THE MORNING OREGONTAN, THURSDAY. OCTOBER lt 19Q3.
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CITY PROSPEROUS
DESPIIE ELECTION
Presidential Year Brings Rec
ord Exports and Heavy
Business in All Lines.
BANK CLEARINGS GAINING
September Show. Increase In Month
ly Transactions of Financial In
gtitntlons for First Time
Dnrlnf Present Tear.
With wheat export 6urtngBmZ
twice what they have been In any r
wioondlng month In the c!tya history.
Cnew raUroad.. both transcontinental
Ind fSSJtrtT tnterwban. being opened
?frn the city while the biggest packing
weof the MlatolWl Bl under
construction her. and building ; op
erations of all classes were never more
antlve. Portland does not seem to regard
fact ThlT this 1 Presidential year
menace to the continued
prosperity of the state.
V Furthermore, the bank deartngs for
Eeptember show, for the first time since
. KHnnlnit of the year, a gain over
XT mny fotals of 1907. No particular
Industry Is reflected In the an etojr
but the rarled activities of tbjea
ttre section are represented In the totals.
That the up-grade movement whlcn
started daring the usually dull Bummer
season, la now well along and business
In all lines will continue to improve, is
the betef of bankers and business men
generally, wno are m close touoh with
Industrial matters in Portland.
Iumber Market lias Bwlwi.
The present increment of lumber to
foreign purchasers has never. It Is saw.
fcTO mrpsssed. Batlsfactory adjustment
of rate questions with the transcontinen
tal railroads has stimulated the ship
ment of lumber to the Eastern markets
nd the revenue pouring Into this city
from the marketing of this great produit
ts a very large Item that contributes to
Portland's prosperity.
It Is now only a year since the first
ground-swell that presaged the financial
storm of last Fall began to be felt here,
as elsewhere, and people began to hoard
their savings, fearing to entrust tnem O
the banks lest the accumulations of years
be swept away in the Impending panic
One year ago the Oregon Trust & Sav
ings Bonk had failed, tying up the sav
ings of several thousand people. This
frightened others who had money In
local banks and those who were timorous
drew heavily against their balances. This.
In turn, caused the bankers to refuse
loans to carry on business that, in normal
times, would have been extended as a
matter of course. The rumors of Im
pending disaster brought on a condition
that was Just what everybody feared, and
In November other banks failed.
Portland First to Recover.
Hut that Fortland has such substantial
resources behind lt that within a year
from the time the panlo of 1S07 swept
over the country the city can completely
recover her stride la considered remark
able. Because of the splendid develop
ment going on here. Portland and Oregon
have felt the panlo less than any other
section and are the first to recover from
Its effects.
That the city and surrounding country
have recovered Is shown by the advance
In bank clearings over September. 1907.
which was. for the most part, the banner
year in the city's history. Until Fall
came. Portland went aheaa as never be
fore. Bank clearings piled up enormous
totals and everybody was prosperous.
Kvery business man was making money
and labor was paid high wages, and was
busy. I
Bank clearings for September. 1907. had
not fallen off on account of the Impend
ing panic for the wave of alarm and fear
that swept the country had not yet
reached Portland. The month's total re
ported by the Clearlng-House was $30.
171.840.01. which was only S2.SO0.O0O be
low the record month for the year and
that was the month of May. when every
thing was at the height of Spring ac
tivity in all lines of Industry. That the
clearings for the month ending yesterday
should overtop last September Is an earn
est for the future that promises great
things for the city during the Winter.
Clearinirs for the month ending yesterday
were o0.3:0.S.4.76.
Capital here Is not frightened by the
approaching election. Portland people are
atLsned that the resources of the great
l"aclIio Northwest are sufficient to keep
the wheels of tndustryturnlng. no matter
which way the votes shall be cast In No
vember. They are going about their va
rious business plans as If nothing of the
kind was In sight, and they will appar
ently have no cause to wish they had
been more cautious.
Clty Prospects Are Bright.
Statistics showing the many activities
In Portland and the surrounding country
illustrate the upward, expansive move
ment that Is on In full swing. Lumber
men and all other manufacturers are sat
isfied with business conditions. Jobbers
report that merchants are ordering large
stocks and retailers say business is good.
