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THE MORNING OREGONJAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 190S.
NESS AVENUE
SCENE OF REVELRY
City by Golden Gate Welcomes
New Year With Old
time Abandon. (
WOMEN LEAP ONTO TABLES
Gay Crowds Throng Cafes at Mid-
night, When Champagne Flows
Freely and the Holiday
Spirit Is Rampant.
BY P. A. BINSHE1SIBR.
BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6. (Special.)
Although the last six weeks ot 1907 re
duced the wheels of commerce in San
Francisco to half speed, the end of the
year showed a, volume of trade- far In
excess of any twelvemonth In the city's
history. The clearings, port receipts, and
building operations, were larger than
ever before; New Tear's eve was cele
brated with the same wild abandon that
characterized the entrance of 1906, holiday
shoppers blocked the avenue and the
new year has opened bright with hope.
The volume ot trade, as reflected In
the clearings, shows the enormous total'
of $2,133,000,000, a sum $300,000,000 In ex
cess of the previous high-water mark
of 1906. Naturally the chief impetus cams
from the vast amount of building. Crops
were fair, but not as abundant as In
times past Against this were the high
prices of all farm products which in a
measure compensated for the lack of full
crops. The season finds 90 per cent of
the harvest marketed, whereas In for
mer years a large surplus has always
been carried over to the new year. With
barley selling at the price of wheat, the
California farmer has found little use. for
the storage warehouse and the granaries
throughout the state that usually hold
their abundant stores well Into the Spring
have been almost depleted.
Same Gay Festival of Old.
Building operations for the'vyear repre
sented a money value of $59,000,000 against
$18,000,000 In the year before the fire. The
down-town section of the city has prac
tically been remade. Large vacancies,
of course, remain to be illled In, but
scores of substantial buildings have been
completed In the commercial district. So
rapidly has this section been rebuilt that
a movement was launched to bring the
New Year's eve parade to Market street.
It was not successful, however, and the
revelers for the most part celebrated on
Van Ness avenue and Fillmore street. It
was the same gay festival as of old. In
fact. It has come to approach an orgy.
Tubles were engaged in every large cafe
several weeks ahead. Every person en
gaging a table was compelled to guaran
tee a definite expenditure. In the early
hours of the evening the crowds danced
along the streets, tossing confetti, tooting
horns and ringing bells. As the midnight
hour approached the cafes became the
scenes of activities. Champagne was
opened In quantities sufficient to float the
navies ot the world. The men drank
and their companions sipped. When the
hour of midnight struck the revelry
reached Us highest pitch. Women leaped
on tables and tossed garlands of colored
ribbons,' couples danced up and down be
tween the tables, men threw wreaths
from the balconies about the shoulders
of the ladles below, thousands of corks
brilliant with colored feathers were
tossed Into the air and the horns and
bells sounded an incessant accompani
ment. Women Kls9 Their Neighbors.
Under the spell of the occasion staid
women throw aside their dignity and
chatted with those whom the holiday
spirit had made their acquaintances. In
some of the "freer" cafes women kissed
their neighbors and danced up the aisles
with men they had never seen before. It
was a wild night, almost a dance amid
the ruins.
Next year a determined effort will be
made by the large business houses to
bring the parade back to Market street.
Already a "Down Town Retail Dealers'
Association" has been formed for the
purpose of bringing 'trade from the new
retail distriot back to the old. Although
buildings have been erected in great
quantities in the old business district, the
sidewalks have not been entirely replaced
and this will engage the attention of the
new association at the outset.
Shifting the Bad Lands.
The Police Commission has taken ac
tion which will greatly assist the asso
ciation. The commission has begun a
consistent effort to compel the tenderloin
to shift to its old grounds. Since the Are
It has stretched its length along the
streets In the western addition approach
ing in some places dangerously close to
the residence section. The commission
has begun to close the most notorious
places In the western addition, but will
permit them to open In the old tender
loin. Alreadv the approach of the fleet has
been . heralded by the flight this way
of the harpies of the coast line of the
East. The Barbary coast has beeen re
habilitated and more. Dives and dance
halls press each other as closely on lower
Pacific streets as ever before. Hundreds
have flocked from the East to set up
their establishments here to welcome
Jack Tar when the warships come
through the Golden Gate.
