Morning Oregonian., October 07, 1907, Page 4, Image 4

THJS 3IOKI'G OKUUUMAJi, 3IOMJAY, OCTOBER 7, -1907.
TREE OF
SEEDLESS PEARS
Hood River Fruit Grower
Makes a Discovery That
Beats Luther Burbank.-
FRUIT IS FINE AND LARGE
A. I. Mason Thinks He Has Tree
of Clapp's Favorite, but in Pack
ing the Discovery Is Made
That Xot a Pear Has Seeds.
S
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Oct. 6 (Special.)
A discovery was, made yesterday by
A. I. Mason, vice-president of the North
vest Fruit Growers' Association, that
may take rank with the greatest horti
cultural (eats of Luther Burbank. the
ward of Santa Rosa. Cal. It -consists
of a pear, well developed in every way,
large, of fine quality and flavor but ab
solutely seedless and coreless. The fruit
was examined by some of the best
known fruitgrowers and horticulturists
at Hood River and many others and Is
pronounced the most wonderful example
of entirely seedless deciduous fruit ever
seen or heard of. Unlike the seedless ap
ple, the Mason seedless pear, as it has
been named, is a perfect one, being from
Hi to 4'i inches In height and 4 to 6
Inches In circumference.
Discovery Is Valuable.
Mr. Mason's discovers' caused wide
spread Interest and considerable excite
ment when exhibited at Hood River to
day and many would not believe that the
pears were without seeds or cores un
til he cut Beveral of them open and
convinced them. In fact, he destroyed
about a peck of his wonderful horticul
tural find In order to make good his
statements. It Is said by nurserymen and
fruitgrowers that Mr. MasQn has not
only made a wonderful discovery in hor
ticulture, but also a very valuable one
for himself If It should prove that the
pears are seedless every year.
In telling the story of his discovery
Mr. Mason stated that the tree on which
thev grew was bought for a Clapp's Fa
vorite, and is but three years old. Last
year it had but few pears on it and lit
tle attention was paid to them except to.
note that they bore much later than that
variety, is supposed to.
Fruit Altogether Seedless.
This year, however. It had several
boxes of large, fine fruit and In being
prepared for canning one of the pears
was cut open and to the astonishment of
Mason's wife, had no seeds in it. Think
ing this was just a freak on the part of
one pear, Mrs. Mason cut open another
which also had no seeds or core and
called Mr. Mason's attention to the fact.
Hurriedly he cut open half a box of the
fruit and found it all seedless and core
less. and not being posted on pears, as
apples, he came to town to discover if
any one knew of a similar Incident.
None could be found among either
growers, shippers or students of horti
culture and the pear was pronounced
not a Clapp's Favorite, but one of tin
known variety that gives every evidence
of having In some way performed what
mankind has been trying to do for years,
grow seedless deciduous fruit that will
be the equal In flavor and quality 'of that
with core and seeds.
NEW COUNCIL AT SEASIDE
Delinquent Property to Be Sold to
Pay for New Walk.
SEASIDE, Or.. 'Oct. 8. (Special.) The
new city administration chosen at the
election August 21 for the town of West
Seaside, was Inducted Into office last
night when the new Council held its
first meeting. It is the intention of the
new administration to carry out the Im
provements inaugurated by the former
Council.
At the meeting last night it was re
ported that there was a delinquency of
several hundred dollars In the tax for
the bonrd walk, whereupon an ordinance
was passed directing the City Marshal
to levy on all delinquent property, which,
after being advertised for four consecu
tive weeks, will be sold at public auction
to the highest bidder, in conformity to
the general laws of Oregon.
The newly Installed officers for West
Seaside are: Mayor. A. H. Wilson: re
corder. H. M. Wheatley: treasurer. W.
S. Henlnger; marshal. F. D. LJndsley;
councllmen, A. Q. Long. Dan J. Malar
key, A. B. Butterfleld, John F. Logan,
B. C. Johnson. George H. Hill. Robert
W. Wilson. Kdgar B. Piper. C. H. Pre
cemeter, E. M. Grimes and Albert John
son. '
NEGRO CRIMINAL LYNCHED
Mob Batters Down Poor and Kicks
and Shoots Brute to Death.
