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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1907.
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TO BE SWEEPING
Fight to Restore Streets
Public Will Be Made
General.
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MUST MOVE OR PAY RENT
This Alternative Will Be Given All
Trespassers Big Interests to
Be Affected by Execu
tive's Order.
The determination of Mayor Lane to
restore to the public all streets and other
public property now . put to private use,
may prove more sweeping than appears
on the face of the three vacation orders
that have been Issued by the chief ex
ecutive. It Is the purpose of the Mayor
to make an -Investigation of all dedicated
streets and other property owned by the
city for the purpose of determining- to
what extent these premises have been
encroached upon by corporations or pri
vate individuals. Where such lands are
occupied without proper authority, he
says he will submit to the trespassers the
alternative of vacating or paying the city
a reasonable rental.
Through the generosity of a liberal
City Council, portions of streets and
alleys in Portland for several years have
been vacated almost Indiscriminately in
the interest of any corporation or pri
vate individual that might petition. But
aside from this regular method of pro
cedure, objectionable though it is con
sidered by the Mayor, numerous sections
of streets and alleys either In the remote
or inaccessible parts of the city, have
been selfishly appropriated by the very
same interests without authority from
any source. For these reasons Mayor
Lane considers it his duty to Intervene at
this time In an effort to restore to the
public such of these premises as can be
reclaimed and to prevent further en
croachments. Neither Edward Lyons, superintendent
of the North Pacific Terminal Company,
nor the local officials of the Harrlman
system were prepared yesterday to say
what action those corporations would
take in response to the notice of Mayor
Lane directing them either to vacate cer
tain public streets or to give their au
thority for occupying these thorough
fares. The controversy Involves a sub
ject that must receive the attention of
the head officials of the two corporations
since the legality of their franchises is
embraced in the situation.
Refuse to Discuss It.
Members of the Inman-Poulsen Lumber
Company and the Portland Fuel Com
pany, who have also been notified to va
cate certain public streets, were also reti
cent and would not discuss the matter.
This crusade on the part of the Mayor
is vital as affecting the validity of the
franchise of the Southern Pacific to
Fourth street, and it is even Intimated
that the North Pacific Terminal Company
has also exceeded the rights conferred In
Its grant from the city and is occupying
property belonging to the city and to
which the corporation has no title. But
Mayor Lane is especially firm In his op
position to the usurpation of streets by
the Southern Pacific Company, not in
cluded in their franchise, for the opera
tion of its Fourth street line in order to
effect an entrance to the terminal
grounds.
The appropriation of two or three addi
tional streets by this company in excess
tf its grant, the Mayor asserts, was made
without any authority from the city. He
asserts it is not his intention to embar
ras the operation of any transportation
company doing business in Portland, but
he insists that the rights of the public
shall be conserved, and will demand that
wherever it Is possible the city shall be
compensated for the use of Its streets.
In seeking to have the Inman-Poulsen
Lumber Company abandon the use of
streets in connection with Its plant on
the East Side, or pay the city for their
use. Mayor Lane is none the less relent
ing than in his attitude towards the
Southern Pacific Company.
Filled In With Slabs.
"This company," said the Mayor yes
terday, " la not only occupying a number
of streets, but like the railroad company
it has appropriated these privileges wlth
'out asking or receiving consent from the
city authorities. Besides, this property,
which belongs to the city, was filled in
with thousands of cords of slabwood at
a time when many Portland families were
unsuccessfully endeavoring to get a sup
ply of fuel for the Winter. Another ob
jection to this treatment of these streets
is that should a fire ever start In that
Immense deposit of sawdust and slab
wood it would take the fireboat. an indefi
nite time in which to extinguish the
blaze.
"But the principle is all wrong. These
streets all belong to th,e general public,
and no corporation or private individual
has the right to appropriate them to their
use without at least getting permission
so to do from the proper authorities, and
then they should be made to pay the city
a reasonable rental fee."
PUBLIC FRANCHISE ETHICS
Considered With Relation to Mr.
Harriman's Railroad Properties.
PORTLAND, Oct. 20. (To .the Editor.)
Mr. Herri man prows querulous. He In saM
to have remarked that railroad matters
ought to be submitted to press associations
to deride. Also, that the nowepaper pres
can do more than any other agency to set
tle the railroad situation, by refusing; to
print one aide until the Qther Is heard. He
says he is sick, and vouches for many oth
ers being sick of continued attacks on rail
roads. He wants conferences with aggrieved
parties In the presence of newspaper repre
sentatives when complaints are made, be
cause he asserts as things are done at
present the side opposed to railroads Is
given first, and that It is first impressions
which count. If wrong, they militate
against a statement of correction made two
or three weeks later.