CHICAGO SEES NEW COMEDY
"Peppy Macbrce" Presented for the
First Time In Windy City.
CHICAGO. Jan.' 5. "Peggy Machree,"
an Irish comedy, was given its first
American presentation In McVicar's The
ater here tonight with Dennis O'Sulllvan
in the principal role. Mr. O'Sulllvan, who
is known as an enthusiast so far as Irish
music is concerned, found opportunity for
a number of new songs and also for sev
eral of the old-timo melodies of his coun
trymen. A lartre audience greeted both
the .play and the star. Mr. O'Sulllvan is
a native of San Francisco, but has spent
the last 10 or 15 years abroad.
The cast includes, besides Mr. O'Sulll
van and Miss Ryan. Annie Yeamans,
Mary Welsh, J. D. O'Hara. Percy Leach
and others. The costuming and scenery
are unusually good, the time of the play,
1740, giving plenty of opportunity for pic
tureeqneness and beauty.
WALL STREET IS HOPEFUL
IWglns New Year With Confidence
in the Future.
NEW YORK. Jan. 5. The opening of
the new year sees a disposition reflected
In the financial markets to turn from
the contemplation of mournful yesterdays
and to look forward with hope and con
fidence in the future. The conviction is
firmly based that decided improvement Is
ahead but this conviction has been tem
pered by some anxiety over a possible
remnant of unpleasant consequences of
the crisis yet to come true. A special field
of uneasiness was the provision for the
annual disbursements in the money mar
kets which are, unusually heavy, while
the resources of the money market, al
though rapidly ' Improving, . were still
much Impaired. The smoothness with
which the turn of yesterday was effected
went far to encourage sentiment and to
establish -confidence that steady improve
ment In the financial position was to be
expected henceforth. The call money
rate did not get higher than 24 per cent,
which compares with a maximum of 45
per cent In the corresponding week of
last year and 125 per cent in the year
preceding.
Still more significant of the growing
improvement of the position was the rap
idly dwindling premium on gold which
signalised the first business day of the
new year. So long as the premium per
sisted an insurmountable obstacle re
mained to the re-establishment of a nor
mal banking position.
The course of railroad earnings report
ed was a restraining factor on immoder
ate enthusiasm on values. Several of
the great railroad systems, including not
ably the Atchison and the Pennsylvania,
showed a heavy inroad on last year's
level of net earnings in the return lor
November, owing to the heavy expansion
of operating expenses. - Railroad traffic
officers, In reporting on the more recent
course of traffic, make candid acknowl
edgment of the rapid shrinkage In the
movements of merchandise of all de
scriptions except grain and of their In
ability to discover an early improvement.
The bond market Is scanned with some
attention and interest from day to day
to detect evidence of a renewed flow of
floating capital into Investment. Some
Increase of activity was discovered last
week, but the demand was moderate, de
spite the large disbursements of divi
dends and Interest to supply a fund for
reinvestment.
ARGUES WITH A CAMERA
PRESipENT SENDS PICT CUES TO
congress. ' ; " :
What European Soldiers Must Do on
Horseback American Troops
Deficient in the Art.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Thirteen pho
tographs from life, illustrating hair-raising
exploits in horsemanship, form the
unique exhibit sent to Congress by di
rection of the President, to accompany
recommendations of-, himself and the
chief of staff for the betterment of Army
riding. These pictures are intended to
show how far behind American military
men are of Europeans in the art of
equestrianism.
They certainly constitute a remarkable
series. One of the most thrilling pictures
represents an Italian cavalryman riding
over a 20-foot perpendicular cliff, the
photograph being taken in series to Illus
trate the sagacity of the horse and the
skill of the rider in maintaining a pose
within the center of gravity in different
stages of the descent. There are pictures
of German student officers apparently
leaping from hill to hill, of fat Majors
and Lieutenant-Colonels of the same na
tionality peltering through bogs and
swamps, over hedges, and French obstacle-riding,
the famous drag-hunt of the
German Army, and stirring pictures of
the hounds In full cry on boar-hunts.
