THE SrOTTVINCr Ol?EG01AX MONDAY, "MAT 4, 1908.
NEED MORE HOTELS
Two First-Class Buildings Go
Up This Summer.
ARCHITECTS BUSY PEOPLE
Evidences of Continued Operations
Seen on- Every Side, With Sev
eral Large Propositions
Well Under War-
The announcement that the Cornelius
Hotel is to be opened under the manage
ment of N. K. Clarke about the middle of
the month put a stop to pessimistic
rumors that too many new hotel propositions'-
are under way In Portland. The
fact that such a well-informed and com
petent man as Mr. Clarke had severed his
j liirii inV IIP Jrfe -I
i mam ikw iiiKHlKPPi
THIS NEW BRICK BUILDING COH.VKR Of. POIHIII AND EVERETT STREETS, BEING BUILT 'OR CHI-
NESE OCCUPANTS.
;onnection with the biggest hotel in the
city to assume charge of a newly con
structed hostelry would appear to indicate
that room exists for additional hotel ac
commodations of the first class. Two
more hotels are to be built this Summer
one at Tenth and Alder streets by Gus
Rosenblatt, excavations for which are
being made now, and another at Fourth
and Alder streets by the Hotel Invest
ment Company.
Rumors were current last week that
another hotel to occupy a block between
Sixth and Seventh streets was being
talked of by a syndicate of outside capi
talists. Nothing of a definite character
could be learned concerning this project,
and It may be only preliminary talk.
Among well-informed realty men, the
opinion In held that a first-class theater
is not only among the probabilities of the
near future, but will be required by the
Council before a great while. A state
ment is credited to one of the theatrical
managers that h would not be surprised
to have the Council take up the question
of wooden theaters at any time and pass
condemnatory ordinances.
At the meeting of the Realty Board, or
Exchange, as It may be called hereafter,
to b held Tuesday night, the exchange
feature will again come up for final de
termination. A number of members of
the board do not favor the exchange idea,
but the friends of the plan say, now that
It has been agreed to have only one or
ganisation. It will not be compulsory for
members to participate in the exchange
and that enough members of the present
Realty Board will attend sessions of the
exchange to make it go, ,
Friends of the exchange auxiliary will
present details necessary to adopt in
starting It A manager Is to be selected,
cost of separate Initiation or "seats" fixed,
room for exchange sessions provided, and
some scheme devised through which the
funds of the present board and those of
the auxiliary may be kept separate. A
resolution was passed at the last meeting
of the board recommending that the name
of the organization be changed to Real
Ftate Exchange, but it is recognized that
the mere changing of the name does not
create an exchange feature.
The new Masonic temple at Oregon City
is practically completed. Plans were made
by C. C Robbins of this city which
provided for a building to cost $40,000.
The building is three stories in height
and Is of reinforced concrete construc
tion. Mr. Robbins reports other work under
way as follows: Basement for Central
Christian Church: residence for S. J. Raf
ferty, Union avenue and Pearl street:
residence for Rev. J. F. Ohormley, East
Twentieth and Salmon; residence A. J.
Murphy. Sellwooil near Gantenbein ave
nue, and three residences in Oregon City.
Gardner r Mci.ennon last week took
out a permit for the structural steel and
Interior carpenter work on the Fenton
building nt S'-vonth and Ankcny streets.
Teter Hobkirk was awarded the con
tract for th erection of the Homestead
schoolhouse at Alblna. This building is
to be of frame construction and will be
ready for occupancy by the beginning of
the Fall term of school, unless wine un
told circumstance occurs.
X. K. Espy has been awarded the con
tract for building a bungalow at Seaside
for S. C. Kennell from plans drawn by
Otto Kleeman.
Plans have been completed for a hotel
building to be erected at Gooding. . Idaho,
to cost between $:10.0H0 and $40,000.
Three old buildings at the southwest
corner of Second and Alder streets are
being raised to make room for a three-
! story brick building to be put up by Moy
Back Hln. the Chinese Consul. The
premises are to be rented to white
tenants.