Mr. Harrlman grows Interesting, dally.
He never used to talk to the press so open
hearted ly nor in court. Abstractly, he Is
right, but his remey Is not fair nor his
statement of the situation 'correct. Lay
aside hie Irritation, and, lrt me see. Sup
pose, he with all other railroad managers
had put into most strenuous daily grind,
those publicity bureaus heretofore talked
about largely, when the railroads- were go
ing to be real good, and let them dispense
all kinds of statistical and general Infor
mation. Give out "real dope, aa the re
porter - would eay. Put such bureaus In
charge of the most competent, fair-minded
men, and make them as freely accessible
for oral Interview or Inspection of records
os our public office now are. That would
accomplish what he says he wants done
to put the newspapers In possession of. re
liable Information Instantly, at a conven
ient place, and permit both sldea to be writ
ten up with every chance of correct report
ing. He would In addition do what he does
not now. That is, make the press directly
responsible to him and the public for accu
racy a to rallrcad matters, and In a de
MAYOR
era
gree far ahead of the present system of
groping In dark, corners, which plea could
no longer be advanced. He Is right that
both sides should be given at the same
time, but the public does not want a little
court before press 'associations. It wants
a fair statement of each side and in tha
shape of news. It will do Its own deciding
and would get much nearer wat Is right
In that event.
Mr. Harrlman can supply a whole grist
of facts the public wants to know and Is
going to know. Heney told the Ford Jury
It was love of money that made a corpor
ation increase its stock over night from
l-'O.OOO.OOO to $&0,000,000 and that if any
thing was said about it, bankers would com
plain It hurt their business. The country
can surely recognize the valuable service
of that confessed arch stock-gambler, Tom
Lawson. in giving away the big shell game
of "made dollars," which he did In minute
detail in his "Frenzied Finance," embellish
ing it with such lurid and grotesque set
ting, that dry figures became Interesting.
1 In Turkey the sovereign power farms ut
to competitive bidders the collection of
taxes. How is the value of a certain dis
trict computed? Simply enough. How
much property have the people there? So
and so much. "Good," says the tax gatherer,
"by methods known to me and backed up
by the sovereign power I can figure on a
squeeza of such a percentage on that prop
erty. Roads and public works concern me
not." They can't help it over there, so the
people stand it like dumb brutes,- because
the Sultan Is all powerful and his word
goes. He has millions of bonds out, too.
In the United States, railroad campanies
get all their rights and privileges from the
sovereign power, the people, and give noth
ing or very little for them. They swell
capital stock from 1 to 3, or 20, as you
please. .What is the value of the railroad
over actual physical property anyway ?
Says one: Thts is our territory, keep out."
It spends money on Legislatures, and in
devious ways. Who pays for all this? The
people, of course, taxed Just the same,
even if concealed in the price of goods.
In paying Interest on 20 where it is worth
1, it is squeezed out of the territory In
tariffs by the road, backed by sovereign
power! The value of a road is its squeez
ing power over capital, the same as in
Turkey.
If Mr. Harrlman will explain the differ-,
ence between methods of the Turkish gov
ernment and government by railroads in
this so-called democratic country, a waiting
world will sit up and take sharp notice."
So far he has not explained the diversion
of surplus earnings to the purchase of Illi
nois Central stocks, instead of extensions
In Oregon, at all satisfactorily. If he would
leave more small sums In individual hands,
more people would own homes than now.
He says that money flows in streams and
should not be impeded. That is, when
flowing Into a great reservoir controlled by
a few, but when to the Individual no. Indi
viduals do not own a few shares In rail
roads, because they have utter lack of con
fidence In the honesty of management. Mr.
Harrlman should have said that commerce
flows here and there toward the place of
demand and ought not to be checked by
discrimination in favor of either individuals
or localities.
ROBERT C. WRIGHT.
INVESTIGATE THESEI
Almost Too Cheap to Be Good, Bat
They Must Go.
In addition to the eleven specially
choice sample and exhibition pianos of
fered at special prices In yesterday's pa
per, -we shall sell today or first thing
Tuesday, In our exchange piano depart
ment, the following: Steiner, rosewood,
$96; Fischer, medium-size, $117; Barmore,
sold three years ago in St. Paul for $300,
case and action In good order, now $125;
a Stelnway upright fancy mahogany case,
one that usually $500 is asked for, goes
for $255; another Stelnway, black case,
$212; a superb colonial-designed Kimball,
In fancy mottled walnut case, $265; a
Hardman, largest size, $172. These prices
should be for spot cash, but easy pay
ments will be arranged for any responsi
ble buyer, extending over a period of two
years for the additional simple interest of
8 per cent. Address or call Eilers Piano
House. Exchanged piano department.
