1908.
ICHECK UD BLAZE
(FATA ADVERTISEMENT.)
the assurances given the visitors. It
appears that many from this city will
take part in the excursion.
Albany received further prominence
yesterday from the fact that the new
advertising book, just Issued by the
Albany Commercial Club, In connection
DECLARATION OF
FOR THEIR FATHER
with the publicity department or sun
set, the Southern Pacific's magazine
Flames Threaten Buildings on
was circulated widely at the club
JIMMI
luncheon yesterday. Copies of the book
Washington Street.
were placed on each table la the club
at the noon hour and were read by tne
Joseph Meyers Weds Mrs. Du
Rette and Sons Will Drop
Insanity Charge.
members. The book attracted a great
deal of attention, being a handsome ad
vertisement of-Albany and Linn County
and setting forth the varied resources
of that section of the state In a very
LOSS ESTIMATED AT $8000
attractive manner.
The book Is printed in color and la
nrofuselv Illustrated with splendid pic
THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,
GUARD1A
SHIP
BURKIN
it a
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
The man of whom the Baptist Minister said: "He is a man of his word
tures. showing the products of the
countv and the scenes of that section,
Structures Owned by Henry W. Fries
The text sets forth the inducements
THEY HAVE OTHER PLANS
offered by Linn County to the settler
and Sister Are Damaged by
Fire That Starts From .
Can of Gasoline.
and the business man who are In
search of a location.
Henry and Milton Meyers Will Ask
Court to Protect Fortune of Aged
Sir TX-ny They Care for Any
Share in Ills Estate.
Truth of the adage about love laugh
ing at locksmith was again exempli
fied yesterday forenoon, when Joseph
Mevers. retired business man and
Borneo at 70. sMpped the scrutiny of a
cordon of private d.teotives and mar
ried the woman of his choice. Mrs.
Zenaide Du Rette, retired dressmaker.
The ceremony was performed at the
Courthouse shortly before noon by Cir
cuit Judge Morrow. The necessary
marriage certificate was mad out by
the County Clerk In response to a
peremptory dtmand from Dan J. Ma
larkey. Mevers" lawyer.
Outwitted by their sire, the Meyers
boys, Henry and Milton, will drop the
Insanity charge which they preferred
against Meyers, senior, early In the
week. Now that he is married there
Is nothing to be gained by pressing
that charge. But they are not going
to let the matter drop for. from an
authoritative source, it was learned
. rlll Institute
yesieraay inai " - -
guardianship proceedings in Marioir
County tn oraer m i'"'"1
man's fortune from possible dissolu
tion. The elderly groom-elect kept the fact
of bis purpose of getting married at
once quietly to himself and a few close
friends. In fact, he wasn't sure he
could run the gauntlet of detectives. But
he awoke with a determination to bring
the wedding into effoct before night, and
he called on Mr. Malarkey to assist him
In getting the required marriage license.
At 11:15 Malarkey accompanied
Meyers and the bride's grown son to
the County Clerk'a office and there
made a formal demand for a licence.
He advised County Clerk Fields that
as an administrative officer he had no
discretion In the matter. Fields hesi
tated was threatened with mandamus,
and then appealed to County Judge
"Webster for advice. Webster told him
the only tiling he could no. within the
law. was to make the certificate out as
demanded.
Equipped with the coveted document,
the bridal party assembled from differ
ent angles of the building, went before
Judge Morrow and heard the nlaglc
words which made one out of two. All
then drove away In an automobile.
Meyera and hi wife took the bridal
suite at the Portland Hotel, and later
went out shopping together. Late In
trie afternoon they reached Felden
helmer's Jewelry store, where some
handsome bridal jewelry was Inspected.
As to their plans, they had nothing
to say. Mrs. Zenaide Du Rette-Meyers
has sold the furniture of her little home
'on Hancock street, and It is understood
they will remain at the Portland for a
day or so and then depart for Southern
California on their honeymoon. Whatef
fect the proposed guardianship pro
ceedings will have on their movements
remains to be seen.
Sons Think Woman Mercenary.