CUMBERLAND. Md Oct. R.-The first
lynching In the history of Cumberland oc
curred early today. For shooting Police
man Augxtet Banter, Thursday night, Wil
liam Burns, a negro desperado, was
kicked and shot to death.
Only Deputy Sheriff Pendley was at the
Jail when, after midnight, a hundred men,
a few of whom were disguised, demanded
the key. These being refused, a tele
graph pole was used as a battering-ram
and entrance to the building was forced.
Other negroes In neighboring cells were
careful to guide the lynchers to that of
Burns and here agnth the battering ram
was used. The lyncher? found their vic
tim crouched behind his cot, and seizing
Mm by the feet dragged him into the
street, where within a few yards of the
Jail Burns was kicked and shot to death.
Rev. W. C. Hicks did his best to save
the negro, and afterward protected the
body until the arrival of Judge A. H.
Boyd and the police. The body was re
moved to an undertaking establishment
and ten thousand person? viewed it to
day. -
PIOXEEH DAY AT HOOD RIVER
Old Timers Talk Over Early Days
and Elect Officers.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Oct. . (Special.)
Yesterday was Pioneer Day at Hood
River and about 30 veterans of early
times and their wives gathered to cele
brate the occasion and also to' elect of
ficers of the Old Pioneer and Historical
Association. A banguet with speech
making was one of the features and pre
sided over by Hon. E. L. Smith as toast
master. Mr. Smith made the opening
address, giving a short historical sketch
of Hood River and then called on D. A.
Turner, who came here in 1S61, and who
among many other interesting things of
the early days of the now famous apple
valley. said that la Js63 there were A)
FINDS
bachelors between The Dallea and Cas
cade Locks and but two marriageable
women and that he was happy to fy
be got one of them. F. C. Sherrieb, 71:
George T. Prather, 79; Hans Lage, 76;
Peter Mohr, 80, and T. R. Coon, &L, also
gave short taiks. After the banquet a
business meeting was held and the fol
lowing elected officers of the Association
for the ensuing year: President, D. A.
Turner: vice-president, F. C. Sherrieb;
secretary and treasurer, T. R. Coon; his
torian. George T. Prather. Mrs. B. 1
Smith, Mrs. A. L. Parker and Mrs. C.
Dethman were also elected members of
the executive board. The data of the
annual meeting was changed from the
first Saturday In October to the first Bat
urday in September.
MANY SUNDAY SHOOTERS OUT
Every Rig in Salem Taken and
Many Pheasants Are Shot.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 6. (Special.) The
first Sunday of the open season was the
big day for pheasant shooting in this part
of the Willamette Valley and from day
light till dark the woods and fields were
swarming with sportsmen. Every livery
hoi-Be in the city was engaged several
days in advance and private rigs were in
strong demand.
Though there are few reports of hunts
men shooting the limit of ten birds, nearly
every hunter returned with pheasants
enough to satisfy him. Three or four
birds seems to be about the average day's
results. Many of the hunters had no
dogs.
CABLEGAR RUNS DOWN HILL
FOUR SERIOUSLY INJURED AND
SCORE MORE HURT.
Dashes Down Steep Hill and Col
lides With Another Car on
Turntable) None Killed.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 6. (Special.)
Four persons were severely Injured and a
score or more slightly bruised in a colli
sion between two Madison-street cable
cars late tonight. The more severely in
jured all of whom live in Seattle are:
G. A. Ferguson, recently operated upon
for appendicitis, side hurt and Incision
torn open again.
Conductor Lyle King, cut about face
and head and knee wrenched.
David Sutter, scalp cut and bruised
badly.
Miss Bergen, bruised and injured by
falling from the car.
The grip on cable car 48, bound up the
hill, broke at Fourth avenue and the car
started down the hill. Deep excavations
in the regrade of Madison street pre
vented anyone Jumping until the car
reached Third avenue. It was going
slowly there and most of the forty pas
sengers aboard stepped off safely.
