will Make Long, Hard Pull for Building Fund. HAVE $50,000 TO RAISE Of This $10,000 Positively Must Be Secured Before Nightfall East Side M ill Be Raked by Committees. Three hundred thousand dollars raised for the Y. M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A. build Ins fund, $50,010 more to raise within three days, subscriptions coming hard and everybody working with grim de termination and not Just sure how it is all going to end that was the situation last night when the executive committee of the "Everybody Gives" campaign met with some of the leading business men of Portland who have been in the move ment since it started Fix months ago. "We must not fall down now," said Secretary Stone to the men who gathered. "Tomorrow is going to be the critical time: It. Is the brow of the hill, and if we get over it with about 10,00() we are safe. If not we shall have a hard row to hoe out." "We simply must get this money and get It ouick," was the contribution Walter Goss, the loader, who has been doing the work of six men and keeping cheer on lap for 100 tired committeemen. "We can't even let the subscriptions slump for half a day. Let s pet down to work. And then the committee went into a star chamber session over the long list of names lists of names of those who have given but who ought to give more, lists of those who have not given, and lists of those who have said they would do- rate but have backed out and tried to escape. So far the campaign has been remark ably successf ul ; everybody connected with It admits that. In three days, by a gen eral soliciting campaign, there has been secured tftS.oix, of which amount Sll,3n.i0 was secured between noon Tuesday and noon yesterday. There remains about JSO.ivo to get before the $90,00(1 the cam paign was expected to raise is secured and to get this $50,000 is what is making 100 cltv salesmen and a score of the biggest, most influential citizens of Port land dig as they never dug before. ' Search for Artist's Ideal. All day yestardav the executive com. mittee and the hundred solicitors scoured the town to find the benevolent individual whose face appeared in The Oregonian rartoon and who said ho "could do it himself." They thought they had dis covered him several times, but when they came to "ring him up" they discovered a discrepancy of about $49,909 in the count. Somewhere In Portland that man is wait ing, assert the committeemen, but he has been playing hide and seek with 120 keen eyed searchers 'for three days and even CJoss is beginning to doubt if that $30,000 man is still alive. The committee would like to get person ally acquainted with some of the people who have fortunes, who have not given and who ought to do their share. The committee, believes there are a few of this sort left. If anybody has a suggestion nn to the best method of getting some of their money the committee will hearken for half an hour, busy as it is. Today the East Side will he gathered into the fold. The one hundred solicit ors believe that the Kast Side Is prosper ous, generous and wide awake. They are this morning going to take that half under one arm and a bundle of pledges under the other and ascertain whether their hopes are based on fact. The district between the river and Grand avenue and between East Morrison and Hawthorne avenue is to be visited today and later the rest of the central Kaat Side territory will be canvassed. Gives a lloidcni'c Lot. Anybody having a house and lot. or a vacant lot. or spare horse or a go-cart, which he wishes to give to the cause, can get rid of it. Yesterday the list of odd gifts was increased by a $sr,0 residence lot on the Kast Side and Secretary Stone an nounces that any real estate man who doesn't happen to have money can got thanks and public esteem for a gift of land. The lot donated yesterday has a cement walk around it and the taxes are paid, but any old lot will be thankfully received. Today is the critical time of the cam paign. By tonight the story of the nnal outcome of the Y. SI. C. A. building fund campaign can probably -lie told. There Is every reason to believe that the story will be a glad one; anyway "everybody works" today. SILVER COIN IS REFUSED Portland Banks Cannot Give It Storage Space. Silver dollars are unwelcome in Port land banks. The First National has de clined to accept $l:'.0"0 in these coins be cause it already has on hand all the sil ver it can dispose of and it costs 'about $4 to ship each $1(XX to the United States subtrcasury at San Francisco. This state of affairs was made known this week when the collector of customs sought to deposit JliOOO in silver. The bank accepted a large amount of gold which was turned in with the silver, but had no use for the latter metal. Chief Deputy Collector Pike has wired his department at Washington for in structions as to what to do wilh the money. Meanwhile. It is being held in private depositories. at 9ellwood. They had not met lor a years. H. E. Armstrong, a Cathlamet mer chant, is at the Perkins. Professor Justus Burnham. principal of the Couch School, is confined to nis home, ill of an attack of grip. His con-, dition is not serious, and he will be out in a few days. Leslie Butler, of Hood River, president