TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1908.
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OHKOMAX AT RESOBTS.
Tat anlckt and moat aattofartory aarrUt
MiWdki fn. T-. Oi.nni.n at Summer rMOrtti
tbrouah tta. follow-In- scents. City ratra All
subscriptions vj biu are pajmoia w uTaro.
Ktmii Park C. H. Hill
Tha Brrakcra J- M. Arthur
ior.c Bo.cn M. W. Rubin
iaw - Strauhal Co.
llwaco Railway company.. ... . ,N.ws Are at
Gtarhart Diair A Co.
nxmits Dresser Co.
.ejort Gao. Sylvester
Canon gprlnes Mineral Motol
Oolites Sprint omicawi
AMXS EM KNT 3.
OBPHEUM THEATER fMorrlaon. between
Mth and Seventh ) Advanced vauaavuia.
Matinee. 2:13; tonight at 8.15.
-BAITER. THEATER (Third, between Mor
rison ud Tamhlll.) Grace Cameron
Onera. ComDany In "Little Dollie
Dimples." Tonight at 8:15.
CRAND THEATER OVaahlnton. between
Seventh and Park) Vaudeville d Luxe,
2:30. 7:30 and P. M.
, . v- . nva TttfflTffB Wmirth and Stark.)
--Continuous vaudeville, 2:30. 7:30 and
9:30 P. M.
XTRIC THEATER tSeventh and Alder.)
Blunkal Stock Company In "A Cele
brated Cut." Every night at 8:15. Mstl
neea, Tuesday. Tnursaay. Saturday and
Sunday at 2:15.
THE OAKS Allen CTurtla Musical Comedy
Company In "A Lost Baby." in Air
dome, at 8:15 free.
Material tor Fills Abundant. The
Pacific Bridge Company, which has erect
ed a big plant at the foot of East Salmon
street for carrying out its filling con
tracts Is finding material abundant. Its
big dredger, which can handle nearly 10.
000 cuhlo yards of gravel andi sand in 24
hours, has been scooping up material
within a short distance of the company's
dock for several months and still there Is
an abundant aupply. The company has
contracts In street fills on the East Side
which will require over 4.000,000 cubic
yards of material, and the main portion
of this material will be scooped up be
tween the Morrison and Madison bridges,
end will greatly deepen this portion of
the harbor. The company has built a
series of temporary tracks independent of
the streetcar tracks, and will operate
night and day. Its next work will be on
iEast Morrison, East Ninth, East Wash
ington, East Alder and East Sixth streets.
These fills are all east of Grand avenue.
The general plan also la to fill up all the
streets between t-'nion avenue and East
First street, and follow that up by filling
private property.
Church Plans to Build. Members of
the First Unlversallst Church of Good
Tidings held an informal meeting yester
day afternoon and discussed the pro
gramme for the year. The main subject
considered was an extension of the work.
Requests have come for services in Ir
vington, Sandy and Gresham, and an ef
fort will be made to provide services In
these places. The congregation also pro
poses to erect a new church. A gift of
RuOO toward such an edifice was received
several months ago from the general con
vention, but the question of a location has
not yet been settled. The present site.
East Eighth and East Couch streets, may
not be retained. The church, since Dr.
James X. Corby became pastor, has made
rapid progress, and the need of a modern
building is felt.
Will Drain Hawthohnu Slough. The
water In Hawthorne slough, at East Sal
mon street, will be drained off through
the Sunnysid sewer. In order to con
duct It to the sewer the water must be
raised several feet.' which will make a
fair-sired lake. Dr. C. H. Raffety. of
the Water Board, says that this lake
would be one of the most attractive fea
tures of Hawthorne Park should It be
purchased by the city for park purposes.
He believes that the city should own
Hawthorne Park and then use this lake
In the general scheme of its improvement.
There are nine acres in the tract, partly
covered with trees and partly open land
Mrs. J. A. Hosbtman Dies. Word was
received here yesterday of the death in
Seattle of Mrs. John A. Honeyman. Mrs.