The car moved on over the hill toward
Second, gathering momentum slightly. At
Second avenue the track brake was torn
loose by a bad rail and the car shot down
toward Western avenue where another
cable car was on the turntable. When
the two cars came together the Impact
was great enough to throw the stationary
car out on to Railroad avenue, several
yards distant. All the passengers on the
car at the turntable were gotten out of
the way in time.
Midnight in Chinatown
at the Star
FRANK DECAMP was asked during re
- hearsal at the Star Theater last week
by ope of the women of the company
what he had to do in the play being pre
pared for this week. DeCamp made a
grimace and replied: "Oh, I Just chase
around with a big knife in my hand."
DeCamp as the adventurer. Meredith, cer
tainly does do effective work with the
knife in "Midnight in Chinatown," but he
has a lot of other work to do also, and
does it well.
The announcement of the title of the
play for this week suggests "The First
Born." "The Celestial Maiden," and other
plays of that class that were the vogue in
San Francisco in days before the fire,
but the Star show Is unlike any of those.
There is plenty of action from the rise
of the curtain on a California mining
company's office through the three suc
ceeding acts, ending in an opium Joint
in the old Chinatown that made the Bay
City famous all over the world. The
drop used in the Chinatown street scene
at night brought out a rousing round of
applause, particularly from those who
had known the "district" In the old days.
As a matter of fact, considering the small
stage, the stage settings were alj most
creditable and again proved the managerial-
ability of "Dick" French.
In "Midnight in Chinatown" there Is
more than an effort at a plot, for the
story of intrigue, tragedy and triumph of
loyal love is manifest all the way through
and the comedy is of the sort that com
pels Bhouts and shouts of laughter. The
fun is furnished by George Berry, Charles
Conners and Leah LaForce with a few
pidgin English lines by the Chinese pipe
artists.
Miss Dorothy Davis rejoined the French
Company after an absence of several
months In her home town of Tacoma. so
that the company is once more composed
of the same women that have played to
gether for two or three seasons. The
audienoe was not acquainted with Miss
Davis, but after her nervousness passed
off she soon convinced the Star patrons
that she was entitled to a place in their
appreciation equal to the other favorites
of the company.
At the matinee yesterday the new
schedule of prices went into effect, but as
the night house was sold early In the
day and the afternoon late comers had
difficulty In getting standing room, ft was
quite evident that the 5-cent advance is
to have no effect on keeping the theater
filled to its capacity.
TAKES FLING AT PRESIDENT
Bryan Criticises Roosevelt's Sug
gestions for Federal Control.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 6. William J. Bryan
was in St Louis today to fill a lecture
engagement and la an Interview he at
tacked President Roosevelt's idea of
centralized Federal control of corpora
tlons as outlined in his speech here
last Wednesday. Mr. Bryan also said
the memorial 'to Congress asking for
the limiting of powers of the lower
Federal courts in suspending state laws
adopted at the meeting of Attorneys
General last week reflected the sentl
ment of the people.
Mr. Bryan arrived at 7 o'clock thla
morning and departed at 9 o'clock to
night for Louisville, Ky.
Appointment Is Cancelled.
ROME, Oct. . The appointment of
Monsignor Delia Chiesa, substitute Papal j
Madrid, iaa hean csjuii
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AT THE THEATERS
"BARBARA FRXETCEOE" AT THIS
BAKER.
Barbara Frletcble ....Marian Barney
Sally Nesly Dorothy Bernard
Sue Royce '. ...Marlbel Seymour
Laura Royce Luclle Webster
Mrs. Hunter Louise Sent
Mammy Lu ... Mlna Croltus Qleason
Captain Trumbull Austin Webb
Mr. Frletchte William Dills
Arthur Frletchle James Qleason
Colonel Negly.. ... .William Gleason
Jack Negloy Donald Bowles
General Stonewall Jackson
' Earl D. Dwlre
Fred Gelwex .... 1 .. .Robert Homans
Tim Greene :.Earl D. Dwlre
Edgar Strong;- Charles F. Lewis
Dr. Hal Boyd Howard Russell
Sergeant R. B. Bradbury
X Boy Nell McKlnnon
Corporal Perkins. .. .Charles F. Lewis
BT ARTHUR A. OREBNJf.
