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. AMUSEMENTS.
BAKER THKATER CThlrd between Tim
hill and Taylor) Baker Theater Company
in "The Climbers.," Tonight at 8:15.
frTAR THEATER (ParlKand Washington)
The Armstrong Musical Comedy Com
pany in "The Bathing Girls." Tonight at
8:13; matinee Tuesday, Saturday and Sun
day at 2:15 P. M.
LYKIC THEATER (Seventh und Alder)
The Allen Stock Company In "U.nder the
Magnolia." Tonight at 8:13. Matinees
TueBday, Thursday. Saturday and Sunday
at O 1
MARQUAM GRAND (Morrison. between
Sixth and Seventh) Pantages" continuous
vaudeville, 2:30. 7:30 and Si P. M.
GRAND THEATER (Washington, between
Park and Seventh) Continuous vaudeville.
2:30. 7:30 and 0 P. M. -
Indorses Street Carnival At the
last meeting of the. North East Side Im
provement Association, a resolution was
adopted indorsing the carnival and street
fair to be given by the Catholic Young
Men's Club of St. Mary's parish. May
16-27. President P. E Sullivan was present
and set forth that the object of the
carnival Is to rais"e money to pay off an
indebtedness on the clubhouse and equip
the' building. Preparations for the carni
val are going forward. The carnival wUl
be opened whh an automobile parade and
between 40 and 50 friends have promised
their automobiles for the occasion. Those
in charge of the conayslons on the
ground will take part iihe parade. It
-will occur Saturday. Dan Duff, Adrian
Word. Joe Meyer. Henry Allchoff and Jim
McGuire have charge of the club ath
letics. Thirty-five young men have joined
the baseball club. The club park on Wil
liams avenue and Morris street is now
being InclOBed with a high board fence
for the ball games and other athletic
etunts. ,
Ol.it bs MtET Tonight. Delegates from
the nine Peninsula push clubs will meet
tonight with the North Albina Improve
ment Club, near Killingsworth avenue,
to consider the matter of preparing a
float for the Rose Festival. It is desired
that there be a full representation present
at this meeting. Owing to the cost, it
was considered impracticable for one club
to get up a creditable float, but by all
the clubs joining together it may be done.
The Woodstock Push Club will hold a
meeting tonight in the Woodstock hall to
consider the matter of providing a float
and arranging for future meetings.
Ueorge A. Westagate will address the
Hose City Park Improvement League to
, night in the Alameda schoolhouse about
the Country Club and will show what it
Is doing. The University Park Board of
Trade will meet tonight at University
Park for general business. The Kenil
worth Improvement. Association will hold
a meeting tonight. Also the Mount Scott
Push Club meets tonight at the Arleta
Pharmacy.
Would Condemn Building. The spe
cial committee of the North East Side
Improvement Association will ask that;
the building inspector make an inspection
of the Williams-avenue schoolhouse with
a view to securing his opinion as to Its
general safety. R. E. L. Simmons, mem
ber of this committee, who recently made
an examination of the ' building, reports
that he does not consider the rooms safe,
that plastering is falling from the walls
and that at any time a large quantity
of the plaster may come down on the
children, maiming or injuring them. "I
feel very grateful when my child comes
home safe every night, that no accident
has happened during the day at this
building." said Mr. Simmons. Mr. Sim
mons thinks that provisions ought to be
made as soon as possible to abandon this
building, and that to wait until the
ground can be sold for $75,000, the price
tixed by the Board of Education, Is to
postpone erection of a building for an
indefinite time.
Seamen's Friend Concert. A concert
will be glvea tonight at the Institute' of
the Portland Seamen's Friend Society,
corner Third and Flanders streets, com
mencing at 8 o'clock. The programme is
being arranged by Mrs. May Dearborn
Schwab. There will be several selec
tions given by the Lrftkme Quartet, which
is composed of the following well-known
singers: First soprano, Mrs. May D.
Schwaj; ' second soprano. Miss Ethel
l-.ytle; first contralto. Miss PetroneHa
Connolly: second contralto, Mrs. W. A.
T. Bushong. The members of (he quartet
will also sing solos. Miss Sarah Glance
will sing, alfo Stuart McGuire. All friends
will be cordially welcomed.
Talks Law to x Women. A sptendid
musical programme was rendered at the
Young 'Women's Christian Association
yesterday. Mrs. Pauline Miller-Chapman
. and Mrs. Olga Bartseh Lang were the
soloists and Miss Gail Myers played a
violin solo. A. F. Flegel then addressed
a most enthusiastic audience. He had
planned a 20-minute talk but was led on
and on by questions from the young wom
en who were loath to lose this opportunity
of cross-questioning a lawyer. The sub
ject was "Law Points for Women."
