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TIIE MOHXIXG OKEGOMAX, MONDAY, DECE3IBER
MAY FORM CLUB
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Association Suggested to Re
lieve Present Management
of Annual Exhibition.
FAVORED BY T. S. M'GRATH
Proposal Is Made to Place Hunt
Clnb Event on Substantial
Basla So That Building
May Be Erected.
1ST WILL O. MAC RAH.
Unless the members of the Portland
Hunt Club should raise serious objec
tions. Portland will have a horse show
association, such as are maintained m
Battle. Vancouver, Chicago. New ork
and in fact all other cities where horse
, hows are held. T. S. McGrath. the re
tiring president of the Hunt Club, sug
gested during his speech Saturday niht
tnat such an association might grow out
of the horse shows already given under
the auspices of the club, provided that
tiie club members were willlns- Mr.
McGrath did not urge the club to form
uch an organization, but he did say that
he believed It would be to the beet in
terest of the club to have the show as a
separate organization.
The history of horse shows, not only in
tills country but in England as well, is
that they were first given by hunt clubs.
Just as the two shows have been given
bv the Hit Club here. In every in
stance, also, it Is a fact that the hunt
clubs had to drop the horse shows and
the shows finally were conducted by
separate organizations. While two very
successful shows have been held under
the auspices of the Portland Hunt Club,
it can easily be seen that there W con
flicting interest. The Hunt Club Is pure
ly a riding club, and if too much time
and interest Is devoted to the preparation
and holding of horse shows it is sure to
injure the club as a riding organization.
i The cost of putting on a horse show is
very great, and the management neces
sitates no end of hard work. Here in
Portland the Hunt Club has been fortu
nate In having the use of the Oriental
building for Its shows. This building is
not going to stand many years longer, be
cause it was erected only as a temporary
structure. Once the building is torn down
it will be necessary to build another, and
at great cost.
The Hunt Club, contrary to the belief
of many, is not a wealthy organization,
and as an organization It would be Im
possible for the club to purchase ground
and erect a building that would be suit
able for the purpose of holding a horse
show. While its membership Is made up
of prominent men and women, the club
as an organization is without funds. It
has not been the object of the club to
make money, and in giving the Spring
meets and the horse shows it was not
hoped to do more than make accounts
balance.
The club's main object lss to create an
interest in healthful country riding, good
. horsemanship and the breeding of a class
of good saddlers. It Is made up of clever
riders, both men and women, and it Is
as good. If npt the best, club of Its kind
In this or any other country. Its splen
did cross-country rides and Its paper
chases have been distinctive features, and
that Its members are all good riders la
shown by the absence of accidents, even
when the open paper chases are held.
Riding and driving are two branches of
sport. While men and women may en
Joy both as a sport, they can never mix,
and for that reason the Idea of forming
a horse show association separate from
the Hunt Club is timely and should be
done at once. The Portland horse show
a fixture. It has been the means of
giving the city the right kind of adver
tising. Both shows that were held" here
were widely advertised In the Eastern
papers and in all of the papers devoted
to the breeding of. high-class horses. One
J"ew York paper devoted almost a col
umn to the last show and complimented
' the show because of Us unusually large
entry llt.
The best results of the horse show are
felt right here at home. It has been the
means of creating a market for fine
driving horses and for handsome equip
ments. Where a few years ago there was
not one private turnout that was all that
could be desired, now there are dozens,
and some of the equipments and horses
owned in the city compare favorably
with those driven in the parks of New
York and Chicago.
WINS AT 1NDOOK BASEBALL
Com pa n t c the- Victor Over Battery
A at Armory.
The indoor baseball game at the
Armory Saturday night resulted in a
victory for Company C, which defeated
Battery A by the score, of 25 to 13. The
gma was most exciting and was played
before a big crowd.
' The batting of MeKenzie, who scored
six hits In as many times at bat. and the
lidding of Todd, at third base for Com
pany C, were the features. The win
' tiers seemed to have the faculty of
hitting the ball at will, and most of the
runs Bcored were made on clean hits.