That Mrs. Du Rette was prompted
by mercenary motives when she went
to the altar with Meyers Is known to
be the fixed belief of the two sons.
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utable real estate broker that the lady
some months ago offered a commission
for introduction to some elderly man of
means. That, they allege, was before her
meeting with Meyers.
Meyers' private fortune is between
175.000 and $80,000. and all this is in
cash or convertible notes and personal
property, that represents the savings
of many years of successful business
activity. The brothers are quoted as
saying- they cared nothing about any
share In that upon his death, since
they have plenty on their own account.
It is pointed out further that they
realized the result of interfering with
their father would be their total elim
ination from his will, and were work
ing only for his own best interests.
IS
XFXX COUXTT IX EVIDENCE AT
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Copies of New Advertising Book,
Just Issued, Distributed Excur
sion to Albany Planned.
Yesterday was Albany day at the
Portland Commercial Club. Not only
were Albany people much In evidence
about the club during the day and at
luncheon, but Albany literature was
distributed as well, and every atten
tion was paid to the visitors from the
hub of the 'Willamette Valley.
William McMurray, general passen
ger agent for the PTarrlman lines in
this territory, gave a luncheon to the
' Albany visitors. Those present were:
Judge H. H. Hewitt. C. G. Rawlings.
J. M. Ralston. Dr. M. H. Ellis and Bury
I. Dasent, all of Albany, and W. B.
"Wells, C W. Hodson and Tom Rich
ardson, of Portland. President Hodson,
of the c'.ub, presided at the luncheon
and made a few remarks felicitating
the visitors upon the new era of de
velopment in the Willamette Valley,
and particularly in Linn County, of
which Albany Is the center and county
seat. Mr. Hodson praised the new
spirit of enterprise that is developing
the entire Valley as never before.
Thro wero responses from the visit
ors, showing they apreciated the atten
tion paid tiitm and they, in turn, had
many kind words for Portland. They
desired the closer knitting of commer
cial bonds that bind Albany to the
metropolis, and said they should al
ways strive for the advancement of
Portland as well as for the progress of
Albany.
Bury I. Dasent, secretary of the Al
bany Commercial Club, was Introduced
and Invited the members of the club
to Join In a special-train excursion to
Albany on November 3 to assist In
the celebration of opening the new
Southern pacific depot there. and to at
tend the Linn County apple show. No
fttmber i beuig Portland day. From
HOW HORSES ARE TAUGHT
IXSTIXCT LIES AT BOTTOM OF
EDUCATION. .
Edward Shlpp, of Barnnm & Bailey
Circus, Tells AVhat Intelligence
Consists Of.
In the whole animal kingdom, the horse
is easily the most highly regarded by the
human family. Instances have been re
lated of the instructive affection on the
part of a horse having saved its master s
life. The faithful obedience of the horse
to man will cause a thinking man to
ask. "What is the power which man ex
ercises over the horse when the equine Is
made to perform feats seemingly beyond
his power of comprehension 7" Edward
Ehlpp. equestrian director of the Barnum
& Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. Is of
the opinion that the curious, indefinite
quantity known as "Instinct" Is at the
bottom of all the tricks that the horse
learns.
"Just as he eata from Instinct, he
learns tricks," says Mr. Shlpp.
'Usually the eating ifl at the bot
tom of his entire education. He
does things for the most part because he
gets something good to eat after the do
ing. It Is his natural search after food
that makes him do them. Just as he paws
away the snow to get at the grass. After
a while the action becomes a habit, and
we will say he is 'broken.'
"There never was anything to break.
His instincts were simply set In motion.
Some men take months to teach a horse
the simplest trick and weeks to make
him bridle-wise. In a week I can have
the same horse responding easily to my
directions in simple tricks. It Isn't the
horse: it is the trainer. Some men exer
cise an Influence over animals which Is
almost hypnotic. The man himself can't
tell how it Is done. In some mysterious
manner the horse's instincts make him
do certain things In certain ways at cer
tain times. He does them Just as he
eats, and with no more evidence of Judg
ment. "It Is no uncommon thing for a horse
to open a feed-box to get at the grain In
side. Some people fancy this is a proof
of intelligence. Really It Is natural nos
ing after something to eat. Man Is not
the only animal whose heart can best be
reached through his stomach.