853 Washington st. Everything we sell
we guarantee money back If not satis
fled. .
Spanish Origin of
Joaquin Miller Says It Comes From "Oye-Agua," Meaning
the Water." .
THE following article, written by the
Poet of the Sierras, appears In the
current Issue of Bulletin of the Cali
fornia Physical Geography Club:
"Here are the continuous woods; here
rolls the Oregon and hears no sound save
Its own dashing."
If there is a statelier name in all our
constellation of stars, I have not heard
It. Alabama Here we rest Is sweet, at
tractive, restful, but the name has not
the rush of waters, the misty tang of
mold and somber wood, of cloud-tossing
trees, the strength, the stir, the color of
Oregon: Oye-agua,
It Is high time that some one more In
touch with books should make clear the
root of this great name: the written
story of its origin. For It appealed to
the poet Bryant most effectively, as well
as many others, John Hay especially.
For more than 30 years I made eager
Inquiry for evidence as to when and by
whom In the earliest expeditions the
stately names Sierra Grande del Kord
and Oye-agua were bequeathed us on
the North Pacific sea bank, but I am
today empty-handed. The letters I had
received from the poet Bryant and John
Hay were destroyed In the San Fran
cisco fire. I had placed them for greater
safety In the library of the Bohemian
Club, along with autograph copies of
books from other eminent authors all
over the world. I have not had heart to
take, up the subject since. But I think
the noble name speaks plainly for Itself
and needs no written evidence of Its
etymology.
Oye-el-agua: Hear the Water! Oye
agua: OREGON: Or-e-gon!
In 1858, while teaching a sort of primer
school, below Fort- Vancouver, during
vacation at Columbia College, the fore
runner of the Oregon University, I met
Father Broulette, the head of the Cath
olic School . at Vancouver. This learned
and kindly priest helped me In my Latin,
when I went to him on Saturdays, and
twice took me rowing In an Indian's
canoe far up the great Oregon River to
hear the waters; to hear the waters dash
ing down out of the clouds from the melt
ing snows of Mount Hood. And he
quoted Bryant's poem and laid great
stress on the words: "Where rolis the
Oregon and hears no sound save Its own
dashing."
We could hear you can today hear
something more than the dashing waters
of the Oregon, that 5 forget the precipi
tous steeps and sweep away out like a
younger Yosemite, a broader-blowing
Bridal Veil, till It trails In a lustrous
white mist over the mighty river's tran
quil breast! You hear something more
than the dashing waters. You hear an
aeollan harp In the heavens. Now low, now
high, as the winds sweep the snow-white
bridal veil of broken mist to and fro,
till you are ready to say, with the good
old priest, "You hear away up yonder In
the clouds, an orchestra of angels. Oye
agua, Or--gon!" And when called to
address the students of the State Uni
versity about Oregon, a land I have
known and loved longer than most of
you have lived, I wanted to give the root
and definition of this beautiful word, for
so many foolish and unfair things have
been sjald about tts etymology.
But. alas! What evidence have I at
hand, further than this written on the
face of the waters and heard in the'
clouds from the stupendous steeps? I
appealed to Lummls, Librarian at Los
Angeles, editor of "Out West" and our
most learned man In Spanish here, but
he has given me no light, save to deride
the accepted Idea that the name came
from the Spanish word "Orejones," big
cars, and to prefer the name "Oregono,"
BOSTON MILK PURE
Conditions Greatly Improved
by City Inspection.
PORTLAND BEHIND TIMES
So Says Dr. W. I. Cottell, Who 19
Conducting Crusade for Munici
pal Regulation of Unsani
tary Dairies in This City.
"The charge has been made that I am
trying to get proper milk inspection for
Portland merely as a personal political
move: that I am making a grand stand
play," said Dr. W. I. Cottell yesterday.
"It has also been openly said that other
cities get along without such Inspection,
therefore Portland has no need of milk
inspectors. To show that both these
charges are untrue and that other cities
do have milk Inspectors while Portland
has none, I recently submitted proof of
what Is being done In New York City, and
this proof was published yesterday In
The Oregonian. Today I want to offer
an extract from a paper by Dr. Jordan,
of Boston, showing what is being done
there. Before I get through I will, if
necessafey, show what every large citv In
America, with only a few poor excep
tions, is doing to protect Its milk supply.