Company C and Company B are now
leading the indoor league with averages
cf 100, neither team having been de
feated. The Hospital Corps team and
Company B are scheduled to meet to
morrow right.' and Company C meets
Company K on the night of December 19.
M'FAULAXD TO MEET EKXE
Accepts Challenne for 2 0-Itonnd
Bout in Bay City, December 23. .
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 6. (Special. 1
Backers of the West Side Athletic Club
received a telegram last night from
Packey McFarland. of Chicago, accept
ing terms to meet Young Erne, of Phil
adelphia. In a 20-round bout at the Mc
Uonough ville arena on the night of -December
23.
The West Side people have been after
McFarland for some time, but he has
been dickering for a match with Fred
die Welsh before Jim Jeffries' club at
Los Angeles. This bout has now fallen
through, and the crack lightweight
agreed to come here.
I .us Angeles to Play in Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec. S. (Special.)
A. W. Eaton, manager of the basket
ball team organized by Company I. Na
tional Guard of Washington, has re
ceived a letter from the Los Angeles
Athletic Club, asking; for a series of
games In Spokane late In the season.
The Los Angeles team will also play
games at Portland. Tacoma and Seattle
and points In the Spokane country-
Football Star I'ses Crutches.
ALBANY. Or.. Dec. S. (Special.)
31o:i: it Itogoway, captain and fullback
of the Albany College football team the
past season, is yet on crutches, as a re
sult of an injury sustained in the game
with the Eugene High School in this
city November 20. His ankle was badly
wrenched when he was tackled while
carrying the ball on a fake punt, and
though the injury Is mending slowly,
he will not be able to walk for some
time.
PANIC FROM HOTEL FIRE
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woman descended first. Then several
men climbed down.
Made Target for Grips.
And finally, only one man being left,
he decided to save his grips and suit
cases. He placed them against the lad
der and sent them shooting down upon
the head and shoulders of Connolly be
low. He was preparing to send his trunk
down upon the man's shoulders when
Connolly withdrew the ladder.
Meanwhile firemen and others had
aided in preventing a panic In other
parts of the building. The Japanese ele
vator boy ran the cage up and down,
bringing loads of guests to the ground
floor each trip, despite the columns of
Willie Fouruler, the Clever
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a soa's Aberdeen Team, M ho Has
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smoke that poured into the shaft. He
remained at his post until all signs of
danger had passed. '
A woman, whose name could not be
learned, climbed from the top story down
the fire escape to the ground. She was
uninjured. Two other women were driven
by smoke to 'the fire escape on the sec
ond floor but were prevailed upon to re
turn and descend by means or the ele
vator. Origin of Fire Unknown.
The cause of the fire has not been fully
explained. . However, firemen declare
that It must have been caused by the
failure of a fan at the top of the ven
tilating shaft to work properly. The fan.
It is said, removes the soot from the big
shaft, but failed to work yesterday and
the soot began to burn, cauelng the
smoke and a spread of the flames
through the basement.
Another theory of the firemen Is that
defective wires may have caused t.ie
fire. At any rate, the flames wrought
considerable damage to the kitchen,
where they were confined by the firemen.
There were two separate calls to the cen
tral fire station. The first call is said to
have been the result of the burning soot,
which caused immense quantities of
smoke.
The firemen had scarcely returned to
their stations before another call from
the Oregon Hotel was sent In. That is
said to have been caused by the explo
sion of an electric dynamo in the base
ment. From the basement the ventilator
shaft leads to the roof, and with such
a draft the flames were quickly fanned
into a fury.
Effective work by the firemen prevented
serious loss and also prevented more
than an incipient panic among the guests.
The loss Is estimated by the firemen at
J10.0W.
"This man Connolly did heroic work."
said W. M. Clark, one of the guests who
witnessed the hat man's efforts with the
ladder. "A crowd of 'is got together
after It was all over and rajsed a purse
for him. He promptly refused it, saying
that he didn't want any of our money.