The Insurance Press, of New York,
makes a compilation of fires in school
houses In the United States and Canada
since the first of this year, showing the
startling total of 58. -
Architect Knighton is receiving bids for
the concrete foundations of ; the Rosen
blatt Hotel to be erected at Tenth and
Alder streets, to occupy -a site 100x100.
The annual meeting of the Portland
Architectural Club Is to be held toniht
at Hotel Heyser. Bast Third and Burnside
streets, at 6:30 o'clock. At the conclusion
of the business meeting, a banquet is to
be served to members and invited guests.
The permit was Issued last week for
a brick store building to be erected at
Second and Main streets to cost J26.000.
R. Martin, Jr., is the architect. The same
architect U preparing plans for altera
tions in the .Alisky building at Third and
Morrison streets.
MANHOOD AND NOT SHIPS
Rev. James Corby Says Xation Need
Not Fear Invaders.
Rev. James D. Corby,, pastor of the
ITniversalist Church of Good Tidings,
East Side, spoke last night on "Battle
ship Patriotism," his text being "Peace
on Earth." He said that at present the
thoughts of the Nation turned to pat
riotism. He said the expenditure of
money for militarism In the old ' world
is greater than for education. Taking
up ' the subject. Dr. Corby said:
America Is today the hifb of the world.
A thousand Influences have contributed to
make us a world power. In education, com
merce and natural resources we focus the
attention of all. Thoughtful minds there
fore -look with wonder on tha new naval pro
gramme with lu insistent cry for more men
and more ships. In 1SS8 the naval Budget
was leu than 214,000.000, last month S1Z3.-
000.0O0 was voted. The limit of naval ex
penditure has by no means been reached.
If the programme of the Naval Board is
carried out. it will require 2O0.HX.000 a
year to maintain such a Navy: and ff Hob
son's hope for a Navy greater than all the
other navies combined Is ever saddled on
us. It will mean $400,000,000 a year. The
cost of the Army and Navy oaght to decline
as we advance In civilization. To keep
increasing the outlay on the Navy is to
cling to a lower civilization.
American supremacy depends not on let
ting other powers give us the measure of
civilization, but on our raising a standard
to which they shall measure up. In an age
when monarchies are bound hand and foot
by bureaus who force expenditures for
armies and navies, why should our United
States tag along behind, instead of leading
the thought of humanity Into peace? It is
often said "these powers of the world are
not so advanced- as we." Why take them as
a model then? .If every man in Europe en
gaged In peaceful pursuit must carry some
soldier or sailor on his back and support
him as well as himself, why In the name
of common sense should Americans do the
same fowllfch thing?
Granted that some protection Is needed
against those least removed from bar
barism, a National police could be main
tained, a skeleton of an Army and Navy,
without entering Into any competition to
see who could mobilize the largest force in
time of peace. It is pathetic to observe
that the bigger the navy becomes. the
greater the certainty of Its promoters that
we are in Immediate danger of attack from
other powers. E,very new battleship, in
stead of lessening their fear, seems to add
to It. Twenty years ago, when we had no
Navy to speak of. we heard nothing of these
enemies, now It la the stock talk. Instead
of the Navy being a peace measure and a
source of strength, it seems to become a
source of danger and an added Incentive to
conflict
Mr. Hobson's talk or Germany landing
men on the Atlantic seaboard Is amusing;
every ship lands more of them and we re
joice, counting them friends and patriots
rather than enemies. A war between Ger
many and America would be an Insane
double suicide of two highly developed civil
ized nations.
Our Pacific Coast states are menaced less
by foes without than by those within. With
the cost of one war vessel devoted to Inter
nal Improvement, good roads could be built,
which, in five years, would do more for us
than 50 years of patrolling our coast by a
great navy. Instead of begging for a few
thousand dollars to secure a proper teaching
staff for our university, the coat of a single
battleship would give every sta-te a Harvard
University with an endowment of millions
of dnllttrs. The patriotism needed today 'is
the patriotism of peace. Not in vast terri
tory and sea-girdling navies consists the
greatness ef a nation, but in the broad hu
manity which-gives to each his due. in that
lil.ierty which leaves none oppressed and in
Justiee which is unfailingly invoked. The
conviction and punishment of the men who
murdered the poor Hindu will do far more
to exalt human life in Oregon than ten new
battleships along our coast. The need of
the hour is not for guns nor for a club, but
for brotherhood. As Unlversalists we are
to say gladly, triumphantly: National honor
means service to the world. Milton's wish
for England was that she might teach na
tions how to live. Surely that must be the
wish of Americans for America. To teach
she must live nobly.