"But a horse has nevres, plenty of them.
Sometimes I think it Is more these little
electric wires than anything else which
makes htm amenable to teaching. Imag
ine, then, the patience a trainer must
possess to train creatures with nerves but
no logic, so far as I am able to see." '
Mr. Shipp has a number of equine High
School graduates which will make their
bow In Portland next Tuesday and Wed
nesday, during the performance of the
Barnum & Bailey circus.
OPINION OF AN EXPERT
Phenomenal Kecord of Oregon Life
Attracts Attention in Xew York,
The leading insurance paper In the
United States (the New York Spectator
In Its issue of August 13. says:
The fine record attained by Oregon Life
during the year 1907. when it made great
er gains In Oregon than any other life In
surance company operating there. Is being
fully maintained. Notwithstanding this
splendid record of 1907 and tlw lower
tone of general business conditions, the
company Is doing even better In 1908.
Dividends to policyholders are extremely
satisfactory. Policies of 1906 entering
their first dividend-paying period this
year are being paid 15 per cent on ordi
nary life. 13 per cent on twenty-payment,
and 8 per cent on twenty-year en
dowments. Paul L. Woo Is ton recently
examined Oregon Life for the Oregon In
surance Commissioner, and In bis report
to the Department, says: No criticism
is made on the methods of the company,
which are worthy of approval. No evi
dence was found that any stockholder or
officer was endeavoring to use the Insti
tution for selfish ends, and the rights of
the policyholders have been equitably
preserved." The business of the company
Is under the general management of L.
Samuel. Its founder. He was formerly
manager for Oregon for one of the large
Eastern companies. A. L. Mills, who Is
president of the First National Banlc of
Portland, the largest financial institution
in the Northwest, is president of Ore
gon Life.
EAST SIDE BUILDER DIES
J. M. McQuald Passes Away at
Good Samaritan Hospital.
John Milton ,McQuald, a well-known
building contractor of Portland, died at
the Good Samaritan Hospital Monday
morning, and the funeral will be held
from F. S. Dunnlng"s chapel. 414 East
Alder street, at 10:30 this morning. Rev.
W. T. Jordan, pastor of the Central Bap
tist Church, will conduct the services, and
the interment will be In Lone Fir Ceme
tery. Mr. McQuaid was born In Shelbyville,
Ky.. in 1835. and came to Oregon In the
Spring of 1880.- He had been in declin
ing health for several years and two
months ago went to Ashland, Or., In the
hope of regaining his strength. Return
ing to Portland two weeks ago, he went
to Good Samaritan Hospital. Up to a
few years ago he had been one of Port
land's most active contractors and build
ers. He was a man of great strength of
character, gentle, yet firm In all his
dealings. From early childhood he was
a member of the Baptist Church. He Is
survived by one member of his family,
James C. McQuaid. of Portland.
WORLD'S SCENIC ROUTE
The scenic wonders of the Canadian
Pacific route are beyond description. This
is the verdict of the traveling public
Purchase your tickets via the "World's
Scenic Route." The road that has more
to offer than' all other roads combined.
HOT SALT BATHS.
Hot and cold showers, bathing suits
nd dressing rooms for surf bathers.
Hotel Moore, Seaside, Or,
An open case of gasoline near a gas Jet
last night between 6 and 7 o'ciock started
a fire in the tallorshop of A. Zldell. 433
Washington 1 street, which seriously
threatened for a time to destroy the six
frame buildings at the northeast corner
of Twelfth and Washington streets. As it
was the blaze resulted in causing dam
ages approximating .$8000 before the fire
department succeeded in getting it under
control.
The fire burned fiercely for a time, the
heat being so intense that the buildings
directly across Washington street were
scorched. Streetcar traffic was blocked
for 20 minutes and a crowd of several
thousand people gathered in the streets.