"Seeing. Portland" Trips. Beginning
Monday, May 4. the electric observation
tars of the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company, will resume daily
service. "Seeing Portland" . cars start
from Second and Washington streets
every day at 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Fare
50 cents, time, two and one-half hours.
' If you are a stranger in Portland don't
miss this trip. If you live here, see and
know your own city.
R. D. Mills a -Benedict. Miss Bessie
Capps and R. D. Mills were married last
v Saturday night at the residence of the
bride's mother, Mrs. Emma Capps, 61
Jessup street. The groom Is manager of
the Pittock & Leadbetter lumber yard In
Albina. The bride is a Clackamas
County girl. They will spend their honey
moon In visiting Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane
and Walla Walla.
Open Democratic , Campaign. The
Democratic campaign will be opened to
morrow nlgnt with a meeting in Artisan's
hall. Front and Gibbs streets, in South
Portland. The meeting .will be addressed
by District Attorney Manning, ex-Sheriff
Tom Ward and other candidates. There
will he good music.
Father Black Will Speak. Rev.
Father J. H. Black, of the St. Francis
Church, will speak Wednesday night, at
the hall of the Sacred Heart Church,
Mllwaukie street, on "The Sacred PJaces
of Palestine." He will use' his steropticon
views obtained while on his recent visit
to the Holy Land.
Holt Cross Church Fair. Besnnlng
tonight and continuing until Saturday
night. May 9, a fair" will be-held by the
Holy Cross Church In the Holbrook build
ing in St. John. A literary and musical
programme will be rendered each night.
Supper and refreshments will be served.
Columbia River Scenery. Steamer
Charles R. Spencer? round trip daily ex
cept Sunday, for The Dalles and way
points. Leaves 7 A. M. Returns 10 P. M
AVashlngton-street dock. Phones 3184.
Save the Discount. Send check or pay
at office pn or before the 10th to save the
discount on May bills for the Automatic
Telephone. Home Telephone Company,
corner of Park and Burnside streets
Auction Sale 10 A. M. today at the
Shurtleff residence; old mahogany, walnut
" and all the furniture. Gilman & Co.
For Rent A few ntce orrices in Tha
Oregonlan building. See Superintendent
room 201. .
Dry fir cordwood, 4 ft., $5.60; sawed. IS
Portland Fuel Co. Phones E. 26. B 1028.
VT. A. Wise and associates, painless
dentists. Third and Washington.
Dr. Marie D. Equi moved to 535 Medi
cal buildlnx. Telephone Main 230. ...
Ministers Meet Today. The Portland
General Ministerial Association will meet
today, at the Y. M. C. A., at 10:30 A. M.
Rev. EL M. SJiarp wilt read a paper on
"Fragments, Fallacies and Assumptions;
or Some Things About Socialism."
Loan Wanted. One. of our clients
wants $20,000, 90 days. A-l personal
security. McCargar, Bates & Lively, 318
Failing building.
Dr. F. B. Eaton, eye, ear, moved to
Medical building. Same phone.
Da. E. C. Brown. Etc Ear; Marquam.
Youno Men's Carnival, May 16-27.
PARDONS ARE EXPECTED
Powers and Howard Thought to Be
About to bain Freedom.
FRANKFORT, K, May 3. Governor
Willson will on Tuesday announce his
decision on the petitions for pardons for
Caleb Powers and James Howard,
charged with complicity in the murder ot
William Goebel. There is in circulation a
persistent rumor which is not questioned
even by the most ardent supporters of the
prosecution, that the two principal de
fendants thus far tried An this famous
case will be set at liberty.
NOTICE, AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Members of Portland Automobile
Club are requested to meet on Sixth
street, north of Washington, on Tues
day at 1:30 P. M., to take part In auto
mobile parade preceding the opening
game of baseball Portland vs. . San
Francisco.
R. D. INMAN, President.
C. B. BROWN, Secretary.
WHERE TO DINE.
All the delicacies of the season at the
Portland Restaurant; fine private apart
ments for ladies, 305 Wash., near 6th.
Express Robbers Cojifess.
LAREDO, Tex., May 3. It was
learned here today that through the
activity of the police of Mexico City
the robbers who took $63,000 from the
Wells-Fargo Express Company are In
jail and the men have confessed. They
are Louis Cutting, chief clerk in the
general offices of the express' com-,
pany, and Rodolfo A. Alvarez, alias
Roderigueg, the express messenger
who disappeared.. The money was
found by the police In Cutting's room.