of the Butler Bank Company of that city, was here yesterday attending the meet ing of the executive committee of the State Bankers' Association. M. McDonald, one of the proprietors of the Oregon Nursery, formerly of Salem but ,now located in Washington County, was in the city yesterday. Mr. McDonald is enthusiastic about the soil of Washing ton County, which, he says, is particular ly well adapted for the growing of young trees. Several farms, formerly owned by well-known Washington County farmers, have lost their identity by being merged in this large nursery, the whole tract rep resenting nearly 1000 acres. W ashlngton County is substantially progressive, and each year finds her fully abreast of other live counties of the state. William T. Huff, a pioneer of 1862, now superintendent of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation machine shops, at The Dalles, was in the city yesterday. Seen at the Imperial, Mr. Huff said that some time must elapse before the Columbia Southern Railway track will be in as good condition as it was before the washout last Winter. Speaking of Winters in the Willamette Valley, he said that when the old Oregon & California road was built, the engineers persisted, contrary to the warnings of old settlers, in building the track too far down on the Clackamas Bottom. The next Winter the water on the track was equally persistent in get ting into the engine fireboxes and ex tinguishing the fires. As a result, the track was raised 12 feet above the first survey, which change materially reduced the profanity among railroad men be tween Portland and Oregon City. Refer ring to crop prospects in Wasco County, Mr. Huff said the abundant snowfall dur ing the past Winter had insured a bump er wheat crop, and that farmers were ex tremely well pleased with the outlook. A. B. Thompson, a leading stockman of Echo, who is in the city for a few days. says that between 6000 and 7000 head of fat beef cattle have been shipped from the Butter Creek range to Portland and Seattle thus far this year. . He estimates that fully another thousand head of good, marketable cattle yet remain in his vicin ity, awaiting shipment. Mr. Thompson buys his steers in the Fall and feeds them on alfalfa during the Winter. When Spring arrives, they are plump and fat. and ready for the market. In January last, four cents per pound, on foot, was the ruling price for fat cattle . on the Butter" Creek range. Today the demand is strong at 4 1-2 cents. Mr. Thompson says the present Is the best year expe rienced by stockmen for eight or ten years. The range is also better this year than for several years past, due to the heavv fall of rain and snow, during the Winter months. The 6heep industry, he said, was never better than at present The stockmen of Umatilla County suffered this Winter like other interests elsewhere in Oregon, from the failure of the rail way companies to handle stock consign menus, which was due to washouts on the Oregon Railroad and Navigation and other lines in Oregon and Washington. CHICAGO. March 27. (Special.) The following Northwestern people are regis tered at Chicago hotels today: From Portland F. W. Mulkey. Nell Op era Company, at the Auditorium: Charles M. Horst. at the Great Northern; A. S. Richardson, at the Morrison. From Oregon David B. Wood, at the Victoria. NEW YORK. March 27. (Special.) The following Northwest people registered at hotels here today: From Portland J. M. Myers, at the As tor; Mrs. R. Shasson, at the Imperial; J. C. Wailing, at the Breslln. From Seattle, Wash. J. Davis, at the Imperial. From Tacoma, Wash. W. D. Tyler, at the Grand. From Bellingham. Wash. R. I. Morse, C. L. Morse, at the Fifth-avenue. STOCK FOB EMPIRE Melodrama at Popular Prices ' Bill for Summer Season. , ACTORS ENGAGED IN EAST Will Probably Be Known as Seaman Stock Company, and Will Give 1 the Opening Performance Sunday, April C1. The announcement was made yes terday that, commencing Sunday. April 21, the Empire Theater will house a popular-price stock company, which will present melodramas at 10. 20 and 30 cents admission. The company will be under th,e management of the Ba ker Theater company, and will be sub ordinate to the regular Baker stock. It has been suggested that the new organization be called the Seaman stock company, in honor of Milton W. Seaman, who will be in direct charge, and it is probable that this designa tion will be adopted. John Sainpolis, a member of the Baker Theater corporation, recently FOR BETTER CITY GOVER' MENT. The following is an extract from a review of the writings of Thomas C. Devlin on this sub ject by the "Commercial Adver tiser," New York: "There is evidence of careful thought and deliberate prepara tion ill Thomas C. Devlin's treatise. " He has made a study of practical poli tics as well as political economy. Too many persons know how they will go to work to tear down a municipality, but when It comes to the test of recon struction show themselves en tirely unequal to it." of King and Washington streets for $25.