Th fire started after the tailorshop had
been closed for the night. The flames
destroyed the building at 433 Washington
street, which, besides Zldell's shop, in
cluded a vacant store that had formerly
been a restaurant and which occupied
half of the building. In it were stored
properties of the Baker Theater owned
by George L. Baker. They were de
stroyed at a loss of $500. To the east
the flames crept through the roofs of the
one-story buildings, at 431 and Wash
ington street. At the former number
there are two stores; one. occupied by
J. Stokes, who conducts the San Fran
cisco Cleaning Works, and the other
occupied by O. L. Holen, who conducts
the Puritan Coffee House. At 429 Wash
ing are Freeborn & Co., dealers in wall
paper, and J. K. Stern, tailor. Three
of these places each sustained between
$200 and $300 loss by water, the flames
being controlled before they ate into the
stores. In the fourth place, that or free'
born & Co.. the losses were estimated at
close to $2000 and were caused entirely
bv water.
On the West Side of Zidell's shop Is
the two-story frame building occupied
downstairs bv Donaca & Crane, grocers,
and on the upper floor by Mrs. O. L.
Graff and her mother. Mrs. Graff had
conducted the grocery until a few weeks
aeo when she sold out to Donaca &
Crane. The living apartments and furni
ture owned by Mrs. Graff were destroyed
at a loss of about $500. Several hundred
dollars damages to the grocery stock was
caused by water. In the rear the flames
spread to 108 and 110 Twelfth street, the
first being occupied by D. Godfrey and
the latter by Mrs. H. Mullen, who con
ducts a rooming house. The damages in
these two houses were very slight but
the occupants were badly frightened and
hurriedly removed all their belongings
Into the street.
In the basement Mr. Godfrey had a
little shop in which he kept stored three
large galvanized Iron containers of gaso
line. These were not remembered by Mr.
Godfrey until after the flames had spread
to the roof of his house and tnen, ac
companied by Patrolman Harms, he made
a dash for the gasoline.
The corner building stood ,on ground
owned by Henry W. Fries and the next
adjoining was owned by his sister, Mrs.
B. Cramer, at present on a visit to Ger
many. The Cramer property was under a
lease which would have expired in about
18 months. The building loss is probably
$4000..
Mr. Fries said last night that In all
probability a brick building of three or
four stories would be erected to occupy
both lots, making the ground dimension
100x80 feet. The first story, he thought,
would be arranged for stores and the up
per stories for offices or a rooming-
house. Decision will be reached In a few
days as to the size and plans of the new
building.
SAFE-BLOWERS ARRESTED
Three Men Implicated in Ttobbery
at Troutdale Are Captured.
THB DALLES, Or., Aug. 19. Special.)
Bert Allen, George Dunbar and "Black
Davis, three men who a few months ago
blew open the safe in Harlow Bros." store
at Troutdale and secured xmn and a quan
tity of postal supplies, were arrested here
tonight. The authorities have been
searching for the three men since the
time of the robbery and they were cap
tured in the railroad yard here by O. R.
& N. Detective Wood. The prisoners,
who are reported to be ex-convicts, have
been identified. They will be turned over
to the Sheriff immediately.
SILK SALE TODAY.
J-4nch black, guaranteed taffeta
Ilk, $1.23 grade, at 87c: 36-lnch extra
heavy, black, guaranteed taffeta sili,
$1.7S rrade, at $1.1!9 a yard. See tb'-se
two great specials. McAUen & Mc
Donnell, Third and Morrison.
. Excursion to Gordon Falls.
Next Saturday, August 22 the O. R. &
N. will run a special excursion Portland
to Gordon Falls.
Gordon Fails, near the famous Multno
mah Falls, is one of the Columbia's most
picturesque spots, and la the site of the
new "Textile Town" of Oregon. This ex
cursion will leave Portland at 1:30 P. M.;
returning, leave Gordon Falls at 6:30 P.
M. Round trip $L
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Plunder Russian Monastery.
TAMBOV. Russia. Aug. 19. Bandits
last night attacked and pillaged the Kaz
ansky monastery near here and secured
gold and Jewels valued at $40,000.
The change
from coffee to
POSTUM
is healthful and easy.