W asco Democratic Ticket.
THE DALLES, Or.. May 3. (Special.)
The Democratic county ticket as com
pleted yesterday places but five candi
dates in the field, as follows: John
Gavin, District Attorney; John Fitzpat
rick. Clerk; J. N. Mosier. Assessor, and
H. F. Woodcock, of Wamic, and L. E.
Morse, of Hood River, as Representa
tives. Both the latter are Statement No.
1 advocates.
Archbishop Orth Kesigns.
VICTORIA. B. C, May 3. The resig
nation of Archbishop Orth was an
nounced in the Roman Catholic Cathe
dral today. The archbishop has Been in
the South of Europe for some time seri
ously ill and it Is reported he will not'
return.
Awnings, Porch Curtains.
We ooliclt your patronage and guar
antee satisfaction. Agencies In every
town in the Northwest. Willamette
Ten & Awning Co. Main 968.
A Letter From the State Insurance Commissioner of Deep
F. W. 8CNSOM -
SECSCTAftY Or STftTC.
May 2, 1908 , ''
Mr. L. Samuel, -General Manager, -Oregon
Life Insurance Company,
Portland, Oregon. ,
Dear Sir:
Under date of April 16th, Mr. Paui.L. Woolston, Con
sulting Actuary, was engaged by me to make an 'official
examination of the books, papers, affairs and property of
the Oregon Life. Insurance Company, in order to determine
the financial condition and ability, of the company to
fulfil its engagements and to ascertain whether it has
complied with all the requirements of the laws of Oregon
relating to the transaction of life insurance business,
and under date of April 23, 1908,. he transmitted to me his
report covering his investigations j a copy of which is
inclosed for your information. :
From an examination of the report submitted, set
ting forth in detail the examination made by Mr. Woolston,
the company appears to have complied with all the -statutes
of the State regulating the business of li'fe
insurance ; that its capital stock is unimpaired ; that its
loans are amply secured by real estate of more than the
value provided by statute; that the required legal-reserve
for all its policies has been provided for : that its
policy forms are equitable and liberal and that the. right's
of its policy holders have been equitably preserved.
Very respectfully,
The examination of Oregon Life and the report above referrecf to covers every transaction and the valuation of
every policy from the organization of the company. The, report, now a public doeument, is open for inspection at
the State Department at Salem. The copy transmitted by Secretary Benson is on file at the office of Oregon Life,
Corbett Building, Portland, Oregon. The public Is respectfully invited to examine it. We feel proud of it. It en-
Lables. us to say more emphatically than'
"The Climbers" at
the Baker
Ned Warden
Dick Sterling
Mr. Mason
Mr. Trotter
Mr. Godesby
Dr. Stelnhart
Jordan.
Leonard
Man servant. . .
Blanche Sterling. .
. . . .Donald Bowles
George Alison
. . . .James Gleason
. . .Howard Russell
...Robert Homans
....Earl D. Dwlre
..R. E. Bradbury'
. . . .Charles Lewis
.Charles Lawrence
Izetta Jewel
Mrs. Hunter Mi
na Croiius Gleason '
Miss Ruth Hunter
Clara Hunter
Jessie ' Hunter
Miss Godesby
Miss sftlerton ;
Thompson. ........
Marie
.Gertrude Rivers
Marlbel Seymour
. . Lucile Webster
Louise Kent
. . . .Elsie Garrett
..Hilda Graham
....Fay Balnter
" BY ARTHUR A. GREENE.
WHEN Clyde Fitch has been dead
60 years, students of dramatic lit
erature will probably have forgotten the
purport and text of all his numerous
contributions save one. "The Climbers"
will then survive because it has been the
fittest. . Fitch is the most industrious
writer for the stage of our time. Much
of his work has been mediocre, some of
it beneath contempt, but "The Climbers"
is a vital document that reflects certain
phases of our complex -civilization so sin
cerely that it forces recognition and
fixes Its permanence as a drama..
The play is now generally familiar
everywhere in this country. It has been
seen here on several occasions, most re
cently at the Baker yesterday afternoon
and night. It is a large order for a com
pany of stock players, the most difficult
the Baker Company has undertaken to fill
this,'season. and tauthe everlasting credit
of all concerned it can be truthfully
said to be one of the most acceptably
performed. It requires some technical
knowledge of the stage to appreciate
the difficulty of the Job both from the
side of those concerned with the pro
duction alone, and the actors. Appre
ciating every one of tha difficulties a
spectator would agree that it is nothing
short of an achievement.