Aberdeen Instructs for Taft.
ABERDEEN. 'Wash., May 3. (Special.)
Delegates elected by the Republican
caucus to the Chehaiis County conven
tion were instructed- to support delegates
to the state convention favorable to Taft
for President.
The Democratic caucus expressed no
preference for a Presidential candidate.
Tans! Tans! Tans! at Rosenthal's.
FAIL TO GIVE COST
Nearly Half Recorded Trans
fers Name Nominal Values.
STATISTICS NOT ACCURATE
In April, Out of 1456 Transactions,
528 Are Entered at From $1 to
$10 for Lots Worth
ilundreds.
Analysis Of the records of the realty
transfers for the month of April brings
out some facts that are of Interest to the
trade, and whiah also gives a text for
discussion at meetings of those interested
in securing a better method of arriving
at accurate statistics. Last month there
were 14o items in the records of deeds,
and of these 528 had rromin-al Valuations
entered,, in most cases H. There Is no
way to arrive at even an approximate
average for these transactions, without
taking each one and obtain expert opin
ions from several dealers of the -probable
value, and arrive at a conclusion by com
paring these opinions.
The total valuations for the month foot
$1,587,962, outside the $1,500,000 record of
the transfer of the North Bank road line
from Vancouver to Portland, which was
simply a record made to carry out plans
contemplated when the building of the
road was first undertaken. Segregated,
the amounts probably correctly given in
the transfers show 332 of parcels of land
valued at from .$1000 to $5000; 32 from $5000
to $10,000, and 19 of $10,000 and over.
This matter of requiring true Values to
be given when recording transfers will
be made the subject of discussion by the
Realty Board at one of its sessions before
ar great while, according to the plan of
President Fries as outlined in his in
augural address.
Considerable enthusiasm " has been
aroused over the excursion to be made
next Saturday by the board to Hood
River. Quite a number of members have
already signified their Intention to make
the trip. The steamer Spencer is to take
the excursion from the Washington
street dock and the Commercial Clnb of
Hood River is to escort the visitors to
points of Interest in the Valley.
Owners and selling agents of tracts
down the Peninsula report lively inquiry
for lots and acreage In and about the
slough district. All the additions in the
market are reporting good sales and some
owners of pieces that were originally
bought with the expectation of platting
them, now announce Intention to hold off
for awhile with the idea that factory
sites will soon command better figures
than could be obtained from lots In
smaller dimensions.
Movement in lots in the upper Washington-street
district recently reported
Indicate a considerable advance in values
In that part of the city.
Realty men are much Interested in the
progress being made in the big fill on the
East Side. When the work is finished a
large addition to available sites for ware
houses and other business will come into
the market in a section of the city con
sidered among the best for those pur
poses. Dealers look for a considerable advance
in values in the Northwest end of the
city when the bridges at Vancouver and
St. Joun are opened. Warehouse sites
near the terminals, they say, will be in
great demand, and as all the lots abutt
ing on the rail lines for several blocks
already have been secured by firms that
are building or that expect to build In
the near future, the result will be that
realty lying in continguous localities will
be next picked up.
Yesterday was unfavorable to much
business in townsitc lots. Threatening
weather kept most people indoors who
otherwise would have visited the various
tracts. The past . week, however, many
lots were sold m the different agencies
and apparently sales are heavier now
than ever before.
Invents Current Motor.
LYLE. Wash., May 3. (Special.) C.
A. Neylnnd has Invented a new cur
rent motor for irrigating: and expects
soon to place one in the Big; Klickitat
River. One of these is now working
successfully irt the Snake River. The
motor Is propelled by a long sweep that
extends from the bank Into the cur
rent. It is said that it will raise water
0 feet
The Fan S
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only method of obtaining perfect results in
both ventilation and heating. We have in
stalled, and are installing, Fan Systems in
every large city in the Northwest.