Honeyman came to Portland from New
Tork In 1869 and lived here until 190ft,
when, with hex family, she . moved to
Nelson, B. C, from which she removed
In 19H6 to Vancouver, B. C. her home at
the time of her death. A hemorrage of
the brain, followed by a stroke of paral
ysis, proved fatal. She Is survived by her
husband, four sons and a daughter. The
Interment takes place today at Vancou
ver. B. C
Funeral or Mas. Bournes. The funeral
of Mrs. Beatrice M. Bourne was held yes
terday afternoon from the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. M. Halle-r. East Sixth
and Clackamas streets. The Interment
will be at San. Diego. Cal. She was the
mother of Mrs. H. M. Haller and W. H.
Smith, of Portland; J. E. Bourne, of Sa
lem; Mrs. P. F. Lancaster, Wlllits, Cal.;
Mrs. D. H. Fraser. Calgary, Canada; Mrs.
Charles G. Graham, and H H. Bourne, of
Colorado Springs, Colo.; O. B. Bourne,
Raton, X. M.; J. W. Bourne, St. Louis.
Mo.
Ad Clcb Will Resume. The Portland
Ad Club will hold Its first regular meet
ing of the Fall season Wednesday night
at t o'clock in the convention hall of the
Portland Commercial Club. Among the
matters to come before the meeting will
b the nomination of officers. Including
executive committee, report of committee
On fake advertising and discussion of the
advisability of affiliating with the Pacific
Coast Association. A large attendance Is
expected.
Mocict Tabor Club to Meet. The
Mount Tabor Improvement Association
will hold Its regular meeting- tomorrow
night In Woodmen hall, on West avenue.
All standing committees are expected to
report at this meeting. There are com
mittees on sewerage, hydrants, sanita
tion, water, streets, fire protection, lights,
choolhouse and grounds, parks, bridges
and membership. The club is particularly
Interested In parks, a new scboolhouse
and the extension of Belmont street.
Mat Open Ainb worth Avenub. A pe
tinn Is being circulated to open Alnsworth
avenue to Willamette boulevard. The
thoroughfare Is partly closed at present.
An open street Is desired so that children
can go more directly to the Patton
School. The Willamette Improvement
Club will hold Its first meeting In Ander
son's hall next Friday night and take up
the question of opening this avenue.
Mr. Waltkh H. Evans, secretary of
the Department of Law. University of
Oregon, can supply a limited amount of
work to students enrolled In the law de
partment. All who desire to avail them
selves of this offer will kindly send In
their applications at once to the office of
the secretary. No. 611 Corbet t building,
Portland. Or. .
Rev. J. R. Wilson, D. IX, principal of
Portland Academy, has returned to the
city and will be at the office of the acad
emy dally on and after September 1, for
the enrollment of students. Hours 9 to
13 and 2 to S.
Sargent at Seaside House. Open till
Oct. 1. $2.50 per day. Make reservation
. for September now. Few good rooms left.
Commencing Sept. 1. we will resume the
dally delivery of milk and cream. Wash
ington Cream Co.
Fob Rxjrr. A few nlee offices In The
Oregonlan building. Bee Superintendent,
room SOL
Dr. A. G. Bettman, phys. and aurgeon,
832H 6th. cor. Harrison. Main 8256, A 2139.
Jewish New Tear Cards. A full line
Just received at GUI's.
Dr. McCrackbn. dentist. Rothchild bid.
Dr. E. C Brown, Era, Ear; Marquan.
EHRixmta Piax Ecoenh Tiur. Mem
ber of the Symphony Orchestra, which
will participate in the exercises at the
meeting- of the Mystic Shrine at Eugene,
held a meeting at the Arlington Club Sat
urday night. The proposed pilgrimage to
Eugene was discussed and plans formu
lated for assisting the Shriners of thai
city In, the entertainment of the visitors.
Those attending the meeting were: J. G.
Mark. O. A Hartman. F. 8. Stanley,
Geora-e H Kelly. J. E. Kelly. R. U Sim
mons. OaotaJn Jack Speler, John Bur-
v curd, Karl lively, D. Wight Edwards,
1 .-. . . m 1 1 A W
V. . 11. iyier, A W. i t- 10"".
Whitmer, J. F. Graham and A. H. La.