Fortunately no one was Injured, and the
fire didn't amount to as much as it
threatened, but Connolly's work was Just
as effective and he deserves Just as much
credit as if the flames had resulted in
a great conflagration."
STATEMENT' BV MANAGEMENT
M. C. Dickinson Snys Loss AV111 Be
Small and Inconvenience Sliglit.
"We had a grfat deal of smoke, but
only a very little fire," said M. C.
Dickinson, secretary and manager of
the hotel, last night. "From the ex
amination I have made, I am satisfied
that $500 would replace every thing that
was burned. Of course, the principal
damage resulted from the smoke and
water, but I am not able to make a
reliable estimate of that damage and
will not until 4he loss Is adjusted by
the insurance company representatives.
This work will begin tomorrow.
"The temporary Incotivenience re
sulting from the fire is the greatest
loss to the management. While the
flames id not injure more than three
rooms, ten others were rendered use
less by reason of the smoke-and water.
The unfortunate incident will serve
only to expedite our occupancy of the
annex Wiat has been added te the main
building and which is almost ready to
move into. It so happens that the
fire today was confined exclusively to
those rooms we had decided to give up
in order to make the necessary con
nections" between the original building
and the addition that is being com
pleted. "1 am not prepared to say-whether
the fire originated in the ventilating
shaft or from an electric motor. That
the fire should occur today appears to
us singular, in view of ' the fact that
our present ventilating system was to
be abandoned within the next three
days and the new and positively fire
proof plant that has been installed in
the annex was to be used exclusively.
It will be only a few days until we
will be occupying a part of the new
building. In the meantime we are able
to conitnue our business without any
Interruption or Inconvenience." .
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Baseball Managers Gather in
Seattle Tomorrow.
CHOOSE HEAD OF LEAGUE
Portland's Admission Into North
western Circuit Causes Much
Speculation Lncas Likely to
Succeed Self as President.
BY W. J. PETBAIN.
When the Northwestern Baseball
League magnates convene at the Hotel
Butler, in Seattle, tomorrow, some
highly Interesting developments can
be expected, for among the business to
be transacted will be the admission of
Portland into the league and the elec
tion of a president for the ensuing
year.
William H. Lucas, present head of
the organization, is a candidate for re
election, and as he has successfully
handled that position ever since 1901,
when, the league was first organized,
he is the most logical man for the po
sition. However, as he requests an ad
vance In salary, his candidacy Is likely
to be opposed by Daniel Edward Dugr
dale, of Seattle, the most notorious salary-reducer
who ever had anything to
do with baseball. According to Louis
Castro, who formerly played with Port
land, Dug is worse than B. C. Ely, and
to Castro's mind "that is going some."
The relations between Dugdale and
Lucas, which have, up to the present
time, been most amicable, are the re
sult of some scheme Dug has in his
bonnet, the nature of which is prob
lematical. Dug has some reason to
oppose Lucas, for he always has a rea
son for his actions, and most .of them
usually redound to the good of Dug
dale. As he has been the high and
mighty of the Northern league for
some time, due to the fact that he has
enjoyed the distinction of owning the
Seattle franchise. Dug can be expected
to cause Lucas some trouble.
The attempt to oust Lucas, if such Is
made, will be frought with trouble, for
the McCredies will uphold Mr. Lucas
and demand his retention at the head
of the league. While the case of Lu
cas, under ordinary circumstances such
as prevailed before the recent arrange
ment .whereby Portland is to enter that
circuit, would not have elicited much
Interest here, now It is of considerable
moment to the fans of this city. In
entering the Northwest circuit, Port
land cannot afford to permit Dugdale
to hold too many trumps.. Neither can
the league, for the Seattle man's base
ball tactics are not popular even In
his own town.