Building Is brisk, and this, together with
various improvements about the city,
gives employment to large numbers of
laborers. Portland Is more prosperous
rlKht now than at this time last year, and
the Indications are that business will
continue to Improve.
Bank clearings for the past nine
months, compared with the same totals
for 107, follow:
loo iot.
January M.J!1 ? 110.M" OS
lhruary .... Il.litS S.MV.V.1 24.0M.SS3 11
March ....... :7.K4T. 121 10 Si.972.90v.43
Aim sii.'M.Bii at sj.iio.ei ja
J ir ... S3 2.VVIU4 iO 32.6D2.306 M
June -JS TTK.ttlS Sit 31.074.Dil3 71
J.il .l.rtS 271 T Si.O.4.f:s 37
Ajxuat :4S.5I4J a).4!S.4V
fc'vylcmber 80.i-0.SS. id 10,171.340.01
Total t-23.2e.3.1 1274.ML03&33
CAIX SHOWN" IX COXSTRVCTIOX
lVrmll fur Big Warehouse Brings
I p September Totals.
Hulidlng operations In Portland continue
very active, and yesterday afternoon the
Crma Company took out a permit in the
sum of 110.000 to erect a aix-etory brick
art 'house, this being the largest permit
a..ued during September. There has been
a s:eady stream of permits for residences,
runnlrg from f.OCO to S10.004, showing the
r.ty.d fc-rowth, of the residence sections.
Toe h.Khest figures were aggregated In
July, the total number of permits Issued
t'lcn being 4.'-3and the value being li.iviS.-
'a
Tee Crane Company secured the site
about a yrar ago and excavation Is about
completed for Its big bulldlnr. wlilrh.
when nnlshed. will be one of the largest
buildings d'voted to wholesale business In
the city. The present location of the
Portland establishment of the company is
on Second street, but Its business In
heavy hardware has Increased to such an
extent that larger quarters have become
a necessity, and the big building now un
der way will be an addition to the new
wholesale district in the Northwest end
that will go far toward establishing that
section of the city.
The following table shows the figures of
building activity for the first nine months
of 19"8 and 1907:
1907
Permits. Value.
January Jl S04.473
r-bruary i7S IVmJ.7-49
March 295 56.79
April 3f 1.52R.S77
War 41 1.152.732
jun, . SS2 B43.230
July 374 7S2.371
August - 31-8 bSl.360
September 32 943.3U0
Toal
106
.3168
Permits.
.. 2KS
IS. 282.942
Value!
f 625.343
833. 8W
Ml. MS
9-0.410
754.943
Ml. 065
1.0.T8.3S
772. 3P5
72,353
January
February 413
March 54
Aprtl .. 6.H
May '
June
July -"9
AufWt . ... .......... 412
September - 445
Total SflOd I7.670.T2O
REALTY MARKET PICKING TP
Both A u grist and September Show
Increase Over 1907.
Although last Fall's panic caused a con
siderable falling off in the number of
real estate transfers recorded by County
Clerk Fields, the report of amounts paid
for property by those who have made In
vestments in the last two months shows
that the real estate market Is now In a
healthier condition than lt was last year
In August and September. During the
first nine months of 1908 the number of
deeds recorded was 10,852, representing
114,306,316. During the same period In 1907
the number was 11,250, and the amount of
money which changed hands was 120,
743,383. The report by months, of Multno
mah County real estate transfers, as
given by the Portland Dally Abstract, is
as follows:
No. amount.
Si"! t 879.035
1.030 1.3O6.S20
l.34 1.634.320
1.452 3.009.305
. l.SH 1.259.A02
1.100 1.107,381)
1,213 1,708.801
1.027 1.82S.O00
1.276 1.672,838
100S.
January .
Fbmary .
March ...
April ....
Mar
J una
July
Auguat ...
September
Totals 10,852 114.306.316
1 0OT Jsf. Amount.