Oriunizi Brtah-Kebn Club. A meet
Ino- nf Democrats will be held tonight In
the Carpenters' Union Hall, on Grand
avenue and East Pine street, to organize
a, Bryan-Kern Democratic Club. All Dem
ocrats in the city have been asked to at
tend this meeting. H. S. J. McAllister win
sreslde. M. A. Miller, National commit
teeman. Bert E. Haney, Mr.' McAllister
and others will address the meeting.
Tatlor-Strebt Church.
Tonight.
Hear Leon Louis Rice, of New Tork,
The Great Tenor,
Bight o'clock.
Silver Otfkrixo."
Mr. Rice Will Sixo "The Holt Cttt"
Bt Request. -
tvoi Ann Rxadt for business In the
same place. 429 Washington. J. K. Stern,
ladies: tailor. '
"A Celebrated Case
at the Lyric
AMONG the standard high-class melo
dramas that have stood the severe
criticism of time and numerous transla
tions, there are two which perhaps are
in the foreground, more prominent than
any others. These are "The Two Or
phans" and "A Celebrated Case." both
French and both of the period of laces
and frills, of small swords and powdered
hair. The new Ervln Blunkall stock com
pany presented the latter for the first
time at the Lyric yesterday afternoon to
a highly pleased audience.
The plot of the play is so familiar to
theatergoers that a detailed story of it
seems to be a waste of effort. It Is In
a. prologue and three acts, the two
scenes of the prologue being laid In the
home of Jean Renaud, a soldier In the
French army, on the eve of the battle
of Fontenoy. The second scene shows a
camp of the King's troops. The first
act occurs In the park of a famous cha
teau, and the last two acts in the Inte
rior of that chateau. Each of the scenes
is powerfully dramatic, requiring mucn
acting skill properly to interpret, but
they are all pitched in a high key. The
chief shortcoming of the sterling old
drama is the almost entire lack of com
edy, this element being supplied solely
by Denis O'Rourke, the Irish sergeant.
afterwards house servant, played by
Alyn Lewis, and played very well, too.
The chief honors are very evenly ai-
vlded between four characters, and this
accounts for the strength of the play as.
vehicle for a stock company of ability.
Ervin Blunkall, as the heroic soldier,
who Is falsely accused of the murder of
his wife and sentenced to the galleys for
life, but cleared after 12 years of suffer
ing, again demonstrates his ability to
olay heroic roles effectively. Warda
Howard, In the dual roles of Madeline,
the wife who is murdered In the prologue,
and Adrienne, the orphaned daughter In
the play, does her work beautifully, ex
cept that she makes her death scene a
trifle more realistic than Is absolutely
necessary.
Dorothy Davis makes a great deal of
her part of Valentine, while Carl Birch,
as Count de Momay. the most villainous
character among many bad French vil
lains. Is exceptionally well cast. The re
mainder of the cast appears to advan
tage. The costuming and staging of the
piece Is most elaborate and reflects great
credit on the management. "A Cele
brated Case' Is one of the most Inter
esting of recent theatrical offerings, and
Is worthy of liberal patronage. Last
night's audience broke all records for
the Lyric, the house being completely
sold out at 6 o clock.
Grease paints and professional 3 soppjle
t Woodard. Clarke Co.
OPPOSES CONCRETE MAIN
Dr.
Raffety .Favors Steel Pipe for
'ew Condnit.
Dr. C. H. Raffety. member of the
Water Board, is pronounced in his op
position to the use of reinforced concrete
for the second Bull Run conduit. He ex
presses the opinion that to use concrete
to build the conduit would be an ex
tremely hazardous undertaking for the
city.
"I believe It would cost a great deal
more than steel," he declared, "and as
to the cost of maintenance, it would cost
a great deal more. If anyone will ex
amine the profile map of the present pipe
line, he will see what a crooked line It
Is. It is up on the hills and down In
the valleys and across the levels. To
build with concrete requires a solid foun
dation. In places where It has been
used for conduits It has been found
that the foundations are of stone and
Immovable. That la the first condition.