- 000. The property was owned by Beno & Ballls. .who purchased it several months ago for less than $20,000. Mr. Page is contemplating the erection of a family hotel. R. M. Wrilbur and M. O'Brien have pur chased the northwest corner of East Third and East Couch streets for $15,000. The property consists of a quarter block upon which there are four frame build ings. Ion Lewis, through Goldsmith & Co.. has sold the northwest corner at Second and Couch streets for $45,000. There Is a one-story frame building on the lot. The property was purchased by local cap italists, whose names are' withheld. It is generally understood that the Portland Hotel Company ias abandoned for the present at least its intention to erect an annex to the hostelry. Soma time back it was announced that an eight-story annex would be erected to cost approximately $500,000 and that the site would be near the present hotel building. went to New York to perfect the plans and he yesterday telegraphed that he had signed Raymond Whitaker as leading man, Margaret Pitt as leading woman, and Lillian Field for soubrette of the new company. Herbert Ashton will be stage manager, and it is an nounced that the best melodrama will be exclusively given by the new stock company. The people named are well known and successful Eastern favor ites, and Herbert Ashton, through his connection with the Frawley and oth er leading companies. Is known as a first-class stage manager. The opening bill has not yet been decided upon, but the best of high royalty melodramas will be presented. Mr. Sainpolis also telegraphs that he has closed arrangements by which the Baker Theater company will put in a first-class stock organization at Lynn, Mass.. during the coming Summer. MAY ORDER IMPROVEMENT Government Agent to Make Inspec tion of Local Postoffice. As a result of recommendations to the Postmaster-General in regard to needed Improvements in the Portland Postoffice made by Postmaster Minto, there ar rived in this city yesterday F. W. Grant, superintendent of the construction of the Seattle Custom-House and Postoffice. Mr. Grant will examme into the altera tions desired and report his findings, to gether with estimates of cost, to the Postoffice Iepartment at Washington. Mr. Minto Is quite confident that the necessary changes will be authorized. LODGE MAY SELL BUILDING Knights of Pythias Considering Offer of $81,000 for Structure. Ivan hoe Lodce, Knights of Pythias, may sell its new brick building at the corner of Eleventh and Alder streets. The lodge has received an offer of $81,000 for the property, which it is now considering. The lot was bought by the lodge four years ago for $11,000 and the three-story building was erected at a cost of $33,000. The lodge contemplates the erection of a four-story building if its present home is sold. Negotiations are on for the purchase of the First Evangelical Reformed Church, German, which occupies the northeast corner of Tenth and Stark streets. The trustees of the church have set a price between $85,000 and $90,000. Eastern capi talists are after the property and it is probable that the deal will be closed with in a few days. C. H. Page, of Astoria, has purchased the quarter block at the southeast corner PROBE FOR LAND FRAUDS Another Federal Grand Jury Begins Session Next Month. Within two weeks another Federal grand Jury will begin to grind on Oregon land frauds. The Jury will be summoned soon and the old as well as the new cases that have been investigated by . and through the United States District Attor ney's office and by the agents of Special Inspector Thomas B. Neuhausen. together with the cases that have been worked up by Edward W. Dixon, in charge of the special agent for Oregon, will be laid be fore the jurors. When Francis J. Heney left Portland to tear the lid off graft in San Francisco he left a number of land fraud cases, evidence in which was already in the hands of the United States Attorney, to be brought to the attention of a grand Jury. Since his departure the work of investigating new cases of fraud has been going on and when the jury gets Into action it will have a Ions session. Among the cases of alleged fraud that will be brought to the attention of the Jury . are those said to have been dis covered in and around Pendleton. To this list will be added others that rumor says Involve a number of prominent men not only in Oregon but In several other states. . - PERSONALJWENTION. W. F. Matlock, cx-ilayor or Pendleton. Is in the city. P. D. McCormack and wife, of Spokane, are at the Portland. W. S. Cone, a Bay City, Or., capital ist. Is at the Perkins. Attorney-General Crawford, of Salem, ivas In the city yesterday. Lawyer Walter Sklpworth, of Eugene, is a guest at the Perkins. Bruce Clendenning. a prominent Spo kane lawyer, is at the Portland. R. F. Barker, a Rainier attorney, was registered at the Portland yesterday. Judge A. S. Bennett, of The Dalles, was ristered at the Perkins last night. &Ukte Senator Haines, of Forest Grove, nas a guest at the Imperial yesterday. Mrs. Catherine VVitte. of Hoqulam. Wash., is visiting at the home of her foil, O. F. Wilte. of Milwaukle. State Senators Carter and Mullt. of tshland, were in Portland yesterday, Hopping at the Imperial Hotel. Frank Hamilton, of Gean. Wash., has jcn visiting his brother, L. L. Hamilton. DEFENDANT IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT BEATS ANANIAS RECORD Ed Cleary'g