The official correspondence with these
pictures consists of a letter from Presi
dent Roosevelt to the Secretary of War on
December 30 last, requiring him to secure
legislation to establish remount depots,
saying:
"Both of these measures are essential
to the improvement of horsemanship in
the Army." '
Another letter from the President to
the chairman of the House committee on
military affairs transmits a report from
Major-General Bell, chief of staff, ex
plaining the photographs, the President
saying:
The field officers of our Army cannot be.
held exclusively responsible for the poor
riding which has been frequently observed
among them. The quality of our riders does
not equal that of our mounts. Furthermore,
though all infantry captains in European
armies are mounted, an infantryman in our
service has little opportunity to practice
riding until he becomes a field officer.
MORE FUNDS ARE NEEDED
Postoffice Department Finds Ex
penses on the Increase.
WASHINGTON, Jan. B- The annual re
port of First Assistant Postmaster-General
Frank H. Hitchcock, was made
public today. The revenues collected
through the postofflces during the fiscal
year 1906 amounted to about $168,000,000, a
gain of more than $15,000,000 and the re
port states that this growth was con
tinued in 1907, when the aggregate was
$183,000,000. In order to meet this contin
uous growth of his bureau, Mr.' Hitch
cock makes an appeal for larger appro
priation. "The present policy of reappointing
Presidential postmasters who have con
ducted their offices to the satisfaction of
the public and of the department has re
sulted in decided benefit to the service,"
says Mr. Hitchcock. He adds that about
65 per cent of the Presidential postmas
ters have been reappointed.
Increased salaries for various classes
of employes of the department are rec
ommended. In order to relieve third
class postmasters of the necessity of
paying for assistants out of their sal
aries, a recommendation is made for an
Increase to $2,000,000 of the allowances for
the purpose. Thirty instead of 15 days'
annual leave Is recommended for postal
employes. An extension of the city de
livery service to smaller towns than are
Included under the present law are In
cluded. Under the amendment to the law
he suggests free delivery would be given
to over 1400 towns that do not now enjoy
that advantage.
The total number of postmasters of all
classes appointed during the year was
13.316, a against 14,535 for 1906.
ALMOST KEADT FOR WORK
Both Houses Will Meet for a Short
Session Today.
WASHINGTON, Jan.' 5. Both the
Senate and House will resume their Bit
tings at noon Monday, and while com
paratively little in the way of actual
legislation is expected this week, they
will prepare for real work.
The Tillman resolutions on the finan
cial situation He on the table in the
Senate, and are available for discus
sion. The indication is, however, that
the financial discussion in the Senate
will be postponed until a bill is re
ported by the committee on finance,
which, it is believed, will soon take
place. -
The Senate will adjourn for the day
Immediately after meeting on Monday,
out of respect to the memory of the
late Senator Mallory, of-Florida, whose
death has occurred ince the holidays
began. Senator Maliory's successor,
William J. -Bryan, Is expected to be
sworn in this week.
Resolutions of inquiry relative to- the
conditions - in the Navy which led to
the resignation of Rear-Admiral
Brownson. ex-Chief of the Bureau of
Navigation, are among the probabili
ties, but as Senator Hale, chairman of
the Naval committee, has stated that
be would not start any inquiry or tnu
character, his failure to act Is regard-
Napkin Spc 'Is
NAPKINS, Worth
sale 1
price
Worth $5.00 the
dozen, sale price....
The $4.50 grade, spe
cial, the dozen ......