To build on the crooked route of the pipe
line with concrete would. In my Judg
ment, be Impracticable.
"Then concrete would leak under tha
tremendous pressure to which It would
be subjected at many places. Where
there might happen to be a break. It
would be a hard matter to make repairs.
With sheet steel for the pipeline, there
are none of these problems there will be
no experiment. We know what we can
do with steel and what It will stand.
We can repair It quickly and do not have
to shut off the water to do It. If there
was a break In a concrete conduit, the
water would have to be turned off, a
section built up anew and then there Is
a long wait for the concrete to become
hardened. Where there is a leak In a
steel pipe. It can be repaired Ink a few
minutes with a steel screw. We can con
trol electrolysis by embedding the pipe
in gravel where the soil is of a clay na
ture. I have been informed that some
who have been advocating the use of
concrete have come to the conclusion.
after further investigations, ti.it it would
not be practicable for the conduit."
Dr. Raffety is equally opposed to the
use of a wooden conduit, and says that
the wooden mains In use in the city are
giving much trouble by breaking. There
will be a general discussion of the sub
ject of steel, concrete and wood at the
meeting of the federated clubs, Tues
day night, September 8.
FOREST MILLS UNDERWEAR
"Forest Mills" underwear for women
on sale toaay at reaucea prices. AH
weights and grades. Black and colored
dress goods and silks at sale prices. Mc-
Allen & McDonnell, Third and Morri
son. Cooking-School Commences.
Starting Tuesday, Mrs. T. B. Wheelock,
lecturer on cooking, will conduct school
In basement annex of Honeyman Hard
ware Company. Mrs. Wheelock has lec
tured In 285 cities throughout the United
States.
Menu, September 1, 2 P. M.
Pineapple Pudding,
Lemon Pie.
Whole Wheat Gems,
.Salmon Cutlets.
BRUTALITY CHARGED
Coroner's Jury Blames Belcher
in Scholl Case.
WOMAN IS CHIEF WITNESS
Miss Lola- Loomis Tells Graphic
Story of Midnight Scene When
Victim Was Left Suffer- -Ing
on Ground.
Solitary witness of "man's Inhuman
ity to man." of which Captain C. T.
RelohAr. nroorietor of the Collins
Knrinars Hotel, is accused In connection
with the death of Charles cnoii
Good Samaritan Hospital, a woman ap
peered before the Coroner's Jury yes
terdav forenoon and rrapnicany o
scribed the midnight scene when Scholl
Is alleged to have been found by captain
Belcher and left to suffer or to die.
It was largely the testimony or tnis
woman that caused the Jury to return a
verdict against the proprietor of the
hotel, accusing him of wanton cruelty
and brutal neglect, tscnou s me wouia
have been saved, the verdict says, had
he received nrODer attention at the
time of the accident.
Woman Alone Eyewitness.
This feminine witness to the horrl
ble scene of human suffering Is MIbb
Lola Loomis. a marker In a local laun
dry. .She was a guest at the comns
Springs Hotel at the time or tne acci
dent that had so tragic an ending. She
was the single witness to the meeting
of Captain Belcher and the injured
man, and her account of that meeting
is widely different from the written
statement of the hotel proprietor.
It was two hours past midnight when
she was awakened. Miss Loomis said.
It was dark, fearfully so, and cold, as
she raised herself suddenly In bed
startled by the cries and moans of a
man in deep distress. She sprang:
quickly, out of bed, lighted a lamp and
dressed nerseir. xne cries were airect
ly beneath her window and were mad
dening In their anguish.
Belcher Goes to Investigate.
Miss Loomis besought a man In
room near hers to go to the sufferer's
aid, but he refusied. She then rushed
through the hallways to the room of
Captain Belcher. Pounding on the door,
she aroused him and bade him listen.
He also heard the cries and quickly
went to Investigate.
lie seisea a lamp ana, witn tae
woman following timidly at hla heels,
went out on the balcony and peered
Into the darkness. Below tbem, limp
and helpless, lay a man. Captain
Belcher called to him, but heard only
continued cries for help.