THAT person who would and fault
with "Barbara Frletchle," as pre
sented at the Baker yesterday, needs a
tonio of tome sort. The play la "no
longer a novelty, having been seen here
a number of times before, but It was
never so well played, nor so well pro
duced on the- stage of a local theater.
Every one of the important parts is bril
liantly handled and the stage settings
and costumes are so good that captious
criticism is disarmed.
Marlon Barney and Donald Bowles
deserve the lion's share of the praise
for their magnificent work in the respec
tive roles of Barbara and Jack Negley.
In fact Mr. Bowles, although he is seen
but little during the four acts, dominates
the performance all because of his re
markably dramatic and artistic portrayal
of the poor demented lad who Anally kills
the object bf his love. In the third act.
where he attempts an entrance into the
chamber where his successful rival lies
dying. Is restrained by the splendid Bar
bara a"d takes the sheer rail down a
flight stairs to grovel in his insane
contrlt.t.:: at the feet of the woman, who
Is fighting for her lover. Mr. Bowles'
demonstrates his ability more positively
than I have ever seen him do during
the several years he has been a Portland
favorite.
He handles the situation In an inimi
table way. His facial expression, his
voice and the panther-like cunning of
his movement are ghastly but eminently
natural. It is a finished piece of acting,
entirely free from the suggestion of melo
dramatic overacting. It is an achieve
ment that will always in the future be
identified with Donald Bowles. In Itself
bis Jack Negley is enough to insure the
success of the Baker performance.
It is not, however, a one-man per
formance, for there are a dozen ex
cellent characterizations. Marion Barney
is an adorable Barbara. It is the custo
mary thing to praise Miss Barney's work,
for since she opened her season she has
done nothing but the very best work. As
the unhappy Barbara she measures up
to the best requirements that test the
capacity of an actress. In her lighter
scenes she is delightfully girlish, the very
personification of the frivolous little
Southern flirt and in the later episodes
she does some emotional work that will
stand the test' along with the best of
them.
Of next Importance to the performance
as a whole is the Gaptain Trumbull of
Austin Webb. The leading man makes a
manly, lovable hero of the Northern
officer and, insofar as he has latitude,
makes much of the part. Maribel Seymour
is a delicious Sally Negley and created
more of the merriment that relieves the
somberness of the play than any of her
associates. She Is always delightful and
has seldom been more so than she is this
week. Mlna Crolius Gleason as the old
negro mammy. William Dills as Mr.
Freitche. William Gleason as the testy
old Colonel, Robert Homans as the
brutal Union deserter and Louise Kent
as the minister's wife, each deserves
great credit.
The production lacks no detail to bring
It up to the perfection mark. Even to
the old Colonial flag with Its 13 original
stars, the rag carpets, the hoop-skirts and
the insignia on the officers, uniforms,
everything Is . correct. Director Bernard
and the stage staff have succeeded beyond
the hopes of their most ardent admirers.
"Barbara Freitche" will make you laugh
and cry by turns, but best ef all It will
thrill you with the unmistakable enthu
siasm which only a really great play
arouses. You will probably never see It
so well played again as by the Baker
Company this week.
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HKILIG.
Henry Wynnegate
Wedgwood Nowell
Diana Margaret Bourne
Lady Elizabeth Wynnegata
Maud Hosford
Lady Mabel Wynnegata
Kate Worthlngton
.Captain James Wynnegata
William Faversham
Rev. Balchanar Chlswlch
Henry Redding
Bates Henry Glenlster
Malcolm Petrle i
Bertram A. Marburgh
Sir John Applegate ..Thomas Tborne
The Right Rev., the Bishop of
Exeter Frank A. Lyon
Sir Charles Marjorbands
Matthew Clendennlng
Mrs. Hobart Chichester-Chichester
Jones ..... .Catherine Robertson
Big Bill George W. Deyo
Shorty Emmett Shackelford
Andy Bernhardt .Niemeyer
Grouchy Harold Salter
Baco White Frank S. Blxby
Tabywana Berton Churchill
Nat-U-Bltch Virginia Klin
Little Hal .Leonle Fugrath
Cash Hawkins ..Charles Hill Malles
Kick - William J. Kane
McSorley Edward Kellner
Parker ...George Wright
Pete Albert Cowles
Parson ..' Walter Gllxnore
Punk, a Chinaman E. Broadway
Mrs. Hiram Doollttle .-.