Izetta Jewel could have asked nothing
better in the shape of occasions for her
return to Portland than the auspicious
one of yesterday. Given a part which
she plays excellently well, even remem
bering Amelia Bingham, an audience
which elbowed for standing-room, a suf
ficient quantity of flowers passed over
the footlights to stock a florists shop, and
a Veritable salvo of applause on her
first entrance, the vivacious young lead
ing woman had no righj. to be anything
else than happy. ' 'v.
I'm inclined to the opinion that al
though not so conspicuous as some,
.George Alison's performance of Stirling
is the most artistic thing he has done
during bis present engagement. It may
be charged against him that in that
typically Fltchian situation, when the
stage becomes a black confessional and
he tells of his sins, the story Is a bit
too glib. There should have been more
hesitation, more uncertainty in his read
ing of the lines. Barring this, however,
he was always In the picture, always
probable. .
That decidedly difficult role of Warden
was admirably handled by Donald Bowles,
James Gleason played Mason exception
ally, 'Howard Russell illuminated Trotter
without making him quite too broadly
impossible. The Miss Godesby of the
author's ideal was one of the big factors
in the piece. She is one of the repi ::
sentative types and no part for a com-
STATE'OF'OREGON
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. OFSTATEJ.
SALEM .'':. '
Secretary of State and Ex-
officio Insurance Commissioner.
ever before Oregon Life is best for
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nonplace actress. Louise Kent may there
fore flatter herself that she is contribu
ting very largely to the success of the
performance by her - admirable handling
of the part.
Elsie Garrett has a more important as
signment than usual and displays full
capacity for it. The other parts are well
sustained down to and including the bits.
Allele lltLV-S ucvn Utcll v uci.j Mia.urj
some gowns on that stage. 1 Where thr
ladies of the company got tnem 1 ye no
idea. The popular theory that actors and
actresses are very rich, must be true. At
all events it is just a little the finest dis-'
play sartorial that has been pulled oft
in a theatrical way here In a blue moon.
This applies, particularly to the things
worn by Mfss Jewel and Miss Kent,
thqugh all of them came within the list
of awards. You may go to "The Climb
ers'" with confidence.
"THE BATHING GIRLS" AT
THE STAR
THE second week of the Armstrong
Company's Summer engagement at
the Star opened yesterday afternoon, the
offering being a combinatiort of vaude
ville and' musical skit which proved high
ly to the liking of the large audience
which saw it. Thevaudeville turns were
the "Mysterlpus .Musical Benefits," some
thing of a novelty In that it is a black
art musical number, and the "Musical
Bellboys," a singing and dancing act.
The musical comedy is "The Bathing
Girls." In which are the entire Armstrong
Company, including a sprightly chorus.
The scene of-the comedy is' naturally at
a seashore placet and the principal fun
makers are the Armstrong brothers. One
appears as a fresh bellboy and the other
as a humorous Irish porer. Barney Wil
liams get a good many laughs as the
German landlord, Magdaline Holly plays
Sarah Heartburn, an actress, and Ethel
Davis is seen as the soubrette. Among
the song-numbers were: "They Say He
Went to College," "So Long, Mary," "The
Bathing Girls" and "Let Me Go Back."
The same bill will be continued through
the week, with the difference that new
vaudeville acts will be put on tomorrow
afternoon. "
Grease paints and professionals' supplies
at Woodard. Clarke Co. '
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CIHCl'S DAY AT PORTLAND
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MAY 11 AND 12
PERFORMANCES, 2 AND 8 P. M.
TENT8 SITUATED COR. RALEIGH
AND TWENTY-SIXTH.
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STATEMENT OF CONDITION,
APRIL 30, lmtH. .
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts... $ 874. 181. 86
Overdrafts 5.426.25
Bonds 62.1 45.00
Furniture and Fixtures 3.5U0.00
Cash and Due from Banks 407.T18.J8
$1,352,971.19
LIABILITIES
Capital Stoek :'. $ 2"n. 00(1.03
Surplus and Undivided Profits.... 9.529.24
Deposits. . . 1,093,441.95
$1,352,971.19
G. K. WENT WORT fcT, President.
JOHN A. KKAT1NG. Vice-President.
H. D. STORY, Cashier. -
F. A. FREEMAN; Asst. Cashier.
HEILIG THEATER, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 6
SECOND
Portland Symphony Orchestra
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SOLOISTS: MRS. WALTER REED, HENRY BETTMAN.
Seats on Sale Helling Theater, May 4, S. 0.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 6, HEILIG THEATER
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