The $2.75 grade, spe
cial, the dozen
.00 the dozen,
..$6.75
..$4.25
$3.95
$2.18
. Agents ,
Royal
Wortester
- Corsets
Styles to Fit
Every Figure
Prices to Suit
Every Purse
Corset
Department
2d Floor
LADIES'
HOME
JOURNAL
PATTERNS
on sale in the
Fifth-Street
Annex
The Standard
Guide for the
Home Dressmaker
Table Linens
TABLE DAMASKS by the yard;
$1.85 quality, sale Q 48
$1.50 quality, sale
price ,
$1.10 grade selling
for
75c grade selling
for
$1.18
.. 78c
55c
30
TH
A RTATF T A If
CLEAR ANCE SALE
1
-4 Less onLingerie
Save V
A late shipment of garments made for us
in Europe's undermuslin centers.
French goods that we have just cleared
from the' local Customs-House; undergar
ments that women will take keenest de
light in owning. The sort that appeals to
the more discriminating tastes. Offered
now at one fourth less than the regular
value. Hand-embroidered, and the de
signs run from polka dots to the most
elaborate effects.
Gowns worth $5.00 to $32.50 Vt LESS
Chemise worth $2.00 to $17.50 Vt LESS
Corset Oorers w'th $2 to $11.50, 4 LESS
Skirts, worth $5.00 to $60.00 LESS
Drawers worth $1.75 to $15.00 4 LESS
Bridal Outfits w'th $12 to $60 LESS
CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' PETTI
COATS AND DBA WEES, of fine nain
sook or cambric, many different de-
- t rt i a i,,
from 12o to $4.00, choice, ZJ If
half nrir-A MlULf
r' - - -. .
A rt Department
PINCUSHIONS, fancy affairs in round
or sqnare shapes, 4x27 inches, cov
ered with satin in all shades. Trimmed
with lace or ribbon and very hand
some, regularly worth 35c and fj If
up, sale price,.....,.. JTlUir
$38.50 for Suits
AND DEMI-COSTUMES
REGULAR
VALUES TO
$185
A startling, sensational
sale of the most wanted
models in Women's Fine
Apparel. There are demi
costumes of velvet or the
best grades of broadcloth,
or street and afternoon
frocks in the smartest tai
lored effects. Plain - or
fancy materials, and the
decorations used are the
best to be had, applied by
the hands of artists. Some"
of these garments are full
silk-lined, and not one in
the lot is worth less than
$75.00. From that the
prices run to $185.00, and
the savings are really re
markable. 'Tis a sale that
will not be duplicated, an
opportunity that comes
but seldom, so be prompt.
No phone orders filled,
none sent on approval, and
none laid aside on part
payments. Come in per
son and take your choice"
of 48 handsome costumes
lor ..$38.50
WOMEN'S COATS in velvet,
caraeul or fancy mixtures ;
your choice of any we have in
the store- in these rr j r
nair
lines at half price.
ed by many as quite a. clear Indication
that the Senate will not enter upon
any investigation at this time.
The committee on ways and means
will meet Monday to discuss the Presi
dent's proposed plan to distribute the
work among the - various House com
mittees, and a report may be made at
the Monday sitting-- It depends on this
report whether the House - will have
any business before it at the beginning
of the session. In the past, members
have taken advantage of this report to
make political and other speeches for
the "good of the Union," and It is prob.
able some will follow the custom this
year. There will be delay of a few
days in beginning the business- of the
committee on appropriations, because
of the absence of Chairman Tawney,
but it will get down to work before the
end of the week, and it will not be long
before some of the supply bills will be
on the calendar for consideration.
LEAVE CANAL WIDTH 100 FEET
Isthmian Commission Believes It
Can Be Changed Later if Needed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. By unani
mous decision the Isthmian Canal Com
mission has recommended to the Sec
retary of War that the locks be .con
structed at their present projected
width, namely, 100 feet, holding that
this will be ample for all commercial
shipping for years to come. If it is
the judgment of the Navy Department
and of the President that the proposed
width be Increased to 110 feet, this can
be done at reasonable cost, and It is
believed without danger of structural
weakness. The suggestion for in
creased width originated with the
Navy, some of the officials holding the
opinion that this may be necessary to
meet canal developments caused by In
creased beams in future.