'There's a Reason" -
Read, "The Road to "Well
ville," in pkgs. ,
To My Fellow Citizens of the Commom People of the State of Washington:
I want the job-to be the next Governor of your State; and in applying for it, you ought to know if I have the necessary,
qualifications and honesty to be the right man in the right place. I believe I have.
I believe that when a man aspires to public office he should throw himself open for public inspection, and if he cannot stand
on his past record, let him go away back and sit down. I have owned bulldogs and game chickens. Fought them? Yes, and I
always got the other fellows' money because I had the best. I saw the errors of the past, and have not done this since 1890.
There is good and bad in me, and more bad than there is good. But, whenever I have given my word as a musiness man the
good has always come in first, never having broken that word in a business way, and I have been in business over 30 years.
I have been in the whisky business for the past 30 years and am still in it, with no regrets or apologies to make to anyone.
I have aimed to conduct my business, and have succeeded in doing it, as well as any banker has run his business in the State
of Washington. Abraham Lincoln sold whisky; he made you a good President. General Grant drank whisky; he made you both
a good soldier and a good President. And I know of no reason why I have not the business qualifications, along with the neces
sary honesty, that should go with it, to make you as good a Governor as ever sat in the Governor's chair from the time that
this state was a territory until the present time.
You must not think that it is the salary attached to this office that I desire. It is the honor of being chosen your chief
which I covet. So far as the wealth of money goes, I have "all that I want, and in saying that, I know that I have more money
than all the rest of the Durkins who are left back in Ireland. The salary attached to the position, I will donate to the different
charitable institutions of the State.
A Baptist minister in a Sunday sermon said that he wished the opportunity were offered him, to decorate a saoon window,
that he would not make a pleasing display of it, that he would put in a black background with a black border around it and an
imaginary devil in the center. I gave him the chance he wished for, and entered into a contract with him to decorate my win
dows to suit his own taste. He did so, and in speaking of the affair in a lecture delivered at the Christian church as reported in
the Spokesman-Review of January 1, 1906, he said: "He gave me a square deal. Durkin is a man of his word.
I promise you that if I am elected your next Governor, the man with the overalls will get a square deal equal with the man
with the silk hat no better, no worse just as I gave the minister a square deal, or any other man, white or black, who has ever
done business with me. .1 will be as honest in my candidacy for Governor as I was with the Baptist minister.
1 Of course, I am doing this as a joke; and from a business standpoint to get before the public and jump into the S11
all for the small sum of $60-and newspaper advertising at that, the best medium in the world for publicity. I have had
the experience. I advertised once for cats, in Spokane. Inside of 24 hours from the time the advertisement appeared, I was the
proud possessor of 384. I don't advise you you to get into trouble with your mother-in-law. But if you do and it gets into the
newspapers, you would have to live longer than Methuselah's ghost to ever hear the last of it.
I said I did it as a joke. If you want to, you can by voting for me, perpetuate the biggest joke ever perpetrated on the rail
roads and corporations in this State. They would not find me a joke, or make me one. It would be business then; as I know from
past experience that capital and corporations can always get a hearing, while the interests of the common people cannot get
even a look-in. I promise that they both shall get a square deal; and if there is not a law on the statute books that gives it to
them, I shall do the best that is in me to see that there is one.
- At the time of the agitation as to what President Roosevelt would do at the expiration of his term of office, I settled that
question so far as I was able, by offering to hire him as my advertising agent at a salary of $52,000 per year for five years, guar
anteed by a bond given by the Union Trust Company of Spokane, to the amount of $260,000-thi- from a man who never had
a piece of fresh meat until he was six years old; and, looking back on it now, I think it was a piece off the neck. However, it was
the best piece of meat I -have ever eaten,
I am in favor of organized labor; so, differ from the learned judge of the Federal Court who says: "Unionism is incompatible
with the Declaration of Independence." What is unionism but concentrated force? It was that which gave us the Declaration
of Independence! It's the concentration of money that gives us the trusts. Why are the latter formed? To increase the value
of the property of the capitalist, which is money, by getting control of the product of labor and either decreasing the value to
the producer or increasing the price to the consumer. Generally, they do both, as proven by the records.