Mrs. Edith Flugrath
Hiram Doollttle ..Douglas Robinson
Bud Hardy William Frederick
Kid Lark ...Howard Nailer
BT ARTHUR A. GREENE.
OMEONE has described "The Squaw
c
O Man" as "a gripping
drama."
j Everyone who saw William Faversham
and his company play It at the Heilig
last night will concur. The grip of
Edwin Milton Royle's powerful play Is
so strong that for no Instant during
its unfolding is the attention of the
audience allowed to wander. It Is a
"spellbinder," in the best sense of the
term. Its Intensity Is hypnotic. Occa
sionally some genius writes a play that
appeals so strongly, both to the head
and heart, that tolerably hardened men
who keep their emotions under lock
and key, forget themselves to the point
of shedding tears and shamelessly
boasting of them afterward. "The
Squaw Man" is such. '
Unselfrsh sacrifice, parental love, life
in its veneer, and life stripped to the
raw, are set forth so genuinely that
the boy In the gallery and the staid
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old family man In the orchestra seat
are moved equally.
No one who admires gentleness and
courage, - fidelity and truth the big,
significant virtues can see "The
Squaw Man" without being bettered
by the experience. So long as such
plays are written and eo consummately
acted as was this one last night, there
Is no ground for alarm as to the future
of the stage.
It may be that other pieces equally
as good have come out of the renais
sance of Western drama, but it has
not been Portland's good fortune to
see them. It was not the young girls
who shed the tears last night. It was
the fathers and mothers. There isn't
an lota of mawkish sentiment in it.
The red corpuscle dominates. Nor do
not fall Into the error of thinking It Is
a "weepy" play, per se. There is
enough swift, real dramatic action and
normal, hearty humor in the dialogue
and situations to vitalize a dozen aver
age dramas of the modern school. It
is a reassuring demonstration that the
public heart, and bead, and conscience,
are not In such a bad way when "The
Squaw Man" can flu any theater In
which it is presented, anywhere, from
Coast to Coast.
It would be unpardonable In me to
attempt a recital of the story. Suffi
cient for the play Itself that it sounds
the uncharted depths of human emo
tion and brings before us In a mas
terly manner the best things In the
world faith, hope, charity, and the
fourth grace of humor, but best of all,
a love that passeth the understanding
of poet and philosopher and saint
self-abnegating mother-love and father-love.
All that I can advise further
concerning the play Itself le: "Go and
see it and get bigger."
Of the performance given by Mr.
Faversham it Is difficult to speak with
out starting a run on the adjective
bank. Unless I'm very much mistaken,
he had never appeared here before, and
naturally there was unusual interest
to see what the much-famed actor was
like. At his first entrance he received
only a faint patter of welcoming ap
plause. At the end of the second act
he was recalled five times, and was
compelled to say "thank you." In re
sponse to the demand for a speech.
Mr. Faversham did last night Just
what a certain Roman of some repute
and considerable antiquity claims to
have done. in Western Europe, long be
fore the Union Pacific built into Ma
verick, Wyoming, or Jim Carsten' ever
thought of turning cowpuncher to save
his worthless, cousin for the one girl's
sake. In one, two, three order he
captured all of the town that was In
the house, and the crowd that wan
dered down Washington street after
the last curtain fell was an unofficial
paean-of-praise and garland-bearing
committee.
William Faversham has been' too long
an established factor in the field of act
ing to care much for Oregon panegyrics.
At all events he doesn't need them to
help secure an engagement. There are
not many actors of his consequence as
an artist. His work again emphasizes
how important it is to avoid the appear
ance of acting. Would that some actors
I know, and have seen act, could go to
hie "lent school. There would 'be fewe-
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haps. As the expatriated English gentleman
who comes out to Cattleland and marries
a squaw and loves his child and suffers
for his friends and is man clean through,
Mr. Faversham is ideal to the author's
conception of what such a bully fellow
should be. And best bf all he is always
possible. There is no effort to set up
Jim Carstens as a tin god, nor even a
"shining mark." He makes him the kind
of man we all meet a few times In a
Ufa.