January 1.216 2..141.830
February 1.216 2.353.S04
March i.... a..K 4.73S.134
Mar 1.424 2.334.867
"una 1. 124 1.411.4
July .....1 1.223 1.711.401
August l.O iS 1.753.234
September 1,077 1.32.9S0
Total 11.230 t20.74a.S88
There have been Just 82 fewer marriages
durfag the last nine months than there
were during a similar time in 1907. The
totals for 1908 were 159J last night: while
the number of couples married between
i i a..,,.!).. an 1 VY7 wan 1674.
JV1IUUJ a uu u. ......... ,
The number married each month Is as
follows:
1009. 1907.
January "
February
March JrJ
:::::::::::::::::::::: m &
July ssX
Ausust 2
September 217 218
Totals 1592 1674
T
KOT HCRT BY MONEY PAXIC,
SAYS F. P. MORTON.
Marshficia Resident Predicts Big
Boom as Soon as Railroad
Is Completed.
P. P. Norton, a well-known business
man and pioneer of Marshfleld, Coos
County, was In Portland yesterday on
his way home after having; visited the
Salem State Fair and the Portland
Country Club and Livestock Associa
tion's fair. Mr. Norton said that
Marshfleld and the other places on
Coos Bay are growing rapidly and that
the recent financial flurry was not felt
In the least In that vicinity. He said
the reason for this Is the great amount
of building going on there, as well
as the increase In all lines of Industry.
"Marshfleld is rapidly outgrowing the
village class and will soon put on the
front of a real city," said Mr. Norton.
"We already have one finely paved
street That Is Front street, which Is
laid with bituminous pavement for Its
entire length, and within the next year
First and Second streets, as well as A
B, C and D streets, will be similarly
Improved. In the past two years six
large reinforced concrete or brick
buildings have been erected, and with
in a short time our handsome new
hotel will be completed. The Increase
In population in the outlying districts
has also benefited the towns on Coos
Bay. This is due principally to the
large number of people who are em
barking In the dairying industry, a
business for which Coos County is es
pecially adapted. Our dairy products
are a source of especial pride to our
citizens, for we acknowledge superior
ity to no other locality in the state.
"Another Industry that promises a
great future for our county Is its coal
mines. While the Beaver Hill and
Eastport mines are being worked to
their full capacity at present, the pos
sibilities are that each will be worked
on a greater scale In the near future,
or as soon as transportation facilities
warrant such a proceeding on the part
of the owners. We will eventually
have a railroad Into Coos Bay and
when that long-hoped-for event ma
terlallxes. our city will become one of
the principal ports on the Coast. We
expect to be able to travel to Portland
by rati within the next year or two,
and then watch Marshfleld grow with
giant strides."
Mr. Norton, accompanied by Mrs.
Norton, left for home on the ssteamer
Breakwater last night.
CLASSES START THIS WEEK
At the Y. M. C. A. Night School.
Educational Director Kees, of the
T. M. C A., reports that the registra
tion of students at the opening Is larger
than ever before. The attendance at
this practical school is composed of
from quite well-defined groups.
First boys and young men who go
for help In making a right start In life.
Then knowledge, skill and earning pow
er are comparatively slight.
Second, young men who have already
made a good start In life, but who want
to climb higher. They are taking work
In commercial, technical and general
lines.
Third, men who are engaged or wish
to engage In some pursuit requiring
special knowledge and training. Such
as show-card writing, plumbing, .car
pentry, gas engineering. telegraphy,
mining and assaying, electrical wiring
and testing and trades chemistry.
Fourth, foreign-speaking men learn
ing to spesk and read and write the
English language.
Fifth, young men taking college pre
paratory subjects.
LIST IS UNCHANGED
Commission Declines to Make
Room for Baty.
MALLETT WOULO RETIRE
Asks to Give Up Chance of Appoint
ment as Police Captain, bnt
Is Refused Patrolmen
List Is Submitted.
Chief of Police Grltxraacher sent a
communication to the City Civil Service
Commission yesterday which was read
and acted upon at a meeting of tke com
missioners yesttrday afternoon. Attached
was a copy of a letter written' the chief
by Patrolman Fred Mallett. asking that
ELECTED PRESIDENT 50TRB
DAME SENIOR? CLASS.
' y v
Igaatlns E. HeNamee.