Careless Handling of Troth Earns Him Bockpile Sen tenceJames Murray Uses Wooden Leg for Weapon. IN a race with Ananias, Judge Cameron declared yesterday morn ing that Ed Cleary had the old man "beaten a mile." The court admired deary's style of juggling the truth to such an extent that he furnished him board and lodging for six months. All Cleary has to do is to break rock at Kelly's Butte during the period. Cleary was charged with stealing: ix pair of socks from the Hub Clothing store but, entered an emphatic denial. When captured, he possessed four pairs of the socks. It was his explana tion as to how he got the garments that caused . Judge Cameron's com parison between Cleary and Ananias. "Where did you get those socks?" anked Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald of Cleary. "I bought them from a man named Murphy," replied Cleary. "Where does Murphy live?" asked Mr. Fitzgerald. "I don't know," said Cleary. "Where does Murphy work?" "1 don't know that." ' low did he come to sell you six pairs of socks?" "I don't know." "After you got the socks, what did you do with them?" "I gave two pairs to a friend of mine, sold one pair to another man I ' l Strike, Ant&sroniM With Wooden Lee. j ................... I I Ed Cleary Lead, In Bace Atlanta. With and kept the others myself," replied Cleary. "That made eight pairs of socks," remarked Judge Cameron. "You wore one pair, and carried four pairs when arrested. Your style of handling the truth would put Ananias to shame, young man. You have him beaten a mile." Judge Cameron was so thoroughly disgusted with Cleary that he immedi ately sentenced him to serve a term of six months on the rockplle. IT is considered a great misfortune to lose a limb, but in James Mur ray's case It proved a convenient thing to own a wooden leg. He found occas slon to use it as 'a weapon in the City Jail Tuesday night, and did so. Murray was arrested on a charge of begging, and was found guilty yesterday morning in the Municipal Court. He was sentenced to serve 0 days in jail. While In the jail, Murray wanted to sleep and needed , a mattress. He sought to make one of Qeorgre Bell, who was disinclined, and a tight en sued. Murray unstrapped his wooden leg and administered a severe beating to his antagonist, until stopped by the jailer. BANKERS MEET NEXT JUNE Dates Announced for Second Con vention of State Association. Oregon bankers will meet here for the second annual convention, June 14 and 15. This was decided upon yesterday at a session of the committee, headed by E. V. Carter, of Ashland, president of he Ore gon State Bankers' Association. The two days' session will end with a banquet or some other form of entertainment yet to be decided. Details are in the hands of a committer consisting of J. I. Hartman, Portland: E. W. Haines. Forest Grove; Leslie Butler, Hood River. The place of meeting will be chosen, by this committee, and a programme i ranged. It has already been deckled to have two prominent speakers from out side of the state here to address the as sociation, in addition, there will be a number of local speakers. It is the plan to have a roll call during the session during wiach. each county may be repre sented by a short speech. The Bankers' Association was formed during the Lewis and Clark Exposition and the coming meeting will be the sec ond annual gathering since the fair. The organization has a membership of 82 prominent bankers from all parts of Ore gon. It is expected to swell the mem bership to over 100 when the bankers hold then convention. NO WORK FOR POLICE Patrolmen Detailed to Guard Saw mills Spend Quiet Day. A number of additional patrolmen, practically exhausting the first relief, were detailed to the lumber mills and the box factories late yesterday afternoon at the request of the millowners in anticipa tion of further' trouble with the strikers. It had been reported that the striking: mill hands would appear at the different mills last evening when the mill labor ers left their work and attempt to create a disturbance. Delegations of strikers were at each of the mills but there was To Owners of Bad Breath Foul Odor of Indigestion, Smoking, Eating 01 Drinking Stopped at Once With Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges. 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It rose again to the high er figure Saturday and will continue . so for an indefinite time. The ordinary price at this season is 25 to 27 cents. The ad vance le made In spite of a largely in creased butter output, and is due to an unprecedented demand. Mayhem Charge Will Be Dropped. ABBRDEeV. Wash.. March 27. (Spe cial.) It is not likely that Oscar Johan sen will be prosecuted for gouging out th eye of Alexander Frandlier. He was ar rested on a charge of mayhem, but Frand lier says that he does not know who tore out his eye. Johansen admits to having expelled Frandlier from a saloon, and it is the conclusion of .the police that Frandlier fell against some obstacle after he was struck by Johansen. PHOTO POST CARDS tCEXERT. Klser Co. Lbhy Imperial Hotel. MRS. ROUNTREE IMPROVING Police Cannot Find Clew . to Thug Who Attacked Woman. The condition of Mrs. N. W. 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