Ask any school board who have one of our
plants "WHY! -
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BARREN OF IDEALS
Df. Heppe Says Worltiliness Is
Low and Sordid.
GAZE IS NEVER UPWARD
Pastor's Last Sermon Before Iieaving
for General Methoflist Confer
ence Is a Strong Appeal
to Higher Things.
Speaking at the Grace Methodiat
Church last night on "Worldtiness and
Other-Worldliness." Rev. William H.
Heppe told hii hearers that even though
they -were referred to as "green," this
Was to be preferred to indulgence in'
questionable amusements. Dr. Heppe
took for his text Epli. v!:10-13, in whicn
Paul tells the Ephesians to' put on the
whole armor of God, figuratively speak
ing, that they may war "against the
rulers of the darkness of this world"."
It was Dr. Heppe's last Sunday in
Portland before leaving to attend the
Methodist General Conference, which
will be held at Baltimore, Md., for one
week, beginning May 6. - Dr. Heppe goes
as the first reserve delegate from the
Oregon Conference. Three regular dele
gates have been chosen, ancr three re
serves. The regular delegates are Rev.
B. F. Rowland. W. B. Hollingshead and
J. W. MaeDougall. Rev. M. C. Wire, of
Eugene, is the second reserve delegate,
while Dr. Clarence True Vilson, of Cen
tenary MPthodlst Church, is the third
reserve. While in the ' Bast. Dr. Hepp
will preach the annual university sermon
at his alma mater, the Iowa Wesleyan
University.
In his sermrtn last night Dr. Heppfr
said:
In Paul o philosophy of life there 's no
room for an emasculated pospel. He;judirrd
life from the ptn-ndpirit of a Varrior. His
goKpfl is therefore strong, athletic, full of
battle cries and flashing saber, und It Is
charged with spiritual ozone, retreshiiiR as a
salt breeze from the sen. Paul's gospel
stands out in bold contrast to the- effemi
nate. weak-a?-watfir gnspels. offered In our
day as -substitutes. They Wrmld make life
a huee joko and the world- one vast p-lay
jrround, with man as an actor to amuse and
to be amused.
The Puritan practices have become almost
a byword. I ould' not be understood as
depreciating the Puritan character. He has'
done much to make the world better. He
had no notion of shutting; himself up in
monasteries, or contenting himself with
psalm-singing. This tabooing and classln
catlon, however, worked' moral havoc in'
his household.
Worldllness has to do with the Inner life
Of man. It has very little to do with the
Outward trappings- off- life. It Is as common
amon the poor as the rich, among the illit
erate as the cultured, among the bon' ton
as the submerged. If wealth and luxury, and
dress and art. and science and music, and
amusemerrs and all things with which
worldllness Is usually associated were ban
ished, worldllness would not thereby be
banished. A person may avoid all the
things that are catalogued as worldly, and
jet be Intensely, worldly, be' steeped throueh
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and through with the spirit of this "present
evil world."
Worldllness Is life without high callings,
lire devoid of lofty Ideals. It Is a gaze al
ways on the level, never upward. Its goal
Is success, not holiness. It "Is a habit of
mind which does not reveal itself exclu
sively to any one type of action."
We say a Christian Is worldly If he par
ticipates In the so-called "questionable
amusements." But yon may be Just as
worldly lp your attendance upon church
service.
My message to every Christian is: Take
care of the delicacy of the mind; retain
the power to blush: respect the alarm and
shrinking of the soul on the faintest sus
picion of evil. Cynical; narrow people may
call you "green." Thank God for the color,
for It is an Indication of beauty, purity, life
and power. Infinitely better this color than
that of the yellow leaf which speaks or a
wasted and dissipated life.
WILBUR LOSS IS $15,000
Eight Bnildings Destroyed Third
Fire in Town's History.
ROSEBURG, Or., May 3. (Special.)
The loss in the Wilbur fire yesterday
Is estimated at 15,000, as follows: T.