The cast which supports the star is one
of Liebler's best, although there are no
conspicuous names In it. Margaret
Bourne, the leading woman, is a delight
to see and a satisfaction to hear. She
plays Diana, the Englishwoman, not bril
liantly, but well: and Virginia Kline, who
appears as the Indian girl-wife, does cap
ably; but It Is to the men: George W.
Deyo, who plays Big Bill, the foreman;
Charles Malles, In the part of Hawkins,
the cattle rustler; Thomas Thome, as the
amusing t ..t not overdrawn British of
ficer, and Berton Churchill, the Indian
Chief, that the major part of the credit
belongs.
The scenery, light effects and other ac
cessories have seldom been excelled here.
The cowboys' chaps and six-guns look
as well worn and useful as those "Dus
ty" Farnum used to use, or as you can
find In any cow-camp in Harney county.
"The Squaw Man" will run all week,
with a matinee on Saturday.
The Denver Express
at the Empire
ONE must revise popular ideas con
cerning the percentages of fatalities
following stabs to the heart if he would
enjoy "The Denver Express" without ex
periencing surprises. No less than six
receive their quietus at the hands of the
villlan, only to bob up serenely to con
front the said villlan with his murderous
attacks. There also appears to be a new
reading of the term "Indian massacre""
as given in the synopsis of the play, for
the first act portrays a massacre of In
dians rather than by Indians. With these
minor exceptions Holden Brothers & Ed
wards' production went with a dash, at
the Empire yesterday, matinee and eve
ning, before limit houses.
The first and second acts are clever
representations of life in the mining
districts of Colorado, the other three
making San Francisco the scene, of opera
tions. The story revolves ardund the
efforts of an English scoundrel to re
move the family of his hart-brother and
the successful saving of the child of the
family by her foster parents.
Little Miss Raeburn as "Poppy," the
foster child of the rugged old "Hiram
Garvey," and his wife, "Tildy Ann,"
captured the house with her stage ap
pearance, make up and clever acting.
Miss Cleveland's "Tildy Ann" could not
be better done, and In' the later acts her
appearance was a Blgnal for genuine
merriment. The other women, while not
much in evidence, filled the requirements
of their parts.
, Thomas Rolfe, as the Sheriff of Boulder
nnty. Colorado, despite the frequent
CROCKERY AND DRAPERIES
Corner Second and Morrison
Entire Corner Fourth
and -Morrison
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charge of 'Tildy" that "he hain't got no
sense," was always equal to the many
emergencies that confronted him. Al
Fordyce made a capital "Deadwood
Dick," and Harry Rowe handled the diffi
cult part of the scheming uncle of
"Poppy" In first-class style, even though
he seemed to be unable to reach a vital
spot with his ever-ready Bowie. Darrell
Lyall, as the bogus baronet, did a good
bit of character work, but it remained
for Frank Condon to make the greatest
hit with his "Tommy Tucker." "The
Denver Express" plays the week at the
Empire with matinees Wednesday and
Saturday.
Upton to Build Cutter.
lAjDON, Oct. . Sir Thomas Upton
has decided to build a new Fife-designed
cutter to compete In the British regattas
in 1908. It is intended that the cutter
shall eclipse the White Heather II.. the
present champion of the British yachts.
The Burlington's
Diverse Routes
In planning your trip, yon don't
want to be confined to one gateway.
If your ticket reads "Burlington,"
your route may be
Via St. Paul,
the Mississippi River Scenic way,
three trains dailyor .
Via Billings,
the direct way to the Southeast, with
complete trains all the way through,
or
Via Denver,
and either the Billings direct way, or
else through Scenic Colorado.
Get hold of a Burlington folder;
the map shows that a desirable por
tion of the through route the Tur
lington trunk lines form. An intelli
gent inquiry by you as to the Bur
lington routes and service will add to
the comfort of your journey East or
Southeast.
Let me help you.
A. C. SHELDON
General Agent,
C B. & Q. Railway,
100 3d St., Portland, Or.
PRICES ALWAYS
THE LOWEST
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