Today Portland Is at the mercy of all
kinds of diseased and doped milk."
The paper Dr. Cottell refers to reads
in part as follows:
Pronounced as Is the development of
bacteria in the wagon samples, there Is no
Buch wealth of bacterial' content as exists
in the shop milk which is older than that
obtained from teams. The shop milk is
subjected to further handling- and mixing
-while on sale, to contamination from dust,
and from non-sterlle containers In the shops,
as well as from drippings from pitchers or
other vessels brought to the stores by cus
tomers. Of these store supplies containing over
600,000 bacteria to the cubic centimeter In
1906, 84.20 per cent contained over 1.O00.00O
bacteria to the cubic centimeter, which af
fords ample proof of the poor quality of
milk from this source.
Too much cannot be said against the use
of shop milk as a food for infants. It is a
dangerous expedient to. resort to milk of
this type as sustenance for the young, and
while the danger is great at all times, it
is especially pronounced during the warm
months- of the year. Convenient as shop
milk may be as a source of supply to pur
chasers, the employment of such milk as a
food for infants Is both wrong and Inex
cusable. Often the action of this milk with
infants is not that of milk, but of a poison,
and its use should be universally disap
proved. The stamp of condemnation cannot
be too quickly placed on the employment of
shop milk for this special purpose.
Despite the fact that the number of shops
engaged in the sale of milk is constantly in
creasing, unless a change Is made which re
sults in Improving the quality of milk sold,
it Is believed the time is not far distant
when there will be a significant lessening of
the number of these dealers. The eradica
tion of shops where only a few quarts are
sold dally Is a certainty, for they are a
menac eto the community. By tempera
ment many of the owners and employes of
these small stores are unfitted for the proper
conduct of the milk business, even where
the surroundings and equipment are ade
quate. In time the right to deal in milk
may be considered as much of a privilege
as that for the sale of spirituous liquors. On
the ground of public utitllty there is ample
justification for stringent regulation of the
traffic, and & reduction in the number if
Name "Oregon"
'Hear
or sage; or artemisla, beyond the moun
tains; and these great navigators who
discovered us gave their beautiful names
only from what they saw and heard.
Here Is what the learned Mr. Lummls
says:
Los Angeles, Cal., May 8, 1907. Dear Old
Joaquin: The Spanish derivation
won t work for a minute on "aure el agua."
It is not aure, but oye.. Gannett's definition
for Oregones Is also fly-blown, since that Is
not the Spanish word for big ears, which is
Orejones (sounded h). There Is a possi
bility, of course, that the region may have
been named the Oregon tribe. So
far as I know, its etymology has never been
satisfactorily settled; but I am making In
quiries at once to see If there Is any more
recent knowledge, and. If so, will let you
know at the first possible date. The general
conception Is that the name oomes from the
Oregono, or sage; but that Is also doubtful.
With all good wishes always vour friend,
CHAS. F. LUMMIS.
As for the offensive name, "Big Ears,'
that Is simply out of nature and therefore
Impossible. We have the Neg Perce:
Pierced nose, the Pend d'aurellle, ears
with pendants, or earrings, but all our
Indians have ever had notably small ears,
small hands, small feet.
The learned Spanish professor at tho
University of California Is also In doubt
as to the definition of our name, but will
not dispute Oye-agua: hear the water.
When John Hay was Secretary of our
Spanish Legation at Madrid, and writing
his "Castllian Days," I laid the case be
fore him, when on a final visit, and pro
posed that we make some research, but
he protested that It would be wasted time
to glean where , Washington Irving had
harvested and at once quoted Bryant
when I spoke of the waters dashing down
out of the clouds. And John Hay, the
great poet by nature, and the enforced
great diplomat, said: "Let the waters
dashing down out of heaven speak for
themselves. I think It no stretch of
Imagination to submit that they are for
ever crying out from the clouds, like
prophets In the wilderness, 'Oye-agua,
Oye-agua! Oregon!' "
To understand " the importance Of Mr.
Hay's words, we must know that he not
only knew Spanish, but the Spanish
Christian In these explorations of con
quest. These men were mightily In ear
nest, and when they could not follow
their calendar of saints, which they did
as a rule, they named things from sound
or color, or conspicuous features, as they
found them. They rarely named anything
after their revered men and women, as
did the French and notably the English;
they never jested with the names of
places and things. They gave thousands
and thousands of names, from the Straits
of Magellan to the Straits of Vitus Beh
rmg, but you search In vain for one single
such name as California's "Calamity
Jane,"' "Yuba Dam River" or "Give a
Damn Gulch."
