11 TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAy, WEDNESDAY. JULY 21. 1909. ELKS ARE LOUD IN LAUDING PORTLAND Returning Delegates Declare Visit in This City Is All Too Brief. SPECIAL TRAINS GO NORTH Hundreds of lodgemen Are Yet to Pas Through on Return From Los Angeles Local Herd Still In the South. Th cxodiw from L6 Ar.geleft of th n tie red herds engaged in the annual roundup, which began last Friday and Saturday, was flrst noticeable In Port land yesterday1 when over 1000 visitors. Including Elks and their wives and fami lies flocked Into Portland en route to their Eastern homes. The large Influx of convention people caused the Elks' home, at Seventh and Stark streets, to resemble a bee-hive, for during the day and until the special trains leaving late at night departed, the reception committees of Portland Lodge No. 112 were kept busy entertaining visi tors and giving Information as to points of beauty In and about Portland.- Many of the visiting Elks, who were not numbered among excursionists travel ing in the specials had too little time In Portland to make this side trip and much regret was expressed. Booster for Portland 11J. Edward A. Laing, a prominent Elk of Plainfleld. N. J., is one of those who voiced thto regret and announced him self as a booster to secure the grand lodge for this city in 1911 "I sincerely hope that you are suc cessful in securing the grand lodge re union In 1912," said Mr. Laing at the Elks' temple last night. "I am very much dissappolnted at not being able to see .the Columbia River and its scenic wonders, and on that account you may be assured of one booster for Portland In New Jersey. I attend every grand lodge reunion and I shall be pleased to boost for Portland in 1915. "I believe Portland should be In line for that year, and If you campaign hard enough for It you should get it. From what I have seen of your city you are amply able to accommodate the grand lodge and I do not know of a more ideal city in this Western country." Two hustling young newspapermen from Birmingham, Ala., are members of the excursion party on the Cotton States rpeclal which arrived here yesterday morning. They are Burr Blackburn, of the starf of the Birmingham Age-Herald, and Clyd W. Ennls. of the Birming ham Ledger. Both are delighted with Portland and Oregon, and while they put in most of their time telling of Birming ham, they aro not loath to express their appreciation of Portland and the hospi tality shown the visiting parties by the Por-Jard Elks. I Milwaukee Ruler Here. D. tv. Wlndfelder, exalted ruler of the Milwaukee herd, and a brother of Otto Wlndfelder, of Portland, headed the Milwaukee delegation which ar rived here yesterday morning. While he was feeling the effects of a bad cold contracted while touring San Francisco Sunday, Mr. Wlndfelder was unstinted in his praise of Portland and the climate of this vicinity. He In formed his brother that he would re turn to Portland In the near future and remain hers several weeks, for he Is anxious to investigate this section of the country. The special trains arriving yesterday were as follows: Conkers-Brooklyn, Boston-Salem (Mass.), Cotton States (comprising two sections). Pennsylva nia. New Jersey, and Plttsburg-Gettys-burg. All these trains remained in Portland from seven to fifteen hours, and then left over the tracks of the Northern Pacific Railway to Seattle. From that city some of the specials will return east over t.ie Canadian Pa cific, white others will pass through Montana and Wyoming, stops to be made at the principal points en route. Comparatively few of the Portland excursionists have returned. Some con template visiting San Diego and South ern California, while others are visit ing friends and relatives In the new San Francisco. The Portland members can be expected to drift in one by one during the next ten days. There are still several eastern ex cursion trains now en route to this city. The New Tork. Montana. Chicago, Ienver. Arizona. Cincinnati and other specials will pass through Portland commencing today. The Iowa special, witli Grand Exalted Ruler Sammts, is scheduled for Saturday, but no definite date has yet been announced for the others. PREACHER'S MINE TIED PAPERS SERVED OS REV. PA EX liADER AS HE BOARDS TKAIX. Jiult Relates to Water Rights Claimed by Minister and His Company to Work Diggings. Rev. Paul Rader. pastor of the Has-salo-Street Congregational Church, and formerly president of the Oregon Anti Saloon League, was served with papers in the suit brought against him In Grant County by the Wethere 