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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN. TUESDAY, AUGUST &7, 1907. DAY OF THE SMALL BOY ID HIS DAD PORTLAND SENDS A TYPICAL, CROWD TO THE CIRCUS FOR RESTAURANTS Council to Cut Off the Sale of Drinks Between Hours of 1 and 5 A. M. Ringling Circus Tent Filled and Many People Are Turned Away. MUST CLOSE WITH SALOONS SHOW IS SPLENDID ONE NEW LIQUOR LAW Liquor Dealers Complained Restau rants Cut Into Their Business. City Auditor Directed to Have JTew Ordinance Framed. Restaurants holding city liquor licenses, which have been enjoying the privilege of dispensing drinks at any and all hours of the day and night, are to receive a sudden check at the hands of the Council. At the meeting of the liquor license committee yesterday afternoon. Auditor Barbur was in structed to have the City Attorney pre pare an ordinance that will place" on liquor selling in restaurants the same regulation. In the matter of hours, which are required of saloons. The measure may come Up at the meeting of the Council, this afternoon. and there Is every indication that it will pass. Members of the liquor license com mute and others of the Council are of the opinion that restaurants which are licensed to sell liquor have been given entirely too much leeway. While the saloons are required to close their doors at 1 o'clock In the morning and not open them until four hours later, the fortunate restaurant proprietor can fto on with his business until dawn and then without delay begin a new day. It would be a continuous performance from one week's end to another's, if it vere not for Sunday closing. The saloonkeepers themselves are loudest in their protest against per mitting the restaurants to sell drinks after . 1 o'clock. A delegation had planned to appear before the commit tee -yesterday to voice the sentiments of the saloonmen. but for some reason was not present and the committee .took up the subject without outside suggestion. Rushlight moved that an 'ordinance covering the subject be ; introduced. Wills gave a second, and it was carried by unanimous vote. Drinks Served at All Hours. Practically the only limitation put on restaurants in the selling of liquor is a requirement that drinks shall be served only with meals. This, it is said, amounts to little, as customers who purchase a meal or lunch early In the evening are permitted to sit at the tables all night drinking. It is said that some of the restaurants keep .on hand a supply of sandwiches that are used much as the papier mache viands on the stage. When a patron comes in and orders drinks, a sandwich Is placed on the table with the request that it be left so that should an offi cer stray in there would be tangible evidence that a meal had been served. "It is an injustice for us to allow these restaurants to sell liquor at all hours when the saloons are compelled to close," said Rushlight. "The saloon-keeper pays a license of $S00 a year, and the restau rant proprietor pays only $200. Now that the saloons are closed tight on Sunday and the 1 o'clock ordinance is rigidly en forced, we should give the owners a run lor their money. It is not fair to allow the restaurants to monopolize the trade that would otherwise go to the saloons. "One saloon-keeper told me that they especially object to the restaurants sell ing liquor after 1 o'clock Monday morn ing. He said that the thirsty ones who are forced to go without a drink all day Sunday, crowd the restaurants at 12 o'clock and remain until daylight. He 6aid that when he goes to open his saloon at 5 o'clock Monday morning he usually meets a number of intoxicated persons who have spent the night in the restau rants." Complaint of Saloonkeepers. It was also declared that several saloon keepers are thinking of taking out a res taurant liquor license in order to evade the 1 o'clock ordinance. The owners say that the restaurants are getting too large a share of the business. Restaurant liquor licenses are the only ones that can be issued under the present ordinance un til there are 500 of population to every sa loon. If the Council did not put some limitation on them, it is evident that the applications would soon become very nu merous. "If 1 wanted to run a saloon I should simply open a restaurant," declared Cot tel. "I do not see any reason to pay $SO0 a year when one can have the same privileges and more by paying $300. It is certainly time to shut down on this." It is recognized by the committee that there are restaurants in the city that make legitimate use of the liquor selling privilege. These simply dispense drinks within the spirit as well as the