As Bryant, the poet, wrote; as Hay,
the poet, said: "They heard, they saw
the dashing of the waters down out of
heaven, and they said, 'Hear the waters!
Oye-agua! Oregon. And Oregon it Is,
and Oregon it must and will remain!"
It would seem that Washington Irving,
so long our Minister at Madrid, should
have found some record there, while
mousing among the archives for material,
but you search in vain for light in all his
happy pages. But where did the .boy
poet, Bryant, come upon the pretty,
poetic word, "Oregon"? And where did
he find warrant to say, nearly a century
ago, "Where rolls the Oregon and hears
no sound save Its own dashing"? The
poetry here Is so perfect, the description,
both sound and sense, so exact and true
poetry Is the purest form of truth that
I know Oye-agua means Oregon as surely
as I know Cape Blanco, because It looks
it, lives it, is Cape Blanco.
not the classes of middlemen, cannot fail
to result advantageously. One experiment
in the sale of shop milk Is already being
made in Boston, namely, that of the sale of
bottled milk Just as bottled and received
from the milkman. If, as It Is planned, this
milk is sold to consumers in unopened bot
tles, the opportunities for Impairment are
decreased, and for this reason the test is
beneficial and worthy of encouragement.
For practical and commercial purposes,
the Boston Board of Health prohibits the
sale of milk having a temperature above 50
degrees Fahrenheit, but a lower tempera
ture Is more advantageous. A liberal In
terpretation of a temperature standard as
applied to the fluid means cold milk, and
the colder the better.
Naturally, the most work in maintaining
a cold milk standard is done during periods
of high temperature. At such times many
temperature tests are made. These include
taking the temperature of the milk as- it
arrives from the country, also as it is being
delivered from wagons or sold from shops.
A feature not to be overlooked In con
nection with the temperature problem is
that of tha Influence of Summer heat on
milk after delivery by the milkman. In
Summer milk Is usually left on the door
steps of houses and there allowed to remain
until breakfast time, and occasionally, if
the location Is right, the milk bottle be
comes a target for the sun's rays. During
the Interval from leaving the milk until the
serving of breakfast many hours have
elapsed, and In warm weather even if the
milk was cold when delivered the condi
tions are. favorable to a marked Increase In
temperature, consequently it Is Important
that milk should be iced as soon after de
livery as possible. Similar conditions gov
ern the delivery of milk at shops, and the
same precautions against exposure to high
temperatures should prevail. The constant
maintenance of a low temperature at every
stage of handling is essential for the check
ing of bacterial development in milk.
Another advantage accruing from bac
teriological control of milk Is that it affords
an opportunity for the detection and ex
clusion of specimens which are the product
of diseased animals. Evidence is not lacking
that these noxious products, when present
In milk used as food, may produce disturb
ances in the human economy: but regardless
of this danger, esthetic considerations alone
are sufficient to render this type of milk
repugnant.
Although attention Is being gradually di
rected to milk of this character, the sub
ject demands the fullest consideration from
those responsible for the quality of public
milk supplies. Not enough attention is given
to the condition of the animals used in milk
production, and there Is abundant evidence
that reliance solely on the integrity of dairy
men to wihhold the milk of unhealthv ani
mals from the supply sent to the market
results frequently in insufficient protection
to the public. ,
This improvement is gratifying and no
doubt attributable to the persistent exclu
sion of milk of this character from that per
mitted to enter the city. It has been
brought about only by continuous and un
tiring effort, and not without grumbling and
protest, and as none of the k objectors have
been willing to admit that they would
knowingly consume milk thus Infected, but
little value could be attached to the protestations.
THE THEATERS
What the Frees Agents Say.
"3IAYOR OF TOKIO" TONIGHT
Tuneful and Picturesque Musical
Comedy at Heilig Theater.
The attraction at the Heili Theater
Fourteenth and Washington streets, to
night, Tuesday and Wednesday nighta, with
a special price matinee Wednesday, will be
the musical comedy success, "The Mayor of
Toklo." This tuneful and picturesque com
edy, set to music, delighted a crowded house
at the Heillg last nipht, and Judging from
its reception wltl continue to do so. Beats
are selling at the theater.
IN THE PALACE OF THE KING
Gorgeous Scenery and Costumes in
Baker Production This Week.
In the PaJace of the King" at the Baker
this week is a glorious feast, both for the eye
and ear. It Is one of the grandest stock
productions of the age, and revels In the most
beautiful scenery and lavish costumes'. The
play la Interesting and absorbing to the ex
treme, and the Baker Company Is giving a
most finished performance of it.