The hotel proprietor men went down
the steps, lamp in hand, while the
woman remained trembling on the bal
cony. Reaching the spot. Captain
Belcher held the light above his head
and peered down at the prostrate fig
ure. By the dim rays he and the
woman saw the crouching figure of a
man. his legs sprawled out, bis face
upon the ground, and in so unnatural
a position that his distress was plainly
apparent.
Pleads Piteonsly for Help.
"Help! Help!" the suffered groaned.
"Help me rise, and take me away from
here."
"Get up yourself and get out, or I'll
put a rope around your neck" and pull
you up. Captain Belcher replied, ac
cording to Miss Loomis' statement upon
the witness stand yesterday.
"The man begged that a wire be
taken off his leg," said the witness. "He
seemed to think a wire was holding
him and he was In great pain. When
Captain Belcher commanded him to
get up he replied that he would get up
and walk away if he could do so on
one leg. Then, with a slow and painful
effort, he tried to rise. He failed, sim
ply rising partly on his hands and fall
ing over exhausted. Finally I went
back to my room and Captain Beloher
entered the house at that time. He
locked the door and went down the hall
to his room, I suppose. I could not rec
ognise the man, and don't know wheth
er Captain Belcher did or not."
Writes Letter to Coroner.
The inquest was called by Coroner
Norden. Though the accident occurred
in Klickitat county. Wash., and the dead
man was a resident of Marlon county,
this State, the duty of an inquest de
volved upon Multnomah county of
ficials, for It was In this city , that
Scholl died. Many witnesses were sum
moned. Among the number was Cap
tain Belcher himself, who, however,
found it impossible to attend. He
wrote Coroner Norden that he would
call upon him some time during this
week.
F. J. Hutchings, a traveling sales
man who lives In Portland, was the
first witness. His denunciation of Cap
tain Beloher's treatment was severe.
"It was the most flagrant case of
brutality I ever encountered," he said
In the coarse of his testimony, "and I
cannot exaggerate It."
Mr. Hatchings was awakened In the
night, he said, by cries for aid. Some
one waa in distress, he knew, and for
several minutes he . heard the sufferer
moaning and crying, begging some one
not to tiurt mm.
Only Curses for Victim.
Next morning at 8 o'clock some other
guests and myself found Scholl lying
out on the ground and we carried him
Into the power house," said Mr. Hutch
ings. "He had been lying there between
12. and 2 o'clock that night until 8 In
the morning. He was delirious. No at
tention had been paid him, and I went to
Belcher and asked him about it He told
me that some had been trying to
soak the boose out of himself and had
raised all the noise the night before. He
told another man be ought to have shot
Scholl and wouldn't do a thing for him.
wouldn't even give him a pleasant smile.
" "I have had experiences wKh that
kind while on the police force of Port
land.' he said." Mr. Hutchings testified.
"I got a night shirt and we bound up
the broken leg as best we could and
called for a doctor. An bid fossil came
around looked at the man. felt his pulse,
and, telling us that a compress might
allay his sufferings, went away.
'It bad been bitterly cold that night
and had been drizzling. The injured man
had fallen on the ground, or got there
some way, although I don't see bow It
was possible for a 'man to have reached
the place where be was found. He was
forced to remain there all night.
Guests Come to Relief. '
"Other guests and myself placed him on
& couple of boards and carried him Into
the pump-house. We made the chore boy
go and get a blanket and after the doc
tor refused to do anything we carried
Scholl to the dock, from which, an hour
or more later, he was taken aboard the
Dalles City."
Dr. Harry F. McKay was called and
told of receiving the man at Good Sa
maritan Hospital. He was accompanied
by no one except the Elks who had met
the steamer and had taken the injured
man to the hospital. There was a double
fracture of both bones in one leg. Dr.
McKay testified.
"It was at 7 o'clock when he reached
the hospital" the surgeon said, "and he
died at 1:40 o'clock that night. He died
of exhaustion, with evidences of pneu
monia. I came to the conclusion that
pneumonia was caused by exposure and
alcoholism. Whisky, however, could not
have been the cause of his death."