letter of the ordinance. With such they find no fault, but they do object to the restau rants that engage in practically a saioon business, especially when It is continued after 1 o'clock in the morning. That there are such restaurants is generally admitted, and they do a thriving busi ness. There is a certain class of me. who nlav two shifts bv remaining at tne saloons until closing hour, when they com. elude their spree at the restaurants. CITY TO SHOE OWN HORSES Council Committee Favors Employ ing Municipal Blacksmith. It is likely that the city will soon take up the question of shoeing its own horses Instead of having this work done at the various blacksmith shops. At the meeting of the ways and means committee of the Council yesterday it was suggested that the city, might find It a paying invest ment to maintain a horse-shoeing estab lishment at the city barn to take care of the horses used In all the city depart ments. At the present time, 'the shoeing la done at several different Shops and the price is first one amount and then another. Members of the committee be lieve that the prices are often too high and considerable more than the work would cost if done by city employes. Mr. Kellaher Bald yesterday that he be lieved the change would save the city $500 a month. No action In the matter was taken by the committee yesterday. It is probable that an ordinance will soon be introduced providing for the change. More Fire-Alarm Boxes. Thirty-three fire-alarm boxes that were recently purchased by the city will soon be installed, as $5433 was yesterday ap propriated for the work by the ways and means committee of the Council. Many of the boxes are to be placed where there ; fill J : " & -J ..-Mk i lil rf ft 'dP are no wires at present, and consequently the cost will be high. Bight of the boxes are to go on the West Side and 25 on the East Side. MUST CONFORM TO LAW Billboards Larger Than Prescribed 12 Feet Must Come Down. A crusade against billboards that are not constructed to conform with the city ordinance has been launched by the li cense committee of the Council. At the meeting of this committee yesterday It was voted that the Chief of Police be instructed to Issue orders that all bill boards that do not meet the provisions of the law be torn down. The ordinance regulating billboards provides that they shall not be built more than 12 feet in height. This regula tion, it is said, is violated In many places In the city. Under the orders of the Chief, patrolmen will find out just where the high billboards are, and the owners will be notified to remove them at once or they will be demolished. It is not Improbable that this step will lead to still further movements against the board walls that flaunt glaring advertise ments In many parts of the city. At times there have been threats of legislating the billboards out of existence, and this may yet be done. The committee also asked tne deputies of the license department to prepare a list of all free permits that have been Issued to street peddlers. Members of the committee are of the opinion that these venders are becoming too numerous and will probably refuse to issue further permits of this kind. It Is even possible that the permits now outstanding will be revoked. C. M. Haybl, representing the Federated Trades Council and Bull-mg Trades, received from the committee a free permit to distribute handbills an nouncing a celebration of Ivabor Day, September 2. WANT INCREASED SALARY Captains of Fire Department and Transit Men Ask More Money. An advance of $15 a month in the sal ary of captains in the Fire Department was recommended yesterday by the ways and means committee of the Council. The action was taken on petition of the captains, who gave as a reason the in creased eost of living. The chief grounds advanced by them, however, was that engineers, who rank below them, receive more pay than they do. At the present time the captains are re ceiving $100 a month and engineers $110. Beginning September 1. captains will re ceive $115 a month, if the . committee's action is confirmed by the Council. There are 24 employes of the department rank ing as captain. Consideration was also given a petition of transit men in the office of City En gineer Taylor, asking for an advance in salary from $90 to $130 a month. It was referred to the head of the department for his recommendation. The employes declared that they could make more money working for the Federal Govern met or for railroad companies than in their present positions. FRUIT WANTED! The Webber-Bussell Canning Company havean office and warehouse on dock, at foot of Yamhill street. Portland, Or., where they are buying peaches, pears and plums. THE GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK. Corner Sixth and Alder is receiving as agent and trustee for collection, pass books and certificates of deposit from different parties against the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank. Parties living out of the city can mail us their claims with instructions, which will receive prompt attention. Metzger sells diamonds at 10 per cent Jjroflt. 