11-Oregon Mim-s Company. Just as he was leaving Port land for Seattle and Tacoma on a vaca tion trip. The suit is an effort on the part of the company to secure for itself the water rights claimed by Rader and three others, who are made parties to th suit. They are: F. a Wilson, a local real estate dealer, Gustav Pineon and T'tus Davis. Rader was also served br a repre sentative of Sheriff Stevens" office with a cpy of a temporary Injunction granted by Circuit Judge Davis, of Grant County, in which the four defendants are re strained from using the water In 11 miles of ditches while the suit Is pending. They are also restrained from cut ting the ditches or damming them. Tl-.e water enters a ditch StO feet above the Gold Bug Quarts Claim, on the south slie of Bahly Mountain, and Is conveyed to the Griffith mine, five miles away. From there the ditch runs to the Gold C-nter group, tlx miles farther on. The pastor of the local East Side church, it la understood. Is a part owner In the Sumpter Placer Mine. This mine's right to the use of the water has been contested for some time, and it was thought the matter had been settled in favor of the preacher and his company. Now the fight waxes hot again with an Injunction suit which prevents the mine of Rader and his associates from being operated. WIFE'S FAMILY IS ACCCSED J. B. Groat Lays Instigation or Dl ' Torce Suit to Wife's Sister. J. B. Groat, a millwright and carpen ter, who Is now working upon the new Simnyslde schoolhouse. denies the charges of Mrs. Minnie A. Groat, his wife, in her suit for divorce that he failed to pay her doctor bills, and compelled her to work for her board when he was able to pay It himself. "I refused to keep .some of her rela tives." said Mr. Groat last night, "and that is one cause of the present diffi culty. My wife's sleter, Mrs. Lottie Ray. burn, secured a divorce three years ago, with $30 a month alimony from her hus band, and now my wife thinks she can get l-W a month from me. My sister-in-law was remarried to her former hus band about two months ago. "Through my attorney I have filed . a demurrer in the Circuit Court to ray wife's complaint, and if this fails in quashing the suit. I intend to file an an swer to her charges. I do not ask a di vorce myself, but expect to prevent her from securing one. "For six months I have expected this divorce suit would be brought. But the first real evidence of it was when, two weeks ago next Friday. I went home ex pecting to meet my wife, and found a note Baying she thought we had better part. At no time during our married life, whether my wife was sick or well, has she been obliged to work for her board. I have always treated her as a husband should." MTST PAY HIS COCRT COSTS M. C. Rhoades Must Meet Obliga tions Before Further Action. The lawsuit of M. C. Rhoades against the Twin Falls Logging Company for tlO.000 damages will not be tried in the State Circuit Court until Rhoades natri the rnata of a similar suit which he brought in the Federal Court in Portland, and which he lost on a non-suit. This was the decision of Presiding Circuit Judge Bronaugh yes terday morning. Rhoades first brought suit in the Federal Court at Tacoma. Failing there, he filed suit In the United States Circuit Court here, and then without paying the costs of $229.10 when the non-suit was taken, filed suit in the State Circuit Court. Offered Little for Copper Stock. One cent a share is what J. M. Leezer says he was offered for 2000 sharej In the Fidelity Copper Company. The stock belongs to the estate of Eliza Leezer. Leezer, the administrator, thought best not to sell at that figure, even with a court order allowing him to do so. He has now petitioned the County Court to sell lot 19. block 10, Portsmouth Villa Annex No. 1. saying that the indebtedness or the estate Is $452. The Portsmouth property is worth $600, he says, although it was appraised at only $300. The total value of the estate Is In the neighborhood of $7000. ' Cannot Build Above Pipeline. Circuit Judge Gatens has Issued a permanent injunction restraining D. W. Metzger, of Gresham, from building a shed over the Bull Run pipeline. The city brought the suit to have Metzger restrained, alleging that he was inter fering with the operation of the tele phone line In connection with the water system. Metzger alleged In defense that his predecessor had given the city a right of way to construct the pipe line, but that he had a right to the property above ground. Judge Gatens held that the right of way gives the city the privilege of using the prop erty