Empire Matinee Wednesday.
Everybody will want to see Hal Reld's new
Western play, "The Cowpuncher at the Em
pire this week, and ladles and children who
cannot go out at nights will have an oppor
tunity to go to the matinee Wednesday or
Saturday. 'This is a. big popular price play
of the Arizona plainer, breezy and - thrilling,
and It delighted two packed audiences yester
day and turned away enough to All the
theater again.
"The Shadow of the Gallows."
At the Star Theater yesterday the French
Stock Company began a new week with
"The Shadow of the Gallows." The new
drama is among the most Interesting the
stock company has presented since coming
to this city. The situations are strong and
the dramatic element unstinted. As usual,
there Is considerable realism in "The Shadow
of the Gallows" and a number of mechani
cal devices, which make the scenes life
like. As a dramatic sensation "The Shadow
of the Gallows" H has no equal. There will
be matinees .Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day. "Beacon Lights" Tonight. '
At the Lyric tonight the Lyric 6tock Com
pany will offer Its latest production, "Beacon
Lights," for the approval of local theater
goers, it is -one of the bills upon which the
management has especially prided ltsnlf,
and great things are to be expected. The
scenery and effects In particular are ex
pected to be very fine, and the performance
by the members of the company will un
doubtedly be one of the finest ever given at
this popular theater.
"THE IDOL'S EYE" TUESDAY
San Francisco Opera Company's
Triumphant Return to Marquam. .
After four months of success in Seattle,
Los Angeles and other cities, the favorite
San Francisco Opera Company will return
to the Marquam and will make Its first
appearance tomorrow night In Frank Dan
iels' big hit, "Th. IdoKa Eye." Many of
the old favorite. Including Arthur Cunning
ham, Alda Hemml, Maude . Beatty and
Daphne Pollard will appear. The famous
beauty chorus has been greatly strengthen
ed and the costumes and scenery are all
new and fresh.
"Message From Mars," Which Made
Hit Last Year, Returns Friday.
Last year's big success in Portland, "The
Message From Mars," will be the attraction
at the Helllg Theater next Friday and Sat
urday nights, October 25 and 26. with a
special price matinee Saturday. The ad
vance seat sale will open next Wednesday
morning at the box-office of the theater. -
AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS
All-Star Vaudeville. x
All-star vaudeville is guaranteed at the
Grand this week, the new bill starting this
afternoon. Jesse Mae Lloyd and her eight
singing and dancing comedians head the
bill In one of the greatest little musical
comedies ever seen In vaudeville. The best
of wire acts Is offered by the four Mc
Nallys. These people have no superiors In
aerial work of this character and are East
ern headtlners. George Lavender Is a noted
monoroglst and , acrobatic dancer. Palmar
and Saxton sing and make fun and .the
Fontl Boni Brothers are serenaders Trom Eu
rope. The Whltesides, travesty artists, are
also In the running.-.
Costly Bill at Pantages.
Three big feature acts, costing more than
any other three acts ever included on one
bill in local vaudeville, open with the new
week's show at Pantages today. George
Thatcher, the famous minstrel and monolo
gist; the Jieele Kellar Troupe of cycling
acrobats, and the Una Clayton Comedy
Company in "What's In a Name?" make up
the three headtlners In question. All the
others are big performers, tha llBt includ
ing Miss Hardle Langdon, the comedienne,
and the Jannsen companv of European Illusionists.
SPARK
(Natural Apenta Carbonated),
IN SPLITS ONLY.
A Refreshing and Pleasant Aperient
for Morning Use.
DRINK WHILE EFFERVESCENT.
Sole Exporters: THE A POLLINA RIS CO., Li., London.
REARING GROWING PLANTS
Observations on the Recent Gresham
Fair and Carnival.
PORTLAND. Oct. 20. (To the Editor.)
During the past week I had the good for
tune to visit the Gresham Fair and Car
nival, and wish to state some of my im
pressions while there.
The exhibitors might well feel proud to
demonstrate the productiveness of the
rich soil in that community, mixed with the.
brain and muscle, and the management cer
.tainly deserves credit for placing for the
first time the exhibition so attractively be
fore the public. We shall look forward to
the coming .year with great expectancy. It
is certainly a great privilege to visit such
an exhibition In fact, it is a veritable
school, where all, both old and young, may
learn lessons of practical utility.