342 Washington street. LAYINGSTQNETQDAY Exercises by Masonic Order at Oregon City. NEW TEMPLE UNDER WAY Multnomah Lodge 'o. 1 Is Building Magnificent Structure Corner stone Box Contains Many Interesting Relics. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 26. (Special.) The grand lodge of Masons will tomor row afternoon set the cornerstone for the new Temple of Multnomah Lodge, No. 1, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of this city. The ceremonies will take place at 2 o'clock, under the direction of Grand Master Lot ; L. Pearce, and the members of Multnomah Lodge will assemble at 1 o'clock In their hall. The Milwaukle Band will furnish the music, and addresses will be delivered by Past Masters J. E. Hedges and John T. Apperson. In the cornerstone will be placed all ot the relics that were contained in the stone of the present temple, as the box was taken out last Fall when a new front was placed on the building. The contents of the old cornerstone Include: L,lst of charter members of Multnomah Lodge, No. 84. A. F. and A. M. ; memoran dum concerning Berry man Jennings; scarf Tales Told Judge Those Who LL records in the boozeflghtlng line look a last year's birds-nest In comparison to that of James Mc- Gulre. His great thirst began early Sunday morning and it grew as the day pro gressed. To quench it was the problem. John Manning had said "thou shalt not." But James Is an optimist, moreover he has stlck-to-itiveness and he was thirsty. Before the day was over the thirst had been quenched. James was penniless and registered at the Hotel de Cameron. Be fore the bar of Justice he frankly admit ted his guilt. "Sure I was drunk." said he. "But say, I had all I wanted If It did break me.' "How much did it cost you?" asked the court. "One hundred and twenty-five dollars," Bald James. "You are an undesirable citizen," said the court. Leave town by 12 o'clock or 90 days." "What time is it now?-' asked the spendthrift. The court had already taken up the next case. ILTON BENETT, gentleman tourist, also found a loose board in the pro hibltlve fence, and Judging from the board he chose Ilton is no second-class boozologlst. even if he does register with the Sons of Rest. At the police station, where Ilton and his bottle of "Old Kentucky" were be ing cared for, the veteran traveler leaned heavily against the desk, an intense, yearning marking his face as he eyed the bottle before him. For a moment the officers turned their backs to him. "Now or never," thought he, and quick ly removing the cork, was fast emptying the bottle when discovered. Smacking his Hps, he said: "I thought you told me to take my own property." It waa no use to flead "not guilty" be- pin deposited by J. S. Fleming; Indian arrow heads and foF11s deposited by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norris; TUden's declination of the nomination for President of the United States, deposited by George A. Harding; a one-doliar bill, series of 1880; a lucent piece scrip of the United States; package of old coins, de posited by H. E. Wise; bag of miscellaneous coins; copy of Oregon City Enterprise, dated January 15, 1SS6; Grand Lodge. I. O. O. F.. proceedings May, 1884; embroidered piece of silk giving date of original charter of Mult nomah Lodge, and date cornerstone was laid ; memorandum concerning J. M. Bacon: Grand Lodge of Oregon proceedings 1S83; by-laws Fidelity Lodge. No. 54. A. F. and A. M.: copy of Watson's Illuminator, dated Juno, 1885. presented by J. G. Pilsbury; Oregon City Enterprise, dated June 11. 1885; copy Grand Lodge of Oregon proceedings, 1884: copy of Morning Oregonlan,' dated June 16, 1885; pro ceedings of Grand Lodge of Indiana for 1853: Fourth of July poster for 1885; Oregon City Enterprise, dated July 3, 1884; Clackamas County circular; Oregon City Courier, dated June 12. 