Many other witnesses testified, among
them being Attorney V. K. Strode, of
this city, who was at Collins Springs at
the time of the accident; F. P. Bumgart
ner, who was at the Couch-street dock
when the Dalles City arrived; Tom Fal
lon, who was also at the Springs; John
Cordano, Headley Mitchell, purser on the
Dalles City, and others.
Salem Elks Send Lawyer.
Attorney Carsens, representing the Elks
of Salem, of which the dead man was a
member, aided In the Investigation. John
B. Coffey, exalted ruler of the local lodge
of Elks, was also present and aided in
the cross-questioning. The jury re
turned a verdict. Including the following:
"We also find that Captain C. T.
Belcher, proprietor of the hotel, was
aware of the accident to the deceased,
and that he wilfully neglected the de
ceased, Charles Scholl. and by the testi
mony of witnesses It Is shown that Cap
tain Belcher, after going to the place
where the man lay on the ground, made
no effort to ascertain his condition,
whether injured 'or not, but instead
treated him as if he had been affected
with delirium tremens. It was also
shown that in the presence of at least
one witness he applied language that
showed his actions to be of the most In
human character. It is shown by the
testimony of every witness that the de
ceased was not under the Influence of
liquor.
"We .therefore, find that the deceased
came to hla death from pneumonia su
perinduced by exposure and exhaustion,
and we believe that had the deceased
received proper treatment at the time of
his discovery his life would have been
saved."
In a letter presented to the jury from
Captain Belcher he stated that he knew
little of the details of the accident. State
ments made by him in another letter were
denied by Miss Loomis.
The remains of young Schoil were
buried yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
COMES TO BELCHER'S AID
His Friend Speaks Highly of His
Conduct of Resort.
E. L. Lowell city saleseman for Wad
hams & Co., considers that an Injustice
has been done Captain C. T. Belcher,
owner of Collins Springs, in charging
him with negligence in connection with
the fatal injuries sustained at his resort
last week by Charles Scholl, of Salem.
Mr. Lowell Is a member of the Elks lodge
and, while not criticising his fellow lodge
members for the interest they have mani
fested in probing Into the accident, be
lieves they have acted precipitately ana
without inquiring into the facts.
"I have visited Captain, Belcher's resort
several times and have always found It
an orderly and well-managed place,
said Mr. Lowell yesterday. "It Is in no
sense a 'refuge for persons addicted to
the liquor habit and. in fact, no liquor
Is allowed on the premises. So far as
the report that Scholl fell out of a sec
ond-story window is concerned there was
nothing to prevent him from doing so,
for there was no railing to stop him.
"It Is also charged that the building
was In total darkness, the lights having
been- turned off at 10 o'clock. It is true
that Captain Belcher closes down his
electric light plant at 10 o'clooK every
night, but at that hour he lights tne Ker
osene lamps all over the house and these
are allowed to burn until daylight. It
has also been reported that when Scholl
was discovered in the morning, he was
thrown Into the engine-room. This Is
another Inaccuracy, the engine-room be
ing a mile distant from the hotel, so, If
the injured man was placed anywhere.
he must have been placed In the hotel.
1 have no interest whatever in the
controversy excer-C that of an old friend
of Captain Belcher whom I know con
ducts a perfectly reputable resort, and I
consider that the lntimatlot that in this
Instance he was negligent I innecessarlly
reflects on him and the diameter of the
place he is conducting." Ji
BUSY WITH CITY CHARTER
East Side Clubs Will Probably Make
Some Suggestions.
The charter advisory committee of
the East Side Federated Clubs will
meet tomorrow night at the Sargent
Hotel to organize and discuss the Des
Moines plan of municipal government
and other matters. L. E. Bice was
elected chairman at the laBt meeting.
and at the next meeting it ls expected
to elect a secretary and appoint sub
committees so the work can be sys
tematized. As outlined at the first meeting of
the committee, it is not intended to
form a charter or frame sections of a
charter, but to consider such changes
as may seein advisable. When the com
mittee approves of a change In the
present charter the substance of the
change approved will be submitted to
the regularly appointed charter board.
A large number of amendments have
been proposed and Indorsed by the civic
Improvement organizations, and these
will be threshed out before this com
mittee.