both above ground and below the surface. James McDonald Sues Again. James McDonald has filed In the Cir cuit Court, through his attorney, George S. Shepherd, an amended petition to ob tain from the city his salary as bailiff of the Municipal Court, amounting to $1,040. His petition was originally di rected against Mayor Lane. The new petition names Mayor Simon as the de fendant. Presiding Circuit Judge Bronaugh has set July 22 as the day for hearing the case. Two Wives Seek Divorce. , Cora B. Walters brought a divorce suit in the Circuit Court yesterday against William T. Walters, charging him with having deserted her a yeac ago. She married him at McAloed, Can ada, February 7, 1906. . Alice M. Allen has filed suit for a divorce against William H. Allen. She says he left her in September, 1905. and has not returned. She married him July 18. 18SS. Deputy Beatty Impersonated. Complaint has beenmade to Sheriff Stevens that a man representing him self as Deputy Sheriff Beatty has been soliciting subscriptions to the poor from residents of Sunnyside. As Mr. Beatty is out of the city on a vacation, the Sheriff dcBlres to warn housewives of the impostor. CLOSING 0UT SALE. ot linen sulfa, house dresses, parasols and bathing suits, regardless of cost, at the popular price store of McAllen & McDon nell. Come early for choice selection. 6000 GOTO SEATTLE" Portland's Big Excursion Sur prises Fair Official's. SIMON DODGES SPEECH Mayor Too Busy Viewing Municipal Improvements In Puget Sound Metropolis to Respond to Address of Welcome. (Continued From First Page.) came in. Mayor Simon and members of his party went to the Washington, where they breakfasted and later were escorted about the city by R. H. Thomson, City Engineer. With them were John F. Carroll, editor of the Evening Telegram; C. S. Jackson, publisher of the Journal: Isadore Lang and President Weatherbee. of the Commercial Club. Tomorrow the Mayor and his party will view the Ex position and the Mayor will return to Portland on the late train at night, reaching there early Thursday morning. Many Portlanders are planning to re main here for a day or more, as there are events which make it especially at tractive. Tomorrow the Women's Press Club of Oregon will bold a reception in the Oregon building from 3 to 5. followed by a luncheon on the lawn. A short pro gramme, will also be given oh the front porch of the building, which will include a piano solo by Miss Mamie Gingrich, of Portland, and a violin solo, by Miss Cornelia Barker, leader of the Oregon Ladles' Orchestra, and she will use a Stradivarlus, made in 1701. The hostesses on this occasion will be Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden, Emma S. Marshall, Mrs. Anna Shannon Monroe, Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, Mrs. Nina Larowe. Mrs. Julia Labarr, Mrs. J. C. Hare, Mrs. Anna Marie La barr, Mrs. Vivian Marshall. THRONGS STILL ARRIVING SPECIAL TRAIXS REACH CITY ALMOST DAILY. Members of Fraternal Brotherhood, 1C5 In Number, Will Spend Today Here. This week three special tralnloads of tourists in addition to the 12 special trains listed last week will reach Portland and remain each at least one day for sightseeing. This morning a special consisting of seven cars bearing 125 members of the Fraetrnal Brotherhood, an insur ance order, will arrive in Portland over the Southern Pacific The members of the party will remain in the city all day and leave in the evening for Seat tle. On Thursday a special train of five cars will .bring a Cincinnati party of 80. This train also comes from Cali fornia over the Southern Pacific, and, after remaining in Portland one day, will proceed to Seattle over the North ern Pacific. Sunday one of the Cuthbert touring parties will arrive in Portland by spe cial train of seven cars. There are 125 Toronto people on the train, which comes by the Southern Pacific from Cal ifornia and departs over the Northern Pacific after remaining here one day. yesterday an Ohio Christian En deavor excursion occupying three spe cial Pu'lmans arrived over the North ern Pacific from Seattle. The party departed at 6 P. M. yesterday via the O. R. & N. for Yellowstone Park. A Raymond & Whltcomb excursion will reach Portland August 2 In two special cars. There are 60 in the party, which is now on a side trip to Alaska. From here th.e party will go East over the O- R- N. to Tellowstone Park. Rock Island Changes Delayed. The segregation of the freight and passenger departments in the local of fice of the Rock Island route, has been deferred until August 1 or later be cause of the Illness of M. J. Geary, who is to become general agent of the pas senger department. Mr. Geary, who is coming from Little Rock, Ark., was to have been here before this. C. A. Hunter will continue In charge of both departments until Mr. Geary arrives, and will thereafter have charge of the freight department. Ordway Estate 'Worth 910,147. The estate of Julius Ordway. the de ceased husband of Mrs. June McMrTCen Ordway, has been appraised at $10. 