Rumor has It that the rotund Seattle
magnate Is desirous of placing Russ
Hall at the head of the league. Dug,
even when all his faults are consid
ered, would hardly think of placing ao
unpopular a person as Hall in an ex
ecutive position. Here in Portland, If
a change is necessary, the fans would
prefer Dug himself to the man who
tried to disrupt the Pacific Coast
League.
While in Seattle, Manager McCredie
will formally return Players Dunn and
Spoonmore to the Spokane club. Mc
Credie drafted the two players last
month, and Spokane has been so anxi
ous to secure their return .that McCre
die has consented to let the players
go. In return Portland will be remu
nerated in another manner, probably
by the turning over of any claim Spo
kane may have to the Butte players.
Willie Fournler, the Aberdeen
catcher who was drafted by McCredie,
and whose picture appears on this
page, is looked upon by McCredie as
one of the most promising young play
ers in the Northwest. He is a cool,
beady young catcher, and is also rated
as a good hitter.
FEW CASES OF DIPHTHERIA
Iiittle Illness In Schools, Keportn
City Physician Pohl.
"While medical science is making
great strides, we doctors are still at a
loss to account for the origin of diph
theria. We know it is a germ disease,
and that these germs are In the very
air we breathe, and when coming Into
the mouth or through the nasaf pas
sages, fasten on the membrane of the
throat without warning and without
chance to prevent."
This remark was made yesterday by
a Portland physician when he was talk
ing about a possible spread of the dis
ease, the question having been raised
by reason of the death of the little son
of Allan A. Wright. The doctor said
he believed there was more disease
spread through the overcrowding of
streetcars than in any other way, al
though he would not say positively
that diphtheria was greatly spread
through that means.
Dr. Esther Pohl, city physician, said,
when asked about the prevalence of the
disease, that the average number of
cases reported to her department were
not above the average of the past
school year, which Is about three a
month. She said that the public and
private schools of the city are in as
good sanitary condition as Is possible
to keep them, and that no fear is felt
now that diphtheria or any other con
tagious disease menaces pupils. There
is only the normal amount of sickness
among the children of the city, and
as far as diphtheria Is concerned there
is not the slightest indication that, it
is in danger of spreading at this time.
RANGERS LOSE AT SOCCER
O. It. & N. Team Springs Surprise
When It AVlns .Match.
SOCCER LEAGUE STANDING.
Club. Won. Lot. Points.
Multnomah . ..5 o 10
Columblas . ...wT.I 1 6
Cricketers 2 2 4
O. R. N 1 3 2
Rangers 0 5 0
The surprise of the city league soccer
season came Saturday afternoon when
the O. R. & N. touched up the Portland
Rangers for two goals and the game.
The Rangers were without several of the
good men they brought out to play
against Multnomah on Thanksgiving, but
the O. R. & N. was also without Captain
Jack Hughes, who has hitherto been the
mainstay of that team.
Expecting to have the easy time beat
ing the Harrimanites that other elevens
have experienced this season, the Rangers
made no special preparations for the
game. Hughes' men, however, have Im
proved considerably In the past few
weeks and went after the two points in
a way that meant business. Karr in goal
was good for the winners; C. A. Stewart
was the pick among the losers. The rail
roaders got one goal in each half while
pie Ranger could not score a aii .
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"One kind is the guarantee in words, given by the sales
man or agent who allows his enthusiastic desire to sell a
lot to get away with strict attention to truth.
The other kind is the Fairport kind the guarantee of
facts, based on what we know to be absolutely true in every
particular. We know Fairport thoroughly and we know
facts which seem to guarantee its bright future. Here are
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Then call on us and let us tell you more about Fairport. We will show you how it is situated on the map, and
then show you Fairport in our autos.
MIKKELSEN TUCKER SgE&k
30 1 -2 Corbett Bldg., Fifth and Morrison Sts.
liiiinramniikinmi!
SIX-DAY RACE IS ON
Sixteen Teams Start in 60th
Contest in New York.
DORANDO ACTS AS STARTER
Ten Thousand -Spectators Witness
Opening of Contest at Midnight
in Madison Square Garden.