1885; copy of The West Shore of 1885: transactions of the twelfth annual re union of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1884; circular concerning Oregon resources in 1885; copy of the Weekly Erunewicker, of Brunswick. Mo., dated February 20, 1884, de posited by F. J. Welch; small picture of Georgo Washington; Confederate five-dollar bill, deposited by E. E. Prowell: two old coins, deposited by Julius Log us ; Irish coin, deposited by M. J. Broderick; coins, deposited by J. G. Pilsbury for Ethel. Vara and Hazel Pitabury; impression of eal of Falls City Lodge, No. 58, A. O. U. w.; Clackamas County circular dated June, 1885. The new material that will be deposited tomorrow embraces: Grand Lodge of Ore gon, proceedings 1907; grand charter, R. A. M., proceedings 1907; Oregon City Courier, dated August 23, 1907; list of members of Multnomah Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M.; notice to members of laying of cornerstone: programme of semicenten nial celebration, September 12, 1S9S, of Multnomah Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M. : a penny of Clackamas Chapter, No. 2. R. A. M. ; one dime, Un!ted States of 1907; copy of Morning Oregonian; clipping from Morning Oregonian. dated August 24, 1907, giving short history of Multnomah Lodge. "Watches cleaned. $1. at Metzeer's Cameron Monday Answer to Charge Slx THE MONDAY MORNING fore the Judge yes, he had purchased the booze on the forbidden day, and he had partaken to his thirst's content, and was drunk. 'TU keep you a while." said the court. "You may know something that will be valuable when we find where you broke In the fence." H. GOODIBR, proprietor of a North End saloon, entertained a company of friends Sunday, to the tune of $1.20 a plate. The occasion had no special sig nificance other than the enjoyment of the hour. The lfi invited guests pro nounced the evening a thorough success and voted for their host the highest praise as an entertainer. Goodier's little dinner was called in question at the Municipal Court yester day morning. He protested against any juch proceeding, but with every word of protest the price of the dinner multiplied accordingly. "Your words are costly." said the Judge, "that last sentence adds $3 to your bill in this court." Goodler relapsed into silence. F All Districts on East Side Be ing Improved. ENGINEER IS SWAMPED Office Force Not Large Enough to Get Out Specifications for Im provements Asked for Many Miles of Pavements. There is not a district on the East Side where streets are not either being Im proved, or are to te improved. Glad stone avenue between East Twenty sixth to Ivanhoe. a distance of more than a mile. Is being graded and sidewalks laid. The total cost will be over $17,000. This will open a wide district and will be of great advantage to that portion of the city. In Waverly and Richmond between the Section Line and Powell Valley road all the streets practically are to be opened to a connection with Division street. The viewers are at work on this job now. Clinton and Ellsworth streets are to be improved between East Twenty-sixth and Fortieth street, the city limits. Eight Inch-water mains are being laid prepara tory to the Improvement. The Waverly Riohmond Improvement Association has Mornings by of "Plain Drunk" AFTER A DRY SUNDAY. "Your gilt is plain.' "The fine will be $20." said the court. D AN M'FADDE.N fell into the booze pond twice Sunday, and each time was dragged out and hung up in the station to dry. Early Sunday morn ing Dan found a hole In the pond and Immediately dove In. His condition be ing helpless, the rescuing squad fished him out. At 2 o'clock, having aired sufficiently to be presentable, Dan started homeward, but took the path that led by the pond. Just to see where he had the previous accident. Splash 1 Dan was In again, and a second time rescued, but this time was kept until morning. "What's the matter with you?" asked Judge Cameron.' Dan laughed a peculiar laugh, and with a duck of his head and a sly look at the Judge, said: "Guess you know." "I'll keep you here a while," said the court. "I'll pay a fine," said Dan. "There won't be any fine. You've been in too often. Five days for you." SPEND HAL 1 -!) ( 90 i N ' VI - ' V I fi LL. tf; W I I x - an extensive programme for street and general improvements. $73,000 for One Job. The most important improvement pro jected in the North End is that of Kll llngsworth avenue, a distance of over a mile of hard-surface pavement The Pa cific Bridge Company has this job, but nothing has been done on it as yet. The contract price Is $73,OijO, it being the largest single contract yet let this year. At Woodlawn an extensive system of im provement has been projected and Is under way. Dekum avenue is being Im proved and an eight-inch water main is being laid at the same time to supply that suburb. Onenota street at Wood lawn is to he improved from the north line of Dekum avenue to the Columbia boulevard, which is the city limits