147.30. Tom Word, J. D. Young and T. W. Plttinger have filed their report In the County Court. The piece of prop erty valued the highest in the ap praisers' report Is iot 5. block 7, Mc Mlllen Addition. It is placed at $4000. Twenty-Seven Taken Inside of Two Days LARGE NUMBER OF PIAKOA PIANOS AND MAGNIFICENT C BICKER INGS AND OTHERS ALSO SOLD Eilers Piano House the Busiest Establishment in the City Piano Selling at Unprecedented Prices, the Reason $5.00 Down Gets a Really Good Piano Now. Besides a $1150 Weber Pianola Piano sold to the head of one of Portland's foremost wholesale and retail concerns on lower Washington street. And a Steck Pianola Piano sold to one of Portland's foremost Insurance and real estate brokers, in the Com mercial Club Building. And another $900 Steck Pianola Pi ano sold to one of the foremost business men of Salem. And a regular $550 style Pianola Piano sold to one of Portland's leadirfg contractors. And a Chlckering Baby Grand and a Pianola sold to a prominent banker of Junction. And another Chlckering Grand sold to one of East Portland's most beau tiful homes, a present to one of the season's most popular debutantes, Eilers Piano House sold within the last two days Monday and Tuesday 27 of the pianos advertised In this sale. Please to bear in mind that the sale of these 86 magnificent new upright pianos at what is undoubtedly close to actual cost to build them, is but an incident in the work of the big piano store. Pianola Piano selling goes on un abated so does the sale of high-class Chlckering and other Grands and fan ciest of Weber and Kimball and other ( uprights. We intended to devote 10 days to the sale of the8ti pianos advertised yester day and the day before. At the rate we have been selling them we shall not require more than the rest of this week that is to say, by Saturday night, continuing at the pres ent rate, we sh!ll have sold 84 In struments, and there will be but two pianos left of this lot for the following Monday morning buyers. We stake the reputation of our es tablishment, as well as our yesterday's and Monday's really wonderful sales records, upon our representation as to these pianos. Positively no fairer opportunity has ever been presented in Portland to buy good, dependable pianos without pay ing anvwhere near the customary wholesale, say nothing of the usual re tall price. We secured these 86 pianos at a tre mendous saving in price and we, in turn, pass the benefits along to quick buyers in Portland. We cannot duplicate these low prices when these are sold. Besides, a $a payment and $5 a month will buy most of these elegant pianos, and the bal ance go for $6 down and $6 a month. Come In at once, Eilers Piano House, 353 Washington street, at Park (Eighth) street. An unusual opportunity for the people of this city and the Willamette Valley to become part owners and participating partners in the largest, best and most profitable apple orchard on Pacific Coast THE FAMOUS ?Sv TT T3 T7 TT IX TTJ) TTN (C3 (Reorganized and Iricorpof ated) The ownership of this magnificent property has been divided into DIVIDEND-PAYING AND PROFIT-SHARING BONDS THE LOWNSDALE PROPERTIES consist of 649 acres; 300 are now in full bearing, the trees 18 years old. This orchard is in its prime as a pro ducing proposition. Of the. remaining 349 acres, some is partially improved and the balance heavily wooded. It is proposed to improve the unproductive land and plant it to fruit as soon as possible. Upon the wooded tract there is $20,000 in standing timber. THREE HUNDRED ACRES OF ORCHARD is a magnificent sight. Every tree is healthy and has -attained the highest degree of cultivation. In vigor, productivity and certainty of crop, the entire orchard is unsurpassed anvwhere. Furthermore, the LOWNSDALE ORCHARDS have been developed upon business principles, and, for a great many years, have been a splendid income-producer. A bearing orchard yields enormous profits to its owner. OWNERSHIP HAS BEEN DIVIDED into indi vidual parts, each one of which is represented by a Profit-Sharing Bond. Valued conservatively at nearly $300,000, the total issue