Hard Grind Ahead.
NT3W YORK. Dc. 6. Amid the plaudits
of 10.000 spectators, Dorando Peitri, the
Marathon runner, at 12:03:45 o'clock this
(Monday) morning fired the signal that
sent 16 teams of American and foreign
bicyclisla away in the 16th annual six
day race around the bis saucer-shaped
board track in Madison Square Garden.
Many of the riders who in past years
have participated in the event apain faced
the starter, notably Rutt and Stol, who
captured the bigr end of the prize last
Winter; Matt Downey and Patsey Logan.
Bobby Walthour and Eddie Root, Floyd
McFarland and Jlmmie Moran, and Leon
Georget and Victor Dupre, the French
men who made such a game finish last
year, but there also were several com
petitors new to American bicycle en
thusiasts. . Among the newcomers are
Brocco and Labrousse and Keber and
La Fourcade.
The teams that started follow:
German-Holland team. Walter Rutt, Ger
many; Johann Stol, - Holland.
Danish-Italian team. Norman Anderson,
Copenhagen"; Carl Vanonl. Italy.
Dixie-Yankee team. Bobby Walthovr, At
lanta, Go.; Eddie Root. New York City.
Intercity team, Joe Folger. Brooklyn; Iver
Lawaon, . Chicago.
Mormon team. Hardy Downing, Salt Lake
City; C. L. Hollieter, Salt Lake City.
Farmer and messenger boy team, Frank
Galvln. New Milford, Conn.; George Wiley.
Svracuse, N. Y.
Transcontinental team, Fred Hill, Bos
ton; Walter Damara. an Jose. Cal.
French team, Victor Dupre, France; Leon
Georget. Franca.
French team. Francois Faber, France;
Henri LaFourcade, France.
Italian-French team, Maurice Brocco,
Italy: Roger LaBrousse, France.
Australian team. Pedlar Palmer, Sydney;
Gordon Walker. Sydney.
Pacific-Atlantic team. Floyd McFarland,
San Jose, Cal.; James Moran, Bostox.
Long island team. Eddie Ruprlecht, Xew
arkj Alenui Bedell, Lynnbrook.
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Fairport lies directly next to the Swift townsite Kenton a step over the
line from Kenton puts you on Fairport land, which is 60 to 70 feet higher thap
the City of Portland.
Over $650,000 has already been spent by the Swifts in Kenton to build homes
for their people, banks, stores and office buildings and Fairport lies directly
next to Kenton and will improve with it.
Fairport will have surface graded streets, Bull Run water and a magnificent
view, and is convenient to Portland via trolley line, which should be about a
25-minute ride to town.
The large packing-houses of the Swifts will be open in a few months, and
will employ hundreds of hands, the majority of whom will reside on the Pen
insulaand Fairport lies directly next to Kenton the Swift townsite in the
heart of the Peninsula.
The transcontinental lines of the Hills and Harrimans will be on the Penin
sula by-product and other large industries will be here Glue Factories, Tan
neries, Sawmills, etc. Each giving employment to hundreds of hands.
Fairport lies in the heart of this great industrial movement Lots sell at
$250, $10 down and $10 a month A strictly high-class, desirable property for
investment or for homes, at moderate prices.
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Emerald Isle team, Matthew Downey,
Ireland; Patrick Logan, Ireland.
East and West team, Elmer Collins, Bos
tpn: W. E. Mitten, Davenport. Ia.
Teddy Devonovitch. St. Petersburg, and
Peter Debrach, Boston.
The men who took the track as the
representatives of their teams at the
start of the race were the following:
Rutt, Dupre, Faber, Brocco, Moran,
Walthour, Fogler, Logan, Ruprecht,
Dowllng. Palmer, Anderson. Collins,
Galvln, Demara and-Devonovitch
The race, by reason of changes in the
rules, probably will be the hardest
fought contest since Miller and Waller,
In 1S!!. set the record' for six days at
27.13 miles, four laps.