ASSIGN -.'.ROOMS BY LOTTERY
Drawing Thursday for Quarters in
Congressional Office Building. -
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. An unique
feature of the week's proceedings In the
House of Representatives will be the as
signment to members, by lottery, of
rooms in the J9.000.000 House, offlce-bulld-ing,
now about completed. The drawing
will be held on Thursday, January 9.
Three hundred and thirty-three, marbles,
consecutively numbered from one up, will
be placed in a box and as each in turn
is drawn out by a blindfolded page and
handed to the reading clerk. Its number
will be announced. The member whose
number appears on- a lis will . get a di
agram of his room. -
WRECKAGE COMES ASHORE
Schooner Believed to Have Been
Lost Off Long ' Island.
PROVIDENCE, .": R. I., Jan. 6. The
washing ashore of a large amount of
wrecking. Including four hatches, a
wheelhouse,' and part of a name board
which bore the letters "S I M" on Block
Island today led the lifesaving crew at
Sandy Point to the belief that a schooner
went ashore somewhere between. Long
Island and Block Island last night. Spe
cial patrols from the . life saving station
searched the shore, ' but nothing was
found to Identify the vessel.
Fire In South Dakota Town.
HURON, 8. D-, Jan. 5. Fire last night
destroyed a two-story brick building,
half of which was occupied by the Lee
Mercantile Company. Loss $40,600.
RENT STRIKE RIOT
Men and Women Clubbed by
New York Police.
DISORDERS ARE GENERAL
Tenants Hoot Landlord, Who Calls
Police Officer Forced to Fight
Vigorously to Restore Order. .
Trouble Spreads to Jersey.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Incipient rent
riots broke out on the East Side today
as a result of the tension between the
landlords and the striking tenants, and
before the disorders were quelled by
the police reserves, which were called
from several precincts, many combat
ants were Injured and five were ar
rested. The police used their clubs
freely, but thore was no way to ob
tain the number of injured, as they
hurried away and were cared for by
friends.
- The disorders were general through
out the affected district The most
serious battle occurred on East Elev
enth street, where a landlord who had
been unable to collect rent ordered his
tenants to remove the Socialist flags
with which strikers had decorated the
buildings.- The landlord was hooted
by the tenants and other strikers, who
were holding a mass meeting in the
house, and he called the police. The
striking tenants resented the appear
ance of the officers and in the clash
that followed the reserves used their
night-sticks vigorously. Five protest
ing tenants, somewhat battered, were
arrested. The offending decoration
was removed.
Hardly had order been restored at
this point, when . the police reserves
were hurried to East Twelfth' street,
where striking tenants were making a
demonstration against a landlord who
had opposed the flying. of the flags
over his property. The crowd failed
to obey the police order to disperse
and was set upon with night-sticks.
One woman, it is reported, was ren
dered insensible' during the fight, in
which the wives and daughters, as well
as the fathers and sons, participated.
The police tried to gain entrance into
the tenement, but the . tenants barri
caded the door and, a semblance of
order having been restored, the officers
withdrew. Ambulances were sum
moned to care for the injured, but the
strikers declined to admit the physi
cians, stating that they would call
their own doctors. -
There were several other outbreaks,
which were checked by the police, and
all during' the day the teeming East
Side swarmed into the streets and held
impromptu meetings. There were many
altercations between tenants and land
lords and the- whole precinct reserve
force was held in readiness to respond
to hurry calls. Several mass meetings
were held tonight by the strikers.
It was announced at the headquar
ters of the strikers that the organiz
ing of the tenants in Brooklyn -and
Jersey City was going oa rapidly, and
that by- the first - of February more
than 60,000 tenants in those cities
would be ready to enforce their de
mands for lower rents.
CHICAGO TENANTS ORGANIZE
Ghetto Residents Demand Reduction
In High Rents.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6. Five hundred resi
dents of Chicago's Ghetto formed tonight
a Tenants' Union with the avowed pur
pose of forcing landlords of the district
to reduce rents $2 a month. , Leaders of
the movement advised the members ot
the new organization to refuse to pay
the present rates which were declared ex
orbitant and to force the landlords to
take all legal steps and pay all court
costs in case the latter refuse to meet
the demands for lower prices.