north. Its cost will be $S143. A movement has been started to extend Grand avenue from Ainsworth to Dekum avenues. Woodlawn, and the viewers are now at work on this project. Denver avenue, 100 feet wide, will he Improved north from Killingsforth ave nue to the Portland boulevard, a dis tance of one mile. The estimated cost is $3180. Broadway is to be improved with hard-surface pavement between East Nineteenth and Twenty-fourth streets at a cost of $11,902; Loring street costing, $216; Harding street, $3777; River street, $1161; In Lower Albina, are to be Improved. Alblna avenue Is to - be Improved be tween Freemost and Skidmore streets costing $10,740. Extensive improvements are under way at Sellwood and Monta vllla. There are a vast number of short improvements costing from $1500 to $50"10 widely scattered. In Central East Port land interest Is centered on Grand and Union avenues and East Morrison. Knglneer's Force Swamped. The Portland Railway. Light & Power Company is laying heavy-rails through to a connection to the double tracks over the steel bridge across Sullivan's Gulch, which Indicates that the whole street may be paved this year. Union avenue is being prepared for paving between East Burn side street and Sullivan's Gulch. These improvements alone will cost above $35,000. On the East Side at present it Is estimated the street work under way and prospec tive will cost over $500,000. The City En gineer's office Is swamped with street work that Is waiting for specifications. If Portland takes in any more suburbs the City Engineer's force will "nave to be doubled. There is now complaint all over the East Side on account of delays In street Improvements that have been asked for. FAST TRAM SERVICE. The new Canadian Pacific route via Spokane Is the shortest line Portland to St. Paul. Their time the fastest. The equipment is the best. Dining car service unexcelled. Call at 142 Third street for descriptive matter. Propose Statue to Stevens. - OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 26. (Special.) Having In mind the resolution recently adopted by the G. A. R. at Ballard that a statue should he erected to the first Governor of Washington territory, Isaac I. Stevens, and unveiled at the Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Exposition, and later placed In statuary hall at Washington, D. C Governor Mead has ascertained that a statue such as the state would most probably desire would cost approx imately $10,000. The matter Is simply In a negotlary stage, as there is no direct appropriation for this purpose. Potter Schedule for Beach. Steamer Potter will sail from Portland, Ash-street dock, Tuesday, .7:30 A. M. ; Wednesday, 8 A. M. : Thursday, 8:30 A. M-: Saturday, 1 P. M. Get tickets and make reservations at Third and Washing ton streets. C. W. Stinger, City Ticket Agent. Your credit Is good at Metzger's, Jewel ers. 342 Washington St. Crowd Does "Sot Have to Miss Any Features Animals, Birds, Clowns and Daring Performers Fur nish Good Time for All. RJngllng Bros." circus opened In Portland at Twenty-fifth, and Raleigh streets yesterday afternoon with fully 15.000 people in the huge tent and sev eral thousand disappointed ones out side unable to get in. Circuses do not sell standing-room, because there. Is no place for anyone to stand; so when the last seat was gone a line of police men was compelled to stop the human river Jammed In the entrance and turn it away. The same thing happened at the second performance last night. Those who were fortunate enough to get in under the largest tent In the world had a good time. They voted it the best circus that ever cams to Portland, the days of of the field First, as it was in Noah, came the beasts and the birds of the air. Apparently the plains and tno forests, the mountains and tha Jungles of the earth had been ransacked. First one sees a herd of elephants for which a Roman Emperor would have sacri ficed a legion. Forty of the huge, in telligent animals stand in a towering row, begging for peanuts, which the boys and girls give freely, but with delicious squeals and wiggles of de light, as their fingers for an instant touch the marvelous trunk, alive with Its 40,000 muscles. Next to the human hand, the elephant's trunk is the most marvelous tool In Nature. This herd, the greatest In the world, contains the largest female elephant ever held in captivity. She is a bit smaller and lighter than the famous Jumbo, but is a monster in herself. A really rare sight, one that is sel dom seen in a lifetime, is that of the three baby tigers. They are about the size of house cats, as gravely awk ward as kittens, and Just about as