Ignatius E. McNamee, who
has been elected president of
the Notre Dame University
senior class. Is the son of
Thomas J. McNamee, of 491
East Oak street, one of the
members of the firm of Frank
Schmitt A Co., which operates a
big planing mill. The young
man who has been so signally
honored was born In Portland
22 years ago and attended St.
Mary's Academy, later entering
Columbia University In 1990
and being the first student en
rolled there. He graduated
from that Institution In 1905.
He has been at Notre Dame for
three years.
he be allowed to withdraw from the eli
gible list certified to the police committee
of the Executive Board for the position
of Captain. The request was denied on
the grouhd that there is no authority to
grant it.
Aside from the fact that such a re
quest Is without precedent, there is the
additional significant feature that Pa
trolman Mallett stands at the head of the
list of eliglbles for tht position of Cap
tain, and while there has been a vacancy
for many months, the police committee
refuses to appoint any of the three pa
trolmen whose names were certified aa
eligible Patrolmen Mallett, Circle and
Riley.
Sergeant C. E. Baty has held and Is
still holding the position aa commanding
officer of the detective staff, he having
been given charge of that branch of the
police service when ex -Captain Bruin left
the city's employ. Sergeant Baty was
carried on the roll as an emergency cap
tain for two months, and received the
full pay of a captain, as provided by the
civil service rules, but when an examina
tion was held and Baty passed fourth on
the list, the emergency clause could not
be continued In effect, and It became
necessary for the police committee to ap
point a new man In his place or to keep
him in charge with the rank of ser
geant.. They chose the latter means, and
he la still In charge of the detective
staff. Chief Grltzmacher and the other
superior officers. Including members of
the police committee declare that Baty
Is the most capable member of the de
partment for the position, and long ago
Chief Grltzmacher announced that Baty
would be the permanent head of the se
cret service branch.
While there are three eliglbles ahead
Baty cannot be appointed to the rank of
Captain. Inasmuch as the powers that be
have refused to nsme any other to the
place. It Is believed that some one has
given Patrolman Mallett a gentle hint
that It would be wise for him to step
aside and make lt necessary for the Civil
Service Commission to certify a new list,
which would carry the name of Sergeant
Baty. In such case. It la said, Baty
would Immediately be appointed.
However, the plan. If It was a eoncertsd
effort to secure a new list of eliglbles,
was blocked by the Civil Service Com.
mission, which refused to grant Patrol
man Mallett permission to withdraw. The
police committee must send In a com
munication, stating "good reasons" why
there Is not an appointment from the list
first certified, before the matter can even
be considered. Therefore the commis
sioners ordered the letter filed, which
disposes of the affair, unless lt comes up
In another later on.
The commission also certified the fol
lowing list of eliglbles for patrolmen,
from which the ten additional officers
recently granted by the City Council will
be chosen.
L. Stone, 1605 East Fifteenth street:
Joseph L. Gould, 95 Tenth, street; Harold
L. Stanton. 1199 Delaware avenue: Colyer
T. Potter, 18 Fourth street: Benjamin
R. Evert, 1255 East Clay street; William
W. Bunn, 104 Curtis street, Montavllla;
Frank G. West. SOS Benton street; Law
rence W. Madden. 81S Fifth street; Clar
ence F. Howard, 261 East Thirty-sixth
street; Arthur L. Pressey, 309 Madison
street; Edward H. Crandall, 544 Petty
grove street; Leon V. Jenkins. 631 East
Thlrty-flrst street; Clifford W. Maddux!
41S Beech street: Charles G. Crampton.
769 Union avenue N.; Floyde A. White, 111
Belmont street: Robert L. "Whiteside. 61
West Jessup street; Vernon R. Owens,
274 Margin street; Harvey A. Thatcher
863 Thurman street; L. M Ackerman,
The Beaver, Twelfth and Marshall- Rus
sell H. Still well. 1539 Farrell street; Zean
M. Burstow. 264 Burn si da street; William
W. Post. 186 Fifth street; William F
Reed. 1456 East Davis street: Walter 8.
Cash. 147 East KUlinga worth avenne;
Robert T. Stewart. 608 Clinton street.
Exclusive Passenger Service.