J. Williams, general merchandise store,
valued at 15000, insured for $3000; his
house, valued at $1000, insured for $500;
Mrs. Reed's house, valued at $1000; Mrs.
Wilson, postoffice and new residence,
valued at $2000, insured; Southern Pa
cific depot, valued at $1000, Insured,
and contents of buildings, valued at
$5000, destroyed. Eight buildings in
all were burned, wiping out the busi
ness section, with the exception of the
schoolhouse and hotel. This Is ihc
third big fir for Wilbur, which has a
population of only 150 people.
BURGLARS GET SMAti HACIi
Dallas Store Entered; but Only.' 9)20
IS' Secured;
DALLAS, Or., Ma,y 3. (Special.)
The dry goods store of P. A. Finseth,
one of the prominent merchants of this
city, was entered last night -by bur-"
glars, who pried open one of the back
Windows and broke Into the safe which
stood in the office. They secured only
about $20 in cash, however, and seem
to have left the goods untouched.' A
bag containing several chisels, a hrace
and bit and a sledgehammer was found
In an" adjoining lot. The - officers
have as yet found no clue, to the iden
tity of tlie robbers.
Ankeny Forces Defeat 1'resby.
GOt.DBXDAX.i3. Wash.; May 3. (Spe
cial.) Senator W. P. Piesby forced the
Joncs-Ankeny issue in the primaries here
yesterday and went down to defeat by
a vote of 5T to 3f. This being. Presby s
home precinct the result is a surprise; to
his friends. The Ankny forces before
the primaries endeavored to effect a com
promise and elect a mixed delegation to
the county- convention, : which meets here
Saturday. ' May 9, but ' Presby overesti
mated his strength and lost.
Aberdeen Presbyterians Raise St 500
ABERDEEN. Wash.; May 3. (Special.)
Dr. Holt, of ' Pbrtland. preached two
sermons today in the new Presbyterian
Church to very large audiences, all Prot
ectants uniting In the ' dedication serv
ices; About $1600' was subscribed in ad
ditional pledges to assist in wiping ' out
the debt.
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Dr. Wilson Opposes Home Rule
Amendment."
FINDS IT IS- UN AMERICAN
SAs While- It Pretends to Advocate
Home Rule for Cities, Its Pur
pose Is to Nullify Criminal
Laws of the State.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson, of the Cen
tenary, Church, gave a prelude to his ser
mon last night,, in which he discussed the
pending constitutional amendment, pro
posed by initiative petition and to ap
pear on the official ballot numbered 320
and 321. ' He said:
This proposed amendment to the consti
tution la deceptively worded or pretends to
advocate home rule for cities, and says the
majority shall rule, but in reality its pur
pose is to nullify all the criminal laws of
the state as far as cities and towns are
concerned, and give any little rum-hole
town exclusive say as to tneaters, race
tracks, poolrooms, bowling-alleys, billiard
halls and the sale of liquors.
Such towns might go on furnishing a
large proportion of the crime, pauperism
and Insanity, of an entire county, and
doubling - the taxes' thereof, but neither
Sheriff, District Attorney nor grand jury
would have, any power to suppress their
gambling dens and objectionable saloons or
other vicious resorts. Ther is no propo
sition, however, that the municipality shall
pay the bills. It may defy the public
sentiment and moral laws of the state with
out bearing the expense of the 'crime; pau
perism and insanity that is caused. The
amendment would leave the state with the
dead expense of the whole of it, and with
out power to prevent it. The constitution
now provides that the city charters must
be "subject to the constitution and crira-r
Inal laws of t-ie- state." The proposed
amendment leaves out this important clause.
This proposed amendment emanated from
that dun that proposes to exploit the itros
of city life for their own prolit ami tares
little for the integrity and moral welfare of
the state. The principle 13 un-American.