At present. It was declared, four rooms
In a Ghetto tenement cost $12 a month,
five rooms $18 a month and six rooms
122. A flat reduction of 2 Is sought.
The movement will be modeled after
the one in New York. It is the hope of
Its leaders that it may spread to laboring
classes throughout the city. With ihls
end in view a committee was appointed
to confer with the Chicago Federation
of Labor and -seek the co-operation of
that body. Today's meeting was under
the auspices of the Ninth Ward Jewish
branch of the Socialist party.
FAVOR MERGER PLAN
(Continued from First Page.)
TRAINMEN ARE CONFERRING
Meet With Officials to Settle Some
Minor Questions.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ' 5. Delegates
representing the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers and the Order of Railway
Conductors from various parts of the
Southern Pacific system have arrived
here to confer with high officials of the
company to settle various minor differ
ences that have arisen between the mem
bers of these unions and representatives
of the company. The question of pay
and hours is not involved.
STRIKEBREAKERS RUN CARS
Backbone of Mob Menace at Mnncie
Believed Broken.
MUNCIB, tnd., Jan.' 5. The back
bone of Muncle's mob menace is brok
en. Cars were run today from early
morning to - dusk over all the lines,
and, with the exception of a little
stone-throwing on the outskirts, the
cars were unmolested, notwithstand
ing they were manned by imported
strikebreakers and deputy sheriffs.
Major-General W. J. McKee, in com
mand of the troops, takes a cheerful
view of the situation tonight.
'. . Work for5000 Men. .
ST. : LOUIS, Jan. 6. According to an
nouncement made today an aggregate of
5000 men will be rs-employed January 13
by many large industrial plants in East
St Louis, 111., and vicinity.
Few Japs Leaving Hawaii.
HONOLUICr. Jan. 5. There is but
little movement here of Japanese
laborers to Vancouver,. B. C. The
-sugar-grinding season has commenced
and there is an abundance of employ
ment here. Passage has been engaged
for 209 Japanese via San Francisco on
the French steamship Admiral
Fourichon. There is no present movement.
Attend Rosenthal's great elearapee
ale for shoe bargains.
depositors doing their own business
there, and asking their friends to do
theirs there also. Why, with such
backing, within a year the result will
be beyond question.
Let us wipe this stain off the name
of the fair City of Portland. We have
a splendid city; we have a splendid
country, susceptible of marvelous de
development. I will trust that man
Reed. I worked with him. I have
known him for years. I will trust
Tom Devlin. I have known him for a
good many years, and I will trust him
for anything and everything I have in
the world. . If he cannot do the work In
two years, give him a little longer. He
will show his good faith always. Now
let these gentlemen get a good, strong
board of directors I am sure they will
do that and let us all work together
for better banking in Portland. Let
us be the first ones to do it; let us be
the first bank to open. You will never
regret it in any way.
On motion of J. B. Laber, a commit
tee consisting of five was appointed to
draft; resolutions to' be submitted to
the meeting. Chairman . Day named
Mr. Laber. B. I. Dasent, P. A. Worth
ington. James N. Davis and B. E.
Clements as the committee. They re
tired and later submitted the follow
ing resolutions, which were unani
mously adopted by a standing vote:
Text of Resolutions.
To the Officers and Members of the
Depositors' Association of the Oregon
Trust and Savings Bank Gentlemen:
We, your committee appointed to draft
a suitable resolution intended to con
vey the wish of this association in the
form of a memorial to the honorable
Circuit Court of the State of Oregon
for -Multnomah County, beg to submit
the following:
At a meeting of the depositors of the
Oregon Trust and Savings Bank,
called and held in Portland, Or., on
this 5th day of January. 1908, for the
purpose of considering the plan sug
gested by the German-American Bank
for the payment of depositors, the fol
lowing resolution was offered and car
ried, to wit:
Resolved, That the Depositors' As
sociation of the Oregon Trust and Sav
ings Bank respectfully petitions the
honorable Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Multnomah County, in the
matter of the receivership of said Ore
gon Trust and Savings Bank, to grant
an order accepting the proposition of
the German-American Bank to buy the
assets, lease and fixtures of the Oregon
Trust and Savings Bank, to be paid
for by the payment of the legal claims
of all the record depositors of said
Oregon Trust and Savings Bank with
in two years from the date of said
order, such payment to be made sub
ject to the subscriptions for bonds,
bank" ctock and certificates of deposit
already subscribed for by depositors.