- One thing that attracted my attention and
that looked very conspicuous among that
excellent array of fruit, was a lone plate of
pears, a picture of failure, the reason for
this condition being given on a card bear
ing the inscription, "San Jose Scale." what
a capital lesson for the Interested fruit
grower, who must sooner or later know how
to diagnose the pest and also know how to
destroy the same. Might it not be possible
for the United States Department of Agri
culture to exhibit such pests In the vtclnity
of fairs, and, further, might there not be
a lesson from these blighted pears, of vital
Interest to humanity? Might not some tem
perance league secure some poor specimen
of humanity, the picture of failure, sapped
of his true manhood and character a
drunkard, and. place the same on exhibition
if necessary, place a card on the picture
and show the great pest of humanity?
Again, the thought occurred: Why can't
we carry the baby show idea a little far
ther and display with as much pride our
boys and girls and young men and women,
and have all see what stalwart men and
beautiful women can be reared by following
similar scientific plans that place the stan
dard of excellency on fruit, roots, grain and
stock. " FAIR OBSERVER.
Fine Good Building Stone.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.)
There has been discovered near Marsh
field an almost unlimited supply of rock
of the variety particularly desired for
concrete work. There la so much of It
and It can be delivered In the city at a
Irrefutable Facts Concerning
Oregon Gold
Oregon gold is fully located, averaging from 25 cents to
$2.60 a cubic yard. The cost of taking it out is from 3 to 5
cents a yard, making the earning power of every investment
400 per cent.
We control 12,000 acres of this auriferous area in the gold
belt of the Blue Mountains.
The corporation is as ' strong as a bank ; there is not a
weak spot in its organization; tho men backing it are well
known to all the Northwest. An allotment of 50,000 shares
was made, to be sold at 35 cents a share, a large proportion
of which has been placed. "When it is all placed there will
be no more on the market except at a much higher figure.
CALL, WRITE OR PHONE
TODAY
Western Exploration
& Dredging Company
215 COUCH BUILDING, Phone Main 8408
Officers.
F. M. BATCHELOH, Secretary and General
Manager.
RALPH W. HOYT, Treasurer (cashier Mer
chants National Bank).
C. E. S. WOOD. President (member Arm of
Williams, Wood A Llnthlcum).
sons
you
The
I t?& : : : i pi'Jff
jR&y& Lamp
steady light leading, sewing or fancy work doesn't tire the
eyes. Made of bram, nickel plated, with latest improved
central draft burner. Every lamp warranted. Write our
Dearest agency for descriptive circular if your dealer doesn't
carry the Perfection Oil Heater or Rayo Lamp.
, STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(Incorporated)
JNG APENTA
price so much below anything of the kind
heretofore possible that concrete build
ing's can be erected at a much lower
figure than had been hoped for. The high
price of brick makes that material almost
prohibitive and the discovery of the rock,
it Is thought, will make quite a difference
In the amount of building which Is done.
The City Council of Marshneld recently
passed a fire limit ordinance which pro
hibits frame structures being erected In
the business portion of the city.
THE CARE OF YOUTH
Comment on the Principles of
Morals and Conduct.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 20. (To the
Editor.) It is all . right to punish saloon
keepers who break the license law and to
reduce the saloons to a very small number.
But what about wayward youths who are
neglected- in their parentB' houses and also
In schools? What about the boys who wan
der around during the night Instead of
staying at home to be watched by father
and mother? Why do they organize charivari
parties at weddings and play tricks by
which guests are injured?
Why do such youths call at saloons to get
whisky? Boys of good moral .education
never fall into such wickedness.
The whole cause comes from the lack of
a Christian training. What can one expect
from an Individual In whose heart there is
no God, no religion, no conscience, no
acknowledgement of law -and duty. It is
a difficult tak to rule a people without
principles of faith or morals.
T. S. BECK.
Odd Experience With Wasps.
London Standard.
While partrldRe shooting: at Buxted
a sportsman suddenly had hundreds of
wasps settle upon him. They crawled
upon his hands and face, but he kept
his nerve and did not Interfere with
them. The wasps scared the sports
man's friends and they got some dis
tance away, being afraid to go near.
After about ten minutes the wasps flew
off in a body without having stung
him.
PORTLAND
OREGON
5
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thejMfercas'y
Climb
Alaska outside Florida inside. When -die
blizzard comes it will be impossible to
. comfortably heat the cold rooms. Then,
and during the months of "between sea-
11 find a
PERFECTION
Heater
(Equipped with Smokeless Device)
Just what you need to make the mercury
climb. It's light enough to carry from
room to room and gives direct glowing heat
from every drop of fuel. Turn the wick
high or low, there's no bother no smoke-
no smell smokeless device
prevents. Brass oil font holds
4 quarts burning 9 hours. Su
perbly finished m japan and
nickel. Every heater warranted.