of bonds is only $275, 000, covering the entire 649 acres. The division of the ownership into bonds of $100 and multiples of $100 enables a large number of investors to become part owners and thus participate in the great profits that annually accrue. EACH BOND IS A DEFINITE OWNERSHIP of that portion of the property represented by the amount invested. These bonds may be recorded, transferred and assigned as collateral. Under this method of ownership, the property can be worked economically, impossible in small tracts, each under different supervision. Furthermore, it affords an opportunity for one to reap the profits of an orchard, without the attendant labor and worry. MEN OF SMALL CAPITAL, therefore, are permit ted to engage in the fruit-growing business on a large and scientific scale. Lack of money, ability and knowledge of the fruit industry does not enter into consideration. Salaried men, unable to buy and spend all of their time in maturing a fruit orchard, here find an exceptional opportunity to invest, knowing that their small capital will produce greater results than if invested alone. - M. O. LOWNSDALE HAS AGREED, for a period of five years, at least, to train superintendents and assistants to maintain the policies which have marked his successful management of the orchards for the last eighteen years; policies which have made this property the most highly-developed, splendidly-kept and enormously profitable fruit ranch on the Pacific Coast if not, in fact, in the entire United States. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL APPLE -GROWER on the Coast, is Mr. Lownsdale's reputation. He will retain a substantial interest in the property. His brands and methods of packing, alone, are a valuable asset. These will be continued. Mr. Lownsdale s packing-houses, the most complete in the world, to gether with his entire equipment, for the care of the orchard, will be held for the use of the LOWNS DALE ORCHARD COMPANY. THIS ORCHARD IS NOW PRODUCING and should appeal strongly to those who have contem plated the improvement of a ten-acre tract, requiring careful and laborious work for upwards of five or more years before any income whatever is realized. During all of this time, too, heavy expenses are met. Investment in this enterprise finds one in complete possession of a fully developed orchard, producing fruit and profits in amazing quantities. AS COLLATERAL SECURITY, the Profit-Sharing Bonds of the LOWNSDALE ORCHARDS become annually more valuable, in proportion as the profit accruing from the orchards increases, and the land becomes more valuable. These bonds are safe, earn big dividends and may be used with the same facility and with the same independence as any individually owned piece of property. Their greatest advantage lies in the fact that they profit immediately. THE AMOUNT INVESTED depends entirely upon the investor. The purchase of bonds to the value of $100 reaps the same percentage of profit as an invest ment of $10,000. The larger the investment, how ever, the larger the profits. These bonds may be obtained either upon a full cash payment at the time of purchase or upon the periodical payment plan, if more -convenient to the purchaser. It is the first proposition of its kind ever offered. A FEW VITAL AND IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS Three hundred acres of bearing, profit-producing apple orchard, 18 years old, Conservatively valued at a little less than $300,000; "sold to bondholders for $275,000. Dividends begin to accumulate immediately upon investment, payable May 15, annually. Increase in value of property constantly adding to the worth of the bonds you hold. Bonds offered in multiples of $100, for cash, or upon favorable monthly payments. - Bonds rapidly increase in value as collateral security for loans. ! Enable small investors to identify themselves with successful ORCHARD IZING. Uncultivated land to be developed as rapidly as possible. Some ready for planting. FURTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS SOON Handsomely illustrated booklet, fully describing the Lownsdale Orchards and a detailed booklet about this Bond Offering will be mailed free to any address upon request, either in person or by mail. Familiarize your self with the most progressive industry on Pacific Coast coupon THE JACOBS-STTNE COMPANY, 146 Fifth St., Portland. Please mail me at once complete set of literature, describ ing Lownsdale Orchards and your Bond Proposition. Name.... Address. Jacob 146 Fifth Street ine Company FISCAL AGENTS Portland, Oregon t