playful. They are striped like their royal mother. Only one man in the circus. Keeper Smith, dare approach the tigress mother. But to him the huge cat is almost a plaything. She allows Smith to fondle her cubs as If he "were her mate," as Smith him self expressed it. It takes a brave man to take a tigress' cubs from be tween her murderous paws with noth ing but his bare hands, yet Smith thinks nothing of doing so. Across the tent are two other royal youngsters the baby Hons. Though not so rare as the tiger kittens, they are fully as "sweet," according to an enthusiastic damsel. "Ugly" and "hor rid" was the way the same little miss truthfuly described the rhinoceros and the hippopotamus. But they are the only ones of their kind in any cir cus in America, as is the giraffe. If it Is a good time one is seeking it is found overflowing in the huge perform ance tent. Three rings and two stages all going at once keeps the eyes busy. But the old order of things where each ring contained a different act has been done away with, and today each rign shows almost exactly the same thing at the same time. This is so that all of the 15.000 present may easily see all there is to be seen. But the rings and the stages do not contain it all. Around the tent sweeps a broad race track on which there is always something doing from Roman chariot races with four horses plunging along abreast down toa bull dog hanging to a trick mule's false tail, to the shrill delight unsuppressed of the small boy. High in the air swing and whirl graceful forms, doing daring acts so easily that they appear to be wingless birds instead of human beings. The queen of these is Miss Nellie Jordan, said to be the best-formed woman in the circus busi ness. In the dressing-room, panting but not tired, just from the high wire, she ap peared a delightful little woman in the best sense of the word. Odd characters were numerous amonq the audience, as is the case with all large crowds. One old chap with chin whiskers and a corncob pipe beeame somewhat dazed with his strange sur roundings. They were too big a contrast to the wilds of Clackamas County, and he wandered out into the track while hla wife frantically endeavored to attract his attention by waving her umbrella and shouting: "Bill! You Bill! You come right back here, you old fool, you!" It was too much for the clown policeman, who swatted the countryman with a stuffed club. The old chap's wrath flamed and he whipped four clowns In about ten seconds, grabbed a tent rope, went up it arm over arm. pranced along a slack wire high In the air, slid down to the back of a waiting horse and rode off into the dressing-rooms with his fellow clowns while the small boys nearly had fits of Joy right then and there. The clowns were always busy. Among them is the oldest clown In the profes sion. Alfred Miaco, who has rolled in tha sawdust ring and flourished the deadly slap-stick since 1S59. "Nearly 50 years a clown" he said, half sadly, through his paint in the .dressing-rooms. A circus Is not a circus without pink lemonade, peanuts, popcorn and toy bal loons. They are all there, each with a ntckel-hungry gentleman In charge. "Cool and refreshing, healthful and nutri tious," was the cry that seemed to catch the fancy of the crowd the most. But for the romance that has hovered around a circus from the times of the Caesars to Ringling Brothers, one must see it at night. Last night the huge tent glowed from afar like a dully white-hot hill. Coming nearer one caught the glare and the shadows, some still, some quiver ing and some roving, and everywhere the ever-moving crowd, the human herd. Within the blaze of a thousand arcs was the crash of music, the Impatient stamp ing of 600 horses, the low, thunderous step of the elephant herd, the roar of lions and tigers, the snarling of the leopards, the strong heavy scent of wild animals, and again the human herd, the,most interesting element of all. The bareback rider ap peared and kissed her finger tips to . the clapping thousands, the clowns rolled and tumbled, the trapeze artists made the up-gazing thousands catch their breath for one terrible instant, then it was all over. The crowd, tired but happy, melted away into the fitful shadows and the dark, where the long glowing lines of cars awaited them. The car service was excellent. The last car, half empty, rolled away cityward Into the night, the caged Jungle grew quiet, the lights were turned out, the watchmen took their places and the circus slept. A performance will be given today at 2 o'clock and the last tonight at 8 o'clock. Today all carllnes lead to the circus. Main aprinr. SX. Metzger's. 342 Wash.