Exclusive passenger service will be put
en by the O. R. N. between Walla
Walla and Wallula within the next few
days to take the place of the mixed
train now leaving Walla Walla at P. M.
for Wallula. where lt connects with the
main line passenger train for Portland.
Another train wtll be put on to handle
freight. This will be a great Improve
ment to the service, for lt will do away
with delays now experienced In handling
freight traffic by passenger trains.
A COUNTRY GALA DAY
Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway Praises
Exhibits at Molalla Corners.
PORTLAND, Sept. 80. To the Editor.)
Last Saturday was a gala day at Mo
lalla Corners, a picturesque village In
the heart of Clackamas County, which
nestles like a group of swans m the liv
ing green that contains a cluster of snow
white houses, flanked by perennial for
ests that climb. In purple grandeur to the
adjacent mountain tops.
I - had been met on Friday at Oregon
City by T. A. MeFadden. an honored
Granger, behind whose reliable team I
waa carried for 16 miles In the face of a
refreshing south wind. Autumn-laden and
odorous, through a succession of undu
lating landscapes, dettea on every hand
with pretty homes, ripening fields and
loaded orchards. The roads were In fine
condition and the hospitable friends who
greeted me In their great white farm
house at the journey's end gave promise
'if-the welcome that awaited me on the
morrow.
The Grangers' Hall was utilised as a
pavilion and waa filled, upstairs and
down, with a variety of exhibits, equal
In quality to any such collection upon
which my eyes have feasted anywhere.
But I was most interested In the live
stock, beginning with the babies and
ranging upward from the school children,
and clever exhibits of agriculture and
handicraft, to the young men and maid
ens, fathers, mothers and grandparents,
all evidently prosperous and happy.
The four-footed animals were the next
attraction. But I'll not attempt to de
scribe them, lest my professional en
lightenment be questioned by men and
women better versed In quadrupedal lore
than I. "Be sure to say an encouraging
word for us in The Oregon Ian, our fa
vorite newspaper," said a bright-eyed
mother of a cluster of happy children, as
we Darted Inside the gates. "Don't for
get the livestock and the babies," added
a man who was afterwards reported to
me as a genial bachelor, heart-whole
and fancy free. "Don't neglect a syn
opsis of your lecture," waa the parting
admonition of a mother whose many
children were no longer young. This last
request waa something of a poser, as I
had spoken -extemporaneously. But, to
reverse the practice of my friends of the
nulnlt and Dlatform in Portland. I shall
do the beet I can after the tact promis
ing only to oblige the reader with brev
ity, said to be the soul of wit.
I aald In part, as faithfully as I can
recall the words: "I am not here to talk
politics, but to encourage patriotism.
Just as the largest heads In a field of
grain are found on Its outer edges, you
will find the men and women of the
broadest brains and noblest purposes ris
ing from the rural districts, where they
have had room to expand and grow. I
am here to talk patriotism the kind that
engenders the spirit of liberty and Jus
tice, which. In the last analysis can best
be described In the immortal words of
Abraham Lincoln, who said. 'I go for
all sharing the privileges of government
with all who assist In bearing Its bur
dens, by no means excluding women.'
There, patient reader, what need have
you, or the cltlaens of Molalla Corners
and Its grand environs for a further
synopsis of my theme? Are not the bur
dens of government borne by every
woman who perils her life to bestow ex
istence upon a soldier? Isn't she taxed
without representation and ' governed
without consent? And hasn't she an in
nate right to share the privileges of gov
ernment, at least equally with men who
have no home or abiding place In Oregon,
who have never smelled gunpowder In
battle and who always escape taxation,
If they can?
I promised you brevity, good reader,
so will close this unique synopsis by
adding that the newly-launched tax-paying
suffrage amendment recently pro
posed, to be submitted to the voters
November 8, 1910, Is meeting with a grati
fying welcome among the home-making
farmers of both sexes, of whom I have
met no more patriotic specimens than
the crowd who greeted me at Molalla
Corners and the Grangers' Fair.