Several of the organizations have
discussed and Indorsed the Des Moines
plan of municipal government, the
North Alblna Improvement Association
being the first to do this. The matter
of the Park Board taking charge of
parked streets and caring for them
also has been considered. A municipal
plant to crush rock for street work ls
another project quite generally favored.
The matter of creating more wards
on the East Side will also be consid
ered. The Eighth Ward now extends
to Rusaellvllle eastward and includes a
large territory.
HE FEARS LOSS IN HOPS
Grower Say Current Prices Don't
Pay Harvesting Crop. .
MT. VERNOV. Wash.'. Auc. 2T (To the
Editor.) Lr&at Tuesday's Oregonlan notes a
number of nop contracts at T, Tv and S
cents, with the comment that the sales
show but little profit to the grower. The
fact is It shows no profit, but on the con
trary, a loss or z or 3 cents on the year's
expenses. It will cost at least 7 cents ter
pound to pick, dry and bale the hops, and
inai leaves prac1.1ca.11y nommg lor me pre
vious expenses of cultivation and btinginn
the croo to maturity. Then, what ls the
use of the grower assuming the cost and re
sponsibility of harvesting: a crop for the
mere cost of harvesting 7
There is some excuse for a man seliinr at
such price later on. If that Is the best he
can do, as he harvested on his own ac
count with the hope of covering his year's
expenses, 11 not man in g some profit "get
ting his seed back." so to speak. But It ap-
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ILLUSTRATION HO. 1
The Oldest Trust Company In Oregon
Many people have money ly
ing idle awaiting investment.
Many banks and trust com
panies issue time certificates of
deposit on which they pay in
terest. People do not take these be
cause they do not want to lock
up their funds for long periods.
WE isue certificates and pay
interest thereon without this ob
jectionable feature.
We shall be glad to explain
if you will call on
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of Oregon
S.E. CORNER THIRD AND OAK STREETS
BENJ. I. COHEN' Prealdent
H. L. P1TTOCK Vlce-Prenldent
DR. A. 8. MCHOLS 2d Vlee-Pres't.
B. LEE PAGET Secretary
W. J. GIIX, Assistant Secretary
C. W. DEC RAFF Cashier
pears to be manifest folly to contract at
mers COH OI Harvesting, axra run me nsK t:
burning your buildings down In the bar
Neither should a grower turn his yard and
buildings over to curbstone speculators to
overrun wltnout some suosrantiai remun
eratlon and Indemnity for cultivation am
expenses already Incurred, as is sometimes
done. Such a course would be piling up
the dread surplus with a vengeance with
out hope of reward. "A word to the wise Ls
sufficient," let us hope. J. POWEB.
' PERSONAL MENTION.'
J. W. Seavey, a Eugene hop dealer,
was at the Belvedere yesterday. Dur
lng the day he made a tour of the val
ley yards surrounding Portland In an
automobile.
J. H. Ackerman, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, has gone to Seattle
and on Monday and Tuesday will deliver
addresses before the city teachers Asso
elation of that city.
J. A. Pastabend, president of th
Kelso Gold Mining and Milling Com
pany, which Is operating in the Bo
hernia district, was registered at the
Belvedere yesterday..
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Munhall, of Nam
pa, Idaho, are visiting friends in Port
land. Mr. Munhall is cashier of the
Bank of Nampa, and they are regis
tered at the Belvedere.
Deputy District Attorney and Mrs
David N. Mosessohn and children, Zelda
and Boris, have returned home from
Seavlew, Wash., where Mr. Mosessohn's
family spent the Summer months.
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Hyde, of Castle
Rock, Wash., are spending their honey
moon in this city, being registered at
the Oregon. Mrs. Hyde, nee Miss Anna
E. Wallace, reached Portland Thursday
from Belvidere, 111., her marriage to
Mr. Hyde occurring yesterday at the
home of friends in this city. '
Mrs. E. F. Murray, of San Francisco
registered at the Portland Hotel yes
terday. Last Monday Mrs. Murray was
one of the victims of the lone high
wayman that held up and robbed 12S
tourists In Tellowstone National Park
and secured cash , booty to the amount
of $2000.