Let the laborer and the farmer take a lesson from capital, and organize. If they do not, it will be a question only of .time
until they are ground down into the dust. How is labor to fight capital? They are direct opposites, always were; always will
be competitors, except by organization. One thousand trained soldiers can scatter and whip a mob of 20,000. If the laboring
men display their business tact by voting as a unit, as Wall Street. has done in the past, we will not have to ask the question,
"What is Wall Street going to do next?" The eyes of WaU Street would be on the common people and "the capitalists would
be asking, "What are the common people going to do next?"
If you but stop and think, this is the grandest and greatest country the sun has ever shone upon. The laboring man has made
it so In case of war, he is the one who is called upon to defend the flag of his country. What does that flag represent? The
property that lies in the country. Who owns the property the laborer takes upon himself to defend? Not he, but the man who
stays at home, and when the assessor calls upon him, commits perjury to save a few dollars on his taxation; while the laboring
man, leaving his aged father, mother, wife and children, gives all that it is possible to give-his life's blood. If it is necessary
to have the laboring man form into unions in time of war, it is more than necessary that he should do so in time of peace, to
protect himself from being ground down by capital; for there is no animal that runs upon four legs that is more merciless to its
own kind, as proven by history, than man against man,
I stand upon the National Democratic platform as adopted at Denver. I stand upon the Democratic state platform as adopted
in Spokane this year, with the exception of the Prohibition plank.
There are all kinds of rabies running through the world, and people who can't see as others do who have a special kind
of rabies, are to be ground down, if it is possible for them to do so. I am against Prohibition; as I believe that the people who
have that special kind of rabies would persecute anyone who does not have the same disease, of which they seem to have a plenty.
There is not a man, no matter what good he has done in the past, who comes out in favor of moderation in all things as the Rev
erend Cardinal Gibbons did in favor of high license and moderation in both eating and drinking but is attacked by people who
are infected with the hydrophobia of Prohibition. Speaking of Cardinal Gibbons, they said: "He should change-iis surplice for
an apron, his prayer-book for an ice-pick, and go get a job tending bar." For people who speak so disrespectfully of so eminent
a man, I have no concern as to what they are going to do, or try to do; it is only a question of time when their rabies will kill
themselves by biting off too much and they will lie down and die. Old Man Time-he is coming along-will have the kindness,
and the mercy to do this for them. . , -
I recognize that there are extremists in the saloon business, as there are among the Prohibitionists; and I believe that the
best thing is the taking of the middle course, not running to one extreme or the other. To cure the disease of both of the ex
tremes the Prohibitionists as well as the saloonkeeper, I would have both swallow a big dose of moderation, repeating as often
as required Jesus Christ, the most unselfish of all men, the one the ministers use as an example of goodness, for the benefit
of all mankind to follow, made wine, drank it and gave it to others. Why do the churches still continue to use wine? Why
do physicians prescribe spirituous and malt liquors for medicinal purposes? If they are good for the sick man, as the physician
must believe, why are they not good as a preventative? . . .... . .
A word to my friends, the farmers of this State. As a boy I used to pick up a rock and throw it in the middle of a pond.
As it 'ell, I noticed that it would make a circle of rings; as I watched the rings going on their way to all parts of the shore,
so now I look upon the farmer as the stone that is today being dropped into the pond. As the farmer is the foundation of prosperity-it
comes first from him it is only a question to know that, as he prospers, the circle that surrounds him goes on and
on .to every part of this broad land.
You have had rats and mice in your chicken houses. You could stand for the mice, but you could not stand for the rats
and weasels when they commenced to kill off your chickens. If I am elected Governor of this State, there is no ferret ever put
into a chicken house that has done better than I will do in killing off the rats that are burdening you down with taxation. I'll
not promise you to do all that the other candidates for the office of Governor of this State are promising; but I will do more
than they can do, because they are pledged to the corporations and trusts in this state. I am a free agent; and it i3 up to you
this year to see whom ye shall choose.
Dated, Spokane, Wash., August 12, 1908.
JIMMIE DURKIN
Every Little Helps What About Your Vote?