The south wind veered to the north and
east by Saturday night, bringing a
blighting frost, which changed the aspect
of the landscape through which I was
carried homeward on the glorious Bun
day that followed. The corn, grapes, po
tatoes and tomatoes seemed to have suf
fered most, but the sparking alrewas like
ether. The maples had taken on deeper
hues of crimson and amber and stately
sunflowers turned their golden fringes
to the sun in triumphant survival, re
minding nw of liberty, of whom Oregon's
Immortal Senator Baker said In the long
ago: "Oh, liberty 1 How imperishable
art thou! I have seen thy enemies burn
thee at the stake and scatter thy ashes
to the winds; but when they turned to
exult, I have seen thee arise, clad In an
armor of complete steel, brandishing in
thy right good hand a flaming sword,
red with insufferable light I take cour-
i, good friends, do I.
ABIGAIL SCOTT DUWIWAT.
age."
And
Hall Strikes Dog; Is
Struck by Strukem
gtrlklsur Affair Streek Off. Bnt May
Be Stricken From Reeerae ky
Stroke of Legal Gentna,
WHEN John 8. Hall was walking
W thjough John Strukem's lpt,
Etrukem's dog seised Hall's eoat tall
and Hall struck the dog. Whereupon
Strukem struck Hall and Hall struck
the ground. Then Hall struck out for
the city, where he swore to a warrant
for being struck by Strukem. It is
said that Strukem's attorney .will ask
that the complaint against Strukem
be stricken from the records.
Strukem and Hall are neighbors, liv
ing on adjoining farms, near Fairvlew.
Btrukem is 50 years of age. and Hall
Is 70. Ill-feeling is said to have ex
isted for several years between the
two, and a climax was reached Sat
urday when Strukem's dog attacked
Hall. In defense of the dog, Strukem
claims that Hall was trespassing In
passing through his pasture. When
Hall struck the dog, the master Im
mediately went to its rescue and
struck Hall. A warrant for Strukem's
arrest was Issued at the Justice Court
yesterday. Hall being the complainant
and Strukem being charged with as
sault and battery.
"UNDUPL1CATABLE."
The schoolboy would probably say
this word Is a "hot one" at the same
time It Is an Intensely appropriate word
to describe the real merits of a Reed
French 8224 piano. It makes no dif
ference where you ge this 8324 piano
of ours Is still "undupllcatable." It
can't take very much of your time to
confirm this statement. We sell our
8224 for 2 a month. Reed-French Pl
anoa, sixt'a and Burnside.
Last week of the great sale of
trunks, suit cases and bags of the
bankrupt stock of Pacific Trunk A
Bag Co. Some great bargains yet to
b. had. Harris Trunk Co. 181 Sixth.
ODOoalte Oregonlan.
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING FAMOUS ARTISTS
HAVE BEEN SETTING THE MUSICAL WORLD ABLAZE WITH EN
THUSIASM BY NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN GRAND-OPERA ROLES
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Slgnor
Blccardo Martin.
Tenor.
Mme. Josephine Jacoby,
Contralto.
Mme. Marie Rappold,
Soprano.
Slgnor Qulseppe Campari arL
Baritone.
4"
The Famous Conried
Metropolitan Quartette
HEILIG
Wednesday Evening, October 7
Direction Lola Steers and Wyno VToman.
Cbiokertag Plane use d exclusively by Conried Metropolitan
Quartette From Ellers Piano Houss.
SCOFF AT REFORM
North End Women Greet Order
of Eviction With Curses.
ONLY ONE PENITENT FOUND
Defiance) and Sneers Reward of Po
lice Who Carry Warning of May
or Lane's Moral Crusade
to Underworld.
Of the 178 women of the demi-monde
ordered by the police to reform or leave
town by next Tuesday, just one showed
an Inclination to change for a better life.
This was the report made to the head of
the Police Department yesterday by the
officers who passed around the reform
order.
Cursing, sneering women the two offi
cers. Detective Kay and Sergeant Baty,
found on every hand; but in a disreputa
ble crib . on Fourth street, one young
woman, not more than 20 years old and
Just beginning to bear traces of her dis
slpated career, took the suggestion about
reformation with seriousness.
"But how am I to go about doing bet
ter?" she asked.
"Report to Dr. Brougher. He is at
tending to that detail and will do every
thing possible to help you find work and
get comfortably located," Detective Kay
told her.
"I believe I'll go see him," she said after
a moment's reflection. "I want to do
better."