James M. Kyle, manager of the Page
Ranch Company, registered yesterday
at the Imperial from Echo. Mr. Kyle
reports that the people of Umatilla
County are prosperous and contented
crops yielding a larger harvest than
was expected. He says there ls great
activity In the different irrigation proj
ects In Umatilla County and land val
ues have been stimulated thereby, one
tract of wheat land having been sold
recently for $90 an acre.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. (Special.) Peo
ple from the Northwest registered at
New York hotels today as follows:
From Portland W. J. Petrain, at the
Marlborough.
From Seattle E. A: Seabury, at the Im
perial; G. Worthington and wife, at the
Savoy; C. J. Iverson, H. J. Moss, P.
Richardson, at the York.
From Tacoma G. Smith and wife, at
the Seville: J. McCormlck, at the Hoff
man.
WHEREJO DINE.
All the delicacies of the season at the
Portland Restaurant; fine private apart
ments for ladles. 806 Wash., near Fifth.
Toasted Wheat Flakes
Th Ideal Summer Food
EGG-O-SEE is choicest Pacific
Coast white wheat, thoroughly
steam cooked, rolled into thin,
tender flakes and toasted to a
crisp brown. A most tasty
breakfast.
Appetiiinf, Satiffyinf, Wholesome
All Grocers, 10 cents
back to natur
FredPrehn,DJ).
SU.00 Full Ret
of
Teetb, ss.oo.
Crowns and Bridge
work. SS.OO.
Boom 405, Dele urn.
Open Kvenlnc, Till T.
Home Office:
CORBETT BT7IIJIJfa,
Corner Fifth and Moniaon Streets,
PORTLAND. OREGON.
A. Jj. MILLS..
L. BAMTjEL. .
CLARENCE) S.
President
. . . . .General Manager
SAMUEL, Aut Mar.
Oregonians
PORTLAND RAIL WA Y,
LIGHT
BULLETIN NO. 12
"Cheap Electric Light?"
YES!
Bulletin No. 10, appearing in the Telegram of August 8th, and
in The Oregonian and Journal August 8th and 9th, showed the
advantage of Tungsten lamps over other forms of illumination. It
was hased on a very careful calculation of facts as to gas arcs,
and the cost of a 200-candle-power Tungsten arc per month, aa
shown therein, included the cost of renewal. ,
Comparison With" Gas'
In comparing Tungsten lamp with the costiof gas are, the con
sumption of both was based on actual tests. Gas arc catalogues,
showing the consumption of gas, base their figures on a gas pressure,
of V2 inches, and a consumption of about 16 cubic feet per hour.
As a matter of fact, tests in Portland show that the gas pressure
is considerably higher than this, and that the actual consumption
of the gas arc runs from 24 to 28y2 cubic feet per hour.
Even a superficial observation of the operation of the twotypes
of illuminants will show that the gas arc is also subject to depre
ciation, as may be frequently seen by the mantles becoming black
in part or in whole; the loss of light from this cause being far
greater than from the blackening of electric light bulbs. Gas man
tles are also somewhat brittle iu their nature, as any user can tes
tify who has had occasion to handle or-renew them.
For the benefit of consumers, thefollowing table is republished:
Hours
Per
Day.
3...
4...
5...
6...
7..,
8...
9...
10.'..
11...
12..,
13
14
15
16
17
18
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The Hart Cigar Co., Distributors
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200 CP.
Gas Arc.
. Oost.
2.39
., 3.19
. . 3.99
.. 4.79
. . 5.59
. . 6.38
.. 7.18
. . 7.98
.. 8.78
.. 9.58
200 CP.
Tungsten Arc.
Cost.
$2.25
2.78.
3.29
3.80
4.31
4.82
5.34
5.84
6.36
6.89
7.40
7.90
8.52
8.93
9.45
9.96
10.37
11.17
1197
12.77
13.57
14.36
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Eggs, per dozen 25 and 30
Hams, per lb 16
Cheese, per lb 15 and 17d
Swiss Cheese, per lb 25
Limburger, per lb 25 and 30
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