The race will be a constant grind,
with no let-ups for sprint and motor
paced races, and every rider at all times
must protect himself from being lapped.
Everything will count, and tho rider
who goes down will lose the distance
the other contestants gain over him.
MINTO GETS SAilMT'S MAIL
Postmaster Itcceives letters Ad
dressed to Santa Clans.
This is the time of the year that Post
master Mlnto's mail Increases, for on his
desk are laid the letters that the kiddies
send to Santa Claus. Each year the lit
tle tots, either on their own account, or
the fond parent just to humor them and
find ' out what the children want for
Christmas, helps the little folks prepare
a letter to Santa Claus. Hundreds of
these letters will pour Into the local post
office between now and December 25 and
all of them will find their way to Post
master Mlnto.
Contrary to the general belief but few
of the Santa Claus letters are thrown
away. Postmaster Minto reads them all
carefully, and) those that have a ring
of geulrieness to them, especially when
the writer asks for shoes, stockings and
other clothing, are turned over to char
itable organizations, and usually the
children get what they have written for.
While many of the letters, laboriously
spelled out. soiled and emeared with
finger marks, are from children not In
need, a great many of them are written
by children who have either lost a
mother or a father and are In need of
the things that they ask Santa Claus
to bring to them. Many of -the letters do
not even give an address and of course
the childish wishes, cannot be fullfilled.
Others 6how that they have been re
written and that older heads have had a
hand in the construction and spelling of
the letters.
It is the letters from the children whce
surroundings and home life convinces
them there will be no Christmas tree
or a visitation from Santa Claus that
tell a story of human tragedy. They are
really little stories of real life and some of
them are pathetic in the extreme. In a
childish way the story of the death of
the father and mother Is told, and if the
writer has other brother or sisters tneir
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wants are Included In tho letter. It may
be a pair of shoes for one, or a pair
of stockings for the other, and If there
Is a tiny member of the family, some
favorite toy Is requested.
Some of the Santa Claus letters are
skeptical and some ask Mr. Santa Claus
to tell the nith and tell the writer
whether there Is such a person as Santa
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Magnificent Display Is Now Being
Made by Eilers Piano House
PRICES RANGE FROM $10 TO $500 WHAT CHOICER CHRIST
MAS GIFT THAN ONE OF THESE MODERN
REPRODUCERS OF SOUND?
The large east show window of Eilers Piano House, on Washington
street, is devoted to a most wonderful display of the latest instruments
for the reproduction of tone. To designate them as Talking Machines
would not do them justice. The finest instrument displayed is un
questionably a new .$225 style Reginaphone this being undoubtedly
the highest'achievement as yet attained in the phonograph field.
The marvelous Victor Victrola is shown in several superb styles;
the prices being $200 and $300.
Another instrument, shaped somewhat like a miniature piano, is
designated as a "Symphony Grand." It possesses a most wonderful
velvety tone and is priced at $200.
An instrument known as the "Auxetophone," wherein an electric
motor creates a powerful air current, which is forced against, the re
producing diphragm, thereby greatly increasing the volume of sound,
is plso displayed. This instrument costs $.j00 and is particularly
adaptable for very large gatherings. '
The double-sided Victor and Columbia disc records are now being
sold in large quantities at Eilers Piano House, as are also the latest
achievement of the "Wizard" Edison, the new Four-Minute Edison
Amberol Records.
Eilers Piano House is the only place in Portland where all the best
makes of Talkipg Machines and Records are shown impartially side
by side, where you can determine just exactly what you want, whether
a $10 Victor a $500 Auxetophone a $225 Reginaphone or any in
strument at a price within this range.
All instruments sold on a weekly (75c or $1) or monthly-payment
plan, if desired.
EILERS PIANO HOUSE
353 WASHINGTON STREET
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picture man with having missed them on
last Christmas and beg him not to over
look them again.
The first automobile made It appe&raar
in Shanghai in 1!X2. and was an Amsricaa
car.
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