We recommend that such time be
gi-en for the delivery of the telephone
bonds or other securities subscribed for
by depositors as shall be necessary to
enable the receiver to distribute all
the bonds or other securities to sub
scribers therefor at the same time.
We further recommend that Mr. T. C,
Devlin retain his position as receiver,
compensation for his services, however,
to be paid by the German-American
Bank. ' -
We also recommend that Mr. Devlin
have an active position with the German-American
Bank, so as to enable
him to safeguard the interests of the
depositors.
Considering the general banking
conditions, we recommend that the
period of two years. Instead of 18
months, for the payment of the In
debtedness not covered by bond sub
scriptlons or subscriptions for bank
stock, is reasonable, and would re
spectfully ask the court to grant that
time.
We authorize this resolution to be
attached to such report or recommen
dations in the matter as shall be filed
by the said receiver.
This association desires to express
its appreciation of the fair and liberal
proposition made by the officers of the
German - American Bank, recognizing
the solution offered as the most feasi
ble one, and commending those who
have been instrumental in bringing
forth the proposition.
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resolution is hereby authorized, and a
duly certified copy thereof to be de
livered to the receiver of the Oregon
Trust and Savings Bank; also that a
copy be forwarded to the German
American Bank of this city.
One Voice In Protest.
The only Indication of dissatisfaction
with the proposed plan came from F. J.
McHenry, who in an address while the
resolutions committee was preparing its
report, urged that the depositors' demand
some representation on the new board of
directors. But the exclamation "S. G.
Reed i will do for my ' director," which
came from depositors in different parts
of the building, served effectually to sup
press any attempt, intentional or other
wise, to bring about lack of harmony
in the deliberations of the meeting. "-
Before the resolutions committee had
reported, Charles W. Helser proposed a
resolution expressing the confidence of
the depositors in Receiver Devlin and de
claring their esteem and appreciation for
the valuable services he already has ren
dered. The resolution was adopted unan
imous!?. .
Mr. Wilde Reassured.
"I do not believe there is anything now
to prevent the proposed absorption of the
Oregon Trust & Savings Bank by the
German-American Bank," said Louis J.
Wilde after the meeting. "It is my pur
pose, however, to have a consultation
with my attorney tomorrow and ascertain
if the expression of today's meeting is
representative of all of the depositors
and satisfactory to the press and the gen
eral public I realize that it is only har
mony that produces good results from
any proposition, and the movement now
under consideration must be cupported
unanimously.
"There are some minor details con
nected with the proposed transfer of the
bank that remain to be adjusted, but it
looks as if everything will be af ranged
satisfactorily to all concerned. When I
have ascertained the general feeling on
the question, I will probably have a fur
ther statement to make."
STOCK SHOW AT DENVER
National Event Will Attract Crowds
to Colorado Capital.
DENVER, Jan. 5. One of the big
gest crowds of the year will be in Den
ver January 20-25, to attend the Denver
Livestock Exposition. The exposition
this year, for the first time in its his
tory, will be a National event, with
entries of cattle, hogs, horses, sheep,
etc., from all parte of the country.
During stock show week there will b
held a grand horse fair, public sales of
pure-bred cattle under the direction' of
the National Breeders' Association, the
11th annual convention of the Ameri
can National Livestock Association, the
eighth annual convention of the Colo
rado Horsegrowers' Association, and
the convention of the Colorado Grain
growers' Association.
Do it new. Attend Rosenthal's great
house-cleaning sale.