Statutory law emanates from the supreme
power of the state, that is the people of the
entire commonwealth : and to permit t he
counsel of a mere municipality to override
the laws enacted by the people of tho whole
state, and to set at naught the moral senti
ment of -all Oerpun, would undermine tho
supremacy of the statf. create an authority
within municipal bounds in conflict with the
authority of our state laws and would be
the worst form of minority rule, vicious and
anarchistic in alt Its tendencies. -
The whole principle is wrong. Our cities
and counties go, up ior down altogether; they
are not separate. What affects one does the
other. A ' vice or crime that' shocks the
sentiment of mankind sufficiently to he pro
biblted "by the law of the tttate cannot be
permitted in 'separate municipalities without
making separate principalities of out cities
and towns, and establishing a principle of
disunion and of confusion." It would put the
moral law of the public exclusively in the
hands of the lowest and vilest creatures
who form a corruption ring to manipulate
politics and exploit city vices. - Think, for
Instance, of depriving ourselves 1n Portland
of the protection of our state criminal laws
with reference to gambling and Sunday
liquor closing, a.nd leaving ourselves- at the
MOVE
ENEMY
Estimates
HARDWARE
Main 274).
rnrllnud. Or.
mercy, on those ' questions, of legislation fi
that would come from the present Council.
There Is not one of the reforms that has
led to restrictions of gamblers, Sunday ' sa
loons and bawdy houses that could have
been gotten through the present Council.
Remember all these things have had-to be
accomplished through the laws of the state.
This amendment proposes: First, exclude "
the state from the control of these matters.
Second, to intrench the saloon and nullify
the- local option law. Thira, to make the
towns and cities of Oregon wide open In
defiance -of the prevailing -.sentiment for -better
things throughout the state. Fourth,
to deceive the voter In the act of stamping '
his ballot by putting the false -and mislead
ing wording of the official ballot, "Subject
to the provisions of the local option law of
the State of Oregon," when the main pur--'
pose of the amendment ts to nullify said
local option law in all corporate towns. Our
present law makes the county the unity of
government. The proposed amendment
gives exclusive power to cities and towns
regardless of state laws.
The people of Oregon defeated' the pro
posed liquor dealers' amendment to our
local option law two years ago; by a ma
jority of more than' 11,000. Dr. Reddy's
amendment to the constitution Is even a
bolder attempt to tamper with our consti
tution in reversion of the entire structure of
our government, and merits a still more
overwhelming defeat. All good citizens who
are loyal to the State of Oregon and be-'
lieve In the enforcement of its criminal
laws should vote no on this amendment. It
Is hoped that this will effectually stop the
attempt of the liquor dealers and purveyors
of vice from tampering with our laws and
amending our constitution, and thus nullify
ing the growing moral sentiment of Oregon
SLAYER IS NOT INDICTED
John Broun, Who Killed William
Wisdom in Malheur, Goes Free.
VALE, Or., May 3. Special.-The jury
in the case of the State against Jones,
after being out two hours, brought in
a verdict of "guilty as charged." Jones,
who was a local butcher, was charged
with cattle-stealing and other lrreg
larities in his methods of acquiring meat
for his shop.- The case has attracted
a good deal of attention locally by rea
son of the prominent people involved.
The docket in this term of the District
Court is very largo, by 'reason of thu
short terms held last Fall. Judge Davis
Is presiding In the case of the State
against John Brown, the grand jury
failed to return an indictment and Brown
goes- free.
; Brown killed William Wisdom recently
in retaliation for the alleged ruining ot
his- home. The unwritten law was plead
effectively with the prrand jury.
DltOWXS WIIILK l-'OKDING ItlVKIi
I'.oriy of Andrew Nichols Found by
Searching Party.
KLAMATH FAT-US. Or., May :!. (.Spe
cial.) A searching party lust night
found the remains of Andrew Nichols
in Lost Uiver uhout half past 5.
Nichols left Bonanza under the influ
ence of liquor. His team reached home
without him, and ic is thought he was
thrown out of the wagon and . was
drowned while undertaking to ford the
river. He leaves a wife and two grown
Children.
Albany to Stop Spitting on Sidewalks
ALBANY, Or.. May 3. (Special.) An
ordinance preventing expectoration on
side walks will probably be passed in Al
bany soon. The ordinance is now being
prepared by the City Attorney and tho
Council, in response to a petition of busi
ness men, indicated its willingness- to
pass it