This waa the only contrite sinner of the
lot. The others seemed hopelessly set to
their following. Not a few seemed to take
a pride In their calling and wanted to
know If they were expected to "become a
lot of tame little hens who'd go to church
on Sunday, wash dishes, scrub floors and
sueh things. Not much!" they Bald.
The Impossibility of reforming those who
are what they are by temperament aa
well as through necessity is very plain to
all observers of human nature who hap
pen to know anything about the psychol
ogy of this class of creatures. They will
move on to the next town or try to
evade the police in remaining here. But
reformation is the last thing that will
occur to them, the last thing not even ex
cepting death. The criticisms of the outer
world do not bother them. To them the
world Is a place of hypocrisy inhabited
by men who. are all bad and women who
are weak, decorous little things that sing
psalms and read from prayer books when
not clandestinely engaging in some more
romantic pastime.
Fine clothes. Irresponsibility, strong
drink, dissipation that is life, according
to their Ideas and temperaments. And
those who happen to know something of
the class only laugh when the idea is ad
vanced of reforming such craven, maud
lin, gaudy, flighty creatures.
THE NEXT STOCK SHOW
Writer Urges More Trolley Cars ana
Short Walk to Barns..
PORTIArlD, Sept. 80. (To the Editor.)
Much has been aald about tha people of
Portland and vlelnlty not supporting tha
Country Club's good tock ahow and raca
meet. Tha writer beliavea thara era soma
thtnss that remain to be dona In erder ta
accommodate tha public and alo to mail
this aarae public fully appreciate the In
struction and entertainment awaiting lt.
Kirrt It tae a little time to fully real
ise what a wonderful show -was and will ba
prepared for u. and that It la In a clan
by Itealf, with the po.sfble exception of tha
atock ahow at tha Lewla and Clark Expo
sition. .
Second Tha walk la too long from tha
ear half way around tha mile race couraa
to tha atock barns ever rough and duaty
ground, -and la not aa good aa an average
country road. ...
Third Tha car service la Inadequate to
tha demanda that ware made on It. We
know that tha trolley ear company could
not have handled twice aa many with tha
counter attraction on the West Bide tha
latter part of the week.
Every Individual who vlalted tha grounds
during tha past week will do hla part
toward remedying the Urat objection. A
almple walk ehould ba built the ahorteat
dlatance from tha grandatand to the horae
barna. Tha third objection makes ua algh .
for aheeld tha company run tha cara direct
to and from tha grounde, we would still be
aaked to hanr on the utraon n-hll enrMur-
NEED A NEW SUIT? '
Want it Tailor Made?
For less than ready-made?
Read this afternoon's papers.
COLUMBIA WOOLEN MILLS CO.
tors rang up 125 farea In an antiquated car
cnat will only aeat 50 people.
WALTER HANSEN.
Sues to Recover Furniture.
J. M. Brown has brought suit In the
Circuit Court against A. M. Richardson
to secure furniture which he says be
longs to him, or $1000 damages. Brown
asserts that Richardson took the fur
niture from 266 Jefferson street. The
plaintiff also demands (150 damages
because lt has been withheld.
Selz Shoes
are honestly
made of leather
You'll find lots of
shoes made now-a
days that are cheapened in little ways
you can't see; hemlock instead of oak
tanned soles; composition instead of
leather heels; pieced counters instead of
good solid sole leather.
We're strong for Selz Royal Blue Shoe because
we don't have to watch that sort of thing; they're
honest leather all through. Fall styles are here.
Selz Royal Blue Shoe $3.50, $4, $5
Seventh and Washington
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LIU.
Give the
Meat-Eater
His Meat,
But
11 K'i.j''
the doctor tells him
to "taper off" on
account of his liver or
kidneys there is nothing
better to taper off on
than H-O, the delicate,
delicious flakes of
steam-cooked oatmeal
' the only cooked oatmeal
sold, not the indigestible, raw oatmeal
that is sold as "rolled oats" and which
cooks into a pasty, mushy mass.
H-O is steam-cooked for three hours by
a patent process that's the reason it's
different from the others and so easily
digested. Ask your grocer for H-O.
" want more H-O"
Oliver.