A
makes a good com
panion for long
evening brilliant.
1
VICTOR MANGANESE STEEL
BANK SAFE.
NEVER BURGLARIZED
GLASS & PRUDH0MME CO.,
AGTS., PORTLAND, ORE.
WAND
SAPOLiO
Is especially valuable during' tha
Summer season, when outdoor occu
pations and sports are most in order.
GPJV.SS STAINS, MUD STAINS
AND CALLOUS SPOTS
yield to it, and it is particularly
agreeable 'when used in the bath after
violent exercise.
AH Grocers and Druggists,
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy
Duriner the past 35 years no rem
edy has proven more prompt or
more effectual in its cures of
Coughs, Colds and Croup
than Chamberlain's Cougrh Remedy. In
many homes it is relied upon as im
plicitly as the family physician. It con
tains no opium or other narcotic, and
maybe given as confidently to a babj
asto an adult. Pr'cffic: larr" '-- 50c
TOB sai.k hy AT.r. druggists.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
mm im n wjsrav m
LOW RATES rnO.V THE EAST.
During September and October the
Great Northern Ry. will sell colonial
ticket? from all Eastern points at
greatly reduced rates.
NEW YORK TO l'ORTI,AXn.v..$rS0.00
BOSTOS TO PORTLAND S40.4S
CHICAGO TO PORTLAND S33.00
ST. PAi:L TO PORTLAND f23.00
MINNEAPOLIS TO PORTLAND. $25.00
DDLVTH TO PORTLAND f23.00
SIOUX CITY TO PORTLAND r-'-OO
Proportionate reductions from other
points. Now Is the time to send for
your friends. Orders tor tickets will
receive prompt attention. Additional
Information on application to H. Dick
son. C. P. & T. A., 122 Third St.. Port
land. Or. Phones. Main 680, Home A
2286.
Str. Breakwater
FOR
COOS BAY
Leaves PORTLAND, Wednesday
at 8:00 P. M.. from Oak-street
Dock, for
EMPIRE, NORTH BEND
AND MARSHFIELD
Freight Received Till 4 P. M. on Day
of Sailing-.
FABE From Portland, tut - !,
SlO.OOj 3d-claka, $7.00. Including berth
and meals.
Inquire CHy Ticket Office, Third and
Washington sts., or Oak-street Dock.
North Pac. S.S. Co.'s
Steamship Geo. W. Elder
sails for Eureka and San
Francisco at 8 P. M., Mon
day, Oct. 21st.
Ticket office, "132 3d St.,
near Alder. Phone, 1314.
H. YOUNG, Agent.
North Pacific S. S. Co's. Steamship
Roanoke and Geo. W. Elder
Sail for Eureka, San Francisco and
Los Angeles direct every Thursday
at 8 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third
St., near Alder. ' Both phones, M.
1314. II. Young, Agent.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
Third-class ocean rates on "Empress"
?9.75 to Hamburg. Bremen, Antwerp.
S'K.lli to Liverpool, London, tilasicmv.
:t2.A0 to Scandinavian common ports.
3S.oO to Hanaro, Abo, Helslnirrors.
On regular steamers $1.25 lower. Two and
four-berth rooms reserved.
F. R. JOHNSON. PASSENGER AGENT.
113 Third St.. Portland. Or.
Columbia River Through Line
Steamers of tfie "OPEN RIVER" line leave
OAK-STREET DOCK every Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday at FIVE O'CLOCK A. M..
for all points between Portland, the Dalles
and Umatilla. Leave early and sea all tha
river. Arrive early Low rates. Prompt
service.
Telephone Main 3301. Home. A S32T.
NOTICE.
SAX FRANCISCO PORTLAND 8.S. COi.
The Steamer "City of Panama" will sail
from Ainsworth Dock at 1 p. M., Monday,
October 21. instead of at 9 A. M. as previ
ously advertised.
JAS. H. DEWSON, Agent,
Phone Main 2(18. 248 Washington St.
Columbia River Scenery
REGULATOR LINE 6TAMR8.
Dally service between Portland and The
Dalles, except Sunday, leaving Portland at
7 A. M., arriving about P. M., oanytn
freight and passenger. Splendid accommo
dations for outfits and livestock.
Dock foot of Alder mU. Portland; foot of
Court sU The Dalles. Phone Mala 814.
Portland.
WiLLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
Steamers Pomona and Orrona for Salem
and way landings leave Taylor-street Dock
6:45 A. M. daily (except Sunday).
Oregon City Transportation Company
Phone Main 40. A 231.